Chapter 218: Taking all the Blame!

Just like others before them, this group too was shocked by what they were witnessing. The Land of Hot Water forces didn't dare to approach this place after confirming Kumogakure's presence. Though they heard the news of floods coming out from here, they stayed away from Kumogakure ninjas. So they never knew about the destruction of the mine.

Even Kakashi was unaware of the truth as Hiruzen didn't inform him about Jiraiya's actions. Tokuhei analyzed the entire landscape and cursed, "The entire mine has been destroyed by those bastards!"

Mifune and Kakashi didn't say anything as they too reached the same conclusion.

Mifune sighed, "We will first have to clean up this place and make new arrangements. Though the surface of the mine has been destroyed, the valuable materials inside it should be safe."

However, he frowned and said, "But Kumogakure has crossed all limits this time. Not only did they mine illegally, they even destroyed the mine before leaving."

Tokuhei looked at Mifune and requested, "Lord Mifune, we have to make Kumogakure pay for their actions. Otherwise, they will keep behaving like this!"The debut release of this chapter happened at Ñøv€l-B1n.

Mifune thought for a bit before shaking his head. He said, "It won't be easy. I believe that they destroyed this mine to clear all their traces. Without any proof, we won't be able to take any action. Besides, though we have threatened Kumogakure, I doubt any of us want a war with them."



Kakashi nodded, "Yeah. It's best if war is prevented. Otherwise, everyone's losses will far exceed the value of this mine. But, we could still make them pay economically."

Mifune replied, "True. But let's leave that to the Daimyos."

He looked at everyone behind them and instructed, "Begin cleaning this place. Also, see if you can find any evidence to prove that the Kumogakure forces were here."

The Samurais and the Ninjas got to work. Mifune said, "Clearing up this mine will take a lot of time. I can't wait here that long. I will wait here until all the countries reach an agreement. Once all countries have signed up, every major village will deploy 50 ninjas to protect this mine and I will leave 200 Samurais here for the same."

Tokuhei and Kakashi nodded. Everyone got to work. However, they didn't find any clues that could be linked to Kumogakure.

With A dropping plans for the invasion, all villages agreed to share the mine. The Land of Iron will be responsible for mining and distributing the chakra metal and other precious metals at the same level among the villages that protected the mine.



Lightning appeared around his two fingers and a huge portion of his chakra began transforming into Lightning and gathered in his two fingers. After 40 seconds, around 24% of Fujin's chakra had been transformed into Lightning and concentrated in his hands. He shouted, "NOW!"

His shadow clone immediately bit his thumb making it bleed, made a snake hand seal and slammed his hands on the ground.

'Summoning Jutsu : Rashomon'

At the same time, Fujin launched an arrow made of lightning straight at the Rashomon gate. The Arrow hit the gate and created a huge explosion!

The force of the explosion immediately pushed Fujin backwards. Fujin covered his face and tried to look at the spot of the explosion. Chakra gathered in his eye as he tried to observe through the intense light.

He couldn't help but think, 'The scroll was right! Luckily I took the warning seriously and decided to use Rashomon. Otherwise, my house would have been heavily damaged despite all the seals!'

After a few seconds, the explosion died down. Fujin could see the Rashomon Gate. It still stood but its surface was filled with cracks.

Fujin stepped closer and observed the gate. His eyes widened as he realized, 'Incredible! The cracks go up to halfway in the gate. It's even more impressive compared to the damage from my Vacuum Canon.'

Fujin analyzed for a minute and concluded, 'In terms of pure destructive power, this is my most powerful jutsu. But, in terms of usability, it is one of the worst. Though the destructive power is high, the chakra it needs is more than ten times that of the Vacuum Cannon jutsu.

Worse is the preparation time. The scroll stated that this time can be reduced with training, but it will still take a long time. At the very least, this jutsu will require 5 seconds of charging time. So in a normal situation, it will be quite useless.

I guess this jutsu is most effective when there are teammates to provide that time. But considering that I plan to use Lightning jutsus while in disguise, I don't have that option. Though I guess that I could still use shadow clones for that purpose.'

Fujin analyzed the pros and cons of the jutsu and decided, 'If I train this jutsu, my training will be over in 4 attempts. I won't be able to train anymore on that day. So though it looks cool, it will be harmful if I waste months trying to slowly master this jutsu. I can think about practicing this jutsu once my chakra has multiplied a few times over. For now, I should focus on mastering other jutsus.'

Having made his decision, Fujin decided to master the Iron Skin jutsu.