Chapter 101: Annihilating the Hidden Cloud Army, Killing the Fourth Raikage

"He actually managed to hold back the entire Hidden Cloud army by himself!"

"Hold them back? This is clearly a one-sided beating!"

"I never expected Lord Reiji’s Susanoo to be able to envelop a Tailed Beast and be used like this."

"If this continues, could Lord Reiji really annihilate the entire Hidden Cloud force by himself?"

Several kilometers away from Reiji’s battlefield.

The Konoha shinobi who had previously been fighting the Hidden Cloud army had already retreated to this location.

"Should we move a little closer? If the Hidden Cloud shinobi start fleeing later, we’re so far away that we might not make it in time to pursue them."

Watching from afar as the Eight-Tails, wrapped in golden Susanoo, rampaged through the Hidden Cloud shinobi, the Konoha shinobi were filled with shock.

Someone cautiously suggested this.

At such a distance, if the Hidden Cloud shinobi scattered and fled, they wouldn’t be able to catch up at all.

"Don’t go looking for death!"

A Konoha shinobi curled his lips and stopped them.

"Lord Reiji’s Susanoo can also use a long-range ninjutsu similar to a Tailed Beast Bomb."

"If we go over there, we might only get in Lord Reiji’s way and prevent him from fighting freely."

He had previously followed Reiji to intercept Killer B and had witnessed the Susanoo’s Yasaka Magatama at close range.

Even the Eight-Tails had been blown into a miserable state!

If they approached now, weren’t they simply throwing their lives away?

The other Konoha shinobi who had accompanied Reiji to intercept Killer B also spoke up to dissuade them.

Seeing this, the others finally abandoned the idea of moving closer.

"Come to think of it, the Hidden Cloud’s Raikage has been crippled this time, and their Eight-Tails Jinchūriki has been captured. If all the people here can be eliminated as well, the Hidden Cloud probably won’t be able to wage another war for decades."

"Indeed. And with Lord Reiji around, the Hidden Cloud won’t have the courage to start another war."

The Konoha shinobi nodded one after another.

They looked toward the other side.

That was where Hiashi Hyūga and the Fourth Raikage were.

Hiashi grabbed the Fourth Raikage by the hair, twisting his head and forcing him to watch scene after scene of the Hidden Cloud shinobi being slaughtered!

"Look, the Hidden Cloud shinobi are finally about to collapse!"

"Some of them have already begun fleeing!"

"Let me see... How many of your Hidden Cloud shinobi have died by now? It must be close to a thousand, right?"

"Why did they die?"

"Because you, the Raikage, are incompetent. Because you’re not strong enough!"

Hiashi Hyūga snarled at the Fourth Raikage with a ferocious expression.

Several years ago, he had been powerless.

All he could do was watch his younger brother be sent to his death under the arrangements of the village’s higher-ups and the elders of the main family, becoming the sacrifice Konoha handed over to the Hidden Cloud.

But now!

He was going to make the Raikage experience that same helplessness!

"What do you think will happen to your younger brother after this war ends?"

"He has already become Uchiha Reiji’s summoning beast. For the rest of his life, he’ll be controlled by the Sharingan."

"He’ll only be able to serve as a genuine summoning beast, becoming Uchiha Reiji’s tool—a tool that can be summoned whenever needed and dismissed whenever desired!"

"It would be a shame, though... If only I could kill your younger brother right in front of you."

Hiashi spoke with some regret.

Hearing this, the Fourth Raikage’s gaze turned cold.

He desperately twisted his head around and glared at Hiashi.

"What good does it do to look at me? This is the survival-of-the-fittest shinobi world you talked about. Learn to accept it."

Hiashi spoke with undisguised mockery.

Hearing those familiar words, the Fourth Raikage’s gaze froze, and his expression quickly darkened.

If he had been stronger than Uchiha Reiji, Killer B wouldn’t have ended up like this.

On the battlefield.

Reiji stood within the crystal at the head of the Susanoo and looked around.

"Most of them have already started running."

"Unfortunately, does splitting up really help?"

He immediately controlled the Eight-Tails within the Susanoo and made it open its mouth.

A massive red-and-blue Susanoo Tailed Beast Bomb emerged!

It was rapidly fired from the Eight-Tails’ mouth, while another one began condensing without pause!

Boom!

Boom!!

A continuous series of explosions rang out!

Countless Susanoo Tailed Beast Bombs chased after the fleeing Hidden Cloud shinobi.

"No!"

"Don’t! I don’t want to die!"

"Damn it! Damn Konoha shinobi!"

"I want to go back to the village..."

"Lord Raikage, save us!"

Various cries rang out in their final moments.

However.

Before the countless Susanoo Tailed Beast Bombs, all their struggles were nothing but futile.

Thunderous explosions shook the battlefield as flames soared into the sky!

More than ten kilometers of land in front of the Armored Susanoo was completely flattened!

"It’s over."

Reiji sighed softly.

Aside from the Susanoo itself...

Since the Hidden Cloud shinobi had dared to take the initiative and invade the Land of Fire, there was no reason to hold back.

They had started the war themselves.

If they died, they had only themselves to blame.

The enormous body of the Eight-Tails disappeared, revealing Killer B once again.

Of course, he was still under the genjutsu of the Sharingan.

Reiji headed toward Hiashi’s position and looked at the Fourth Raikage, who had already been tortured to the brink of death.

"What a pity. You invaded with so many shinobi because you wanted to gain something from this war, but in the end, every single one of them died here."

Reiji shook his head.

"Uchiha Reiji, you killed so many of our Hidden Cloud shinobi! The Hidden Cloud will repay this grudge sooner or later!"

The Fourth Raikage gritted his teeth and roared.

"Is that so?"

Reiji didn’t care in the slightest.

"If I wanted to, I could go destroy the Hidden Cloud Village right now."

"Besides, the reason I killed all of them was to make sure the Hidden Cloud remembers this lesson."

"The strength of your Hidden Cloud Village isn’t enough for you to run rampant throughout the shinobi world."

In the distance, the Konoha shinobi gradually approached.

"Lord Reiji, what should we do with the Raikage? Take him back to Konoha and imprison him?"

Someone asked.

What to do with a captured village leader was indeed troublesome.

If the Hidden Cloud came to negotiate later, they might demand that Konoha release the Raikage.

"Just kill him. There’s no use keeping him alive."

Reiji spoke casually.

They had already become mortal enemies.

Even though the Fourth Raikage had lost most of his strength, there was still no reason to let him go.

Hearing this, Hiashi Hyūga breathed a sigh of relief.

He had been worried that if Uchiha Reiji didn’t intend to kill the Raikage, he might have to secretly kill him himself.

Now there was no need.

"Leave him to Clan Head Hiashi. Keep the corpse intact. We can take it back to Konoha later for research."

Reiji casually gave the order.

"Understood."

Hiashi Hyūga replied.

He immediately grabbed the Fourth Raikage, his gaze filled with murderous intent!

Hidden Cloud Village.

Back in the village, the Raikage’s aide, Dodai, who was responsible for coordinating logistics, was growing increasingly worried.

Why hadn’t the latest battle report from the front lines arrived yet?

Could something have happened?

After thinking about it, he felt that he was probably overthinking things.

The Raikage and Killer B had gone to war together, bringing so many Hidden Cloud shinobi with them.

Even if they had been stopped by Konoha, nothing major should have happened.

Surely they couldn’t have been completely wiped out?

Impossible!

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