Fierce Battle!

Forest of Death

Uchiha Nan and Mito Uzumaki stood facing each other in the clearing.

Dozens of trees stood in the distance, with several people scattered across each one, watching Uchiha Nan and Mito Uzumaki's battle from above.

Let's fight, let's fight!

Uchiha Nan could no longer suppress the fighting spirit in his heart. This was his first time facing one of the Ninja World's absolute strongest.

The Uchiha Clan had always been warlike!

Naturally, Uchiha Nan was no exception, but fate had never given him a chance to fight with everything he had.

Even without using the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan, there were only a handful of people in this Ninja World who could suppress Uchiha Nan.

They were the Kage of those few ninja villages, such as Second Mizukage Gengetsu Hozuki and Second Tsuchikage Mu.

They were the Kage of entire villages. During the years Uchiha Nan had kept a low profile and hidden his strength, he had never had the opportunity to encounter figures like them. He had never truly fought without holding back.

At last, he had the chance!

Lightning erupted across Uchiha Nan's body. With a crackle, he transformed into a streak of lightning and charged at Mito Uzumaki.

Swift Lightning Slash!

With a thunderous boom, Uchiha Nan's ninja blade was intercepted midair. Mito Uzumaki was now covered in a dark crimson Chakra cloak, with five tails emerging behind her. One of those tails merely exerted a little force.

With a snap, the ninja blade that had accompanied Uchiha Nan through countless battles broke in two, making his heart ache.

That sword had been expensive!

It had cost a full 700,000 ryo. Who knew how many precious materials had gone into it before it could transmit his Lightning Release Chakra almost perfectly?

Mito Uzumaki did not give Uchiha Nan much time to grieve. She immediately used Power Burst, and a wave of Chakra that made his heart tremble surged forth. Several tails stretched out endlessly and slammed toward Uchiha Nan with devastating force!

Uchiha Nan dodged repeatedly. Before he could even catch his breath, the ground around Mito Uzumaki shattered. Several tons of rock were effortlessly lifted by the tails behind her and hurled at Uchiha Nan as if they were pebbles.

Damn, damn, damn!!

Uchiha Nan entered full escape mode, darting from the ground to the trees, then turning and fleeing back to the ground. The howling wind from the boulders he evaded brushed past his ears, thrilling him. He had not felt this brush with death in a long time.

"Then bring it on!"

Uchiha Nan shouted and rapidly formed hand seals.

"Lava Release: Scorching River Rock Jutsu!"

More than a dozen Lava Style: Lava Globs shot rapidly toward Mito Uzumaki. But that was not all—Uchiha Nan formed a Lava Release: Spiraling Shuriken in one hand and threw it as well.

I'll blow you to pieces!

Uchiha Nan panted heavily. Casting two powerful jutsu in rapid succession was exhausting even for him.

A white skeleton suddenly appeared around Mito Uzumaki as she gradually began her Tailed Beast Transformation!

ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!!

Mito Uzumaki roared, and the dozen Lava Style: Lava Globs were blown away by sound waves. At the same time, Chakra continued gathering in her mouth, forming a high-density sphere of Chakra.

Boom!

A Chakra sphere collided with the Lava Release: Spiraling Shuriken and exploded, its blinding white light reducing everything around it to ash.

Uchiha Nan swiftly retreated from the center of the explosion. He had only just escaped disaster when Mito Uzumaki began firing Chakra spheres from her mouth like a machine gun, each one as powerful as the last.

Uchiha Nan could only marvel at it. Was this the joy of having an unlimited Chakra bar?

It was simply too damn satisfying!

Uchiha Nan's fear of insufficient firepower from his previous life was about to flare up.

One day, Uchiha Nan would catch a Tailed Beast and use it as a Chakra power source too!

In that case, I'll have to get serious as well.

If he kept probing and dragging this out, Mito Uzumaki would turn him into a sieve.

Kamui!

A spatial vortex appeared wherever Uchiha Nan looked, swallowing every Chakra sphere into the Kamui dimension.

Mito Uzumaki froze slightly. Space-Time Ninjutsu?

Then she sneered. She wanted to see whether Uchiha Nan could still absorb this attack.

An even more powerful mass of Chakra gathered in Mito Uzumaki's mouth. A blackish-purple sphere of Chakra emerged—a Tailed Beast Bomb more than ten meters in radius.

It fired with a bang, snapping every tree in its path cleanly in half.

A Tailed Beast Bomb that large was truly beyond Uchiha Nan's ability to absorb.

The entrance to the Kamui dimension simply could not fit it.

But that was fine. Uchiha Nan could still dodge!

Kamui!

Just as the Tailed Beast Bomb was about to strike Uchiha Nan, his body phased out, and the bomb passed straight through the space he occupied.

Uchiha Nan had dodged it, but the spectators were in trouble. They fled for their lives!

"How is watching a fight this dangerous?!"

"Stop talking and run! Do you really want to die here?!"

"..."

Several Clan Heads from smaller clans shouted as they ran, but their legs did not slow in the slightest. They sprinted desperately, trying to escape the Tailed Beast Bomb's blast radius.

"So, Hyuga Clan Head, didn't I tell you we should run early?"

Uchiha Inohi spoke smugly. He had been smart enough to deliberately choose a spot farther away, ready to bolt the instant things looked wrong.

"Thank you, truly, thank you so much!"

"I'll definitely treat you to a meal later. Please do me the honor!"

Cold sweat poured down Hyuga Takuma's forehead. Though he spoke words of thanks, his feet never stopped leaping across the branches. Earlier, Uchiha Inohi had given him a small warning out of consideration for the alliance between the Hyuga Clan and Uchiha Clan.

That had allowed Hyuga Takuma to stand farther away as well. When Uchiha Inohi sensed something was wrong, he howled, "Run!" and took off at full speed.

Hyuga Takuma followed without a second thought. Before the other Clan Heads could react, a Tailed Beast Bomb came flying toward them.

Boom!

A massive explosion erupted, accompanied by a powerful shockwave that sent those slow to react flying. Fortunately, their injuries were not severe. A few days of treatment from a medical ninja would be enough.

Uchiha Nan returned to solid form and kept his distance from Mito Uzumaki, his expression grave.

This could not continue. Uchiha Nan felt as if he had been getting beaten down the entire time. The Nine-Tails was simply absurdly overpowered.

It possessed near-limitless Chakra and long-range attacks, unleashing a barrage like ten thousand cannons firing at once. Uchiha Nan could not get close at all!

And why the hell had Tobirama Senju not let Mito Uzumaki loose during the First Shinobi World War?

She could have just stood at the front lines and spammed those Chakra balls like crazy!

Uchiha Nan now wondered whether Tobirama Senju had put all his intelligence into research and figuring out how to deal with the Uchiha.

Why not use a humanoid self-propelled cannon?

Mito Uzumaki's strength had far exceeded his expectations!

His Kamui was really just being used to save his life now.

A defense that lasted too long was bound to fail. It was time to unleash his ultimate move!

"Susanoo!!"

Uchiha Nan shouted, and an azure-blue Susanoo giant dozens of meters tall appeared, looking down upon Mito Uzumaki.

Begging on his knees for monthly votes last time had worked!

This time, he would perform a rolling act for everyone!

Rolling around for monthly votes!