c133 – The Calculation Between Lao Yinbi
Kurohō Raiga, relying on his formidable resistance to genjutsu and the presence of his ally at his side, did not bother to avert his gaze from Uchiha Gen's Sharingan.
Because of the infamous "Blood Mist" policy enforced by the Fourth Mizukage Yagura, bonds between Kirigakure shinobi were tenuous at best. Still, this did not mean that, in battle, they would abandon one another against a common enemy.
Hoshigaki Kisame's mentor, Suikazan Fuguki, and Kurohō Raiga were unlike Kushimaru Kuriarare and Munashi Jinpachi, who relished slaughter to the point of killing comrades if they became obstacles.
The reason Kushimaru and Jinpachi perished at the hands of Might Duy's Eight Gates was not merely proximity and bad luck, it was also the deep resentment they inspired among the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, leaving them isolated.
Of course, neither Suikazan Fuguki nor Kurohō Raiga could be called virtuous men, but they lacked the outright derangement of those two.
Though currently manifested in its three-tomoe form, Gen's dōjutsu was in truth the Mangekyō Sharingan, its spiritual and ocular power far surpassing that of an ordinary Sharingan wielder.
Raiga was instantly trapped by Narakumi no Jutsu, forced to witness the most dreaded vision his heart could conjure.
The crackling chakra flow in his twin fanged blades, Kiba, vanished at once. His expression twisted into naked terror as his soul's essence seemed to peel away from his body…
Fortunately, Suikazan Fuguki arrived in time, flooding Raiga's chakra network with his own, disrupting the genjutsu's hold.
The fear ebbed, and Raiga's soul-light retracted into his body.
"Hah… what a hellish illusion…"
Having just skirted the brink of death, Raiga panted heavily, cold sweat streaking down his face.
"Just now, your soul and a strange white radiance manifested outside your body… very much like what we saw when Kanda died," Fuguki noted flatly.
"Stay sharp the enemy's abilities are far from ordinary…"
Fuguki, Samehada in hand, stared ahead without arrogance, his eyes half-lidded in focus. Judging from what had transpired, Raiga his equal in skill had nearly been killed in an instant. Were he to be caught in the same technique, the result would likely be fatal.
"I fell into something like a fear-based genjutsu," Raiga said, lowering his voice. "Kanda looked terrified when he died… Could this brat's ability be to use fear itself to rip the soul from the body?"
"Outside of the Sharingan, I've never heard of an Uchiha with something this bizarre."
"Maybe it's some hidden Uchiha kinjutsu," Fuguki mused. "Their clan's lineage is ancient they could be hiding any number of deadly secrets."
Gen overheard, his mind cool. As expected of elite Kirigakure jonin they had already deduced a fragment of his Soul Fruit's power in mere moments.
But knowing was useless. Fear had countless triggers, and a shinobi's heart could be undone in infinite ways.
"Oi, Fatty. Green-hair. You done talking?"
"Good. Then come and die."
Gen's eyes flicked toward Orochimaru, who was battling six at once with unorthodox taijutsu and serpentine movements, their duel drifting farther away. His grin was sharp and mocking.
After lying low so long, the thrill of arrogance was intoxicating.
The insult burned. As famed members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen with high standing in Kirigakure, no one had dared address them so crudely.
Did this brat think the Sharingan made him untouchable?
The two exchanged a look, embedding their swords into the earth and forming identical seals.
"Kirigakure no Jutsu!"
A suffocating mist rolled out, blending with the falling snow until sight was reduced to nothing even the Sharingan's gaze was dulled. They saturated the fog with chakra, making it resistant to Fūton techniques; weaker gusts would fail entirely, and even high-level wind jutsu would struggle to disperse it.
Fearful of Gen's illusions and unique powers, they advanced cautiously their water clones moving directly ahead, while their real bodies closed in from the flanks using the Silent Killing Technique.
This assassination method, honed by Kirigakure's best, was a signature of the Swordsmen. Its greatest master, Momochi Zabuza, could kill before a target sensed danger.
Against ordinary Uchiha, this tactic would be decisive. Against one trained in Dust Concealment Technique, however, the tables could turn.
Gen's Spiritual Transformation Technique rendered their stealth meaningless.
Sliding the Kusanagi sword into its sheath, Gen's scarlet gaze shifted slyly. His hands flashed through seals.
"Katon: Hiding in Dust Technique!"
Rather than flames, he exhaled a controlled burst of superheated dust, merging it into the mist until it formed a silent, fan-shaped barrier.
A shadow clone emerged beside him; his true body sank into the earth.
Within moments, both water clones dissolved as they brushed against the heat.
"The water bodies are gone."
"My sensory read failed just now," Raiga whispered, annoyed.
"Same here. That brat's laid a trap," Fuguki muttered.
Raiga's Raiton jutsu risked frying himself in these conditions, so brute force was out.
"Then we circle and strike from behind."
"Or…" Fuguki's eyes gleamed, "…we bypass him entirely and kill Orochimaru."
Raiga blinked. "What?" His voice nearly rose, but Fuguki clamped a hand over his mouth.
"If we kill his teacher, we break his spirit and cripple Konoha's morale. With Orochimaru gone, this brat loses his anchor. Then we crush him at our leisure."
Raiga grinned darkly. "I like it. Let's go."
They skirted the dust barrier along the riverbank.
At first, Gen thought they aimed to flank him exactly what he'd anticipated. But the altered trajectory told another story.
"Tch…" he cursed internally, bursting from the ground. Summoning Zhu Rong and Wu Sheng, he prepared to box them in.
If they wanted cunning, they'd get a siege instead.
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