Daimyo /Chapter 64 Goodbye Tsunade

Shimotsuki Kōmei snapped his head back 180 degrees at light speed, finding the figure he had yearned for standing behind him.

He released the Konoha Ninja he was holding, took a few steps forward, turned, put his hands behind his back, and faced the main Konoha force.

"Who are you?" asked Tsunade, who had just arrived.

Shimotsuki Kōmei struggled to control his legs, which wanted to rush towards Tsunade; his feet were already completely sunken into the ground.

Behind his back, his hands were tightly clasped together, fingers intertwined, as he continuously hypnotized himself, reminding himself that it was Tsunade he was pulling.

He so wanted to rush forward and embrace Tsunade, but he couldn't. He was afraid of bringing danger to Tsunade. Countless eyes were watching, and Zetsu might also be present.

In his mind, he kept repeating, one year, at most one year, and he could be with Tsunade forever.

Taking a deep breath, Shimotsuki Kōmei replied,

"I am the Da Organization's Emperor Leader. Why is it that only one of Konoha's Sannin has come?"

The words escaped the cage of Shimotsuki Kōmei's mouth, breaking free with a hoarse, choked sound.

"Hmph, I alone are enough. Why did you attack the Konoha Ninja?"

Tsunade powerfully punched the air.

Shimotsuki Kōmei shook his head, not directly answering Tsunade's question.

"Konoha Village truly gets worse year by year, wantonly slaughtering the civilians of the Land of Rain, completely disgracing Senju Hashirama."

Tsunade unclenched her fist, lowered her hands, and fell silent.

"Lady Tsunade, don't listen to his nonsense! He attacked first, ambushing me and shattering my knee!"

"Lady Tsunade, look around! Where are the civilian corpses? He's slandering us! It's his fault!"

"Right, right! Lady Tsunade, quickly kill him!"

Three Konoha Ninja fled back to the main Konoha force, shouting wildly.

"Heh!"

Shimotsuki Kōmei snorted, his left eye closed, his right eye slightly narrowed. He stomped his foot hard, sending gravel flying.

He flicked a small stone with his thumb and middle finger.

The stone flew at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

"Be careful!"

Tsunade infused her right hand with monstrous strength and slammed it into the ground, sending a large chunk of earth flying to block the stone's path.

The stone instantly pierced through the earth and continued flying, striking a certain Ninja's head. It was the one whose knee Shimotsuki Kōmei had shattered, experiencing a streak of bad luck, winning the lottery twice in a row.

It exploded like a watermelon, splattering red and white onto the surrounding Ninja.

"I told you that you were noisy. Why didn't you listen?"

The two Ninja who had been jumping around moments earlier nodded like pounding garlic, pulled kunai from their pouches, quickly cut off a section of their sleeves, and stuffed them into their mouths.

"Bastard, what are you doing? Why did you kill him?"

"Hmm, it's all your fault. If you hadn't blocked, I could have gotten three with one shot."

Shimotsuki Kōmei calmly raised his last three fingers, his thumb and index finger coincidentally forming a circle.

Tsunade was very angry, breathing heavily, her chest heaving violently.

Shimotsuki Kōmei glanced at her, intentionally or unintentionally. It had gotten a bit bigger; the small buns had become large buns.

"Tsunade."

The team led by Tsunade had not yet arrived at the designated meeting point.

After waiting for a long time, the agreed time had passed. Jiraiya and Orochimaru, worried that Tsunade's team might be in danger, had followed the route to find them.

"What happened?"

Jiraiya sensed that the atmosphere was off. Not to mention that Tsunade's team members weren't talking, even their breathing was cautious.

Tsunade raised her hand and pointed to the headless corpse on the ground.

"Who did it?"

"That masked bastard. Be careful, he's very strong."

Jiraiya and Orochimaru turned to look at Shimotsuki Kōmei, observing him carefully from top to bottom.

"Konoha's Sannin are all here, but it's no different."

"Why did you kill him? Did he offend you?"

Shimotsuki Kōmei clenched his right fist, and a fierce Wind Release swirled around him, covering his entire body.

"Be careful!"

Tsunade's words were cut short.

"You dare to question me? Hanzou let you off."

Shimotsuki Kōmei landed in front of Jiraiya, delivering a full-force punch to Jiraiya's stomach, sending him flying backward.

"You are ungrateful, destroying his country."

"Whoosh!"

He instantly appeared behind Jiraiya and kicked him in the back.

"Killing his people."

"Whoosh!"

He appeared above Orochimaru's head, stomping hard on Orochimaru's shoulders with both feet.

Orochimaru was completely stomped into the ground, with only his head exposed.

"You are saddened that I killed one Konoha Ninja, but you have killed so many civilians of the Land of Rain, and I haven't seen you express any sorrow."

Tsunade instructed her team members to help Jiraiya up and dig Orochimaru out.

"In war, people die. They deserved it. Why waste words with him? Let's all attack and kill him!"

"Silence!"

The Konoha Ninja who had just arrived shouted in dissatisfaction; the thousands of Konoha Ninja gave him courage.

Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru tried to stop them, but it was too late. They immediately organized the Ninja for defense.

"Well said. If I kill you all, you will have died for a good cause."

"Wait, Emperor Leader, we can talk."

Tsunade walked to the front of the team, facing Shimotsuki Kōmei directly.

"Talk about what? What is there to talk about?"

The surrounding wind slowly grew wild, and rain poured down in torrents.

Shimotsuki Kōmei slowly ascended, looking down at the Konoha Ninja forces from above.

"Three minutes. If you can last three minutes, I will spare you."

"Tch, what's with the act? We weren't even afraid of Hanzou."

Shimotsuki Kōmei pointed his hand at the Konoha Ninja forces, and countless raindrops, comparable to C-rank Ninjutsu, fell upon them.

Since Tsunade was there, he didn't want to kill everyone in Konoha; sleeping on the couch later wouldn't be pleasant.

"Earth Release Ninja, quickly use defensive Ninjutsu!"

"Summoning Jutsu!"

The three Sannin summoned their Spirit Beasts.

"Jiraiya, you're in big trouble!" Gamabunta breathed fire from his mouth and brandished his weapon.

"Orochimaru, oh dear, this time I'll need five hundred live people!" The thick-skinned Manda swept away the raindrops with his tail.

Tsunade's Katsuyu was very quiet, splitting into many smaller Katsuyu to heal the injured Konoha Ninja.

The Konoha Ninja gradually adapted to the rhythm, and the number of injured stopped increasing.

"That's all? I thought he was much stronger."

"Good, good, good. Konoha Ninja have guts. I'll make it a bit harder for you."

Shimotsuki Kōmei awakened the sleeping fierce wind, and the ground situation instantly worsened, with casualties gradually increasing.

"Everyone, try to stick together and defend collaboratively."

The three Sannin stood on the outer perimeter, cooperating with their Spirit Beasts to block Shimotsuki Kōmei's attacks.

Three minutes.

"Time's up. I'll spare your lives. Next time we meet, fate will not continue to favor you."

Shimotsuki Kōmei stopped his attack, grabbed Junzō, who was hiding nearby watching the show, and, after several Body Flickers, gradually moved away.

The Konoha people, still shaken, collapsed onto the ground.

The three Sannin tallied the casualties. One-tenth had died in the battle, and sixty percent of the Ninja were injured.

Most were Genin and Chunin, and the several Jonin who had received special attention from Shimotsuki Kōmei had, of course, also died.

"Alas, given the current situation, we must retreat to the border base to regroup."

"That's right. With sixty percent injured, if the Land of Rain were to attack, these people would be in considerable danger."

After discussing, the three Sannin quickly organized the Konoha Ninja to withdraw.