"Naruto, you've gone too far." Kakashi looked at Naruto's clone with a complex expression.
Before, this child was playful, but those were just minor antics. This time was different; this was war.
"Haha, so you also think he's gone too far?" The Raikage's booming voice came from afar. Behind him was a vanguard squad of a few hundred people, led by Darui, the Raikage's right-hand man.
Unless the war reached a critical point, a Kage would not enter the battlefield. He was here to send them off, and he was doing it in front of Kakashi, which boosted morale.
"While he may be at fault, he should be disciplined by us, his teachers. Is it appropriate for you to go to such lengths, even inciting war? He hasn't experienced war, he doesn't understand. But we are all veterans; we are no strangers to scenes of bloodshed. Is it appropriate to easily start a war like this?"
The clone gave Kakashi a thumbs up. These words were good; they both protected his student and claimed moral high ground. Did you learn this 'Talk no Jutsu' from Iruka?
Kakashi was speechless. Even now, you're still playing around?
"It wasn't me who started it; it was him!" The Raikage pointed at the clone.
"Would this have happened if you hadn't tried to steal my box first?"
"Sorry..." Darui scratched the back of his head, saying his catchphrase.
"It's fine." The clone replied, upholding traditional virtues. It was indeed fine; they would hand it over anyway.
The Raikage glared at the clone: "You brought such dangerous items through our Land of Lightning. We have the right to confiscate them!"
"So you sent people to steal it from me? Where's your face? Was it gnawed off by a cow?"
Kakashi rubbed his forehead. Well, now there was absolutely no room for discussion.
Having publicly rebuked the Raikage in front of hundreds of people, the clone felt extremely satisfied. Suddenly remembering the 'salted fish' (Kakashi) next to him, he glanced at his watch and said, "I'm sorry, Kakashi-sensei."
Kakashi spread his hands and said, "Actually, you don't need to apologize to me. After all, I'm your teacher, no matter what..."
The clone looked up at the sky, interrupting him: "No, I'm just telling you."
Even if my car door wasn't welded shut, if I left now, you wouldn't make it in time.
In the sky, 67,000 meters up.
Naruto, wearing a protective suit and an oxygen mask, his entire body enveloped in a red bubble-like chakra, sat on a teleportation gate, looking at the azure planet and the distant flashes of light in the darkness. The strong contrast made him contemplate: "Am I... still human?"
The stark contrast between black and blue, and the circular lines, plunged Naruto into self-doubt. Although he had no instruments to precisely determine the altitude, Naruto could guess from the environment that this altitude was clearly beyond what a human body could achieve.
"Stop acting so surprised." The fox (Kurama) watching a children's show mocked. What was this altitude? It was nothing compared to the moon the old man (Sage of Six Paths) created.
The fox's words woke Naruto from his daze. Naruto remembered a video he watched in his previous life about a 40,000-meter skydiving jump. Although it was from a long time ago and he didn't remember it clearly, he vaguely recalled it being over 41,000 meters. After all, it had quite an impact on him at the time, especially the Red Bull logo on the skydiver's body, which he had even made fun of.
Although he didn't know how much higher he was than that person, it was at most 30,000 meters more, which wasn't a big deal. He believed that with humanity's tendency to court death, they would eventually reach that height.
Thinking of that great figure, Naruto suddenly associated it with another video, also a skydive. Although it was over 2000 meters less than the first, he also had a brilliant record: he achieved supersonic speed through gravitational acceleration.
Perhaps he could try it?
Naruto had always wanted to go supersonic, but it was too difficult to achieve that on the ground. What about in the air?
Naruto felt it was feasible. After all, there was a precedent. As long as the posture was correct, supersonic speed could be achieved in the thin air. And in the dense air, as long as he adjusted his posture and used the Nine-Tails' chakra to increase air resistance, he could reduce his speed to a maximum of fifty meters per second. At this speed, he should be fine taking the impact with his Orange Fox Armor.
At this moment, Naruto's suicidal spirit once again took over his intellect.
How about, in a bit, he jumps down with it?
No, what if he gets shot down? It's better to jump from farther away.
"Ring ring ring..." His watch alarm interrupted his thoughts.
Naruto stood up, threw a clone into the distance, and pulled out his Anti-Village Noble Phantasm.
He channeled chakra into the scroll without hesitation. After all, this mountain would shrink due to air friction. Both Kumogakure's chakra cannons and sufficiently large Tailed Beast Bombs could shatter it, resulting in virtually zero casualties.
Moreover, it would take three to five minutes for it to fall, which was enough time for Kumogakure to evacuate.
Hanging upside down from the teleportation gate, Naruto unfurled the scroll: "Open!"
As soon as it appeared, the huge mountain was caught by gravity, falling towards the embrace of its mother (the earth), accelerating at approximately 9.8 meters per second.
When its speed was sufficient, the spiral rifling that Naruto had carved into the mountain would allow air to flow rapidly through it, thus achieving the purpose of rotation.
This was Naruto's expectation. As for whether it would actually spin, that was up to fate.
On the ground, Kakashi first looked at the clone in confusion, then followed its gaze. He instantly froze, then violently pulled down his headband, which served as an eye cover.
His Sharingan contracted, locking on. Kakashi finally understood what the apology meant. He said woodenly, "You... you're going to destroy the world."
The Raikage also looked up in confusion, then his body trembled: "This!!!"
The Kumogakure ninja behind him looked up, and they were even worse off. Their weapons slipped from their hands in fright, some even collapsing to the ground.
"You're kidding, right..."
"How is that possible..."
Half a minute later, the mountain's summit, falling at extreme speed, turned red from air friction and slowly rotated, dragging a long tail of flames.
After that, the entire ninja world went crazy.
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