Chapter 99: Susanoo Armor on the Eight-Tails, Armored Susanoo!

Not far away, some Hidden Cloud shinobi who had been watching the battle almost popped their eyes out of their sockets!

Their Raikage had actually lost an arm!

Meanwhile, the young Konoha shinobi facing him was completely unharmed!

"How is this possible? Lord Raikage actually lost?!"

"That Konoha shinobi has also mastered Lord Raikage’s Lightning Release Chakra Mode!"

"Damn Konoha! They must have stolen my Lightning Release Chakra Mode training method!"

"What do we do now? Lord Raikage isn’t his opponent, and Lord Killer B has been controlled by him..."

The Hidden Cloud shinobi present couldn’t help but feel a trace of despair.

Their own Raikage had lost an arm in a head-on battle, while the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki, Killer B, was being controlled and slaughtering them.

How were they supposed to fight this battle?

Reiji shook the blood from his hand and turned around, looking at the Fourth Raikage.

"What a pity. This is all the strength you have?"

"With this level of strength, you go around invading other countries and plundering whatever you want. The Hidden Cloud really is in need of a good beating."

Among the Five Great Shinobi Villages, the Hidden Cloud could be considered the most warlike.

Whenever they took a fancy to someone else’s bloodline limit or secret technique, if the other side was strong, they would steal it. If the other side was weak, they would simply take it by force.

Calling the Hidden Cloud a village of bandits wasn’t an exaggeration at all!

The Fourth Raikage’s expression was incomparably gloomy.

A bad feeling began spreading through his heart.

He might really not be this guy’s opponent!

Although Reiji had only just mastered the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, both his strength and speed had already completely surpassed the Raikage’s.

In that previous head-on clash, the Raikage hadn’t even managed to hit his opponent.

Instead, his own arm had been directly severed after Reiji broke through his Lightning Release Armor!

No!

The Fourth Raikage quickly suppressed those thoughts.

If he admitted in his heart that he was inferior to his opponent, then he truly wouldn’t be able to win!

His gaze sharpened.

Ignoring the blood still flowing from his left arm, the Fourth Raikage continued to push the Lightning Release Chakra Mode to its limit and shouted furiously:

"Damn brat, don’t underestimate the Raikage!"

"Guillotine Drop!"

A massive amount of chakra gathered in his leg as he brought down a devastating kick from above, smashing it toward Reiji!

"You think I was insulting you just to provoke you?"

Reiji sneered disdainfully.

He didn’t dodge at all.

Instead, he simply reached out and grabbed the Raikage’s lower leg!

"What?!"

The Fourth Raikage’s expression changed drastically.

He immediately felt his body being pulled completely out of his control.

Reiji grabbed his leg and slammed him directly into the ground!

Boom!

His face hit the ground first!

Reiji grabbed the Raikage’s body and smashed him into the ground, creating a human-shaped crater!

When the Raikage tried to struggle, Reiji grabbed his leg again, swung him up, and began smashing him repeatedly against the surrounding ground!

"Damn it, this bastard!"

The Fourth Raikage was filled with humiliation.

With Reiji holding him by the leg and swinging him around, even though he desperately wanted to break free, he had absolutely nothing to leverage himself against!

He had never felt so powerless before!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

His body was slammed into the ground one moment, then against rocks the next, and then swung around and smashed into other surfaces!

More often than not, his face hit the ground first, forcing him to swallow mouthfuls of dirt!

Finally.

It seemed that Reiji had finally had enough fun, and he threw him away.

Bang!

The Fourth Raikage crashed to the ground, creating yet another large crater!

His head had been violently swung around so many times that he was now completely dizzy.

His mouth was filled with dirt.

Other than that, thanks to the protection of his Lightning Release Armor, he hadn’t actually suffered much physical damage.

But!

The humiliation was unbearable!

He had never suffered such humiliation in his entire life, nor had he ever heard of a village leader being toyed with like this!

That entire sequence of Reiji swinging him around and smashing him everywhere hadn’t been intended to injure him.

It had clearly been nothing more than humiliation!

The Hidden Cloud shinobi who witnessed this scene felt as though their entire worldview had shattered.

Their Raikage had never been reduced to such a state, not even when facing a Tailed Beast!

Being grabbed and swung around like a helpless child was simply too humiliating!

Reiji took a deep breath and adjusted the flow of his chakra again, further perfecting the Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

That previous Hulk-smashing-Loki-style beatdown hadn’t caused much damage, but the humiliation had been tremendous.

The Fourth Raikage was probably so furious that he was about to vomit blood.

"I already told you that you’re not my opponent."

"When your Hidden Cloud was invading and plundering everywhere, you should have realized that a day like this would eventually come."

Reiji’s voice was cold.

In the shinobi world, if your strength was sufficient, then naturally whatever you said was right, and whatever you did was right.

But the problem was...

The Hidden Cloud wasn’t strong enough!

They clearly lacked sufficient strength, yet they had committed every despicable act imaginable!

Together with the Hidden Mist, they had destroyed the Land of Whirlpools and seized the Uzumaki clan’s sealing techniques.

Later, they had attempted to kidnap Kushina Uzumaki and take her back to the Hidden Cloud to turn her into a jinchūriki.

They had attempted to kidnap Hinata Hyūga, and after failing, had forced Konoha to hand over Hiashi Hyūga, ultimately causing Hizashi Hyūga to be forced to sacrifice himself.

The Raikage had personally led a mission to steal the secret techniques of the Land of Frost, only to encounter the Kyōnin Group, and even the Raikage himself had nearly been killed.

In the original story, it was only because Naruto was such a naive idiot that he eventually became Hokage.

Hinata’s teammate among the Konoha Twelve, Neji Hyūga, had suffered such a tragedy!

Naruto knew about this as well, but it didn’t stop him from becoming close with the Hidden Cloud.

Neji’s grudge?

What did it have to do with Naruto Uzumaki?

Oh, right.

Neji eventually died.

Then it mattered even less.

How could Naruto possibly turn an old grudge into a conflict with the Hidden Cloud over someone who was already dead?

Although Neji had died protecting Naruto, when it came to Neji’s grudge against the Hidden Cloud, Naruto would probably simply forgive the Hidden Cloud on behalf of the dead Neji!

After all.

Naruto could even forgive Obito Uchiha, the man responsible for his father’s death.

So forgiving the Raikage, who had caused Neji’s father’s death, on behalf of the dead Neji was perfectly normal too.

It was fucking disgusting!

If Neji knew that Naruto, whom he had desperately protected with his life, had ended up becoming so close to the Hidden Cloud—the very village responsible for killing his father—who knew whether he’d be angry enough to come back to life?

As far as Reiji was concerned, forgiving people who had harmed him was impossible!

Even a saint wouldn’t agree with repaying hatred with kindness!

The Fourth Raikage, lying on the ground, shook his still-dizzy head and stared fixedly at Reiji.

Even though he knew that he might not be his opponent, the Raikage had absolutely no intention of backing down!

With a furious roar, he no longer dared to leap into the air as he had before.

Instead, the Fourth Raikage charged straight at Reiji.

"Lariat!"

His entire body seemed to transform into a streak of blue lightning.

His right arm extended as he aimed directly at Reiji’s chest, intending to break him in half!

"Boring!"

Reiji shouted coldly.

Lightning flickered across his palm as he charged forward to meet the attack.

With a single hand blade, he directly severed the Fourth Raikage’s remaining arm!

Plop!

The entire lower portion of the arm was severed and fell to the ground.

Reiji no longer held back.

He spun around and slammed his foot directly into the Fourth Raikage’s back!

Crack!

The sound of bones breaking rang out!

The Fourth Raikage vomited a mouthful of blood and fell onto his back!

Even with the protection of his Lightning Release Armor, that kick had still left him seriously injured!

Without the defense provided by the Lightning Release Armor, that kick might have gone straight through him!

"The Hidden Cloud Village needs to learn its lesson."

Reiji walked over without the slightest mercy and stomped directly on the Fourth Raikage’s knee.

Crack!

The sound of his leg bone breaking rang out.

This time, the Fourth Raikage truly had no ability to resist.

"Clan Head Hiashi, I’ll leave the Raikage to you."

Reiji smiled at Hiashi Hyūga.

As for how to entertain the Fourth Raikage, this enemy responsible for his brother’s death, that would be Hiashi’s business.

Reiji turned around and shouted toward the Konoha shinobi in the distance:

"All Konoha shinobi, withdraw from this area!"

The Konoha shinobi didn’t understand why, but in the end, they obediently followed his command.

They quickly separated from the engaged Hidden Cloud forces and retreated far away.

The Hidden Cloud shinobi looked at one another in confusion.

They had no idea what Reiji was planning.

Among the Hidden Cloud forces, Killer B quickly leaped out and came to Reiji’s side.

"Come. Fully transform into the Tailed Beast. It’s time to end this farce."

Reiji smiled.

Killer B immediately obeyed.

Boom!

The enormous body of the Eight-Tails emerged.

Reiji jumped directly onto the Eight-Tails’ head.

The ocular power in his eyes erupted wildly as golden, translucent armor gradually spread across the Eight-Tails’ entire body!

Moments later!

Every part of the Eight-Tails, including all eight of its tails, was completely enveloped in golden Susanoo!

Armored Susanoo, Beastly Disaster!

Buzz!

The enormous eyes suddenly lit up.

The Eight-Tails clad in Susanoo slowly lowered its head, looking down upon the Hidden Cloud forces below.

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