Chapter 20: Assault On Kumogakure!
Raiden Building.
Fourth Raiden, wearing a white robe and a Raiden hat on his head, held a dumbbell in his right hand, stretching his muscles while listening to the intelligence report from his subordinate.
“From the updated information at the bounty exchange, the mysterious ninja who killed Kainu has already taken his body there to claim the bounty.” Mabui held a document, her tone calm.
Bang!
As soon as Mabui finished speaking, Fourth Raiden slammed his palm down, splitting the entire hard ironwood table in half!
“How outrageous! That damn guy!” Fourth Raiden’s eyes widened in fury, yet he remained calm despite his rage.
Raiden asked in a deep voice: “What is the possibility that Konohagakure did this themselves?”
He had dispatched a special jonin skilled in stealth as a special envoy, ostensibly for peace talks, but actually to sneak into Hyuga Clan Territory, kidnap the Hyuga princess, and thereby obtain the Byakugan bloodline limit for Cloud Village.
If discovered by the Hyuga Clan—best if by the Hyuga Main Family—the envoy would become a suicide soldier, crashing into them and dying on the spot, giving Cloud Village an excuse to force Konoha to hand over the culprit.
This was supposed to be a sure-win move with no downside.
But then a masked mysterious ninja suddenly appeared, killed the Cloud Village special envoy, and dumped the body in Hyuga Clan Territory, framing the Hyuga Clan.
What Cloud Village had done was clearest to Raiden himself, of course.
He didn’t buy Konoha’s excuses at all, believing they were just desperately protecting the Hyuga Clan.
“There is some possibility, after all, a ninja who could do this inside the heavily guarded Konohagakure wouldn’t be some nameless nobody.” Mabui frowned slightly.
As Raiden’s secretary, Mabui was exceptionally intelligent, skilled in judgment and analysis, and held much intelligence on Cloud Village.
Thus, Mabui also thought it unlikely such a person existed.
“But…” Mabui set down the document in her hand, a sharp glint flashing in her pale blue pupils as she added: “Konohagakure is stubbornly insisting it was a mysterious ninja, clearly protecting the Hyuga Clan to the death. If we keep pressing, Konoha probably won’t hand over the Hyuga Clan’s culprit.”
“Hmph! Then keep fighting! Until Konoha begs for mercy!” Fourth Raiden’s face twisted ferociously, his left fist clenched with cracking sounds.
He wanted to lead ninja troops straight to Konoha’s home right now.
“Lord Raiden, Cloud Village has no strength left to fight.” Mabui sighed, analyzing the current situation of Cloud Village and the Land of Lightning for this hot-tempered Lord Raiden.
Forget invading Konohagakure—they hadn’t even entered the Land of Fire. The two countries’ ninja troops had been stalemated for months in the Land of Hot Water and Land of Moon, already exhausted.
This war should end too.
“Also, this is the third table you’ve smashed this month!” Mabui glanced at the fragments on the ground—this was a table made of top-quality hard ironwood.
Mabui said helplessly: “Repair fees will be deducted from your allowance.”
“Do whatever!” Fourth Raiden didn’t care.
He held the dumbbell in his right hand, looking outside the window at a thick mass of dark clouds drifting closer, feeling an inexplicable sense of unease for some reason.
‘What is Bee up to?’ Fourth Raiden’s first thought was his adopted brother, the Eight-Tails jinchūriki Killer Bee, who loved rap and had been banned from leaving the village by him for years.
Boom—!
Suddenly, a deafening explosion came from the base of the Raiden Building!
The entire building shook violently, the room creaking as if it might collapse at any moment.
“Who’s there!” Fourth Raiden roared, flinging the dumbbell aside, shattering the office glass, and jumping down.
“Lord Raiden!” Mabui hurriedly followed.
The two jumped out of the Raiden Building, landing on the platform below, and saw that nearly half of the lower part of the Raiden Building had been blown away!
If the Raiden Building weren’t built on a mountaintop with supports linking to other peaks, it might have already collapsed.
Raiden Ai searched around for the enemy.
Step—
Footsteps came from the smoke.
“Who dares to wreak havoc in Cloud Village!” Fourth Raiden was furious beyond measure—Cloud Village had never been invaded in decades since its founding.
From the thick rolling smoke, a figure slowly emerged, the white three-eyed fox mask faintly visible as the smoke gradually dissipated.
“Playing tricks!” Fourth Raiden’s body erupted with purple lightning-attribute chakra, activating Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
He glared at the figure in the smoke and shouted fiercely: “Get out!”
Fourth Raiden flashed forward at extreme speed toward the mysterious person in the smoke.
“Die for me!”
“Lightning Release: Heavy Flow Surge!”
Countless Lightning Release chakra gathered at Raiden Ai’s elbow, sizzling, whistling as it surged toward the mysterious person.
Just as Raiden Ai’s elbow was about to strike the mysterious person’s mask.
Clang—!
A clear ring pierced the air.
A black scythe swung out from the rolling thick smoke, slicing through the fog.
It clashed fiercely with the metal wristband on Raiden Ai’s wrist, producing a crisp ‘clang’, sparks flying!
At the same time, more than half of the Lightning Release chakra concentrated at Raiden Ai’s elbow inexplicably vanished.
“Who!” The strike missed, Lightning Release: Heavy Flow Surge interrupted, Raiden Ai decisively retreated.
“Lord Raiden!” At that moment, Mabui and two guards from the Raiden guard team, Darui and Shi, arrived at the battlefield, standing at Raiden Ai’s left and right, assuming combat stances.
“Who is the enemy?” Darui gripped his long sword, staring intently at the three masked people emerging from the smoke.
As the smoke cleared, two more long-robed masked people floated in the air.
The one on the right had ribbons fluttering behind, looking like a woman.
The one on the left wore a black robe and held a black scythe.
The two hovered in midair like ghosts.
Raiden Ai focused on the scythe-wielding masked person—he had felt a lot of his chakra being drained earlier.
“That’s!” Mabui also spotted the mysterious people opposite, her pupils contracting sharply: “The mysterious ninja who killed Kainu, as reported by Konoha!”
“What?!” Darui and Shi were somewhat stunned.
As Raiden’s guards and Cloud high-level officials, they naturally knew about this news from Konoha a few days ago.
“I thought it was Konoha’s lame excuse, but it’s real.” Darui looked gravely at the two masked people floating in the air: “And it seems the opponent isn’t just one person.”
Konoha’s report mentioned one mysterious ninja, but now three masked people were attacking Cloud Village!
“Ada!” A whoosh came from overhead.
Killer Bee, carrying seven swords on his back, also arrived at the battlefield.
“Yo~ Big bro okay~”
Killer Bee first greeted his big brother, Raiden Ai, then looked at the three mysterious masked people after the smoke cleared.
“Yo~ Little bros from before~ Why attack Cloud~ ” Killer Bee struck a pose with his hands, issuing a challenge.
Uzumaki Menma’s malice perception was fully activated, already sensing the ninjas of the entire Cloud Village rushing over quickly.
Soon, figures landed around the Raiden Building one after another, ninjas wearing Cloud headbands surrounding Uzumaki Menma.
“Did Cloud Village ever find a reason when attacking others?” A low voice came from under Menma’s white three-eyed fox mask.
“Today, we’re just returning your tricks to you.” With that, Menma ordered the two Nine-Faced Beasts behind him: “Take out these small fry!”
Celestial Maiden swung her ribbons, Third Shinigami raised his scythe.
They charged left and right.
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