Chapter 219: Danzo: Help!

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Since death was inevitable either way, before dying, he had to drag someone substantial down with him!

If he could trade away a few of Konoha’s top powerhouses, then even if he died, it wouldn’t be a loss.

Who should he target?

The Third Raikage looked toward Uchiha Gen at the first instance, but immediately ruled out this option, shifting his gaze away from that dozen-meter-tall purple half-body giant.

The person he most wanted to kill was naturally Uchiha Gen, the mastermind who had driven him to this plight.

Strong and young, leaving him alive would cause an unknown amount of threat to Kumogakure; he was the greatest hazard.

But alas, this fellow’s life-preserving skills were too strong. He had just tried his utmost, yet still couldn’t take Uchiha Gen’s life, causing at most only a minor injury.

The possibility of killing him was too low.

Ranking second was Orochimaru.

After all, for Kumogakure to end up in its current state, Orochimaru’s contribution was the greatest.

Not only was his personal strength formidable, killing many Hidden Cloud ninja, but his outstanding command ability also caused Kumogakure to suffer heavy losses.

However, when it came to life-preserving ability, Orochimaru was also first-class in the Shinobi World. Since he couldn’t kill his disciple Uchiha Gen, he might not be able to kill Orochimaru either.

Then that left only the others—

In just a few seconds, amidst the churning of his thoughts, the Third Raikage’s gaze landed on Danzo.

“It’s you!”

Danzo was Konoha’s intelligence chief, one of the absolute higher-ups second only to the Third Hokage, under one person and above tens of thousands, holding immense power and position.

Most importantly, his Summoning Beast, the Dream Tapir, which served as one of his life-preserving trump cards, had been severely injured. Even though his strength was decent and Wind Style restrained him, he was relatively easier to kill.

“Roar!”

A battle roar that sounded like a vent rang out. At this moment, the Third Raikage’s robust body burst forth with the Body Flicker Technique, charging in the direction of Danzo.

The blue Lightning Style Chakra coupled with the never-extinguishing black flames of Amaterasu made the Third Raikage transform into a flash of mixed blue and black lightning at this moment.

This was the final flash of brilliance before death, the final madness, and the best charge in a powerhouse’s life.

“Not good!”

Danzo’s expression changed drastically. Without a word, he turned around and ran.

A cornered beast will still fight. The Third Raikage was already dead for sure, and before dying, he would definitely desperately drag someone down with him.

Right now, even though he was not lightly injured, he was definitely more dangerous and deadlier than in his prime!

“Lord Gen, please go help Lord Danzo quickly!”

Inside the Susanoo, Uchiha Gen glanced sideways at a Root Ninja beside him.

This person was Danzo’s trusted confidant and also an expert of the Root. He often saw Danzo bringing this person as his bodyguard. At this moment, he also had some injuries on his body, sustained earlier while covering Danzo when charging into formation.

“I want to help too, but I’m afraid I won’t be able to spare a hand.”

Uchiha Gen looked calmly behind this Root Ninja.

In his perception, an extraordinarily violent and unimaginably massive Chakra was rushing toward him.

Sure enough, after less than two seconds, a red-and-black giant beast as huge as a small mountain with Eight-Tails growing on its back was attacking him.

The Eight-Tails Jinchūriki, Buruhibi!

The commotion Uchiha Gen made earlier when seriously injuring the Third Raikage was so huge, how could it not attract the attention of other Kumogakure higher-ups?

Even the leader, the Third Raikage, was desperate; how much more so for others?

The first to rush over was not the fastest Fourth Raikage A—he was currently trapped by the Nara Clan Head’s shadow formation and couldn’t break free in a short time—but Buruhibi.

Although he hadn’t become a perfect Jinchūriki like his successor Killer Bee in the original timeline with the ability to completely manipulate the power of the Eight-Tails Gyuki, Buruhibi still possessed the ability to harness a portion of the Tailed Beast’s power.

In his half-Tailed Beast state, the dark red Chakra cloak on his body had grown a complete set of Eight-Tails, and parts like a pale white skull and ribs had also formed.

From a complete Tailed Beast transformation, he was actually only a step away.

This endowed him with extremely strong strength, defense, and recovery power, which was why he had the ability to break through the blockade—of course, the relatively weak combination of Akimichi Torifu and Manda blocking him was also an important factor.

“Boom!”

The purple Susanoo arm collided with the dark red Tailed Beast cloak, producing a sound like mountains collapsing and the earth splitting.

A terrifying shockwave centered on the two of them spread in all directions.

The earth cracked inch by inch, sinking downwards under the battle of the two behemoths.

The terrifying momentum shocked that Root Ninja into retreating outward early on, hurrying toward Danzo’s direction to provide support.

“Quickly cover Elder Danzo!”

“Block the Raikage!”

“Lord Raikage!”

On the battlefield, Danzo and the Third Raikage chased and fled, and a large number of Konoha Shinobi and Hidden Cloud ninja saw this scene and joined the melee, descending into chaos.

Having performed the Super Expansion Technique, his size was no less than that of the Eight-Tails. In his thick, large hands, he dragged a giant staff horizontally, sweeping toward the Third Raikage.

This was his weapon, but in his normal state, he couldn’t carry it normally and could only summon it using Summoning Jutsu. Its weight was staggering and its power extraordinary.

Even though the Third Raikage was likewise a taijutsu-type Ninja skilled in strength, for a moment he was indeed halted in his tracks by this staff.

“Akimichi Torifu, then I’ll drag you down with me as well.”

Beneath the black flames, the Third Raikage’s aura grew increasingly frantic. His arms swelled, the blood vessels on them bulging like coiling dragons, as he grabbed the pillar-like iron staff, using even greater force to wrench it from Akimichi Torifu’s hands, and thrust the staff into Akimichi Torifu’s stomach, sending him flying backwards.

Large mouthfuls of blood spewed from Akimichi Torifu’s mouth, scattering across the frost-covered battlefield.

He had already been severely injured while engaged in close combat with the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki. Now, in order to save the old teammate Danzo, he took another vicious blow from the Third Raikage, suffering severe injuries on the spot.

His hard strength was, after all, quite a bit inferior to powerhouses of this caliber.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Danzo continued to retreat while spitting out multiple wind blades, intending to keep suppressing the Third Raikage.

However, the next instant, blue lightning rushed out of the Ino–Shika–Chō trio’s formation, drenched in blood, yet piercing toward Danzo like a startled thunderbolt.

“Ah!”

A severed arm holding a cane sword flew down, blood sprinkling across the open sky.

At the critical juncture of life and death, Danzo had been very vigilant, but he was still attacked by Fourth Raikage A and lost an arm.

If not for his timely reaction to dodge, given Fourth Raikage A’s speed, what might have dropped might not have been an arm, but his head.

The next second, several spiritual-snake-like black shadow tentacles rose from the ground, turning into a circular shield to protect Danzo, while also sprouting several spikes that thrust toward Fourth Raikage A.

The Ino–Shika–Chō trio arrived tardily.