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"YOU…!!"
What sent a jolt of cold dread through Inari Kakashi wasn't the sensation of his own Violet Flash piercing through Orochimaru's chest, only to have his hand clamp around his wrist… it was the string of prayer beads that transferred from that grip and snapped around his neck!
FWOOSH! In a flash, Inari Kakashi used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport back to his original position. The Violet Flash in his palm vanished as he clawed at the beads around his neck, trying to rip them off… but no matter how hard he pulled, they clung stubbornly to his skin!
K's eyes blazed with fury.
"Damn you, Orochimaru! You used that bell to rattle me, then let my attack pierce you on purpose… all to plant this backup plan! In that mode, the moment he touches me, these beads activate!"
Yes… those beads were also a Death God artifact, named the 'Curse Beads.' When the Reaper Death Seal's spectral arm reached out to devour a soul, it first passed through a larger version of these same beads!
Orochimaru's chest, clad in a white haori, sported a gaping, open hole.
"The Violet Flash truly is vicious and troublesome!"
If there was one flaw in the Death God mode, it was that he couldn't use his signature Great Snake Replacement technique for survival.
But… a mere piercing wound through the chest and back wasn't enough to kill Orochimaru instantly. As long as he could defeat Inari Kakashi while conscious, cancel the Death God mode, and then use the substitution, he'd be fine!
Wiping blood from his lips, Orochimaru smirked.
"But… it's over!"
Two fingers formed a seal.
Beneath the curse beads… a phantom Reaper's arm materialized, closing around Inari Kakashi's throat!
The other end of the arm… was connected directly to the hole in Orochimaru's own chest!
"So that's it…! These beads force the Reaper Death Seal to activate with me as the target!!!"
ZZZZZT! Watching his own soul being violently yanked from his body, Inari Okami's eyes nearly bulged from their sockets!
"GRRRRAAAAAH…! YOU DARE LOOK DOWN ON A GOD, MERE HUMAN?!!"
CRACK!
Behind the altar of the Fushimi Inari Shrine… the main 'Shinden' door slammed open!
A beam of pure white light shot out, striking Kakashi in the back.
Kakashi's body shuddered… his eyes rolled back, showing only whites!
BOOM! BOOM!
The black fishnet on his body burned away in an instant, replaced by… a flowing, chakra-formed white fox-fur mantle!
—Inari Celestial Fox Mode!
This was Inari Okami's true, unreserved state!
BOOM! BOOM!
Outside the mantle, two massive arms of white fox-fire ignited, their clawed hands seizing the soul being pulled by the Reaper and holding it fast!
A flicker of shock passed through Orochimaru's pupils.
"Setting aside divine status and esoteric ninjutsu… in terms of raw chakra alone, K is now a genuine rival to the full Nine-Tails…"
The Death God and other malevolent deities were powerful in function, not chakra volume.
Among the Four Great Earthly Deities… the only one whose chakra surpassed this was the being famed for overwhelming power—'Quetzalcoatl'!
Orochimaru quickly regained his composure.
Chakra this immense… wasn't something Kakashi's body could withstand for long.
Three minutes, at most.
And his own Death God mode still had roughly five minutes before it expired.
The corner of his mouth lifted.
"Plenty of time… this tug-of-war will end with my victory!"
In the midst of the soul-struggle, the agonized screams emanating from Kakashi's vessel darkened Inari Okami's expression.
"Seems I need to spice things up!"
Even this chatterbox god, who loved to banter mid-fight, knew the cost of failure. Forget some future day as Orochimaru's captive—if K lost today, he was done for!
K raised both hands, forming a vicious, divine seal!
—Secret Art: Heavenly Grain Spike!
SHWIP! SHWIP! SHWIP! SHWIP!
Gleaming, golden stalks of rice erupted from the earth in all directions, surging forward in a crazed tide!
A technique used at this critical juncture was absolutely no trivial matter!
Watching the incoming golden tide, Orochimaru braced himself.
"Even if… it accelerates my mode's depletion, I have no choice!"
RRRIP! RRRIP! RRRIP!
Immense strain… tore Orochimaru's entire back open!
"Gh…!" Even this man with his modified, pliable flesh couldn't suppress a grunt of pain!
At the critical limit of using the Reaper Death Seal in a full-power tug-of-war against Inari Okami, with this pierced body, he unleashed—the 'Eight Branches Technique'!!!
The small snakes on Orochimaru's shoulders, alongside Amateru's Mangekyō, flared in sync!
From the mouths of eight colossal white serpent heads, golden Susano'o blades erupted!
—Chaos of the Eight Branches!!!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM…!
The Chaos of the Eight Branches mowed down the advancing Heavenly Grain Spikes. The spikes, however, seemed endless in their growth, madly entangling and strangling the Eight-Headed Serpent!
Whenever a serpent head was severed… it instantly regenerated, reaping wildly!
The contest of power… had escalated completely!
Seeing Inari Okami's strained expression, Orochimaru let out a mental sigh of relief. "Like this… we're both burning through our reserves. The advantage is still mine!"
"Heh."
Inari Okami let out a dark chuckle, clearly brewing some mischief.
The golden rice stalks began converging toward K's hands, twisting and braiding into the form of a whip.
It wasn't just the Death God who had artifacts.
"Let me teach you… the fox's—'Deity-Smiting Whip'!"
A tool that could forcibly expel divine power from a body—the bane of all gods!
Clutching the Deity-Smiting Whip, surrounded by a golden sea of grain, Inari Okami charged!
Orochimaru couldn't let him succeed. He retreated frantically, the Eight-Headed Serpent in tow!
One advanced, the other retreated, maintaining a tense, hovering distance… all while the Reaper Death Seal's tug-of-war continued!
The situation was perilous… but as long as Orochimaru played it cautiously, that 'Deity-Smiting Whip' in Inari Okami's hand might never find its mark!
Yet, in that tense dance, the corner of Inari Kakashi's mouth curled into a sinister smirk. A sudden, sly remark slipped out: "Reaper… being forced into servitude by this human's sealing technique must grate on you. Help me, and I can set you free…!!!"
HUMMMMMMMM…!
In that instant… Orochimaru's body lurched violently!
The Death God within him had hesitated for a split second, swayed by Inari Okami's coaxing!
"Fufufufu!!!"
Inari Kakashi cackled madly, accelerating his charge, the Deity-Smiting Whip lashing toward Orochimaru's head!
Orochimaru's nerves stretched to the breaking point as he threw himself into a desperate evasion!
WHAP!
It missed his head… but struck his shoulder with a solid thwack!
Inari Okami sneered, "Fufu, what a pity… but this should still give you quite a headache~."
"Guh… WAAH…!!"
Orochimaru's stomach bulged… his diaphragm convulsed. He opened his mouth and vomited out a stream of white light.
"This is… Lord Hashirama's remnant soul, stripped of chakra, from within the Death God! My, how tenacious. I thought that soul had already dissipated!"
Orochimaru's face was etched with pain, but his vertical pupils shone with unprecedented intensity.
It was born of sheer awe…
"Lord Hashirama's soul… actually forcibly absorbed a portion of the Death God itself!"
"This… chakra is calling to me."
Hashirama's soul stared blankly into the distance, seemingly bewildered.
—"Is that… me?"
Watching Hashirama's soul rise into the air and streak toward the horizon, following the summons…
Orochimaru's smile widened. "The old and new Gods of Shinobi are finally going to meet? I'd love to witness that moment… but it seems I cannot."
He was weakened… to the point of being almost feeble.
Inari Okami held all the cards. "You seem out of strength. Any last words?"
At the brink of absolute defeat, Orochimaru's lips actually curved upward. "My losing… doesn't mean you've won!"
HUMMMMMMMM…!
A pale, ghostly aura condensed in Orochimaru's right hand, forming an ethereal blade!
The Death God's… third artifact!
—Zanpakutō!
—"Even if I can't keep your soul here… at the very least, I can seal away those hands you're so proud of!"
Inari Okami!! "!!!???"
"Inari Okami… I can tell your obsession with ninjutsu borders on madness. You're like the ultimate version of my former self! So… your fate shall be a replication of mine!"
SCHING…!
The spectral hand beneath the curse beads… pulled forward with its last vestige of power!
Simultaneously… Orochimaru mustered every ounce of his strength and brought the Zanpakutō down!
In that moment, the once-arrogant Inari Okami finally let out a panicked, utterly undignified shriek.
—"YA… YAMEROOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
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