"There's still half an hour left. Let me play with you all and see how long you can last against me together."
Ignoring the few still bickering, Hawking calculated his remaining time in this World and directly stepped towards the Shadow Kage who had been reanimated by Edo Tensei.
His actions immediately caught Ōnoki's attention.
"Kid, you're definitely not their opponent, come back quickly!"
He didn't expect the Ninja of Konoha to be so impulsive. He was about to step forward to help but was stopped by Yamato:
"Tsuchikage My Lord, please don't rush. He is our Konoha Advisor, Hawking. Perhaps he can deal with these enemies."
He was well aware of Hawking's strength.
It was precisely because Hawking was there that he hadn't rushed to persuade Naruto and Killer Bee to leave with Ōnoki earlier.
Ōnoki was also stunned upon hearing Hawking's name and did not continue to advance.
He didn't know Hawking personally, but he knew Hawking's name. Through Tsunade and Iwagakure's intelligence agencies, he knew that the key reason Akatsuki failed to destroy Konoha last time was this mysterious Ninja named Hawking.
However, he hadn't fully figured out Hawking's specific background, only knowing that the other party was very mysterious.
Logically, as Konoha's Advisor and a master who had once repelled Akatsuki, Hawking should have been assigned extremely important tasks in this great war.
But Tsunade, the Hokage, said that Hawking was proficient in Space-Time Ninjutsu, coming and going without a trace, and even Tsunade herself couldn't find or command him.
"Alright, since he's Konoha's Advisor, let's observe first."
Protecting the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was the primary mission of this war.
Since Hawking was so confident, let him try first. This would also allow them to analyze the opponent's Ninjutsu intelligence and formulate a battle strategy.
When Hawking fell into a disadvantage later, they would be able to provide timely support based on the battle strategy.
Now that both the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails Jinchuriki were unwilling to leave, they could only work together to defeat the opponent.
"What an unknown small-time character, daring to come forward alone. Then let me, Deidara, turn you into art first!"
Deidara, standing on his explosive clay bird, saw Hawking claim to take on all of them by himself and was immediately amused. He raised his hand and molded a flock of small clay birds, sending them flying towards Hawking.
The four Shadow Kage were controlled by Kabuto, but Deidara was completely free.
Because he was originally a member of the Akatsuki Organization, and after Edo Tensei, he willingly fought, so there was no need to expend effort to control him.
The initial Edo Tensei only had two modes: one was the fully free mode, which allowed the reanimated person to unleash their strongest power from when they were alive and fight according to their own will.
Just like Deidara now.
The other was the full control mode, which directly stripped the will of the reanimated person, with the caster controlling the battle. Because unfamiliar Ninjutsu were used, the fighting power naturally decreased significantly.
This was the case when Orochimaru used Edo Tensei to reanimate the First and Second Hokage to help him fight the Third Hokage.
Now, Yakushi Kabuto had improved Edo Tensei, not only allowing the reanimated Ninja to possess almost all of their power from when they were alive but also allowing him to control them while they were conscious, allowing them to unleash their maximum power.
The Second Tsuchikage, Second Mizukage, Third Raikage, and Fourth Kazekage were all in this state now. They could still speak and were conscious, but they had no choice but to obey Yakushi Kabuto's commands and fight.
Yakushi Kabuto saw Deidara launch the first attack and did not stop him. Instead, he stared intently at Hawking, also wanting to see if this guy was really as formidable as Obito claimed.
"These little birds of yours can't hurt me."
Hawking looked at the explosive clay birds flying towards him, opened his mouth, and gently blew, instantly conjuring a gust of wind that blew all the birds back.
"This is... Wind Release?
No, there's no Chakra fluctuation, and no hand signs.
Could it be that he blew out such a strong wind with just his physical body? That's impossible!"
Everyone widened their eyes in unison upon seeing Hawking simply blow and disperse the explosive clay birds.
"Explosions, huh? I know a little about that too."
Hawking raised his hand and pointed at Deidara in the air:
"Thunderbolt Explosion!"
A blue light shot out with a "whoosh."
Deidara, sensing danger, immediately abandoned the giant explosive clay bird beneath him and leaped into the air.
"Boom!"
After the blue light hit the giant explosive clay bird, a huge explosion immediately occurred. The light from the explosion's range actually affected Deidara, who had already leaped into the air, blowing his Edo Tensei body into pieces.
"Explosion is art, so let me blow you up enough!"
Seeing Deidara about to recover, Hawking shot another Explosion Spell, and Deidara exploded again.
"Biubiubiu."
Just like that, blue lights shot out one after another as if they were free, and Deidara continuously exploded, recovered, and exploded, repeating dozens of times, to the point where he was starting to doubt his existence.
He had always been the one to blow up others, but today he was being blown up by someone else. It was a blatant trampling of his dignity, but he couldn't resist at all.
In fact, with Hawking's current magic recovery speed, continuously casting Explosion Spells like this for several days and nights would pose no problem at all.
"Such a powerful Ninjutsu! Such a terrifying amount of Chakra!"
Both sides, watching Deidara being exploded, simultaneously exclaimed in their hearts.
The power of that Explosion Spell definitely consumed more Chakra than usual, but Hawking continuously released it without seeming to run low on Chakra at all.
Crucially, this Ninjutsu didn't even require hand signs, and its release speed was so fast that even the immortal body of Edo Tensei couldn't repair itself in time.
"Kabuto, aren't you going to help!"
Deidara, who had been exploding in the air like a Joker, finally got anxious and quickly shouted at Yakushi Kabuto.
Yakushi Kabuto did not ignore him and immediately controlled the Third Raikage to launch an attack.
"Lightning Release Armor!"
The Third Raikage's body was immediately covered by a layer of Lightning Release Chakra.
"Hell Stab: Four-Finger Nukite!"
A flash of lightning, and the Third Raikage appeared before Hawking, his four fingers joined together, stabbing towards Hawking's heart.
"Kid, move out of the way quickly."
While attacking, the Third Raikage also warned Hawking.
Although his body was controlled, he could still speak freely.
"As expected of the strongest spear, your speed and strength are indeed decent."
Hawking did not dodge but raised his hand and firmly grabbed the Third Raikage's four fingers, preventing him from advancing further.
He wasn't wrong; in his eyes, the Third Raikage's speed was indeed fast enough, making him the fastest Ninja Hawking had encountered in the current Ninja World.
However, compared to him, he was still far inferior.
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