After an unknown period, the seemingly endless bombardment finally ceased.
A collapsed in a messy, muddy puddle, his body scorched black, blood constantly flowing, his body numb to the point of almost losing consciousness.
He slowly raised his head, his blurry vision gradually focusing.
"What!"
A towering white giant had risen from the ground, standing at what was once the center of Kumogakure. And at the giant's feet, as far as the eye could see, it had turned into a vast lake.
Floods were gushing out from all directions, mercilessly devouring the remaining buildings and streets.
Kumogakure, once built on rugged high mountains, was about to be completely submerged in an instant.
Susanoo slowly clenched its hand in the void, and a massive amount of Chakra instantly condensed, forming a Chakra blade shimmering with a chilling cold light.
The giant blade, with the power to tear the sky, slashed across the towering Raikage Building, cutting it in half.
Boom!
Like a hot knife through butter, the Raikage Building emitted a teeth-grinding cracking sound. The upper half of the building, with a desperate roar, slowly slid and collapsed, stirring up soaring dust and waves.
A never-before-felt emotion tightly gripped A's heart.
Despair.
He had never imagined that Kumogakure would be destroyed in his hands.
The entire village combined couldn't even stop one person.
A cold stream of water wrapped around A's broken body, lifting him and bringing him before Satoshi.
"Tell me, when did Kumogakure become a running dog for Akatsuki? And where have you hidden the secret techniques you've collected for them all these years?"
"Pfft!"
A coughed out a mouthful of clotted blood, using his last ounce of strength to roar.
"Nonsense! We, Kumogakure, would never collude with those sneaky bastards!"
He stared intensely at Satoshi. "Bastard! You dare to destroy Kumogakure! As long as I have a breath left, I will absolutely not let you go!"
Not far away, the Kumogakure ninjas who had miraculously survived the flood and explosions looked at A, who was no longer able to fight, their eyes filled with fear and a deep sense of powerlessness.
"Raikage-sama..." Someone sobbed softly, their voice drowned out by the sound of the water.
Even their strongest Raikage had been defeated, what could these ordinary ninjas do?
To put it bluntly, the entire Kumogakure had fallen. It had been effortlessly conquered by Konoha's Hokage and the terrifying toads he summoned, in a crushing manner.
Despair spread silently.
In this desperate silence, several figures struggled out of the murky water. They almost stumbled and crawled to a spot not far from Satoshi's feet.
"Hokage-sama." Their voices trembled.
"Please stop. Perhaps we can talk."
Talk?
Talk my ass!
You didn't say that when you issued the challenge.
Satoshi's gaze slowly swept over these high-ranking officials. Scarlet light instantly filled his entire vision, and powerful ocular power brutally invaded their mental worlds, causing their consciousness to instantly blur.
Who the hell is talking with you? Now Konoha is going to search your homes.
Under the control of the Sharingan, they unreservedly revealed the location of Kumogakure's forbidden jutsu room.
A moment later, deep within a cave in the back mountains of Kumogakure.
Satoshi found a huge metal door protected by layers of seals. He easily deciphered the Fuinjutsu provided by the controlled elder. The heavy metal door slowly slid open, revealing mountains of scrolls and strange ninja tools inside.
He casually found the largest box and quickly crammed all those precious secret jutsu scrolls into it.
At the same time, deep within Cloud Thunder Gorge, far from the main battlefield, two massive and violent Chakra suddenly erupted.
Bee's personality was unusually strange, no one knew what was in his head.
The last time he encountered Satoshi, neither he nor Gyūki had shown their true strength.
They just felt that the opponent's methods were bizarre and very troublesome, so they simply and decisively escaped.
These years, his big brother A had kept him in Cloud Thunder Gorge under the guise of training, demanding him to stay put.
So Bee actually took advantage of this time to wander around outside, just to find some inspiration for rap.
If A, who was currently half-dead in a water prison, knew about this, he would probably be so angry he'd pass out.
Just a moment ago, Bee had snuck back from who knows which corner. Then, Gyūki noticed that something was wrong.
He felt a familiar Chakra coming from the direction of Kumogakure, which was even more terrifying than last time. Also, A's presence was very weak.
"Bee!" Gyūki roared in the mental world.
"Something big has happened! That Uchiha is here again!"
"Also, A is in danger!"
Bee rapped, "Destruction? Terror? Yo! Big bro's in trouble, gotta help him out."
"Be serious."
Bee finally put away his notebook and pencil, the playful smile on his face replaced by an unprecedented seriousness.
"Damn Uchiha, you idiot!"
He no longer held back in the slightest, rushing back towards Kumogakure like crazy.
When he returned to Kumogakure, the sight that greeted him stunned even this thick-skinned guy.
The village, shrouded in thunderclouds, that he remembered... was gone.
In its place was a vast expanse of water. And in the center of that ruin, a massive water prison was particularly glaring.
His beloved elder brother, A, was imprisoned within it like a dead fish, his presence weak. It couldn't be any more miserable.
"Big brother!"
Violent, dark red Chakra instantly boiled.
Splash.
Several incredibly thick octopus tentacles, wrapped in dense Tailed Beast Chakra, fiercely struck the water prison.
The highly compressed water was forcibly torn apart by the violent power.
A powerful Chakra broke through the water prison's restraints, pulling out the unconscious A.
A tentacle shot out like lightning, coiling around the severely injured A and quickly retreating.
Suddenly, a white giant rose from the ground, then instantly disappeared.
The next moment, it appeared behind Bee. A huge fist slammed down fiercely towards Bee's back.
"Bee!"
Violent, dark red Chakra erupted like a volcano.
A massive monster, with a huge ox head and eight octopus tentacles, rose from the ground.
However, before Bee could react, the huge fist slammed heavily into his body.
"Oww!"
Gyūki let out a painful roar.
His massive body was actually sent flying off the ground by that punch, violently crashing into the remaining half of a distant cliff.
He had not yet risen when Susanoo already took huge strides.
Crushing the floodwaters, it pursued.
The giant tightly gripped the two Chakra blades that seemed capable of severing space, raising them high and mercilessly slashed down at Eight-Tails, who had just managed to get up.
"Idiot! We're doomed!"
(End of Chapter)
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