"Damn it!"
Even with the defense of his gold sand, Rasa could still feel the wave of heat on his back.
He suddenly moved forward several steps, and the gold sand transformed into a series of giant hands, grabbing toward Gekko Chizan.
But by the time his attack landed, Gekko Chizan had vanished once again.
After a series of failed attacks, Rasa forced himself to calm down.
He pressed one hand over his eye, and in the sky, the floating gold sand condensed into a giant eyeball, slowly rising into the air.
Seeing this, Gekko Chizan couldn't help but smile slightly.
"An eyeball formed from gold sand… for observation, huh…"
"Chōmei, your new scale powder is going to be useful!"
Indeed, upon seeing the eyeball, the first thing Gekko Chizan thought of was Chōmei's invisibility technique using scale powder.
After all, it was a technique that generated intense light with scale powder—perfect for dealing with such exposed eyeballs.
"Oh! An eyeball, huh!"
"Hahahaha, sounds good to me!"
Just as the man and beast were laughing together, another wave of gold sand attacks came rushing in.
Still in the shape of giant hands, only more of them this time.
"Hmph, it's just teleportation based on certain coordinates. With my Gold Sand Eye watching you, I refuse to believe I can't hit you!"
Every ninja who can become a Kage is far from ordinary.
Despite being hit twice by explosions, Rasa had already picked up on a pattern in Gekko Chizan's movements.
He immediately deployed a countermeasure.
A human's line of sight is limited, but the Gold Sand Eye in the sky had a wide field of vision and could easily track Gekko Chizan's movements.
This allowed Rasa to organize effective attacks.
But he completely overlooked just how shameless and cunning his opponent could be—and the kind of ninjutsu he could use.
While dodging the gold sand attacks, Gekko Chizan didn't use the Flying Thunder God Technique this time. Instead, he leaped high into the air, heading straight for the Gold Sand Eye.
First, he threw a kunai toward Rasa's direction.
Then, he brought his hands together, opened his mouth, and blasted out a spray of scale powder.
As the powder rose into the sky, it immediately emitted a blinding white light.
"AHH!! MY EYES!!!"
Rasa was hit full force by the blinding light. The Gold Sand Eye took in the entire dazzling flash and transmitted it directly back to his vision.
What does it mean to be hoisted by your own petard? This was exactly it.
He wanted to suppress his opponent using a wide field of vision, but Gekko Chizan blinded him with one brilliant technique.
The Gold Sand Eye technique transformed Rasa's eye into gold sand, detached it from his body, and reformed it elsewhere for reconnaissance.
In other words, it was Rasa's eye—just made of gold sand.
Now, Rasa clutched his eyes in pain.
That gave Gekko Chizan the perfect opportunity to attack.
Using the kunai's location, he activated Flying Thunder God and appeared right in front of Rasa.
Though still some distance away, that was nothing a Body Flicker couldn't cover.
In an instant, Gekko Chizan appeared behind Rasa and unleashed a direct hit to his rear with a Thousand Years of Death!
"AAAAAH!!!"
The intense pain made Rasa scream on the spot.
Reacting instinctively, he manipulated the gold sand to wrap tightly around himself.
Gekko Chizan looked on with a touch of regret, a little unsatisfied.
But he had already achieved his goal. He immediately used Flying Thunder God to teleport to a safe distance, waiting for Rasa to recover.
"Bastard! DAMN YOU!"
"I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU!!!"
With his backside assaulted, Rasa was consumed by rage.
Since he couldn't see, he launched an indiscriminate attack.
The gold sand encasing him transformed into countless sharp golden needles—yes, essentially senbon.
They shot out in all directions.
Seeing this, Gekko Chizan quickly ducked behind a tree.
But he had underestimated the destructive power of enraged gold sand.
Even thick trees were instantly pierced through by the gold sand senbon.
"Damn, that strong?!"
"I'm outta here!"
Luckily, Chizan reacted quickly and teleported several kilometers away using Flying Thunder God.
The senbon assault lasted a full minute.
Only when it finally stopped did Chizan dare to return.
However, his brows furrowed slightly.
He sensed that at least four or five of his previously placed teleportation markers had been destroyed.
All of his markers were specially marked kunai with jutsu formulas.
That meant the gold sand senbon had shredded them to pieces.
This attack had been massively destructive.
The searing pain in Rasa's eyes had faded, but the pain elsewhere in his body only grew worse.
His face twisted, and his eyes—now blood-red—were impossible to tell whether they were red from the blinding light or sheer rage.
"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!!!"
Hearing Rasa's furious roar, Gekko Chizan remained unfazed.
He stood smiling before his opponent.
Oh, right—he was wearing a mask, so the smile wasn't visible.
"As the heir to the Kazekage title, surely you know Konoha's ultimate taijutsu technique?"
"You've at least heard of Konoha's White Fang, right? How do you rate that Thousand Years of Death move?"
What does it mean to destroy both body and soul? This was it—hurting his body and humiliating him mentally.
Sure enough, when Rasa heard the name White Fang of Konoha, his expression changed drastically.
"Dammit!"
"Die!!!"
"Magnet Release: Great Gold Sand Burial!"
Rasa clenched his teeth through the pain and launched another attack.
The previously scattered gold sand reformed once more—this time, in a raging tide.
It surged furiously toward Gekko Chizan, clearly with the intent to bury him alive.
Unfortunately, Gekko Chizan wasn't about to let that happen.
He activated Flying Thunder God again and teleported to his last remaining marker.
But the marker wasn't far enough away, and the gold sand caught up quickly.
"Chizan, your chakra is almost depleted. Time to retreat!"
"No—not yet!"
Of course not! He hadn't even triggered a familiar system notification yet. That meant he hadn't done enough!
This was the future Fourth Kazekage! If he didn't earn some attributes from him, he'd be wasting the opportunity!
But the chakra Chōmei gave him had already been used up.
That chakra wasn't enough to even form a Tailed Beast Cloak.
And he'd been flying nonstop, attacking while on the move.
Even before the fight, he'd used Flying Thunder God multiple times to transport gold.
All of that added up. He was exhausted.
But who was Gekko Chizan?
Someone who always kept his trump cards hidden better than anyone.
If Flying Thunder God couldn't be used anymore… then it was time for a forbidden jutsu!
"Chōmei, let me show you what a real non-human looks like!"
Before Chōmei's confused gaze and as a mountain of gold sand surged forward—
Gekko Chizan crossed his arms, palms outward, and lowered into a half-crouch.
"Eight Gates Release! First Gate—Gate of Opening! Open!"
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