blogombal Chapter 115 The Hokage Loses Another Son! The Two Guardian Ninjas Are Wiped Out!
Chapter 115 The Hokage Loses Another Son! The Two Guardian Ninjas Are Wiped Out!
Chapter 116 The Hokage Loses Another Son! The Twelve Guardian Ninja Are All Annihilated! (Long Chapter of 10,000 Words)
When the magma hound, seemingly from hell, pierced through Di Lu's chest, Di Lu's eyes widened in utter shock, and dense blood vessels began to spread across the whites of his eyes.
He spat out a mouthful of blood that had been scalded by the intense heat, feeling as if his internal organs had been charred in an instant.
Feeling his life rushing by, Di Lu clenched his teeth tightly. He changed the movement of his arm, and the golden bell transformed into an angry Vajra!
The golden chakra quickly turned crimson, and the expression of agony on his face revealed his final struggle before death. Behind him, the wrathful king, formed entirely of crimson chakra, continued to punch Uchiha Ikezumi at an extremely fast speed!
One red fist after another rained down like a storm.
One fist mark after another was left on Uchiha Ikezumi's body.
"Asuma!!!"
Di Lu coughed up blood, veins bulging in his neck, and roared, "This is my last strength! Seize the opportunity!"
Asmamu looked at the land, whose chest had been pierced by the magma demon dog's fist, with a look of utter despair.
But there was no time for grief. He gritted his teeth and channeled his Wind Release chakra into the chakra knuckle dusters in his hands. Visible azure chakra appeared on the surface of the knuckle dusters.
"Drink it!!!"
Asuma attacked with lightning speed, wielding his twin swords and bringing them down with a heavy slash, swiftly severing Uchiha Izumi's magma right arm. "Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!!!"
Asuma opened his mouth again and spat out a raging gust of wind that sent his magma arm flying far away, while simultaneously whipping up a cloud of sand and stones. "Asuma, get the hell out of here if you don't want to die!" A sudden, sinister laugh rang out, causing Asuma to quickly jump back.
Kazuma had somehow appeared behind Uchiha Ikezumi.
His forehead veins bulged, and he slammed his hands heavily on the ground.
"Earth Release: Mountain Earth Technique!!!"
With a rumble, the ground beneath his feet began to tremble violently. The ground on either side of Uchiha Izumi rose high, transforming into two huge, spherical hemispherical mounds that rapidly converged towards the center.
With a deafening roar, the two enormous earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of absurd or earth-based structure) hemispheres on the left and right sides collided violently, forming a semi-circular mountain that stood majestically there.
Kazuma's hands were still forming a mudra until his palms were pressed directly onto the semi-circular hill in front of him.
The dense black runes spread rapidly across the surface of the hill.
Like chains, they completely sealed off the entire hill.
"Ninja Art: Earth Sealing Technique!!!"
"Hoo—" He exhaled heavily, leaping backward as he did so, a mocking sneer on his face. "Indeed, this was troublesome. I didn't expect that even with eleven people working together, one would still die, but that's all. My 'Heavy Earth Binding' can even seal a summoned beast that's over ten meters tall and incredibly strong."
"Next"
The lifeless Jiraiya slowly collapsed and was completely ignored by Kazuma. He glanced at Sarutobi Asuma, who had a sad expression on his face, then sneered and turned to look at the battle behind him.
"Once we deal with this ninja cat, Lord Daimyo's mission will be complete. After that, we can take care of the Hokage of Konoha while we're at it."
Before him stood eight Guardian Ninja Twelve Earths, besieging the ninja cat Tachibana Jiro, whose size had increased several times.
"Although someone died, it also shows that the so-called Lava Release beasts aren't as powerful as the rumors suggest!"
But before he could take even half a step forward, the mocking expression on his face froze.
He turned around quickly, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"—How is that possible?!"
At the same time, Asuma, who was trying to help Jiraiya up, stopped and his eyes immediately locked onto a hemispherical hill in front of him.
All I saw was...
The terrifying heat assimilated the thick soil layer into flowing magma. In less than three breaths, the massive hemispherical hill collapsed like melted butter. The dense seals and incantations on it receded like flowing water.
"Kazuma! Your sealing technique didn't work!" Asuma's pupils shrank, and he tensed up again.
"Damn it—"
Kazuma's face was extremely pale.
Before their eyes, a crimson figure, surrounded by surging lava, stood unharmed atop the rolling magma. Thick smoke billowed from its body, and the pungent odor filled Asuma and Kazuma with a sense of impending danger.
Uchiha Izumi's face was half normal, but the other half was completely turned into magma, with magma constantly flowing down his body. His cold expression was clearly visible on his face.
You can even see that his eyes have turned into scarlet Sharingan!
"Hoo," Uchiha Izumi looked up at Tachibana Jiro, who was locked in a fierce battle and already heavily injured. He seemed to ignore Asuma and Kazuma, and said indifferently, "Eight battle-hardened elite Jonin are bullying a ninja cat. Isn't that a bit unfair?"
"You bastard, Uchiha Ikezumi!" Realizing he was being ignored, Kazuma's forehead veins throbbed wildly. "I'm standing right in front of you, and you still have the time to care about a ninja cat!?"
Uchiha Ikezumi shifted her gaze slightly towards where Kazuma was.
The moment those scarlet eyes met Kazuma's gaze.
Kazuma immediately felt a bone-chilling cold wash over him! Even though the surrounding temperature was already so hot that he was drenched in sweat, he could still feel this bone-deep coldness!
"It's really conspicuous." Uchiha Izumi raised one hand. His right arm, which Asuma had forcefully severed and blown away by the wind release, had somehow "grown" back.
"...The 'sin' above your head." As Uchiha Izumi raised his right arm, the magma beneath his feet began to surge wildly.
He swiftly formed three hand seals with one hand.
"Lava Release: Flame Dragon Bullet Technique." There was no fiery roar, just the calmest of words, yet it moved Kazuma...
Asuma and his companion were both on high alert, their faces filled with horror.
A colossal magma dragon rose into the sky from the rolling magma beneath Uchiha Ikezumi's feet!
The enormous dragon head opened its massive mouth, revealing ferocious fangs, and the roaring magma dragon swooped down towards Kazuma and Asuma!
It was as if it wanted to devour both of them at the same time!
Uchiha Ikezumi caused such a commotion that even the eight guardians of the Twelve Warriors who were besieging Tachibana Jiro were alerted.
"not good!"
One of the six guardian ninja accompanying Kazuma's eyes narrowed, and he immediately turned and rushed towards Uchiha Ikezumi: "Those skilled in Water Release, come with me to support Kazuma!"
As soon as he finished speaking, two people immediately followed him away.
"Water Release·Water Wave!!!"×3
Three powerful streams of water converged, forming an overwhelming force that swept over the heads of Kazuma and Asuma, colliding fiercely with the terrifying magma dragon wolf that pounced on them.
A deafening rumble!
"As expected, Ikezumi was attacked. The question is, were the people who attacked Ikezumi really spies from other villages?" Looking at the giant magma dragon in the distance, Hiruzen Sarutobi, standing at the top of the Hokage Building, frowned and had an ominous premonition.
He had already ordered the ANBU ninjas to act immediately, but he, as the Hokage of Konoha, did not go out with them.
Konoha is already lacking in high-level combat power. If Uchiha Izumi, the Hokage, were to also temporarily leave the village, Konoha would likely face internal turmoil.
Neither the spies hidden within Konoha nor the ninjas within Konoha themselves gave Hiruzen Sarutobi much to worry about.
Especially Uchiha Itachi—
Hiruzen Sarutobi was somewhat worried that if he went out and came back, the Uchiha clan might be wiped out in the blink of an eye.
And Uchiha Setsuna—
If I go out and come back, will Uchiha Setsuna already be wearing the Hokage's robes and have laid a trap for the village, just waiting for my return?
Thinking of this, Hiruzen Sarutobi's lips twitched involuntarily.
Because he discovered that all the troubles in the village came from the Uchiha!
For a fleeting moment, he inexplicably began to understand Danzo.
"There seem to be quite a few enemies."
Uchiha Setsuna also arrived at a high point in the Uchiha clan's compound. Leaning on his cane, he gazed at the distant scene, squinting as he murmured, "To cause such a commotion, they must have at least a group of elite Jonin—are they all enemies of that brat?"
Uchiha Setsuna was gloating; he wished that the group that attacked and ambushed Uchiha Ikezumi could kill him!
Even if they can't kill him, if they can force Uchiha Izumi to reveal more of his trump cards and more information...
For Uchiha Setsuna, it was a huge win.
"Elder Setsuna, let's leave the village immediately and support Uchiha Ikezumi!" However, when a radical young man from the Uchiha clan shouted this out, the gloating expression on Uchiha Setsuna's face froze instantly.
Damn!
How exactly did [Absolute Justice] brainwash this group of people?
Uchiha Izumi probably didn't actively contact them, right?
They've only heard about Uchiha Izumi's deeds and have only a slight understanding of the so-called extreme "absolute justice," yet they have such a strong liking for that kid?
Why should I?!
Uchiha Setsuna, his face stiff, said coldly without turning his head, "Hmph! Do you think those people from Konoha would let our Uchiha clan ninjas leave the village for no reason? Don't forget that last time Fugaku wanted to leave the village to support Uchiha Ikezumi, that old bastard Shimura Danzo stopped him."
"The higher-ups in Konoha have never trusted the Uchiha clan. That was true some time ago, and it remains true today. This distrust will not change. Even if you go there, they will stop you."
Uchiha Setsuna cleverly shifted the conflict to the higher-ups in Konoha.
In reality, he didn't want to support Uchiha Ikezumi.
"Fugaku, aren't you going to lead your clansmen in the police force to help Ikezumi?"
Mikoto Uchiha asked Fugaku Uchiha,
"—There's nothing I can do to help him now." Fugaku's expression was complex and filled with indescribable struggle. He sighed deeply and said, "If Ikezumi hadn't caused so much trouble, I could indeed have taken the clan members from the police force to support him. But now he has aroused great suspicion from the higher-ups, and even the Hokage doesn't meet with him alone."
"Once I lead the police ninja out of Konoha to support Ikezumi, in the eyes of the higher-ups—the relationship between the Uchiha clan and Ikezumi will appear very close. Their wariness of Ikezumi will be transferred to the Uchiha clan."
"This will plunge the Uchiha clan, which was already on the verge of disaster, into an abyss of distrust between themselves and the higher-ups."
Fugaku paused, then continued, "This is also one of the reasons why I don't want Sasuke to believe in 'absolute justice.' The closer the Uchiha clan is to Ikezumi, the more dangerous it becomes for the Uchiha clan."
After hearing this, Mikoto Uchiha's beautiful eyes flashed with disbelief.
She couldn't help but say, "Fugaku, Ikezumi is a member of the Uchiha clan. How can there be any talk of closeness or distance? How could the higher-ups implicate the entire Uchiha clan because of Ikezumi?"
"Fugaku, are you getting more and more sensitive?" Mikoto Uchiha was a little confused by her husband's behavior of trying to sever ties with Izumi Uchiha.
"Mikoto, your perspective is too narrow." Fugaku slowly repeated a sentence that Itachi Uchiha had once said to him.
Fugaku paused for half a second, then said, "It's not that I've become sensitive, it's that Itachi—he's already itching to make a move."
Mikoto Uchiha: "!!!"
"The reason Itachi is restless is that Izumi's extreme actions have made him feel that the Uchiha clan is completely out of control. The only way to calm Itachi down is to completely sever ties with Izumi, although it is unknown whether it will be effective."
Fugaku's sigh seemed to have aged him several years.
Mikoto Uchiha was bewildered.
One is her eldest son, and the other is her husband. Every thought and action of these two men is something she cannot understand. This father and son always say that Uchiha Ikezumi is very extreme.
But they don’t seem to realize that they themselves are quite extreme.
Mikoto opened her mouth.
They were speechless.
Outside the leaves.
The instant the overwhelming torrent of water collided with the magma dragon, surging, billowing white steam swept down towards Asuma and Mashiro. The intensely hot sensation caused both of their expressions to change simultaneously.
They hurriedly retreated, not even having time to move Di Lu's body. They could only watch helplessly as the scalding steam cooked Di Lu's corpse!
"hiss-."
The pain on his skin made Asuma gasp. He looked down at his arm and saw that it was bright red, clearly burned by the billowing steam.
Looking up, one could see the crimson magma dragon suppressing the water flow and pushing it forward!
The combined attack of three elite Jonin was no match for Uchiha Izumi's Lava Release ninjutsu!
"He has already reached the level of the Shadow!"
Asuma gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence. He finally understood why the old man was so hesitant to act against him. Even though his eldest son died at the hands of Uchiha Izumi, he stubbornly refused to turn against him.
The terrifying power of Uchiha Ikezumi is probably the reason why the old man dares not turn against him!
"Um?!"
Suddenly, Asma keenly noticed that the magma light emanating from the magma dragon seemed to be growing stronger.
"careful!!!"
His anxious shout had barely left his lips when the giant magma dragon, its crimson light reaching its peak, exploded like a volcanic eruption! The immense force of the impact instantly shattered the surging water, spraying water everywhere for hundreds or even thousands of meters around, making the dense forest seem as if it had been hit by a torrential downpour of scalding heat.
The exploding magma dragon split into countless magma projectiles, each as large as a house, trailing a trail of flames and billowing acrid black smoke as it swooped down toward the three Guardian Ninja Twelve who were using Water Release ninjutsu!
One of them was caught off guard and was hit head-on by a high-speed lava projectile.
The flesh and blood body was instantly engulfed in magma.
Asuma couldn't even tell whether the other party had been vaporized by the magma or burned to a crisp by it.
The other person was frantically trying to dodge, but was still a step too slow.
The shockwave from the magma bomb hitting the ground sent him flying until his body slammed heavily into a large tree, embedding himself inside it.
"Puwa!!!"
He vomited a mouthful of blood. Unable to dodge in time, half of his body was scalded black by the scalding lava from a distance, and his festering skin even stuck to his clothes.
The last person finally managed to dodge several incoming lava projectiles in a panic.
Seeing that one of his companions was dead and the other injured, he was filled with lingering fear.
But in the next second...
Before he could even feel relieved that he had escaped with his life, he suddenly felt the ground beneath his feet tremble slightly.
His expression changed drastically as he looked down and saw cracks appearing in the ground, with magma faintly flowing within them.
""..Oops!""
boom!!!
The ground within a ten-meter radius of him collapsed and shattered, and a ten-meter-diameter torrent of lava erupted from underground, instantly engulfing his body.
He didn't even have time to scream, nor did he have time to use any ninjutsu or taijutsu.
He died on the spot!
"Damn Uchiha!!!" Kazuma's reaction was even more grief-stricken and his eyes were bloodshot than Asuma's, because all three of the dead Guardian Shinobi were people who supported abolishing the Hokage of Konoha!
"Kazuma!!!" It was only when Asuma shouted that the agitated Kazuma suddenly realized that danger was imminent.
next moment.
A pair of scarlet Sharingan appeared in Kazuma's line of sight. The genjutsu from the three-tomoe Sharingan was implanted into his mind, and Kazuma's senses of touch, hearing, smell, sight, and taste were all affected and became extremely chaotic.
In a moment of desperation and panic, Kazuma clapped his hands together, attempting to disrupt the chakra within his body with his own power in order to break the genjutsu.
But after regaining some of his five senses, Kazuma suddenly felt as if the lower half of his face was being held by five fingers.
When his horrified vision finally returned to normal, what he saw was Uchiha Izumi, whose lower half of his face was covered by flowing magma, and it was the other party's magma arm!
"Zhiyi"
"Sizzle—"
The sound of flesh being scorched by magma was exceptionally clear. Uchiha Izumi's magma hand passed right through him as easily as pressing on a piece of butter.
Kazuma's eyes were frozen in horror and despair.
Only six of the Twelve Guardian Ninja remain capable of fighting!
Having witnessed everything that happened in such a short time, Asuma felt a chill run through his body. His expression as he looked at the silhouette of Uchiha Ikezumi, with its flowing lava and billowing smoke, was filled with horror and shock.
Jiraiya, Kazuma, and the other three were all elite Jonin from the Land of Fire, and battle-hardened ninjas who had crawled out of piles of corpses during the Third Shinobi World War.
If Sarutobi Asuma were to fight those five people alone, he would probably only face certain death.
however.
Uchiha Izumi, however, single-handedly and "easily" killed four of them and seriously injured one of them in a short period of time!
Especially Riku and Ma, whose strength should not be underestimated.
Yet he was so weak and helpless in front of Uchiha Ikezumi!
This guy is definitely a monster!
The deaths of four Guardian Ninja and the serious injury of one also caused great alarm among the five who were besieging the Ninja Cat, Tachibana Jiro. One of them, distracted, hastily saw Tachibana Jiro's hand, accompanied by a howling wind, come hurtling towards him.
Caught off guard, he reacted quickly and hurriedly dodged.
However, his dodge speed was ultimately too slow, and the ninja cat Tachibana Jiro's sharp claws severed one of his arms in an instant. "Hiss!!!"
The intense pain made him look horrified and clutch his shoulder.
Not only is Uchiha Izumi a monster.
This giant ninja cat is a monster too!
The howling wind rang out again, and the pupils of the one-armed guardian ninja shrank sharply. As his gaze rapidly shifted to the right, he saw a huge tail whipping towards him.
He was forced to form a hand seal with one hand.
"Earth Release: Hardened Stone Skin!"
!!!
As his skin began to show signs of petrification, Tachibana Jiro's tail slammed into him. The one-armed guardian ninja was sent flying backward like a volleyball being slapped, with everything in his sight rushing past like a dazzling stream of light.
and many more!
This direction—
Oops!
Before he could even react, at the moment his expression suddenly changed, a terrifying figure with billowing lava and rising smoke brushed past him as he flew backward.
That ninja cat deliberately slapped itself in this direction!
When this thought flashed through my mind.
In those mere fractions of a second, the one-armed guardian ninja was horrified to discover that Uchiha Izumi's pair of crimson Sharingan eyes seemed to be looking in his direction!
Time seemed to slow down at that moment.
He watched helplessly as the "magma monster" in front of him swung its left arm, the crimson, scorching magma arm thrusting towards him like a sharp spear!
That speed was even faster than the speed at which I was slapped away!
!!!
The sharp magma arm pierced his chest in an instant, strung him up like a skewer, and brought his flying backwards to an abrupt halt.
"Puwa!!!"
The guardian ninja, who had lost an arm, spat out a mouthful of blood in horror.
His "Earth Release: Hardened Stone Skin" was able to defend against even the tail strike of that giant ninja cat, but it seemed so weak in the face of Uchiha Izumi's Lava Release: Magma Release!
He doesn't understand!
"Five and a half left." Uchiha Izumi's eerie voice sounded like the voice of a demon from hell to Asuma, sending chills down his spine.
"monster!!!"
The word squeezed out from Asma's stiff expression.
At that moment, he understood his old man once again.
Perhaps it's not that the old man has become indecisive due to his age.
Rather, it's that they absolutely cannot have a conflict with Uchiha Izumi within Konoha!
The price to pay to defeat this monster is something that Konoha Village cannot afford in its current state!
At the same time, two figures swiftly traversed the dense forest outside Konoha; they were none other than Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy.
"What a big cat!"
Might Guy looked up at a giant orange cat in the distance and couldn't help but ask, "Kakashi, is that passionate and righteous guy fighting this monster cat?"
The description "a passionate and righteous man" made Kakashi pause for two seconds.
After a moment, he realized that Might Guy was referring to Uchiha Ikezumi.
This caused Kakashi's eyelids to twitch slightly.
What kind of description is that?!
Could it be that this hot-blooded, naive fool couldn't remember Uchiha Izumi's name, so he came up with such a descriptive nickname?
Kakashi said in a deep voice, "That ninja cat should be a companion of Uchiha Ikezumi. I remember its name is Tachibana Jiro. The fact that even Uchiha Ikezumi's ninja cats participated in the battle means that this ambush targeting Uchiha Ikezumi was extremely dangerous!"
At this point, a hint of doubt flashed in Kakashi's eyes.
Who on earth could set up such an ambush outside Konoha?
Are they spies from another village?
But which ninja village has the ability to station so many powerful elite Jonin outside Konoha?
It's only been a few years since the Third Shinobi World War ended, so the major ninja villages should still be quietly licking their wounds and recovering, right?
A bold guess suddenly popped into Kakashi's mind.
The people who ambushed Uchiha Ikezumi were Konoha ninja!
because·
Uchiha Izumi has offended quite a few people in Konoha!
In fact, many of them are mortal enemies!
"If that's really the case—" Kakashi's eyes flashed with hesitation, "Wouldn't my going there mean I'd get involved in this mess?"
Kakashi suddenly noticed out of the corner of his eye that Might Guy had suddenly sped up and heard him yell, "Kakashi! Let's take this rare opportunity and see who gets there first!"
Kakashi's lips twitched slightly.
never mind.
Let them get involved!
Consider it repaying a favor to Uchiha Izumi.
"Call me senpai—" Far behind Kakashi and Might Guy, Izumi Uchiha also left the village after realizing that something was wrong.
The girl gritted her teeth, trying to speed up a bit.
But her body, which was not yet an adult, had already been pushed to its limit.
While Quan was rushing forward, he was also racking his brains trying to figure out who had set up an ambush for Senior Chi Quan outside the village.
Could it be the Hokage?!
It's no wonder that Izumi immediately thought of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, because Izumi Uchiha had once told her that the Third Hokage of Konoha wasn't a good person either.
Moreover, after receiving the ability to see through the "sins" of others from Izumi-senpai, Izumi actually tried to secretly peek at the Third Hokage of Konoha.
And a conclusion was drawn.
The senior colleague was not lying!
However.·
This guess was dismissed by Izumi three seconds later, because at that moment she keenly heard a lot of noise behind her! When she quickly stopped and hurriedly turned around, she saw one ninja after another wearing ANBU masks, passing by her at high speed.
"These people are—the Dark Guard?!"
As one ANBU ninja after another passed him, Izumi murmured in surprise, "Is this the entire ANBU mobilized? So the people who ambushed my senior earlier weren't ANBU ninjas sent by the Third Hokage?"
Then——
Who exactly is the enemy?!
When Asuma noticed the terrifying magma monster's crimson gaze moving towards him, a sudden sense of alarm and a chilling feeling rose in his heart, causing him to quickly pull back and simultaneously spit out his own blood.
"Fire Release: Ash Concealment Technique!!!"
A cloud of ash billowed from his mouth, completely obscuring Uchiha Ikezumi's vision. This was how Asuma blocked Uchiha Ikezumi's Sharingan eye technique.
The ash also contains astonishingly high temperatures; when it falls on some of the surrounding trees, it even ignites the branches and leaves.
If it lands on human skin, it will scorch the skin instantly.
However, this temperature was nothing compared to Uchiha Izumi, who was using "Lava Release," and could not cause him any harm. However, it did block his view.
"Wind Release: Emerald Mist Gale!!!"
Asuma gritted his teeth and threw out his chakra knuckle dusters, which flew out at an extremely fast speed, tearing through the billowing dust as they hurtled towards the direction where Uchiha Izumi was.
One of the chakra knuckle knives precisely pierced Uchiha Izumi's chest, disappearing directly into his chest cavity before passing through his back.
Taste!!! Another chakra knuckle duster was getting closer and closer in Uchiha Izumi's left eye vision. When the distance was close enough, the pervasive ash could no longer block his vision.
Even though the Sharingan's super-powerful dynamic vision had already detected the approaching chakra knuckle duster, the Sharingan with its three tomoe could not detect it.
But Uchiha Ikezumi did not dodge, until the tip of the knife pierced his eye, then drilled into his brain, and finally passed through the back of his head.
With two consecutive "thuds," Asuma's two ninja tools flew backward for less than ten meters before falling to the ground.
The wind-style chakra wrapped around the ninja tools had been completely eroded by the magma.
The high temperature of the magma began to melt hard steel.
This caused half of the blades of both ninja tools to turn into pools of molten iron.
"Shout!" Asuma's face darkened as he swiftly retreated until he was out of the area shrouded in ash. He clapped his hands together, his expression tense as if unwilling to accept the truth, and gritted his teeth as he roared, "Wind Release: Dust Tornado!!!"
The raging winds swept up the wisps of cigarette ash, forming a visible tornado.
Braving the raging wind, Asuma took out several scrolls and unrolled them all.
Puffs of white smoke rose up, and a large number of ninja tools and explosive tags were sprayed out from the scroll.
The tornado formed by the confluence of cigarette ash and gale force swept up all the ninja tools and explosive tags. Countless sharp blades frantically cut through everything in their path, instantly shredding many large rocks into fragments.
Boom!
Until a deafening roar resounded, the tornado erupted with a ball of fire tens of meters high, and the resulting shockwave even swept away elite Jonin like Asuma.
Countless ninja tools were blasted into countless metal fragments by the explosion. The metal fragments scattered in all directions like a torrential rain, flying indiscriminately, friend or foe.
Uchiha Izumi, located at the very center of the tornado and explosion, naturally suffered the most damage.
Numerous metal shavings were cutting into his body.
Asma, on the other hand, was tumbling and tumbling uncontrollably in mid-air, being swept dozens of meters away before barely landing on the ground.
"Cough cough cough, is this a lose-lose situation?!" Asuma's face was covered in blood, wounds from metal shards. He hadn't dodged this indiscriminate attack either.
Blood was seeping from his skin, quickly staining his ninja vest bright red.
A broken kunai pierced an artery in his thigh, and a stream of blood gushed out like a tap that had been turned on.
But Asuma no longer cared about his injuries.
What he cared about was how Uchiha Izumi was doing.
"We're out of options." Asuma struggled to his feet, though his posture looked rather disheveled. He muttered, "If we fight with all our might, we can at least trade blows, right? He can't be invincible, can he? Even if ordinary physical attacks can't harm him, surely ninjutsu or explosive elemental attacks can inflict elemental damage against him?"
He knew it was too late for regrets; all he could do was risk his life to take that monster with him.
Allowing that monster to remain in Konoha will only pose a threat to the village.
I have an obligation to deal with anything that poses a threat to Konoha—hmm?!
Tick-tock.
"Zi—"
Tick-tock.
"Sizzle—"
The sudden, slight noise made Asuma's eyes widen. He looked up in disbelief and saw a crimson, blazing figure appearing and disappearing amidst the billowing smoke!
The opponent's steps were not faltering, nor did he stumble at all. It was as if all of Sarutobi Asuma's best efforts could not cause any damage to the opponent!
Maybe.
When Jiraiya realized that his Chakra Bell defense couldn't withstand Uchiha Izumi's Lava Release: Demonic Hound, was he just as incredulous as he is now?
It's exactly the same expression I have right now, isn't it?
"Sarutobi Asuma." Uchiha Izumi's voice slowly rang out, her cold tone making Asuma feel as if all his strength had been drained: "When you wield a blade filled with malice against [Absolute Justice], you have already become an enemy of [Absolute Justice]."
"—Absolute Justice—" Asuma suddenly laughed: "Uchiha Ikezumi, is your justice just letting you wreak havoc in Konoha and become a murderous monster? Don't forget, you killed my brother, Sarutobi Shinnosuke."
"Even setting aside your threat to Konoha's future, the fact that you killed my brother means that a settlement must be reached between us."
"Ahem! Does avenging one's brother really count as a sin in your eyes of extreme justice?"
The constant seepage of blood from his skin made Asuma somewhat disoriented.
But he still gritted his teeth and questioned Uchiha Ikezumi.
Uchiha Ikezumi said without any emotion, "After a murderer's evil deeds were exposed, he was executed by Konoha. The murderer's family therefore regarded Konoha as their mortal enemy and tried to destroy Konoha and kill everyone in Konoha—if you think this behavior is right, then there's nothing more to say to you."
"Sarutobi Asuma, you are beyond redemption." When these words reached Asuma's ears, in the blink of an eye, his already wide eyes trembled even more violently.
Asma's eyes were covered with dense blood vessels.
His body, which could barely stand up even when kneeling, froze completely.
As his gaze slowly moved downwards.
All that could be seen was crimson lava that had somehow passed right through him!
The ninja vest, which was strong enough to block shuriken and kunai, seemed to offer no defense against the lava.
The thick smoke rising from the magma arm obscured half of Asma's face.
His trembling gaze fell directly in front of him.
"You were both on the verge of death, but you didn't see things as clearly as Shinnosuke-sensei," Uchiha Ikezumi said softly. "Perhaps that's why you, as the younger brother, are not as insightful as he, as the older brother. After your soul reaches the underworld, you can ask him for guidance."
"Although he doesn't agree with my concept of 'absolute justice,' he understands what I'm doing better than many others. He also understands better what the words 'absolute justice' carry."
After Uchiha Izumi withdrew his hand.
The last glimmer of light in Asuma's eyes had faded.
His stiff body fell straight forward.
Uchiha Ikezumi turned to the side, letting Asuma's corpse fall heavily to the ground face down.
Thus, the eldest and second sons of the third generation...
They both died!
"Four and a half left—"
Uchiha Izumi's indifferent gaze swept over the devastated scene before him, past the mutilated corpses.
It landed on the four guardian ninjas who were locked in battle with the ninja cat Tachibana Jiro.
He walked in the direction of Tachibana Jiro.
"Phew! Almost there!" Kakashi breathed in the pungent air; the strong smell of sulfur alone made him realize just how intense the battle here was.
"but--"
He sensed that the noise not far ahead was getting quieter and quieter, giving him the feeling that the battle was coming to an end.
When he and Matt Ke emerged from the dense forest at the same time.
Kakashi's eyes widened involuntarily.
Only see
The enormous ninja cat, Tachibana Jiro, had a bloody corpse in its mouth; on the ground lay a body whose upper body was missing; and not far ahead was a small piece of charred remains that resembled a corpse.
He saw Uchiha Ikezumi make no fancy moves, smashing half of a ninja's head with a single punch. The ninja sword that the opponent desperately stabbed into Uchiha Ikezumi's body before dying looked so ridiculous and laughable.
"It seems we're late."
Kakashi took a deep breath and said those words in a dry voice.