Ideally, it would be best to discover the issue in advance and target the treatment accordingly.
After all, Tsunade was in the village. Even if Itachi Uchiha needed Hashirama cells, Kakashi could get them for him.
As the hands of the clock on the desk hit five, Kakashi punched out immediately, preparing to leave the Hokage's office to visit Kurenai Yuhi.
Glancing at the sunset outside the window, Kakashi, who was about to leave, paused.
He took out a uniquely shaped Flying Raijin kunai from his ninja tool pouch.
Right now, faint fluctuations were emitting from the surface of the blade.
This was the coordinate kunai he had given to the Flying Raijin Squad when he assigned Might Guy to lead them in search of the Land of Sky ruins.
He had promised Might Guy that if he encountered an enemy he couldn't handle even with the Sixth Gate open, he shouldn't open the Seventh. Instead, he was to use the reverse Flying Raijin to summon Kakashi directly.
At the time, he just wanted to provide a safety net for Guy. After all, none of the remnants of the Hidden Sky Village should be a match for Might Guy.
But now...
Kakashi didn't think too much about it; he simply infused his chakra into the Flying Raijin coordinate in his hand.
The Hidden Sky Village was originally a land-based power. Since declaring war on Konoha during the Second Great Ninja War and being destroyed by the unit led by Sakumo Hatake, the remnants had hidden on an island somewhere in the ocean.
They had been hiding there to avoid Konoha's pursuit. They never expected that the current Fifth Hokage would dig up old scores and target this former enemy.
Although the current Hidden Sky Village was no longer as glorious as it once was, their technological development had far surpassed that of decades ago.
They possessed five steel battleships. With total mobilization, they also had over a thousand ninjas capable of aerial combat using flying devices.
Furthermore, they had innovated and reformed firearms used by ordinary people, increasing the caliber of the battleship's main cannons to 450mm, alongside a large number of secondary weapons.
But...
As flames rose from a steel battleship, the entire vessel was blown into two pieces, slowly sinking into the sea.
"Damn Konoha ninjas."
On another battleship about three hundred meters away, a burly black-haired man looked at the sinking ship with heartache.
"Pass the order. Launch an air strike on those little bugs."
"Yes, my Lord!"
Watching his subordinate leave to execute the order, the man named Shinnō had eyes full of gloom.
Konoha...
Meanwhile, Might Guy, who had jumped from the sinking steel battleship to the water's surface, gasped for breath as he looked at the main ship in the distance.
The Flying Raijin Squad had been assigned by Guy to deal with the Sky Ninja's flying devices, but no matter how strong their abilities were, there were only three of them.
It would take a lot of time to complete the mission amidst the encirclement and interception of so many enemies.
Moreover, the enemy wouldn't just sit back and let them act.
Capture the ringleader first.
Looking at the massive main ship ahead, a look of determination appeared in Guy's eyes.
This was a mission agreed upon with Kakashi; how could he fail?
However...
As a dense crowd of figures took off from the main ship ahead, Guy felt a sense of powerlessness.
The advantage of aerial combat was simply too great.
He couldn't hit these guys harassing him at all.
Thinking of this, Guy hesitated no longer and sprinted at full speed toward the main ship ahead.
At this moment, Guy probably understood Kakashi's purpose.
The advantage of air power would play a crucial role in Konoha's future battlefields.
Furthermore, regarding these steel battleships—if they could obtain the technology, the Land of Fire's financial power could produce dozens of them, thereby dominating the oceans.
At that point, the Land of Water would no longer be a threat to the Land of Fire.
As long as they blocked the Land of Water's doorstep with multiple battleships, the Mist ninjas wouldn't even be able to leave their homes.
With this in mind, Guy took immediate action. Since he couldn't hit the enemies in the sky, he wouldn't bother. He would run directly onto their main ship. Surely they wouldn't attack their own main ship?
Immediately, Guy turned into a streak of green light, charging toward the main ship!
The close-in defense guns on the main ship immediately aimed at Guy. Amidst the terrifying coverage of firepower, that green streak of light seemed to dance within the web of fire, constantly approaching the main ship!
"This guy..."
Standing in the control room with arms crossed, Shinnō frowned as he watched Guy's figure on the monitor.
To be able to keep approaching under such dense firepower coverage... this guy was simply not human.
But the more this was the case, the more he couldn't let this guy board the main ship. Shinnō immediately waved his hand and ordered:
"Prepare the secondary guns!"
If possible, Shinnō naturally wanted to use the main cannon to blast Guy into slag. But the enemy was currently too close, so he could only use the 150mm secondary guns aimed at Guy.
Even if they missed, the power would still affect Guy.
Seeming to sense the danger, Guy's eyes instantly widened in rage!
Eight Inner Gates · Sixth Gate · Gate of View · Open!
In an instant, Guy vanished from his spot!
Just then, the 150mm secondary gun fired!
The shell, glowing with crimson light, couldn't even touch the corner of Guy's clothes. However, the moment the shell contacted the sea surface, a violent explosion erupted. Simultaneously, a violent shockwave carrying seawater launched an indiscriminate attack on the surroundings!
Even with Guy's speed, he was forcibly carried by the shockwave and slammed hard onto the deck of the main ship!
The moment Guy landed on the deck, dozens of Sky Ninjas immediately surrounded him, holding individual weapons capable of continuously firing kunai!
Seeing this, Guy gritted his teeth lightly and spat out a mouthful of bloody foam.
Feeling his internal organs churning, he was somewhat dissatisfied.
Even when he teamed up with Kakashi on the battlefield against the Two-Tails, he hadn't been injured. He didn't expect to stumble here today.
However...
"Konoha's Noble Blue Beast, Might Guy, makes his entrance now."
With red eyes and his body wrapped in green chakra flames, Guy showed no sign of retreating despite being surrounded. Instead, he looked at the surrounding enemies with burning eyes.
This distance was practically close-quarters combat for him.
And in close combat, he had never feared anyone!
"Capture him alive! Capture him alive!"
At this moment, Shinnō in the main ship's control room looked eagerly at Guy on the deck, who had opened the Sixth Gate and was burning with green flames, yelling into the walkie-talkie.
Eight Inner Gates!
Shinnō was proficient in medical ninjutsu and had long studied the body's Eight Gates. He had always been dedicated to experiments regarding opening the Eight Gates, but was troubled by the massive chakra requirement.
Despite his research results on Body Activation, he couldn't explore the mysteries of the Eight Gates' power.
But Guy's appearance provided him with rare material. He wished he could personally capture Guy right now for dissection and study!
In just these few short moments, Guy was unstoppable, darting across the deck. The ninjas surrounding him, attempting to execute Shinnō's orders, had all been defeated by Guy!
Feeling the churning inside him, Guy looked toward the control room and locked eyes with Shinnō.
"Hmph, I'll do it myself!"
Shinnō's eyes burned. He could tell at a glance that Guy had been hit by the shell's shockwave earlier and his combat power had dropped significantly. This was the best chance to take him down.
He couldn't bear to let such material slip away from right under his nose.
"Captain!"
"Are you alright?!"
Three figures suddenly appeared around Guy. Obviously, it was the Flying Raijin Squad arriving together.
"I'm fine. Notify Kakashi. He can come."
Guy's words stunned the three of them.
They had already successfully destroyed the enemy's flight catapult devices and reached the enemy's main ship. They just needed to take down the opposing leader to complete the mission.
Seeing that they were at this final juncture, did they really need the Hokage to come personally?
"Do as I say."
Guy stepped forward without hesitation, his expression grave.
He needed to buy time for the Flying Raijin Squad to use the Flying Raijin Formation. He was currently injured, and there were endless streams of enemies rushing over.
Besides these people...
Guy looked at the control room in the distance.
The enemy leader wasn't easy to deal with.
If he weren't injured, he could naturally handle the opponent easily.
But in his current situation...
"Take him down."
Watching the stubborn Guy on the deck, Shinnō gave the order via walkie-talkie, then left the control room directly, heading toward the deck.
If he could capture this guy using the Eight Inner Gates here, then all the previous losses would be worth it.
While Guy engaged the enemy, Shinnō arrived at the scene.
Watching the enemy constantly taking down his subordinates, he delayed making his move.
Although he hadn't fully researched the Eight Inner Gates, he clearly knew that the duration of this state wouldn't be too long.
To avoid a dying counterattack from the opponent, Shinnō planned to wait until the enemy was exhausted before acting personally.
By now, hundreds of Sky Ninjas had gathered on the deck, completely surrounding this Konoha squad, continuously using the devices in their hands to fire kunai at them.
Guy held his Sōshūga, gritting his teeth as he knocked down kunai after kunai for the Flying Raijin Squad. Feeling the state of his body, just as the green chakra flames on him grew faint and were about to vanish, Shinnō made his move.
Having mastered the Body Activation technique, his speed was astonishing.
In a single raid, he arrived right in front of Guy!
Looking at the enemy leader before him, Guy's expression didn't change, and he smashed his Sōshūga toward the opponent's head without hesitation!
However, the heavily injured and nearly exhausted Guy saw his attack easily dodged by the opponent. Shinnō revealed a cruel smile at this weak and powerless offensive.
The muscles under his clothes swelled instantly as he punched towards Guy's abdomen in one go!
However, facing this blow, Guy's expression didn't change a bit...
Because he knew.
"You look a bit wretched, Guy."
"To think you'd let yourself get like this against this kind of opponent."
The fist aiming for Guy was firmly caught by a hand. A sudden figure spoke to Guy.
"Ah, that is indeed the case. I capsized in the gutter."
Guy responded softly to the newcomer.
Shinnō looked at the newcomer in disbelief. The familiar face brought back memories of that humiliating past, and a name full of hatred and blood was spat out through his gritted teeth.
"Ha... take... Saku... mo."
Kakashi turned to look at the man and spoke calmly:
"I didn't expect to hear my dead dad's name here."
"Seems like fate has brought us together."
Listening to Kakashi's words, Shinnō finally reacted.
Sakumo Hatake was long dead, so the person before him who looked so much like him must be Konoha's...
"The Fifth Hokage, Kakashi Hatake?!"
At this moment, he woke as if from a dream, revealing a cruel smile.
"Since your dead dad is no longer in this world, I'll personally send you to have a father-son reunion!"
After saying this, Shinnō violently raised his leg and kicked fiercely at Kakashi's knee!
Kakashi's expression remained unchanged as he also raised his leg, kicking against Shinnō. Lightning flowed, and Shinnō, despite having mastered Body Activation, was sent flying directly by this kick, crashing into the crowd.
"Genma, take Raidō and Iwashi and protect Guy. Leave the rest to me."
Kakashi scanned the entire field, revealing a mocking smile at the surrounding enemies who were afraid to advance due to fear of his name.
"Attack!"
"Attack!"
"Kill him!"
"Have you forgotten how your parents died?!"
"Forgotten the hatred carved into your bones?!"
"Forgotten how your former home was ruthlessly destroyed by this guy's father?!"
Shinnō stood up from the crowd and roared loudly.
As Shinnō's words fell, the Sky Ninjas, whose faces had just been full of hesitation, immediately showed eyes filled with hatred.
How could they forget!
A blood feud, absolutely irreconcilable; today the son pays the father's debt!
Once Shinnō finished speaking, the surrounding hundred-plus Sky Ninjas immediately drew their kunai and ninja swords, rushing toward Kakashi!
Kakashi watched all this coldly. He didn't care that Shinnō failed to mention why his dead father had attacked them in the first place. He had originally thought about absorbing this unit, but now it seemed he had been a bit too idealistic.
To them, the "Hokage" was the target of their hatred, and he was the son of their enemy to boot.
In that case...
He would send them to reunite with their fathers!
"Die!"
The first Sky Ninja to rush forward had a savage gaze, his face full of a fierce desire to skin Kakashi alive and perish together with him. He raised his ninja sword and chopped down at Kakashi's head!
Kakashi coldly watched the opponent's mad beast-like appearance. In a single encounter, as the opponent's ninja sword was snapped, the Sky Ninja who had just looked ready to die with him revealed a look of confusion and disbelief.
Three years later.
The White Fang that once slaughtered its way into the Cloud camp was unsheathed in the world once again, following Shisui Uchiha.
The crisp, melodious, yet murderous sound of metal rang out across the sea!
In just a single encounter, the Sky Ninja who had rushed first was cut down—man and sword alike—by the White Fang.
"Kill!"
"Kill him!"
"Hatake Sakumo!"
The fall of the first Sky Ninja acted like a fuse. The surrounding Sky Ninjas completely ignored the Flying Raijin Squad and Might Guy, all rushing toward Kakashi!
Their roars, seeming to boost their own courage, carried the name of the Konoha White Fang, once famous throughout Konoha.
Only now, that name which once shook the ninja world belonged to Kakashi.
Blade light whipped up a wild waterfall. Every single Sky Ninja who rushed recklessly at Kakashi fell under the edge of the White Fang. Yet even so, these Sky Ninjas seemed to have their reason swallowed by hatred, launching suicidal charges at Kakashi one after another.
As more and more people died, Sky Ninjas from other battleships also hurried over, seemingly intending to use human lives to pile Kakashi to death right there.
Kakashi had no intention of pursuing past events.
If these people left now, Kakashi wouldn't bother chasing them down one by one.
But since they chose to come and die, Kakashi didn't mind sending them on their way.
Seeing the living forces of the Sky Ninja becoming increasingly scarce, rushing at Kakashi like moths to a flame, Shinnō immediately flew to the main cannon console and operated the 450mm caliber cannon, aiming it at Kakashi on the deck!
He included Kakashi and the surrounding Sky Ninjas within the strike range!
"Everyone!"
"If you can kill Kakashi here today, you are all heroes of the Sky Village!"
"The hatred of your fathers, the life and death of your families, the day of revenge is right before your eyes!!"
"Farewell!"
Under Shinnō's roar, those fearless Sky Ninjas became even more ferocious, willing to stake their own lives to keep Kakashi in place.
"Kill!"
"Lord Shinnō, don't worry about us!"
"The day of revenge is today!"
Kakashi glanced at Shinnō, who was controlling the main cannon to aim at him, and with a casual swing of his sword, resolved another enemy.
And at that moment, Shinnō, face full of hatred, pressed the main cannon's firing button!
"Kakashi!"
Might Guy, having personally experienced the power of the enemy's artillery, screamed out instantly.
But Guy, who had exited the Eight Inner Gates state and was heavily injured, didn't have a shred of strength left to help Kakashi.
At that moment, a massive shell poured out from the main cannon. Shining with a metallic luster and wrapped in violent flames, the heavy artillery shell rushed straight at Kakashi!
Dawn Tiger · Wind · Severing the Sky!
Violent wind wrapped around the blade, rolling golden flames dazzling the eye. A single slash fell, like a screen of wind severing the world!
In this critical moment, with Might Guy and the Flying Raijin Squad behind him, Kakashi had no time or room to let them dodge. His only choice was to take it head-on.
The majestic chakra within his body converged on the blade. As the sword slashed down, the massive amount of accumulated chakra was poured out in an instant.
In a split second, a violent, thundering roar exploded on the sea surface on both sides of the main ship!
Giant waves rose to the sky, white hair danced wildly, and the bloodstained flame cloak flapped loudly in the wind!
One sword cut the 450mm artillery shell in half, causing it to crash into the sea on both sides of the main ship!
At the same time, the main cannon—and Shinnō on the main cannon console—were also split in two by this single slash!
This scene stunned everyone around!
This sword strike exceeded everyone's expectations, and the surrounding Sky Ninjas were struck with fear.
As members of the Sky Ninja, they knew clearly the power of that main cannon.
If even the main cannon couldn't hurt this Kakashi Hatake, what could they possibly do?
The strength of the two sides was not on the same level; it was a chasm between heaven and earth!
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