"What are you still hesitating for?!"
Seeing that the other party was unmoved, Kinkaku couldn't help but raise his voice.
No one understood running away better than he did; he had successfully escaped from Renye four times, and his escape techniques were already perfected.
If this brute didn't retreat, then he would have to run by himself.
The Long-haired Strong Man clenched his fists unwillingly upon hearing this, but at this moment, his Chakra was in disarray, and continuing to fight would only be more disadvantageous.
"Damn it..." He roared in a low voice, suddenly unleashing his last bit of Chakra and punching the ground.
"Lightning Release: Lightning Storm Quake!"
"Boom—!"
The ground exploded, and violent lightning scattered, forcing Renye to retreat. Kinkaku took the opportunity to rush to the strong man's side and grab his shoulder.
"Go!"
"Swish—"
Kinkaku, taking the strong man with him, instantly transformed into a red afterimage, speeding away into the distance.
"Stop them!" Renye's expression was cold. "No matter what, one of them must be left behind today!"
Having two Kage-level Ninja from Hidden Cloud Village on the battlefield was simply too extravagant.
One must die today!
Preferably both...
Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others heard their conversation and understood their intentions.
The moment the two retreated, they swiftly gave chase.
Renye didn't hesitate, using the Body Flicker Technique to keep up.
Kinkaku's speed was extremely fast, possibly honed from constantly running away during this period; in the blink of an eye, he had left the battlefield.
But Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others pursued relentlessly, showing no intention of letting them escape.
"Damn Konoha Ninja!"
Kinkaku knew very well that with the strong man as a burden, they would eventually be caught by the few of them, and then they would be doomed!
Thinking of this, a sinister glint flashed in his eyes.
He suddenly turned his head to look at the Long-haired Strong Man whose shoulder he was gripping, a cold sneer playing on his lips.
The reason Kinkaku took the strong man with him was precisely for this calculation...
If Renye and the others really caught up, he could abandon the strong man to buy himself time to escape.
"You stay behind and cover our retreat; I'll go back and call for support!"
Saying that, he suddenly let go, and the strong man's running speed immediately slowed down.
"What?!" The Long-haired Strong Man's pupils suddenly constricted, and rage instantly ignited. "Kinkaku, you bastard—"
But Kinkaku no longer paid him any attention, fiercely flicking his six Chakra tails.
Without the burden, his speed increased again, and in the blink of an eye, he had widened the distance.
The Long-haired Strong Man knew he had been abandoned.
At this moment, his Chakra was in disarray, making it difficult to even perform ordinary Lightning Release Ninjutsu, let alone the Lightning Release Armor.
His body was also scorched by flames, greatly reducing his combat power.
And before him were six Konoha elites—
Hiruzen Sarutobi, Uchiha Kagami, Homura Mitokado, Utatane Koharu, Danzo Shimura, and... Uchiha Renye, who had just suppressed him.
"Heh..." The Long-haired Strong Man sneered, his fighting spirit undiminished. "A Ninja of Kumogakure will never grovel before an enemy!"
He took a deep breath, forcibly circulated the remaining Chakra in his body, tensed his muscles, and prepared for death in battle.
Renye's gaze was cold, his Three-Tomoe Sharingan slowly rotating, instantly assessing the situation.
"The five of you go after Kinkaku; this time, he absolutely cannot be allowed to escape!" He decisively ordered. "I'll deal with this guy."
Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned slightly but quickly nodded. "Alright, be careful!"
The five of them didn't hesitate, immediately bypassing the strong man and speeding off in the direction Kinkaku had fled.
"I told you... your era is over." Renye repeated what he had said earlier.
Unexpectedly, the Long-haired Strong Man didn't retort, his voice low: "I underestimated you..."
From the very beginning, he hadn't taken the young man before him seriously, never expecting things to turn out this way.
If he could do it again, he would never be careless!
"My teacher, he was killed by you like this too, wasn't he?" The Long-haired Strong Man asked, voicing the confusion in his heart.
He knew he wouldn't be Renye's opponent and wanted to know the truth before he died.
"Something like that, he died from poison..."
Renye raised his Tachi and pointed it at the strong man, saying coldly:
"Alright, you can die now."
He didn't want to waste any more words; he still had Kinkaku to deal with.
"Heh heh, I won't let you get away with it so easily!" The Long-haired Strong Man's expression was serious as he fiercely threw a punch.
Even without Chakra enhancement, his physical prowess still far surpassed that of an ordinary person.
But Renye merely shifted slightly, his Sharingan having already predicted his movements, and the Tachi in his hand flashed with a cold light.
"Swish—"
The blade sliced across the strong man's arm, blood splattering!
He grunted, but his attack didn't lessen, his other hand gripping towards Renye's throat like an iron clamp.
Even if he died, he would bite off a piece of flesh!
Renye retreated half a step, taking out the Basho Fan with his left hand and fiercely swinging it.
"Fire Release: Great Flame Flower!"
Blazing flames erupted, forcing the Long-haired Strong Man to retreat, but Renye didn't give him a chance to breathe, activating the Body Flicker Technique and instantly appearing close to him.
"Sharingan!"
The Three-Tomoe Sharingan spun, and the Long-haired Strong Man's movements paused slightly. Although he managed to break free from the Genjutsu with sheer willpower, that momentary opening was enough...
"Pfft!"
The Tachi pierced through the strong man's chest.
The strong man's body stiffened. He looked down at the blade in his chest, a trickle of blood escaping from the corner of his mouth.
"I never thought... I would die... by your hand..." He spoke with difficulty, his eyes devoid of fear, only unwillingness.
He had originally wanted to avenge his teacher, but not only did he fail to do so, he was killed himself.
He didn't know how he would explain it to his teacher after he died?
He couldn't possibly tell his teacher, 'I went to avenge you, and then I also got killed,' could he?
That would be too damn embarrassing.
In his last moments, he wasn't thinking about fearing death, but about being afraid of his teacher knowing the cause of his death...
Renye slowly pulled out the Tachi. The Long-haired Strong Man's body swayed once, then finally collapsed heavily to the ground.
The future Third Raikage of Hidden Cloud Village, the Third Raikage, hailed as the strongest Raikage in history, had fallen.
Renye looked down at his corpse, a complex emotion suddenly welling up in his heart.
"The Second Raikage died by my hand, and the Third Raikage also died by my hand..." He muttered softly, "If the Fourth Raikage hasn't been born yet, then wouldn't I have directly or indirectly killed three Raikage?!"
Am I—the legendary Raikage Reaper?!
This thought made him pause for a moment, but he quickly shook his head, casting these distracting thoughts aside.
How can there be a war without casualties?
Since they chose to start a war, they must be prepared to be killed.
He took one last look at the strong man's corpse, then pursued in the direction Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others had left.
Now, only Kinkaku remained!
As long as Kinkaku was killed...
Then that Old Man Senju Tobirama wouldn't die, would he?
"No matter what, Kinkaku must die!"
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PS: I originally planned to save three to five chapters yesterday and write five chapters today, then release eighty to ninety chapters, but I went to play Delta yesterday and forgot, didn't write a single chapter, played games all day.
I wrote five chapters today, I'm exhausted, sob sob sob...