Fierce Battle!

Forest of Death

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

In the distance, several people were scattered across dozens of trees, looking down from their vantage points to observe the battle between Uchiha Nan and Mito Uzumaki.

Let the fight begin!

Uchiha Nan could no longer suppress the battle intent in his heart; this was his first time dueling a ninja at the very pinnacle of the shinobi world.

The Uchiha Clan had always been bellicose!

Uchiha Nan was certainly no exception, though unfortunately, fate had never given him the chance to fight with everything he had.

Even without using the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan, there were only a handful of people in this shinobi world capable of suppressing Uchiha Nan.

Those would be the Kage of the various hidden villages, such as the Second Mizukage Gengetsu Hozuki or the Second Tsuchikage Mu.

These were the Kage of their respective villages. During the years Uchiha Nan spent lying low and hiding his true strength, he never had the opportunity to encounter such figures. He had never truly been able to cut loose and have a real fight.

Finally, he had his chance!

Lightning erupted from Uchiha Nan's body. With a sharp crackle, he transformed into a bolt of lightning and charged toward Mito Uzumaki.

Swift Lightning Slash!

With a thunderous boom, Uchiha Nan's ninja blade was intercepted in mid-air. Mito Uzumaki was now enveloped in a dark red Chakra cloak, with five tails emerging from behind her. One of those tails exerted a slight force.

With a loud bang, the ninja blade that had accompanied Uchiha Nan through years of battle was snapped in two, causing him immense heartache.

That blade had been expensive!

It had cost a full 700,000 ryo, and he didn't even know how many precious materials he had added to it to make it nearly perfect for channeling his Lightning Release Chakra.

Mito Uzumaki didn't give Uchiha Nan much time to grieve. She immediately activated a Power Burst, releasing a surge of Chakra that made Uchiha Nan's heart palpitate. Her tails stretched out infinitely, launching a heavy assault toward Uchiha Nan!

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

Damn, damn, damn!!

Uchiha Nan switched to survival mode, leaping from the ground to the trees, then veering off to escape back onto the ground. The wind of the giant boulders whistling past his ears made him feel exhilarated; he hadn't felt this sensation of being on the razor's edge between life and death in a long time.

"Then let's go!"

Uchiha Nan shouted, his hands moving in a blur of hand seals.

"Lava Release: Scorching River Rock Technique!"

Over a dozen lava projectiles surged rapidly toward Mito Uzumaki. That wasn't all; Uchiha Nan formed a Lava Release: Spiraling Shuriken in one hand and hurled it as well.

I'll blow you to bits!

Uchiha Nan gasped for air. Casting two powerful ninjutsu in a single breath was exhausting, even for him.

A white skeletal frame manifested out of thin air around Mito Uzumaki; she had begun her Tailed Beast Transformation!

ROAR!!

Mito Uzumaki let out a roar, the sound waves blasting away the dozen or so Lava Style: Lava Globs. At the same time, she continued to gather chakra in her mouth, forming a high-density sphere of energy.

Bang!

The chakra sphere collided with the Lava Release: Spiraling Shuriken, triggering an explosion that unleashed a blinding white light, reducing everything in the vicinity to ash.

Uchiha Nan darted away from the center of the blast at high speed, barely escaping the aftermath. Like a machine gun, Mito Uzumaki began firing chakra spheres of equal power in rapid succession.

Uchiha Nan couldn't help but exclaim in awe. Is this the joy of having an infinite mana bar?

It's just too exhilarating!

Uchiha Nan's "insufficient firepower phobia" from his past life was starting to flare up.

One day, he would definitely capture a Tailed Beast to use as a chakra power source!

Since that's the case, I'll have to get serious too.

If I keep testing the waters and dragging this out, I'm liable to get riddled with holes by Mito Uzumaki.

Kamui!

A spatial vortex appeared wherever Uchiha Nan cast his gaze, swallowing the chakra spheres and shunting them into the Kamui dimension.

Mito Uzumaki paused for a split second. Space-Time Ninjutsu?

She let out a cold sneer. She wanted to see if Uchiha Nan could absorb this next move.

An even more formidable surge of chakra gathered in her mouth. A black-purple sphere manifested—a Tailed Beast Bomb with a radius of over ten meters.

With a bang, she fired it. Every tree in its path was snapped in half.

Uchiha Nan truly couldn't absorb a Tailed Beast Bomb this massive; it was simply too large.

The entrance to the Kamui dimension couldn't possibly contain it.

But that was fine; Uchiha Nan could still dodge!

Kamui!

The moment the Tailed Beast Bomb was about to strike, Uchiha Nan's body turned intangible, and the blast passed directly through the space where he had been standing.

Uchiha Nan had dodged it, but the onlookers were in for a miserable time, fleeing for their lives in a frenzy!

"How is watching a fight a life-threatening activity?!"

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

"..."

The heads of several minor clans were shouting at the top of their lungs, yet their legs didn't slow down for a second. They kept sprinting wildly, desperate to escape the blast radius of the Tailed Beast Bomb.

"How about that, Clan Head Hyuga? I told you we should have run early."

Uchiha Inohi's tone was brimming with smugness. He was the smart one; he had specifically chosen a position far away, and the moment he felt something was off, he had bolted.

"Thanks, I really appreciate it!"

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

Cold sweat beaded on Hyuga Takuma's forehead. While he spoke words of gratitude, his feet never stopped leaping across the tree branches. Just moments ago, out of consideration for the alliance between the Hyuga Clan and the Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Inohi had given him a heads-up about where to stand.

He had nudged Hyuga Takuma to stand further back, and the moment Uchiha Inohi saw the situation turn, he let out a howl to run and took off like a shot.

Hyuga Takuma hadn't even thought twice before following him. The other clan heads hadn't even reacted yet when a Tailed Beast Bomb came flying in.

BOOM!

A massive explosion erupted, accompanied by a powerful shockwave that sent those who were slow to react flying. Fortunately, the injuries weren't severe; a few days of treatment from a Medical Ninja would be enough to patch them up.

Uchiha Nan restored his physical form, maintaining a distance from Mito Uzumaki with a grave expression.

He couldn't keep going like this. Uchiha Nan felt like he had been on the defensive the entire time; the Nine-Tails was simply too overpowered.

With near-infinite Chakra and long-range attacks, she had unleashed a barrage that felt like a thousand cannons firing at once, making it impossible for Uchiha Nan to get close!

And damn it, why didn't Tobirama Senju let Mito Uzumaki out for a spin during the First Shinobi World War?

She could have just stood on the front lines and spammed those Chakra spheres like crazy!

Uchiha Nan couldn't help but wonder if Tobirama Senju had dumped all his intelligence points into scientific research and figuring out how to deal with the Uchiha.

Why wouldn't he use a human-shaped mobile artillery piece?

Mito Uzumaki's strength far exceeded his initial estimates!

His own Kamui had truly been reduced to a tool for running away.

A long defense is bound to fail; it was time to unleash his ultimate move!

"Susanoo!!"

Uchiha Nan let out a roar. A jewel-blue Susanoo giant appeared, standing dozens of meters tall, looking down at Mito Uzumaki from above.

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