Naruto: Pay-to-Win Ninja System

"Less talk, let's fight!"

"One-on-one or gang up? Your choice..."

Shimoku responded decisively.

He waved his hand, signaling Riyō and the others behind him to step back.

"That's straightforward — you're talking my kind of fight!"

Raikage A let out a hearty laugh. Short-tempered and straight to the point, he had no patience for small talk. He usually skipped the talk altogether, but this time he made an exception to find out why they came from Homura Hidden Village. Otherwise, he would have skipped all the chatter entirely.

Now this brat named Uchiha Shimoku was so considerate, so straight to the point.

It actually impressed him quite a bit!

He really admired someone straightforward and to the point like that.

"Fine! I'll give you a chance."

"Kid, I won't bully you either. If you can last three minutes against me, I'll think about your proposal for cooperation."

"If you don't make it and end up dead halfway, don't blame me!"

"Of course, you can all come at me together too!"

"Are you brave enough?"

Raikage A roared loudly before ripping off his outer robe, revealing his massive, bull-like muscular frame.

"Chief!"

Tarui beside him quickly tried to stop him.

After all, Homura Hidden Village came as visiting envoys.

Even their earlier secret probing was already pushing things.

Now letting the Raikage personally fight a ten-year-old child?

Even if he wins, people will call it a disgraceful victory.

"Stay out of this, Tarui!"

Raikage A bellowed furiously.

Meanwhile, Shimoku showed no fear either:

"Great! I was just hoping to stretch my limbs a bit."

"I don't need backup—I'm more than enough on my own."

"Three minutes will be plenty to knock you down!"

"Pfft! Talking big, kid? You've got a death wish!"

Raikage A smashed both fists together. Electricity crackled across his body as blue chakra instantly enveloped him.

In an instant, he wore his [Lightning Release Armor], greatly enhancing his physical abilities through active lightning chakra!

He exploded with terrifying speed, vanishing from sight in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this,

Shimoku also activated his [Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan] in an instant.

When he saw that the Fourth Raikage had suddenly disappeared from his field of vision, even through the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, he couldn't help but feel surprised.

"Fast!"

Although the Sharingan's dynamic visual acuity didn't match the Byakugan,

it still significantly improved motion tracking ability—and this was the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

Yet even so, Shimoku could barely see the Raikage's afterimages.

Conservatively estimated, the opponent's current speed must be no less than 'kilometers per second'!

Three times the speed of sound!

Just how fast he truly was...

In terms of raw burst speed, no one in the world could match him.

That was why he had earned the title of [Fastest Man in the Ninja World].

Back then, he had only slightly fallen short of Konoha's Yellow Flash.

But now, years later, he had long surpassed that previous top speed!

So naturally, he was now undeniably the fastest in the ninja world.

As for Shimoku, despite acquiring the powerful [Sage Body], his physical speed had increased dramatically.

Combined with activating Stage Four [Setsuna], his overall speed still hadn't reached double the speed of sound yet.

[Mangekyo Sharingan – Left Eye – Setsuna!]

"Five-stage, 32x speed enhancement!"

Shimoku activated the ability in his left eye, immediately bringing Setsuna to five-stage, 32x speed enhancement.

With the Sage Body as his foundation, he no longer feared the resistance of high-speed impacts overwhelming his physical form.

At last, he could use high-level Setsuna without restraint.

With such extreme speed enhancement, Shimoku's velocity instantly broke through 'kilometers per second,' approaching four times the speed of sound!

In fact, it was even slightly faster than Raikage A, the Fourth.

...

In an instant,

Both of them vanished from their spots.

A tremendous sonic boom immediately erupted. Violent gusts of wind blasted outward, nearly sweeping Riyō and the others off their feet.

"Peng!——"

"Peng!——"

The sound of impacts thundered like explosions.

The surrounding crowd couldn't even see the two fighters' movement trails; they only heard continuous thunderous collision sounds and felt repeated shockwaves erupting.

Likewise, caught in this fierce battle, Raikage A, the Fourth, was also startled by this brat suddenly exploding with such extreme speed.

To his knowledge, since the death of the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, no one had been able to rival him in pure speed!

Moreover, Minato's extreme speed was achieved using space-time ninjutsu tricks,

Not truly comparable to pure speed.

But now, this ten-year-old kid was actually slightly faster than him in sheer speed?!!

Needless to say, to prevent his opponent from getting the chance to use strange "Mangekyō Sharingan" abilities,

He hadn't held back at all—he'd maximized the activation of his reflex-activated Lightning Release chakra from the very start!

So what if you're fast?

I'll still hammer you into a meat pancake!

Raikage A resolutely decided inwardly.

From this moment on, he completely abandoned any disdain for this child and started taking him seriously.

Besides, it had been quite a while since he'd found himself in such a satisfying hand-to-hand battle with someone capable of matching him in Taijutsu!

[Nagarebao!]

[Raikō Horizontal Slash!]

[Girei Shinrai Oniwa!]

More and more ferocious taijutsu attacks were unleashed one after another by Raikage A,

Madly attacking Shimoku.

Each strike came as swiftly as lightning and carried the weight of a mountain.

Within moments, the entire extremely durable granite training ground was smashed into a crater-filled battlefield.

Without Setsuna's fifth-stage acceleration,

Under such fierce assaults, Shimoku might have already been hit before he even reacted.

Setting everything else aside, just through mastery of this "Ninja Body Technique," the Fourth Raikage had firmly placed himself at the peak Kage level,

Enough to stand against most bijū.

However, despite being slightly faster,

Shimoku's defense and offensive power were still far inferior to Raikage A, who wore the [Lightning Release Armor].

Each collision, each punch,

Could directly shatter his hand and foot bones...

Fortunately, the recovery power of the Sage Body was extremely strong,

His injuries could heal spontaneously within moments.

This allowed Shimoku to keep fighting back.

After all, when it came to endurance and prolonged battles, the [Sage Body] was absolutely unbeatable!

Yet the unbearable pain from every impact could not be ignored.

Within moments, the pain forced Shimoku to clench his teeth and drench him in sweat.

Still, he continued pushing forward, trading blows with Raikage A.

Truth be told, if he had unleashed Susanoo or used any other technique, Shimoku could have ended the battle in an instant.

But instead, he deliberately chose this straightforward approach—to go head-to-head with Raikage A using pure taijutsu—because he wanted to grow stronger.

Indeed, ever since he began down this path,

thanks to the guidance of the System and his foreknowledge of upcoming events, although there had been minor setbacks, everything had still gone too smoothly.

Unlike those true warriors who had survived countless life-or-death trials and emerged each time by a thread,

Shimoku still lacked greatly in experience, perseverance, determination… and more.

And this battle was one of the few chances he had to truly train.

Going all-out against a master who had perfected taijutsu would surely boost Shimoku's physical strength, combat experience, and willpower.

Even more importantly, it would further unlock the [Sage Body]'s potential and break through its limits.

Plus, in the end, he could secretly copy and analyze Raikage A's ultimate [Lightning Release Chakra Mode] using his Sharingan!

Truly a win-win situation!

...

Even now, deep into this intense battle, despite the suffering,

he was nearly done copying everything.

Just a little longer, and Kumogakure's [Lightning Release Chakra Mode]

would become his own!

Once that happened,

after mastering Lightning Release Chakra Mode and converting to the immortal [Immortal God Body],

then activating [Lightning Release Armor] + [Eight Gates] + [Setsuna] + [Immortal God Body] all at once—

with such an explosive combination,

not even the Six Paths power would stand a chance.

Shimoku was convinced not even an Otsutsuki could survive a single strike from him!

Right now, he was using Raikage A as a tool to temper his body,

to forge this "treasured sword" into something sharper,

and to unlock greater potential within the [Sage Body].

He was building a solid foundation to perfectly fuse all these powerful techniques in the future!

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