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On the distant mountain range.
Namikaze Minato, who was lying on the ground, painfully rubbed his head, his eyes bloodshot, and the deep pain of being stabbed thousands of times in the Tsukuyomi space still lingered in the depths of his brain.
However, it was fortunate that Sawara Kiri appeared in time.
Otherwise, with his current physical condition, after suffering such mental trauma, he would have to rest in bed for at least a week.
Minato supported himself with one hand on the ground, trying to recall what had happened in his memory before he fainted.
Besides, the occasional tremors of the earth made it impossible for him to faint peacefully.
He looked at the terrifying figure in the far distance, standing between heaven and earth like a god.
And the small figure constantly circling around him, occasionally bursting out with sonic booms, shooting like a flea, yet each strike severely wounded that 'god.' The shock in his heart was truly inexpressible.
A mortal body, fighting against a god.
So, this is what it looks like?
Minato quietly watched this scene from a distance, lost in thought, and even the deep pain in his mind seemed to lessen a bit in the process.
Azure and scarlet light points occasionally flashed, tearing apart the sky and the earth.
Until the last moment, a brilliant purplish-red light shone.
He watched scene after scene from afar, and suddenly deeply felt his own insignificance as a Ninja.
That distant scene finally came to an end the moment Sawara Kiri locked Hikari's throat.
Namikaze Minato was just thinking this.
And then, he watched Sawara Kiri push that child against the mountain wall, watched them inexplicably stand in a stalemate for a while, and finally watched Sawara Kiri suddenly lean down—
The young man's lips lightly touched the girl's forehead.
"Eh? Eh!!"
"No?"
"Kiri-kun, what are you doing? What on earth are you doing?!"
Namikaze Minato, who the previous second had been involuntarily caught up in the romance of a mortal body fighting against a god, immersed in his own humble feeling of being a drop in the ocean, immediately seemed to wake up from the phantom pain of the spiritual world when he saw this scene, and his whole being was stunned.
He subconsciously straightened his body.
Kissing the enemy's mouth during a battle is not allowed, Kiri-kun!
Immediately after, he seemed to recall something.
'I had already fainted at that time.'
'Who brought me here then?'
The moment he realized this question, Namikaze Minato's movements returned to stillness.
He glanced out of the corner of his eye in the direction of a familiar target within his Chakra sensing range.
And then, he saw Megumi standing blankly on the edge of the cliff, watching the distant scene with no expression.
The girl was so quiet as if she had temporarily lost her voice, her stiff facial muscles twitched with difficulty, and her face turned a bloodless pale.
"..."
"Kiri, there must be a reason, right?"
Megumi seemed to be convincing herself, muttering in a calm tone, but her gaze never left the woman for an inch.
She stared intently at that woman.
If someone were standing in front of her, they might have seen...
In Uchiha Megumi's eye sockets, her Sharingan, which originally only had two tomoe, was spinning rapidly like a windmill.
Whether it was the feeling of powerlessness when facing that woman, the frustration of her having activated the Mangekyo Sharingan despite being younger than herself, or the regret of having Kiri's gaze stolen from her.
All of this burned her soul like fire.
On the surface of her scarlet pupils, from the second pitch-black tomoe, a third slowly split off.
Faintly, the gloomy Chakra coiling within the girl's body seemed to intensify several times at this moment, giving off a profound sense of oppression.
—Three-Tomoe Sharingan!
Namikaze Minato in the distance quietly lay back down, pretending to still be unconscious.
Good luck, Kiri-kun.
The soft touch of lips, slightly cool, still lingered on her forehead.
The moment the young man straightened up, Uchiha Hikari almost instinctively leaned forward, like a child who liked to be spoiled, her eyes wide open and staring, eagerly wanting to get closer to the direction from which the touch came.
That naive and somewhat bewildered gaze clearly indicated that she had no idea what she was doing; she was merely reacting instinctively, based on a memory that came from her primal urges.
But, when Sawara Kiri suddenly released the hand pressing on her neck, the girl's feet suddenly landed on the ground.
Uchiha Hikari's entire body trembled, as if she had suddenly woken up, abruptly realizing what shameful thing she had just done.
Two blushes immediately flew up onto her cheeks.
Only a 'whoosh' sound was heard in the air, and Uchiha Hikari's figure immediately retreated more than ten meters, her hands spread out in front of her, awkwardly and somewhat helplessly blocking, not knowing what she wanted to block.
"What... what do you want to do?!"
Just looking at her current flushed face, nervous and wary like a kitten, it would be impossible to connect her now with the monster who was completely controlled by negative emotions and ocular power, wildly attacking everything she saw, just a moment ago.
Most Uchiha Clan members who activated the Mangekyo were inherently evil lunatics.
Although Senju Tobirama's judgment was a bit arbitrary, it was generally not wrong.
Sawara Kiri had no self-awareness of acting against a girl roughly the same age as his sister; instead, he looked completely calm.
"The one who should be asking that question should be us, right?"
As he spoke, his face unknowingly hardened, a serious expression of an actual victim, telling a lie without a single stutter: "We specifically came to find the Uchiha senior's sealing ruins, preparing to unseal you."
"But as soon as you were released, you attacked our people."
"Senior, don't you feel guilty?!"
The girl froze upon hearing this. When she learned that they had come with good intentions, she subconsciously showed a somewhat guilty expression, wanting to apologize.
But soon, she suddenly realized something.
"..."
"Unseal?"
She remembered.
She should indeed have been jointly ambushed and sealed in this mountain range by the Senju Clan and the Sarutobi Clan.
And, if she remembered correctly, an Uchiha Clan member had also appeared at that time.
Under the influence of the transplanted Mangekyo ocular power and negative Chakra from others, Uchiha Hikari's rationality was often not online, and her brain was not very sharp; she usually looked a bit silly and not very intelligent.
However, perhaps precisely because of this, on some matters of principle, the girl would appear unusually stubborn.
"I won't go back with you!"
Uchiha Hikari regained her sanity, glanced at the forehead protector on his head—an unfamiliar clan crest—and continued speaking:
"Although I don't know which Ninja clan you belong to, or what your relationship is with our Uchiha Clan, I will never return to the clan in this life."
"As for being the clan's weapon, let whoever wants to be it."
"Bang."
Sawara Kiri summoned a Ninja blade from his wrist, stood still, and looked directly at her:
"You should understand, right?"
"What kind of trouble would be caused if a powerful monster like you were allowed to roam freely in the Ninja World."
"A long time has passed since your era, and all the rules of the Ninja World have changed."
"Moreover, that Uchiha who treated you as a weapon and acted recklessly no longer has such great power."
"All Ninja clans have been unified into different Ninja villages."
"Such things as before will not happen again."
As he spoke, he slowly walked towards the girl in front of him, like gradually approaching a wary cat, cautiously extending his hand towards her, his tone sincere, releasing as much goodwill as possible:
"Come with me."
"I'll take good care of you."
Watching his hand extend towards her, Uchiha Hikari's steps involuntarily paused.
She had indeed grown tired of a life where she was used as a weapon by the clan, a life of nothing but slaughter, and she truly wanted to find a place where she could rest.
Almost as soon as she heard his words, Uchiha Hikari was moved.
A child lacking in love, even if they only touch a tiny bit of unintentional kindness from others, will cling to it desperately like a drowning person grasping at a straw.
Even more so with such a direct approach.
But then, the girl seemed to immediately think of something, suddenly darting several meters to the other side like a rabbit, glaring at him with a red face:
"Don't underestimate me!"
"In our time, Ninjas my age could already get married! Don't think I don't understand anything!"
"You, you clearly just want to trick me into going home and having children with you!"
"I don't want that..."
Sawara Kiri's expression paused involuntarily.
Clearly, that sudden intimacy had made her wary, gradually transitioning from 'might lose my life' to 'might lose my chastity.'
"Heh, she found out!"
"She looks silly, but she's quite clever."
"I told you, after the kiss, immediately unleash your beastly instincts! Now it's too late!"
"That was a whole combo!"
The System, enjoying the drama, commented with relish from the side.
Sawara Kiri only felt his reputation being damaged.
"In any case, I will absolutely not stay with anyone from the Uchiha Clan!"
Uchiha Hikari looked at him, saying very cowardly words in a very strong tone: "Even if you are strong, strong enough to kill me ten, twenty times! I can still escape with Izanagi!"
"And this disgusting Ninja World, I would rather die than touch it!"
"Don't even think about keeping me!"
As her words fell, the girl didn't even look back, turning her head and walking to the other side.
"Hey, wait a moment."
Sawara Kiri suddenly called out to her.
Uchiha Hikari turned her head back fiercely, glaring at him: "What else?"
"If that's the case, then what about an apology?"
Sawara Kiri pointed behind him: "After causing such a commotion, my companion nearly died by your hand. Are you just going to walk away like that?"
The girl froze upon hearing this, looking at the large area of flattened forest and mountains behind him, and suddenly realized.
At that time, it did seem like she had attacked these people for no reason.
Uchiha Hikari's previously self-righteous expression immediately became somewhat timid again, and even the imposing manner she had just put on weakened a bit.
She stood there hesitating for a while, then suddenly bowed deeply at a ninety-degree angle, her disheveled long hair sweeping forward with a 'whoosh,' and she shouted loudly:
"I am very sorry—!!"
Her messy long hair swept back with another 'whoosh.'
When she straightened up, as if suddenly thinking of something, the girl looked at him again, feeling a secret shyness in her heart, then put on a cold expression and suddenly spoke:
"My name is Uchiha Hikari."
"..."
"Uchiha of the Uchiha Clan, Hikari of light."
Because she didn't hear a reply, she even kindly explained it again.
"Sawara Kiri."
"Sawara? A Ninja clan I haven't heard of."
Upon hearing this, Uchiha Hikari mumbled a few words in a low voice, but nodded contentedly, the corners of her lips unconsciously curving upwards, not knowing what she was happy about.
The young man stood opposite her, still holding his Ninja blade, but indeed had no intention of stopping her anymore.
Or rather, he no longer had the stamina for it.
His ultimate technique, Hollow Technique: Purple, could only be used twice a day at most.
However, Uchiha Hikari's Izanagi was another matter.
Seeing that he indeed had no intention of continuing to attack, the girl actually secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as Izanagi's consumption was quite large, and it was also bad for her eyes.
However, in front of this guy who had suddenly kissed her just now and made her show such an 'ugly state,' Uchiha Hikari somehow instinctively wanted to put on a very strong front, like a childish ghost over a hundred years old:
"Hmph."
"I remember that name."
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