"You!!"
Kaguya's forced composure shattered instantly, and a trace of unprepared panic flashed across her delicate face.
Arisu took in her loss of composure completely, a playful smile lingering at the corner of his lips as he slowly stepped closer to her…
"You're planning to use Black Zetsu to help you complete your revival, right?", Arisu spoke in a calm tone.
Kaguya watched Arisu getting closer and closer.
His handsome face was right in front of her, his brows carrying a hint of deliberate teasing. He looked both striking and annoyingly smug.
It made her heart falter for a moment.
She never expected that Arisu had completely seen through her scheme.
This meant that Black Zetsu had already failed.
Either it had been sealed harshly by the person before her...
Or it had already been silently erased.
Suppressing the storm surging in her heart, Kaguya raised her eyes to look at Arisu. Her cool voice carried a trace of tension that was hard to detect. "How did you know?"
"Why do you ask so many questions?"
Arisu raised a brow slightly, his tone casual and indifferent. "You don't need to worry about that. When Black Zetsu comes back, we'll go unlock the seal together."
"Comes back?"
Kaguya's brows suddenly furrowed, her eyes filled with shock and doubt. She had already assumed that Black Zetsu had been dealt with by Arisu, so hearing this now caught her off guard.
"It can still move? I thought it would have been restrained or destroyed by you.", She said lightly.
Arisu only let out a few low chuckles. A deep meaning flickered in his eyes, but he said nothing, looking mysterious and unreadable.
Not only could it move, Black Zetsu was almost becoming his own will.
Seeing him like this, Kaguya felt even more puzzled and couldn't help asking, "Then where should Black Zetsu be now?"
Arisu's gaze shifted slightly. His figure moved gently, and his thin lips parted as he slowly spoke, "Right now, it should be…"
BOOM!
"Run! Hurry up and run!!!"
"Syura! South! Go south!"
In the forest, Black Zetsu was directing Senju Syura as he dashed wildly through the woods.
BOOM!!!
Deafening explosions rang out one after another in the forest. The shockwaves carried splintered wood and smoke, slamming heavily into Senju Syura's back.
"Ha!!"
Senju Syura fled like his life depended on it.
"Wind Release: Wind Barrage!!"
A casting shout came from behind.
The angry roar rolled like thunder.
Several sharp green wind blades, carrying a tearing sound through the air, shot straight at him from behind.
Where the wind blades passed, branches and leaves were shredded instantly, and deep trenches were carved into the ground.
"This is bad!"
Senju Syura's pupils shrank suddenly, but at the critical moment, the boost from Black Zetsu's possession inside his body erupted.
Black Zetsu's invisible power lifted his body and forced it to shift sideways. He narrowly brushed past the edge of the wind blades.
The hem of his clothes was sliced open by the force, almost throwing him into the fiery explosion behind.
"Teacher! That's insane!"
Senju Syura realized it was Black Zetsu's control.
Black Zetsu remained steady, constantly sensing.
"Teacher! How long are we going to keep running?"
"If it really comes down to it, we can just kill a few pursuers to ease the pressure! It's better than getting chased like this!"
Senju Syura shouted while fleeing for his life.
Black Zetsu frowned. He could clearly sense two powerful chakra signatures approaching like meteors, rapidly closing in from two directions.
"No! Those two clan leaders are getting closer!" Black Zetsu's voice carried a trace of seriousness.
"Two clan leaders?!"
Senju Syura's steps faltered, his face instantly turning pale.
His father was the strongest in the Senju clan, and even he had to go all out against the Uchiha clan leader. But now there were two figures at that level.
Those were opponents that even his father would barely survive against. How could he possibly resist them?
"It's over… looks like fate wants me dead…"
Senju Syura's voice weakened, his steps stumbling as he almost fell. "Even if my father came, he might not survive, let alone me, someone who just finished training…"
"Don't belittle yourself.", Black Zetsu's voice suddenly became steady.
"With me here, I will absolutely keep you safe."
Before coming, the Great Sage had already set a strict rule.
He could not use the Mayfly Technique to directly take Senju Syura away, but he could use his own power to provide the greatest possible protection and enhancement.
BOOM! BOOM!
Senju Syura looked at the forest ahead, then glanced at the pursuers closing in behind. He had no other choice.
He took a deep breath and nodded firmly toward Black Zetsu in his mind. "I trust you, Teacher!"
Just as they reached an agreement, two figures suddenly leapt out from the dense forest ahead.
They were two Uchiha clan members. Wearing clan attire, their scarlet Sharingan locked onto Senju Syura, their eyes filled with cruelty.
"Don't run!"
One of them shouted lowly. His two Sharingan widened, and a strange genjutsu spread instantly.
"Not good!"
Senju Syura's pupils shrank as he instinctively tried to close his eyes to resist.
But the genjutsu had already formed. He felt the world spin, as if he had fallen into endless darkness.
Just as he thought he was about to be controlled, a warm chakra suddenly surged from within him, like an unbreakable barrier, completely blocking the genjutsu.
"Syura, hold steady."
"With me possessing you, you are completely immune to genjutsu and ordinary sealing techniques right now."
Black Zetsu's voice sounded in his ear.
Senju Syura snapped back to his senses, feeling his whole body lighten as the dizziness vanished instantly.
Joy surged in his heart, and he couldn't help exclaiming inwardly, 'Damn! This is way too strong!'
The two Uchiha clan members saw this, and the cruelty on their faces instantly turned into shock.
They exchanged a glance, disbelief filling their eyes.
The Sharingan genjutsu… had no effect on this person?
"Nani?! Why didn't the Sharingan genjutsu work?"
There was no time to think. Both of them drew their swords at the same time. With a flash of cold light, the blades cut through the air with sharp force, slashing fiercely toward Senju Syura's neck and waist.
Senju Syura reacted quickly. The blade in his hand left its sheath instantly. With a sharp twist of his wrist, the blade's shadow formed a tight arc in front of him.
"Excuse me!"
With a low shout, his body surged forward with momentum, slipping through the gaps between the two Uchiha blades like a nimble cat.
Clang! Clang!
Two crisp sounds rang out.
Senju Syura's short blade struck precisely against their swords.
A clever force traveled along the blades, directly knocking the two Uchiha clan members backward. Their palms went numb, and their swords nearly flew out of their hands.
After stabilizing themselves, the two stared at Senju Syura's fleeing figure, the shock in their eyes deepening.
'That sword style… sharp and decisive, full of clever force. Why does it look so much like the Hatake clan's swordsmanship?!'
'Could it be that this kid is someone from the Hatake clan in disguise?'
Senju Syura had no time to care about their confusion. After pushing them back, he didn't slow down at all, continuing to flee south at full speed.
But at that moment, a proud female voice suddenly came from the sky, carrying a hint of teasing, cutting through the chaos of the forest, "I'll pass through as well!"
Before the words even finished, a figure descended from the sky.
It was Uchiha Yui.
Like a falling red leaf, her speed reached an extreme. There wasn't even an afterimage to catch. She appeared instantly right in front of Senju Syura.
Without any extra movement, the blade in her hand flashed with a dazzling silver light as it slashed fiercely toward his shoulder.
"So fast!"
Senju Syura was horrified. Black Zetsu also reacted instantly, but even though his mind could keep up with the speed, his body simply couldn't respond in time.
At the very moment the blade was about to touch his shoulder...
Black Zetsu exerted force again.
Using all its strength, it forced his body to shift sharply to the left.
Shhk...!
The blade grazed past his shoulder, leaving a streak of blood, but ultimately failed to injure him further.
Missing the strike, Uchiha Yui paused slightly. Her scarlet Sharingan narrowed, and a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes.
She believed that strike had been unexpected, and its speed was already top-tier in the ninja world. Yet this unremarkable Senju clan member managed to dodge it?
Her speed was known as the fastest in the ninja world.
Uchiha Yui let out a cold snort in her heart, the corner of her lips curling in annoyance. "Hmph! I shouldn't have spoken!"
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