Chapter 113: How Dare Pork Run Its Mouth
Where exactly was that spacetime kunai?
Sasuke stared in confusion, eyes wide open, yet even his two-tomoe Sharingan failed to catch anything at all.
But he could feel it—the approach of death.
"I can't die yet. I still haven't killed that man!"
As Sasuke roared, within his two-tomoe Sharingan, a new tomoe slowly began to form. However, at that very moment, Kakashi suddenly appeared in front of him. His three-tomoe Sharingan abruptly combined and mutated—
Mangekyō Sharingan!
Under the visual power of the Mangekyō Sharingan, nothing could remain hidden.
Clang!
Kakashi swung his short blade and easily knocked the spacetime kunai aside…
"So this is the Mangekyō Sharingan." Li Jie Xuan nodded with a smile. "As expected of you, Kakashi. You really hid it well."
Kakashi covered his bleeding left eye and forced a bitter smile. His Mangekyō had already awakened back when Rin died, but as someone who wasn't an Uchiha, he could only barely manage to open it even now…
"Not bad at all."
Li Jie Xuan nodded in satisfaction. "With this Mangekyō, I'd say this trip was worth the price."
"Who are you?" Kakashi stood firmly in front of Sasuke, shielding him. This was the last bloodline of the Uchiha clan—no matter what, even for Obito's sake, he had to protect him.
"What a boring question, Kakashi." Li Jie Xuan shook his head with some regret. "You, who once cut through lightning, were dragged down by this Sharingan."
To this day, Li Jie Xuan had never forgotten that genius youth who once cleaved lightning on a stormy night.
Kakashi—Konoha's greatest prodigy, even among all ninja history. The son of the White Fang of Konoha, wielding a blade sharp enough to cut through lightning itself. Yet because of an eye that constantly consumed massive amounts of chakra, he had become a pitiful man who lived day to day calculating his remaining reserves…
"For the sake of the one move you once taught me, I'll let you die cleanly."
"Taught you… one move?"
Li Jie Xuan slowly formed hand seals. "Monkey—Hare—Ox!"
The Sharingan's copied image transmitted every detail perfectly into Kakashi's eyes…
"This is… Chidori?!"
Kakashi's eyes widened in shock, his hands moving involuntarily to form seals of their own.
"Monkey—Hare—Ox!"
This was the first time the so-called Copy Ninja Kakashi had ever copied a technique that belonged solely to himself—from someone else.
Crackle—crackle—
Deep blue lightning gathered in Kakashi's hand. Every time he used this technique, he was filled with absolute confidence, because this was the glory of cutting through lightning itself. But this time…
Pale white lightning twisted through the air, forming a razor-sharp blade. Its terrifying aura resembled a devouring black hole, promising only the deepest death and despair.
"Chidori!"
"Dragon Chidori!"
One large figure and one small figure launched almost simultaneously. A tenth of a second later, pale blue arcs of electricity and ghostly white lightning collided violently in midair!
In that instant, a blinding white flash erupted, as though the entire world had lost its color. The deafening roar robbed everyone of their hearing…
Crackle—
When color finally returned to the world, Li Jie Xuan and Kakashi had silently switched positions. The deep blue lightning had faded, yet the pale white lightning still flickered faintly in Li Jie Xuan's hand.
"Obito… Rin…"
Two familiar faces seemed to appear in Kakashi's eyes. He slowly lowered his head. His chest had been completely pierced through by the terrifying Dragon Chidori, charred organs exposed to the open air.
"I'm sorry."
Leaving behind those final words of apology, Kakashi collapsed heavily to the ground…
"The bloodline of the White Fang of Konoha."
Li Jie Xuan casually took out a syringe. "An existence like this deserves a sample."
The thick, transparent needle plunged into Kakashi's body. With a gentle pull, pale blue blood—faintly crackling like lightning—flowed into the syringe, filling nearly one-fifth of its markings.
"What are you doing!?"
Zabuza frowned as he stepped up beside Li Jie Xuan, the Executioner's Blade pointed straight at him. "He may have been an enemy, but Kakashi was a foe I respected!"
"Since when does livestock get to lecture humans on how to process meat?"
Li Jie Xuan sneered dismissively. "You're next anyway. Why the rush?"
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