Konoha: Starting the Game as Yoriichi

"Not bad, the power of this slash."

Looking at the scene he had created, Kusuo spoke faintly, as if he hadn't heard Kisame Hoshigaki's shock at all.

Disorder. Kisame's mind was in complete disorder. What had he just heard? Not bad? This attack that had shattered the Susanoo was just... "not bad"? This kid was too full of himself. Are you kidding me?

Kisame's face flushed with anger. "Brat, I admit you're very strong, but aren't you being a bit too arrogant to look down on people like this?"

As if to match Kisame's current state, the greatsword Samehada in his hand also made a creaking sound, expressing another attitude.

Screeeech~ The sharp sound of Samehada's spiky texture scraping against the ground, creating sparks and leaving a series of scratches.

"Die!" Kisame roared, raising the greatsword in his hand and suddenly slashing at Kusuo. It was a very direct attack. He had figured it out. This kid's strength was indeed great, but he was not without weakness. The moment Kisame swung his sword, his mind was crystal clear. And that was—

This brat only focuses on offense! He neglects defense!

As long as I can land one slash on him, just one. I can definitely wound him severely!

SWOOSH! The expanding Samehada let out a crisp crack as it swung through the air. If this slash had landed, perhaps the result would have been just as Kisame had imagined.

Unfortunately, the ideal is plump, but reality is skinny.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

With effortless grace, Kusuo raised his sword to parry. Another chain attack. Kisame Hoshigaki, who had written combat into his very instincts, aimed for vital points with every strike. And his moves flowed into one another, forming a cohesive whole.

"A very domineering attack style," Kusuo evaluated in his heart as he parried. As expected of the man who could trade blows with Guy after he opened the seventh gate. This taijutsu... nothing more needs to be said.

"Hah... hah..." Kisame was, after all, a powerhouse among the Kage-level. After a series of furious assaults, Kusuo was having a hard time keeping up. This bought Itachi enough time.

Kisame looked at him with concern. "Well? Can you still use your eyes?"

Itachi's calm face shook his head slightly. "I need to use my dojutsu sparingly. I can't waste too much of it in this place."

Kisame didn't understand Itachi's words, but because it was Itachi-san, he grinned. "If that's the case, then Itachi-san, please watch my performance!"

With that, a sharp whistle came from his seven orifices. Kisame clapped his hands together and shouted, "Water Style! Daba Shei Syuha!! (Great Exploding Water Collision Wave!)"

Chakra exploded, and the ninjutsu was released. A massive amount of water, like a raging waterfall, spewed from Kisame's mouth. The scale was terrifyingly large, even more powerful than the jutsu used by the reanimated Second Hokage. Of course, that was also because Tobirama Senju's strength had been restricted. Even so, Kisame Hoshigaki's Water Style ninjutsu was uniquely powerful.

The sky-covering waterfall surged forth. Like a heavenly punishment bestowed upon the mortal world, it was澎湃汹涌 (pēngpài xiōngyǒng) - surging and turbulent, each wave carrying the might of the heavens.

CRASHHH———

The scene was utterly shocking, like a great tsunami being raised. Looking at the waterfall that was about to submerge the entire coastline, Kusuo's eye twitched. Good heavens. A volume of water of this level... can a dam really hold it back?

Jokes aside, Kisame's strength had truly earned his recognition. This one ninjutsu was almost comparable to an S-rank forbidden technique.

"Wind Breathing, Eighth Form—Primary Gale Slash!"

Kusuo's body shot forward at light speed. After circling the waterfall with the force of a gale, SWISH! He fiercely swung the sword in his hand. The slash flew out, a devastating strike that tore through the entire gushing waterfall. At the same time, powerful and fine spiral wind blades swirled around his body, cutting through the water spray and forming a series of water darts.

CHOO! CHOO! CHOO!

With one slash, the water darts shot out in the direction his sword pointed.

"Hmph!" Kisame, seeing this, was already prepared. He swung Samehada in the air, and the water darts all shattered into beads and fell.

"Yasaka Magatama!"

On the other side, Itachi's attack also arrived. The tomoe-shaped projectiles spun rapidly as they flew, emitting a humming sound. Kusuo planted his sword in the ground and shot out, dodging the hidden weapon attack launched by the Susanoo. The golden-red projectiles, combined with the size of the Susanoo... they weren't hidden weapons. They were bombs.

DONG! DONG! DONG!

Three explosions in a row. The damp sand and dirt were thrown into the air.

Kusuo rapidly swung his sword, forming an elliptical sword aura barrier around himself. The vast amount of sand that hit the sword aura was instantly pulverized, creating sparks of fire in the gale force wind. It was a seamless defense.

Two of the top-tier powerhouses, who could even be said to be among the peak experts of the ninja world, were cooperating. Whether in timing or power, their attack was impeccable.

Kusuo's expression was a little grave. Kisame Hoshigaki was grinning at him, while Itachi stood in his half-body Susanoo, expressionless. Without a doubt, neither of these two was using their full strength. At the very least, Kisame, who could single-handedly capture various Jinchuriki, had not yet transformed into the "Tailless Tailed Beast." And Itachi had not yet used his Totsuka Blade. The gourd in the hand of the crimson Susanoo remained closed.

To take on two Kage-level powerhouses by myself... this time, I was a little too overconfident.

But Itachi and Kisame did not see any crisis or retreat in Kusuo's expression. Instead, they saw Kusuo slowly raise his head and smile confidently. "Because I have a teammate too!"

The moment his voice fell, a giant red object descended from the sky.

POW!

"Haha! How can you have such a lively fight without the participation of me, the Toad Sage?"

Clang, clang, clang, clang~ clang, clang, clang!

Jiraiya stood on top of Gamabunta's head, and after a bit of awkward dancing, struck a pose and grinned, revealing his white teeth. Gamabunta's massive body, with this one jump, had created a giant crater on the spot. The battlefield, which had already been leveled, now sank another notch.

"It's you! You're that brat from that day?!" Suddenly, Gamabunta's eyes widened as he looked at Kusuo. On the day of the Chunin Exams, the scene of this boy in red felling the One-Tail with a single sword was still vivid in his memory. It had given his middle-aged heart a great shock.

"Hmm? You two know each other?" Jiraiya found that his cool entrance had been ignored, and even his own summoned beast was attracted by another guy. So he couldn't help but ask.

Hearing this, Gamabunta's huge toad head gave a nod and said seriously, "It's this brat. That day, with one sword, he literally cut down the One-Tailed Shukaku until it fled in terror, finally forced to retreat into its Jinchuriki's body and run away."

"I see." Jiraiya had already heard of Kusuo's previous battle record, but he hadn't expected Gamabunta to have been there at the time, so he wasn't surprised.

Kisame and Itachi's eyes, however, changed slightly. With one sword... cut down the One-Tail?

Anyone who could achieve this was undoubtedly a top-tier powerhouse. They were even qualified to enter their organization, the Akatsuki. The monsters there could all find ways to get their hands on a Jinchuriki. No wonder this brat was so strong. He really had the skills.

"Hehe, Itachi-san, I didn't expect this old acquaintance of yours to have done so much at such a young age. That One-Tail thing, if I remember correctly, it should be in the Sand Village, right?"

Itachi gave an almost imperceptible nod, responding to Kisame's words. He kept his gaze focused on Jiraiya and Kusuo. This battle... was dangerous. One Kusuo was already hard enough to deal with. Now with the addition of another legendary ninja, one of the Sannin, Jiraiya, it would be even harder to fight. A moment of carelessness, and they could fall here.

He secretly transmitted a message to Kisame, "Immediately send a message to the organization. Say we've run into trouble and need backup."

The moment these words were spoken, Kisame looked at Itachi in astonishment. In his heart, Itachi-san was an extremely strong existence. So he was shocked. These two people... are they already strong enough to make even Itachi-san so wary?

He did as Itachi instructed. Then, making a split-second decision, his entire body swelled, and with a somersault, he jumped into the sea. Then, standing on a shark made of water, he stood on the surface of the sea.

He quickly formed hand seals. "Water Style! A Thousand Feeding Sharks!"

At this moment, the surging sea had become his source of power. One shark after another leaped from the surface of the sea in schools, biting towards Jiraiya and Kusuo on the shore.

Faced with a ninjutsu of this scale, Jiraiya didn't dare to be careless. He stomped his foot and clapped his hands together. "Wild Lion's Mane Technique!"

His lush white hair grew wildly, then transformed into a hair whip dozens of meters long.

CRACK! The white hair swept out, and one shark was smashed to pieces.

CRACK! Another sweep, and another shark was smashed.

But the Thousand Feeding Sharks technique was just as its name implied. A full thousand sharks came at them; it was impossible to block them all completely. Seeing this, Jiraiya was preparing to temporarily avoid the brunt of the attack when Kusuo, beside him, suddenly moved.

He took a step forward. He slashed with his sword.

Flames, accompanied by sword aura. A long, circular sword aura, carrying the scorching fire of the sun, incinerated all the sharks in its sight.

One slash. It parted the waves. It killed the vast majority of the mimicked ninjutsu that had leaped out of the sea.

"Jiraiya-sensei, you can handle the few remaining small fry, right?" After one slash, Kusuo retreated to his original position. There were still a few scattered sharks coming at them from the sea, but they were no longer a major threat.

"You brat... you're really something else! Don't worry, I can handle it!" Jiraiya was still immersed in the power of that circular sword aura slash from just now. This was the first time he had witnessed Kusuo's slashes. As expected, a casual strike was a Kage-level sword aura. He looked at the boy's handsome face with appreciation, and the more he looked, the more he liked him.

Then, with a flick of his hair, he cleanly dealt with the rest of Kisame's S-rank ninjutsu.

Kusuo had already raised his sword and, with a leap, flew into the air. He descended from the sky, aimed at Kisame on the surface of the sea, and unleashed a full-power slash.

"Sun Breathing, Eleventh Form! Dragon Sun Halo Head Dance!"

The sword aura howled out, a high-speed continuous attack like a dancing fire dragon, striking against Kisame's expanding Samehada.

Sizzle~

The high temperature of the burn forced Kisame to block with all his might. Kusuo had already landed. Seeing his opponent dare to block his Sun Breathing technique head-on, and one of the later forms at that, he smiled. This slash of his was not so easy to block.

Sure enough, Kisame's hands, which were holding Samehada high, were trembling nonstop. The space between his thumb and forefinger had split open, and he was about to be unable to hold on against this slash, which was like a great sun dragon. The ultimate solar flame property attached to this slash had even singed his hair, making a crackling sound.

The sword aura slowly approached, its power not diminishing in the slightest. Kisame's stubborn resistance was not having any effect.

A flash of a crimson sword. It collided with the sword aura that was pressing down on Kisame. Surprisingly, the giant crimson sword, like a spiritual body, gradually absorbed the energy of the slash.

After a long time, the air gradually returned to calm.

On the battlefield stood four people in a standoff. Jiraiya on Gamabunta and Kusuo holding his sword. On the other side was Kisame, his hair and fur all scorched like a grilled fish-man, and Itachi, standing in his half-body Susanoo, holding a crimson sword.

Kusuo's eyes suddenly burned with heat, staring intently at what the Susanoo in Itachi's hand was holding.

That was... the Sword of Totsuka!

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