Chapter 42: The Name of Demigod and the Secret Mission

But it is not entirely true to say that Hanzo was not injured. Although he narrowly escaped the range of the ninjutsu, it was a combination ninjutsu of S-level power after all. Even if he was just a little bit affected by the explosion, he still injured Hanzo.

Although there was no visible sign of injury on the outside, and the ninja's perception showed nothing unusual, Hanzo could clearly feel that his internal organs were dislocated and slightly broken.

Resisting the urge to spit out a mouthful of blood, Hanzo said to Sarutobi Hiruzen calmly, "As expected of a famous ninjutsu professor in the ninja world, you can easily combine five-attribute ninjutsu to launch an attack. Your Hokage is indeed very powerful! Let's call it a day today. We are even."

The sinister Hanzo pretended to be unhurt and calm, but his family members knew their own business. Hanzo, who had suffered serious internal injuries, was eager to end the battle.

Hanzo really underestimated his enemy this time. Relying on his own strength and the power of defeating the Third Kazekage, Hanzo was so proud that he came to the meeting alone. He was really afraid that the people of Konoha would tear their faces apart and keep him here forever after discovering that he was injured.

Sarutobi Hiruzen had no idea of ​​what was going on in Hanzo's mind. He was shocked that Hanzo was able to escape unscathed from his large continuous bullets.

Therefore, he, who also did not want to continue fighting to the death with Hanzo, started to flatter Hanzo: "Mr. Hanzo, you are too kind! In the end, you are the better one! I have had the honor of seeing Lord Hashirama in action. Although your strength is not enough to compete with the God of Ninja, you should be the strongest in this era! In my opinion, you can be called a demigod!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen finally revealed his true colors at the end of his words. He was at a disadvantage in the fight with Hanzo, which was extremely detrimental to his reputation.

The Third Hokage of Konoha, the strongest ninja village in the ninja world, was actually unable to defeat the leader of a small Rain Village. This is truly a joke in the ninja world.

Therefore, his idea was to raise Hanzo's status in the ninja world as much as possible. After all, the leader of the Hidden Rain Village and the strongest in the current ninja world are not the same concept.

And no matter whether Hanzo is the strongest in the ninja world now, Sarutobi Hiruzen will put Hanzo on the throne of the strongest in the ninja world today. No matter who comes to brag about Hanzo, Sarutobi Hiruzen will definitely help!

Hanzo did not hear Sarutobi Hiruzen's little thoughts, but at this time he was almost unable to suppress his injuries. Without responding to Sarutobi Hiruzen, Hanzo decided to evacuate first and turned around and slowly left.

Hanzo, who has defeated the Kazekage and the Narutokage consecutively, is now confident that he is the most powerful ninja in the entire ninja world. Although he has never fought against the Tsuchikage, the Raikage, and the Mizukage, Hanzo thinks that the strength of the Kages of the five major ninja villages should not be much different from each other. Therefore, he gladly accepted the title of demigod and went further and further on the path of self-inflation.

However, Hanzo, who was born in a small country like the Land of Rain, still had a slightly inferior vision. At least Seiji knew clearly that there was still a big gap in strength between the five Kage.

The Third Kazekage, who is known as the strongest Kazekage, can be said to be the weakest among the five currently in power. He only relies on his Magnetic Release Kekkei Genkai.

As for why he can be called the strongest Kazekage?

Although the first Kazekage Retto pacified the chaos in the Land of Wind and founded the Sand Village, he did not have a bloodline limit, and it was with the assistance of a large number of ninjas from the Sand Village that he was able to capture the One-Tailed Shukaku.

Let's look at the second Kazekage Shamon. Without saying anything else, just one thing is enough. His main job is a puppeteer, and puppeteers are recognized by the ninja world as the hardest to produce top-level masters. Although Shamon developed the sand manipulation technique from the One-Tailed Shukaku, his strength is still limited after all, and he is just a stronger Kage.

The Third Kazekage, Tessa, possesses the Kekkei Genkai of Magnet Style, and he inherited and combined the sand manipulation technique developed by the Second Kazekage, Shamon, into his own unique Magnet Style - Sand and Iron. He also possesses the ability to suppress the runaway One-Tail Shukaku alone in the vast desert. It is no wonder that he is called the strongest Kazekage by the Sand Village ninjas.

However, in Qingsi's opinion, the Third Kazekage is indeed stronger than the First and Second Kazekage in terms of strength, but he is slightly inferior to the Third Kazekage of the same generation in other villages.

The third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki of the Two Heavenly Scales, was the grandson of the first Tsuchikage Ishikawa, and a disciple of the second Tsuchikage Mu. In addition to his mastery of earth escape, he also inherited a bloodline elimination technique called Dust Release that was undeveloped and could decompose the enemy into molecules, which was superior to his bloodline limit. He was also one of the few ninjas in the ninja world who could fly.

The third Raikage Ai is able to use the Hell Stab, which is known as the strongest spear, and the Lightning Release Armor, which is known as the strongest shield. He can evenly fight against the Eight-tailed Gyu-ki alone, and has a record of suppressing the runaway Eight-tailed on his own.

As for his own Third Mizukage Bing, Qingsi, as a member of the Anbu, has seen him more than once.

In Qingsi's perception, although Bing's fighting power has begun to decline due to his age, his chakra aura is still extremely terrifying, comparable to Sarutobi Hiruzen who he just met. Moreover, as the guard of the first Mizukage Byakuren and one of the founders of the Hidden Mist Village, Bing is a master of water escape and ice escape, and his strength is at least at the same level as the third Kazekage.

Therefore, in Qingji's opinion, the ranking among the five shadows should be the Third Raikage ≥ the Third Tsuchikage > the Third Hokage ≥ the Third Mizukage > the Third Kazekage.

(The Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki's Dust Release was invincible, and basically anyone hit by it would die, but he couldn't hit the extremely fast Third Raikage Ai, so I think the Third Raikage is the strongest Third Kage, and even in this era before the emergence of cheats, he can be called the strongest in the ninja world. As for the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, the so-called strongest Hokage, this is purely the fault of Kishimoto's confusing settings in the later period, but I think he does have that skill, and can be called a strong man, but in the absence of any particularly outstanding record, this is the only way to rank them.)

(Also, the Third Tsuchikage is called Ōnoki of the Two Heavens Scale. The Two Heavens Scale is just a title. It is a compliment given to Ōnoki by the people of Iwagakure Village. It is a compliment to him for being very shrewd in handling village affairs and for being able to secure the greatest interests for Iwagakure Village in diplomacy. It is not his last name.)

Seeing the battle over and Hanzo leaving, the ninjas from various countries who came to watch the battle also gradually began to disperse, and the name of the newly-crowned "strongest in the ninja world" demigod Salamander Hanzo spread to every corner of the ninja world.

Qingsi then used the Anbu's unique method of unsealing the mission scroll that Jian had given him when he left. After quickly browsing through the special mission assigned by the Third Mizukage, Qingsi ordered everyone, "Hana, you lead the team and take them back along the original route. Mizukage-sama has another mission for me. I will catch up with you as soon as possible after completing the mission."

"Hi!" Everyone responded and left under the leadership of Hua.

Seeing that everyone had left, Qingsi touched the ground with two fingers, and his chakra perception began to spread wildly in all directions. Suddenly, Qingsi's eyes lit up, and he sensed that in the direction of the Grass Kingdom in the north, several extremely conspicuous chakra auras were leaving at a very fast speed. The amount of chakra in one of the auras was extremely huge, dozens of times more than his. This was the person with the most chakra that Qingsi had ever sensed.

Qingsi guessed that the people from Kumogakure would not be bold enough to cross the Land of Fire, and knew that he must have found the right person. He continued to sense the movements of the other party, then burst out chakra and used the instant body technique to chase after the other party.

At the same time, among the Kumogakure group who were on their way back, an Anbu suddenly spoke up: "Lord Fu Shengyi, someone just sensed us, but I couldn't sense the other party."

"It's okay! Slow down and see what the other party's intention is. Our lineup is not afraid of anyone." Fu Shengyi replied calmly, and then commanded the Yunyin people to gradually slow down and wait for Qingsi's arrival.

Who is this Fu Shengyi? He has another name called Bulubi. He is the B in the third generation AB combination of the Hidden Cloud Village. He is also the brother of the third generation Raikage Ai, and the first Eight-Tails Jinchuriki of the Hidden Cloud Village.

(There are four Eight-Tails Jinchuriki in total. The last one is Killer Bee, who is familiar to everyone. The one before him is Fukai, the one with half white and half green hair. The one before that is his uncle. The first one is his father Fusho, and Fukai later inherited the name of Bulubi.)

Qingsi sensed that the other party's group was gradually slowing down, and knew that they had also discovered him. He secretly thought that Yunyin also had capable people, and then he quickened his pace further, thinking that he could complete the task as soon as possible so that he could reunite with his subordinates and return to the village quickly.

After being out for so long, he felt a little homesick.

"Here they come!" the one with perception ability from the Kumogakure Anbu shouted.

As soon as he finished speaking, Qingsi's figure appeared in their sight.

When Qingsi saw Fushengyi, he also recognized him, and at the same time, he understood that it was no wonder that his chakra was so huge, it turned out that he had become a Jinchūriki. Qingsi, who had the chakra aura of the nine tailed beasts in his memory, easily recognized the aura of the Eight-Tails when he saw Fushengyi, the Jinchūriki of the Eight-Tails, face to face.

"Hello, Lord Bi. I am here to deliver a letter to Lord Raikage on the orders of Lord Mizukage." Qingsi said, handing the mission scroll to Fu Shengyi.

This mission scroll was specially made by the Third Mizukage using his ice-style chakra. After Qingsi read it, the part that issued the mission automatically disappeared, leaving only the part written to the Third Raikage.