Uchiha Setsuna Attacks!

The group continued forward at a steady pace, encountering nothing unusual along the way.

At their current speed, they would reach Konoha in about another three hours.

Torikaze was somewhat looking forward to the reward he was about to receive, but judging from the system prompt, it would probably only be Tranquility Points.

After all, mysterious items had an extremely low drop rate. Torikaze knew he did not have that kind of luck, so he did not hold out much hope. He only wished for a few more Tranquility Points.

As they passed a wide river, Torikaze suddenly felt the same sensation he had felt when Chisato had sparred with him atop the mountain that day.

Torikaze immediately understood, but he did not let it show on his face.

He followed the main group for a while longer before suddenly clutching his stomach and squatting down.

"Torikaze, what's wrong?"

Chisato was the first to notice something was wrong with him and asked anxiously.

"I'm fine. My stomach hurts a little—I need to use the bathroom. You all go on ahead."

Torikaze clutched his stomach with an embarrassed look. Hiruzen and the others found it awkward to remain there any longer.

After telling Torikaze to catch up as soon as possible, they continued onward, though they slowed their pace somewhat.

Once the main group had put some distance between themselves and this place, Torikaze returned to normal and said coldly, "Come out. Stop hiding."

The surroundings were utterly still. A few birds flapped into the air, but there was no other movement.

"Drop the act. You were the one who attacked me on the mountaintop last time, weren't you? Uchiha Setsuna!"

The moment he spoke, a massive blazing fireball suddenly came roaring from the woods to Torikaze's right. It was unmistakably the Uchiha Clan's signature ninjutsu!

Great Fireball Technique!

"Water Release—Water Shockwave!"

Torikaze spat out a tremendous volume of water that formed a shockwave, colliding head-on with the incoming Great Fireball. The endless hiss of water evaporating into steam filled the air.

Steam quickly spread through the woods. Within that dense vapor, a figure slowly emerged.

"You had a chance to live. If you want someone to blame, blame your own arrogance, you foolish brat."

A pair of scarlet Three Tomoe Sharingan opened, their gaze piercing through the layers of steam and locking onto Torikaze.

Torikaze paid no heed to Uchiha Setsuna's threat and even mocked him. "You think you've got me cornered? It's only three tomoe. Do you think you're Madara Uchiha?"

Setsuna immediately burst into laughter. "Hahaha! Only three tomoe? I'm being looked down on by a six-year-old child."

Then he revealed a twisted expression. "Then I'll let you see the power of the Sharingan!"

"Tsk, tsk. I'm afraid you won't get the chance."

Before Uchiha Setsuna could fly into a rage, Torikaze swiftly formed hand seals, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his lips.

"Cloud Release—Cloud Mist Technique."

He exhaled a mouthful of cloud vapor, which swiftly spread through the steam. Before long, every trace of steam had been assimilated by the cloud mist.

Uchiha Setsuna discovered in shock that his Sharingan could no longer see! The vapor before his eyes had become like white clouds!

"What kind of ninjutsu is this?! Damn it!" Uchiha Setsuna snarled.

But no one answered him. He had intended to use the steam to create an environment favorable to himself, only for it to be turned against him!

Even his prized Sharingan had become useless!

In truth, Uchiha Setsuna only had himself to blame for being too arrogant. He had not investigated Torikaze thoroughly. Perhaps he had never taken six-year-old Torikaze seriously at all.

Only now did regret begin to creep in—but there was no turning back now!

"Even without the Sharingan, I can still kill you!"

"Then by all means, give it a try."

The instant Torikaze spoke, Uchiha Setsuna swiftly flung three Shuriken toward the sound. Yet aside from the sound of them striking some kind of stone, there was nothing else.

"What a devious man, using taunts to provoke me."

His attack had failed, and he was still being relentlessly mocked. Even the most mild-tempered person could not endure it, much less a proud Uchiha!

"Fire Release—Great Fire Annihilation!"

A blazing fan-shaped wave of flames poured from Setsuna's mouth. Part of the cloud vapor dispersed beneath the scorching heat, but it was quickly filled in by clouds from elsewhere.

After expending so much effort for nothing, Uchiha Setsuna began to grow restless. A voice in his heart kept tempting him: Kill him! Kill him!

"Do you only dare hide in this thick fog like a turtle hiding in its shell?!"

Torikaze chuckled. "This is cloud, the Windcloud Clan's unique Kekkei Tōta. Didn't you do your homework before coming to kill me?"

Uchiha Setsuna felt as though he had been struck by lightning and froze on the spot! What had that brat said? Kekkei Tōta? A Kekkei Tōta even more advanced than the Sharingan?

Impossible! Absolutely impossible! He's just trying to disrupt my state of mind! That's right, he really is cunning!

Uchiha Setsuna force-fed himself that reassurance, and his emotions unexpectedly settled down.

Just then, a small figure appeared within the cloud vapor. It was none other than Windcloud Torikaze!

"Why are you so weak? Didn't you say you were going to kill me?"

This time, Setsuna ignored Torikaze's verbal attacks. Instead, he directly drew his blade and slashed at Torikaze!

But Torikaze merely took a step back and avoided Setsuna's strike.

"Impossible!" Setsuna could not believe it. Very few people in his clan could evade his attacks! Yet this brat had only taken one step back! How was that possible?!

Torikaze seemed to want him to understand before he died, so he explained.

"Within the cloud vapor, all your bodily functions will gradually slow down. Because you inhale the cloud vapor, your body will slowly freeze from the internal organs outward."

"In other words, from the moment you entered the cloud vapor, you began dying little by little."

Uchiha Setsuna had no desire to thank Torikaze for the explanation. No matter what, he could not believe that this so-called cloud could take his life!

Uchiha Setsuna crazily swung his blade at Torikaze, completely abandoning any semblance of swordsmanship. He looked as if he had gone mad, shouting wildly as he attacked.

"Impossible! I'm an Uchiha genius! How could I die at your hands?! Fire Release—Great Fireball Technique!"

A massive fireball surged forth. Setsuna's Great Fireball used nearly half the Chakra in his body, and it was more than twice the size of an ordinary one!

Torikaze grabbed at the air, and vast amounts of cloud vapor gathered before him, forming a thick cloud shield!

The Great Fireball struck the cloud shield, sending countless sparks flying as the surrounding cloud vapor burned away and dispersed.

For a moment, the view became much clearer.

"Hehehe, your clouds are gone. Your time to die has come!"

A sharp gleam flashed in Setsuna's eyes. He seemed to believe Torikaze was finished and raised his blade to slash at him.

"Not quite."

As Torikaze calmly spoke those three words, two Crystal Vines suddenly burst from beneath Setsuna's feet, wrapping around his entire body and binding him tightly.

"Crystal Release—Crystal Blade."

A crystalline blade appeared along Torikaze's right arm. He immediately slashed, and amid a spray of blood, Uchiha Setsuna's right arm was severed at the shoulder and fell into the nearby grass.

That strike was repayment for last time.

The heart-rending pain made Setsuna howl at once!

But Torikaze did not stop moving.

"Don't worry. Your younger brother probably won't survive either. In a few days, he'll join you."

"Cloud Release—Cloud Transformation Technique!"

Cloud vapor wrapped around his left hand as he drove his palm heavily into Uchiha Setsuna's chest!