Chapter 89: Tidal Wave Roar VS Sand Waterfall Imperial Funeral!
Uehara Naraka looked on with great satisfaction.
Although he hadn't mastered a thousand ninjutsu like Kakashi Hatake, his skills were far stronger than Kakashi's ninjutsu.
"Next, let's randomly spot-check a squad of little cuties!"
Uehara Naraka activated the Destiny skill, but only saw the three surrounding Suna ANBU squads rapidly retreating towards the border.
Clearly, Uehara's frantic interception and killing of Suna ANBU during this period had already attracted Sunagakure's attention. To avoid innocent losses, they began ordering the Suna ANBU to retreat.
"How sensible!"
Just as Uehara Naraka was about to close the Destiny skill's display and report to Nagato and Konan, he saw a large contingent of Suna ninjas enter his Destiny display range.
Uehara observed carefully for a moment and saw several familiar people within, the most familiar being the Fourth Kazekage Rasa and his son Gaara!
The Suna ninjas weren't retreating!
They were concentrating their forces to invade the Land of Rain!
Uehara Naraka's expression instantly turned somewhat unpleasant. He shook his head and sighed, "I just upgraded and bought equipment on my side, and you guys come to feed kills?"
Now was when Uehara's confidence was at its peak!
As a result, the Fourth Kazekage Rasa just stuck his head out... and incidentally, as a friendly gift, presented the Akatsuki organization with a young Jinchūriki.
Rasa only led a few dozen Suna ninja guards and Gaara into the Land of Rain. He simply wanted to test if Gaara was qualified as Sunagakure's ultimate weapon.
If Gaara could prove useful in actual combat, Rasa wouldn't mind throwing his eight-year-old son onto the battlefield to intimidate Amegakure (Village Hidden in the Rain).
This was the mettle of the Fourth Kazekage.
To protect Sunagakure's interests, Rasa would not hesitate to sacrifice everything of his own.
Rasa led his guard ninja squad, searching for the missing ANBU while also hunting for the kid who expelled their ordinary Suna ninjas.
Soon they found traces.
Or rather, they found corpses.
Eight Suna ANBU squads, all dead in the Land of Rain.
Such a huge loss could only be described as disastrous; it was almost one-third of the ANBU forces cultivated by the Fourth Kazekage.
Moreover, the injuries on these ANBU ninjas were mostly from Lightning Release or being cut down by a huge ninja sword, clearly all dying at the hands of the same person.
Baki stood before Rasa, reporting in a low voice, "Lord Kazekage, according to the information we previously obtained from some Jonin corpses, these ANBU should all have died at the hands of that young Ame ninja."
"It really was him?"
Rasa supported his forehead, glanced at the corpses on the ground, a flash of anger in his eyes, "All squads, search with full force! If his tracks are discovered, fire a signal flare immediately!"
"Lord Kazekage."
Baki knelt on one knee, gritted his teeth, and advised, "We have numerous personnel entering the Land of Rain; it's very likely to cause a war between Amegakure and Sunagakure... Konoha might also intervene in the Land of Rain."
"Don't worry."
Rasa confidently waved his hand and said gravely, "After the destruction of the Uchiha clan, the current Konoha doesn't have much deterrent power."
Baki: "..."
Is their Kazekage too arrogant?
Back then, Sunagakure mobilized the entire nation's strength, only to be badly beaten by Konoha ninjas at Kikyo Mountain. A large number of young ninjas were captured, causing a decline in Sunagakure's subsequent talent pool, from which they still haven't recovered.
"Relax."
Rasa seemed to notice his subordinate's disrespectful gaze and explained coldly, "Sunagakure's strength isn't great enough yet; I don't want to start a war with Konoha for the time being... But for benefits in the Land of Rain, we can exchange them through other means."
"Yes."
Baki could only nod.
For Rasa, the Fourth Kazekage, to be willing to explain to him, already showed sufficient respect for him as a trusted advisor.
Rasa flexed his wrist and said softly, "Didn't someone get news of Orochimaru earlier? Go back and tell Konoha we are willing to assist them in capturing Orochimaru!"
This news was enough.
Orochimaru was Konoha's S-rank rogue ninja, and had been a high-ranking figure in Konoha for many years, knowing much intelligence about Konoha.
For all these years, Konoha had been pursuing him.
Trading a rogue ninja who held much Konoha intelligence for Konoha's concession regarding a small country—Konoha wouldn't actually lose out.
Splash splash...
Someone suddenly walked over, treading on the river water.
It was a youth.
The youth walked imposingly towards the Suna ninjas' camp, slowly extending his palm towards the group, "Water Release: Tidal Wave Roar!"
An ocean wave appeared out of thin air!
As the young ninja released more and more chakra, the surging ocean wave also grew larger and larger, almost reaching a hundred meters high, rapidly sweeping towards the group of Suna ninjas!
"Who is it!"
"Enemy attack!"
At the critical moment, two Suna Jonin beside Fourth Kazekage Rasa stepped forward, each releasing their own Wind Release ninjutsu!
"Wind Release: Tornado Gale!"
"Wind Release: Great Sickle Weasel Technique!"
A fierce wind instantly swirled the ocean wave upwards towards the sky!
However, this only treated the symptoms, not the root cause. The wave was even too large, such that these two Jonin could only barely maintain it for a few seconds.
The other Suna ninjas also began releasing their own Wind Release ninjutsu, assisting them in blocking wave after wave of the incoming giant torrents!
Clearly, facing such hundred-meter-high monstrous waves, their ninjutsu could, at best, barely combine efforts to break through one wave crest, but couldn't stop the waves that followed.
Rasa slowly raised his head, looking at the young Ame ninja flying above the waves.
That young Ame ninja, with arms outstretched, hovered in the air. Boundless waves surged forward beneath him, setting him off like a god!
Rasa frowned, thought for a second, then patted his son standing beside his leg, "Go, Gaara. Use your power to resolve all this."
"...I understand."
The red-haired youth's eyes gradually turned fierce. Strands of yellow sand seeped out from the gourd on his back. He walked step by step towards the direction of the ocean wave.
As Gaara walked, the ground beneath his feet also gradually turned into yellow sand, and the area of yellow sand spread outwards bit by bit.
When Gaara stopped before the ocean wave, he finally flipped his palm and released his ninjutsu. The kid's young voice carried a hint of bloodthirst, "Sand Waterfall Imperial Funeral!"
Boundless sand waves soared into the air!
Wave after wave of yellow sand began to stack up, surging towards the ocean wave, accumulating before it to form a defensive wall built of yellow sand.
A group of Suna ninjas, their faces ugly, retreated respectively!
Just now, when Gaara released his ninjutsu, he clearly didn't care about their lives or deaths, looking as if he wouldn't mind burying them under the yellow sand too.
"Is he trying to kill us?"
"At least look at your own comrades, right?"
"You bunch of trash, fall back."
Gaara slightly tilted his head to glance at them, his face full of ferocity, "Don't drag me down, or I'll kill you all too!"
"..."
The numerous Suna ninjas looked at each other in dismay.
Clearly just an eight-year-old kid, yet when he spoke of killing comrades, it was as if squashing an ant. No wonder this kid was always so disliked.
"Interesting."
Uehara Naraka in the air chuckled lightly, watching Gaara below, "Actually using flowing sand to block the ocean's impact. Truly a foolish child!"
Just as Uehara's words finished, an even higher ocean wave fiercely smashed through the wall of yellow sand, boundless seawater once again engulfing the Suna ninjas!
This was a Tidal Wave Roar that consumed standard Kage-level chakra; how could it be blocked so easily!
(End of Chapter)
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