"The power of Yang Release?"
As Uchiha Chisen looked at the familiar text before him, he realized that he had inherited some of Hidan's Yang Release power. It would not let him survive having his head cut off, but at least he was as hard to kill as a cockroach now.
"Besides Yang Release, the other four of Nagato's destroyed Six Paths also gave my eye power a boost..."
"There's still some way to go before my Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan becomes a Rinnegan, but it's a start..."
If anyone had been watching Uchiha Chisen's eyes at that moment, they would have seen a hazy purple ring tinting the outermost edge of his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. It was faint, but it was unmistakably the purple of the Rinnegan.
"Damn it, meow!"
"I haven't been hurt this badly in ages. That guy Obito is such a jerk, meow!"
Held in Uchiha Izumi's arms, Kijiro kept grumbling about Obito along the way. He had only told the truth! How could Obito treat an adorable little kitty like that?
"I'm sorry. You got hurt because of me, Kijiro..."
Listening to Kijiro's complaints, Uchiha Izumi apologized guiltily. After all, if he had not been protecting her, he could have avoided such serious injuries altogether.
"It's okay, meow!"
Seeing Uchiha Izumi's guilt, Kijiro could hardly keep complaining.
While Uchiha Chisen continued heading back to Konoha, figures appeared at the former battlefield: scouts from the Land of Earth and Konoha ninja on their way to the Land of Water.
"This was the power of Lava Release. The ground has practically turned into a lake of magma!"
Uchiha Akira was one of the three who had dealt with Gato. Looking at the magma lake stretching for over ten kilometers before him, he could not help but marvel.
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