The battlefield
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Tsunade wanted to say it out loud:
"I am the princess of the Senju clan!"
But when she thought about her misunderstanding with Ron, she just opened
her mouth and said nothing. Besides, the Senju clan had long since
disappeared—what kind of princess was she now?
Even her grandfather and great-uncle's corpses had been defiled into that
state.
"Didn't you hear me? Call me Master."
Ron smacked the roundness behind him.
Tsunade trembled all over.
Blood was everywhere.
She could barely stand, only managing to because Ron was holding her up.
Tsunade closed her eyes, her voice trembling. "You... you shouldn't be like
this~"
Ron leaned into her ear.
"I already told you—blame yourself."
"Still not calling me that?"
Tsunade's body shook, her eyes squeezed shut, refusing to respond no matter
what Ron said.
Ron turned his gaze downward.
"Kill them."
"Ron, don't!"
His voice was calm, yet the killing intent in it made Tsunade panic and snap
her eyes open, frantically looking below.
The Iron Man suit opened fire at full power.
Palm, chest, even its back—
All released laser beams.
Each beam was dozens of meters long, slicing through everything in its path.
Even chakra-made ninjutsu was severed in an instant.
Caught off guard, more than a dozen ninjas were slaughtered.
Even Hiruzen Sarutobi lost an arm in the attack.
The sudden pain disrupted his combat rhythm.
The suit's AI detected this moment of weakness.
Its thrusters roared, propelling it toward Sarutobi.
A blade extended from its foot, swinging upward in a deadly arc.
If it landed, Sarutobi would be split in two.
"No~!"
Tsunade trembled, letting out a weak cry.
She slumped against Ron.
Like a wounded kitten.
At this moment, she couldn't even think about her fear of blood.
No—she didn't even know if she still had hemophobia anymore.
She could look at the battlefield.
But she couldn't look at Ron.
Jiraiya teleported just in time.
He kicked the Iron Man suit away, saving Sarutobi.
The suit crashed hard into the ground, kicking up a massive cloud of dust.
Jiraiya's summoned toad seized the opportunity, swinging a massive blade
down onto the suit, slamming it into the earth.
"Nice one, Boss Bunta! Did we get it?!"
Jiraiya looked over, his face full of hope.
The Iron Man suit had no chakra.
It wasn't even alive.
They couldn't sense what was happening inside the dust cloud.
But then, Gamabunta suddenly gripped his blade with both hands.
The massive smoking pipe in his mouth snapped between his teeth.
Gritting his teeth, he roared.
"Jiraiya, shut up and help me!"
"I can't hold it down much longer!"
"What!?"
Jiraiya and the others were shocked.
Gamabunta was one of the strongest beings in Mount Myoboku.
His massive size also meant immense strength.
Among everyone here, only Tsunade's monstrous strength could compare.
Seeing Gamabunta's trembling hands, they knew he was truly at his limit.
Jiraiya gathered blue chakra in his hand.
He slammed it onto the suit.
Rasengan!
Boom!!
A shockwave erupted from the point of impact, rippling outward.
The ground beneath the Iron Man suit caved in, forming a massive crater.
At the same time—
Jiraiya used the recoil to leap backward.
But just as he was midair, completely unable to change direction—
A laser shot up from the ground.
It pierced straight through Jiraiya's chest.
The Iron Man suit didn't rely on eyes to track its enemies.
It was linked to a miniature satellite in the sky.
As long as the enemy was within range, they could never escape its sight.
Watching Jiraiya soar through the air, hitting the ground with a thud,
bouncing twice before coming to a stop—
Ron murmured softly.
"I told you—Iron Man suits are strongest when fighting alone."
"Wearing them just slows you down. What's the point? Decoration?"
At this moment, Jiraiya still had over 1500 battle power.
And he hadn't even activated Sage Mode.
If he did, Ron wouldn't be able to take on even one of them at full power.
And there were four of them here.
The Iron Man suit was holding all five of them down.
If there had been dozens—hundreds—of these suits back in New York…
Tony alone could have sealed the space portal and slaughtered the entire
Chitauri army.
"Please! Please! Stop!!"
Everything was happening too fast.
Tsunade couldn't even process it all.
By the time she did—
Jiraiya had already been shot through the chest.
"And what identity are you using to beg me?"
Ron's voice was emotionless.
He simply looked at Tsunade.
Below, Jiraiya's sudden injury distracted Gamabunta.
The Iron Man suit's thrusters roared to life.
It forcefully pushed aside the giant blade.
Then, it took off into the air once again.
Dust covered its frame.
The paint job was scratched.
It looked battered but remained perfectly intact.
Without Ron's command to stop, it didn't pause for even a moment.
It locked onto its target—the heavily injured Jiraiya—and dove straight at him.
Lasers surged from its hands.
Slicing toward Jiraiya's body.
In that instant—
The crimson in Tsunade's memories was completely replaced by Ron's face.
Leaning against him.
Her voice broke into sobs.
"Master! Please! Stop!"
Ron spoke.
"Stand down."
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