The Cloud ninjas were struggling in their pursuit of the Konoha ninjas — which meant things were going well for the Leaf.
Shindai, Pakura, and Hikaku Uchiha, who had accepted a special mission, also encountered three Cloud ninjas.
But it was only Shindai doing the fighting.
"Hurry up and finish it already."
"You're taking way too long. Always bragging about being a hero—if you really were one, you'd have wiped out this chump in a second."
Shindai had just killed one Cloud ninja and was now using his Iron Sand Body to impale another enemy's chest, pinning him down with Kannazuki underfoot.
Shindai shot a furious glare at Pakura and Hikaku Uchiha, who were lazily leaning against trees, watching. "You two are pushing it! We're teammates, yet you both just stand around spectating! I might as well have teamed up with Obito and his old squad—they'd actually back me up in a fight!"
Pakura replied in an exaggerated tone, "We're showing confidence in your abilities by giving you a chance to perform. Isn't performing your favorite thing? What? You don't want to perform?"
Shindai muttered grumpily, "I don't! You can take care of the last one. Since you've come all this way, you should at least do something! I'm the team leader—I should be the one commanding *you*, not the other way around!"
Realizing he stood no chance alone, the final Cloud ninja immediately turned to flee after witnessing how easily his comrades had been defeated.
"Fine, fine, we'll handle it since you asked so nicely."
"I didn't ask you at all..." Shindai quietly grumbled.
[Fire Release: Dragon Flame Release Song Technique!]
Hikaku Uchiha formed only the Tiger seal before activating the Ninjutsu. He gathered chakra within himself and compressed it intensely to form fire dragons, spitting out four blazing dragons from his mouth that cut off every direction—up, down, left, and right—for the escaping ninja, leaving him nowhere to hide.
In panic, the Cloud ninja swung his ninja sword and barely managed to destroy two of the fire dragons, but the remaining two struck his back and left arm without fail, sending him rolling across the ground several times.
The enemy's left arm and leg had been completely incinerated by the dragon flames, blood continuously spurting from his mouth.
[Scorch Release: Extremely Steaming Murder!]
A scorching ball of fire appeared in Pakura's right hand as she hurled it toward the wounded Cloud ninja. Upon impact, the technique evaporated all moisture within his body, turning him into a desiccated corpse.
Pakura clapped her hands together. "Mission accomplished."
Hikaku Uchiha mocked, "Now *that's* how you fight—ending it in an instant. Unlike *someone* who dragged it out. Even though your strength is superior, you insist on playing games and wearing them down slowly. Are you messing around or fighting?"
Approaching Shindai, Pakura looked up at him with a smile—the boy had grown taller than her now—and said cheerfully, "Still need more practice~"
Shindai's face turned green with anger. "You two! Always ganging up on me like this—it's gone too far! I'm done being friends with you!"
With his head held high, Shindai flew off in the direction of Kumogakure.
Pakura and Hikaku Uchiha felt like laughing. The phrase "I won't play with you anymore" sounded like something a child would say.
"Hey, wait! Slow down your flight!"
Shindai flew quickly, forcing Pakura and Hikaku Uchiha to speed up and chase after him.
...
Shindai had gone through two more battles. In these fights, Pakura and Hikaku Uchiha didn't get involved—not because they didn't want to, but this time they simply couldn't react in time.
That was because Shindai had directly overwhelmed the enemies using Magnet Release and Kannazuki, without resorting to underhanded tactics.
Now, they stood on a mountain outside Kumogakure.
Pakura poked Shindai's slightly puffed-up left cheek: "Hey, are you really mad?"
"Hmph! I'm not!" Shindai muttered sullenly.
Hikaku Uchiha then poked Shindai's swollen right cheek: "You're not being that cheap about it, are you?"
A vein throbbed visibly on Shindai's forehead: "I said I'm not!"
"I'm starting the mission now! Wait a moment and follow my instructions—give me your chakra!"
Shindai launched himself upward and flew toward Kumogakure.
To avoid detection by Kumogakure ninja, he flew high and hovered just above the village's border without entering deeply.
Looking down at Kumogakure below, Shindai spoke through his radio to Hikaku Uchiha: "Light, send me your chakra!"
"Okay."
As soon as Hikaku Uchiha finished speaking, he transmitted his chakra to Shindai through their Imprint connection.
Shindai began forming Hand Seals.
[Magnet Release! Negative Magnetic Field!]
[Magnet Release! Positive Magnetic Field!]
Supported by vast quantities of chakra, two completely different magnetic fields appeared inside Kumogakure.
While maintaining each field's unique properties, Shindai brought them together and merged them.
That's right—he was preparing to use Supernova Shindai. After years of progress, he'd fully mastered this technique and no longer risked chakra exhaustion after a single use.
Although the Supernova Shindai was powerful, his mission demanded large-scale destruction of Kumogakure, and this technique alone wouldn't be enough.
Therefore, these magnetic fields needed to be both larger and stronger, so that when fused into Supernova Shindai, the resulting devastation would be greater.
During the merging process of the two magnetic fields, metal objects within Kumogakure started vibrating violently. Those closer to the fields automatically got sucked into them.
Once the two magnetic fields fully fused, a massive Energy Sphere glowing with dazzling radiance appeared and floated above the spot where they merged.
Those near this Energy Sphere instantly felt a chilling terror.
Raikage A, B, and other powerful ninja immediately turned toward the Energy Sphere, their expressions suddenly changing.
Shindai suddenly had an idea and shouted, [Who Do You Think You Are! (Feel the World's Pain!) Supernova Grand Wheel Yu!]
The surface of the Energy Sphere developed numerous cracks, from which intense light began to leak out. The cracks grew larger, and the radiance became increasingly blinding.
The shockwave from the explosion tore outward in all directions, obliterating everything in its path. Lightning crackled and surged through the air continuously, as if the end times had arrived.
One-fifth of Kumogakure was wiped out in the blast.
Man, I'm strong!
Shindai's personal limits were quite restricted. However, if he had enough chakra, the power of his ninjutsu would skyrocket. And with Hikaku Uchiha's Imprint continuously supplying him with chakra, his potential ceiling became an unknown variable.
As Shindai admired his creation, a kunai flew rapidly through the air toward him, crackling with electricity.
Shindai barely dodged the kunai midair and glanced downward.
Amidst the ruins, B—wrapped in the Eight-Tails' Tailed Beast Coat—glared furiously at the airborne Shindai.
Shindai flinched slightly.
It seems I've been marked by the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki! No! By both the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and Raikage A!
Standing beside B, Raikage A emerged as well.
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