My Journey as Fourth Kazekage

Boom!

"What was that sound!?"

As Rasa executed his jutsu, a rumbling sound echoed through the earth.

Everyone felt the ground beneath their feet shaking. They still hadn't understood what kind of technique this was. The earth suddenly cracked open, with spider-web-like fissures spreading under the feet of the Iwagakure ninja. This caused them to lose their balance and feel a sense of unease in their hearts. Some of the Iwagakure ninjas were already considering retreating.

"Be careful!"

Roshi, who had transformed into the Four-Tails Son Goku, immediately shouted to the ninja behind him while warily scanning his surroundings. Facing the mysterious Kazekage, Roshi could not afford to let his guard down for a moment. He wanted to sense what was happening beneath his feet, but unfortunately, he could feel nothing.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

At that moment, with the deafening sound of explosions, countless grains of sand erupted from the cracks. The entire battlefield was soon engulfed in a cloud of yellow sand.

The Iwagakure ninja, witnessing the world around them turn gray-yellow, were startled. They quickly drew their kunai and began to defend themselves. However, this yellow sand appeared to have no unusual properties other than obscuring their vision, limiting their sight to just a few meters and making it somewhat difficult to breathe.

Like Roshi, those at the front of the battlefield found it peculiar.

He scanned his surroundings, and aside from the white Five Tails beside him, he couldn't see the ninja behind him. Fortunately, his sensory abilities remained effective, but he didn't sense anything out of the ordinary.

Yet, this was the strangest part.

He couldn't believe that the mysterious Kazekage's technique would be so light and casual!

Roshi's confusion was shared by Pakura and Michikawa, who stood behind Rasa. They both looked at Rasa with questioning gazes. Rasa, however, appeared calm and unconcerned.

"Don't worry. I told you. I'm not interested in slaughter, so I used a gentler technique!"

"A gentler technique!?"

The two were taken aback. Meanwhile, far away on the battlefield, Madara Uchiha, who was watching everything, noticed it through his Sharingan.

"What technique is this?"

With the insight of the Sharingan, he clearly saw.

Amidst the endless yellow sand, the grains of sand entered the bodies of the Iwagakure ninja through their breath or adhered to their skin, beginning to absorb their chakra.

The Iwagakure ninja could not sense it in the short term because the effect was like a slow-acting poison. But Madara Uchiha didn't dare to underestimate it, as he also noticed that the rate at which their chakra was being absorbed was accelerating.

Rasa's strange technique had plunged the entire battlefield into an eerie silence. These ninjas naturally felt that something was wrong, but the yellow sand was so vast, and the visibility was so poor that they couldn't distinguish direction or figure out where to flee.

Suddenly, a scream echoed across the battlefield.

"Ah... help... help me..."

Roshi and Han were both startled.

The other Iwagakure ninjas were also alarmed. They tried to see what was happening. But the yellow sand obscured their vision, preventing them from making out anything clearly. They couldn't see anything at all.

At that moment, more and more screams began to echo.

"Ah... What is this...?"

"I can't... move..."

"My body... My chakra...!"

Instantly, the battlefield was filled with screams, one after another, resembling a hellish scene that chilled the hearts of those still alive. What terrified Roshi and Han, even more, was that with each scream, the chakra of the Iwagakure ninja disappeared in their senses.

"We can't go on like this. Han, blow these sands away!"

"Got it!"

Han, transformed into the Five-Tails, immediately reared up like a horse, raising his front limbs high and stomping down on the ground.

Boom!

In an instant, boiling steam erupted from the Five-Tails' feet, blasting outward. Han clearly intended to use the force of the steam to blow away the sand, but what happened next left him stunned.

The yellow sand around him seemed to swallow the white steam that erupted from his feet, vanishing without a trace.

"How is that possible?"

At that moment, Roshi heard the voice of the Four-Tails Son Goku in his mind once again.

"Idiot! Can't you see? These sands are absorbing chakra!"

"What!?"

After the Four-Tails' reminder, Roshi finally realized. His chakra was also being absorbed. However, compared to the massive body of the Tailed Beast, these sands were minuscule. It felt like the bite of a mosquito sucking blood.

Now that he understood what these sands were, Roshi finally had a plan.

Countless amounts of chakra began to gather at the Four-Tails' mouth. Soon, a deep purple Tailed Beast Ball appeared, and the Four-Tails raised its head high, firing it directly into the sky.

The deep purple Tailed Beast Ball shot like a meteor into the sky, and then...

Boom!

A massive mushroom cloud erupted in the sky, and the shockwave from the explosion swept outward in all directions.

Now, even if Rasa's sand was absorbing chakra at a rapid rate, it couldn't compare to the shockwave generated by the explosion of the Tailed Beast Ball.

In an instant, the yellow sand was blown away completely.

However, after the sand was cleared, the scene at the Iwagakure ninja's position made both Roshi and Han's pupils shrink.

"This..."

On the desolate, barren land, countless human-shaped sand sculptures, resembling cacti, had sprouted at some point. If one looked closely, they could see the twisted human faces trapped within the sand-covered sculptures.

The surviving Iwagakure ninja, upon seeing this terrifying sight, had their pupils contract in fear, their bodies trembling from dread. Some even...

"What... What kind of power is this?"

With just one strike, Iwagakure had lost at least a tenth of their fighting strength. Although they were mostly low-ranking and middle-ranking ninjas, this hellish scene had left a psychological scar on them that could never be erased. They all looked at Rasa's figure in the sky with fear in their eyes, all having the same thought.

Is this a demon?

But then, Rasa's next words caused their emotions to spiral like a rollercoaster, lifting their spirits, which had just plummeted, back up again.

"Don't worry. They are just controlled by my sand. If treated properly, their lives won't be in danger."

!!!

In the eyes of all the Iwagakure ninja, and even those of Pakura and Michikawa behind Rasa, filled with disbelief, Rasa calmly said:

"I told you, I am not here because I enjoy killing. I am here because, as the Kazekage of Sunagakure, I must be here due to this war. So now, you still have a chance. The Jinchuriki of the Four-Tails and Five-Tails, if you choose to surrender and the Iwagakure ninja chooses to retreat, this war will end here."

Rasa said calmly but his next words send shivers down to every one spine.

If not, then I will create an actual hell for you and your generations to plunder in fear.