Smashing Hanzo

Araki was quite confused when he received a signal of help from Isao. He was taking a walk around the Clan Manor while absorbing the Senjutsu.

There was a seal on Isao's kunai. If Isao sent his chakra through this kunai, it would alert Araki shortly before summoning him there.

Although the application was quite similar to the Flying Raijin Jutsu, the one who was using this Jutsu was in reality Isao. Half of the concept of this seal was also based on the Reverse Summoning Jutsu.

Isao stared at Araki and briefly explained the situation to him.

Hanzo, the Akatsuki, and even Minato continued to stare at Araki, wide-eyed and dumbfounded. Well, Minato was flabbergasted because he had a wrong idea. But the same couldn't be said for the others.

"Who are you?" It was naturally Hanzo who asked this question. He had never once seen Araki in his life, so he didn't know how he looked like.

Araki ignored Hanzo and instead stared at Nagato, "So, you are Uzumaki Nagato, huh?"

As Nagato found himself being stared by Araki, he unconsciously sent chakra in his Rinnegan, seemingly preparing it to use a Jutsu. He didn't know why he felt such pressure from Araki when the latter hadn't even shown off his aura yet.

"Yes… I am Uzumaki Nagato. And before you speak what Isao has said, I won't be leaving without my comrades. I would rather die than leave them behind." Nagato said strongly, leaving a strong impact on whoever heard his voice.

To this, Araki started chuckling, "Well, if I do want to take you away then you can't die even if you want to. But still, since you want to take your comrades with you, alright. Let them come along as well."

His gaze turned serious as he said, "However, I won't allow them to enter the Senju Clan Manor. They will be given another residence where they can live temporality before I make any further decision regarding them."

"Huh? What?" Almost all the Akatsuki members couldn't help but be shocked at Araki's words. This youth, who seemed not much older than their leader, was telling them to come with him.

He hadn't just ignored Hanzo's question, he had also started to inform them of what would occur after he takes them away.

Was he that confident in leading them away from here?

And at the same time, Hanzo spoke, his voice growing colder and louder, "I asked, who are you?!"

A tremendous amount of aura hits Araki's body… It was as if Hanzo wanted to use his aura to intimidate Araki.

Whatever his plan was, it failed miserably.

Araki cocked his head to the side and stared at Hanzo, "Hmm… Your aura misses some points with the Third Hokage. Anyway, you have been asking for my identity, I guess it would be rude not to comply."

He turned his body to the Hanzo's side and said, "The Senju Clan Head, Senju Araki greets you."

"Senju Araki!" Almost all the shinobi around Araki except for Isao and Minato blurted out.

They were aware that Isao had called out for some sort of helper for himself. But they didn't anticipate that he would call out for the Senju Clan Head himself.

"So, you are the Senju Clan Head, huh? Let me tell you, Senju Araki, I won't be letting these Shinobi go-"

Araki seemed to have ignored Hanzo's words once again as he said to the Akatsuki Members, "Hmm? Why are you still standing there? Didn't I tell you that I would bring you away? Do you want me to beat you all up and take your unconscious bodies to the Senju Clan Manor?"

"B-but Hanzo-sama is right here…" One of them spoke while pointing at Hanzo and his shinobi. It seemed they feared him quite a lot.

"Hanzo… Danzo… Kanzo… Whatever… it's the same thing really. If they stand in my way, I will turn them into corpses." Araki said, quite casually.

But the thing was, the Shinobi around him couldn't be casual about this.

Hanzo's eyebrows twitched uncontrollably. This was the first time he had met someone speaking such words in front of himself. Not even the Third Hokage would dare to say these words.

Almost all of them were thinking 'Heavens! This Clan Head is so daring! He dares to speak such words in front of Hanzo-sama…!'

Meanwhile, Yahiko was looking at Araki with an awe-struck expression. This was precisely the level that he wanted to reach. He didn't know why, but he had a feeling that as long as this person protected them, even the god would have to back off.

Quickly making his decision, he ordered, "Everyone, go to Senju Araki's side. We will be going to Konoha."

Although a little surprised by their leader's orders, the Akatsuki Clan members immediately complied.

Hanzo gave the signal to his shinobi. And almost all of them attacked at the same time. Some of them were using Water Jutsu, Fire Jutsu, Earth Jutsu, and even the Lightning Jutsu.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu."

"Water Release: Water Bullet Jutsu."

"Earth Release: Great Boulder Jutsu!"

"Lightning Release: Lightning Arrow Jutsu!"

These series of attacks targeted the Akatsuki members immediately. Each of these Jutsus was used by at least 15 or so Shinobi. So, although these Jutsus were ranked quite low, they had combined with each other and formed strong Jutsus. Strong enough to kill most of the Akatsuki members as long as they struck them.

Yet, at that moment, wood suddenly started to grow from the ground near them.

Wood Walls formed around them in all four directions which protected them from these Jutsus.

Araki turned his head towards Hanzo and said, "I am willing to ignore this if you back away right now. Or else… not a single one of you would have their body intact."

"Is that a threat, Senju Araki?!" Hanzo spoke out, getting riled up as Araki asked him to back away.

"Not even the Sannin can ask me to back away. Who do you think you are dealing with?!" Hanzo said before finally making his move. He used the Body Flicker Jutsu to quickly cross the distance between himself and Araki.

To this, Araki let out a sigh, "Truly a fool… But I guess I can't expect you to back away unless I show you a hint of my power."

Hanzo was in front of Araki, and just as he was about to swing his Kusarigama at Araki. Araki raised his finger and stopped the Kusarigama with his single finger.

A shockwave occurred which seemed to crack the ground around them. Araki raised his brow and said, "Is that all? You couldn't even make me bleed. Truly disappointing…"

Before Hanzo even understood what happened, Araki grabbed his face and slammed him on the ground. Hanzo was grabbed so tightly that he couldn't even use the Body Flicker Jutsu or Substitution Jutsu.

However, while he was slammed down by Araki, he saw some markings on Araki's face. The markings which he hadn't seen before.

Araki had a frown on his face as he looked at Hanzo, "That was a little weaker than I expected. I guess I held back more than I thought. But still, it's a good thing you didn't die. I can't let Amegakure become a village without a Kage just yet. You still have a role to play in this war."

After that, Araki picked him up while grabbing on to his face and throwing him away. He said to Hanzo's Shinobi in that direction, "Take care of your Kage. Don't let him make any more rash movements. He could die, you know."

With that, he turned towards Nagato and the other Akatsuki Members who stared at him with wide-eyed looks.