I, The New Hokage of Konoha - Chapter 235
“Come on~ Come on~ Come to the final destination~”
Listening to this irresistibly tempting call, Ei subconsciously wanted to let go of everything and embrace the arms of the Box of Bliss.
But soon, he gritted his teeth and, in a moment of clarity, reluctantly said, “Genjutsu?”
As he spoke, he immediately activated his chakra to flow throughout his body.
“It’s useless,” Satori confidently said upon seeing this scene. “The Song of Bliss doesn’t affect chakra; it reaches into the deepest darkness in everyone’s hearts.”
“Pain, sadness, despair, fear, and more. These are what everyone who wishes for the Box of Bliss lacks the least.”
Stirring up the deepest darkness in people, plunging them into despair, and then offering the door called “Bliss,” causing them to be forever lost. That’s the Song of Bliss.
At this moment, after discovering that dispelling the genjutsu was ineffective, memories he least wanted to recall, such as his father’s death, the Konoha Village’s defeat, countless villagers crying, and the visible decline of the village, kept repeating in Ai’s mind.
As if tortured endlessly, the light in Ai’s eyes grew dimmer.
In the end, overwhelmed by the negative emotions that had been stirred up, his eyes turned completely black, a sinister smile hung on his face, and his feet moved involuntarily towards the wide-open mouth of the Box of Bliss.
“That’s right, embrace the arms of the Box of Bliss!” Satori laughed triumphantly.
Ten meters… five meters… three meters… one meter!
Just as Ei, with lifeless eyes, was about to step into the Box of Bliss and just as Satori was about to chase after Toshiro’s group, suddenly!
A loud “bang” echoed from the Box of Bliss.
Startled, Satori turned his head and saw a very familiar, powerful hand firmly pressing on the Box of Bliss.
As the hand owner, Ei, who had just been under the influence of the Song of Bliss, also turned his head, gasping for breath. His eyes cleared, and he said firmly to Satori:
“It seems you’ve forgotten what I said earlier. That is… never underestimate the power of the Raikage! You bast***!”
The deafening roar of thunder resounded, and Ei now transformed back into lightning, continued his attack on Satori.
“How is this possible? The Song of Bliss is ineffective?” Satori exclaimed subconsciously while trying to dodge.
“It’s not impossible! Because I am the Fourth Raikage of the Hidden Cloud Village!” Ai shouted confidently while throwing punches.
Over the years, Ei had accumulated numerous negative emotions such as pain, despair, and sadness. Just a moment ago, he had almost been completely confused by the Song of Bliss.
But there was one thing in his heart that would never be affected—his sense of responsibility as the Raikage for the village!
Pain and despair might crush his personal self, but as the Fourth Raikage, he would never yield, especially in this moment of danger for the village.
Even if he was personally in despair, as the Raikage, he had to step forward to protect everyone.
This is the shadow of a village.
Perhaps he was the most useless among the generations of Raikage, but even in death, he had to be a responsible Raikage.
“Burn with my all!”
Ignoring the agonized cries of his muscles and organs due to the extreme strain, Ai squeezed out an even more intense lightning chakra. Blood sprayed from his pores, but he paid it no mind, continuing to push himself to the limit.
Finally, when Satori felt a deep sense of unease for the first time, Ei, whose body had been dyed blue and red, made a move.
Boom!
It was like a burst of light exploding.
Amidst the earth-shattering noise, Ei, who had burned away everything, now moved faster than Yuki Senju, Uchiha Madara, and was once again attacking Satori, the most powerful in the ninja world.
“To the left!”
Although Ei couldn’t read minds as he had guessed, in the Song of Bliss, honed within the depths of the Box of Bliss, he had developed an acute sensitivity to negative emotions such as fear, anger, and killing intent. So when Satori anticipated Ei’s attack and tried to dodge it, Ei sensed it early and easily avoided him.
But in the next second, a fist full of lightning struck him heavily.
“How is this possible???”
Being sent flying by a punch, rolling hundreds of meters on the ground, and toppling numerous houses, Satori cried out in surprise while experiencing pain he hadn’t felt in years.
He had clearly dodged it just now!
At this moment, Ei was charging at him again, saying while throwing punches, “That’s right! You did indeed predict my attack, but as long as my speed is faster than yours, no matter how you dodge, you won’t escape!”
Ei’s two punches would be fatal to most ninjas, but to Satori, they only caused pain and minor injuries. But as time passed, Ei’s body, already weakened by his continuous self-stimulation, grew even more fragile.
Finally, when Satori easily dodged Ei’s attack in one attempt, just as he did at the beginning, Satori laughed mockingly:
“It looks like you’re close to death!”
Indeed.
Looking at Satori, whose breath had not changed much, and then at himself, covered in blood and with a body as fragile as porcelain, Ei calmly accepted this reality.
Fortunately, Toshiro and the others had already retreated, and thanks to the continuous canyon terrain where the village was located, it would be difficult for them to be tracked down in the short term.
With this buffer time and Four Thousand Ninja’s help, they would recover significantly. Even facing Satori, they would have room to fight back.
I almost forgot about the Wood Konoha Army led by the First Hokage.
Thinking about it, Ei finally sighed.
It is like lifting a stone to drop it on my feet!
Time, fate.
Just hope that Toshiro makes a rational choice when the time comes.
Without thinking too much, Ei endured the pain throughout his body and, with a fearless expression, continued to fight.
Only a dead Raikage, never a fleeing one.
This was his final decision.
…
One minute later.
The thunderous sound of the Fourth Raikage Ei’s mighty body falling to the ground echoed.
Looking at the opponent, who had drained himself and was now barely breathing, Satori grinned:
“Even the most tenacious guy eventually bows down before the Box of Bliss. Is that so, Raikage? I’ll remember you.”
After saying that, Satori grabbed Ei, preparing to throw him into the Box of Bliss and then hurried to chase after Toshiro and the others.
So much delicious food; if he could eat it all, his strength would undoubtedly grow stronger. By then, no one in the world could stop him.
After all, in this
Era, the Sage of the Six Paths, was no longer around.
It had finally returned to the mortal world; this time, it would wreak havoc.
Soon, as Satori approached the Box of Bliss and prepared to toss Ei into it, a violent explosion suddenly erupted from not far away.
“What’s that?”
Satori raised an eyebrow and instinctively looked to his right, not far from the Box of Bliss, where a huge blue membrane that enveloped the entire Hidden Cloud Village had just been torn open.
The blue membrane was the protective barrier of the Hidden Cloud Village.
At this moment, one person was the only person capable of breaking it so quickly.
The next second, many sturdy trees rushed in from the hole in the barrier, levelling everything in their path. They constructed a long wooden road, and the synchronized sound of marching approached from afar.
Soon, under Satori’s gaze, a figure with red and white attire was the first to walk through the hole in the barrier.
It was indeed Yuki Senju.
As he stepped into the Hidden Cloud Village, he glanced at the devastated ruins before him as if he had just encountered a catastrophic earthquake.
Yuki raised an eyebrow and said instinctively, “My attack from earlier shouldn’t have destroyed the entire village, right?”
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