Chapter 90.3- One Thousand Hands

I allowed her comparatively amateurish manipulation of the earth beneath me to go through, and the ground trapped my feet beneath it once I moved again. The triumphant expression on her face was a thing to behold as she twisted her chakra as she wound up the attack and swung. The added weight rock jutsu, most definitely, I thought, as I replaced myself with a mud clone.

The attack didn’t even give it a chance, splattering it all over the mountain. She had blown its entire upper body off in one blow. I dug my way out of the earth, applauding the effort.

“That was pretty good for someone of your level. Thank you” I said, and I truly meant it.

It seemed she wasn’t all that interested in receiving compliments from me though as she twisted into the lightweight rock jutsu again and both her clones picked her up and launched her like a missile. Once again, right before she made impact, she twisted into the added weight technique. I memorized that as well, as I allowed the seal I stored my nature energy in to open up and give me a slight boost.

The 70:30 ratio was all I needed to catch her rock covered fist even with all the added mass and arrest her momentum. I swung her over, shooting her into the floor. She spat out some blood I allowed fly past my face. Her clones tried to interfere. I showed them that when it came to earth release, they stood no chance, as I turned the ground they ran across into mud. Mud that dragged them into its depths.

She tried to push forward, and I twisted my chakra just like I’d seen her do, applying earth release nature to her body. Her body slumped against the ground as the added weight technique took hold. The mixture of confusion and rage on her face was a pleasure to see as I stood up straight.

“You got what you wanted, I see” Uraume said off from the side.

“I did.” I said.

“How strong would you say she is?” I asked, looking down.

“Easily as strong as the strongest Jounin. I don’t think I’d be able to beat her even with both my hands” She said. I nodded.

“Strange that Iwa was just so willing to allow someone that strong to retire into civilian life” I said, stepping back to allow Uraume reapply the genjutsu and poison.

Uraume snapped her head to the side, leaving what she was doing. It took a few seconds before I noticed someone come into the edge of my range. An anbu agent moving at full speed. He was in the training ground in a matter of seconds.

“Movement at the border, Hokage-sama. Reports say the Kazekage moves towards the village with a force of twelve.” He said a second after landing with one knee on the ground, and masked head turned towards the ground. I wondered what he hoped to achieve with that much. Surely not an attack.

Another Anbu agent appeared right next to his fellow.

“Urgent communication from Suna, Hokage-sama” He said, handing a scroll over to me. I took a hold of it, running my chakra across it to check for seals or traps. Finding no latent chakra within it as expected— if a trap managed to make it this far, there would be hell to pay— I opened the scroll.

“What does it say?” Uraume asked as I devoured it with my eyes.

“The Kazekage has agreed to my terms. He asked that I prepare for his arrival in haste. How polite of him to tell me right as he begins to approach”