'They're here.'
Takumi looked at the sky, his expression turning serious.
Then, with a light step, he leaped high into the air.
Then,
He activated his Flame Body constitution. With him as the center, the dense, milk-white mist evaporated and dispersed at a visible rate!
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
In just 10 seconds, a clear patch of sky was burned directly above Konoha.
The villagers of Konoha were still panicking because of the sudden fog when they suddenly saw a large hole appear in the middle of the village, sunlight once again illuminating Konoha's ground.
And above that hole, Takumi, like a chivalrous hero, was clad in brilliant light!
"It's Takumi!"
"Takumi dispersed the fog!"
Someone spotted Takumi, pointing at him as he slowly descended from the sky.
"As expected of our hero! Always stepping up at critical moments!"
"We can always believe in Takumi!"
"With him here, Konoha fears nothing!"
"Takumi, Konoha's god!"
...
The villagers cheered wildly.
The earlier panic was completely transformed into pride for Takumi, pride for Konoha.
Look!
This is Konoha's strongest Shinobi.
The enemy's technique didn't even last a minute before being broken!
And now.
The Hokage's Office.
Hiruzen nodded with relief.
Just as he was using his Crystal Ball Technique to peek at the women's bathhouse, this mist suddenly spread over.
It stunned him for a moment.
But before he could even react, the mist had been dispersed.
Then he looked again, and sure enough, Takumi had taken action.
"Truly worthy of being the future Godaime Hokage. Taking action so decisively."
Hiruzen nodded with satisfaction.
But while pleased, the enemy had come knocking.
Still, such a face-slapping behavior made his old face flush with anger.
'Damn it.'
'You think I'm a sick cat just because I haven't shown my power?'
'This time, no matter who comes, I'm going to make you stay!'
"Someone!"
He shouted sternly.
Instantly, three Anbu appeared behind him.
"Call all the Jonin in the village! The rest, come with me!"
Saying this, Hiruzen, draped in his Hokage's robe, quickly jumped out from the Hokage Tower.
Meanwhile.
The three Mizukage, who were preparing to act and capture their target outside the village, were dumbfounded.
"Wh-what happened?"
"Our technique?"
Looking at the clean, completely visible Konoha Village, Gengetsu stared in shock.
"I don't know."
Sandaime Mizukage replied very bluntly, even opening his closed eyes a sliver.
"The temperature rose somewhat. Other than that, nothing unusual."
Yagura frowned, sensing the surroundings.
But he couldn't find any other indication of how the Hidden Mist Technique was broken.
Like Wind Release or something.
Orochimaru was also stunned.
Though he didn't know what happened, he instinctively felt it must be Takumi's doing.
In his understanding, no one in all of Konoha could disperse such a vast Hidden Mist Technique in such a short time.
"What's going on? Has his strength increased again?"
"But how did he break this technique?"
"It doesn't make sense!"
Orochimaru was somewhat dumbfounded.
How much time had passed since their last encounter?
Such a huge improvement again?
No sign at all, directly breaking the three Mizukage's Hidden Mist Technique? This is too terrifying!
Orochimaru's face was full of disbelief.
'This growth rate...'
His expression changed, turning into greed.
'What to do?'
'I want his body more and more!'
'No!'
'This time I must get Takumi's body!'
"Let's try again."
Yagura said. "This time we'll concentrate. At least we need to figure out how the opponent is dispersing the mist."
"Alright."
Gengetsu nodded.
The three formed hand seals again.
"Water Style: Hidden Mist Technique!"
The three Mizukage shouted.
The mist quickly spread again, even faster than last time.
But, after just a few short seconds, the mist completely evaporated.
"Holy crap! What's going on?! How did the mist disappear again?!"
"Uh... the opponent broke it too fast. I didn't sense anything."
Gengetsu looked bewildered. He had focused on sensing it this time.
But the mist disappeared too quickly, not giving him time to sense it carefully!
"I didn't gain anything either."
Sandaime Mizukage shook his head.
"But I can feel the temperature here rose a bit more... But just this temperature increase, can it break the Hidden Mist Technique?"
Yagura sensed something unusual, but with just this temperature increase, it was hard to pinpoint the opponent's true method of dispersing the mist.
"No, let's try again."
Yagura suggested. "If the Hidden Mist Technique can be broken so easily, it's not good news for our Kirigakure."
"Already dead, and still worrying about that!"
Gengetsu stared with dead fish eyes. "But you're right. Not figuring it out would really leave me feeling unsettled!"
"Maybe it's because I care too much that I can't let go."
Yagura smiled bitterly.
Gengetsu nodded. "Alright, continue. I don't believe we can't figure out how the opponent is breaking our technique!"
"Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique!"
The three Mizukage used their full power.
The mist spread rapidly again.
"Again?"
Hiruzen and a group of Konoha's Jonin, heading towards the village outskirts, frowned deeply.
'Are they that stubborn?'
'Used this technique three times and still not giving up?'
But since the opponent continued, Takumi wouldn't indulge them either.
Sure enough.
This time, Takumi didn't even let the mist spread into the village. The moment they released it, before it even traveled 5 meters, it was directly evaporated!
"What the..."
The three Mizukage were completely dumbfounded now.
'What's going on?'
'What skill is the opponent even using?!'
'Damn it! Three times releasing the Hidden Mist Technique, all failed!'
'And the last time, the mist didn't even spread into the village. It evaporated the moment it appeared!'
"It seems to be some kind of high-temperature Nninjutsu. It's too exaggerated, evaporating the mist completely in an instant."
Sandaime Mizukage shook his head.
He felt this target was extremely difficult to deal with.
"It seems the method of sneaking in using the Hidden Mist Technique is completely unworkable."
Yagura shook his head helplessly. "But if we charge in like this, can we find that person named Takumi?"
"If sneaking in doesn't work, then let's go in openly. I'm not afraid."
Gengetsu lifted his foot to walk forward.
The other two Mizukage didn't stop him.
After all, they were already dead.
Dying one more time didn't matter to them.
And their current bodies couldn't die anyway.
As these three Mizukage recklessly headed towards the village, on the other side, in the woods.
"See! Kakuzu! This is the technique I was talking about!"
"Do you have a way to counter this technique?"
"This..."
Hearing Kisame's words, Kakuzu was somewhat dumbfounded.
He hadn't seen such an outrageous technique either.
'Was this really a technique?'
'Releasing such high temperatures over a large area, and being able to control it freely? Does such a technique exist?'
"L-let's observe first."
Kakuzu brushed it off, then carefully observed Takumi's method.
While observing, he seriously considered countermeasures.
If he faced this high-temperature Ninjutsu, what should he do?
Even Kisame, a Water Release expert, didn't dare approach, so Water Release definitely wouldn't work.
But would other natures be effective?
But this time is perfect.
With other cannon fodder taking the lead, they can see this Ninjutsu's actual combat effectiveness.
At this moment,
Kakuzu was very grateful that Orochimaru and the others were ahead of them.
Otherwise, he'd be the one facing Takumi's bizarre high-temperature Ninjutsu head-on.