Chapter 49.4- One Thousand Hands

He flew backwards for a second or two, and then his feet were dragging against the ground until he came to a halt.

“Extend Enma” She heard the Hokage’s voice bark, but the staff did nothing but strain against the Raikage’s crossed arms. The man was the epitome of physical power, and it showed.

Sensei was in the fray again, Chakra saber lashing out to aim at the Raikage’s neck. The man did not even move and the saber caught itself against the lightning cloak that covered the muscular man from head to toe and did not bulge. Her eyes narrowed. Sensei’s saber could cut through anything, she knew. Especially when he used it as he did with his chakra clinging to it in white flashes.

The Raikage heaved and then uncrossed his arms, sending the staff into the air before he turned back to Sensei. One of the most dangerous men in Konoha, Sensei was far from being a pushover, but when the Third Raikage’s full force turned against him, it was all the man could do to backpedal. The third Raikage was not just pure offensive power like his build suggested, she surmised. For one, he was fast. Faster than most without doujutsu would even be able to track. Add to that the fact that he was so strong that he could not be blocked, only redirected, plus the ungodly durability he exhibited with stopping Sensei’s saber cold against his neck of all places. If there was any man to be described as the perfect weapon, it was this one.

And as he chased Sensei’s backpedalling form, the ground beneath him turned to mud that began to push him backwards. She was reminded that this perfect weapon fought against Konoha’s greatest scholar. He landed a few meters back, and was instantly bathed in flames. A dragon flame bullet so hot that she had been able to feel her hair sustain damage even from this distance. The explosion died out, and the. Raikage remained there, smirking.

“That the best you can do, Hiruzen? And they told me you were better than your Sensei. If this is the limit of your power, then Tobirama Senju must have been a truly pitiful man” The Raikage said, taking a step forward. He looked around, and she realised that he was only just noticing the losses he was experiencing while the Hokage and Sensei led him around by the nose. He didn’t seem to care either way though, just smirking before shooting off again. She noticed that his hand, which had previously had all fingers pointing straight had shifted position so the thump and pinky were held down while the other three pointed outwards.

Sensei slammed his hands on the ground and two enormous walls rose faster than she had ever seen anyone succeed with the jutsu. Still, they might as well have never been there for all the protection they offered. Still, they obscured the Raikage’s view for a fraction of a second and that was all Sensei needed to pull off his substitution.