Thunder Blade Fang!

Chapter 56 Thunder Knife-Teeth!

Nearby, Raiga Kurozumi's expression was indifferent.

Even when he witnessed two of his fellow Kirigakure comrades being killed by Suzuki, he remained unmoved.

To him, companions were meant to be buried, as were enemies, and even himself!

They were just two useless people; it's no big deal if they die.

All you need to do is bring this strange-looking octopus back with you.

With this thought, Kurozuki Raiga gripped his Raiga-Ki tightly with both hands and slammed the blade into the ground.

"Thunder Blade Technique! Thunder Gate!"

In an instant, dazzling lightning burst forth from the Thunder Blade, and within a very short time, it resonated with the lightning in the sky!

Countless bolts of lightning struck the island, instantly transforming it into a world filled with lightning.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "."

Using the Impact Shell and chakra, Suzuki traversed the mountains and trees at incredible speed.

Behind him were trees and rocks shattered into pieces by powerful lightning strikes!

"Mr. Kurozuki, that knife of yours is really nice!"

"Could you give it to me later?"

While dodging the lightning strikes, Suzuki inquired about the lightning blade, Kiba, wielded by the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

"Heh heh heh, you want my knife?"

"Little octopus! It doesn't like you at all!"

"As expected, I'll just send you to your funeral!"

Upon hearing Suzuki's words, Raiga Kurosuki's face immediately turned murderous!

This knife was his most important possession; it was with this knife that he rose to the top of the village.

He could not possibly give up either the power that Thunder Blade-Fang brought, or the prestige and power that it would bring!

What nonsense is this octopus spouting?

Want his knife? Hah, you might as well just die!

Bringing a corpse back to Yagura should be enough to get by, since those sensory ninjas and interrogation team are quite capable anyway.

Therefore, Raiga Kurozuki used all his strength—

"Lightning Release: Lightning Dragon Tornado!"

"Lightning Release! Lightning Feast!"

In an instant, Raiga Kurosuki unleashed two ninjutsu techniques released through his Raiga-gi.

A huge tornado began to take shape, emitting a strong wind that stirred up a large area of ​​trees and rocks around it.

At the same time, lightning bolts from the ground flowed towards Suzuki like lightning snakes.

Looking at the scene before him, which resembled a natural disaster, Suzuki was quite impressed by the strength of the Jonin.

However, these are far from enough to cause him any harm!

A layer of insulating rubber reappeared on the surface of the Suzuki's body.

Controlling the jet-powered and impact-powered shells, countless tentacles began to rotate like helicopter propellers.

Once airborne, it instantly used several types of shellfish from the Sky Island!

"Flashy Shell!"

"Mibei!"

"Sound!"

"Flame Shell!"

An incredibly blinding light suddenly shone in mid-air, and Kurosuki Raiga felt as if his eyes were about to go blind. He involuntarily closed his eyes and tears streamed down his face from the intense light.

At the same time, he also smelled an incredibly disgusting stench!

That smell was far worse than anything else combined – a toilet, socks that hadn't been washed for a month, rotten meat, and so on!

It's so disgusting it makes me want to vomit!

Raiga Kurosuki even felt that not only his eyes were uncomfortable, but his stomach was also churning.

But that's not all. A very jarring sound, like a knife scraping glass, followed, which was extremely irritating!

the other side

Suzuki, who was in mid-air, had already used the Gluttony Fruit to create a mask, and his whole body had turned into a steel-like silver-white.

Seeing that Kurosuki Raiga was affected, he did not waste this good opportunity.

The countless rotating tentacle suction cups transformed into dark, menacing gun muzzles and cannon barrels.

The next moment, a barrage of bullets and shells, combined with the intense flames stored in the "Flame Shell," rained down on the Black Hoshino Raiga below!

"Boom!" "Boom!" "..."

The trees were burned to black ash by the flames, and the ground was riddled with holes of varying sizes from bullets and shells.

However, it must be said that a Jonin truly lives up to his title.

Even though Suzuki had affected his three senses—sight, smell, and hearing—he could still sense the approaching danger through his combat experience and intuition.

"Lightning Release! Lightning Armor!"

"Water escape! Water formation wall!"

Most of the bullets and shells were blocked by the lightning armor that Black Hoe Raiya had created on his body, and the high-temperature flames were neutralized by the water array wall, leaving only minor injuries on his body.

Suzuki was not surprised by this.

The next second, his form changed again, turning into a spinning top shape, and he swooped down towards the Black Hoshino Raiga below like lightning.

Two streaks of silver-white lightning flashed swiftly between the mountain peaks and trees!

Every now and then, they would collide midway, generating incredibly powerful shockwaves that shattered surrounding trees and sent dust flying everywhere…

Silver tentacles bound Raiga's twin swords as he looked at the unknown octopus-like ninja in front of him.

Feeling the pain from the wounds on my body from time to time, coupled with the nauseating stench in my nose and the piercing scraping sounds in my ears.

Raiga Kurozuki's face grew increasingly crazed.

"Let me send you off to your funeral, little octopus!"

"Lightning Release: Heaven-Splitting Lightning Serpent!"

Raiga Kurosuki's figure merged with his Raiga Raito, instantly transforming into the form of lightning!

Then he quickly formed hand seals and released hundreds of small lightning snakes that coiled around his body. These lightning snakes crawled toward Suzuki at an extremely fast speed!

They were frantically shocking Suzuki with electric shocks!

Suzuki knew that this was Raiga Kurosugi's ultimate move, and that these small lightning snakes could also transform into thin lightning swords to attack enemies.

Since that's the case, there's no need for him to keep any more trump cards up his sleeve.

Suzuki remained calm, as the battle was nearing its end. Then, the Slash Shell technique that Rayleigh had instilled in him on Skypiea appeared on the surface of one of his tentacles!

In an instant…

An unparalleled slash appeared before Raiga Kurosuki's eyes!

The intense pressure of the sword energy even caused the clouds in the sky to tremble, and cuts appeared out of thin air on the trunks of the surrounding trees!

Then, this incredible slash, which was considered unbelievable in the ninja world, struck the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist with an unstoppable force!

Kurosuki Raiga stared in horror at the powerful slash that was right in front of him!

Even though the slashing technique could only withstand less than one-tenth of Rayleigh's power, it still demonstrated incredible strength in the ninja world!

Can't stop!

I'll die...

This was the intuition that suddenly arose from the bottom of Kurosuki Raiga's heart, and it was indeed true.

His hundreds of tiny lightning snakes were easily crushed like ants in the face of this massive slash, offering no resistance whatsoever!

Raiga Kurosuki tried to escape, but was held tightly by Suzuki's tentacles. He then began frantically forming hand seals:

"Damn it, damn it! Let me go!"

"Lightning Release: Lightning Ball!"

"Water escape! Water formation wall!"

"..."

However, the next moment.

A mountain behind them was severed in half, and the strike even cut through the sea not far away...

Raiga Kurosuki stared in disbelief at his severed body. Facing his inevitable death, the madness on his face gradually turned into calm.

Raiga Kurosuki took one last look at the scenery on the island, then at the silvery-white octopus before him, and seemed to realize something.

"So, this is my funeral..."

Then, the user of the Thunder Blade Fang instantly collapsed to the ground and could not get up!

At this moment, Suzuki remained vigilant and used the Sky Island's Flame Shell to unleash a burst of high-temperature flames at Raiga Kurosuki.

Until they saw the user of the Raito-Kiba burned to ashes, leaving only two ninja swords on the ground.

Only then did he calmly walk to the ashes of Raiga's corpse, pick up the Raiga sword from the ground, look at the black ashes, sigh, and whisper:

"Yes, that red-eyed brat probably won't see you again. I hope you'll like this kind of funeral."

"Also, this knife doesn't really suit me right now, but it'll soon be stuck to me..."

He then used the power of the Gluttony Fruit, Raikou-Kiba, to swallow it.

They soon embarked on their journey back to Konoha.

(End of this chapter)