Nano-Poisonous Insects VS Nanomagnetic Fluid! (Seeking Follow-ups!)

"Biological Magnetic Field...?"

The young man with the ordinary face muttered to himself, a trace of shock and disbelief surfacing deep in his eyes.

Namikaze Mirai's words had overturned everything he knew.

There was actually such a unique Sensory Ninjutsu as a Biological Magnetic Field in the Ninja World?!

He had never even heard of it!

Even the well-stocked Root Base had no records related to it.

This Intelligence had to be reported to Lord Danzo.

But for now...

A hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.

"You learned my identity, yet you didn't run. That was the greatest mistake you could have made!"

Bang! White smoke engulfed his body.

With a sharp whoosh, he shed his Transformation Jutsu and burst through the smoke in a Root-standard uniform, charging at Namikaze Mirai at top speed.

His right hand formed an attacking posture.

A dense purple hue spread from his palm, enveloping his entire hand in an instant.

The entire process took less than a second. In practically the blink of an eye, the unmasked Aburame Ryoma had already rushed before Namikaze Mirai!

Namikaze Mirai neither dodged nor moved, simply standing there in place.

Clang! His palm landed squarely against Namikaze Mirai's chest.

Joy surged in his eyes! He had hit him! He was so arrogant that he hadn't even dodged! I'll take the Blue Flash's life!

Nano-Poisonous Insects were his unique and strongest ability! Once they hit, death was certain!

With this unique power, he had earned a legendary reputation within the Aburame Clan! Even in Lord Danzo's Root, he was the one and only strongest right-hand man!

According to Lord Danzo's plan, he would use an improved Transformation Jutsu to deceive Namikaze Mirai's senses and approach him silently.

Then...

He would create an opportunity for physical contact.

As long as he could successfully touch him, the battle would end in an instant! Namikaze Mirai was bound to die! What he had not expected, however, was—

Because of the unheard-of special sensory ability known as the Biological Magnetic Field, his disguise had failed from the very beginning.

So he had simply abandoned the disguise, using the smoke from the Transformation Jutsu's release to rapidly close in on Namikaze Mirai and attack his body.

Against the Blue Flash's speed, the odds of this tactic succeeding had been very low.

Aburame Ryoma had already prepared himself for failure.

But surprise came just that suddenly!

Namikaze Mirai had actually not dodged! "He's paying for his arrogance with his life. So-called Blue Flash, he's nothing special after all."

Aburame Ryoma smiled.

"Lord Danzo, my mission is complete!"

The hand pressed against Namikaze Mirai's chest began to seep with dense purple.

Countless Nano-Poisonous Insects would destroy his epidermal cells and muscle cells within one second, followed by his heart and nerve cells.

Three seconds later, the Blue Flash who had made countless enemies tremble at the mere mention of his name would become the most delicious food for the Nano-Poisonous Insects! Wait!? The smile in Aburame Ryoma's eyes froze.

The information fed back by the insects...

Hard! Too hard! They couldn't bite through it—metal...

"Me? Metal???"

Aburame Ryoma abruptly raised his head. His eyes, which had just been brimming with delight, were now filled with astonishment, shock, incomprehension, and a flood of other emotions.

"What is this?"

Namikaze Mirai still wore that calm expression. There was not even the slightest ripple in his azure eyes.

"Your poisonous insects are nano-scale. Coincidentally, my magnetic fluid is nano-scale too."

A wicked curve lifted at the corner of his lips.

"Then let's see whose is harder!"

From beneath the palm pressed to his chest, glowing with a sinister purple light, a Silver Fluid like mercury suddenly seeped out. It immediately flowed in reverse around Aburame Ryoma's hand and up his arm.

In utter horror, Aburame Ryoma instinctively pulled back and leaped away!

"What the hell is this?!"

The Nano-Poisonous Insects were dying!

Dying at an incredible rate!

Panic, fear, and trembling were transmitted back to him.

Hard... couldn't bite through... wanted to flee... save me...

The deep purple in his palm rapidly faded as the mercury-like Silver Fluid relentlessly attacked, encroaching upon the purple territory.

In this clash between silver and purple...

Silver won completely! "Aaaahhhh!!!!"

Aburame Ryoma dropped to his knees, clutching his palm and wailing miserably.

"My hand! My hand! It's drilling into my hand!"

Pain! So much pain! It was as though countless tiny, horrifying insects were frantically gnawing at his flesh and blood! His right hand quickly went numb, followed by his forearm, then his upper arm...

From the outside, it looked as though a streak of bright silver was spreading through the fine blood vessels beneath his skin, as if what flowed through them was not blood, but mercury.

Aburame Ryoma frantically mobilized the Nano-Poisonous Insects within his body, trying to halt the silver's advance.

They collapsed at first contact! The Kikaichū were completely no match for it.

Flee! Save me! The fearful emotions of insects before death—things like unable to bite through—flooded into his mind, corroding his sanity.

His drenched body looked as though it had just been pulled from the water, and his terrified eyes were filled with bloodshot veins.

"Stop it! Stop it for me!"

"It's useless."

Namikaze Mirai looked down at him.

Slender streams of silver continuously flowed from beneath his feet toward Aburame Ryoma.

"Did you really think you could use insects' flesh-and-blood bodies to stop a torrent of metal?"

Those sky-blue eyes looking down from above seemed to contain something akin to pity...

Still kneeling on the ground, Aburame Ryoma unwillingly stretched out his hand. His bloodshot eyes were filled with hatred, as though he wanted to seize Namikaze Mirai at the final moment.

The Magnetic Fluid accumulated within his body reached its limit.

Finally, he opened his mouth with a gag. Thick, mercury-like fluid poured from his mouth, nose, eyes, ears, and every opening on his face.

The hand reaching toward Namikaze Mirai froze in midair.

Only silver fluid continued to pour from his body, gathering into thin streams on the ground and flowing to Namikaze Mirai's feet.

Aburame Ryoma's life force had completely vanished.

From the openings that had once leaked Silver Fluid, thick, dark purplish-black blood now flowed.

Namikaze Mirai watched the scene expressionlessly.

Less than a minute had passed since the battle began.

This legendary figure of the Aburame Clan, the infamous Root operative and Danzo's proudest right-hand man, had died in this unnoticed alley.

Having always used Nano-Poisonous Insects to execute his enemies, he suffered a far more agonizing torment than their gnawing before his death.

Namikaze Mirai turned and left.

Inside that corpse, he had left a gift for Danzo.

If nothing unexpected happened, it would produce some remarkable effects.

About three minutes later.

The remaining Root operatives hurried over.

The moment they saw Ryoma's corpse, their pupils contracted violently.

"Bug failed?"

"How is that possible? He was a ninja who possessed Nano-Poisonous Insects!"

"We must report this to Lord Danzo!"

"And Bug's body must be brought back for Lord Danzo to inspect! With a death like this, what exactly did he go through..."

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