The minds of the powerful work quickly, so they have plenty of internal monologues.
When Chiyo heard Tanzō shouting at her, "Unbutton your crotch," her first reaction was to laugh.
Is this Tanzō gone crazy? Does he really think he's the First Hokage?
Wood Release has been lost for a long time.
He doesn't even make hand seals. Does he think he can unleash Wood Release just by shouting?
What a joke!
However, in the next instant, Chiyo's mind went blank!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
One after another, big, lush trees shot up from the ground, growing wildly before one's eyes and instantly covering an area of nearly a thousand meters.
"No way, this is absolutely impossible!"
Looking at the vast forest around her, Chiyo shrieked in a high - pitched voice.
"Nothing is impossible," Tanzō said calmly with his eyes slightly closed and his arms raised.
"I am the second God of Ninjas, the only one in existence now."
The Kumogakure - Konoha battlefield.
Looking at the seemingly frail Kaze in front of him, a middle - aged man laughed wildly.
"Hahaha, has Konoha run out of people? Sending a blond - haired kid to face me?"
The man had dark skin, light - yellow long hair, a long beard, and was over two meters tall.
He was bare - chested, with well - defined muscles all over his body, looking like a character from One Piece.
A, the Third Raikage!
Standing next to the burly A, Kaze, who was only 1.8 meters tall, really did look frail.
"Pfft, you old fool with gray hair and long beard! Who are you calling a blond - haired kid?"
Hearing A's words, Kaze spat and retorted angrily.
"Hahaha, kid, you've got some guts. I like it."
A laughed heartily without getting angry. Instead, he quite admired Kaze's bravery.
"Take my advice and leave quickly. Don't throw your life away for nothing."
Kaze rolled his eyes.
He felt like he had met an ordinary but overly - confident guy today. He said somewhat helplessly,
"Cut the crap. Let's fight. I'll even give you a two - hand advantage later, okay?"
Oh?
A looked Kaze up and down in surprise and said with a smile,
"Kid, you're quite confident. Well, then let me see..."
Shikkotsu Forest - Sage Mode!
Before A could finish his sentence, Kaze clapped his hands, and black markings crawled up his cheeks.
Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Looking at the huge Buddha statue slowly rising in front of him, A's smile froze on his face.
"Holy shit, why is it getting dark?"
"What the hell is that?!"
The ninjas on both sides were extremely panicked.
There stood a Buddha statue nearly a thousand meters tall, blotting out the sky and the sun. Behind it were thousands of "slender" arms, looking down on all sentient beings with a kind expression.
"Holy shit! Isn't this the Wood Release of the First Hokage?!"
「Not only was the Kumogakure side shocked, but the Konoha side was also stunned.
Does the Shimura clan know how to use Wood Release?
Never heard of it!
In fact, if Hashirama had used this move, the size of the giant Buddha would have at least doubled.
The effect of Kaze using this move was much weaker, but it was still enough.
The giant Buddha, like a towering mountain range, split the entire battlefield in two and directly stunned everyone, including the Raikage.
Orochimaru, who was mingling in the crowd, was dumbfounded.
In the past, he had been smug about stealing Hashirama's power and considered himself a research genius.
But now, in front of the Shimura father and son, he felt like a joke.
"This... This is... incredible!"
A's eyes were bulging, and he almost broke his neck trying to see the top of the giant Buddha. He was extremely shocked.
"How about it, old blond - haired bastard?" Kaze circulated his chakra and shouted triumphantly.
"I've trained this punch for twenty years. If I throw a thousand punches, I wonder what you'll use to block them?"
"This... I... don't know what to say."
He wanted to say a few pompous words, but he just couldn't get a word out.
In the face of absolute power, everything seemed pale and weak.
"Withdraw your army, old geezer."
Who would have thought that at this moment, Kaze suddenly said something that neither side expected.
"What?" A was stunned.
The other side, in a situation where they had an absolute advantage and could easily cause heavy casualties to the Kumogakure army, was actually willing to let them go?
He asked himself, if it were him, he would never let the Kumogakure side leave unscathed.
"Little... Little hero, are you serious?" A asked in disbelief.
"What the hell 'little hero'!"
Kaze cursed under his breath and said angrily.
"Of course I'm serious. The Shimura clan always keeps its word. The entire ninja world can testify to that."
Kaze's decision to let A go wasn't because he was soft - hearted.
It was to let Kumogakure preserve its strength so that they could have a good fight with Iwagakure later.
"Why?"
The straightforward A didn't just lead his team away quickly but insisted on finding out the reason.
"Why?"
Kaze didn't even think and just blurted out.
"Because I, Kaze Shimura, have not only inherited the Wood Release from the First Hokage but also his pursuit and longing for peace."
"Why does my Wood Release manifest as a Daibutsu instead of something else?"
"It's because I hope that everyone can put down their weapons and have a calm conversation in front of the Buddha statue to find a way to achieve peace!"
So that's how it was!
Many ninjas showed expressions of sudden realization.
Most people on both the Kumogakure and Konoha sides were glad that they could avoid a battle.
Except for a very small number of people, who wanted to be involved in a cruel war unless it was absolutely necessary?
"Kid, this attack on Konoha was because the Kumogakure was deceived by the Sunagakure."
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Old A, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, was actually quick and ruthless when it came to shifting the blame.
"Don't you worry. Once we're back, I'll surely give Sunagakure a taste of their own medicine. This time, I owe you one," A declared.
Kaze waved his hand, and thousands of arms waved simultaneously, scaring the Cloud Ninjas so much that they trembled.
"Hey~ Elder brother, what're you saying? We're all striving for ninja world peace. No need to talk about debts."
A didn't know what to make of Kaze's way of addressing him, so he kept silent.
A took a deep look at Kaze, then turned around without looking back and shouted to the Kumogakure army.
"Retreat! Back to Kumogakure!"
Several of A's confidants were reluctant and stepped forward to ask.
"A, we came here in full force. Are we really going back just like this?"
"Yes. In this way, won't our Kumogakure become a laughingstock in the ninja world?"
A glanced at these people and scolded angrily.
"Is face more important, or are our brothers in Kumogakure more important?"
"What if we don't retreat? Are we going to bury the whole Kumogakure here for the sake of a petty argument?"
One of A's confidants muttered in a low voice.
"That Kaze Shimura is being so polite. There must be something wrong."
"Maybe that Daibutsu is just for show. In fact..."
Slap!
A slapped him, almost knocking his head askew.
"Stupid jerk! Think before you speak. Cut the crap!"
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