Naruto: Growing Stronger Through Healing

"I heard that Elder Danzō is currently without a place to stay. My Land of Wind is vast and abundant in resources, so I have specially come to invite you to reside in the Hidden Sand Village. We will certainly treat you with the utmost courtesy."

Hearing Rasa's words, Danzō nearly laughed out of sheer fury.

It was true that the Land of Wind was vast—but rich in resources? That was nothing but empty rhetoric.

These high-sounding words were merely a thinly veiled attempt to capture him and squeeze out Konoha's secrets.

This truly was a case of a tiger falling into the lowlands, bullied even by dogs.

Now, even the Hidden Sand Village dared to come and provoke him.

Danzō's anger boiled over. Without wasting another word, he struck first.

Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!

Chakra erupted from his mouth like a storm of bullets, turning him into a human killing machine. Each compressed blast of wind roared through the air with terrifying force.

This was a B-rank Wind Release ninjutsu, and every single shot carried overwhelming penetrative power—enough to punch cleanly through massive boulders.

But Rasa was no ordinary opponent.

In an instant, he activated his Magnet Release. Vast quantities of shimmering Gold Dust surged up from beneath the ground, swirling and condensing into a solid defensive barrier.

This was Rasa's signature technique—

Magnet Release: Gold Dust Wall!

The Gold Dust compressed tightly together, forming an exceptionally durable shield.

Though the Vacuum Wave possessed frightening penetration, it ultimately failed to break through the dense, reinforced Gold Dust.

Even so, while Danzō's attack was blocked, it had already marked the opening of battle.

Both sides, fully prepared for combat, immediately unleashed their respective techniques, and a fierce clash erupted without restraint.

The battlefield plunged into chaos.

"My Hidden Sand Village offered you hospitality, yet you show no gratitude whatsoever. Don't blame me for taking a harsher approach," Rasa's voice rang out coldly. "As allies of Konoha, we have a duty to assist in capturing a rogue ninja!"

As his words echoed, tides of Gold Dust surged forward like a roaring sea. The power of Magnet Release was displayed to its fullest.

The momentum was overwhelming.

Seeing the waves of Gold Dust about to engulf them, Danzō and his companion naturally had no intention of surrendering.

Both quickly formed hand seals, releasing ninjutsu in rapid succession and forcibly carving a path through the crushing Gold Dust.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Before Rasa could follow up, Danzō flicked his wrist and hurled several shuriken in rapid succession.

But these were no ordinary shuriken.

They were infused with Wind Release chakra, their edges screaming as cutting currents wrapped around them, vastly amplifying their lethality.

Even when Rasa attempted to block them with Gold Dust, the reinforced shuriken sliced straight through with ease.

Wind Release: Rotating Shuriken!

Unlike Homura Mitokado and Utatane Koharu, Danzō's combat ability had not declined despite his age and status.

In terms of Wind Release mastery alone, he stood at the absolute peak—even when measured against the entire ninja world.

At the same time, Rinne Path-Orochimaru did not remain idle.

He extended one hand, and several serpents burst forth, their blood-soaked jaws snapping viciously as they lunged toward Rasa.

Many Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!

Faced with their combined assault, Rasa did not stubbornly force a confrontation.

Instead, he condensed Gold Dust beneath his feet, lifting himself smoothly into the air.

He was one of the few shinobi in the ninja world who possessed the ability to fly. It was precisely for this reason that the Third Kazekage had entrusted this mission solely to him.

He could advance and retreat at will. Unless he was directly countered, he held an inherently invincible position.

Magnet Release: Gold Dust Cube!

Suspended in midair, Rasa compressed the Gold Dust into a massive cube and slammed it down with crushing force toward Danzō and his companion.

The two hastily dodged.

Yet under Rasa's control, the enormous cube floated back up and smashed down again, relentlessly pursuing them.

"Orochimaru, stop standing around watching," Danzō barked impatiently while evading the attacks.

The reason was simple—he was struggling to handle Rasa alone. It wasn't that he lacked strength.

Danzō possessed genuine Kage-level combat power and was undeniably among the top-tier experts of the ninja world.

However, his Wind Release specialization was fundamentally countered by Rasa's Magnet Release.

Wind techniques fast enough to land a hit couldn't pierce the Gold Dust's defenses.

And techniques powerful enough to break through were easily avoided by Rasa's aerial mobility.

Given enough time, Danzō could certainly devise a counter. But with Orochimaru present, why shoulder the burden alone?

"I've been attacking this whole time," Rinne Path-Orochimaru replied calmly, his expression innocent.

Yet his hands moved without pause.

Forming seals, he invoked the Summoning Jutsu, and several colossal serpents from Ryūchi Cave erupted onto the battlefield.

The moment these massive snakes appeared, they slammed their enormous bodies into the Gold Dust cube.

Crash!

The cube shattered and dispersed instantly.

Not stopping there, the giant serpents opened their blood-red maws and lunged at Rasa himself, tearing through the air with terrifying speed.

A foul stench assaulted Rasa's senses, and he frowned deeply.

While deftly manipulating the Gold Dust beneath his feet to evade, he condensed multiple Gold Dust spears and hurled them forward.

The spears pierced cleanly through the serpents' bodies.

Blood sprayed like fountains. The giant snakes shrieked in pain and were forcibly dispelled, vanishing back to Ryūchi Cave.

At that moment, a flash of cold light streaked through the air.

Rinne Path-Orochimaru had already launched another attack.

It was the Kusanagi Sword.

Capable of extending, retracting, and flying freely under Orochimaru's control, it moved like a bolt of lightning.

Puchi!

Unable to evade in time, Rasa's body was pierced straight through. Had he not narrowly avoided his vital organs, he would have died on the spot.

"Lord Rasa!" The Sand shinobi cried out in alarm, their faces filled with shock and panic.

Within the Hidden Sand Village, when had Rasa ever been pushed into such a desperate state?

Even Pakura, a fellow Kekkei Genkai wielder, had always been suppressed by him.

But the Root ninjas were unaffected by this shock.

Seizing the moment when the Sand forces faltered, they immediately launched lethal counterattacks.

Several weaker Sand ninjas were killed instantly. The stronger ones survived but suffered serious injuries.

In an instant, the battle—previously deadlocked—tilted sharply against the Hidden Sand Village.

Ripping the Kusanagi sword from his body, Rasa's expression twisted in fury.

If he failed to capture Danzō and Orochimaru after suffering such losses, it would be an unbearable humiliation.

With resolve hardening in his eyes, he ignored his wounds and activated his Magnet Release once more.

Magnet Release: Gold Dust Imperial Funeral!

Across the battlefield, countless strands of Gold Dust burst forth from the earth and fused together.

In the blink of an eye, a vast forest of razor-sharp golden spikes erupted.

Many Root ninjas were impaled instantly, their bodies pierced through as they died on the spot.

With a single strike, Danzō's forces lost nearly a quarter of their remaining men.

For someone already desperately short on manpower, the sight was agonizing.

Wind Release: Great Vacuum Blast!

This was an enhanced form of the Vacuum Wave—capable of firing high-pressure wind spheres.

If the Vacuum Wave was a machine gun, then the Great Vacuum Blast would be a cannon.

The difference in destructive power was immense.

The high-pressure wind sphere roared forward, carrying overwhelming force, and blasted apart Rasa's Gold Dust Imperial Funeral.

And that wasn't all—when the sphere detonated, the resulting air pressure tore across the battlefield, flipping the ground itself.

Trees snapped, rubble was hurled skyward, and the surrounding terrain was utterly ravaged.

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