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"What... what is this?!"
"So big!!"
"How is this even possible?!"
"Is this the end?!"
Everyone who witnessed the massive thunderball floating above them felt an overwhelming sense of fear and despair. Even Shisui and Itachi's expressions darkened. The amount of energy in that thunderball was enough to obliterate half of Sky Island.
No one though he could survive this.
"This is getting out of hand," Akira muttered, scratching his head casually.
"You're still joking?!" Hancock snapped, anger boiling in her voice as she saw his nonchalance. "Can't you just stop it like before?!"
"Yeah, I can slice it in half, but it'll still explode," Akira replied calmly.
"Then what do we do?!" Hancock's usual calm was shaken, the sheer panic creeping into her voice. There was no time to escape now. If that energy detonated, it would wipe them all out.
"Don't worry, I've got this," Akira said, flying up toward the colossal thunderball.
From above, Enel sneered. "Do you intend to sacrifice yourself to save your companions? How touching! But it's useless! There's only one outcome for those who dare challenge a god!" His voice echoed as he commanded, "Destroy them completely! Raigo!!"
This was Enel's ultimate move, shown to involve transforming his body into a gigantic version of itself made of pure lightning (his Amaru form) to maximally increase the strength and voltage behind his attacks.
The massive thunderball began descending toward Akira.
Unfazed, Akira pulled out a special kunai from his pocket. Attached to it was a talisman, inscribed with intricate symbols. Holding the kunai, Akira pressed his hands together in a series of seals, and a black spell formed in the sky.
The moment the thunderball touched the black spell, it seemed to be sucked in by the magic.
In an instant, the thunderball vanished without a trace.
"No... impossible!" Enel stammered, eyes wide in disbelief. "How could Raigo disappear?!"
Suddenly, a massive boom erupted from below, shaking the entire Sky Island.
"What... what just exploded?" Hancock asked in confusion, her voice barely audible over the rumble.
Shisui answered, "That explosion must have come from the White Sea, about three thousand meters below us."
"It must be the thunderball Enel I sent," Akira added with a grin.
Enel's face twisted in fury. "What did you do?!"
"Me? Oh, nothing much. I just moved your giant thunderball to a different location."
Hancock blinked, her mind trying to comprehend what had just happened. "How did you do that?"
Uchiha Shisui stepped in to explain, "That's the Flying Thunder God Technique. By using marked kunai, Akira can teleport objects or people to a predetermined location. It's a space-time ninjutsu."
"Flying Thunder God?" Hancock mused, starting to understand. She recalled seeing Akira throw those special kunai as they traveled from island to island.
"Flying Thunder God Technique," Shisui continued, "was created by the Second Hokage and perfected by the Fourth Hokage, making him the renowned Yellow Flash of the ninja world."
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As a time traveler, Akira couldn't resist mastering such a powerful technique like any naruto fan. Namikaze Minato had willingly taught him the technique on the condition that Akira wouldn't betray Konoha.
Akira had agreed—half-heartedly, of course. His loyalty was conditional on Konoha not betraying him first. Minato, in his prime back then, couldn't have foreseen the Nine Tails' attack that would claim his life.
After that, Konoha's leadership, particularly the Third Hokage had used his authority, directly blocking Akira from participating in the war. The consequences were devastating: Minato's family was slaughtered, leaving only the young Naruto behind, but the way the village treated Naruto angered Akira deeply.
To honor his debt to Minato, Akira took it upon himself to look after Naruto, much to the dismay of Konoha's higher-ups, who feared he might try to manipulate the Nine Tails. But Akira had little interest in the Nine Tails. At most, it would be like a pet—nothing more.
However, whenever Akira met with Naruto, Anbu and the Konoha leadership would grow tense, fearing the potential for another Nine Tails incident. Their concerns, though, were unfounded. Akira's interest in the Nine Tails was minimal—at best, he viewed it as little more than a pet. Like Uchiha Madara.
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"Do you have any other tricks, Enel?" Akira asked, his tone dismissive. "Bring them out. I'm getting bored."
"How dare you!" Enel's voice cracked as his fury boiled over, thunder crackling across his body. "I'll show you the true power of a god!"
"200 Million Volts Thor!!!"
In a flash, Enel's body transformed into a colossal figure of pure lightning, towering over the battlefield at nearly fifty meters tall.
"So big!!" the onlookers gasped, the sheer size of the thunder god weighing heavily on their minds.
"I am a god! You may have tricks, but no one can defeat the might of the strongest Logia user! Disappear!" Enel roared, launching himself at Akira, his fist raised to strike.
But as Enel's giant hand neared, Akira remained perfectly still.
Swish!
Suddenly, an arm of pure energy—blazing with the color of the sun—manifested out of nowhere, catching Enel's fist effortlessly.
"What is this?!" Enel shouted, his shock palpable as he saw an orange skeletal arm materialize around Akira.
The orange skeleton rapidly expanded, growing flesh, and soon armor formed around it. Wings sprouted from its back, and in the blink of an eye, a massive warrior god, more than 200 meters tall, stood in front of everyone, dwarfing Enel.
This was Susanoo—the pinnacle of the Uchiha clan's power.
Enel, now four or five times smaller than the Susanoo, stared in terror. He, the self-proclaimed god, was dwarfed by this being of overwhelming might.
Even the warriors of Kuja Island, including Hancock herself, were frozen in place, their faces pale as they gazed at the godlike figure before them.
"This... this... what is this?!" Hancock whispered, unable to take her eyes off the massive warrior.
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