Chapter 514: Shattered
"Regret? Hehe, I have never regretted..."
Killer B's entire face was stomped into a small shallow pit in the dirt, and his weak voice came out intermittently from underneath.
"Still daring to be stubborn?"
Haruno Sakura's face was icy cold, and she stepped down with even more force.
"You... cough cough... damned bastard! If you have guts... if you have guts, kill me! Even if I become a vengeful ghost... I will crawl out from underground! And bite, bite a piece of meat off your body!"
The Jinchuriki's mouth and nose began to choke on the flowing bloody water. He coughed incessantly but still stubbornly laid down harsh words. Completely devoid of repentance.
His hand fumbled, touched a stone on the ground, and threw it out with all his might.
The stone was tossed out weakly and hit Haruno Sakura's foot. It had no force, painless and itchless.
But the provocative meaning, that obstinate attitude, made Haruno Sakura recall the scene of Shizune suffering humiliation under his hands, and the anger in her heart suddenly detonated with a bang!
On this cruel night, Haruno Sakura had seen too many unfamiliar firsts, too many scenes that impacted her beliefs.
The first time seeing a companion treated so cruelly.
The first time seeing companions resolutely sacrifice themselves for her.
The first time using Wind Blade Torrent without any scruples, slaughtering hundreds of living people.
The first time encountering such a detestable enemy!
Haruno Sakura subconsciously wanted to condense two ice swords, but two deep blue, crystal-clear thin rods abruptly extended from her hands.
Those were thin rods condensed from pure spiritual power, which should have been pure black representing willpower and Yin Release, but because they were mixed with the nature transformation of Ice Release, they turned into a transparent appearance similar to ice crystals.
Looking extremely beautiful. However, Haruno Sakura inexplicably knew that this thin rod was harder than ordinary steel, sharp and dangerous.
She had known a long time ago how to condense light blue, soft willpower rods.
But Haruno Sakura had never once been able to condense a thin rod that was so completely shaped, so profound and rigid.
—Because she had never experienced emotions so angry, a spirit so high, and willpower so strong!
The power of Yin Release displayed the drastic elevation of her spiritual world.
Haruno Sakura, in her anger, did not delve into this change.
Her face was like condensed frost. Drawing out more blue rods with a cold face, she pierced them into Killer B's limbs.
Just like what he did to Shizune just now.
The severe pain from his limbs being pierced interrupted Killer B's mouth full of foul language, turning his voice into bursts of suppressed groans.
"Did you feel Shizune's pain at that time, Killer B?"
The girl looked at him calmly and said lightly.
The Jinchuriki lifted his eyelids, wanting to say something, but his wandering breath couldn't support him to speak.
His breathing began to weaken, leaving him on the verge of death.
Haruno Sakura frowned slightly.
Looking at Killer B's state, the last item of equal retaliation could no longer be completed.
But whatever, she also had no interest in touching Killer B's crotch area.
Besides, Killer B was merely the executor.
Haruno Sakura looked towards the Fourth Raikage.
The latter looked at his brother's breath becoming faint, his heart tightened, and no longer caring about anything, he shouted angrily: "Let go of Killer B!"
Before the voice fell, A roused the lightning on his body and rushed over fiercely.
"Want the Jinchuriki?" Haruno Sakura sneered, "Sure, I'll return him to you!"
Saying she'd return him to the Raikage, she swung her leg back, delivering a fierce front kick, kicking Killer B viciously towards the charging Raikage!
How could the Jinchuriki, who was already exhaling more than inhaling, withstand such torment?
Haruno Sakura's merciless kick, even a normal Killer B wouldn't dare to take head-on without protection!
Still in the air, all of Killer B's internal organs burst, bleeding from his seven orifices, and he died suddenly.
Such a straightforward death might have been too easy on him. But it didn't matter; in Haruno Sakura's eyes, the real culprit was the Raikage himself.
A caught Killer B's corpse.
His eyes widened, holding Killer B's corpse like a broken doll. His eyes were completely red, and tears flowed uncontrollably.
"Killer B—!!"
A roared wildly at the sky!
"Did you feel the pain, Fourth Raikage-sama?"
The girl's icy voice came from afar.
Pain?
Indeed, the pain of a flawed mission, the pain of subordinates being ruthlessly killed, the pain of villagers being massacred in large numbers, A had already felt them.
And right now, he was feeling the fourth kind of pain—the pain of losing a close relative.
That was an even more heart-tearing and lung-splitting feeling!
"The feeling of companions being brutally abused to death in front of your eyes is very painful, right? I understand your feelings very well," Haruno Sakura said sarcastically.
"Because I just realized that kind of desperate pain."
"Now, please experience the kind of pain you inflicted on me..."
"This way, we mutually understand each other."
The Fourth Raikage lowered his head, slowly putting Killer B's corpse aside.
His whole body was trembling slightly.
"Raikage-sama, Killer B-sama... is he dead?" a Cloud Ninja behind asked carefully.
A was silent, not answering.
But Killer B's silent body and the sorrowful aura on A's body had already told them the answer.
"M-Master Killer B!" Karui looked at her master's corpse in disbelief, let out a despairing wail, and immediately put her hostile gaze on Haruno Sakura.
"I'm going to kill you!"
With red eyes, she drew her long sword, throwing everything to the back of her mind, leaving only the girl in the distance in her eyes, and charged over madly!
"Don't be impulsive, Karui!" The Raikage was suddenly startled, bursting out a shout from the silence, wanting to stop this girl who didn't know her own strength.
However, it was already too late.
The moment she rushed over, the deep blue thin rod in Haruno Sakura's hand had already pierced through her heart.
Karui widened her eyes, resting her hands on the blue rod, as if unable to believe that she hadn't even lasted a single round before being pierced through the heart by a rod.
Haruno Sakura casually flicked her hand, tossing the corpse of this big-breasted woman next to Killer B.
"Returned to you!"
The Raikage stood frozen in place, two lines of bloody tears flowing from his eye sockets.
As the Raikage, he couldn't protect his villagers, couldn't protect his subordinates, and couldn't protect his brother.
The fifth kind of pain, the pain of incompetence, tightly gripped his heart, biting and devouring his heart bite by bite.
"Absolutely unforgivable... absolutely cannot forgive you!"
A roared wildly, launching a resolute charge once again.
The silver-white thin line shot out again, sweeping towards the Raikage's vital heart. The latter's figure moved like thunder, dodging this sharp strike, and rushed in front of Haruno Sakura, but was blasted to the ground by the latter's serious punch.
A flipped up from the ground. His first reaction was not to guard against Haruno Sakura's pursuit, but to turn his head and look back.
Look towards the direction affected by the Wind Blade Torrent.
The angle of Haruno Sakura's slash towards the Raikage this time had changed, thus new victims appeared in Cloud Ninja Village.
Under the illumination of the elegant moonlight, A could roughly see what happened over there.
A large number of victims appeared again!
A closed his eyes, wishing he hadn't seen anything.
While the Raikage was slightly distracted for a moment, Haruno Sakura had already begun to charge into the rest of the Cloud Ninja scattered on the ground.
Holding the extremely hard deep blue thin rods in her hands, relying on the strength brought by Nintaijutsu and Sage Mode, she brandished the sharp thin rods, occasionally shooting high-pressure water lines from her hands, rampaging through the crowd, killing the remaining Cloud Ninja until they were completely routed.
By the time the Raikage came to support, the Cloud Ninja elites who could originally form at least a few squads or a battalion had already fallen in swaths. Those who could stand were sparse, each bearing injuries.
The survivors' eyes had gradually lost their fighting spirit.
And outside the battlefield, there were a few more places affected by the Wind Blade Torrent.
This meant that even more people died further away!
Tonight, how many Cloud Ninja exactly died, ten thousand, or twenty thousand, thirty thousand?
When the casualty figures were laid in front of the Raikage, he forgot to breathe.
"Enough!"
The Raikage blocked in front of everyone, having lost the resentment of wanting to defeat Haruno Sakura no matter what just now. Cold all over, he shouted at Haruno Sakura.
They couldn't fight anymore.
Too many people had died!
If they continued to fight like this, the people of Cloud Ninja Village would all be dead. Even if they defeated Haruno Sakura then, what would be the point?
But Haruno Sakura didn't feel that for this war, the Raikage could start it whenever he wanted and end it whenever he wanted!
"Enough?" She smiled playfully, shook her head, and flatly rejected, "You indeed can decide when the war starts. But once the war starts, when it ends is not up to you!"
The Raikage's face stiffened.
"How many more people do you have to kill before you're willing to stop?" The blonde, fair-skinned female ninja Samui pointed at her and asked painfully, "You've already killed so many, isn't it enough? You demon!"
"Do you really have to kill them all?!"
"Stop?" Haruno Sakura fiercely swung the thin rod in her hand and sneered, "The war between me and Cloud Ninja is not over yet. Before one side completely falls or surrenders, how could I stop!"
The Raikage stood blankly in place, looking at the dull eyes of the others.
They really couldn't fight anymore.
Haruno Sakura, however, was unrelenting, continuing to condense the slender water line in her hand.
Another slash.
The Raikage retreated violently, dodging the surprise attack of the Wind Blade Torrent, but his footsteps felt increasingly heavy.
The sound of buildings collapsing came from behind.
Without thinking, A knew that Haruno Sakura's ninjutsu had caused heavy casualties once again.
Thinking of this, he felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife. His eyeballs, which could no longer shed tears, shed a few drops of blood tears again!
"Bastards!"
A roared and chased after her. The Cloud Ninja also barely mustered their fighting spirit, throwing ninja tools and spewing ninjutsu at Haruno Sakura, a mighty force, looking quite tacit and imposing. But as Haruno Sakura easily dodged with a simple Ice Body Flicker, all attacks became futile.
Without C's sensory abilities, the Cloud Ninja had no idea how many ice mirrors Haruno Sakura had planted for her Body Flicker while she was alone in the village just now! If they continued fighting, they wouldn't even be able to touch the hem of her clothes. What was the point?
Only the Raikage rushed in front of Haruno Sakura, but was blasted away by a punch again!
Despair.
Despair covered everything in sight.
The Raikage slowly stood up, aching all over, but what hurt the most was his heart.
Couldn't beat her, completely without hope.
This time, Cloud Ninja lost.
A crushing defeat.
Haruno Sakura raised her hand again, the silver line flickering uncertainly.
"Enough!"
The Raikage roared loudly, two lines of bloody tears still flowing down his face, looking extremely hideous.
"I beg you," this tower-like man actually knelt down, begging a girl, "Stop fighting."
"We Cloud Ninja admit defeat."
Haruno Sakura was suddenly stunned, her face slightly moved, but finally she snorted coldly.
"Admit defeat?" She raised the long rod in her hand and said coldly, "If you can't win, you just kneel on the ground and verbally admit defeat?"
"When you said you were allying with us, you were just as solemnly pledging!"
The Raikage raised his head, slowly stood up, and his eyes became extremely firm.
"The entire content of Cloud Ninja's operation this time was planned and commanded by me. They were just following orders."
"Everything is my fault, it has nothing to do with them."
"Please forgive them."
Saying that, he aimed his heart at the hard blue rod in the girl's hand and rushed straight over.
The long rod pierced through A's body, and a few drops of splashing warm blood sprayed onto Haruno Sakura's face.
Haruno Sakura was finally completely moved.
On the verge of death, a smile finally appeared on the man's face.
"All Cloud Ninja listen! All the faults tonight lie in my personal dereliction of duty. Haruno Sakura is not wrong! No one is allowed to seek revenge on Haruno Sakura without authorization, otherwise it will be deemed as betraying the village!"
A gathered his last chakra and said loudly.
After saying this, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and his head weakly tilted to one side.
He died in front of Haruno Sakura.
Haruno Sakura's face was astonished, slowly closing her eyes.
As if thinking about something, and as if sensing something.
Earlier, when she recovered from her agitation, the girl finally discovered the wondrous nature of these two deep blue thin rods in her hands.
As a highly condensed body of spiritual power, as the result of the ultimate Yin Release nature transformation, the long willpower rods detected some dissonances in this world.
After a long time, she slowly opened her eyes and said coldly: "A very touching story."
"Pity, it's fake."
If she hadn't killed many people with the blue rods, if the Raikage hadn't actively collided and died on her blue rod at the end, Haruno Sakura might not have felt this abnormality.
Raikage A, and the others, were not real people.
In the real world.
Obito's face was gloomy, and he stood up abruptly.
"Hehe, it seems this jutsu really couldn't trap her," White Zetsu stood aside, saying eccentrically, "After all, she is the woman who cracked Itachi's Tsukuyomi!"
"However, to think she actually used this method to forcibly crack it," he pointed at the crystal ball starting to crack on the table and said, "It really gave us a jump!"
On the table, a deep blue long willpower rod pierced through the crystal ball, extending from the inside.
On the cracked crystal ball, the cracks quickly grew and spread, bursting open.
"Nothing strange," Obito said grumpily, "As long as one's spiritual power and willpower are strong enough, plus a little emotional stimulation, and proficient in Yin Release nature transformation, anyone can do this."
—Although he couldn't do it himself.
But Haruno Sakura didn't have the Rinnegan. The blue rods produced didn't harbor the Outer Path power of the Rinnegan. Even if she made this, there was no threat...
Obito snorted and continued.
"Although we couldn't trap them, however, after experiencing these things in the Tsukuyomi world, I'd like to see how Konoha ninja and Cloud ninja can cooperate closely!"
Destroying the cooperation between the two villages was Obito's true purpose for this trip!
(End of chapter)
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