Chapter 134 : Almost Died (Rewrite)

Kirito looked towards the destroyed area filled with smoke. The smoke was slowly fading and there stood a huge man with lightning cracking around him. 

Kirito's eyes widened. The same was the case with Kashin, Ashina and her granddaughter.

This person was none other than Raikage.

"he survived ?" Kirito muttered to himself.

It's hard to believe that a person can really survive that blast but if there is a shinobi out there who can, then Raikage is definitely one of them.

"Well, not like I totally did not anticipate this. This guy did fight and won against the eight tail after all" Kirito thought to himself.

"But it would have been really nice if he had died. Would have saved me a lot of trouble." Kirito now was more worried about who would be able to handle Raikage. He should end this pointless war now, right? He is alone after all? Well, his thinking came to a halt the moment he saw what was behind the Raikage.

"What, no that's not possible. I can understand that he can save himself because of his lightning armour but how his army is intact" Kirito said and even people around him like Kashin and Ashina also heard and nodded in agreement.

"No that's not the case, look more closely. There are fewer in numbers and also a lot of lot of them are hurt and burned." Kashin's keen eyes see the difference before anyone else.

Kirito followed what Kashin pointed out and only now he was realizing what might have happened.

"Maybe my calculation about the blast was not wrong after all. It was Raikage." Kirito muttered this to himself realizing what really happened here.

Apparently, the Raikage was able to throw the Biju Dama towards the erected barrier before it was blasted. Then he also used his own body and lightning armour to pin the blast directly to the barrier until it exploded.

This significantly reduced how much his own remaining army was affected by the blast. Secondly, the remaining army also ended up sacrificing their own men to save the rest of them. Using their comrades as shields.

"They used their own comrades as shields to protect themselves. Morally this is just plain wrong, but this surely gave them a fighting chance. And they are still alive. Around 3000 of them." Ashina said with a low tone of anger.

"Well desperate times demand desperate measures I guess" Kashin added.

"I need some time to recover. You three have to handle Raikage and the rest of the army" Kirito said.

"Three," Asked Ashina but then looked towards where Kirito and Kashin were looking.

The no-name girl was standing there looking like a puppet not sure what she should do.

Ashina was about to call out to her but at this time the Raikage started moving towards them.

The powerful aura he was emitting was pressing down on all of them. Even his own army.

"This is troublesome," Kirito said with his best imitation of Shikamaru.

"Uzukage, that's what they call you here right? I never anticipated that you would cost me this many of my men to take down your village" Raikage said with a low growl.

"How the hell did you get a Biju Dama? Since when the Uzumaki country is hiding a Jinchuriki" Raikage asked.

It was apparent that Raikage now was very interested in the imaginary Biju he was thinking which the Uzumaki had.

After hearing this, both Kashin and Ashina looked towards Kirito with questioning eyes.

"How the hell do you guys think that I was able to come here when that seal of yours is a chakra-devouring sink ?" Kirito replied before they asked him.

"Okay then, take my granddaughter and get out of here. We are going to take care of Raikage and the rest of the army." Both Kashin and Ashina told Kirito.

"You both will die if you went against him alone" Kirito said trying to stop them but he himself did not have a better idea of what to do.

Both Kashin and Ashina looked at Kirito with a smile.

"We will gladly die if that means protecting our people," Ashina said.

Kirito looked at this and did not say anything. He can't because it is not his place to say. They were fighting for what they considered right.

At this time, Raikage raises his hand and points out 3 fingers.

"There it comes. Raikages Lightning Spear" Kirito thought. But then notice something. It was not pointed towards Ashina, Kashin. But rather himself.

His eyes widen. "What, one minute, why me". Kirito was about to mutter this out but even before that Raikage launched himself towards himself.

Raikage was like lightning itself. With a flash, he disappears from his place and immediately appears near Kirito.

"Shit," Kirito thought.

Raikage was only a little bit away from Kirito when suddenly a Kashin appeared near Kirito. The speed was so fast that it even rivals Kirito's and Raikage's own speed.

Kirito was not even able to see Kashin move. But Raikage sure did notice Kashin. But he still did not care. There are not many people who can stop his strongest spear.

Just when Raikage's finger was close enough to Kirito he could practically feel it getting drilled inside him. A sword edge by the tip of the blade is connected with the upcoming finger and changes the direction of the attack upwards.

This sword was none other than Kashin's.

This all happened so fast that it almost looked like time slowed down for Kirito. And when he realizes that he is safe, he comes back to his senses and the time flow also resumes for him. He immediately notices who saved him.

It was none other than Kashin.

"You, how you became so fast," Kirito asked with belief.

"Hahaha, there are a lot of things which I did not teach you, boy. Now let me take care of this fight. It's damn time the elders set some good standards for the new leaves like you" Kashin said.

Kashin decided to fight Raikage alone while Ashina decided to take care of the remaining army.

"There will be no standard setting old man. This blond kid is the reason why so many of my men died. I will kill him even if I have to raise this entire land to flames" Raikage said with anger inside him. It was apparent that he considered Kirito much more troublesome than the other people standing there. And that too for a good reason.

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