"Heh… heh…"
Delta stood frozen after being stripped, her eyes glowing like a pair of LED lights.
No one knew whether her brain—or the processing unit inside the drone mounted on her back—was handling the overload.
Either way…
She had crashed.
Akira glanced downward.
"So you're just a little blonde girl after all."
In the world of shinobi, hair color tended to match everywhere.
Black matched black, blue matched blue, purple matched purple, red matched red, white matched white, yellow matched yellow.
So far Akira had never seen an exception.
…Well, except for a certain brown-haired Mizukage who couldn't get married.
She didn't have any.
How Akira knew things like that?
With Twin Blossoms, privacy simply didn't exist.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"
Seven full seconds later, Delta finally rebooted.
She screamed like a madwoman.
Frantically covering her chest, crouching down and squeezing her legs together.
"You bastard!! What the hell did you do to me?!"
"My clothes! Give my clothes back!!"
Akira answered flatly,
"Oh? So you do have a sense of shame."
"I thought your brain only contained AI-style data."
"I'LL KILL YOUUUU!!!"
— Destruction Beam!
Purple light swelled in Delta's eyes.
— Divine Illumination.
Pop.
The beam vanished before it could even fire.
"Bzz—!"
— Destruction Beam!
— Divine Illumination.
Pop.
"Bzz!" — Pop!
"Bzz!" — Pop!
"Bzz!" — Pop!
"Bzz!" — Pop!
Delta completely lost it.
"WHY?! WHY WON'T MY DESTRUCTION BEAM COME OUT?!"
Akira replied calmly,
"What's wrong? Can you only fight using eye lasers?"
"Earlier, when fighting the Hokage, you were throwing punches, kicks, regenerating legs—doing quite well."
"Come on."
"Rush me."
"Where did that heroic spirit of yours go?"
Delta ground her teeth, fury burning in her eyes.
She wanted to kill him with her gaze alone—
but in front of Akira, even her eye attacks couldn't be released.
"Looks like you're too embarrassed."
Akira sighed.
"Fine."
"I'll help you loosen up."
— Toyoke Kebi no Mikoto
CRACK.
A skeletal Susanoo manifested behind Delta.
Silver bone hands wrapped tightly around her body—
lifting her into the air.
Delta panicked.
"What the hell is this thing?!"
"How did it appear behind me?!"
CRACK.
The bone hand tightened, crushing her body.
Akira spoke coldly.
"So?"
"Are you going to fight me properly…"
"Or should I just squeeze you into a lump of flesh mixed with machine parts?"
Faced with death, Delta had no choice but to choose between shame and survival.
Everyone here can be killed afterward.
As long as I kill Uchiha Akira.
Koji Kashin? He looks like some abstinent monk.
He probably doesn't even see me as a woman.
So what's there to worry about?
Her muscles tightened.
Her entire body surged with power.
The reverse-pressure enhancement muscles installed in Ao's body—
Delta had the same modification.
Combined with her high-energy chakra core, her physical power was even greater.
It was the very reason she could fight Naruto head-on in full Nine-Tails Mode.
CRACK.
The Susanoo bone hand began to fracture.
Cracks spread through the wrist, arm—
then the entire skeleton shattered.
BOOM!
The Susanoo collapsed into fragments.
"Die!"
Delta landed and charged forward again, abandoning all hesitation.
Akira smiled.
"That's right."
"That's more like it."
"Uchiha Akira!"
"I'll make you regret humiliating me!"
Delta lunged forward and threw a powerful punch toward his face.
WHOOSH—
Just one foot away—
her fist suddenly slowed.
"What the hell?!"
Akira calmly raised his left hand and caught the slowed punch.
His right fist drove forward—
BAM!
It slammed into Delta's abdomen.
"UGH—!"
Her eyes bulged as she staggered back.
Akira walked forward casually.
He dodged her desperate left hook—
then delivered a sharp backhand slap.
SMACK!
Delta stumbled.
She tried to regain balance and threw an uppercut.
Akira leaned back.
Then slapped her again.
SMACK!
"Damn you!"
SMACK!
"Bastard!"
SMACK!
"Shit!"
SMACK!
"AHHH!! Why can't I—"
SMACK!
"Hit you—"
SMACK!
SMACK!
SMACK!
Ten consecutive slaps.
By the end of it, Delta's face was completely swollen.
Her features twisted beyond recognition.
Her once-decent appearance had turned grotesque.
Akira glanced at the blood on his hand.
"Hm."
"You bleed."
"So the core may be mechanical…"
"…but the body around it is still flesh."
Not far away, Kawaki stared blankly.
His heart pounded violently.
Who the hell is this guy…?
Even a monster like Delta can't fight back against him.
He hasn't even used any major techniques.
As a person alone… he might be stronger than the Hokage.
Without realizing it, Kawaki blurted out,
"Are… are you the Hokage's friend?"
Akira stopped walking.
He glanced sideways.
Just a brief glance.
"AH!"
Kawaki's legs immediately buckled.
He collapsed to his knees.
What kind of gaze was that?
Jigen didn't treat me like a human…
But this guy…
That look…
It was like he was looking at livestock.
Why does he look at me like that?
Did I do something wrong?
"AAAAAAHHHH!!"
"Where the hell are you looking, bastard?!"
Delta rushed forward again.
Akira grabbed her wrist.
Then—
Ptoo.
He spat directly into her open mouth.
Pulling her forward—
his knee slammed into her swollen face.
THUD!
Her nose collapsed inward instantly.
Broken teeth scattered across the ground.
"AAAGHH!!"
Akira released her and looked down coldly.
"That all you've got?"
Koji Kashin finally spoke up.
"Delta!"
"Don't fight him within one meter."
"At that range, your attacks slow down."
"His attacks accelerate."
"And his eye technique can erase your destruction beam."
"The limit is fifteen meters."
"If you fire from beyond that distance, it should work."
Madara glanced sideways at Koji.
"He doesn't have Sharingan."
"Nor Six Paths perception."
"And yet he deduced Akira's abilities just by watching?"
Obito sighed.
"This clone of Jiraiya…"
"Koji Kashin."
"It seems all the weaknesses were removed."
"What's left are only the strengths."
Akira simply smiled.
He didn't bother denying it.
"So that's how it works!"
Delta jumped backward, widening the distance.
Damn it…
Being stripped made me lose my cool.
All I could think about was killing this pervert.
Her eyes glowed purple again.
And just as Koji predicted—
beyond fifteen meters—
the attack wasn't erased.
"Ready to die, Uchiha Akira?!"
"I'll turn you to dust!"
Akira didn't move.
Instead—
he raised a finger and beckoned mockingly.
"Come on."
"You blonde tramp."
"DIE!!!"
— Destruction Beam!
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