Chapter 98: Brutally Crushing the Fourth Raikage, Stealing the Lightning Release Armor on the Spot

"Uchiha Reiji, go to hell!"

The Fourth Raikage charged forward like a madman, throwing a completely disordered barrage of attacks at Reiji!

This time, he was genuinely furious!

That damned bastard, Uchiha Reiji, had not only controlled Killer B with genjutsu, but had also signed a summoning contract with him!

He had actually turned Killer B into a summoning beast, treating the Raikage’s sworn younger brother as a summoning beast!

And even worse!

He was actually controlling Killer B and making him slaughter Hidden Cloud shinobi!

Was this something a human being could even do?!

When had he ever suffered such humiliation?!

When had the Hidden Cloud Village ever suffered such humiliation?!

If he couldn’t kill this bastard today, then he wasn’t worthy of being the Raikage of the Hidden Cloud Village!

"Why are you getting so worked up already? Weren’t you quite arrogant back then when you threatened Konoha into handing over the culprit?"

Reiji also unleashed his full speed, effortlessly defending against the Raikage’s attacks.

The Lightning Release Stimulation Technique alone provided less of a boost to speed than the Raikage’s Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

However, after combining it with Shisui’s Wind Release Body Flicker Technique, Reiji’s current speed was already completely on par with the Raikage!

Combined with his strength, which far surpassed the Raikage’s, Reiji found it incredibly easy to deal with the Fourth Raikage’s attacks.

"Die! Die!! Die!!!"

The Fourth Raikage roared furiously as his arms, covered in high-density Lightning Release chakra, rained down blows upon Reiji.

Yet every attack was either effortlessly dodged or easily blocked.

All the fury in his chest had nowhere to go.

Instead, the frustration building inside him grew stronger and stronger, making him feel as though he were about to go insane!

"Relax a little. Don’t you want to properly appreciate your little brother’s strength?"

"Look, Killer B just instantly killed a Hidden Cloud jonin!"

"Oh? What a miserable death. That blow actually caved in his chest."

"As expected of the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki who has perfectly mastered the Tailed Beast’s power. His strength really is formidable."

While dealing with the Raikage, Reiji deliberately described Killer B’s battle in a way that was guaranteed to infuriate him even further.

He had absolutely no psychological burden about targeting the Raikage like this.

To put it nicely, the Hidden Cloud was the village with the fewest dark secrets and the greatest unity.

To put it bluntly, the village was simply a bunch of bandits!

And the Raikage was their bandit chief!

They had clearly sent a delegation to negotiate peace, yet the delegation’s true purpose was to kidnap Hiashi’s daughter.

After failing, they had felt absolutely no shame and had instead turned around and demanded that Konoha hand over the culprit!

Going even further back, during the era of the Third Raikage, the Hidden Cloud had even attempted to kidnap Kushina Uzumaki in order to obtain a suitable candidate for a powerful jinchūriki.

Moreover, in the original timeline, the Fourth Raikage had even personally led a team to steal secret techniques from the Land of Frost!

The dignified leader of an entire shinobi village had personally taken the lead in such bandit-like behavior!

It was enough to show what kind of village the Hidden Cloud really was.

For the sake of benefits, they could completely abandon all dignity from top to bottom!

They could be united when it came to their own people, but toward their enemies, they would be as shameless and unscrupulous as possible!

Such people were fine if they were allies.

But since they were enemies, there was absolutely no reason to show them any mercy.

At this moment, the Fourth Raikage saw Killer B, still in Tailed Beast Cloak Mode, rampaging through the Hidden Cloud shinobi from the corner of his eye.

He was extremely anxious.

There was simply no one among the Hidden Cloud shinobi capable of stopping Killer B in his Tailed Beast Cloak Mode.

There wasn’t even anyone capable of penetrating the Tailed Beast Cloak and helping Killer B break free from the genjutsu!

The Fourth Raikage was being held back by Uchiha Reiji and had absolutely no way to go over there and provide support.

He could only watch as the casualties among his village’s shinobi rapidly increased under his own younger brother’s attacks!

Seeing this from the corner of his eye only intensified the Fourth Raikage’s rage.

He launched another storm of attacks at Reiji, but none of them had the slightest effect.

This brat wasn’t just incredibly strong.

His speed was equally terrifying!

He had been attacking continuously at high intensity for such a long time, yet not a single one of his attacks had landed!

"Come to think of it, I’ve always wanted to fight you, Lord Raikage."

Lightning flickered around Reiji’s body as his Sharingan stared at the Fourth Raikage, observing the flow of chakra within his body.

"Now that I’ve finally got the chance, I hope I can learn your Lightning Release Chakra Mode from this."

Hearing this, the Raikage was so furious that he almost laughed.

This bastard had treated his younger brother like this, and he still wanted to fight him just so he could learn the Lightning Release Chakra Mode?

Was the Lightning Release Chakra Mode really that easy to learn?

In the entire Hidden Cloud Village, he was currently the only one who had completely mastered it!

The others could at most use Lightning Release to stimulate and activate their entire bodies.

"Brat, even if you have the life to learn it, you still need the life to use it!"

The Fourth Raikage’s eyes were filled with icy killing intent.

His previous frenzied attacks had been completely ineffective.

He had now managed to calm down somewhat, but!

The fury and hatred in his heart had only grown stronger!

The Fourth Raikage took a deep breath.

Then, the Lightning Release chakra throughout his body suddenly erupted.

The dense Lightning Release chakra condensed into what seemed like a tangible layer of Lightning Release Armor!

His speed rose to its absolute limit.

Lightning Release chakra concentrated in his palm as he suddenly brought down a powerful hand blade.

"Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop!"

Reiji’s Sharingan flickered slightly.

While copying the chakra flow within the Fourth Raikage’s body, he casually dodged the attack!

Crack!

The ground was split apart by the blow!

A massive crack appeared from the spot where Reiji had been standing moments ago.

It was easy to imagine that if Reiji hadn’t dodged just now, he would have been cleaved in half!

"I’ve roughly understood it. Let’s give it a try."

Reiji’s eyes flickered.

He began modifying the Lightning Release Stimulation Technique he had learned from Kakashi according to the Fourth Raikage’s chakra flow.

Relying on the Sharingan’s ability to capture the flow of chakra, along with the Lightning Release talent enhanced by the system, Reiji followed his own deductions and filled in some of the finer details of the chakra manipulation.

Fine arcs of lightning began appearing across Reiji’s body.

"Success!"

A delighted look appeared on Reiji’s face.

It was probably still somewhat incomplete, but the prototype of the Lightning Release Chakra Mode could be considered complete.

In this form of the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, a layer of Lightning Release Armor had already formed across his entire body.

His physical defense had increased tremendously!

At the same time, his speed and strength had received another boost.

"This guy..."

The Fourth Raikage’s face was filled with shock.

He had actually mastered the Lightning Release Chakra Mode?!

He had merely fought him while observing him and casually attempted to reproduce it, and he had actually mastered it?

How was that possible?!

If the Lightning Release Chakra Mode were really that easy to master, the Hidden Cloud wouldn’t still have only one person who had completely mastered it!

No!

No matter what, he had to kill him today!

If this opponent survived, the Hidden Cloud’s Lightning Release Chakra Mode would be spread outside the village.

Moreover, this opponent already possessed such terrifying strength at such a young age.

If he wasn’t killed as soon as possible, there might truly come a day when the Raikage could do nothing against him!

"Now that I’ve completed it, let’s use you to test it out."

Reiji looked at the Fourth Raikage and smiled.

"Arrogant!"

The Fourth Raikage was enraged.

Although he had no idea how the opponent had managed to learn his Lightning Release Chakra Mode, he had only just mastered it and already wanted to use the Raikage himself to test it?

He was practically asking for death!

The Fourth Raikage’s gaze was filled with chilling killing intent.

He leaped high into the air, lightning surging violently around his right arm.

"Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop: Threefold Dance!"

His vicious hand blade descended at the ultimate speed!

"Bring it on!"

Reiji’s Sharingan spun.

He directly copied the opponent’s movements and chakra flow, imitating him on the spot.

He launched the exact same hand-blade strike toward the Fourth Raikage’s arm!

Slash!

The two figures crossed paths.

Plop.

Half of an arm fell to the ground, blood gushing everywhere.

The Fourth Raikage stared blankly at his severed left arm.

He was completely stunned.

He slowly turned around, raised his head, and stared at Uchiha Reiji standing opposite him, completely unharmed.

For a moment, the Fourth Raikage’s mind went completely blank.

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