Chapter 51: The Attack VI

Lying in a hole in the ground, the Raikage remained motionless while thinking about what had just happened.

‘I didn’t notice that guy moving, and when I did, he was already dodging my attack ... Is he faster than me?’

Slowly getting up from the ground, the Raikage felt his chest, which was a bit sore. Tsunade’s hit was direct; he didn’t even have a chance to lessen the impact, it all happened so fast.

‘They moved in perfect sync. The Senju Princess already knew that guy could deflect my attack, and then prepared in advance to strike me... ‘

The more he analyzed what had just happened, the stranger it seemed.

‘He can’t be faster than me ... So how did he manage to get close without me noticing?’

The Raikage began to walk slowly towards Tsunade and Yujin while thinking. What had just happened seemed so mysterious that he wanted to understand it before returning to the battle.

‘Is it possible that he’s faster than me? No... ‘

Although the obvious answer that he was faster seemed the most apparent, the Raikage had too much confidence in his speed to think there was an unknown person faster than him. When he tried to approach the situation from another angle, however, he realized.

‘He stayed out of my field of vision most of the time. I thought he would join the battle at some point since he was with the Senju Princess, so I always kept his location in mind. But when I saw the opportunity to kill the Senju Princess by destroying all the obstacles in front of me... ‘

When he reached this point in his thoughts, realization dawned on the Raikage, who seemed genuinely surprised.

‘Just before my attack, he always stayed in my blind spot, and when I went to attack, he used the rocks that were in front of me, as well as the fragments of the broken stones from my attack, to move without my eyes seeing him ... He reached the back of the Senju Princess along with me, all calculated.’

Looking at Yujin next to Tsunade, the Raikage frowned and thought coldly.

‘Even the Senju Princess’s strike was in his calculations. He’s dangerous, I need to deal with him first.’

Yujin observed his hand that had come into contact with the Raikage’s wrist and commented towards Tsunade.

“I only touched briefly, and I suffered injuries ... This lightning is really difficult to deal with.”

Tsunade observed Yujin’s hand, which was slightly dark, with traces of burns, and asked.

“Will the injury hinder you during the fight?”

Yujin then closed his fists and, although he felt pain, it wasn’t too bad.

“I’ll be fine. Leaving that aside, stay alert, he’ll probably attack me next.”

Tsunade nodded, aware that it was a high possibility. Yujin’s interference caused the Raikage to suffer a powerful blow. Because of Tsunade’s lack of speed, he will probably lower his guard against Tsunade and focus on Yujin. With Yujin out of the picture, Tsunade will be easier to deal with later.

It didn’t take long for the Raikage to approach, and Yujin and Tsunade were surprised by the apparent lack of injuries on the Raikage’s body.

Although Tsunade didn’t think it would be a critical hit, she expected it would have caused some kind of injury, but by the Raikage’s appearance, there seemed to be none.

Yujin was even more surprised since he saw up close how powerful Tsunade’s strike was. The fact that there seemed to be no injury surprised him greatly.

“His defense is more powerful than I expected.”

Tsunade commented in a low voice, thinking about how to handle this situation. Although that wasn’t the most powerful blow she could deliver, it wasn’t far from it.

If it didn’t injure him with that, it won’t injure him with anoter slightly more powerful. The only thing she can think of is trying to focus her blows on the same part of the Raikage’s body, to try to injure him through persistence.