Chapter 66: Underwater Struggle, Death and Complications

Chapter 66: Underwater Struggle, Death and Complications

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As soon as Ken made his clones and started forming as many whirlpools as possible, A descended into the waters.

Unlike before, the sensors could pick up on the use of ninjutsu, and they were able to direct A properly.

The son of the Raikage didn't hesitate for one bit, he plunged into the depths as his body sparkled with lighting, he cut through the water as steam rose up from all around him, bubbles rose to the surface as electricity spread out everywhere the Kage went.

A managed to keep his eyes peeled open even under the salty sea, his cloak of lightning preventing the salt from harming his eyes.

And finally, A saw it.

A strange humanoid-looking creature. Scaly, with fish-like features. A short black hair and a grey fox Anbu mask...

The strange transformation immediately reminded him of Ken, but there were also plenty of differences.

Ken didn't seem to have any gills or fins, nor did he seem to have a human torso while transformed.

There were plenty of other differences, but A didn't have any time to consider them all, as he rushed in towards the closest clone to him.

He now understood how the whirlpools were happening as well... The clones of the masked assailant just seemed to be spinning with enough velocity to create an underwater current strong enough to suck everything in.

It was impressive, but A didn't have the time to marvel at it either. He knew that he had to stop the Whirlpools from happening.

The first clone he attacked was what first made him realise that his mission wasn't going to be as easy as he had hoped it would be...

As soon as he reached the depths and came closer to the middle of one of the whirlpools, he felt his body being pulled towards the middle of it.

Even he found it difficult to resist the current, but that wasn't the only issue...

The clone of the masked man noticed him almost immediately, and instead of facing off against him, it decided to start running away.

Underwater, A's speed seemed to be no match for the man-fish hybrid. He was left in the 'dust' as Whirlpool had already become self-sustaining.

'Shit! At this rate, I won't be able to catch any of them!'

That was when his father joined him.

The Raikage had been trailing behind A from the moment that he had jumped into the water.

With sickening precision, the Raikage sliced the clone that had been fleeing from A in two.

The clone exploded into a flurry of lightning, which sparked the waters around them even further, but it wasn't able to do any harm to the Raikage.

The father and son duo reunited wordlessly underneath the waters, and the two of them teamed up to go after the other clones.

Together, they were slower than the man and his clones, but together they could work to catch them by surprise... Or so they thought.

When they approached the next clone, it was ready for them. Its claws were already extended.

it used the momentum from the underwater tornado it had been forming to fling itself towards A, its tail spinning towards him like a cleaver, aiming to decapitate him right away.

The Raikage was about to interfere, not willing to just sit by and get ignored in that way... But he wasn't being ignored at all...

Before he could even react, something extremely heavy crashed into him and sent him reeling, plunging further and further into the depths of the sea.

The Raikage was forced to exhale a bit as he was smacked into the bottom of the ocean. It was then that the Raikage noticed the actual speed of their opponent.

'Shit! This thing is as fast in water as I am on land... We need to get out of here!'

The Raikage now knew that he had no chance of facing the shinobi in water, so he immediately went all out.

Black Lightning extended from his body as all light vanished around him. He was in the abyss of the ocean and as soon as he turned to his Black Lighting, all of his vision was gone.

Maybe it was a foolish thing to do, as he had no way of knowing how the man he was fighting fared in the dark, but it was also the only way that the Raikage saw himself matching his opponent in speed.

The only problem?... The Raikage had been completely separated from his son.

'Shit!'

Well, at the very least, I hope that the Raikage learnt a lesson from this...

__________ POV Narration__________

The Raikage returned to the surface in a flurry, he noticed that the fight was over, so he assumed his son was already somewhere on the ships...

After looking for a few minutes, he ran into the Tsuchikage, who was still resting.

Old noki didn't seem to have any idea of where his son could be. He was merely catching his breath and had been doing so ever since the situation had concluded.

The Raikage continued looking and eventually ran into Yusuzo as well... Looking intact and clean, like he had just watched from the sidelines the entire time.

But the Raikage knew better than to assume that. He knew that Jinchuriki were powerful, and very rarely were they cowards.

"Oi, Jinchuriki!" The Raikage shouted, he tried to appear calm and authoritative, but panic somewhat seeped into his voice.

Yusuzo didn't seem to have any reaction to meeting him.

"Yes, Lord Raikage?" Yusuzo answered, his voice devoid of any fear, his eyes hidden by his hat.

"Have you seen my son, A? He's basically the spitting image of me, just younger..." The Raikage provided a basic description as he clenched his fists.

"... The last time I had seen him, he had plunged into the waters... You followed after him, did something happen?" Yusuzo tilted his head slightly as he observed the Raikage.

"SHIT!" The Raikage lashed out when hearing that, not at Yusuzo, just in general, he kicked a plank and cracked the wooden pieces of wood they were floating on.

"... We got separated in the middle of it. Our enemy seems to be specialized in underwater fights..." The Raikage was still able to compose himself and give a basic explanation as he rubbed his forehead in frustration.

"... I see... But I assume most of his attention was focused on you, right? I'm sure your son can handle himself, who knows? Maybe he's giving chase and trying to catch the enemy?" Yusuzo quickly attempted to calm down the Raiakge, to soothe his thoughts...

And it seemed to work out just fine.

The Raikage sighed and shook his head. 'That man didn't seem able to damage me even in my regular Lightning Mode... A should be just fine...'

"Thank you for the assurance, I guess we'll have to go on with the mission while waiting for him to catch up to us..."

The Raikage was clearly still worried, but he didn't seem to want to prioritise his worries instead of the mission.

Instead, he went back to his people, they needed his guidance.

Meanwhile, Yusuzo's gaze narrowed as he scowled.

'... It's safe to assume that A is dead...'

He had already studied that arm, he had hidden it in a scroll before the Raikage had arrived there, so he knew who it belonged to.

The cut was too clean... To the point where it didn't even look like it was cut.

It wasn't hard for Yusuzo to assume what could have done that. Just earlier, the Tsuchikage had been spamming a jutsu capable of causing such wounds...

The arm had some marks on it, as something extremely strong had coiled around it and exerted a lot of force...

It was almost as if he had been held in place...

'I can easily paint a picture of what happened down there... A is dead, and the Tsuchikage may have unintentionally killed him...'

Yusuzo could only clench his teeth together as he realised just how much that fact complicated the situation.

'... This 'saboteur' really is fucking with us, isn't he?...'

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Hope you liked the chapter!

Yeah, A is hella dead.

Some might've seen this coming since he really has only been hostile to the mc. His father also went ahead and helped start a world war (at least in this ff)(which the mc isn't a fan of).

I don't personally hate A in the original tbh, but he's not exactly someone that the mc has any reasons to keep alive in this ff

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