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[You successfully helped Killer Bee escape his tragic fate as a jinchūriki! Great Mercy! +3000 Virtue Points!!]
After slaying Killer Bee, Chiyu's heart felt hardly any ripple.
In this twisted shinobi world, any who becomes a jinchūriki meets a miserable destiny—even if he's the Raikage's own brother, the Kazekage's son, or the child of some hero. They are all the same.
Is that the jinchūriki's fault?
Of course not.
It's the entire shinobi world that is at fault.
And Chiyu intends to be the one to rebuild what will be called "the greatest shinobi world in history."
To become a genuine... god!!!
Killer Bee's death drove the Fourth Raikage to an outburst of frenzied rage.
"Damn you, Uchiha Chiyu!! I'll kill you—tear you into a thousand pieces!"
In a flash, he pushed his Lightning Release Chakra Mode to the limit, forcibly opening the not-yet-fully-mastered strongest Lightning Armor.
Hair and beard bristled, electricity crackling, arcing over his entire body!
Boom—!
He stomped the ground, leaving a deep crater. His silhouette blurred into a blazing white streak of lightning, charging right at Chiyu at breakneck speed.
Then—
"Lariat!"
Rumble—
A furious surge of electricity, extreme speed, immense power—unleashed in a single devastating strike!
Yet…
Bang—
His blow hammered into the barrier of Susanoo. Though it faintly showed hairline cracks, it remained unbroken.
But the Fourth Raikage was already deranged with grief, each time lashing out with all his might.
"Lightning Oppression Horizontal!"
"Lightning Straight!!"
A barrage of attacks that would kill an ordinary ninja ten times over.
But regrettably, the one he faced was Chiyu—
...who wielded the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and Fourth-Form Susanoo.
Even the Eight-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb had failed to destroy Susanoo. How could these attacks do anything?
"Lightning Oppression Horizontal! Lightning Straight! Guillotine Drop…"
The Fourth Raikage poured his entire fury into the onslaught, effectively smashing into a rock with a wooden stick.
Chiyu, high above, cast a cool, pitiful gaze on him.
"Enough."
Showing no further interest in exchanging blows, Chiyu sent forth the Chains from Susanoo once more. A black-red chain of lightning lashed out, snaring the rampaging Raikage.
"Damn it, let go of me!!"
Chiyu ignored him. Infusing the sealing power of the Chains, he pinned and sealed the Fourth Raikage's movements, extinguishing his Lightning Release aura.
He frantically thrashed about but could not break free. It was a dead end. No escape left.
"Uchiha Chiyu—do you realize that committing these atrocities will bring the Cloud's wrath down upon you?! It's an endless blood feud now!"
Chiyu's only response was a faint snort of contempt.
Then, with Susanoo's Ten-Taba Zaimetsu Ken Sword in hand, he swung downward.
Boom—
The strike penetrated the Fourth Raikage's body. The sword stabbed in, blood spurting forth, and the savage Karmic Fire along the blade's edge ignited. His form was swallowed up by those scarlet flames.
Shortly after…
The Fourth Raikage of the Kumogakure—an arrogant, iron-handed hawk for all his life—vanished silently into the ashes.
Following Killer Bee's death…
The Fourth Raikage likewise fell on the spot!
For a moment, Uchiha Chiyu's ominous might made even Mifune's eyes go wide with shock.
Such a scene... so reminiscent of the legendary Uchiha Madara!
Falling to his knees, Dodai roared with bitterness and despair:
"Uchiha Chiyu!! Must you go this far?! This is a hatred that won't die until you do!!"
Chiyu spoke indifferently:
"A hatred that won't die? Then let it die with you."
With a single command, he unleashed Susanoo's Yasaka Magatama—multiple beads of spiraling Chakra that bombarded Dodai with unstoppable force!
Dodai let out a wry laugh. Having lost all hope, he made no attempt to dodge.
"Three generations of Raikage, I, Dodai, have failed. I couldn't protect Bee or the Raikage…only watching them die before my eyes… How could I face you now?"
"I only pray that someday, someone can avenge them all…"
Rumble—
In an instant, Dodai's body was shattered by Yasaka Magatama's barrage, turning into lifeless debris.
Mifune stared blankly, entirely stunned.
This was the method the new Hokage had chosen—to spare no one in Cloud's top ranks, from Bee to the Raikage to Dodai, slaughtering them all on the spot!
It was…
Unthinkable.
The Daimyo of the Land of Frost, trembling all over, didn't dare utter a sound.
All around them, the outskirts of the Frost Village were now razed to rubble—mountains collapsed, ground cracked as far as the eye could see, streams cut off.
Hatake Kakashi and Might Guy were likewise shaken. They had expected the Hokage to act decisively, yet…
…never to such a lethal extent.
But…
They both understood.
"Hokage-sama's plan is correct," Kakashi thought, calmly.
Facing Cloud's large-scale forces in a normal war would see Konoha—already weakened by internal conflict—heavily outnumbered, sustaining massive casualties.
Instead, by personally meeting them "to negotiate," he used the swift tactic of killing the enemy's leadership:
"Strike the shepherd to scatter the sheep."
Chiyu glanced at the dead bodies of Killer Bee, the Fourth Raikage, and Dodai, nodding faintly.
"Negotiations have succeeded perfectly."
Mifune: "…"
"-Hokage-sama, your actions will cause every other Great Nation to distrust you entirely… After all this, who would dare negotiate with you in the future?"
Chiyu replied coldly:
"At least they have another choice."
Mifune's heart clenched. He knew exactly what that "other choice" entailed.
Behind him, the daimyo of Land of Frost stood shaking, not daring to breathe too loudly.
Far off in the distance, Asuma Sarutobi and Homma likewise trembled in shock.
"We… We planned to come all this way to kill that man…?"
Witnessing the battle's outcome up close left them pale, hearts pounding.
Kazuma cursed under his breath:
"That— That man is basically unstoppable… Asuma, we…?!"
Asuma's own fists had loosened; despair overcame his hatred.
"…Father, Brother, everyone in the Sarutobi Clan… I wanted to avenge all of you, but… against that man, it's hopeless…"
Yes, hopeless indeed.
A single glance at the new Hokage's unstoppable power told Asuma that any notion of vengeance was delusional.
…
Within Chiyu's thoughts, the system chimed again:
[You have successfully relieved the Fourth Raikage of his burden, reunited him with his father and his brother—Great Merit! +3000 Virtue Points!!]
[You successfully allowed the long-exhausted elder Dodai to rest in peace. Great Mercy! +1000 Virtue Points.]
Altogether, 7000 virtue points earned this battle.
Chiyu placed all of them into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
All at once—
Zzz—
His Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan soared past its upper limit, successfully evolving into the fabled Eye of the Six Paths…
The Rinnegan!!!
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