As a medical ninja, Sakura could naturally sense the immense vitality and vigor contained within these raindrops!
Although she had no idea why, she couldn't help but cry out joyfully, "There's hope! Everyone can be saved!"
"Hurry, rescue the injured villagers from beneath the rubble! Let them get as much rain exposure as possible!"
Although these words sounded rather strange, nobody would question a medical ninja's judgment under such circumstances. They quickly began pulling villagers trapped under the ruins to safety.
In the next moment, the villagers' conditions visibly began recovering at an astonishing rate.
Witnessing this scene, everyone was ecstatic.
"This is practically a divine miracle!"
"This must be a heaven-sent rain!"
Compared to Sakura's excitement, Tsunade felt more shock in her heart.
As the greatest medical ninja in the world, she naturally knew just how difficult a feat this was.
Combining Yang Release with Water Release—this difficulty level was no less than, or even surpassed, that of developing a Kekkei Genkai!
Not to mention, the technique's coverage was extremely wide, requiring at least Bijuu-level chakra to accomplish.
"Exactly who is this person?"
Pain was similarly astounded as well. He could feel that this rain shared similarities with his [Grudge Rain] technique.
Slowly descending from the sky, Pain fixed his gaze toward the direction of the Hokage Rock.
"Did you cause this rain?"
Following Pain's line of sight, everyone noticed a lone figure standing atop the Hokage Rock.
"You blind?" Mizuki coldly asked.
A slight twitch appeared at the corner of Pain's mouth. "How dare you disrespect the god!"
"God?" Mizuki scoffed. "Even if this world truly had a god, it would only be Leader!"
"Leader?" Pain frowned slightly. He hadn't felt a threat from such an ordinary-looking man in a long time, yet from the implication in the man's words, he was still only someone's subordinate?
While everyone's attention focused on the confrontation between the two, Sakura looked at Mizuki's face with some confusion.
"Huh? This person looks a bit like Mizuki. Could it be that..." A possible realization struck her, causing her heart to beat uncontrollably.
"Sakura, it's been quite a while!" A gentle voice came from behind her.
Turning her head, Sakura saw Seiki walking toward her from atop the rubble.
Though he looked much more mature now, Sakura recognized him instantly.
Seeing the person before her, Sakura let out an excited shriek, "Yaaah! It's my senior, it's Seiki-senpai!"
Amid the sudden chaos and Kakashi-sensei's death, despair had taken hold—so naturally, she couldn't hold back her excitement at this unexpected hope.
Most people were captivated by the confrontation between Pain and Mizuki, not noticing Sakura's reaction.
But Ino wasn't among them.
"He's Seiki-senpai? He's so incredibly handsome!" Looking at Seiki, Ino instinctively compared him with Sasuke.
And in that comparison, Sasuke was utterly defeated!
It couldn't be helped; the difference in their auras was simply too vast.
One was a vengeful, brooding teenager, while the other was a reigning world ruler!
Their differences in aura were simply too great!
"He's Seiki?" Tsunade recalled the disciple of her other-dimensional self that Sakura had told her about, her eyes softening instinctively.
"By the way, senior, was this rain your doing?" Sakura asked hopefully.
"That's right, it was me!" Seiki nodded calmly.
Although this was only a clone, it was constructed from a Truth-Seeking Ball, so performing Serenity Rain wasn't difficult at all.
"That's amazing!" Sakura was still shocked to hear confirmation directly from Seiki, despite her suspicions — this was essentially the ultimate medical ninjutsu, surpassing current medical standards!
Tsunade was also shaken. Even she couldn't accomplish something like this. It seemed her other-dimensional disciple had already surpassed her!
As both women were reeling from this revelation, Pain raised his right hand, sending forth a powerful repelling force toward the front.
However, Mizuki simply stood in place calmly, unmoved, as if a gentle breeze had passed by without moving a hair.
"Is this the level of a god?" Mizuki mocked.
Pain's expression turned icy cold. "You're just blocking one of my attacks. Is that really something to be so happy about?"
As he spoke, the Asura Path pulled its right arm off and fired a series of missiles toward Mizuki.
Mizuki still didn't move, allowing the bombardment to hit him directly.
Defense came more naturally to him than offense.
At the very least, he had no intention of launching a counterattack before activating Sage Mode.
The barrage of missiles slammed into the Hokage Rock, shaking the earth and splitting mountains, sending large chunks of rock crashing down.
Although the Hokage Rock sustained heavy damage, with even the Third's stone sculpture reduced to a bald spot, no one cared about this anymore, all watching the dust and smoke with anxious, expectant eyes.
When the smoke cleared, Mizuki stood there completely unharmed. He casually brushed off his clothes and disdainfully asked, "That's it?"
Pain's face darkened, and he remained silent, only silently increasing his attack intensity. But for Mizuki, who possessed both physical and ninjutsu dual defenses, this level of assault still wasn't enough.
Seiki slightly nodded. In his opinion, Nagato from this world lacked the Greer Stone to replenish life energy, and having just unleashed the Super Shinra Tensei, he was currently at a low point in strength. Under these circumstances, it wouldn't be difficult for Mizuki to deal with Pain.
After all, Mizuki had Yin Release and Steel Release to protect himself, plus Wood Release to absorb chakra, making him incredibly tanky, and this was still without using Sage Mode! If he did activate Sage Mode, Pain might not even be his equal!
What seemed perfectly normal to Seiki was an extremely shocking scene to everyone else.
A monster that had flattened half of Konoha couldn't even scratch this mysterious figure standing on the Hokage Rock!
"Incredible! Even the Kazekage, known as having absolute defense, couldn't reach this level!"
"Lord, he is simply too powerful, treating the leader of Akatsuki like nothing!"
Mizuki didn't know that his calm and composed demeanor had already earned him a group of admirers in Konoha.
Of course, even if he did know, he wouldn't give a damn.
"You bastard, after attacking for so long, it's finally my turn!" Mizuki sneered coldly, his face covered with Sage markings. [Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation!]
The previously calm earth suddenly surged like ocean waves.
"What's going on? Is this Earth Release?" Pain steadied himself, looking around in confusion.
The next moment, the ground beneath his feet seemed to come alive. Spikes erupted in a surprise attack, serpentine earth dragons chased and snapped at him, and the earth even split open suddenly, attempting to swallow him whole.
In an instant, even someone as powerful as Pain could do nothing but flee in panic.
Tsunade's eyes widened as she watched, "This is the Sage Art of Ryuchi Cave! Who is this person?"
Meanwhile, in the Central District, three colossal toads crashed down from the sky.
"Where the heck are we…" Naruto stood coolly atop the toad's head and spoke, but was suddenly thrown off balance by the quaking ground, "Whoa, what the heck is going on?"
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