Swish!
A figure flashed through the forest, startling a flock of birds and the hum of cicadas.
Not only that, but wherever the figure passed, no tree remained intact, all were violently snapped, like a humanoid Tyrannosaurus Rex, a tree killer!
"Phew, Lightning Release Chakra Mode plus the Eight Inner Gates! I can't even accurately gauge this speed. I've broken trees all the way. This is really bad for the environment!"
Lin Yu wiped the sweat from his forehead. Although his Eight Inner Gates had no side effects, it still consumed a considerable amount of chakra. Coupled with Lightning Release Chakra Mode, Lin Yu practically ran from the Land of Fire to the Land of Earth, taking two days. His chakra had run dry twice in the meantime.
"Hoo hoo, if you ask me, this is what you call youth! Might Duy's techniques are outdated! What's the point of running circles around Konoha when running around the ninja world is more interesting!"
Lin Yu panted for a moment, sitting on a cliffside rock to recover his chakra. Although the Land of Earth had nothing that posed a threat to him besides Onoki's Particle Style, Lin Yu didn't want to waste his Rinnegan experience time.
Every second of it was a life!
After a while, Lin Yu felt his chakra had recovered halfway. He stood up, brushed the dust off his clothes, and looked towards the distant Iwagakure. He leaped off the cliff; he had business to attend to. As for the remaining chakra, it would be replenished by the time he reached Iwagakure!
...
Iwagakure, Tsuchikage's Office.
The short, red-nosed Onoki sat in his office, processing documents, his brow furrowed. Not a single piece of good news had arrived in the past six months.
Either the granaries were destroyed or the transport bridges were blown up, with countless Iwa-nin casualties. Those damn Kumogakure even sent Ay and the jinchuriki Killer Bee to monitor me. Shouldn't we be uniting to defeat Konoha now? Engaging in such petty schemes is disgusting!
Onoki grumbled inwardly. If it were him, he'd be even more disgusting. He had originally intended to stand by and watch, letting Konoha and the other three ninja villages wear each other down, and then he would lead the Iwa-nin to conquer one or two countries, force the remaining two to retreat, and after ten years of recovery, his Iwagakure would surely be the number one village in the ninja world!
But the reality was the opposite. Among the four ninja villages, his Iwagakure had suffered the greatest losses. The other three villages had not experienced any large-scale casualties. It was all the fault of that kid named Uzumaki Lin Yu.
Damn it!
Thinking of this made him furious. Onoki said to Kitsuchi beside him, "Go to the black market again and double Uzumaki Lin Yu's bounty!"
Kitsuchi replied helplessly, "Uzumaki Lin Yu's bounty has already reached twenty million ryo. Doubling it would be forty million ryo..."
"Do as I say!"
"Yes." Kitsuchi bowed his head in agreement. He deeply respected his father, who had educated him strictly since childhood. After bowing, he closed the door and left.
Onoki picked up the various intelligence reports again. He didn't care at all about forty million ryo. His Land of Earth was rich in iron ore, gold, and silver. It lacked nothing but money!
BOOM!
Before Onoki could calm down, a rumbling sound suddenly erupted from outside, causing the Iwa building to shake precariously, and many objects were knocked over.
"What's going on?"
Onoki frowned and floated up, flying out the window. Before he could get a clear view of the situation, a figure wreathed in lightning lunged at him.
Bang!
"Who are you?" Onoki took a punch and flew back a few steps, shaking his slightly numb palm. Such great strength!
He then looked at the approaching person, clad in a black robe with a faceless mask, surrounded by blue arcs of electricity. Onoki's pupils constricted. This was... Lightning Release Chakra Mode? Someone from Kumogakure?
"Who exactly are you?!"
Lin Yu said nothing, his toes pushing off the ground as he charged at Onoki again.
"Earth Style: Rock Fist · Weighted Rock Technique!"
Onoki first petrified his right hand, then applied the Weighted Rock Technique to increase its weight. He swung his arm and his fist collided with Lin Yu's.
Pfft!
Fist smashing rock, Lin Yu was sent flying by the punch and crashed to the ground, flattening a row of houses.
As the dust settled, Lin Yu patted the dirt off his body, stretched his wrists, and said in a hoarse, heavy voice, "As expected of Onoki, the hardest damn rock in the Land of Earth!"
"Who are you? Why are you attacking my Iwagakure?"
Onoki glanced at a familiar figure lying in a pool of blood not far away, a pang of anxiety in his heart!
Lin Yu said nonchalantly, "Oh? See that? Isn't that your son? His head is quite hard. I wonder if he's dead yet?"
"You're asking for death!" Onoki's eyes immediately turned red. His short body lunged at Lin Yu, his hands clasped together, forming a transparent cube-shaped barrier in his palm.
"Hmph!"
Lin Yu snorted coldly and silently chanted: Eight Inner Gates, Sixth Gate: Gate of Joy! Open!
Boom!
As if donning the strongest Lightning Release armor, Lin Yu's black robe billowed, and the lightning surrounding him became even denser, creating a circular pit in the ground where he stood.
"Onoki, you're too slow!"
Lin Yu's voice still lingered in the air, but he had already appeared behind Onoki. He lifted his leg and kicked Onoki away, the crisp sound of bones cracking echoing.
Onoki's face contorted as if he had eaten excrement. He cursed inwardly: My old back! It's broken...
With a loud thud, the spot where Lin Yu had stood a moment ago caved in again, a circular pit appearing in everyone's sight. Onoki lay hunched in the giant pit, his life uncertain.
"Tsuchikage-sama!"
"Quick, support Tsuchikage-sama! There's an attacker!"
"Hurry and notify the medical ninja, we'll hold off the enemy for now!"
Lin Yu stood on the Tsuchikage's building, sensing Onoki's presence with a slight smile. "This Onoki sure knows how to play dead. But your life is useless to me. I only want your money!"
Lin Yu wouldn't just come to Iwagakure to make the Third Raikage more hateful and raise his bounty. Wouldn't it be more satisfying to just rob them directly?
As the Iwa-nin, who were gradually arriving from all directions, gathered around Onoki, Lin Yu flashed and infiltrated the Tsuchikage's building.
"Where's the enemy? Where is the enemy?"
"He was just here a moment ago, where did he go?"
The Iwa-nin who were gradually converging formed a circle around Onoki, and a medical ninja was treating his injuries.
Onoki lay on the ground, clutching his back, gritting his teeth. "Pain, pain, pain! Be gentle, my back is broken!"
"Where's Kitsuchi? How is Kitsuchi? Is he alright?"
After the back pain subsided, Onoki finally remembered that his son seemed to have been beaten as well, and he quickly asked.
"Lord Kitsuchi's life is not in danger, but several of his ribs are broken, his left arm and right leg have fractures, and he has a concussion from a punch to the head. Otherwise, he is fine!"
*Pfft!*
To be beaten this badly and still be told he was "fine"? Does that mean he'd have to be beaten to death to be considered miserable! Those damn Kumogakure bastards, attacking my son and me, I, Onoki, will never let you off!
Initially, Onoki wasn't entirely sure if the attacker was from Kumogakure, as Lightning Release Chakra Mode wasn't a kekkei genkai, and quite a few people knew it, just not as proficiently as the Raikage father and son.
But the "teleportation-like" speed he displayed later was something he had only seen in one person before: the Third Raikage's strongest Lightning Release Armor!
Damn Kumogakure! Damn Third Raikage! Even if this black-robed man isn't the Third Raikage, he must have been sent by him, or perhaps his son, Ay!
I will have revenge!