"Water Style: Iron Cannonball."
Gamabunta leapt into the air, opened his massive mouth, and fired a gigantic water cannon straight at the Third Raikage.
"Hmph, a trivial trick."
The Third Raikage charged forward, smashing through the water cannon head-on and arriving right in front of Gamabunta.
"What? A human actually has such defensive power?"
Gamabunta was startled.
"There's still a lot you don't understand about humans."
"Piercing Four Fingered."
The Third Raikage's body shot forward at extreme speed, crashing toward Gamabunta.
"Boss Bunta, be careful!"
Bang!
Gamaken blocked the attack with his shield, but was sent flying by the impact.
"What tremendous strength."
Gamabunta seized the opportunity, pulling out the short blade at his waist and slashing horizontally.
The Third Raikage, suspended midair with no footing, had no choice but to take the hit head-on.
He was sent flying, but Gamabunta's expression grew more serious.
"This feeling… this guy is incredibly tough."
He glanced at his blade—several chips had appeared along its edge.
"Of course. That's the famous Third Raikage of the Hidden Cloud Village."
Hyūga Hiyasu had somehow appeared on top of Gamabunta's head.
"Kid, who are you? Get down. Not just anyone gets to stand on my head."
"Hey, don't be so stingy. We're both targeting the Third Raikage, so let's work together."
"Kid…"
"Watch out!"
The Third Raikage appeared again in front of Gamabunta.
"Three-Fingered Assault."
His aura rose to an even higher level.
Does this thing need to charge up too? Why does it feel like he's leveling up stage by stage?
Hyūga Hiyasu thought speechlessly.
"Eight Trigrams: Mountain Crusher Strike."
A powerful force struck the Third Raikage's body, but he seemed completely unfazed, continuing his assault toward the man and the toad.
"What the hell… his internal defenses are insane too. How did the Cloud Village train a monster like this? This doesn't fit the usual ninja style of high attack but low defense."
"Kid, what are you mumbling about? If you're useless, get off my head."
"I'm useful, I'm useful—of course I am. Bunta, use toad oil."
"You know Fire Style?"
"Nope."
"Then what the hell am I supposed to do with toad oil?"
"Just use it. Go ask around in the Hidden Leaf Village—I, Hyūga Hiyasu, never screw people over."
"I'll trust you this once."
Gamabunta spewed out a massive amount of toad oil toward the Third Raikage.
Hyūga Hiyasu pulled all the oil toward himself, wrapping it around Gamabunta and forming a massive ring.
Then—
He pulled out an Explosive Tag.
The flame triggered by the tag ignited the entire oil ring.
"Fire Style: Ring of Resistance."
"Bunta, go. Let's see if the Third Raikage dares charge through the flames at us."
"Kid, you're somewhat useful after all."
Gamabunta rarely praised anyone.
With the ring of fire surrounding him, he spewed another massive stream of toad oil.
This time, it passed through the flames, turning into a blazing oil attack that shot toward the Third Raikage.
"Fire Style: Toad Oil Flame Bullet."
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Third Raikage dodged rapidly, frowning at the fiery ring surrounding the toad.
"…Fine. I'll just tank it."
Just as he prepared to take the hit head-on—
"Storm Release: Laser Circus."
Black lightning twisted along strange paths, colliding with the incoming flame bullet.
"Raikage-sama, go deal with Konoha's commander. Leave this to us."
Dodai arrived with the Raikage's guard squad. The one who had just attacked was a bald, muscular man beside him.
"Reliable comrades indeed."
The Third Raikage immediately turned and dashed toward Jiraiya's direction. He didn't know what Jiraiya was doing, but he couldn't allow it to succeed.
"Don't think you're getting away!"
Hyūga Hiyasu wrapped the flames from the ring around Gamabunta's blade and slashed forward.
"Lava Style: Rubber Wall."
Dodai spat out a large amount of pale-yellow substance, attempting to block the blade—but he overlooked the flames coating it.
High heat cutting through rubber—smooth beyond belief.
"Not good! Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall!"
Dodai barely managed to block the attack.
Suddenly—
They noticed the sky darken in an instant.
Gamahiro's massive body came crashing down from above.
"Hiyasu, forget about the Third Raikage. Jiraiya-sama is almost ready."
The one speaking was Nara Shikaku, who had somehow appeared atop Gamahiro's head.
"Is that so? Hey, green giant toad—draw your twin blades. I've got something fun for you."
Green? This is azure.
Gamahiro frowned, but after glancing at the flaming blade in Gamabunta's hand—
"This is azure, not green. I'll let it slide this time."
He swiftly drew his twin blades.
Hyūga Hiyasu didn't hesitate.
Flame effects instantly coated the blades.
Who dares say I'm not a support? Enchantment and buffs—what more do you want?!
Gamahiro's eyes lit up as he swung his twin blades toward the Cloud shinobi.
One slash for tomorrow, one slash for the past—
A forward strike takes life, a reverse strike soothes the soul.
Dual-blade great swordsman Gamahiro enters the battlefield.
The Cloud shinobi could only dodge desperately—after all, not everyone had the Third Raikage's monstrous physique.
Dodai felt extremely frustrated.
Earlier, being suppressed by tactics was one thing—that was just the Hyūga's bloodline ability.
But now even his Kekkei Genkai was being countered.
Was Konoha his natural enemy or something?
Honestly, being countered by anything is fine—just not fire.
Early on it's manageable, but later on everyone can throw around flames.
Sometimes, not even humans are required.
"Lightning Style: Lariat!"
A arrived with Killer B, charging into the battlefield.
A single heavy strike from A forced Gamahiro back.
"A? Why are you here? Did you stop chasing Minato?"
Hyūga Hiyasu was genuinely surprised.
What about your artillery position? You just abandoned it?
He quickly looked into the distance.
"You guys are pretty clever—using this method to restrain Minato."
Hiyasu had just seen it clearly—
Whenever Minato left, Cloud shinobi would seize the chance to climb onto the chakra cannons.
But if Minato stayed, they wouldn't dare approach them.
Ironically, the cannon position Minato had already torn through ended up restricting him instead.
This was the tragedy of lacking large-scale destructive techniques.
Since the enemy wouldn't let him leave, Minato simply stopped trying and began slaughtering Cloud shinobi around the artillery zone.
"Hmph. Once we deal with you, Namikaze Minato won't be able to escape either."
A said coldly.
Even though they'd never once defeated Konoha, Hiyasu couldn't understand why the younger A was still so confident.
But he didn't mind.
This was a dungeon he needed to clear at least once.
Gamaken also arrived, carrying Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Chōza.
Cloud Side: A, Dodai, Killer B, and five members of the Raikage's guard squad (all elite jōnin)
Konoha Side: Hyūga Hiyasu, Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, Akimichi Chōza, Gamabunta, Gamahiro, Gamaken
The great battle—was about to erupt.
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