Intermission, Wave Clash

Bang!

As Uchiha Ci's hand fell, striking his own heart.

Kakuzu's heart skipped a beat, a long-lost panic suddenly rising within him, as if ten thousand ants were crawling all over his heart, a chilling cold swirling in his chest.

The last time he felt this way…

was forty-five years ago.

Burdened with an inescapable responsibility, he trembled as he stepped forward alone, facing the Wood Clone of the Ninja God.

And what filled him with despair was—

That Wood Clone…

was standing atop a wooden golem two hundred meters tall.

At this moment, Fire Style Chakra surged wildly around Uchiha Ci, the surrounding temperature began to gradually dry, burn, and sting the tongue.

A brilliant, blazing sun gradually rose before his eyes!

A familiar yet distant fear awakened Kakuzu's deepest-seated weakness and terror, buried within his heart.

As these emotions gradually tore through his heart, stuffed with Earth Grudge Fear threads and numbed by the desire for money, he involuntarily widened his eyes.

Tendrils of Earth Grudge Fear began to pour uncontrollably from the stitched seams on his body, standing on end!

Like a startled, dark creature, instinctively hiding itself in its fur for a sense of security.

The night moon gradually faded, heaven and earth fell silent.

Infinite darkness tightly enveloped Kakuzu within it.

But the increasingly brilliant sun before him, emitting its radiance, left Kakuzu with nowhere to hide!

Under this merciful and equal light, Kakuzu, was forcibly made to recall the past.

His expression began to gradually crumble.

"What kind of joke is this!!"

"Madman!"

"Madman!"

"A suicidal madman!"

"How can this jutsu possibly appear on an Uchiha with a Single Tomoe Sharingan!?"

Kakuzu immediately realized, This was a forbidden jutsu! And undoubtedly, a desperate move that surpassed ordinary forbidden jutsus!

Kakuzu cursed inwardly, What grudge or enmity did he have with this brat?

This brat was actually going to use this kind of move on him! What a joke?

This was supposed to be their first meeting, right?

Looking at Uchiha Ci, whose aura grew more terrifying by the second, Kakuzu felt his scalp tingle.

Immediately, he moved!

Kakuzu directly deactivated Earth Style: Earth Spear, allowing his body to be cut, shattered, and burst into a large spray of blood by the Earth Grudge Fear threads!

Various tissues, organs, the Earth Grudge Fear heart, head, as well as limbs, fragments of his body scattered, then reassembled under the pull of numerous tendrils.

He couldn't calculate how many parts were missing, nor did he have the time to think about it.

"Haaargh!!!"

Facing Uchiha Ci, who was already roaring due to his inability to control his power, Kakuzu, having forcibly broken free from his restraints in this manner, immediately formed the巳 seal with both hands.

Four dark shadows shot out from Kakuzu's back. Three shadows stood side-by-side, and one shadow stood on the same line as Kakuzu.

The three shadows standing side-by-side represented hearts of three different elements.

Wind, Fire, and Lightning!

Three Earth Grudge Fear mask monsters opened their mouths wide, revealing white, red, and blue light within!

The three ninjutsu combined and converged, continuously accumulating power.

gathering into a terrifying blue light chakra cannon prototype.

What was about to be unleashed was an even more terrifying ultimate move than the combined ninjutsu: Flame Wind Wild Waves · Strange Face Exploding Flames—

Earth Grudge Fear · Final Shot!

At this moment, Uchiha Ci's final roar began to sound:

"Now,"

"It's my turn!!"

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Uchiha Ci watched Kakuzu on the opposite side perform a series of actions, summoning four mask monsters in succession.

The leading Water Style · Earth Grudge Fear mask released Water Style · Water Curtain to create a large amount of water on the ground.

Kakuzu, standing to the side, formed hand seals, and released a giant Water Wall, blocking Uchiha Ci's vision to conceal the actions of the other masks.

Having read the original work and knowing the opponent's detailed information, how could Uchiha Ci not guess that the opponent was preparing for the other three masks to use the strongest combination ninjutsu, 'Earth Grudge Fear · Final Shot'?

The enemy was already poised, ready for a full-blown clash.

How could he disappoint them?

Uchiha Ci gripped the Blazing Flame Longsword with both hands, the corners of his mouth curling into an extremely excited arc.

He felt like he could cleave a mountain in two with a single strike right now!

This power that surpassed mortals, its price was the death Uchiha Ci yearned for!

And his opponent, was a Kage-level powerhouse, Kakuzu.

Whether he killed Kakuzu with his sword or Kakuzu killed him with his ultimate move: Earth Grudge Fear · Final Shot.

For Uchiha Ci, it was a win-win situation.

As long as he died in a full-power battle with his opponent, he could take five hundred million yuan home.

Five hundred million!

That was five hundred million!

Even just putting the money in the bank would yield over 7.5 million in pure interest income annually!

He could live the rest of his life lying down!

A beautiful life was right before his eyes!!

At this thought, Uchiha Ci's eyes showed no hesitation, he stomped forward, raising his sword!

With that single step, his entire body surged with extremely violent, extremely scorching chakra, as if a glorious great sun had risen behind him.

The cliff face cracked, and dense spiderweb-like fissures spread.

Wielding such violent power, Uchiha Ci felt as if he had returned to his childhood, like the little savior Dudu from Dragon Warrior.

Raising his long sword, he let out a cry: "Victory, Dragon Ascension Sword!"

He was so excited that if someone had shouted from behind him at that moment: "Good opportunity, Ci!"

Uchiha Ci would have been thrilled from the tips of his toes to the crown of his head, becoming an ecstatic receiving machine and replying ruthlessly:

"You thought I'd use Dragon Ascension Sword? Wrong, I'm turning into a kid setting off firecrackers, shouting Holy Sword, my Holy Sword!"

After all, that was the life Ci had truly experienced.

At this instant, in this year in the ninja world, the jumbled memories flowed before his eyes like a Mangekyo.

Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Setsuna, Uchiha Seiichiro, Uchiha Obito and his grandmother, the ninja tool shop owner, Hidan, Terumi Mei, Shinnosuke, Kakuzu, the three from Kumogakure, the three from the Evil God Cult.

Faces flashed by in a brief yet long reverie, finally, Uchiha Ci's gaze sharpened, he twisted the sword hilt and held it above his head.

As if King Arthur raising EXcalibur, the six-foot-long fire blade erupted with another surging flame!

The high-burning flowing flames rose, reaching straight into the sky!

Like a glorious sword of justice rising from the sun!

And then, Uchiha Ci raised his greatsword, his voice rising as he roared in anger:

"Since we must part ways, then this sword shall be called—"

"Final Blade: Farewell!"

The greatsword slashed horizontally, cleaving even the flowing clouds in the sky in two!

At the same time, Kakuzu on the opposite side grimaced, roaring in response:

"You think you can kill me? What a dream!"

"Earth Grudge Fear: Final Shot!"

As he spoke, a giant chakra cannon roared, firing a blue beam filled with the aura of death!

The next moment, a subtitle suddenly popped up.

[Clang!]

This chapter ends, concluding the side story with Kakuzu. We will now begin the main storyline.

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