"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill those damned Sunagakure bastards!"
"Let them spread rumors! Let them stir up trouble! Let them keep provoking Konoha!"
"This is the price they must pay!"
…
At the same time—
On the other side, the Iwagakure army also launched an attack in Sunagakure's direction.
Two shinobi villages acted at once.
Against the same target.
"Enemy attack!"
The Sunagakure shinobi on the front lines were shocked. They retreated at once and sent the news back to Sunagakure.
In an instant, war broke out.
Just like the First Great Ninja War, the Second Great Ninja War, and the Third Great Ninja War.
It was just as sudden.
Just as impossible to anticipate.
But Rasa had already expected this situation.
On one hand, Konoha's army had been stationed at the Land of Wind's border for a long time. Small-scale clashes had continued before this, and Jiraiya had even launched a sudden attack once. It had simply failed.
Sunagakure had fought Iwagakure before.
It had fought Konoha before as well.
In previous wars, Sunagakure had never gained much advantage. Most of the time, it had been the one falling into a disadvantage.
But now, things were different.
Even though Konoha and Iwagakure were attacking Sunagakure at the same time, Sunagakure would not fall into such a great disadvantage as it had before.
The news reached the Kazekage Building.
Rasa said only one sentence.
"If they want war, then we will accompany them to the end!"
Sunagakure's reinforcement forces were divided into two parts.
One part was led by Pakura, heading to support the Sunagakure forces facing Konoha's army.
The other part was led by Chiyo, heading to support the Sunagakure forces facing Iwagakure's army.
The reinforcement speed was very fast, exceeding Konoha and Iwagakure's expectations.
And once Sunagakure's reinforcements arrived, whether it was Konoha or Iwagakure, both of their offensives met enormous resistance and could no longer continue advancing.
"Hiramekarei, release! Scorch Release!"
A sphere filled with Scorch Release chakra flew toward Konoha's army at tremendous speed.
It erupted in an instant, enveloping dozens of Konoha shinobi nearby.
The powerful Scorch Release attack transformed all of those shinobi into dried corpses.
Pakura's Kekkei Genkai was a natural counter to Kirigakure, but against Konoha shinobi, its lethality was just as frightening.
"It's Pakura!"
"Pakura of the Scorch Release!"
The expressions of the Konoha shinobi changed.
"We're no match for her. The village's elites must act to stop her."
At that moment, Orochimaru appeared.
"Summoning Technique!"
The enormous Manda appeared.
Pakura likewise summoned her own summoned beast—or, more precisely, the summoned beast she shared with Rasa.
"Chameleon!"
Even though its size was not as massive as Manda's, the chameleon was not an easy opponent.
Moreover, Pakura's attacks were far too ferocious.
Ferocious to the point that even Orochimaru found them somewhat troublesome.
When the Konoha shinobi saw Pakura being stopped, they could not help showing smiles.
"It's fine now. Pakura has already been blocked by Lord Orochimaru. Aside from Pakura, none of the other Sunagakure shinobi here are worth fearing."
"They cannot possibly be our match."
"We still have Lord Shinnosuke, Ino-Shika-Cho, and others."
"What can Sunagakure use to compare with Konoha?"
But very soon, those Konoha shinobi learned exactly what Sunagakure could use.
A figure suddenly appeared in front of Akimichi Choza, who had used the Multi-Size Technique and was charging through the Sunagakure shinobi, using his size and strength advantage to strike them down.
"Akimichi Choza, your opponent is me!"
Akimichi Choza looked at the newcomer.
"You are? I've never seen you before. A nameless nobody dares to stop me?"
Tatsuya grinned.
"A nameless nobody? Then I'll let you understand the strength of a nameless nobody."
The next moment, Tatsuya's body suddenly expanded.
"Dragon-Dragon Fruit: Triceratops Form!"
At first, in front of Akimichi Choza after he used the Multi-Size Technique, Tatsuya had appeared so small.
But all of a sudden, his body swelled until he was even larger than Akimichi Choza.
"Akimichi Choza, eat this strike from me!"
Tatsuya lowered his head and charged fiercely toward Akimichi Choza.
"Devil Fruit?"
Akimichi Choza was disdainful.
"Something that is only useful around chunin level, and you bring it into a battle between elite jonin like us? Are you joking with me?"
Akimichi Choza did not dodge. He actively reached out with both hands.
Bang!
The moment they collided, Akimichi Choza realized something was wrong.
An extremely powerful force came surging in, making Akimichi Choza's body retreat uncontrollably.
Backward.
Still backward.
Only after being forced back dozens of meters did he barely manage to stop.
A trace of blood flowed from the corner of Akimichi Choza's mouth.
He looked at the triceratops before him, his expression becoming incomparably serious.
"The power of a Devil Fruit can actually reach this level?"
"This definitely isn't your own strength."
Tatsuya sneered.
"It's on my body. I'm the one using it. How is it not my own strength? Akimichi Choza, listen well. I, Tatsuya, am one of Sunagakure's Lead Performers!"
"The fruit I ate is a superior Devil Fruit—the Dragon-Dragon Fruit: Triceratops Form!"
"Elite jonin?"
"Akimichi secret techniques?"
"Nothing impressive!"
Tatsuya pressed his advantage and pursued.
For a time, Akimichi Choza fell into a disadvantage.
Everyone around them looked over.
"How is that possible? Lord Choza has fallen into a disadvantage!"
"What is that thing on the other side? A large summoned beast?"
"No, that's a shinobi. I saw him transform from a human appearance into what he is now."
"Could it be a Devil Fruit?"
"Aren't Devil Fruits only useful for chunin?"
"Was our previous intelligence wrong?"
"Damn it. An ordinary shinobi eats one Devil Fruit and gains power that can rival an elite jonin? Then what meaning does all our training have?"
"That's too abnormal!"
"If only I could obtain a Devil Fruit too."
The Konoha shinobi were shocked, worried, and jealous.
The Sunagakure shinobi were the complete opposite. They were extremely excited.
"As expected of a superior Devil Fruit."
"As expected of one of Sunagakure's Lead Performers!"
"What does a mere Akimichi clan amount to?"
"Kill!"
"Defeat Akimichi Choza!"
"Akimichi Choza will lose!"
Tatsuya's appearance disrupted the rhythm of the entire battlefield, leaving even Orochimaru shocked.
Konoha could still deal with one Tatsuya.
The problem was—
"How many more superior Devil Fruits like this does Sunagakure have?"
On the other side, the Iwagakure army was led by Kitsuchi.
As Onoki's son, Kitsuchi was not truly mediocre. He only seemed somewhat ordinary when compared to Onoki.
Kitsuchi's Earth Release had also been polished to an extreme.
Unfortunately, the person he encountered was Chiyo.
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