"Damn, it hurts, Jūgo, get off me." Suigetsu said in pain.
"Oh, sorry." Jūgo got up quickly after hearing that, and the two stood beside Sasuke, who then asked about their injuries, "Jūgo, Suigetsu, how do you feel?"
"It's okay, but I'm afraid I can't use my right hand for the time being. This guy is very strong." Jūgo stared at Fujiwara Kirito opposite him with his back to Sasuke.
"What do you mean by very strong? It's simply too strong, okay? This guy has neither a curse seal nor looks very strong. Where on earth does he get such a strong power, and this annoying lightning release." Suigetsu was electrocuted and steam was coming out of his body, with a face full of complaints.
"This guy is a ninja who is proficient in all chakra natures. Whether it's ninjutsu, taijutsu, or genjutsu, he's omnipotent. During his time in Konoha, he was also an Anbu—very good at gathering intel. I'm afraid he's already analyzed all your abilities thoroughly before we arrived."
Sasuke said calmly.
"Ha, how can we fight this?" Suigetsu showed an expression like he had eaten something foul.
"Don't get me wrong, the intelligence I said was thoroughly analyzed refers to you, not me." The corners of Sasuke's lips raised an imperceptible arc, and his hands quickly formed seals and spit out a fireball. At the same time, he summoned two giant shuriken, connected by metal wires and hidden in the fireball.
"A double attack of a fireball and shuriken? Interesting. I'm guessing this is a feint." Fujiwara Kirito swung the beheading sword in the air. It spun rapidly several times, fell into his hand, and then he cleaved down with a single slash.
The fireball was instantly split in two, and the two giant shuriken hidden in the flames attacked Kirito from both sides under Sasuke's control. At the same time, Sasuke calculated the distance, activated his curse seal in advance, and launched a long-range thrust with Chidori Sharp Spear.
Facing the three-pronged attack, Kirito remained composed. He simply waved the beheading sword, severed the metal wires between the shuriken, and stepped back once.
The two giant shuriken crossed in front of him, landing five centimeters from Kirito, and Sasuke's Chidori Sharp Spear also stopped just five centimeters short.
"Failed?" Sasuke clicked his tongue, retracted the Chidori Sharp Spear, and stepped back to reset his stance.
Kirito wiped imaginary sweat from his forehead, "That was close, Sasuke. You almost got me. If you had come just a bit closer or if your Chidori Sharp Spear's range was longer than five meters…"
Kirito's smile disappeared as he raised his left hand and pointed at Sasuke. "Sasuke, do you remember what I told you? Never compete in your opponent's specialty—whether it's lightning release, kenjutsu, or genjutsu."
"Let me teach you again today, show you what a real Chidori Sharp Spear is."
With that, Kirito casually released his Chidori Sharp Spear.
Hearing this, Sasuke was instantly provoked. He had always lived in Kirito's shadow. During those three years of training under Orochimaru, no matter what ninjutsu he developed, Orochimaru would always comment, "You're truly Sasuke-kun, to have recreated the same jutsu as Kirito-kun."
The Chidori series was the most iconic among them.
Thinking of this, Sasuke activated his curse seal state, fired his own Chidori Sharp Spear, and rushed forward.
A shocking scene followed. Sasuke's Chidori Sharp Spear, empowered by the curse seal, shattered upon touching Kirito's Chidori Sharp Spear with a crisp click.
Kirito's spear pressed on, about to pierce Sasuke's chest. At the critical moment, Suigetsu and Jūgo tackled Sasuke to the ground together, shouting, "Sasuke, watch out!"
Kirito's Chidori Sharp Spear soared over their heads, destroying everything in its path—trees, boulders, even the mountainside. There was no end in sight.
The rocks and grass sliced cleanly in two. The destruction was chilling.
"This distance is no good. If Sasuke had taken that hit, it would've been over." Suigetsu looked back at the trail of devastation with lingering fear.
As they got back to their feet, Kirito's voice rang out again from across the field, "Next up, kenjutsu."
"Damn it, not again!" Suigetsu cursed.
Just as they thought Kirito was going to charge—
Kirito swung the beheading sword single-handedly, unleashing a green blade of wind that cut horizontally through the air, cleaving the forest and striking at Sasuke and his team like lightning. "Watch closely, little devils of the Hōzuki clan. This is how the beheading sword is used."
Seeing the incoming slash, Suigetsu, Jūgo, and even Sasuke went pale, immediately dropping flat to the ground on reflex.
As they looked up at the dark green wind slicing overhead, their scalps tingled. Looking back at the forest, all the trees had been leveled in an instant. Even a mountain several kilometers away was sliced clean through.
At that moment, all three felt utterly defeated—especially Suigetsu, who spat, "Hell no, this is swordsmanship? Even the first user of the beheading sword, Jūzō, who was said to have slashed a Tailed Beast Bomb, never showed something like this!"
"Otherwise, that sword wouldn't have broken, and he wouldn't have died by its shattered blade."
Deidara and Obito were equally shocked.
Deidara had seen Kirito's slash before, but it was during a shadow clone's fight. He was sent flying into the air by some strange Uzumaki technique, so he couldn't gauge the true power.
Now seeing the real thing, he was in awe.
"You're truly Brother Kirito. That slash could even cut apart my ultimate art, huh." Deidara rode high in the sky atop a giant clay bird, looking down at the obliterated forest and the halved mountain in the distance.
The moment Kirito slashed, he'd summoned his bird and taken off.
Obito, however, hadn't been so lucky. Left behind on the ground, he pretended to fall from a collapsing tree, grumbling endlessly to Deidara in the air.
"This is my last move. If you survive, I'll stop." Kirito formed a hand seal with one hand. "Fire Style — Head Hard Work."
A small fireball spewed from Kirito's mouth. In an instant, a sea of flame swept across the forest toward Sasuke and the others.
In the blink of an eye, it engulfed everything.
(End of this chapter)
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