A fist slammed hard into Moroi's face, caving in his cheek and sending his back crashing solidly into the barrier wall.
Bang!
"Ugh—pfft!"
Moroi couldn't help letting out a muffled groan, spitting out three bloodied molars.
Before this, after traveling for a long time, he had already used up nearly half his stamina. Then he had used the Body Flicker Technique, Fire Seal Jutsu, and Binding Array twice in succession, suffered Uchiha Ci's Combined Ninjutsu, and was covered in cuts.
Finally, he had even used the large-scale Fuinjutsu—Million Angry Wrathful Numbers Annoying Flow Slave.
Eighty percent of his Chakra had already been exhausted.
Now, due to overexerting the stamina needed to produce Chakra, he panted heavily to ease his physical and mental exhaustion.
Yet he had never expected it.
Uchiha Ci, who had been hit by Million Angry Wrathful Numbers Annoying Flow Slave—
Could actually still get back up and attack him!
Looking at Uchiha Ci crawling toward him like a dark Evil Ghost, his face twisted savagely and his eyes bloodshot—
Moroi's mind trembled. It felt as though a demon's massive hand had seized his heart, making his entire body shudder.
Uchiha Ci grinned viciously at the Kumogakure shinobi before him, the Single Tomoe in his eyes spinning rapidly.
He forced himself upright, then drove a front kick viciously into Moroi's face.
Moroi's head slammed into the barrier wall. His hands rose helplessly as he covered his face and howled in agony!
Immediately after, Ci spun around and delivered another side kick, smashing hard into Moroi's left cheek.
That kick sent the Special Jonin from Kumogakure spinning through the air, dragging up dust as he crashed viciously into the broken walls and rubble.
At that moment, the world in Uchiha Ci's eyes—
Was clear down to the finest detail. He could even see the path of every falling speck of dust!
From somewhere within his body, already pushed to its limit, a new strength surged forth without end!
But that—
Did nothing to ease the anger and fear in his heart.
His anger at having the Death Process interrupted, and his fearful unease at being unable to foresee the future!
Uchiha Ci clenched his fist and tore an Exploding Tag, still untouched by ink and bearing a seal, from his body.
He drew the last kunai tied to his pant leg and wrapped the Exploding Tag around its tip.
His trembling lips pressed together. Without saying a word, he simply stared wide-eyed with his Sharingan and grinned as he approached Moroi.
His expression was twisted and savage. Bloody tears mixed with squid ink, gathering drop by drop on his chin.
Blackish-red blood splattered onto the ground.
But on closer inspection, one could see that he was trembling—
His teeth chattered, his facial muscles quivered, and his pupils shook.
It was the expression of an Evil Ghost, filled with fury and terror that had both risen to their peak!
Moroi, who had fallen amid the ruins, opened his mouth and spat out a pool of blood, shaking his head hard.
His vision was filled with stars, and one of his ears could no longer hear anything.
After the long, piercing ringing in his ears—
He faintly heard someone outside the barrier calling his name—
"Moroi!"
"Moroi!"
It was Senior Ramui and Senior Dodai.
Moroi raised his head blankly and looked outside the barrier.
Ramui's face was filled with urgency as he shouted anxiously, "Get a hold of yourself, damn it!"
"Moroi, haven't you figured it out yet?"
"He's been using taijutsu the whole time! His Chakra has already been sealed by Million Angry Wrathful Numbers Annoying Flow Slave!"
Moroi suddenly came to his senses!
And at that moment—
A kunai stabbed straight at his face!
Moroi immediately mobilized his Chakra, rolled to his feet, and seized Uchiha Ci's wrist.
But the restrained Uchiha only gave a savage laugh, then with a crack, forcibly twisted his own arm out of its socket.
His other hand pulled off the Exploding Tag wrapped around the kunai's tip and slapped it onto Moroi's face.
The Exploding Tag lit up!
Boom!
Bang! Bang! The blast's violent gale threw both men out of the smoke, sending them tumbling to the ground.
Moroi panted heavily, his face full of terror.
"Madman, madman, madman!"
"Are you trying to trade your life for mine? Do you not value your life?!"
If Moroi had not knocked away the Exploding Tag in Uchiha Ci's hand at the critical moment—
Both of them would have been blown to death by now!
Uchiha Ci swayed as he rose from the ground, fury blazing in his crimson eyes.
"You say I'm crazy?"
Uchiha Ci bared his teeth and lifted his head. His Crimson Sharingan looked down upon Moroi, his gaze filled with deep contempt.
"What the hell are you? Did you receive Nine-Year Compulsory Education?"
"Do you know what a truly peaceful world looks like?"
"Have you ever felt the thrill of comfortably drinking cola in a Rental Room, typing on a keyboard with both hands, and racing toward your dreams?"
"I once had everything, yet I was thrown into this goddamn world for such a goddamn reason!"
Uchiha Ci shouted furiously.
"You don't understand anything at all!"
"You, Kumogakure, Konoha—you're all just a bunch of uncivilized savages!"
"With your defective brain, you dare lecture me when you're not even worth what zombies would bother chewing on?"
Uchiha Ci covered his face and burst into loud, crazed laughter.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"I've had enough!"
"Enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough!!!"
"This boring world! This world without WiFi Watermelon Short Video, without Game Power Milk Head Joy, without anyone I care about, without anything I desire, without anything, nothing, nothing, nothing!"
"There's nothing at all!"
Uchiha Ci abruptly stopped laughing. The tomoe in the Sharingan between his fingers spun wildly, filled with savagery, coldness, arrogance, and disdain.
And—
A rage that could burn everything!
"This world is empty! It has no meaning!"
As though he had seen through everything, Uchiha Ci looked at Moroi, yet his gaze passed through him, as if he were looking at the entire world behind him.
He curled a finger at him disdainfully.
"Come on, kill me!"
Moroi's gaze turned icy as he took a deep breath.
He did not understand what WiFi Watermelon Short Video or Game Power Milk Head Joy were.
But he could hear it clearly.
Uchiha Ci—this useless Genin, this man who had only just awakened a One Tomoe Sharingan and who, in the Third Shinobi World War, would at best have been slightly larger cannon fodder—
Was mocking him now?!
"You have chosen death!" Moroi said coldly.
With that, he drew his long blade in a backhand grip, narrowed his eyes slightly, braced the sword against his arm, and lowered into a stance.
Now that he knew Uchiha Ci could not use Chakra, the situation was obvious.
Although he did not have enough spare Chakra to use ninjutsu either, with the taijutsu of a Special Jonin—
A mere Uchiha Ci was nothing more than a brat he could suppress with a flip of his hand!
Uchiha Ci did not waste words. He immediately lowered himself and charged, one hand hidden behind his waist as though he were about to draw a weapon from his Ninja Tool Pouch.
Moroi sneered, twisted his footing, and swung his sword.
This strike was Kumogakure's Kumo-ryū sword technique—Deceiver Slash.
It was a simple horizontal slash with a katana, creating the illusion that it was a downward chop.
It forced the opponent to evade.
Once the opponent dodged left, he could seamlessly follow with Kumo-ryū: Inner Slash, deceiving them further before spinning around to slash at the vital points on their back.
And if the opponent dodged right, they would face the follow-up killing move head-on—
Kumo-ryū: Crescent Moon Slash!
Yet in the next instant, the sneer on Moroi's face froze.
Uchiha Ci did not dodge at all.
He allowed the ninja blade to cut from his left shoulder to his right, carving a savage gash across him.
Then he grabbed the blade with one hand, blood running through the gaps between his fingers and dripping onto the ground.
His gaze was cold, crazed, and savage.
"This is a Jonin? This is your swordsmanship?!"
"Not enough! This isn't enough!"
"Come on, kill me!"
"Use all your strength and kill me!"
Moroi's face was full of shock. A thread of fear rose in him again, and he cursed madman in his heart.
At that moment, outside the barrier—
An enraged shout exploded.
"Enough!"
"Moroi, undo the barrier!"
"I'll kill him!"
Dodai's face was twisted savagely. His hands formed Hand Seals at high speed, and a trace of madness flashed in his eyes.
Relying on trash like Moroi was no longer enough.
Under the constantly mounting pressure from Uchiha Setsuna, he was already close to losing his mind.
Now—
He only wanted to use large-scale ninjutsu to bury this brat, Uchiha Setsuna, and even Moroi together in one stroke.
Earth Release: Earth Rising Excavation!
Futton: Rubber River!
Two A-rank ninjutsu were ready to be unleashed!
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