Chapter 244: Five Kage Summit

Chapter 244: Chapter 244: Five Kage Summit

Boom! Boom! Boom!

After being amplified by the Mangekyo Sharingan ocular ability Mikoto, Susanoo’s two enormous flaming swords smashed into the ground with a force that was hardly inferior to a fully charged Tailed Beast Bomb.

In the span of a breath, a small mushroom-shaped explosion cloud rose over the battlefield.

Hyuga Kagami did not remain behind to see the outcome of the attack. Instead, seizing this rare opportunity, he urged the Third Kazekage Human Puppet to rapidly withdraw from the battlefield.

Looking back at the mushroom cloud towering into the sky behind him, as well as the flames spreading through the forest, Kagami’s corpse-pale face remained extraordinarily calm.

"Cough, cough..."

Another violent coughing fit forced Kagami to tear his gaze away from the scene behind him.

Blood continued to pour from his mouth with every cough. Even pressing a hand over it could not stop the flow. Blood seeped through the gaps between his fingers, ran down his cheeks, and dripped onto his cloak, leaving the collar and chest covered in dark crimson specks.

At that moment, the Susanoo protecting Kagami and the Third Kazekage Human Puppet gradually began to turn faint and transparent.

The first thing to disappear was the golden flame armor surrounding Susanoo. Next came its skin and sinews, until the entire Susanoo was reduced to nothing more than an enormous orange-yellow skeleton.

However, even the skeleton could not be maintained for long.

Before long, the skeletal frame began shrinking inch by inch, gradually fading away. After only a few breaths, the previously colossal Susanoo had completely vanished without a trace.

At the same time that Susanoo disappeared, the Mangekyo Sharingan in Kagami’s eye sockets reverted to the three-tomoe Sharingan.

After panting for a while, Kagami finally managed to catch his breath somewhat.

Kagami was not surprised by the clone’s terrible condition. After all, even for members of the Uchiha clan, activating Susanoo placed a considerable burden on their bodies, much less when Kagami had simultaneously activated the unique Mangekyo Sharingan ocular ability of these eyes—Mikoto.

If it had been an ordinary ninja who had only just transplanted a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan, forget simultaneously activating two Mangekyo Sharingan abilities—even activating Susanoo alone would have been practically impossible.

"Sigh... Without Uchiha blood, the Mangekyo Sharingan really is a deadly thing to use!"

In terms of physical strength alone, Kagami’s clone was unquestionably superior to an ordinary ninja. Yet even so, after unleashing the Mangekyo Sharingan’s ocular abilities several times in succession, the clone was already on the verge of collapse.

If an ordinary ninja used the Mangekyo Sharingan this recklessly, they would probably already be dead by now.

Kakashi, for example, had died from excessive chakra consumption after overusing his Mangekyo Sharingan ability during his battle against Pain.

......

On the battlefield.

The Eight-Tails’ enormous tails slowly withdrew, revealing the two figures they had been shielding within.

They were none other than the Fourth Raikage and the Eight-Tails’ jinchuriki, Killer B.

Kagami’s earlier frenzied assault with Susanoo had posed an enormous threat even to Kumogakure’s famed A–B Combo.

In particular, the two enormous golden flaming swords that Susanoo had hurled down from the sky at the very end had landed squarely on top of the A–B Combo.

Had Killer B not instantly transformed into the Eight-Tails and forcibly endured Kagami’s attack, then even with the Fourth Raikage’s formidable defenses, he probably would not have been able to withstand it.

At that moment, the Fourth Raikage shook the dust from his body and surveyed his surroundings with a gloomy expression.

Everywhere he looked was a sea of flames.

The entire forest had been devastated beyond recognition, while the two Kamigami members had long since disappeared without a trace. Evidently, they had taken advantage of the chaos just now to escape.

The mere thought that members of Kamigami had slipped through his fingers sent the Fourth Raikage’s anger surging. He slammed his fist violently into the ground and roared in frustration,

"Damn it!"

Not far away, however, the Eight-Tails’ jinchuriki, Killer B, was crouching curiously in front of a patch of burning golden flames.

"Yow...! Hot, hot, hot!"

The instant his outstretched finger touched the golden flame, Killer B cried out in pain.

The Fourth Raikage immediately punched Killer B on the head.

"Idiot! Don’t touch that fire! Those aren’t ordinary flames!"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Suddenly, a rapid succession of sounds tore through the air as figure after figure landed on the battlefield.

They were none other than the Konoha ninja who had been pursuing the Kamigami members from the ground.

The Fourth Raikage, who had already sensed their approach, was not particularly surprised. Instead, he glanced at Danzo, who was leaning on his cane while surveying the battlefield, and accused him in his booming voice,

"You Konoha ninja are truly incompetent! You actually let those two break through the encirclement so easily!"

Danzo snorted coldly.

"Wasn’t Lord Raikage’s interception equally ineffective?"

The Fourth Raikage was momentarily left speechless. In the end, he could only say,

"I seriously don’t understand why Konoha has so many rogue ninja!"

Danzo instinctively wanted to retort, but after opening his mouth, he found himself unable to come up with a response.

In the eyes of the general public, anyone possessing the Mangekyo Sharingan had to be a member of Konoha’s Uchiha clan. Therefore, classifying Kamigami’s Homura as a rogue ninja from Konoha was perfectly reasonable.

And when Orochimaru, Hiruko, and Uchiha Shinichi of the Akatsuki were added into the equation, Konoha’s rogue ninja practically made up half the forces of Kamigami and the Akatsuki.

At that moment, Fugaku and Shisui also arrived on the battlefield at the head of the Uchiha clan’s elites.

Gazing at the blazing forest before him and the crater-riddled ground, Fugaku’s expression turned grim. From the scene alone, he could roughly reconstruct how the battle between Kamigami and Kumogakure’s A–B Combo had unfolded.

Shisui, meanwhile, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

When he learned that Kumogakure had dispatched the Fourth Raikage and the Eight-Tails’ jinchuriki, he had been badly startled.

Although he had tremendous confidence in Kagami’s strength, Kumogakure’s A–B Combo was widely acknowledged as one of the strongest fighting forces in the current shinobi world. Their strength was also the very foundation of Kumogakure’s confidence in repeatedly provoking Konoha.

Because of that, Shisui had been deeply worried that something might happen to Kagami.

After surveying the battlefield, Fugaku walked over to Danzo and the Fourth Raikage and said,

"Shisui learned from Kamigami’s Homura that their next targets are the Tailed Beasts."

Danzo and the Fourth Raikage exclaimed in unison,

"What!?"

Danzo was shocked.

He could not quite understand why Kamigami would set its sights on the Tailed Beasts. After all, even Konoha, the foremost of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, found the matter of the Tailed Beasts extremely troublesome.

The horrific Nine-Tails’ Attack had only occurred a few years ago, after all.

The Fourth Raikage, on the other hand, was furious.

He had never imagined that Kamigami would actually dare set its sights on the Tailed Beasts.

At present, Kumogakure’s Eight-Tails’ jinchuriki, Killer B, and Two-Tails’ jinchuriki, Yugito Nii, were among the rare jinchuriki in the shinobi world who had successfully developed their abilities into genuine combat power.

For Kamigami to target the Tailed Beasts was clearly an indication that they did not take Kumogakure seriously at all.

Danzo pondered the matter briefly before suddenly declaring in a loud voice,

"I propose that we immediately convene a Five Kage Summit!"

Considering the very real threat posed by Kamigami, the Fourth Raikage did not hesitate.

"Agreed. Kumogakure also supports convening a Five Kage Summit!"