Chapter 178 Matt Day
Chapter 178 Matt Day
On the front lines of the Land of Grass, the setting sun, like blood, dyed the clouds crimson.
Orochimaru's intelligence came too late; by the time the white snake emerged from the ground, the combined strangulation net of Kumogakure and Iwagakure had already tightened.
"Boom!"
Thunder rumbled in the east.
There was no tactical probing; the Cloud Village troops launched a full-speed assault as soon as they appeared.
Leading the group was none other than the future Fourth Raikage, A. He was enveloped in a raging storm of Lightning Release chakra, resembling a human tank. Beside him was a boy wearing sunglasses and carrying seven short swords.
Chirabi.
Although he was not yet the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, his strange rapping style and Seven-Sword Style taijutsu talent had already made him a rising star on the battlefield of Kumogakure.
"Yo! Yo! You idiots of Konoha! Are you ready to face the baptism of thunder? Idiots! Bastards! Yeah!"
While making strange hand gestures, he spun like a top as he charged into the battlefield, his seven swords reaping the lives of Konoha ninjas.
"Damn it! The flank defense has been breached!"
Minato instantly appeared beside Nishikawa Tetsu, his face grim.
The kunai in his hand had just blocked Ai's attack, and his tiger's mouth felt slightly numb.
"It's not just Kumogakure."
Nishikawa Tetsu looked north, where the sky suddenly darkened.
A short, old man floating in mid-air is coldly looking down at the battlefield, and a transparent cube is taking shape between his hands.
The third Tsuchikage, Onoki.
"That's... Dust Release?!"
Jiraiya's pupils contracted sharply, and his scalp tingled.
"Scatter immediately!!!"
"Dust Release: Particle Style - Detachment Technique!"
A blinding white light shot out from Onoki's hand, instantly enveloping a bunker at the forefront of Konoha.
There was no explosion, no sound.
After the light faded, the bunker, along with the dozen or so Konoha ninja inside, vanished into thin air, as if erased from a painting by an eraser, leaving only a smooth, hemispherical crater.
"The Tsuchikage himself has arrived..."
Nishikawa Tetsu gripped the electromagnetic cannon tightly, his palms sweating profusely.
In front, there was a high-speed surprise attack from the Raikage's son, and behind, the Tsuchikage's Dust Release was in place to provide cover.
This is no longer a local conflict; it's an encirclement and suppression of Konoha's main force.
"Everyone! Shrink the defensive line!"
Jiraiya roared, bit his finger, and summoned Gamabunta, attempting to block Onoki's view.
"Minato! That Raikage brat and that rapper freak are yours! Don't let them break up the formation!"
"clear!"
With a flash of golden light, Minato's figure disappeared, and when he reappeared, he was already blocking Ai and Bi's path.
"Your opponent is me."
"It's you again, you blondie!" Ai glared angrily. "Beat him! Let's all attack! This time we're going to kill him!"
"Yes, brother! Let him see the prototype of the Thunderous Plow and Hot Blade! Yeah!"
The battle instantly intensified.
……
Meanwhile, in the heart of the Land of Fire, in a forest not far from Konoha Village.
This place was far from the main battlefield and was originally a peaceful rear area.
"Cough... Run! Asuma! Take them away!"
A Konoha Jonin clutched his severed arm and screamed in despair.
But the next second, a large knife wrapped in bandages slashed down mercilessly.
"Shark's Skin - Sliced Meat!"
Suigetsu Hobutsu grinned maliciously, and his massive Samehada instantly tore the captain's body apart, the blood staining the mist red.
"teacher!!!"
Three boys, only eleven or twelve years old—Genma Shiranui, Ebisu, and Asuma Sarutobi—were huddled back to back, trembling.
They were a small team that had just completed a C-level mission and was on their way back to the village, but they never expected to run into this group of scoundrels.
"These are the seedlings of Konoha? They're so fragile."
Pipa Juzo, carrying a guillotine, approached step by step, his eyes cruel as if looking at a lamb to the slaughter.
"That brat seems to be the Third Hokage's son? Hehe, we've caught a big fish."
Seven figures of different shapes emerged from the mist; the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, the strongest ace of Kirigakure, had all arrived.
"It's over..." Ebisu pushed up his sunglasses, his legs too weak to stand.
Faced with seven elite Jonin, the three Genin didn't even have the right to resist.
Just as the guillotine was about to be swung at Asuma.
"Leaf Whirlwind!"
A green figure suddenly darted out from the woods to the side and kicked away Juzo Biwa's greatsword.
"Who goes there?!"
The Seven Ninja Swordsmen stopped in their tracks.
Blocking the way for the three children was a middle-aged man wearing a green bodysuit, sporting a watermelon-shaped haircut, and looking somewhat comical.
Matt Day.
A perennial genin of Konoha.
"Hurry, children!"
Dai had his back to the three people and did not turn around, but his voice was more serious and steady than ever before.
"Uncle Dai?" Genma Shiranui was stunned. "But you're just a genin, and they are..."
"Don't worry about who I am! Run!"
Dai struck a strange starting pose, with his thumb raised.
"There is something I must protect, and that is you, the 'Jade' of Konoha."
"Jade?" Asma asked, puzzled.
"This is the future!"
Dai took a deep breath and looked at the seven enemies in front of him who exuded a terrifying killing intent.
"Although I've been a genin my whole life, and although I've always been ridiculed."
"But today, I will burn with all my youth here!"
"Eight Gates Formation... Seventh Gate, Gate of Shock, open!!!"
"boom!"
Blue steam erupted from his body instantly, and the powerful shockwave even forced the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist to retreat several steps.
"This amount of chakra... how is this possible?!" Suigetsu Hobutaki's eyes widened.
Dai ignored their surprise and just muttered to himself.
"My son... Kay, he is fighting on the front lines now."
"He is dedicating his youthful energy to protecting the village."
"As his father, I can't lose to him."
Dai's skin began to turn red, and the blood in his body was burning wildly.
For the sake of his son Kaineng living in a peaceful village, and for the sake of the future of these three children.
"The Eighth Gate - The Gate of Death... Open!!!"
"Boom!!!"
Crimson steam shot into the sky, instantly evaporating the surrounding mist. At that moment, the millennia-old genin transformed into a crimson Asura.
"Run!!!"
Dai let out a roar and his figure disappeared from the spot.
"Bang!"
His punch sent the man and his blunt sword, Kabuto-giri, flying through the air.
"Monster! This guy is a monster!"
The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist finally showed expressions of fear.
Asma and his two companions stared at Might Guy, gritted their teeth, and turned to run away.
Behind them, red steam dyed the sky crimson; it was the most dazzling sunset they had ever seen in their lives.
……
Battlefield in the Land of Grass.
Might Guy, who was suppressing the Iwa ninja's attack with the electromagnetic cannon, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart.
"Hmm!"
Kai clutched his chest, his movements slowing slightly as he narrowly escaped being hit by a flying rock.
"Kai! What's wrong?!"
Kakashi, who was standing nearby, reacted quickly, cleaving the rock in two with a single stroke and catching Guy.
"I...I don't know..."
Kai gasped for breath, tears streaming down his face. He wasn't injured, but his heart ached so much he couldn't breathe.
Kai muttered to himself, a nameless sadness welling up inside him.
"Focus! This is a battle!"
Nishikawa Tetsu kicked away an Iwa ninja who was trying to ambush him and shouted loudly.
But when he glanced at Kai's condition, his heart sank.
Is it...
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