"Yuki Sora is here?"
In the Raikage's office in Kumogakure, the Fourth Raikage shot up from his seat.
Due to his excessive speed, the newly replaced chair crashed to the floor with a loud bang.
Under normal circumstances, the frugal Mabui would have surely said a thing or two, as her fearlessness towards A was precisely why the late Third Raikage had designated her as A's future secretary.
But now, Mabui could only repeat gravely, "Yes, Yuki Sora is here!"
"Where is he?" A immediately pressed.
"On the Heaven Bridge!" Mabui replied. "After causing the commotion, he hasn't moved. He's just standing quietly in the middle of the Heaven Bridge, seemingly waiting for something!"
"Hmm!" Listening to Mabui, A nodded. "Has Toroi, responsible for the front-line defense, done anything?"
Mabui shook her head; "No, Raikage-sama. Toroi ordered the troops to be on full alert, requested reinforcements, and then sent someone to notify me!"
"Good! No conflict was provoked. Worthy of the heavy responsibility I entrusted to Toroi!"
Hearing Mabui's report, A breathed a sigh of relief.
He admitted that seeing Sora's power and then rashly attempting to kidnap Haku to uncover the secrets of Ice Release was somewhat foolish.
But it seemed now that Sora also held some apprehension towards their Kumogakure!
Coupled with the gains they had made these days...
Their Kumogakure might just be able to match this Yuki Sora!
A flash of lightning sparked in A's eyes. His boosted confidence caused a wisp of terrifying aura to leak out.
Then, having made his decision, A issued the command: "Alright, Mabui, you go notify B immediately, tell him to rush to the main gate, and then go activate that thing!"
"As for me, I'm heading over now!"
"All subsequent actions will be decided by me upon arrival!"
"Yes, sir!" Mabui accepted the order and left.
Afterwards, watching Mabui leave, A thought for a moment, then walked to the wall of the Raikage's office and took down a loop of red shimenawa that had been repaired but still showed some damage.
This was a relic from the Third Raikage!
Holding the red shimenawa, A solemnly tied it around his right arm: "Father, please watch over me!"
"What happens next will determine the fate of Kumogakure, and even the world, in a very short time!"
"And I firmly believe that the ones standing in the end will be us, Kumogakure!"
Muttering to himself, a flash of lightning enveloped A's body!
With a sonic boom, a golden streak of lightning shot rapidly from the Raikage's office towards the Heaven Bridge, one of the three great bridges.
However, by this time, after a period of waiting, Sora had long grown impatient!
His cold gaze swept over the Kumogakure's Ninjas on the other side of the bridge, who were barely containing their fear, finally settling on a somewhat familiar figure!
It was a middle-aged Kumogakure's Ninja holding a scroll in his mouth.
Searching his somewhat hazy memory of the original work, Sora was surprised to find that he recognized this person!
This was a Kumogakure's Ninja who appeared in the Fourth Great Ninja War, possessing the Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai!
However, his Magnet Release was different from the Third Kazekage's Iron Sand or the Fourth Kazekage's Gold Dust.
His Magnet Release wasn't about manipulating sand, but rather magnetizing the opponent's body.
Using some principle of positive and negative pole attraction, his shuriken could lock onto the target no matter what, like some kind of homing missile.
And don't underestimate this ability.
While it might seem low-key compared to the large-scale techniques of the Third and Fourth Kazekages, in battles below the Kage-level, such a method was nearly unsolvable!
Think about it, why is the Uchiha Shurikenjutsu famous throughout the Ninja World? Isn't it because of its precision, its bizarre angles of attack, and its ever-changing trajectories?
But this Kumogakure's Ninja had all that!
However, that wasn't what concerned Sora. A mere Jonin, even a prized Kekkei Genkai Jonin in the eyes of ordinary people, was nothing but an ant before him.
What Sora was interested in was the nature of his Magnet Release.
Think about it. In the hands of Sunagakure, Magnet Release controls magnetic force, but in this Kumogakure's Ninja's hands, Magnet Release bestows magnetism.
They are both Magnet Release, but the manifested properties are completely different.
This is like the nature transformation of elemental releases.
In the eyes of the masses, Fire is high temperature, Wind is sharpness, Water is pressure and impact...
However, Fire Release also has techniques like the Ash Pile Burning, which produces high-temperature smoke, and Water Release has techniques like Starch Syrup Capturing Field, which behaves like glue.
Elemental releases are never one-dimensional!
Or rather, the more deep the elemental release, the closer its manifested properties are to things that naturally exist in the world.
One could even say that deep elemental releases are no longer just techniques used by Ninjas, but things that truly obey the laws of physics!
This, in turn, echoes Sora's idea: Chakra is a fundamental component of this world's essence!
"So, why didn't I pay attention to these things during my previous research?" Yuki Sora suddenly murmured.
"It shouldn't just be about using those with powerful souls as material. How is that any different from brute force?"
"I should also pay attention to the circumstances of these ordinary Kekkei Genkai Users!"
"Since that's the case, then let's research it. Why does the same elemental release manifest differently when used by different people?"
"Raikage, I've waited for you so long without you showing up. I won't wait any longer!"
Sora's face turned cold!
The next second, under the astonished gazes of everyone at Kumogakure's main gate, Sora, who had been standing motionless in the middle of the Heaven Bridge, suddenly moved!
He began stepping towards the Kumogakure's gate!
At first, his steps were slow.
But later, he moved faster and faster!
Even though Sora's movements were no different from a normal person walking, his speed was already approaching that of a Ninja's sprint!
A person's reputation is like a tree's shadow.
Sora's movement was like the final straw that broke the camel's back, also shattering the spirits of these Kumogakure's Ninjas.
Watching Sora begin his advance, the middle-aged Magnet Release User holding the scroll, Toroi, the frontline defense commander, issued the order: "Everyone, attack! Do not let Yuki Sora approach Kumogakure!"
"By my authority as frontline defense commander, activate the Heaven Bridge mechanisms!"
Subsequently, to Sora's slight surprise, dense mechanical sounds rang out from both sides of the massive bridge's railings!
Then, countless shuriken launchers emerged from both ends!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh-
A veritable downpour of shuriken was unleashed towards Sora!
A rough estimate put the number of shuriken at least in the tens of thousands!
Faced with such a shuriken storm, any ordinary Ninja Force, even if they fought their way to Kumogakure's main gate, would be unable to cross this man-made chasm of a bridge!
But mere mundane objects? If they thought this could stop Sora, they were sorely underestimating him.