As the dust settled and the ground cracked open,
a snow-white humanoid creature tilted its head and stuck out its tongue... Zetsu and Itachi, who had rushed in afterward, were clearly taken aback, exchanging glances...
"What, surprised?"
"Tap... tap...." Slowly, the sound of footsteps echoed near their ears.....
Roy's black hair fluttered in the wind, leisurely and with measured steps. When he reached them, he suddenly raised his hand and tapped the backs of Zetsu and Itachi, separately... Warm as a spring breeze, the Telekinesis instantly invaded their bodies, and amidst their stupor,
white spore-like substance was expelled from within them.....
"Nissan, what is this?"
"Spores, a special ninjutsu of this creature," Roy, focusing his mind, waved and gathered a Fire Style technique, instantly burning the spore-like substances to ashes. He then looked down at white Zetsu and said: "In other words, the enemy... isn't completely dead yet!"
"Uchiha Jin, how did you discover me?!" As if confirming Roy's words, the white Zetsu, aware that escape wasn't possible, widened his eyes and stared intensely at Roy.
Zetsu and Itachi were about to advance with swords drawn, but Roy raised a hand to stop them halfway....
"No need to worry, although he's not dead, he's barely hanging on...."
Roy's expression was indifferent as he looked at White Zetsu, disregarding him entirely. He flicked his finger, and a 'Heartworm' wriggled along the 'Line of Cause and Effect' he had just created with White Zetsu, invading his heart instantly,
"Ding ding dong dong....." a revolving lantern appeared,
At the brink of death, white Zetsu suddenly stiffened,
dizzily seeing Roy somehow already standing in his heart, standing with hands behind his back on the ridge of his heart, watching his life unfold on the sky's canvas... White Zetsu couldn't help but shiver, weakly pointing at Roy, exclaiming: "You can read minds?!"
"You're clearly not from the 'Yamanaka Clan', how can you read minds?"
"It's... it's the Sharingan... It must be your Sharingan....."
"Boom!" The revolving lantern shattered,
The heart trembled and shattered together... Roy's figure faded, seizing the moment to glance at a corner of the canvas... In his eyes, "Whoosh~" ignited two blazing suns, dimly seeing a black shadow.....
The shadow leaned against a big tree, standing under it,
Half of its body was completely black, the other half snow-white like white Zetsu. Across the 'Line of Cause and Effect', it glanced at Roy, suddenly startled... It staggered back two steps, crashing heavily into the tree trunk!
'Uchiha Jin....' A ghostly murmur echoed through falling green leaves....
Black Zetsu covered his eyes, staring intensely at Roy,
The youth's expression was calm, gradually fading with the demise of white Zetsu's clone, then gradually dissipated....
In no time, consciousness returned, slowly opened eyes.....
"Nissan, he's dead!"
Chakra drained entirely,
Zetsu squatted down, felt for white Zetsu's breath, promptly told Roy.
Roy noncommittally emitted a soft "hmm", slowly glanced in the direction of Konoha's outskirts. If his guess was right, that big tree just now where Black Zetsu stayed, should be Uchiha Madara's place of last gasp!
The youth withdrew his gaze after a moment, looked again at Itachi,
Itachi bowed his head, anxiously holding the sword, bent forward in a curtsey, saying: "Nissan, I was wrong~ I shouldn't have thrown the sword...."
Roy said nothing, just reached out a hand, gently rubbed the young boy's head, softly said: "You weren't wrong,"
"But Nissan did say, the sword is the life of a swordsman, must never abandon it, right?"
"Did you abandon it?" Roy smiled, patting Itachi's forehead, naturally draping his arm around Zetsu's shoulder, watching sunlight shine down, through the lush forest, creating patches of light on the ground, said leisurely: "Throwing a sword in urgent moments doesn't count as abandonment, Itachi... Zetsu... get stronger....."
"Nissan hopes that one day, even if I'm not beside you, you can easily handle today's situation....."
"Nissan, no, I will always stand by your side!" Zetsu confidently looked up at Roy, firmly said.
"Me too," Itachi silently gripped the sword,
The young boy secretly vowed, in the future... must become stronger and stronger, strong enough not to need to throw the sword and still easily kill the enemy!
The boy's heart was sincere and open,
Deepening friendship even more naturally emitted a profound 'blue' from above their heads.......
Roy's lips curled into a warm, gentle arc, said no more, just said: "Go practice your sword."
Zetsu and Itachi nodded heavily, as usual, no need for Roy's special reminder, they found rocks, hung them in baskets, suspended them at the sword's end, began their daily practice of Ten Thousand Basic Swings.....
"One hundred... two hundred... a thousand... two thousand......"
The brothers sweated profusely, full of fighting spirit... Of course, as the brother, Roy couldn't fall behind.....
Roy went to the edge of the training ground, not far from the two brothers, found a big tree, sat cross-legged, then... consciousness immersed, activating Sense, began creating his — Susanoo!
This technique based on the Mangekyo Sharingan, strictly speaking is ninjutsu, but rather... external manifestation of chakra, constructing a form as majestic as the 'Hundred Forms of Guanyin' by Netero,
that he once saw in his great-grandfather Maha's Unconscious Domain, a giant holding a cape hammer, attracting thunder, shaking the sky with fury,
because each person's Nenryoku or Mangekyo Sharingan abilities are different, often presenting varied forms.
But, according to Roy's understanding of the original work, 'Susanoo' can roughly be divided into five levels, each level due to strength differences appear significant form variations,
First stage skeleton form: also initial state, can only form ribs or arm skeletons, limited defense, barely holding some simple weapons.
Second stage muscular form: muscles and veins cover the skeleton outside, forming semi-body form, can use exclusive ninjutsu like Yasaka's Magatama and other powerful ninjutsu.
Third stage armor form: wears dark Celestial Dog armor, greatly enhancing defense, but chakra consumption is huge, original work Itachi versus Sasuke battle previously showing it, thereby... slaying Orochimaru attached to Sasuke's body.
Fourth humanoid form: generating legs and lower body, caster can enter head to control, enhancing mobility, can also arm Tailed Beast. In the original, Madara once armed Kyuubi with this form, fought Hashira in the Valley of the End, remembered by descendants in sculpture.
Fifth complete form: also 'Susanoo''s ultimate form, not only massive, comparable to mountains, wings even born from the back, possessing flight and mountain-splitting abilities, in the original, only Madara and Sasuke achieved it, partially due to them being reincarnations of 'Indra', capable of bearing more 'Yin Style'.
Thoughts quickly spun through the mind,
Roy sitting cross-legged under the tree, slowly placed both hands on his knees respectively, began opening Acupoints, manipulating Sense....
"Buzz....." Accompanied by a touch of blood color slowly climbing the youth's pupils, three pitch-black comma-shaped tomoe rotated in blade-like forms, constructing a nebula, rotating around two "Whoosh~" ignited suns gently.....
Following this, a purely colossal, dread-inducing 'Renryoku' exploded from the youth's center,
Zetsu and Itachi suddenly shivered as they practiced their sword, actions paused, turned their heads to look....
"Crack... crack... crack....." Suddenly a blue giant, blazing flames swirling around, slowly emerged from Roy's body!
Its skeleton was clear,
Stretching out as if blocking the sun in the sky,
Then looking down at Zetsu and Itachi, as if gazing at two ants, empty eyes "Whoosh" followed by igniting two suns, compared to those ignited in Roy's pupils, even hotter, even more dazzling, even more blinding, once Zetsu and Itachi laid eyes on.....
They couldn't control their weak knees, sat on the ground with a thud, swords clattering from their hands.....