Chapter 15 (BONUS CHAPTER)

Sosuke's plan was, of course, to deal with the small fry first.

At this moment, Shirou also realizes his intention, but unfortunately, as a puppet master, he has no way to deal with a super-fast shinobi.

Moreover, Sosuke's speed had increased significantly. 

Shirou could barely keep up with himself, let alone help his teammates.

However, he wasn't going to give up. He quickly controlled his three powerful puppet shinobi, making a combined energy beam infused with three different chakra natures.

Meanwhile, the other three puppets stood by the Jonin on his side, ready to strike any moment. 

If Sosuke appeared, Shirou would attack him and his teammates if necessary.

Shirou's plan actually worked!

Just as Sosuke appeared in front of another Jonin, ready to attack, the puppet shinobis quickly surrounded him.

Sosuke would be trapped and hit from both sides if he continued his attack. Even with his ability to become lightning at will, Sosuke might not be able to withstand it.

As for launching a direct attack on Shirou, the chances were almost impossible now.

Shirou had four powerful puppets guarding him, and Sosuke hadn't even seen them fight yet. 

He had no idea what they could do, and attacking recklessly would be very risky.

Fortunately, Sosuke wasn't just limited to fighting up close.

The next moment, Sosuke widened the distance between himself and the four remaining shinobi, raising his right hand high toward the sky.

Then, with a cold and indifferent voice, Sosuke spoke, "El Thor!"

As Sosuke's words fell, four streaks of lightning shot from his hand straight into the sky.

The Sand Shinobi Jonin were momentarily bewildered by this seemingly meaningless action. 

However, Shirou noticed something unusual: Sosuke unleashed this lightning jutsu without forming any hand seals.

Raising his head to look at the sky, Shirou saw the four streaks of lightning suddenly stop rising and begin to extend rapidly.

"It's that same jutsu from before!"

After realizing this, Shirou instantly understood this was the same attack Sosuke had used to ambush them earlier.

Without hesitation, Shirou quickly commanded his four puppets to evade!

He reacted quickly, and the other Jōnin weren't far behind. They all hurriedly dodged to the side, and even the remaining puppets guarding them temporarily retreated.

Seeing this, Sosuke smiled.

"You've fallen into my trap!"

In the next moment, four consecutive explosions erupted, and El Thor strikes blasted into the ground.

However, this lightning wasn't very fast.

Just as they were about to celebrate surviving the attack...

"Thud."

"Thud."

"Thud."

Three heavy sounds echoed as something hit the ground.

After looking closer, Sosuke saw that the three Jonins from the Sand had all been decapitated when they dodged El Thor.

As the blinding light of El Thor faded, only two people were left standing—Sosuke and Shirou.

Seeing all his teammates dead, Shirou's expression remained calm, and he didn't panic at all.

"Who exactly are you? I've never heard of someone like you in Konoha. Is this your secret weapon to take me down?"

Shirou had believed his mission was completely secret, yet Sosuke had still found him. 

The only explanation he could think of was that there was a traitor on his side.

He really didn't believe that anyone could sense something hundreds of meters underground.

But Sosuke was so powerful that he was already a threat to him. This only strengthened Shirou's suspicion that an insider had leaked his plans.

At this moment, Sosuke had just unleashed four El Thor and used full-speed movement to instantly kill three Jonin. 

He needed a brief moment to catch his breath, as fighting a Kage-level enemy was way harder than fighting regular jonin.

"My name is Sosuke. Remember this name well… because on your tombstone, it will be written—'Defeated by Sosuke!'"

Hearing Sosuke's arrogant words, Shirou didn't get angry. 

He knew that if he made even the slightest mistake, he might die at the hands of this man whose speed was as fast as lightning.

"You are very similar to White Fang, but your speed is even faster. In the entire shinobi world, I have only ever seen one person faster than you."

Sosuke's interest was immediately piqued.

"Are you talking about the Third Raikage?"

Hearing this, Shirou nodded.

"That's right. You're already incredibly fast, but the speed of the Third Raikage is something I could hardly even react to. Against him, I could only take hits without fighting back!"

Sosuke nodded without questioning anything.

After all, the Third Raikage was known as the strongest Raikage in history and even fought against ten thousand enemies all by himself.

Before Madara Uchiha took on the entire Allied Shinobi Forces alone, this was probably the most incredible record in the entire shinobi world.

Of course, Hashirama Senju was a different story. That monster wasn't just a person—he was the God of Shinobi.

"Even if I'm not as fast as him, it doesn't change the fact that you're going to die today. You should know that Sakumo Hatake is already on his way!"

Shirou was well aware of this, and he wasn't just chatting with him to stall for time because he had his own plan.

Suddenly, Shirou clasped his hands together. 

In an instant, all ten of his puppet shinobi gathered around him, completely protecting him in the center!

"Secret Technique: Thousand Fathoms Wind Slash!"

As Shirou's voice fell, the ten puppets simultaneously opened their mouths and shot out powerful wind blades, each several meters long. 

These blades spread out in all directions, attacking everything around them without any gaps.

An ordinary person might think that he was merely wasting chakra since this kind of attack wouldn't usually hit anyone.

However, Sosuke quickly realized that this technique was the perfect counter to him.

The attack covered every direction, leaving him no way to get close. Moreover, due to wind countering lightning, Sosuke couldn't afford to be struck by these wind blades.

There was no doubt that these wind blades were powerful, as a member of the Senju Clan had created them.

That meant they were way stronger than the wind blades from any other shinobi.

In the blink of an eye, the number of wind blades grew to hundreds, then thousands, with the puppets still not stopping as if they had unlimited energy.

Sosuke didn't dare hesitate any longer and immediately pushed his speed to the limit to dodge.

Whoosh!

Just as Sosuke dodged, a wind blade slashed through the spot where he had just been standing. 

The force of the attack cut through solid rock with precision, and thousands of these wind blades were still raging around him.

This was Shirou's plan—because his Senju puppets used very little energy and could keep attacking like this without worrying.

However, even if he managed to kill Sosuke, he knew he might not be able to safely make it back to the Land of Wind.

But Shirou didn't care. If he could kill this monstrously talented prodigy, it would be a great victory for the Land of Wind.

Sosuke wanted to escape the range of this jutsu but realized the wind blades could fly an incredibly long distance.

Even from a distance, Sosuke could see they had traveled over a kilometer and still hadn't fully dissipated.

This made him even more aware that every single wind blade was dangerous.

At this moment, Sosuke had no time to think about anything else. He pushed his Haki to its absolute limit, desperately predicting the trajectory of each wind blade and relying on his speed to dodge them.

Meanwhile, Shirou was frantically consuming chakra while Sosuke was constantly dodging, trying not to get hit.

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1st Bonus Chapter - 200 ✅

2nd Bonus Chapter - 500

3rd Bonus Chapter - 1000