Chapter 254: Makoto's Operation, The Hokage Lineage Reunited
"Whoa!"
Naruto let out a shriek, only to find himself on top of Shukaku's head.
Beside him were three giant toads trying their best to suppress Shukaku. Jiraiya, who was scratching his head in frustration, was stunned to see Naruto.
"What did you bring him here for?"
Jiraiya asked one of Akiyama Makoto's shadow clones.
Makoto smiled faintly. "As fellow Jinchūriki, Naruto and Gaara should have something to talk about, right?"
"At a time like this, you're still thinking about that?"
"What else can we do? Kill Shukaku? Although I have no objection to that, the Sand Village will probably be finished."
Jiraiya looked at him in surprise. His strength was already shocking enough, but to think that he still had the dynamics of nations and ninja villages in his head... How on earth had Konoha raised such a monster?
"Damn you, Akiyama Makoto! Watch me—Ouch!"
Naruto was about to say something more, but Jiraiya punched him back to normal, leaving him clutching his head and rolling around on Shukaku's head.
Seeing that Jiraiya said nothing more, Makoto took it as tacit agreement. He then slammed a single hand onto Shukaku's head.
Finding the unconscious Gaara through seven or eight meters of sand and waking him up without killing him was no easy task.
But for the current him, it wasn't difficult. He directly used Earth Style: Opening Earth Rising Excavation!
With enough chakra, this jutsu could create a volcano that spewed magma.
He naturally didn't need such a large range right now. He just needed to forcibly counter the chakra within Shukaku and "spit" Gaara out.
Under his efforts, the sleeping Gaara finally slowly emerged. Only then did Jiraiya breathe a sigh of relief. "Naruto! What are you standing there for?"
"Ah? What should I do?"
"Punch him awake, of course!"
"Right!"
Naruto had been saving up this punch for a long time. Originally intended for Makoto, it now landed squarely on Gaara's face.
The next second, Gaara woke up in pain. The struggling Shukaku slowly lost control over Gaara's body, left behind a "I'll be back!", and then slowly receded into Gaara.
Gaara opened his eyes, looking at Naruto with unwillingness.
Although he had lost consciousness, he could vaguely sense what was happening outside.
Even with Shukaku in its complete form and firing on all cylinders, he hadn't been able to achieve anything. This filled Gaara with despair.
He wanted to say something, but Naruto spoke first.
"You bastard! Shut up and listen to me!"
Makoto naturally had no interest in listening to Naruto's Talk-no-Jutsu. On the other side, his shadow clone had already arrived beside Kurenai and Guy.
"Big Sister Kurenai, Guy, are you alright?"
Guy gave him a thumbs-up. He had jumped high several times, trying to attack Rasa, so he had seen Makoto's performance.
Although he didn't know why Makoto was so powerful, wasn't this exactly the essence of youth?
Burning oneself to protect the village!
Seeing Guy like this, Makoto knew he was fine. He patted his shoulder. "Leave the rest to me."
Several of his shadow clones gathered below Rasa. Kakashi and Asuma immediately approached.
"Why are you here? This isn't a place you should be!"
Asuma immediately scolded him upon seeing him.
He and Makoto didn't get along, but at this moment, out of a sense of public duty, he wanted to ensure Makoto's safety.
Although Makoto had hidden his strength, this was not a battlefield where someone who just knew the Shadow Clone Jutsu could participate.
Kakashi, with his Sharingan, could see the massive flow of chakra within Makoto, and even the active Yin Seal on his body.
His doubts were finally answered. Makoto had been hiding his strength all along.
But now was not the time to dwell on this. Ignoring Asuma's attitude, Kakashi said directly, "Do you have a way to bring him down?"
"Bring him down... that's a bit troublesome."
Makoto stroked his chin. Flying in the sky was indeed a bit of a cheat against the current Konoha ninja.
But that was for ninja other than him.
Kurenai also rushed over at this time. Makoto took out a scroll and shook it lightly. Kunai marked with the Flying Thunder God seal appeared before everyone's eyes.
Seeing these kunai and the marks on them, Kakashi and Asuma were speechless with shock. They naturally knew what these were.
Kurenai's eyes lit up with excitement. The sunny and powerful hero of her fantasies, like the Fourth Hokage, had truly appeared before her eyes at this moment.
And this person was her husband. Could there be anything more intoxicating for a woman?
"What should we do?"
"Simple. Just throw the kunai at Rasa."
He could actually do this himself, but he wanted to give them a sense of participation.
Kakashi and Asuma didn't suspect anything and immediately picked up the kunai, throwing them at Rasa like rain.
Rasa's expression changed drastically. From the air, he had naturally witnessed Makoto's terrifying lethality.
So, faced with these kunai flying towards him, he simply gave up control of some of his gold dust, instead using Magnet Release to control the kunai and keep them away from him.
Seeing this, Makoto laughed instead.
He used the Flying Thunder God by relying on the more traditional Hiraishin marks; the kunai were optional.
While Rasa, Kurenai, Kakashi, and Asuma were all focused on the kunai, one of Makoto's shadow clones stood on Gamahiro's head. Gamahiro used all his strength to jump high into the air.
Just as he was about to lose momentum, the clone threw a giant rock at Rasa.
The huge whistling sound immediately caught Rasa's attention. He quickly mobilized the remaining gold dust to block the rock in front of him.
The next second, the rock shattered, and Rasa was unharmed.
But then, one Makoto after another appeared on the fragments of the rock.
Seeing this, Rasa's pupils constricted. He finally realized he had been tricked.
Unfortunately, it was too late.
The five Makotos formed hand seals rapidly. The next second, five elemental jutsu were spewed out simultaneously.
"Five-Element Grand Combo!"
Kakashi and the others were thinking about pulling Rasa down, and even Rasa subconsciously felt that as long as he didn't go down, his life wouldn't be in danger.
Even facing Makoto, who knew the Flying Thunder God, as long as he controlled Makoto's kunai, Makoto would be helpless.
It wasn't until he was hit by the Five-Element Grand Combo that Rasa realized how wrong he was.
At the last moment, Rasa tried to wrap himself in the remaining gold dust to resist the attack. This move might have been enough against ordinary elemental attacks.
However, he was facing Makoto's Five-Element Grand Combo, which was almost the most powerful conventional elemental jutsu outside of Kekkei Genkai.
As Makoto poured out his chakra without reserve, the five jutsu intertwined in the air, forming a gigantic sphere of energy.
Everyone on the ground stared blankly at this scene. Everyone's heart palpitated at the terrifying power. In this moment, no one thought Rasa could survive.
And Rasa did not disappoint. Under everyone's gaze, he turned into a pool of molten gold and fell from the sky. Not even his ashes could be seen.
Seeing this, Temari, Kankurō, and Gaara all lost their last pillar of support and closed their eyes, losing consciousness.
The surviving Sand ninja completely lost hope.
Even Jiraiya, Kakashi, Asuma, and the others couldn't help but feel a huge shock.
Shocked not only that Makoto knew the Five-Element Grand Combo, but also that the first Kage-level powerhouse had fallen in this war.
So what about the remaining battlefield?
The group rushed over almost the next second, arriving around the Four Violet Flames Formation. Makoto's main body was already waiting there.
The battle inside the barrier had also reached its final moment. Hiruzen Sarutobi, fighting one against three, was dragging the souls of Orochimaru, the First Hokage, and the Second Hokage into his body. And Danzō was standing beside Orochimaru and Hiruzen, the panic in his eyes not yet faded.
As for why Danzō was inside, the answer was simple: Makoto had thrown him in.
Not teleported in with the Flying Thunder God, but by pressing Danzō's head against the barrier, letting the flames ignite him, and then using the Flying Thunder God to send him inside to burn to ash, pretending he had been squeezed in.
Then Danzō used Izanagi to restore himself. This was the "hot-blooded combo move" of Makoto and Danzō breaking the Four Violet Flames Formation.
Of course, he could have teleported Danzō in with the Flying Thunder God, but he couldn't do that.
Otherwise, wouldn't it seem inappropriate for him not to have entered the barrier earlier to assist Hiruzen?
But now it was appropriate. He had "discovered" that Danzō couldn't die, so he used Danzō as a marker for the Flying Thunder God, throwing him in first before going in himself.
He took a deep breath. "I'm going in."
Without waiting for anyone to stop him or giving anyone a chance to explain, he entered directly using the Hiraishin mark on Danzō.
At this time, the Four Violet Flames Formation was filled with trees summoned by the First Hokage, so nothing could be seen from the outside, let alone the process of Hiruzen sacrificing his life to seal the opponents one against three.
The first thing Makoto did after entering was to use Wood Style to clear away the trees summoned by the First Hokage.
In just a few breaths, the entire interior of the barrier became visible, and everyone finally saw clearly what was happening inside.
But because it was too lively inside right now, the newly arrived Jiraiya and the others were overwhelmed, not knowing where to look for a moment.
The Konoha Hokage lineage gathered together was one thing. The Reaper Death Seal nearing completion, Danzō's arm full of Sharingan, plus his panicked appearance... one couldn't help but wonder what he had encountered.
And Makoto's operation had just begun.
The First and Second Hokage were currently controlled, having lost their ability to move and think. This was not what he wanted to see.
So he used a Body Flicker to appear behind the two of them, pulled the kunai out of the backs of their heads, and then leaped far away, pretending to be wary of their counterattack.
This caused the dull eyes of the First and Second Hokage to regain their clarity.
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