Naruto: Did i Just Get Reincarnated as Gojo?

Chapter 157: A Drizzle's Protection Can't Compare to Konoha's

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Another battlefield in the desert.

"Baki, you're insane!" Rasa gasped, clutching his wounds.

Before him stood Baki and his men. Behind, Sasori of the Red Sand. And around him the bodies of his guards.

This was a carefully orchestrated ambush. And the reason

Rasa's unique Kekkei Genkai transformed chakra into magnetic force, manipulating Gold Dust for offense and defense. It was Sunagakure's most powerful weapon.

If the Gold Dust entered a person's body, or a puppet's, it could paralyze them. And because Rasa's chakra was magnetic, magnetic weapons were useless against him.

This meant his abilities countered most conventional ninja tools, and he was a natural enemy of puppeteers.

That was why he'd become Kazekage. While his sand control wasn't as refined as Baki's, his overall strength was superior.

He was Sunagakure's protector. He could defend the village, cripple puppeteers, even generate income by extracting gold from the desert.

A well-rounded leader.

But now, against Sasori, his abilities were useless.

Sasori's fourth scroll emitted a strange chakra that coated his puppets and weapons, negating Rasa's magnetic control.

It was as if Rasa, had been trapped in a plastic prison.

No metal, no sand. His strength was crippled.

Sasori truly was Suna's greatest puppeteer. Having received intel from Baki, he'd modified his puppets and scrolls, creating Anti-Rasa weapons.

He'd even developed special poison senbon, designed to disrupt Rasa's chakra control.

Facing a swarm of puppets, Rasa had tried to seal Sasori with his Gold Dust Imperial Funeral, but Sasori, transferring his consciousness to another puppet, had easily evaded the attack.

He'd only managed to destroy a few empty puppets.

And then, Baki had arrived, his men cutting off Rasa's escape.

There was no respect in their eyes, only ambition, a desire to claim the Kazekage title.

Konoha had its Will of Fire, Iwagakure its Will of Stone. These villages, united by a common cause, were strong.

But a village without a unifying ideology

Its ninja were like wild beasts, driven by greed. They cared nothing for the village, for the Kage.

Rasa slammed his hands onto the ground, creating a Gold Dust Wall to block Baki's Scorching Sand.

But Baki's sand control was superior. A few grains of burning sand pierced through, searing his skin.

Rasa gasped, his body swaying.

"Baki! What are you doing?!"

"I know exactly what I'm doing, Kazekage-sama. This is treason. But if you die here, no one will ever know, will they?"

"You you'd kill to become Kazekage? Do you even care about Sunagakure? What if what if future Kazekage follows your example? What if every successor climbs to power over their comrades' corpses? The village you'll destroy it!"

It wasn't just about his own life anymore. Rasa saw Sunagakure's future, a future of endless bloodshed and internal strife.

Even if there were no witnesses, this act would be recorded in history. Baki, having seized power through assassination, would likely meet the same fate.