"Indeed!"
Minato also nodded with a grave expression.
"I heard from Shikaku-senpai and the others that the Third Raikage is extremely powerful. Whether it's attack, defense, or speed, all of them are terrifying. A is far from being able to compare with him."
"I also heard that the Third Raikage once faced the rampaging Eight-Tails alone and forcefully fought it until he suppressed it."
"He wasn't injured even against the Eight-Tails. It's truly hard to imagine how powerful he really is."
At present, Minato could only fight A to a draw. Neither of them could do anything to the other.
So whether it was Akira's attack power that had previously sliced through A with a single strike, or his current wide-area bombardment that carpeted the battlefield like artillery fire, all of it was exactly what Minato lacked.
He felt that after this battle, he needed to seek Akira out for advice.
He wanted to absorb some inspiration and consult Akira properly.
It was not necessarily that he wanted to obtain ninjutsu from Akira. If Akira could simply offer him a few suitable suggestions, Minato would already be satisfied.
After all, what suited Akira might not suit him.
Something like Akira's current battlefield bombardment was not appropriate for Minato.
It consumed far too much chakra.
He truly envied Akira's chakra reserves.
What Minato did not know was that Akira's chakra had only become so abundant recently.
The dual qualitative transformation of his spiritual power and physique had directly led to a drastic change in his chakra.
Minato himself actually had many ideas regarding further development of the Rasengan.
He felt that if developed further, it should also be capable of becoming his own high-power offensive technique.
Unfortunately, he had never found a clear direction for its development.
This time, he intended to ask Akira.
"I've long heard that Akira is a genius at creating ninjutsu. He should have some excellent ideas, right?"
Minato thought with great anticipation.
"Run! Run!!"
At this moment, Kumogakure's forces were still being bombarded.
The Kumogakure ninja had long since lost all will to fight. One after another, they screamed in despair and fled as fast as possible without stopping for even an instant, terrified that the next bombardment would land on their heads.
"That damned Konoha brat!"
Watching all this from the rear, Blue B's eyes nearly split apart with rage.
This was too much.
"Why hasn't the Raikage-sama arrived yet?"
Blue B was so furious and heartbroken that tears nearly fell.
He had practically been angered into crying.
It was far too frustrating.
He did want to rush forward and stop Akira, but he knew he would simply be killed instantly.
At that moment, Akira suddenly noticed violent spatial fluctuations appearing not far ahead.
His expression immediately sharpened as he stopped attacking and frowned.
"Kumogakure's Heavenly Transfer Technique? Is the Third Raikage coming?"
In truth, Akira had already heard Blue B requesting aid from the Third Raikage through Observation Haki and psychic perception.
That was why he had been waiting.
This war was too annoying.
And after his latest exchange, his own strength had increased tremendously again.
Therefore, Akira had decided to change part of his approach and stop hiding everything completely.
The sooner the war ended, the sooner he could visit the Pokémon world.
Also, he could return home sooner to train and spend time with Kurenai and the others.
Staying on the frontline all the time was far too boring.
At that moment, a pillar of light descended.
The Third Raikage's figure appeared inside the beam, standing tall on the battlefield.
"Great! It's Raikage-sama! We're saved!"
"Yeah! He finally came!"
"Raikage-sama, kill that damned brat and avenge our comrades!"
The moment the Kumogakure ninja saw the Third Raikage appear, they became so emotional they almost cried.
One after another, they shouted loudly.
For a time, their morale surged violently.
"The Third Raikage? Not good! Akira is in danger. Sakumo-senpai, let's support him!"
Seeing the Third Raikage appear, Minato's expression changed slightly. He immediately spoke to Sakumo beside him.
"Don't be hasty!"
Sakumo remained calm and waved his hand.
"Let's see how Akira handles it first. That brat's current strength is probably far above ours. If we rush in recklessly, we may only get in the way."
"We'll observe the situation first. If he really can't win, then we'll go up and surround the Third Raikage together."
The more critical the moment, the more one needed to remain steady.
"Relax. Leave the Third Raikage to me. You two focus on guarding against Kumogakure's counterattack. After suffering such a huge loss earlier, they may not simply let things end here."
At that moment, Akira's voice suddenly sounded inside both their minds.
"Unfortunately, I was still too soft earlier. I only killed a little over a thousand of them. It would've been better if the Third Raikage had arrived a bit later."
Hearing this, both Sakumo and Minato's eyelids twitched slightly.
Only a little over a thousand?
Hehe.
If the Kumogakure ninja heard that, they would probably want to fight Akira to the death.
Still, after hearing Akira's words, the two felt much more at ease.
They immediately began organizing the troops to remain on guard and prepare for any possible Kumogakure counterattack.
"You're the one, brat? The one slaughtering my village's people?"
The moment the Third Raikage appeared, his face was filled with killing intent as he stared at Akira floating in midair and shouted loudly.
"Hehe!"
Akira smiled faintly and flipped his hand, taking out a chakra coin.
Lightning rapidly condensed in his palm, causing the coin to spin at high speed while its entire body began glowing red-hot.
Looking down at the Third Raikage from afar, Akira spoke calmly:
"Remember my name. It's Akira. I'm not just some brat, Third Raikage."
The next instant, Akira aimed his palm toward the Third Raikage and fired a Super Electromagnetic Cannon as a greeting.
"SHRRRK!"
An orange-gold beam instantly tore through the sky and arrived before the Third Raikage in the blink of an eye.
"Raikage-sama, be careful!"
Seeing that familiar attack, the Kumogakure ninja could not help crying out to warn the Third Raikage.
This Super Electromagnetic Cannon had nearly become a nightmare in their hearts.
"Hell Stab — Four-Finger Nukite!"
The Third Raikage's reaction was equally fast.
Lightning Release Chakra Mode instantly activated.
His four fingers gathered terrifying power as he thrust directly toward the incoming Super Electromagnetic Cannon.
He had already noticed the abnormal state of the Kumogakure ninja.
Therefore, he did not choose to dodge at all.
"So this is your nightmare? Then allow me to shatter that nightmare with absolute strength."
If he did not do this, the combat effectiveness of these thousands of ninja would probably be crippled by fear.
That was something the Third Raikage could not allow.
He still carried great ambition.
These ninja were the force he needed to achieve it.
They had rested and accumulated strength for years precisely for this day.
"BOOOOM!!!"
The next instant, a violent collision erupted, mixed with the explosive sound of energy bursting apart.
A terrifying shockwave spread outward in all directions with the tips of the Third Raikage's fingers at the center, violently whipping his hair and clothes.
The ground beneath the Third Raikage's feet directly cracked and collapsed downward.
Along with him, the entire area sank several meters into the ground, forming a massive half-spherical crater.
Seeing this, the Kumogakure ninja were stunned for a moment.
Then, they erupted into unprecedented cheers.
"So strong!"
"Long live the Raikage-sama!"
"Raikage-sama is invincible!"
"What Konoha Thunder God? In front of our Raikage-sama, you think you deserve to call yourself a Thunder God? Our Raikage-sama is the true Thunder God!"
The fact that the Third Raikage had blocked Akira's Super Electromagnetic Cannon completely unharmed seemed to give all the Kumogakure ninja enormous encouragement.
The shadow in their hearts was swept away at once.
It was as if Akira amounted to nothing more than this.
As if Akira had already been defeated by the Third Raikage.
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