Naruto: I, Rasa, Am Innocent! Chapter 196 195: I’m the Jinchuriki Here!

It didn't take long for the surviving Mist ninja to figure out what was really happening.

"That's not Scorch Release!"

"There's no heat. He's just draining every drop of water from their bodies!"

"Still… it's brutal. Especially against us."

"This has to be sothing Rasa created with Magnet Release—mimicking Pakura's kekkei genkai on purpose."

The realization only made them angrier.

"That son of a bitch!"

"He really went out of his way to create a technique that counters Mist ninja? How much does he hate us?!"

Deep down, they knew the answer. After everything the Mist had done to Sunagakure—the betrayals, the demands, the suicide bombing—there was no love lost. Rasa had every reason to make their lives hell.

One by one, the Mist shinobi fell to Rasa's Arc-Moon Sand Dune. The technique was ridiculously effective against anyone weaker than him. One touch and they were either dead or crippled, their bodies dried out like mummies. Even those who managed to pull away in ti were left weakened and easy prey for Rasa's follow-up attacks—Magnet Release spears or the Lightning Blade.

No wonder Pakura had been such a nightmare for Mist forces during the war. Against Water Style specialists, this was pure torture.

Yagura watched his entire squad get wiped out in minutes. Soon, only he remained.

He glared at Rasa, eyes bloodshot with fury.

"I was planning to beat you head-on… but I'll admit it. You actually have so real skill, Rasa. Fine. Then bow to my Water Mirror Technique!"

Yagura ford the seals. A massive water mirror appeared in front of him.

But Rasa was already gone.

"Flowing Sand Shift!"

He vanished before the mirror could reflect him. The only things left for it to copy were his sand soldiers—worthless copies that ant nothing in this fight.

Yagura spun around, but Rasa wasn't behind him either. He'd already hidden himself.

As long as the mirror couldn't see him, the technique was useless. And with his Byakugan reconnaissance active, Rasa could see everything while staying completely invisible. Gold dust spears rained down from every angle.

Yagura snarled, spinning wildly.

"Rasa! Are you just gonna keep hiding like a coward?!"

"Co out and fight like a real Kazekage!"

Rasa smirked from the shadows. That cheap taunt might've worked on him when he was a kid. Not anymore.

He checked his chakra reserves. Yagura had the insane reserves of a jinchuriki, but Rasa wasn't exactly low either. And he had one more advantage.

The Infinite Armor.

The sa ninja tool he'd lent Kisa during the tournant. The one that massively boosted chakra absorption. Rasa had called it back with a shadow clone. Now it was strapped to his body, quietly refilling his reserves as he fought.

Let Yagura burn through his Tailed Beast chakra all he wanted. Rasa could keep going all day.

One of the copied sand soldiers sank into the ground and disappeared. Rasa moved in close, armor active, and drained the clone dry in seconds.

Yagura was still raging, searching everywhere.

"Here?!"

"No—here!"

"Still nothing?!"

Frustration finally snapped sothing inside him. He stopped looking for Rasa and turned toward Sunagakure itself.

He knew what he was about to do was crossing a line. Kage fighting Kage was one thing. Targeting regular shinobi and civilians? That broke the unspoken rules of the ninja world. But Yagura didn't care anymore. He was done playing fair.

Massive amounts of chakra gathered in front of him.

"Tailed Beast Bomb!"

Rasa saw it through the Byakugan and his face darkened.

"You can't beat , so now you're going after civilians? Gouju Yagura… you really are trash. No wonder Obito turned you into his puppet. You deserve it."

He took a deep breath. He couldn't let that bomb hit the village. But revealing himself was risky—Yagura's Water Mirror was still active.

So Rasa chose option three.

Go completely all-out. Overwhelm Yagura so hard he wouldn't have ti to launch the bomb.

"Magnet Release: Gold Dust!"

"Gold Dust Needles!"

Thousands of razor-sharp gold needles erupted from every direction—above, below, left, right, front, back. At the sa ti, dozens more elite sand soldiers rose from the ground and charged, spears aid at Yagura's heart.

High above, Yatagarasu started dropping explosive eggs again.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The Sand ninja watching from the wall stared in awe.

"Holy shit… that's insane. So many attacks at once!"

"Is this what the Kazekage looks like when he goes all out?!"

"One village could probably get wiped out by this!"

"How the hell is Yagura supposed to survive that?!"

Yagura's eyes widened as the storm of attacks closed in.

"This power… he's been fighting this hard for this long and he still has this much left?! Where the hell is he getting all this chakra from?!"

"I'm the fucking jinchuriki here!"

Then it clicked.

Back at the tournant… Kisa had used a special armor that let him absorb chakra like crazy. That was how he beat Kitsuchi. What if Rasa had that sa armor right now?

The more Yagura thought about it, the more it made sense.

"No wonder he's lasted this long… he's cheating with a tool."

He let out a cold laugh, chakra cloak flaring brighter.

"But even with that… do you really think this kind of attack can actually hurt ?"