Chapter 441: Divine Dragon
BOOM!
SWISH!
Transforming into a streak of raw lightning, Kakashi vanished from everyone's field of vision in the blink of an eye.
Might Guy unleashed a devastating kick into thin air, his eyes widening in shock as he looked around. Where on earth did Kakashi go?!
The force of Guy's strike literally parted the island right down the middle, carving a massive, gaping trench through its center.
Yet Kakashi, who had been locked in combat with him just a moment before, was nowhere to be found.
"Kakashi... I didn't just obliterate Kakashi into nonexistence, did I?!" Might Guy gasped, his eyes bulging as he searched high and low for any sign of his rival.
He looked left, right, up, and down, but there wasn't a trace of him left.
Of course, the vanished Sixth Hokage hadn't been killed. Utilizing his lightning speed, Kakashi had zipped all the way back onto the giant bird's back.
"I say, Kakashi... didn't you claim you were going to settle the score once and for all? Why did you run away?" Tobitake Tonbo remarked, completely speechless.
He was genuinely at a loss for words. What happened to the intense duel?
He had actually been looking forward to an epic, hard-fought battle between Kakashi and Guy, only for Kakashi to turn tail and flee the second things got dicey.
And he had run ridiculously fast at that—leaving Guy's attacks eating his dust.
Who would have thought Kakashi had it in him to pull a stunt like this?
Even Konohamaru felt a wave of secondhand embarrassment watching the scene unfold. "Lord Sixth... when you bolted like that, did you stop to think for a second that all the fresh recruits were watching you? Isn't that a little... humiliating?"
With that, he turned his head toward the crowd of students.
Sure enough, every single recruit stood there with their eyes saucer-wide.
Lord Kakashi, the Sixth Hokage whom they had idolized in their hearts, had just straight-up fled the battlefield.
It wasn't just Konohamaru—Naruto's eyes were practically bulging out of his head as well.
Holy crap, Kakashi-sensei! How could you do this?! This is the fresh recruit ceremony! Where's your grand display?!
Hearing the comments, Kakashi glanced back and caught sight of the recruits staring at him in utter gobsmacked silence.
"My gosh... the Sixth Hokage got beaten so badly by that bowl-cut teacher in the green jumpsuit that he ran away!" Inojin Yamanaka muttered, his eyes wide with shock.
The other students felt their perception of reality crumbling as well.
Meanwhile, inside Metal Lee's heart, a core pillar of faith blazed to life. As expected of Master Might Guy! He's incredible! He actually kicked the Sixth Hokage so hard that he fled for his life!
Incredible! Simply incredible!
"...No, this is impossible! How could the Sixth Hokage lose to a guy with zero fashion sense?!" Houki Taketori's jaw practically hit the floor.
His beloved Sixth Hokage!
Without realizing it, he shoved up the forehead protector that usually covered his eyes.
Although Lord Sixth used to be his ultimate idol, seeing this... was frankly a bit embarrassing. He needed some time to re-evaluate his life choices.
...
Down on the island, Might Guy seemed to sense something.
He looked up at the sky and spotted his rival sitting comfortably on the bird. "Kakashi! Why did you run away?! Get down here right now—I haven't even had my fill yet!"
He shouted at the top of his lungs, sounding like a heartbroken youth calling out to a girl waiting on the distant horizon.
"No thanks. I don't feel like fighting you anymore. I'm going to read my book," Kakashi replied, entirely unbothered.
His performance earlier had already been more than enough to shock the new students.
Reaching into his pouch, he pulled out a paperback.
The cover bore the title of the current most popular fanfiction novel from the Make-Out Paradise series.
Ignoring everyone's incredulous stares, he flipped it open and began reading intently.
The surrounding veterans were left completely speechless.
If they had known Kakashi was going to act like this, they never would have dragged him along. Talk about bringing shame to their generation of shinobi!
SWISH!
Seeing this, Might Guy leaped through the air in a single bound, landing heavily on the giant bird's back.
His face was filled with utter dissatisfaction. "I only went as far as the Fifth Gate! Let's go one more round! This is the height of our burning youth!"
"Pass," Kakashi rejected him outright.
Sob sob~
Tears suddenly gushed from Might Guy's eyes like twin waterfalls.
He had won! In their 99th battle of youth, he had secured his 45th victory, pulling ahead of Kakashi!
Naruto rubbed his temples in exasperation. Here they go again...
"Next up... Director Kabuto, it's your turn," Naruto called out, turning to look at Kabuto in the distance.
Upon hearing his name, Kabuto Yakushi offered a snake-like smile.
Riding atop the divine dragon beneath his feet, he gave a light command. With a deafening roar, the dragon shot forward, sweeping in a majestic circle around the giant bird and surrounding the students.
It put the full, breathtaking majesty of the divine dragon on open display.
ROAAAR!
The divine dragon's thunderous roar unleashed an oppressive wave of aura, forcing the recruits to hunch over under the sheer weight of the pressure.
Staring at the majestic dragon, every single kid shared the exact same thought: Man, I wish I had a summoning beast like that!
"That is so awesome..." Boruto muttered in awe.
Mitsuki chuckled beside him. "Do you want to try riding it? You can ask to go up there with Master Kabuto. He's really easy to talk to."
Mitsuki had ridden this divine dragon himself. In fact, if his own chakra reserves were larger, he could summon it on his own.
Boruto's eyes lit up. "For real?"
"For real. Do you want to go up?"
"Heck yeah!"
This summoning beast was infinitely cooler than his dad's toad—standing on top of that thing had to feel completely legendary.
"Master Kabuto! There's a student over here who wants to ride with you!" Mitsuki immediately shouted toward Kabuto Yakushi.
As expected of a man who served as the director of an orphanage, Kabuto offered a warm, gentle smile the moment he heard the request.
"Of course."
Before the words even finished echoing, Kabuto materialized above the bird. With a single flick of a chakra thread, he hooked Boruto up and placed him right beside himself on the dragon's head.
"Hold on tight!"
Before Boruto even had time to process what was happening, Kabuto guided the divine dragon in a flash, shooting across the sky like a bolt of lightning.
In the blink of an eye, they reappeared above the battered, crater-pocked island.
A series of deafening roars suddenly split the heavens—ROAAAR! ROAAAR! ROAAAR!
The divine dragon unleashed an earth-shattering howl.
In an instant, blazing infernos erupted, threatening to set the very sky ablaze; violent torrents of water surged forward, whipping up monstrous waves; howling gales coalesced into terrifying tornadoes, sweeping across the heavens and earth; and blinding bolts of thunder crackled in rapid succession, tearing through the sky.
Four powerful elemental nature transformations intertwined and wrapped around the divine dragon like four planetary rings.
At the same time, the sky underwent a terrifying transformation. The clear weather instantly gave way to churning dark clouds, roaring thunder, torrential rain, and violent gales.
The divine dragon seemed to possess the miraculous ability to command the weather itself—its every movement triggering catastrophic changes in the surrounding climate.
In a mere moment, not only was the entire island swallowed by this wild, unpredictable storm, but the surrounding radius of several kilometers was drawn into the chaotic vortex as well.
"Holy crap! This summoning beast is insanely strong!" Boruto exclaimed, standing right atop the divine dragon's head between its massive horns.
Feeling the dragon's overwhelming aura, his eyes widened to their absolute limit.
As his raw curiosity and desire to explore surged, a strange phenomenon occurred within Boruto's eyes. One of his eyes began to shift, taking on a pale blue-white hue as a mysterious eye technique began to manifest once more.
Kabuto, sensing the subtle shift, turned his gaze toward Boruto's eye.
Is that... the Byakugan?... No, that's neither the Byakugan nor the Tenseigan. This is a brand-new ocular jutsu. Is it because of his young age that he lacks the chakra to control it, or is it something else?
Kabuto's innate scientific curiosity flared up instantly.
The moment that eye emerged, he felt an eerie sensation—as if his entire soul was being thoroughly scrutinized, stripped completely bare right in the middle of a crowded street.
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