"Then let's see exactly what level the Designated Transformation Technique can reach!"
Rasa looked at the Four-Tails before him.
At this point, the Four-Tails' condition was already quite terrible.
When Roshi faced Rasa, he had already suffered a loss.
The moment the Four-Tails appeared, it had taken a railgun strike. The powerful impact had sent its enormous body flying an extremely long distance.
Then came the Gold Dust Thundercloud.
Countless bolts of lightning poured down, blasting the Four-Tails badly.
After that, Rasa used Samehada to fight the Four-Tails.
With every collision, Samehada would inevitably absorb a portion of the Four-Tails' chakra.
Even though Rasa had already held back, the number of exchanges was simply too high. The Four-Tails had gained no advantage whatsoever.
Now, seeing Rasa suddenly stop, the Four-Tails thought Rasa had exhausted his strength. It wanted to seize this chance to counterattack, but suddenly, an extremely ominous premonition rose in its heart.
That shocked the Four-Tails.
Because even when facing the railgun and the Gold Dust Thundercloud, it had not felt this way.
For such a premonition to appear now, did that mean the attack Rasa was about to use would be even stronger?
"Forced Designated Transformation Technique!"
As Rasa formed hand seals—
The next moment, Rasa felt a vast amount of chakra drawn from his body. The consumption was greater than any ninjutsu he had used before.
Even for him, who already possessed forty percent Otsutsuki bloodline, it placed an enormous burden on his body.
Rasa suspected that if this had been the previous Rasa, then after using this one technique, he would probably have ended up much like Kakashi after using Kamui once while carrying a three-tomoe Sharingan.
But the chakra consumption was enormous, and the effect was equally excellent.
The instant the ninjutsu landed on the Four-Tails—
The Four-Tails' enormous body began shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Its original ape-like form also began changing.
The fur on its body vanished. Its red color turned green. The shape of its limbs changed as well.
It turned into a pure green toad the size of an adult's palm.
Sensing the change in itself, the Four-Tails panicked to the extreme.
This was a situation the Four-Tails had never encountered before.
It was even more terrifying than being sealed.
Rasa raised his foot and stepped down.
Splat!
The green toad was flattened by Rasa's single stomp.
The miserable scream had only sounded halfway when the Four-Tails' power suddenly overflowed. The green toad beneath Rasa's foot swelled, but by then it had already changed into Roshi's form.
The Four-Tails had vanished.
As for Roshi, he had fallen into a severely injured and unconscious state.
"Designated Transformation Technique!"
"Depending on the target, and depending on the form I want the target to transform into, the amount of chakra consumed varies."
"Because the Four-Tails' body was too huge and its strength too powerful, I had to consume so much chakra."
"From a giant ape into a palm-sized toad."
Rasa took out a sealing scroll and wrapped it around Roshi. Very quickly, Roshi was bound tightly from head to toe.
Afterward, through Situational Awareness, he found the location of the surviving Suna shinobi who had left earlier.
"Kazekage-sama."
Rasa looked around.
"Roshi has already been defeated by me. He will not appear again in the future. Return to the outpost first. Sort through the situation and compile the detailed information, then send it back to the village."
"I will arrange personnel to rebuild the outpost."
"For the shinobi who died, the village will provide compensation to their families."
"You can also be considered to have rendered merit. The village will grant you corresponding rewards."
The survivors looked at one another. Their eyes revealed both emotion and excitement.
"Thank you, Kazekage-sama!"
Rasa nodded slightly.
The next moment, a mass of Gold Dust appeared beneath Rasa's feet, carrying him swiftly into the sky.
The Eight-span Crow flew over.
Rasa leapt, landing precisely on the Eight-span Crow's back.
"Return to the village!"
Below, the surviving shinobi watched as the Eight-span Crow's figure turned into a black dot, then disappeared. Only after a long while did they withdraw their gazes.
One surviving shinobi sighed.
"I never expected Iwagakure to be so shameless. A ninja like Roshi actually came to attack ordinary ninja like us."
"He has no shame at all."
"On the battlefield, jonin against jonin, chunin against chunin, genin against genin—that's the normal way. What Roshi did is no different from a jonin specifically targeting the enemy's genin to slaughter."
The surviving shinobi beside him nodded.
"Exactly. Roshi was too shameless. Thankfully, Kazekage-sama arrived in time. Otherwise, all of us would probably have died in Roshi's attack."
"Kazekage-sama's strength is still incredible!"
"Just now, I saw that Kazekage-sama didn't have a single injury on him. Even his clothes weren't damaged."
"That proves Kazekage-sama's strength completely crushed Roshi's. He wasn't just a little stronger."
"To have Kazekage-sama is truly Sunagakure's good fortune!"
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The Four Great Shinobi Villages were all working hard to mine more silver ore.
But for ordinary people in the shinobi villages and various nations, their attention was not focused on that.
They had no ability to mine silver ore.
On this day, what attracted most people's attention was Ninja World Weekly.
Because the third story was about to begin serialization.
The first story had been The Kouga Ninja Scrolls.
A story filled with tragedy and regret. Even now, readers still could not let it go.
"It was too cruel!"
"Why couldn't it have a good ending?"
The second story was One Piece.
At first, Kirigakure had believed this story was an insinuation against Kirigakure, a story meant to damage Kirigakure's reputation.
But now, whenever One Piece was mentioned, no one thought of Kirigakure anymore.
What they thought of was the passion in the story, the trust between companions.
And Devil Fruits.
"Sunagakure's Devil Fruits and the Devil Fruits in One Piece aren't the same, but I'm willing to bet the author absolutely drew inspiration from Sunagakure's Devil Fruits."
"You mean this author is a ninja?"
"Of course. Otherwise, why would the descriptions of combat inside feel so realistic?"
The newspaper had not yet arrived, but anticipation was already written across these people's eyes.
"I wonder what the third story will be."
"Ever since One Piece ended, there have been no stories to read. The stories in the newspapers of other shinobi villages are far too inferior."
"It's here! It's here!"
Seeing the merchants carrying the newspapers appear, everyone hurriedly crowded over.
The merchant lifted his chin.
"Line up. All of you, line up properly. This is Sunagakure's newspaper, so everyone must follow Sunagakure's rules. Don't bring the bad habits of other places here."
The merchants had gained benefits through Sunagakure, so they also promoted Sunagakure's reputation and defended Sunagakure.
The moment everyone obtained the newspaper, they immediately looked toward the story section.
"The new story is finally here!"