Unable to Even Dance

Cursed Energy.

It is derived from the caster's own negative emotions—fear, anger, sorrow, and the like.

A type of Spiritual Energy, it can be manipulated and used according to specific methods.

The source of Chakra is the Divine Tree, but that does not mean all Chakra belongs to the Divine Tree; the Tree is merely the seed.

It is an energy produced by the perfect fusion of various components within the human body, similar to "Qi."

This energy can accomplish almost anything, with the Tailed Beasts being a representative product.

Created from nothing, given life.

Black Flash, at its most superficial level, is a super-critical hit from a basic attack.

In truth, it is a technique born from a profound understanding of one's own power. Whether one can use Black Flash depends not on luck.

But on the comprehension of the energy core.

The Ninja World also has a method to enhance Chakra's power: Sage Mode.

Sage Mode not only grants the ability to sense danger and launch wide-range attacks but also allows the user to absorb the Natural Energy around them into their body, using it for offense.

It boosts one's ninjutsu and taijutsu by dozens of times, and greatly enhances the development of new techniques.

For example, Naruto threw the Rasenshuriken; before mastering Sage Mode, he was utterly incapable of doing so.

Compared to Sage Mode's all-around enhancement, the Black Flash that Kagami Uchiha comprehended lacks comprehensiveness.

The commonality between the two is that they both draw upon the energy inherent in nature.

Kagami Uchiha poured all of that energy into his attack power!

The black lightning, charging forward without hesitation, fell with his movement.

This was the destruction of space!

Boom!!!!!!

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The blazing sun hung high.

The moment the black-red lightning erupted, even the sunlight was dyed with the aura of death.

A force of irresistible destruction turned every obstacle to dust!

Boom!!!!!!

The explosive sound made the surrounding shinobi cover their ears, their faces twisted in pain.

The mere aftershock of the blast was comparable to a large-scale Wind Release!

As the smoke cleared.

After the earth-shattering explosion and tremor...

The terrifying destructive power, akin to a firearm, had blasted a bottomless abyss into the ground.

The crater was over ten meters in diameter—hard to imagine... that this was the result of a human fist.

At the edge of the pit, small black-red sparks still danced.

As for the Iwagakure jonin who had been the target, he was long gone, not even a trace of bone remaining.

Silence...

A dead silence.

Faced with such a scene, several people present were not unfamiliar with it.

These people shared one thing in common.

That is...

They had all witnessed the explosion of a Tailed Beast Ball!

Perhaps the scale was smaller than a Tailed Beast Ball, but the sense of lethality in that moment... without a doubt, it was that same level of terrifying power!

"A Black Flash struck with Cursed Energy could never possess such power..."

Sukuna's voice was low, his emotions unreadable: "I believe now that Chakra is indeed an energy superior to Cursed Energy."

"Kagami Uchiha, you possess a unique talent, a 'hunger' that drives you to obtain power at any cost."

"In my thousand years of life, I have rarely encountered someone like you."

"If you could abandon that tedious will of your clan, you would reach an extremely high realm."

"Attain true freedom, just as I have!"

This was the first time Sukuna had addressed Kagami Uchiha by name.

Uchiha Kagami looked at his own cracked arm, which gave off a scent of being roasted.

Half of his body was almost numb, without even the sensation of pain.

His body was not enough to support him using such power.

"What is true freedom?"

Kagami Uchiha asked Sukuna, then answered himself.

"Like you, who claims to be truly free, yet obsesses over whether others show you respect."

"Indifferent to the life and death of others, constantly killing, trying to find pleasure."

"I'm not trying to persuade you to be good, Sukuna."

"It's just... your meaningless killing bores me."

"True freedom isn't doing whatever you want, but not doing what you don't want to."

"The clan isn't my weakness, but the conviction that makes me stronger."

"Uchiha should be the strongest!"

"Sukuna, trapped in your shackles, what right do you have to talk to me about freedom?"

"A guy who can't even dance—how pathetic..."

Right at this moment, Kagami Uchiha merely moved his mind, and the great Lord Sukuna, before he could even retort, was locked away in Solitary Confinement.

Whoosh!

As Kagami Uchiha fell helplessly, waiting for the Giant Eagle to fly over and catch him, someone was faster than it.

"That was too reckless, Kagami."

Namikaze Minato caught Kagami Uchiha and landed on the ground.

He looked at him with some reproach: "You didn't need a technique like that to defeat her."

But who I wanted to defeat wasn't just her.

"Because I had you as a safety net, I dared to try this technique."

This gamble was worth it.

Black Flash was like a formula—once you used it for the first time, you'd eventually master it completely.

Namikaze Minato gave a wry smile and glanced at his teammates, who had begun to mop up the Iwagakure forces.

Already at a huge disadvantage in strength, the Iwagakure shinobi had lost their Battle Intent after the shockwave just now.

This battle was no longer in doubt.

"Does this technique have a name?"

"Black Flash."

"Kyōka Suigetsu is one thing, but this name is way too plain!"

"...Minato Senior Brother, you don't have to keep clowning around to maintain your image."

"Haha, just kidding." Namikaze Minato laughed.

Actually... he was a little bothered.

"I'll take you for treatment first. Shibi and the others can handle things."

Kagami Uchiha nodded.

"Oh, and put me down. At least I can walk on my own."

He wasn't Kushina—he didn't enjoy Minato's embrace at all; he only found it awkward.

With Namikaze Minato, a battlefield teleporter, around, he wasn't worried about being exposed to the enemy while injured.

He had to use the Flying Thunder God express delivery service as much as possible before it got busy, to grind his experience bar.

Within a few minutes, Fugaku and the others had finished off the enemy and looked at Kagami Uchiha with complicated expressions.

"As expected of your Junior Disciple—another super genius we can't comprehend." Chojiro Akimichi remarked.

He'd thought Minato, who had mastered Flying Thunder God, was already unmatched in the world, but someone was even fiercer than him.

A single punch with an effect comparable to a Tailed Beast Ball—was this even human?

"Akimichi Uncle, you should say Minato is worthy of being my senior brother." Kagami Uchiha was in a good mood after successfully pulling off the Chakra version of Black Flash, and teased him.

Chojiro Akimichi made a bitter face: "You're Minato's junior disciple, you should call me Older Brother!"

"Besides, I'm only eight or nine years older than you!"

"Alright, I'll send Kagami back for treatment first, and bring these Iwagakure bodies along."

As he spoke, Minato seemed to remember something and turned to look at Kagami Uchiha: "Though I've said that protecting yourself is the most important thing on the battlefield."

"But when the gap in strength is clear and you have the enemy under control... couldn't you use the Sharingan to probe for some intel first?"

Kagami Uchiha curled his lip dismissively: "Say that to Uchiha Fugaku."

Fugaku looked a bit awkward—he was the one who had just taken out the last Iwagakure jonin.

He had been provoked by Kagami Uchiha and wanted to show off his strength as the Uchiha clan head...

It never occurred to him that, given the situation, they could have taken the enemy alive.

Minato didn't press further. In truth, his words were meant for Fugaku, but since Kagami Uchiha was his Junior Disciple, it was easier to say some things through him.

Flying Thunder God Technique activated.

A yellow flash raced across the battlefield.