Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 252 The Death of the Third Raikage

The enormous seven-tailed creature stirred and mumbled a reply, "Ah, what's wrong?"

"Kumakure is about to enter Yugakure, and Hideyoshi will likely try to stop them. We must go and provide support!"

Upon hearing this, the Seven-Tails instantly snapped back to reality: "You humans are really quite interesting. Knowing you're no match, why do you still fight! Didn't you tell him to run?"

"They should have already notified them!" Whirlpool Purple Fly frowned slightly, but some things can't be accomplished simply by being notified.

In fact, he knew very well that although his teacher friend seemed unreliable on ordinary days, he was quite stubborn when he got serious.

He would not allow the ninjas of Kumogakure to enter another country and cause destruction until he was killed in action.

But the other person was, after all, a rare friend whom his teacher had acknowledged, and he had to save him.

Seeing that Uzumaki Shirai frowned, Nanami comforted her, "Don't worry, don't be too nervous. With me here, everything can be resolved."

However, the Seven-Tailed Fox stretched its body, intending to fly out of the cave, but unexpectedly, its size had become too large.

Those narrow openings were not enough for it to fly out. If it were to fly out rashly, the upper two levels of the underground palace might collapse, or even the entire structure might collapse.

"Oh dear, I slept for too long and forgot that I've grown up. But it's impossible to control the earth-escape insects to rebuild the underground palace now."

"I'm sorry, I can't take you there directly. Here's what we'll do: you should follow the main force of the sword ninja first, and then summon me when you get there."

"Hmm!" Whirlpool Purple Fly nodded emphatically and then quickly left.

After leaving the underground palace, she rode a dragonfly and headed straight for the Land of Hot Springs with the Nanshi Swordsmen who had already gathered.

At the same time, Kakuzu and Naoto were almost completely absorbed by the battle between Konoha and Iwagakure.

Almost no one noticed that Hanzo the Salamander had chosen to negotiate and was actively walking towards the trap.

Hanzo the Salamander was like that, and so was Hideyoshi. One possessed absolute self-confidence, believing he could control everything; the other was arrogant, determined to protect his own country, never considering asking others for help, let alone backing down.

The only thing they had in common was that they were both working hard for each other's countries, even at the cost of their own lives.

Are they stupid? Perhaps not, but they are definitely being used by others.

The border of the Land of Hot Springs.

Hideyoshi, gripping the three-star scythe, his hands bleeding profusely, forced himself to speak: "Third Raikage, you are not welcome here. Please leave my country!"

The Third Raikage, A, stood on a patch of scorched earth, his body crackling with lightning. At his feet lay the corpse of a ninja—or rather, half of it.

"So what right do you have to stop me!"

At this moment, three thousand Cloud Village ninja spread out behind him, leaving nothing but desolation in their wake. Several outposts along the border of the Land of Hot Water had been uprooted, and none of the garrison soldiers survived.

"Look, this is the result of your resistance. If you hadn't resisted, we would have just passed through and taken some supplies. But it's because of your futile resistance and struggle that more people have perished here. Not at my hands, but at yours."

The Third Raikage stood there tall, like an iron tower, and spoke with righteous indignation, as if he were on the side of justice.

Hideyoshi's mouth was covered in blood, but he still smiled: "Although we have suffered heavy casualties, we have never surrendered! Don't think that just because you speak in high-sounding terms, you are righteous. Invasion is invasion, and plunder is plunder!"

"We were once a small nation, powerless to resist; we are still a small nation now! But we no longer wish to retreat. Lord Raikage, it is my honor to fight you. Then let me, Hideyoshi, offer you my final dance."

Hideyoshi laughed loudly, smeared his blood-stained hands on his scythe, and then swung it forcefully, creating a blood-red sacrificial array at his feet.

The Raikage didn't know what he was doing; he just assumed he was struggling in his death throes.

However, Hideyoshi's skin suddenly turned black, and a white skull pattern appeared on his body.

He stuck out his tongue, licked the blood from his palm, laughed loudly, closed his eyes, and apologized, "I'm sorry, Shiraki-kun, I never thought that in the end I would be the one to break the agreement first, allowing the Evil God Cult to reappear in the world!"

"But I had no choice!" Tears welled in his eyes, but he still smiled. "I'm sorry, Mieko, I'm sorry, Hidan, I can't keep my promise to you!"

Actually, he wasn't without other trump cards. Aburame Zhicheng had left him a worm in a wormhole of an evil god. If he wanted, he could easily lure his army there and detonate the wormhole.

However, this would expose Shiraki-kun's true identity. As a true friend, how could he let his friend take such a risk?

Hideyoshi laughed wildly and said, "Lord Raikage, let me show you the wrath of us from a small country! Curse Art: Death Possession Blood."

On the other side, the Third Raikage looked down at the small wound on his hand and felt a pang in his heart. However, just as he was about to make a move, it was too late.

The blood-red three-star scythe spun rapidly in Hideyoshi's hand, leaving afterimages in the air, before finally slicing across his neck and sending his head flying.

Along with it, the head of the Third Raikage, A, was also taken away.

His head also flew high into the air, while his body remained in a forward-sprinting state.

The headless corpse charged forward for hundreds of meters before finally falling from mid-air due to insufficient momentum.

Blood gushed out; the Third Raikage was dead!

"Lord Raikage, Lord Raikage is dead!"

The three thousand ninja soldiers stared wide-eyed, stunned by what they saw.

Their omnipotent and incredibly powerful Raikage was taken away by an unknown Jonin from the Land of Hot Water, who used a bizarre and inexplicable curse technique, resulting in their mutual destruction!

In the sky, the dragonfly riding the purple cricket hurried as fast as it could, but it was still a step too late.

She heard Hideyoshi's dying declaration with her own ears and saw him take away the enemy's strongest fighter by self-destruction.

She looked down at Hideyoshi, who was decapitated and lying dead in a pool of blood, her brows furrowed tightly.

I knelt down and positioned his head properly, then reached out my hands to help him close his eyes.

"Rest in peace, Uncle Hideyoshi!"

"My master won't blame you. You haven't disgraced the name of the leader, nor have you disgraced the name of my master's dearest friend. So now, I will avenge you."

Whirlpool Purple Flying Bite Bites Its Finger: "Hai-Xu-You-Shen-Wei—Summoning Technique, Seven-Tailed Fox!"

She slammed her hand on the ground. "Come out, Seven-Tails! Now let's wreak havoc together!"