CH 513

Konohagakure

Bang Bang Bang Bang

Amidst the several sounds of explosive collisions, Fujin punched Hiruko’s chest with such high strength that even Hiruko can’t help but cry out in pain, “Aaarrrggghh!”

Boom Boom Boom Boom

At the same time under the impact of Fujin’s punch, Hiruko flew out and crashed into several buildings in successions, passed by them one after another causing rubble, gravel, and dust to fly out, and finally hit the towering outer wall of Konohagakure, broke a big hole in it and collapsed outside in a deep pit.

Puff…

And just as Hiruko fell outside Konoha, Fujin also coughed out a mouthful of blood and almost collapsed on the ground.

Because Futen is wearing the Fujin mask, therefore, the blood did not splatter out, rather it flowed out along the edge of the mask and gently dripped down on the chest.

Of course, the reason for Fujin to cough out blood is not any injury that Hiruko inflicted on him, it’s just the recoil of the Curse of the Kaguya Clan that his body is suffering from… the disease of his current body has already advanced to the stage that even if he does not actively use Shikotsumyaku, he will occasionally cough out blood from time to time… so Fujin is not much surprised and not too worried either.

After staggering for a few steps, resisting the paralyzing sensation in the body and stabilizing the body, Fujin looked in the direction of Hiruko and sighed, “Damn, this bastard can even withstand the physical attacks of the Fujin Clone body… it’s really… sigh… unbelievable.”

Although Fujin has already estimated Hiruko’s strength to be extremely high, far higher than any of the current Kage, and far higher than any of the previous Kage except Senju Hashirama, that is already reaching the lower realm of a super Kage Class, after the real showdown with him, even Fujin can’t help but be surprised and reconsider Hiruko’s level is still much higher than Fujin had previously estimated.

Hiruko easily reaches the middle realm of the Super Kage Class… perhaps as strong as Senjutsu-enhanced Kurama Mode Naruto or even higher.

Whether it is Swift Release, Steel Release, or Dark Release, these Kekkei Genkai are not that big of a problem for Fujin, what’s most problematic for Fujin is that Hiruko has also become extremely proficient in using the Sharingan…

And after the initial temptation where Fujin fooled Hiruko and landed several hits on him by virtue of his experience in dealing with Sharingan and taking advantage of Sharingan’s predictive insight, Hiruko has become extremely cautious and doesn’t easily respond to temptations… therefore, being able to attack has started to become a serious headache for Fujin.

It must be known that the stronger a person, the stronger his Kekkei Genkai, with current Hiruko’s strength and speed, the effect of Sharingan is extremely high…

Fujin even estimates that the insight of the pair of Sharingan in Hiruko’s eye sockets has already reached the realm of Mangekyou Sharingan… which makes him all the more difficult.

Not to mention Fujin has also found occasional flickers of lightning on Hiruko’s body, which means that aside from Swift Release, Hiruko is also capable of using Lightning Chakra enhancement to again increase, his speed, strength, nerve reaction, as well as sharpness.

Of course, Hiruko’s Lightning Chakra Enhancement has yet to reach the level of Raikage, but given the rate of his progress, Fujin estimates that at best it would take him a month or two, and Hiruko would be perfectly capable of using Lightning Chakra Mode similar to the Raikage… which is another headache for Fujin.

‘Sigh, this guy really!’ Fujin shook his head to put out the useless thoughts and looked in the direction of the pit where Hiruko collapsed earlier.

At this time, Hiruko got up from the pit and jumped back into the village through the big hole in the outer wall. And while panting heavily he looked at Fujin with an unbelievable expression, “Damn it, you are able to hurt me… how is this possible? This should be impossible!”

Currently, Hiruko’s physical state is not very good. The Traditional Akatsuki Cloak he was wearing has fallen apart, and only a few black stripes were left hanging on his body, revealing the body that is covered with bandages.

There are several depressions on his body which are the areas that have been punched by Fujin, then there is his right hand that is twisted at an unnatural angle, and finally, there is a very serious depression on his chest indicating that several ribs have broken inside.

In contrast, Fujin on the opposite side is much better.

Although the Amatsukami Cloak he was wearing has also been torn in various places, it is still not as ragged as Hiruko’s Akatsuki Cloak.

Additionally, there are also no serious physical injuries on his body, except for some cuts and wound on the skin.

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In the Shadows.

White Zetsu whose body is hidden in the ruins spoke with an amazed tone of voice, “I really did not expect that this guy Fujin from Amatsukami would turn out to be so strong… he has been able to hold his own against Hiruko for so long… it’s really taking too long for Hiruko to win…”

But before White Zetsu could complete, Black Zetsu spoke, “Idiot… Fujin has not only held his own against Hiruko but also suppressed him throughout the battle…”

White Zetsu was stunned, and asked with a somewhat inconceivable tone, “Does that mean Hiruko would lose?”

Based on the judgment of the Akatsuki Organization, the strength of Hiruko is very high… unless he suffers a backlash from the Chimera Buds in his body, Hiruko is more than capable of thrashing down the Gokage on his own… and this transcendence will only become more and more obvious with the passage of time.

In other words, Hiruko’s growth potential is extremely high and he is considered one of the trump cards of the Akatsuki Organization.

According to Black Zetsu’s own estimation, Hiruko’s potential is second only to the reincarnates of Otsutsuki Indra and Otsutsuki Asura… which in itself means a lot.

So, the fact that Hiruko is suppressed by Fujin of Amatsukami is also baffling to him.

Glancing at the pitiful appearance of Hiruko, Black Zetsu looked at Fujin with a thoughtful expression, and said, “Something has been bugging me for a while… Fujin hasn’t been injured too severely in the battle, yet he suddenly vomited out blood. This shows that the battle now is also extremely burdensome for him… I suspect that either he has used some kind of Forbidden Jutsu to increase his strength to such a degree that would harm himself too, or, he has a serious problem in his body…”

White Zetsu asked, “Then what should we do?”

Black Zetsu said solemnly, “Go and inform Nagato… even if Fujin’s body has some problems it doesn’t seem that we would be able to capture him or recover the Box of Ultimate Bliss just by relying on Hiruko.”

“Okay.” – White Zetsu nodded and then Zetsu as a whole sunk under the ground and disappeared without a trace.

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Back to the battlefield.

Out of frustration at repeatedly being unable to defeat Fujin, Hiruko roared in anger, “Die, you will die tonight, no one can save you, no one!”

While just recovering his breath from the paralyzing sensation, Fujin said lightly, “Are you only going to curse this to death? Or are you going to fight? Come on… if you think you can kill this one… you can try, although, you should be careful too and not accidentally die at this one’s hands.”

“Oh, you think you are so tough that you can defeat me? Idiot, do you think I have used all my strength?” with a cold sneer, Hiruko said, “The level of power I have is not something that someone like you who only uses Magnet Release and is good at Taijutsu can imagine!”

As Hiruko said so, many gelatinous Chimera Buds protruded from Hiruko’s body, appeared out of the gaps in the bandages, then wrapped around the twisted arm of Hiruko and restored it to its original condition.

At the same time, the depression in the chest also returned to its original state with a wave of squirming.

Looking at Hiruko whose severely wounded body was restored back to normal in the blink of an eye, Tsunade was shocked, and said solemnly, “This is definitely not medical Ninjutsu… this should be the result of some kind of body modification similar to Orochimaru.”

Jiraiya had a bitter expression on his face as he looked at Hiruko, and listened to Tsunade.

Not only are there regrets on his face that a former friend of theirs went astray and became a monster in human skin, but also worries about Konoha’s fate.

Hiruko’s strength is already extremely strong that Jiraiya can’t even put up a fight against him, and now that Hiruko has shown a terrifying recovery ability, Jiraiya doesn’t even know whether defeating Hiruko is possible or not.

‘Fujin’s condition doesn’t seem very good either… I have to do something to assist him in dealing with Hiruko… Ninjutsu won’t work against Hiruko because of his Dark Release… then maybe I can try using Sage Chakra-enhanced Genjutsu on him with the help of Boss, and Madam…’ After making up his mind, Jiraiya discussed his intention with the Two Great Sage Toads and got read to help Fujin.

Seeing the nervous expression of Tsunade and Jiraiya, then the recovered Hiruko, but not so well Fujin, even Kurenai was a little nervous… She had believed that Futen would definitely win… but is not so sure after witnessing Hiruko’s recovery.

And Kakashi who had already hidden several Flying Raijin Marks all over the battlefield in secret also focused on the battle intently… he is looking for opportunities to intervene and help out Fujin in dealing with Hiruko.

As far as Kakashi understands, although it is difficult to distinguish whether Amatsukami is their enemy or ally, dealing with the members of the Akatsuki Organization is more important because tonight Akatsuki Organization is their mortal enemy.

Hiruko whose injuries were completely healed suddenly raised his hands to quickly complete the hand signs, ‘Storm Release Secret Technique: Demon Dragon Storm!’

With the launch of Storm Release Ninjutsu, dark clouds covered the sky above Konoha and lightning, and thunder began to roar.

Standing near the broken outer wall, Hiruko stayed still and said with a mocking smirk, “Do you see that? This is my full strength… Next… enjoy your death!”

Following Hiruko’s shout, the lightning and thundering in the sky above Konoha intensified.

Tsunade said, “These clouds are formed by Storm Release… everyone must be careful… if anyone is hit by the lightning, it would be highly dangerous!”

Jiraiya who was trying to renter Sage Mode looked at the Dark Lightning Clouds in the sky with the thought, ‘I hope I can make it in time!’

And while everyone was worried and Hiruko was smirking at the joy of his impending win, Fujin looked at Hiruko and asked in confusion, “What gave you the illusion that this one has used everything that this one can and have nothing left to be able to defeat you?”

As he said, a bone blade glowing with cold light protruded out of the palm of Fujin’s hand.

“Shikotsumyaku?”

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