Naruto: The Wind Calamity

Chapter 726: Orochimaru's Trump Card!

Chapter 726: Orochimaru's Trump Card!

Despite possessing the Swift Release Kekkei Genkai, Shigeru failed to outrun Fujin. While his speed was faster than Fujin's, even when Fujin was assisted by the Wind Cloak, the Wind Cloak allowed Fujin to use the Assassin's Rush jutsu seamlessly and continuously. It allowed Fujin to outspeed Shigeru temporarily.

As his sword sliced through Shigeru's body, he thought, 'It looks like Swift Release can't keep up with me either. Well, at least not when used by a Jounin-level ninja. I guess Ay is the only one who is faster than me. At least when I don't use the Flying Thunder God jutsu...'

His eyes focused on Guren, who had just completed a complicated set of hand seals. The two subordinates protecting her noticed the Vacuum Slash flying at her and cursed, "Shit! Protect Lady Guren!"

Both weaved hand seals and slammed their hands on the ground.

'Earth Release: Earth Wall jutsu'

Multiple layers of earth walls appeared in front of them. However, recalling what Fujin's attack did to the crystal wall, both knew that such a defense wouldn't block Fujin's attack. Hence, they didn't rest easy and weaved hand seals once again.

'Earth Release: Iron Skin jutsu'

As Fujin's Vacuum Slash pierced through the walls, the two of them stood in its path to block the deadly jutsu with their bodies! Needless to say, both were sliced into two pieces as the slash continued towards Guren, who had slammed her hands on the ground.

Fujin's eyes widened as he saw six coffins rise from the ground! A smile appeared on Guren's face as she thought, 'It's done! This is our victory!'

She suddenly felt something and glanced at her right. Her eyes widened as she saw a Vacuum Slash mere meters away from her! The Vacuum Slash sliced through four of the six coffins, destroying the boxes as well as the bodies within!

Guren instinctively moved behind to dodge the Vacuum Slash. Unfortunately, she had too little time. Even though she managed to save her life, the Vacuum Slash cut her right arm at the elbow cleanly!

Fujin cursed, 'Shit, did she just perform the Edo Tensei jutsu? And summoned 6 ninjas at the same time?'

For the first time since the start of the battle, Fujin felt some pressure.

At the same time, 3 coffins rose inside the barrier. Unlike in the original story, Hiruzen didn't try to attack the coffins. Instead, he just looked at Orochimaru with a dark expression. Reading the words on the coffins, he knew who Orochimaru was trying to summon and understood why he was so confident.

He thought, 'To think he would try to summon the three dead Hokages... Sigh, he has completely drowned in hatred. For him to be so confident, has he improved the Edo Tensei jutsu to let the revived ninjas have the strength that they possessed when they were alive?'

Thoughts flashed in Hiruzen's mind at the speed of light as hope appeared in his eyes. He analyzed, 'Minato can't be revived. However, if Orochimaru can revive Lord First at his full strength, he won't be able to control him. Even Lord Second might be able to gain control. If that happens, we'll win in the blink of an eye.'

Even though Hiruzen had that hope, it was a very small one. He knew that Orochimaru wouldn't make such a basic error. In an inconspicuous corner of the stadium, a figure stood. Even though several battles were happening around him, no one attacked him. In fact, none of them even saw him. It was none other than a clone Fujin had left behind in the stadium long before the finals began.

From the moment the battle had begun, this clone had done only one thing, which was to observe the fight between Hiruzen and Orochimaru. He analyzed, 'So, Hiruzen didn't bother to try blocking the coffins. It makes sense considering that it really won't have any effect.

Only Baki was slightly nervous. He wondered, 'Why hasn't Kazekage-sama appeared yet? I can't trust Orochimaru's arrangements...'

As the figures became visible, the surprised voices of several ninjas could be heard.

"That's Juzo and Zabuza! Two of the former Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist!"

"The Kumo rogue is here too? When did Kaminari die? No wonder there was no news about him."

"Who is that girl?"

"Holy crap! Kaguya Shirogane is also revived! That madman led his entire clan to its demise!"

Finally, the last person's appearance became clear. Immediately, the blood of all Suna ninjas who saw him became cold. Terror appeared in the eyes of Konoha ninjas. Even Fujin's expression became grave! While the remaining 5 weren't a threat to Fujin, the last person forced him to raise his guard to the highest level!

[A/N: Kaminari appeared in chapter 136.]

[A/N: The author's notes in chapter 632 were related to this. I was struggling with one simple question - Why didn't Orochimaru spam the Edo Tensei jutsu to destroy Konoha in the original story? It would have been an easy win. Even though Orochimaru's Edo Tensei isn't as advanced as Kabuto's, it was never said that he could control only a small number of reanimated ninjas. The limitation was more focused towards the fact that the revived ninjas (more specifically the strong ones like Hashirama and Tobirama) couldn't reach their full strength (and even this was added later in the story).

Since there was no explanation, my initial plan was to temporarily nerf Edo Tensei jutsu so that Orochimaru could do only what he did in the original story. However, when I was considering what to do with Fujin (since he is considerably stronger than my initial plans), I suddenly wondered why I was nerfing the Edo Tensei jutsu when it was the perfect answer to my issues.

Kinda glad that the idea appeared in my mind when it did as it'll make this arc far more fun. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy it. Plenty of fun battles to come (but please keep the author's notes from chapter 704 in mind).]

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