After a brief silence, the entire earth around the camp suddenly began to shake violently from every direction.
Might Guy slowly stood up and looked toward the dense forest ahead.
Everyone else was staring there as well.
At the edge of the forest, a golden line suddenly appeared.
It looked like the sun itself was rising from beneath the earth.
That golden line rapidly widened and rose higher while spreading outward to both sides.
The trees at the edge of the dense forest collapsed one after another, instantly swallowed by the advancing golden tide.
"Gold Dust Wave!!"
Soone cried out in shock.
Guy's pupils instantly contracted.
Magnet Release: Gold Dust.
Rasa's signature Ninjutsu.
The golden wave continued rising higher and higher as it surged out from the forest and spread across the open ground.
Three ters.
Five ters.
Seven ters.
Its width stretched from south to north, perfectly facing the entirety of the Konoha camp.
Not too long.
Not too short.
Just enough to completely engulf the entire camp.
The speed of the wave was not particularly fast, but it advanced steadily and relentlessly.
As the Gold Dust Wave moved forward, the ground outside the camp gradually transford into sand.
The hidden traps were swallowed whole.
The buried explosive tags were suppressed beneath the tide.
Shuriken.
Kunai.
Senbon.
Everything hidden underground vanished beneath the gold dust.
The Gold Dust Wave continued pushing forward while the trap zone shrank rapidly.
Six hundred ters.
Five hundred ters.
Four hundred ters.
Before such a terrifying wave, the people within the camp looked no different from ants.
"What... what kind of terrifying Ninjutsu is this...?"
Soone muttered in disbelief.
But nobody answered.
Everyone rely stared blankly at the golden wave steadily crushing toward them.
So people unconsciously stepped backward while their legs trembled.
Guy stared fixedly at the Gold Dust Wave as mories from two months ago flashed through his mind.
Two thousand Iwagakure Ninja.
A massive square formation.
Two thousand people simultaneously forming hand seals before slamming their palms into the earth and raising a seven-ter-high earth wave.
That had required two thousand people.
But this Gold Dust Wave now...
Was created by a single person.
Only one person.
Its scale might not match the gigantic earth wave ford by two thousand shinobi, but its oppressive force was absolutely no weaker.
"Is this... really a Ninjutsu a human can use...?"
Another person spoke softly.
Still, nobody answered.
Because everyone already knew the answer in their hearts.
Not human.
A monster.
"So this is... the power of a Kage-level shinobi..."
Guy tightened his grip around the hilt of the Youth Blade while sweat spread across his palms.
At that mont, Sarutobi Sosuke's voice suddenly exploded from behind them.
"Run!! If you don't run now, are you all waiting to die?!"
He jumped down from the command platform while pointing frantically at the Gold Dust Wave now only four hundred ters away.
"What are all of you hesitating for?! If that thing crushes over us, nobody will survive!!"
"Do you all really want to die here?!"
"If we retreat now, there's still ti! There's still ti!!"
So people were visibly shaken by his shouting.
A few even took several steps backward before stopping again.
Their expressions beca conflicted.
Seeing that Choza still had not moved, Sarutobi Sosuke rushed directly in front of him.
"Retreat! Give the order to retreat right now!"
"Are you seriously going to make everyone die here because of your stupid decision?!"
Sarutobi Sosuke had already beco hysterical.
But Choza remained completely unmoved.
He stood at the very front of the camp, the person closest to the approaching Gold Dust Wave.
The golden light reflected across his face as he narrowed his eyes deeply.
His brows were tightly furrowed.
He was calculating.
The height of the wave.
Its width.
Its speed.
How long before it reached the camp.
After calculating everything, Choza slowly reached into his clothes.
Then he pulled out a small wooden box.
The crest of the Akimichi Clan glimred beneath the firelight.
He opened the box.
Inside lay three pills.
Green.
Yellow.
Red.
Choza stared silently at those three pills for one second.
Then, without the slightest hesitation, he picked up the green Spinach Pill.
He stuffed it directly into his mouth.
Chewed twice.
Swallowed.
Yet he did not imdiately use the Multi-Size Technique.
Instead, he silently picked up the yellow Curry Pill.
He was waiting.
Waiting for his body to fully absorb the effects of the Spinach Pill first.
Waiting for the Gold Dust Wave to move a little closer.
Then, he would eat the Curry Pill as well.
He would use the power of the Super Multi-Size Technique to block the incoming gold dust with his own body.
"Even if... it costs my life."
Choza's gaze shifted toward the final pill inside the box.
The red Chili Pill.
His eyes were already filled with absolute resolve.
A Gold Dust Wave on this scale was likely sothing even Rasa himself could not repeatedly unleash within a short period of ti.
If he could block this attack, the camp would gain precious ti.
Maybe enough ti to survive until reinforcents arrived.
As for Sarutobi Sosuke's frantic shouting, Choza simply ignored it completely.
Because he understood sothing clearly.
No matter how hysterical or desperate Sarutobi Sosuke acted right now, he absolutely did not dare flee on his own.
He was a mber of the Sarutobi Clan.
The clan of the Third Hokage himself.
If he abandoned the battlefield and ran...
The consequences awaiting him afterward would likely be worse than death.
Choza slowly inhaled deeply while locking his gaze firmly upon the approaching wall of gold.
When the Gold Dust Wave reached three hundred ters away from the camp, Choza's body finally began changing.
The effects of the Spinach Pill were activating.
His muscles rapidly bulged outward.
Veins rose across his skin.
Dense Chakra began leaking visibly from his body.
Yet his eyes never left the advancing wave.
He was still waiting.
Waiting for the Gold Dust Wave to move just a little closer.
Just a little more.
To the exact distance he had already calculated in his mind.
Then he would consu the Curry Pill.
And charge out.
He would use the Multi-Size Technique.
Use his body.
Use his life.
To forcibly block the Gold Dust Wave.
Just as the golden tide closed to less than two hundred ters away from the camp, Choza finally raised the Curry Pill toward his mouth.
But at that exact mont, a hand suddenly grabbed his arm firmly.
"Captain."
Guy's voice sounded beside him.
Choza turned his head.
Might Guy stood beside him with one hand gripping tightly onto his arm.
"It's not ti for that yet."
Choza froze briefly.
Guy looked directly into his eyes while pressing his arm downward away from his mouth.
"If you eat that now, then what happens later?"
"There are still three thousand enemies waiting afterward."
Choza opened his mouth instinctively.
But Guy did not give him the chance to speak.
"I have a way to deal with the Gold Dust Wave!"
Choza's entire body trembled.
"You have a way?! This is not the ti for jokes!"
"I'm not joking!"
Guy's expression was completely serious.
Solemn.
Seeing that expression, Choza's thoughts suddenly blanked out for a mont.
He rembered another scene from half a year ago.
Back during the battle against Iwami Jūzō.
At that ti, Guy had worn this exact sa expression while saying almost the sa words.
Choza stared fixedly at him.
"What... way do you have?"
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