Naruto: I am Uchiha Shirou-Chapter 181: Naruto: I am Uchiha Shirou []

Under the night sky, a fierce battle erupted at the border, with Kumo and Konoha ninjas unleashing a relentless bombardment of ninjutsu.

"Don't go all out! Fight while retreating! Our mission is to delay for reinforcements, not to defeat the Kumo ninjas!"

"Set traps! Fight and retreat!"

Under the cold, commanding shouts of the frontline commander Tsunade, who exuded fierce determination, her actions defied her orders as she charged at the forefront. Each punch delivered with monstrous strength created a scene of utter devastation.

"Damn it! Is this woman a monster?"

Even A, the future Fourth Raikage and commander of the Kumo ninjas, was shaken after briefly clashing with Tsunade.

This terrifying raw strength surpassed his own—possibly even his father's, despite the Third Raikage's legendary physical prowess. A's one-finger thrust was a piercing technique, not pure brute force.

"Use ninjutsu and explosive tags! We must eliminate this Konoha elite unit today!"

From Kumo's perspective, this Konoha unit represented the backbone of its prestigious clans. Wiping them out would deal a devastating blow to Konoha.

"Lord A, Tsunade of Konoha is a medical ninja!"

On the battlefield, Tsunade was the most troublesome presence. Her mastery of medical ninjutsu, combined with the summoning powers of Katsuyu, was practically a cheat code.

With large-scale healing constantly aiding Konoha's forces, their casualties were minimal—particularly among the Jonin-level fighters.

Meanwhile, her absurd physical strength left everyone dumbfounded. With dark purple markings now appearing on her face, Tsunade's strikes and stomps shattered the earth, causing massive casualties to the Kumo ninjas.

"I refuse to believe this monster woman's chakra is limitless!"

Although furious, A knew the key now was to support his father. No matter how strong the Third Raikage was—whether leading the Eight-Tails jinchūriki or not—extended combat was taking its toll on his stamina and mental state.

At this moment, Tsunade continued to lead the Konoha ninjas at the forefront, commanding them to fight while retreating and stalling for time.

Among the legendary Sannin, Tsunade's strength was already formidable. In the original story, her fear of blood had caused her to squander decades of potential. Yet even so, her performance in the Fourth Great Ninja War, particularly her display of strength, earned recognition from Uchiha Madara, who admitted her raw power exceeded the Raikage's.

Now, with her focus on improving her abilities, combined with the Sage Transformation Seal and the awakening of another force within her, the fusion of Senju and Uchiha bloodlines caused her chakra to skyrocket.

"The Eight-Tails! It's the Eight-Tails! We're about to link up with Lord Raikage!"

As both sides clashed, the massive and terrifying figure of the tailed beast finally came into view. At the same time, Kumo's encircling forces began to press in, drawing both shock and anger from their ranks.

"Damn Konoha!"

"We'll show Konoha our strength!"

Although Kumo's encircling unit completed their mission, their casualties were devastating.

Leading the defense against this Kumo battalion was Aburame Shikuro, who commanded hundreds of Konoha elites. While their retreat was hard-fought and costly, the results were spectacular.

"It's poison! Report this to Lord A and the others immediately!"

"It's the Aburame clan's Shikuro! He's using nano-scale poisonous insects!"

The Konoha unit's success was entirely thanks to Shikuro's nano-scale poison insects, which caught Kumo off guard.

However, the ninja world was ruthless. Once intelligence leaked, tactics evolved. With Kumo adjusting their strategies, the element of surprise was lost.

"Something's wrong!..."

A sensory ninja shouted in alarm. Simultaneously, Kumo's forces also noticed the overwhelming presence, their faces filled with horror.

"It's a Tailed Beast Bomb!"

When A saw the massive chakra forming in the distance, he shouted in rage and fear:

"This is bad! Even our forces are in its range!"

The Tailed Beast Bomb's greatest drawback was its indiscriminate destruction, which was why perfect jinchūriki were considered treasures by all major villages.

"Damn it! There's no way to dodge this!"

Both Konoha and Kumo ninjas on the battlefield froze in terror as the monstrous Tailed Beast Bomb approached. Its destructive chakra was beyond anything they could withstand.

At this critical moment, Tsunade, observing the scene, crossed her fingers and bit her thumb. With a loud shout, she gave her orders:

"Everyone, avoid the Tailed Beast Bomb's shockwave!"

Summoning: Triple Rashōmon!

With a thunderous clap of her hands against the ground, the earth rumbled as three massive, ominous-faced iron gates rose in succession. The eerie sound of clanging metal echoed across the battlefield.

"What is this?!"

The sudden appearance of the terrifying gates shielding Konoha's forces left many Konoha ninjas in awe.

"It's Lady Tsunade!"

"This is the legendary jutsu of the First Hokage!"

From sensing the Tailed Beast Bomb's immense chakra to summoning the Triple Rashōmon in response, Tsunade acted in an instant.

The terrifying Tailed Beast Bomb collided with the gates, erupting into a blinding white light. A massive mushroom cloud rose into the sky as the ultimate destructive force unleashed its fury.

When the dust settled, two of the three iron gates had been obliterated, leaving only the battered remnants of the last one.

Tsunade, breathing heavily, appeared behind the final gate, her hand resting on its surface as she transferred her remaining chakra into it.

"I... I made it just in time..."

Wiping the cold sweat from her brow, Tsunade felt a wave of relief. If she had acted a moment later, the last gate wouldn't have held. Thankfully, her Sage Mode chakra had reinforced the gates, allowing them to withstand the final impact.

Behind the iron gates, countless Konoha ninjas stared in shock and awe at the scene before them. Surviving such devastation filled them with both gratitude and amazement at Tsunade's decisive actions and incredible power.

Kumo, however, was not so fortunate. In the aftermath of the blast, the future Fourth Raikage, A, emerged from the debris, his face blackened with soot and his rage boiling over as he glared toward Konoha.

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"Damn it! At all costs—kill them!"

Although Tsunade's Triple Rashōmon had blocked the Tailed Beast Bomb, the explosion's shockwave had spread outward, devastating the surrounding Kumo forces. Few, if any, survived the blast.

This is why tailed beasts were considered ultimate weapons—the Tailed Beast Bomb was a force of pure annihilation.

"Kill!"

The battle didn't cease even after the devastation caused by the Tailed Beast Bomb. Instead, both sides fought even more ferociously.

As the encirclement tightened, the gargantuan figure of the Eight-Tails loomed closer, now visible to both Kumo and Konoha forces.

However, when the Kumo ninjas saw the Konoha shinobi fighting against their Raikage, shock spread through their ranks.

"Uchiha brat! Your Hokage has abandoned you and fled! Victory belongs to us!"

Under the wild laughter of the Third Raikage, he transformed into a flash of lightning and continued to fight relentlessly.

On the battlefield, Shirou also became a streak of lightning, coordinating with the red glow of Kushina. The collision of these three terrifying presences shook the battlefield repeatedly.

Every clash caused the ground to quake and mountains to tremble, especially with Uzumaki Kushina in her Four-Tails state. Even though she retained her rationality, the chakra leaking from the Four-Tails completely overshadowed everyone else.

Every move she made carried an earth-shattering momentum, reminiscent of the explosive battle between the Four-Tails and Orochimaru in the original story.

"Konoha's ninja can go toe-to-toe with the Third Raikage!"

Fire Release: Hiding in Ash and Dust Technique!

Suddenly, Shirou seized an opportunity. He exhaled a cloud of high-temperature dust from his mouth, which spread violently outward from his position.

The moment the dust technique was unleashed, the Third Raikage immediately realized its danger and cursed the intelligence department of his village for their incompetence.

"Kushina!"

With the dust obscuring their vision, Shirou shouted, and Kushina, hidden within the dust, responded with a roar.

"Damn it! You two are both sensory-type ninjas!"

Even with his heightened senses, the Third Raikage was affected by the dust cloud's obstruction, while Shirou closed his eyes and launched a series of attacks.

In his hand, the Kusanagi Sword gleamed with lightning, clashing against the Raikage's Lightning Release Armor, sparks flying with every strike. Enraged, the Raikage concentrated his chakra at his fingertips once more.

Hell Stab One-Finger Nukite!

The Third Raikage's combat style was deceptively simple: activate the Lightning Release Armor and engage in close combat. If he encountered a strong opponent, his ultimate technique, Hell Stab, would be his most powerful offensive move. A typical "one move to dominate the world" approach.

"You Konoha brat! Let me teach you that the battlefield is no place for petty tricks!"

Lightning flashed as Shirou, sensing danger, suddenly changed his expression. At that moment, the Third Raikage burst out of the dust cloud with undiminished speed, transforming into a streak of lightning aimed directly at Konoha's forces.

"Not good!"

Under the watchful eyes of both sides on the battlefield, the Konoha ninjas were filled with shock and anger, while the Kumo ninjas showed expressions of excitement.

The Third Raikage, in his most powerful piercing attack, charged straight toward the figure behind the battered triple Rashomon gates.

Tsunade Senju!

"Tsunade Senju! Taking your head will compensate for the loss of the Third Hokage's head!"

Surrounded by a violent aura of lightning, the Third Raikage sped toward Tsunade with such speed that there was no chance to dodge.

"Raikage! Die!"

Yet, instead of dodging, Tsunade showed only fury. Raising her fist high, she prepared to unleash a strike so powerful it could pierce even the defense of Susanoo.

"Raikage!"

At the same time, passing through the smoke and following closely behind, Shirou's Sharingan locked onto the Raikage's attack.

This strike was unavoidable for Tsunade!

The terrifying piercing power of the Hell Stab One-Finger Nukite could tear Tsunade in half, and though her full-force punch could severely injure or even kill the Raikage, she lacked any defensive measures.

"Die!"

"Die!"

As the two locked eyes in fury and prepared to deliver their devastating blows, suddenly...

"Impossible!"

In an instant, the Third Raikage's face reflected a blue light. In his shocked pupils, a terrifying Wind Release jutsu, emitting an ear-piercing hum, appeared in his line of sight.

Space-Time Ninjutsu!

That Uchiha brat could use the Second Hokage's technique!

Wind Release: Rasenshuriken

Uchiha Shirou and Uzumaki Kushina appeared in front of Tsunade in an instant. Under the claws of Kushina's Nine-Tails form, a massive Rasengan was spinning violently.

With the terrifying addition of the Wind Release chakra transformation, the A-rank Rasengan had evolved into an S-rank technique of devastating power.

"No escape!"

The Third Raikage felt the threat of death, his pupils contracting sharply.

Piercing jutsu like his were inherently flawed—at such close range, even if his eyes could see the attack, his body's sheer momentum made it impossible to dodge. With a furious roar, he unleashed his most powerful strike.

The massive Rasenshuriken collided with the Hell Stab One-Finger Nukite, and with the Raikage's enraged roar, he not only refused to back down but also increased his assault.

"This is—!"

A thunderous explosion erupted as the Rasenshuriken detonated into a massive sphere of light. The terrifying Wind Release energy rotated fiercely, annihilating everything within the sphere.

"Lord Raikage!"

"Father!"

The sudden turn of events on the battlefield was too fast for anyone to process. Ninja battles allowed no time for hesitation or reaction.

From the moment the Third Raikage targeted Tsunade, to Shirou and Kushina's sudden intervention, to the devastating release of the Wind Release ultimate jutsu—all of it happened in an instant.

"This is already a Wind Release technique of ultimate mastery!"

The power of the Rasenshuriken was shocking, leaving everyone in awe of its destructive potential.

"Impossible..."

"This jutsu... no one could survive that..."

The terrifying force of the jutsu continued to rotate, its ear-piercing hum echoing as the massive blue chakra sphere disintegrated the very rocks within it into dust.

Everything was reduced to ash before the naked eye.

"Lord Raikage!"

"Impossible!"

As the sphere's energy gradually dissipated, it revealed the aftermath—nothing but scorched earth, with no trace of the Third Raikage in sight. Konoha's forces erupted in excitement, while the Kumo ninja were struck dumb with disbelief.

Their Third Raikage had actually...

At that moment, the cry of a thousand birds resonated. Shirou's hand crackled with lightning as his Sharingan spun furiously, the three tomoe linking into a continuous pattern.

"This jutsu doesn't leave a corpse!"

Shirou's cold proclamation rang out as he sensed the Raikage's chakra and launched his next attack. From the pit left by the explosion, a streak of lightning emerged from the earth.

"Die!"

The Third Raikage had never looked so battered, his body covered in blood and his fury at its peak.

He had been so close—just a little more, and it would have been over!

If not for his desperate gamble, using the piercing ability of his Hell Stab One-Finger Nukite, he slightly altered its trajectory at the moment it clashed with the technique. He drove it directly into the ground, burrowing underground to evade the ninjutsu.

Thus, this Wind Release ultimate-level technique only managed to strike the Third Raikage for an instant before he escaped into the earth.

Hell Stab One-Finger Nukite!

Chidori!

Two bolts of lightning illuminated the night sky, colliding under the gazes of both sides' ninjas. In that moment, Chidori seemed to undergo a transformation.

The chirping sound of the Chidori vanished in an instant, leaving only the silent glow of lightning. This had already become the S-rank silent Lightning Blade!

"Uchiha!"

"Raikage!"

The two glared at each other in fury as the lightning from both sides clashed, erupting in a terrifying and dazzling brilliance.

Amid the spray of blood, under the shocked gazes of the surrounding ninjas, an arm flew through the air, while Shirou's chest was left bloodied and mutilated.

The Raikage's pupils contracted.

No! Impossible! This strike had been aimed directly at his head but in that fleeting moment of distraction... Was it space-time ninjutsu...?