Border of the Land of Fire.
Boom!
Hiromi landed with a crash, making the ground tremble.
He looked at the panting and somewhat disheveled A in front of him. Then he looked at the Kumogakure Army of several thousand behind him.
'Should I sacrifice the Lava Release Chakra Mode for Chakra and take the opportunity to kill him?' Hiromi hesitated slightly.
At that moment, the system's voice rang in his mind.
[Mission "Just Three Thousand Ninjas?" completed. You have obtained Lava Release Chakra Mode: Molten God Form.]
The Sarutobi Clan has been wiped out.
Seeing this, his thoughts changed. 'Should I sacrifice the Fire Release Chakra Mode?'
Hiromi was somewhat tempted. Lava Release was a Kekkei Genkai, and it was more than twice as strong as ordinary Chakra natures.
For example, while ordinary Ninjutsu had no effect on Sasuke's Susanoo, a single mouthful of Lava Release from Terumī Mei melted the Susanoo.
The characteristics of Lightning Release Chakra Mode are high movement speed and high attack power.
The characteristics of Fire Release Chakra Mode are high temperature and high burst.
The characteristics of Lava Release Chakra Mode are three: high defense, high temperature, and high corrosion.
Even with Lava Release Chakra Mode: Molten God Form, Hiromi knew that against A, his speed would clearly be insufficient.
But Shinkō Sanrei could convert his high temperature into high movement speed. At that time, if A touched him, A would be finished. If he touched A, A would still be finished. It was simply a perfect counter.
Among the Kumo ninjas, the others not only posed no threat to him, but he could also use Cellular Regeneration Absorption to absorb them and convert them into Chakra.
He just needed to sacrifice Fire Release Chakra Mode now. But after thinking about it, he decided to let it go.
Right now, A would surely send word for Ōnoki to come over. That wasn't much of a problem. With A plus the Third Tsuchikage, a fight was still possible. It was just that Obito would definitely take advantage of the situation. After all, Hiromi had led the Uchiha clan, which Obito wanted to exterminate, to rise up.
And with Lava Release, he hadn't yet mastered moves that could distort space.
With Cellular Regeneration Absorption, Shinkō Sanrei, or even Earth Grudge Fear, he would be fine even if he suffered a fatal wound and it was impossible for Obito to kill him.
But at that time, the situation would stall, turning into a war of attrition, and the chances of winning would become fifty-fifty.
A good hand could turn out like this due to impatience at this moment.
He didn't like playing from behind. He didn't want to encounter such a situation.
'It would be great if I could activate the Perfect Susanoo.'
Thinking this, Hiromi stood at the border of the Land of Fire, quietly looking at the other side.
A's expression was gloomy. He was somewhat eager to act, yet somewhat uncertain.
He hadn't told others the intelligence on Hiromi yet. If given some time, targeting Hiromi would be much smoother, and casualties would be significantly reduced. So, if Hiromi didn't want to fight, he didn't want to fight either.
But Hiromi didn't say anything. Thus, the two of them stood there without speaking, and the atmosphere was very oppressive.
The Kumogakure Army behind A was feeling nervous and conflicted. They saw A's severed left hand and the way he had been chased here by Hiromi, it was clear that their Raikage was no match for the youth before them. This caused their gazes toward Hiromi to be filled with uncertain horror.
'Are Konoha's kids this fierce?'
There was clearly only one person on the opposite side, and their side still had the Raikage, but they were very panicked and lacked a sense of security.
Under Hiromi's gaze, many Kumo ninjas couldn't help but feel their legs go weak and their bodies tremble.
Morale is unstable!
This gave the commander a massive headache and made him very apprehensive.
If Hiromi attacked at this time, the Kumogakure Army would likely suffer heavy losses.
Fortunately, Hiromi retracted his gaze and turned to leave without a word.
Everyone saw the crown, gold patterns, bracelets, and anklets on his body gradually disappear, but the pressure from that retreating figure still remained.
No one had the thought of a sneak attack in their minds, not even A. It was as if the words "sneak attack Hiromi" didn't exist in their vocabulary.
The thousands of Kumo ninjas watched him until Hiromi's figure completely vanished before finally breathing a sigh of relief.
The sounds of heavy breathing rang out one after another.
Some noticed the strangeness of the atmosphere, and after reacting in shock, their faces were filled with nothing but endless bitterness.
With just a single glance, he had terrified so many people. How could they fight this?
But Hiromi clearly hadn't fully grown up yet. If they didn't fight now, they wouldn't have another chance.
This war, even if they had to give everything, they had to fight it.
"Sigh..."
Sighs permeated the Kumogakure Army of thousands, as if lamenting their future misery.
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Konoha.
With A chased out of the village by Hiromi, the pressure on the Konoha ninjas was greatly reduced, and they immediately reinforced the front lines to participate in the encirclement of Sunagakure's forces.
Under the deterrent of Shisui, the crushing power of Fugaku and Itachi's Susanoo, and the swift attacks of the Uchiha Root, the seeds of certain victory were unconsciously planted in the hearts of the Konoha ninjas, quickly taking root and sprouting.
Without Rasa, the Suna ninjas were as scattered as sand and were soon cleared away. Of the Suna ninjas who fled Konoha, not even one in ten remained.
The Uchiha Root Members had long expected this and could have set a trap in advance to eliminate them all the moment they fled the village but Shisui refused.
Actually, he had also wanted to do so, thinking it was a good opportunity to weaken or even eliminate Sunagakure. But it only earned a sigh from Hiromi.