"It seems we've arrived."
After a few days, Takemi and the other two had quietly crossed the border of the Land of Lightning and entered its heartland.
Looking at the towering mountains that pierced the clouds and listening to the occasional thunder, Takemi nodded.
"This place looks pretty good, doesn't it?"
"Tch, the scenery is nice, but I prefer them to explode." Deidara nodded, then shook his head.
Mei spoke in a low voice, "This place has plenty of water vapor, which won't affect my performance. Everyone, now is not the time for jokes. We must stay focused."
Along the way, she had witnessed the unreliability of Deidara and Takemi.
Of course, she also knew this was just a facade. She was merely reminding them.
"Don't worry, we'll stick to the original plan."
Takemi twisted his neck, but Mei was still a little worried.
"I know, but are you really okay with assaulting the Raikage Building alone?"
"Don't worry, he'll be fine."
Deidara, however, seemed full of confidence. He grabbed a handful of clay and put it into the mouth on his hand, beginning to chew.
"If there's a problem, he can just run away. But you, don't let your Water Release extinguish my explosions."
"Who told you I'm going to use Water Release?"bMei raised an eyebrow.
Takemi said, "Alright, fly a bit higher so you don't get discovered. Remember, we're attacking important targets, not just messing around, got it?"
"Alright!"
Deidara rubbed his hands together, and Mei took a deep breath.
The bird flew swiftly, and just as they were about to enter Kumogakure's barrier, Takemi suddenly threw out several kunai.
These kunai flew like birds into the barrier, and the moment they passed through, he formed a hand sign with one hand.
Whoosh—
In the next instant, all of them had entered the barrier, and Kumogakure was now directly below them.
"They should react very quickly, so let's begin."
Deidara's bird suddenly accelerated, and at the same time, countless clay spiders began to fall.
Mei also began to breathe deeply, her Chakra starting to boil around her, but she still glanced at Takemi.
"Are you really sure?"
"Just leave it to me. You two just need to not mess things up."
Takemi smiled, and in the next moment, he leaped down from the bird.
Boom—
Boom—
Boom—
The roaring sounds were incessant at this moment.
Huge explosions of fire spread wildly within Kumogakure, and the surging shockwaves diffused madly in all directions.
Countless trees were blown askew, and many unstable houses directly collapsed.
"It seems the intelligence was correct, it really is a supply depot."
Takemi clearly saw from mid-air that Deidara wasn't messing around. He was attacking according to the planned target directions.
Since they were going to act, they would definitely target high-value objectives.
Places where Ninja gathered, various departments, and suspected material storage areas—these were all targets Deidara was striking.
"Then..."
Takemi took a deep breath, his eyes instantly flashing with a white light, and he locked onto his target.
In an instant, he descended rapidly, landing steadily on a windowsill. He lowered his head, looked at the figure before him, and suddenly smiled.
"It seems this is indeed the place."
"You—"
Dodai seemed somewhat disoriented at this moment, but in the next moment, he suddenly realized something.
"You're a Konoha Ninja! You're Takemi!"
"Correct answer."
Takemi chuckled lightly, then instantly delivered a kick that landed heavily on Dodai's chest.
Bang—
Dodai had tried his best to defend, but Takemi was far too fast for him. His body flew backward, crashing heavily back into the conference room.
At this, the entire conference room was in disarray. It seemed no one had realized that someone would quietly bypass their heavy defenses.
Nor did anyone realize that someone would attack them so brazenly.
"Only one person from Konoha?"
"Small, white hair, white fang short sword, and the Lightning Release Chakra Mode on his body—this guy is Takemi!"
"Damn it, he's the one who severed the Raikage's arm, and he's the one who killed the Raikage?!"
"He actually dared to come here?"
"Anbu! Where are the Anbu?"
"Kill him! How dare he invade Kumogakure? We must kill him!"
These Kumogakure high-ranking officials shouted loudly upon seeing Takemi, but Takemi acted as if nothing had happened.
He gently drew the short sword from his waist, looked at the people before him, and tilted his head, asking strangely, "It's truly odd. You actively attacked us, did you not anticipate this day?"
"Or perhaps—"
Buzz—
Takemi didn't waste any words. The moment he saw the Anbu rush in, his Chakra suddenly burst forth.
His blade was like a phantom. In an instant, a Kumogakure Anbu was pierced by him, blood continuously dripping from his blade's tip.
"You still held onto hope, thinking that just like when you plundered the Kekkei Genkais and secret techniques of other villages, nothing would happen?"
Before he finished speaking, three Kumogakure Anbu had already leaped high behind him.
Lightning glow emanated from their bodies, and the long swords in their hands descended at that very moment.
In an instant, three long swords simultaneously pierced Takemi's body, yet it was as if they struck air, instead piercing the body of the first Anbu Takemi had dealt with.
"Damn it, Flying Thunder God!"
"You guessed right, but it's useless."
Takemi's short sword instantly swept past them from behind, they were killed almost without reaction.
"If I recall correctly, back then you used similar methods against Konoha. We haven't forgotten about the Hyuga clan incident."
Gently shaking the blood off his sword, he looked at the extremely gloomy faces of all the Kumogakure high-ranking officials present and smiled dashingly.
"Don't think that plundering others' things is a given, and don't think that others retaliating is a heinous crime. In fact, you are the ones who deserve to die the most."
Boom—
At that exact moment, Dodai, whom he had kicked away, suddenly moved. His Chakra was wildly circulating.
Almost instantly, he completed the hand signs.
Lava Release: Rubber Ball!
Yellow, rubber-like spheres began to spread madly, accompanying the expansion and almost covering the entire conference room.
"Quickly leave! I can't hold him off for too long!" Dodai immediately shouted.
This situation was too terrible. He didn't know how many enemies there were, nor what was happening outside.
But just Takemi alone was enough to wipe them all out.
If he really took them all out, Kumogakure would be in real trouble.
"No, you're mistaken. You can't even hold on for a few seconds."
But just as his Lava Release took effect, Takemi's voice suddenly came through.
At the same time, the violent Lightning Release instantly erupted, and he clearly saw cracks appearing in his 'Rubber Ball'.
Crack, crack—
Accompanied by the sound of shattering, purple light instantly surged, and the huge 'Rubber Ball' was shattered with a roar.
Purple lightning instantly diffused, and the blade of the white fang short sword was already thrusting towards him.
"How is that possible—"
Dodai's face was pale. Not just him, but the other Kumogakure high-ranking officials were also stunned.
They knew Dodai's abilities, they couldn't understand how this jutsu was broken just like that.
"We're finished!"