Chapter 53 - 53 (2/2)
In terms of numbers, Konoha had their medical team on the field, along with over 8000 fighting ninjas. But the Sand village had over 12.000 people.
It was very clear to Ryo that if Sakumo or Jiraya are beaten in this battle, Konoha's army would be slaughtered. Among them, there were nearly 300 from the Ino-Shika-Cho alliance.
A moment ago, Ryo saw Jiraya use [Summoning] to bring Gamabunta to the battlefield. He thought of using it to bring Gamahiro along. This won't just help defeat the 4th Kazekage, it might also draw attention away from Jiraya giving him time to recover.
When he came into the battlefield, he found Jiraya buried under the 4th Kazekage's sand. He activated his Sharingan and found out that while his head was on top of the Sand, his arms underneath it were raised with his palms against each other. He was clearly trying to enter Sage Mode.
Rasa's gold dust was made out of sand mixed with gold particles. For that reason, it was much heavier and far more destructive than ordinary sand. There was no way for Gamabunta to beat such a powerful attack, so he was just giving support for Jiraya.
”[Summoning]!” Outside the battlefield, a huge cloud of white smoke rose as Ryo summoned Gamahiro.
”Hiro! Please, the targets are the Sand Ninjas!”
”Good!” Gamahiro was a true warhead. He would never let go an opportunity to show off his skills.
He was like a wolf amongst the sheep, he rushed into the crowd and raised his pair of short swords and swept through them. The Sand Ninjas panicked and used all kinds of Ninjutsu to attack him.
However Ryo entered the Ice-Lightning Chakra mode. Every now and then, he would blink in and use the Chakra scalpel to slit the throats of his enemies while avoiding their large scale Jutsus.
The 4th noticed him along with Gamahiro and how they killed 4 Jonins and God knows how many Chunins.
He couldn't stand letting Ryo kill so many Sand ninjas. This was the mystery 3rd fighter who was close to the level of a Kage. So Rasa turned his attention from Jiraya and rushed to attack Ryo.
”You're leaving? I finished getting ready to take you on!” Of course, Jiraya would never let Rasa attack Ryo, he finally entered Sage Mode.
”The 1st time you summon us, it's such a horrifying place?!” Shima complained.
”Ma, Jiraya Chan probably had no other choice. No need to be mad. So Jiraya Chan, who's your opponent? Why did you need us?” Said Fukasaku.
”Boss Ne-sama, I'm really sorry. This time I'm facing the 4th Kazekage. I can't beat him without your help.”
While the 3 were chatting, Rasa launched an attack. He was so anxious to go take out Ryo so he wanted to finish Jiraya off immediately.
The gold dust turned into a wave and went quickly towards Jiraya ”This sand has gold in it?” Fukasaku was able to see the essence of Rasa's attack with his perception.
He once again used an Earth Release Wall to hold it off. But this time, it was infused with Senjutsu Chakra that greatly amplified its strength, so it was able to hold the gold dust back.
The 4th Kazekage looked at Jiraya in awe noticing the 2 toads on his shoulders. He formed seals and the gold sand on the ground started surrounding Jiraya.
”[Sand Coffin], [Sand Funeral]!” The tremendous pressure made by the sand got Jiraya in trouble.
”Jiraya chan, create a large amount of Oil!” Said Shima!
”[Senpo: Goemon]!” The gold was desolved due to the extremely high temperature, and the sand was also turned into solid clear crystal.