Chapter 338: Side Arc Part 9: Rise of New Generation
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Whoosh... whoosh...
Naruto and Sasuke confront the Third Raikage.
Crack... crack...
A crack his neck and knuckles.
Yoshaa...
Naruto withdraws a shuriken from his holster and throws it towards A.
"Shadow Shuriken Jutsu"
He makes some hand signs and the shurikens replicate and attacks A.
Clang... clang... clang...
The shuriken hits A's body and falls on the ground, inflicting no damage.
Naruto's expression turns grim.
"Sasuke! Be careful! This dude's body is quite tough."
"I know!"
Sasuke draws the Kusanagi blade and infuses some chakra in it.
Shoom...
The blade glows with white light.
"Nii-san told me that this blade can easily cut through armor. How well will it fare against this guy?"
Whoosh...
He flickers behind A and slashes at his legs.
'His lightning cloaks stimulate his nerves and muscles to react at phenomenal speed, but the excessive lightning chakra might paralyze his body. So, he uses his heels as a lightning rod to discharge the excess chakra into the ground. This makes the area around his ankles the weakest in terms of protection.'
Sasuke swings the Kusanagi blade and aims it for A's ankles.
Clang...
A deflects Sasuke's attack with his fingers.
"Nice try, kid! But if you can figure out the weakness of my cloak; then so can I. That's why I took extra precautions to remove any weakness."
Ah...
Sasuke jumps back and rubs his wrist.
'Even the Kusanagi blade is unable to penetrate his lightning cloak. Just how strong is his defense?'
He turns to Naruto.
"Naruto! Use your wind style to counteract his lightning style. His lightning cloak is too thick for me to penetrate with my blade. Make an opening for me so that I could land a fatal blow on his body."
"Alright!"
Naruto pumps his fist and gathers a large amount of chakra in his hand.
Swirl...
He rapidly compresses the chakra into a small ball and adds wind chakra to it.
"Wind Release: Rasengan Flash"
Fwoosh...
He fires the compressed chakra as a focused beam towards the Raikage.
BOOM...
The compressed chakra slams into Raikage's body and spins rapidly.
Snap... snap...
It grinds away the lightning cloak around his guts and punches a hole through his body armor.
Crack... crack...
The armor around Raikage's body snaps and separates from his body, revealing a pair of scars around his chest and guts.
"Now is the chance!"
Whoosh...
Sasuke quickly flickers in front of A. He infuses Kusanagi blade with chakra and stabs A.
"Too late!" A shake his head.
Swoosh...
He twists his body in mid-air and dodges Sasuke's attack.
"Damn! This old man is so slippery." Naruto complains.
Whoosh...
A retreat and confronts Naruto and Sasuke.
Swoosh...
The lightning cloak around his naval area restores itself.
"Forget about dealing with me, unless you can strip away my lightning cloak in a single strike or you have a strike powerful enough to ignore my defense! My movements are still slow, so use this time to finish me, or else unlike me, you will die for real!" A warns them.
"Damnit!" Naruto clicks his tongue.
"This guy has a cockroach-like shell! Sasuke, how long will it take?"
"Just a little!" Purple lightning flickers around Sasuke and covers the entire area in a radius of 10 meters around him.
"Alright! It's time to show you the fruits of my hard work."
Naruto stretches his right palm and grabs his wrist with his right hand.
Swoosh... Swoosh...
Large amounts of wind chakra blow around Naruto. It rapidly spins around him and forms an eye.
Shiing... Shiing...
Numerous wind blades flicker around him and form a barrier of wind. The wind chakra rapidly compresses into a ball with four large wind points around.
Shoom...
The wind points spin rapidly and form four wind blades.
Swirl...
Naruto compresses the entire wind storm around him into the chakra sphere.
"This is..."
Sasuke's eyes widen in shock. He gapes at Naruto's jutsu and remarks.
"What a powerful Wind Technique?! I am surprised he created a jutsu of this scale and managed to hide it from me without showing off?!"
"If it's this jutsu, then it might work!" A nod his head and the Rasenshuriken.
"Wind Release: Rasenshuriken"
Naruto dashes towards A with the Rasenshuriken in his hands.
HAAH...
He aims and throws the jutsu towards A.
Whoosh...
A twists his body in mid-air and dodges the jutsu.
"Release!"
Naruto crosses his arms.
BOOM...
He detonates the central sphere of the chakra, producing a vortex of wind at the point of impact. The vortex engulfs A.
Swish... swish... slash...
Countless microscopic wind blades skewer through A's body like a pin-cushion.
Crack... crack...
The lightning cloak around his body disperses immediately as the blades continue to pierce through him.
BOOM... Rumble...
The ground trembles from the might of the explosion of the jutsu, raising a cloud of dust and debris.
"That is..."
Kakashi and the rest of the group turn to Naruto's and Sasuke's battle.
"What kind of jutsu is this?"
The expression of Shikamaru and the rest freezes at this.
"Damn! They both are something." Shikamaru shakes his head.
"I can't fall behind!" Kiba makes some hand signs.
"Wolf Fang Over Fang"
He and Akamaru quickly mow through the group of edo shinobis.
"What a powerful jutsu? The number of attacks... even I couldn't count them all with my Sharingan. What an incredible technique?!"
Sasuke has a shocked expression on his face.
Rumble... Rumble...
The ground trembles for a while as the aftershock of the jutsu pushes everything away.
Swoosh... swoosh...
The smoke and dust clear up to reveal A lifelessly lying down in a crater.
"Did I get him?" Naruto warily stares at A.
Shoom...
A open's his eyes and jumps up.
Clatter... clatter...
Dust and ashes rise from the ground and slowly repair his body.
"Your technique is an incredible kid! If my body was alive when I was hit with your technique; then I am pretty sure even with my invincible defense, I would have died right then and there?"
Crack... crack...
The Edo body recovers completely.
"Too bad! With this body, I can simply ignore the damage of your jutsu!"
A riles up his chakra and curls up his finger.
"I am going to end it!"
Whoosh... Stab...
Sasuke appears behind A and stabs a purple lightning blade through A's lightning cloak.
"How?!"
Crackle... crackle...
Purple lightning flickers around Sasuke's body. It forms a ring on the ground as multiple flashes of lightning consecutively strike A's body, preventing him from regenerating.
"Lightning Release: Chidori Raiden's Judgement"
Bzzt... Crackle...
The intense lightning chakra scorches the ground and forms multiple rings of lightning around A and Indra.
"This is..."
Naruto stares at Sasuke's jutsu with shock.
'Sasuke's jutsu is not only channeling the lightning chakra through the enemy's body and nullifying his lightning cloak, but it's also actively paralyzing every nerve cell of the opponent, rendering them unable to make any movement. Not only that, the initial thrust was even able to pierce through the almost unbreachable lightning cloak. What an amazing jutsu!"
"Oye Naruto! Stop daydreaming and seal him using one of your sealing fuinjutsu! I can't hold this guy for too long." Sasuke warns him.
"Yes! Yes!"
Naruto scratches his head and takes out a sealing scroll from his storage. He makes some hand signs and slams his palm on the scroll.
Swoosh...
The scroll wraps around A's body and slowly seals him away.
Phew...
Sasuke cancels his jutsu and stands beside Naruto.
'Perhaps the future generation has already surpassed the previous generation. I wonder how A is doing?!' A silently stares at Sasuke's and Naruto's back as his soul returns to the pure world.
He looks down and stares at the scar near his naval region.
'Back then, that kid took me by surprise and pierced my invincible shield with his blade. Now, his disciples...'
On the other side of the battle,
Kakashi and Guy dust their hands as they destroy all of Shamon's puppets.
"Now all that's left is to seal him!"
Swoosh...
Kakashi takes out a sealing formation from his storage.
'Izuna designed this seal. So, there is no doubt about its ability!"
He throws the sealing talisman at Shamon.
Whoosh...
The talisman expands and wraps around Shamon's body.
Crack... crack...
Numerous cracks appear on Shamon's body as his soul returns to the pure world.
"I will help you with the rest!"
Naruto appears beside Shikamaru and the group and seals all the immobilized enemies.
Whoosh...
The military squad and the village chief arrive at the battlefront.
The rest of the Edo's crumble apart, leaving a few dead bodies behind.
"These... these"
One of the village elder points towards the bodies with trembling hands.
"My son! NO!"
He hugs the corpse of a young man in his twenties.
Crumble...
The body of the young man crumbles into dust.
"NO! MY SON! Don't leave me alone!"
The village elder's eyes turn red as his body twitches unnaturally.
"It's their fault! It's the fault of those Tonika Village. I will kill them!"
He screams in frenzy and dashes towards the village.
"Stop him!"
Kakashi signals them.
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