I, The New Hokage of Konoha - Chapter 262
“During the war, Onoki had no intention of teaming up to damage the reputation of the Tsuchikage.
Otherwise, when facing the Third Raikage alone in the past, he would not have chosen to let tens of Rock Ninjas surround him openly instead of facing the Raikage one-on-one.
Regarding Deidara’s assistance, Onoki naturally nodded in agreement, hoping to quickly resolve Tobirama Senju to reinforce the Rock Ninjas below.
Seeing this, Deidara grinned excitedly, saying, ‘Well then, let’s start… hmm!’
After saying that, he launched the attack first.
Immediately, a large lump of clay was taken out of Deidara’s ninja pouch, and after chewing it in his mouth, dozens of small, white, double-winged birds quickly emerged.
With a toss of his hands.
These clay double-winged birds fluttered their wings and flew faster toward Tobirama Senju than flying ninja tools.
Tobirama, clear that these clay creatures were all explosive bombs, didn’t directly confront them but swiftly evaded in the air.
However, in the time that followed, Deidara continued to spit out more double-winged birds from his palms, which pursued Tobirama from all directions.
Coupled with Onoki’s continuous harassment from the side, after a series of pursuits and interceptions, Tobirama, who had relatively limited experience in aerial combat, was eventually closed in on by the double-winged birds.
Seeing this scene, Deidara quickly formed hand seals and excitedly said, ‘Art is an explosion! Hey!’
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A series of clay explosions rang out around Tobirama Senju.
Watching the intense flames before him, Deidara eagerly asked, ‘Is it resolved?’
‘Not yet!’
Onoki, not far away, said while attacking. He moved rapidly under the Earth Release: Ultralight-Weight Rock Technique towards the Flying Thunder God Kunai he had just thrown.
There, the unharmed figure of Tobirama Senju had just appeared.
‘Earth Release: Rock Fist Technique!’
As Onoki rushed in, his right hand became a heavy rock fist, and he struck Tobirama with great force.
At the same time, a blue Rasengan quickly formed in Tobirama’s open right hand, and without avoiding it, he chose to collide directly with the punch.
Boom!
The next moment, the radiance of the Rasengan and the Rock Fist jutsu intertwined rapidly, and the fierce shockwaves surged in wave after wave in all directions.
In no time, the blue light of the Rasengan became brighter and brighter.
Seeing layer after layer of brown rocks being shattered.
Finally, as Onoki’s face turned red and he unleashed another burst of power, a more violent shockwave erupted from the center of their clash, like a volcanic eruption.
In the next moment, both Tobirama and Onoki were sent flying.
However, compared to the latter, Tobirama, who had the upper hand in their recent exchange, retreated a shorter distance.
Just as he stabilized his position and prepared to counterattack.
Another attack from Deidara descended.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Hearing the rapid sound of the clay double-winged birds approaching, Tobirama calmly pulled out four Flying Thunder God Kunai from his ninja pouch and threw them in four different directions: up, down, east, and west.
‘Which direction will it be?’
Deidara, who had learned his lesson, didn’t dare to be careless. While he directed some of the clay double-winged birds to continue toward the unmoved Tobirama, he also directed the remaining birds to converge around the four Flying Thunder God Kunai.
After all, no matter which direction Tobirama appeared next to, he intended to seize the opportunity.
Soon, with another shout, the explosions occurred where Tobirama’s real body was and around the four Flying Thunder God Kunai.
However, Tobirama’s figure ultimately did not appear in any of those places.
Watching the Flying Thunder God Kunai, which remained in excellent condition, rapidly spinning in the air under the aftermath of the explosions, Deidara looked around and saw only his teacher in the high sky.
Quickly realizing the situation, Deidara muttered to himself with a displeased expression, ‘Did this guy choose to escape?’
Tobirama’s Flying Thunder God coordinates were not limited to one location.
Now, with no one in sight in the sky, it was evident that he had returned to the ground.
Is he not going to continue fighting?
Onoki’s expression remained serious as he warned, ‘Be careful! Tobirama Senju is not one to give up halfway.’
Although he had mostly stayed in the rear during the three battles, he had truly witnessed the difficulty of dealing with Tobirama, who possessed the Flying Thunder God technique.
Tobirama was like a powerful assassin who didn’t need to worry about the consequences of failure.
His instant killing ability was exceptional.
Even if one attack missed, he didn’t need to flee far away; he could always deliver a fatal blow at any moment.
Just like now.
As soon as Onoki’s words fell, a large number of Kunai, including some Flying Thunder God Kunai, shot toward him.
Noticing this, Deidara, despite his carefree attitude, was extremely cautious in actual combat.
Although he had a fiery temperament, he was remarkably meticulous during battles, knowing his combat weaknesses. If it wasn’t for Onoki’s reminder, he would have been careful about the Kunai.
As for the yellow seals that were essential for the Flying Thunder God Kunai, he had already figured them out during their previous confrontation, which made the concealed standard Flying Thunder God Kunai useless.
‘Now, where will Tobirama Senju appear?’
At this moment, Deidara looked around at the Kunai that had been deflected far away.
If he were Tobirama, and he didn’t want to continue playing the role of a turtle, there was only one option…
Deidara quickly turned his head and looked towards Onoki, who had been separated due to the evasion of the Kunai.
As expected!
The figure of Tobirama Senju was launching a fierce attack on his teacher.
‘Old man, hang in there! I’ll be right there!’
Knowing his teacher had a chronic back problem and was concerned that it might flare up during this high-intensity close combat, Deidara was ready to lend a hand.
However, just as his gaze was drawn to the now-visible Tobirama Senju.
At a higher altitude, it is not visible to him.
One of the standard Flying Thunder God Kunai, which he had proudly claimed to have figured out earlier, was carrying the last bit of its power. It accurately struck the upward-facing Kunai that Tobirama had thrown in four directions.
Clang!
A faint sound of metal clashing echoed in the air.
Under the impact, the Kunai, which was also falling downward, but because of the direction Tobirama had thrown it, was slower than the other three, suddenly changed its trajectory and shot downward once again.
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