The Sharingan's Eye Technique Was Never That Inconvenient

As soon as Shinji finished speaking, his Mangekyō Sharingan began to glow with an eerie light!

"Your eyes..."

Enmu froze for a moment, the madness on his face gradually giving way to wariness.

He had no idea what Shinji's Red Pupils meant, but as a demon skilled in the mental realm, he instinctively sensed danger!

Shinji merely curled his lips into a smile.

He couldn't use ninjutsu in the dream, but dreams belonged to the mental world, which was also the domain of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

The truth was, he was at a disadvantage because he wasn't skilled in genjutsu.

A Mangekyō Uchiha who excelled at constructing illusions, like Itachi Uchiha or Shisui Uchiha, would probably have already found a way to break Enmu's Blood Demon Art.

Even so, he had slowly begun to get the hang of it.

He looked around at the streets, almost indistinguishable from the real thing, and smiled. "Very good, but it's missing a little atmosphere!"

Then he snapped his fingers.

In an instant, the silver moon hanging high in the night sky transformed into a Mangekyō Sharingan, and its silvery light turned into a blood-red glow!

"How is that possible?!"

Enmu was stunned.

He had never seen anyone change his dream. Never!

Shinji turned his gaze from the sky and looked coldly at Enmu. "An eye technique is never that inconvenient!"

As he spoke, an eerie Black Flame suddenly ignited on Enmu's body.

"What is this? Ah... ah..."

In an instant, Enmu's agonized screams rang throughout the dream.

In reality.

Watching the demon with several drums embedded in its body approach her, Karin felt her heart leap into her throat.

"Am I going to die?"

With Shinji on her back, she instinctively retreated.

Even in such a desperate situation, she still hadn't abandoned Shinji, who remained unconscious.

The Drum Demon stared at Karin and sniffed. Then its eyes widened. "I can sense power in your blood. If I eat you, I'll become even stronger!"

Karin's skin prickled with goose bumps. She turned to flee with Shinji on her back, but when she pushed open the door, she found that there wasn't a courtyard outside. Instead, there was another unfamiliar room.

"!?"

Karin froze.

The Drum Demon had just struck one of its drums and was now closing in on her.

"Can this demon control space?"

Already terrified, Karin grew even more frightened when she realized what was happening.

Among the ninjas she knew, the only one capable of controlling space was the Fourth Hokage, who had made a name for himself in the Third Shinobi World War.

So to her, the ability to control space was a sign of strength, something a Ninja Academy student like her could never hope to fight.

With Shinji on her back, she fled blindly through the house.

She raced through corridor after corridor and room after room, running without pause, yet she couldn't escape the house. It was as if she had fallen into a maze.

After running for a long time, she finally ran out of strength. Still carrying Shinji, she collapsed to the floor.

The Drum Demon behind her wasn't in a hurry at all. It stared at Karin mockingly. "Run! Why did you stop?"

Struggling, Karin dragged Shinji into a corner of the room.

The Drum Demon licked its lips and let out a strange laugh.

Trapped with nowhere to run, Karin crouched on the floor and clutched her head. "It's over. This time, I'm really going to be eaten!"

The Drum Demon soon reached her.

It looked down at Karin, who was curled into a ball. "I love it when my food despairs. That makes it taste the best!"

Drip.

Drip.

Hearing the Drum Demon's drool fall onto the floor, Karin quickly covered her ears. At just seven years old, she had no idea how to face such a desperate situation.

"Ah, I can't hold back anymore!"

The Drum Demon opened its mouth wide and lunged at Karin.

Feeling its pungent, bloody breath draw closer, Karin closed her eyes. "So I'm finally going to die? Maybe then I'll be free..."

Boom!

But just then, the pain Karin had expected never came. Instead, a deafening crash rang in her ears!

She cautiously opened her eyes and saw that the leader, who had been unconscious all this time, had somehow gotten to his feet.

A yellow-orange Chakra silhouette projected from the leader's body, taking the form of a huge skeletal arm that slammed the Drum Demon into the wall.

Overjoyed to have survived, Karin cried out, "S-sir!"

Shinji waved a hand. "Sorry, I nodded off for a moment!"

Tears welled up in Karin's eyes. "I'm so glad you woke up!"

Shinji looked at the Drum Demon embedded in the wall and said to Karin, "Don't worry. I'll handle the fight from here!"

The Drum Demon climbed out of the rubble and glared viciously at Shinji. "I'll devour you!"

Karin remembered something and hurriedly said, "Sir, this demon can control space by beating its drums. It controls every room in this house, so please be careful!"

Shinji's lips curved into a smile. "No matter how much it controls, it's still just a house!"

Roar!

As he spoke, the Susanoo, which had been nothing more than a single skeletal arm, rapidly grew into its full form. In the blink of an eye, it had become a huge, armored humanoid, visible from the waist up!

Rumble!

In an instant, amid a series of thunderous crashes, the gigantic Susanoo smashed through the beams and burst through the roof, blowing the entire house apart from the inside!

Standing amid the ruins of the mansion, the Drum Demon stared blankly at the Susanoo, which towered like a god. "Who... who are you?"

It wasn't just the demon. Karin, standing beside Shinji, was also stunned by the sight.

Shinji asked, "Where's Haku?"

Karin hurriedly answered, coming back to her senses. "He stayed behind to protect me and held off several demons by himself. I don't know how he's doing now."

"I see."

Shinji's expression darkened. Then, without another word, he made the Susanoo grab the Drum Demon and clench its fist!

Crack.

Against the Susanoo's Great Strength, the Drum Demon's struggles were futile. It was crushed into fragments in an instant.

Then Shinji narrowed his eyes. A mass of Black Flame floated over the fragments, burning them to ashes inside and out.

The whole thing took only a few breaths.

Karin was dumbfounded. She hadn't even experienced the demon's legendary ability to regenerate endlessly before the leader had burned it to ash.

Thanks to her incredible perception, she immediately realized that the Black Flame the leader had used wasn't ordinary Fire Release.

"Cough, cough."

After dealing with the Drum Demon, Shinji lowered his head and coughed twice, spitting up blood.

Karin hurriedly offered him her arm. "Sir, let me heal you!"

Shinji didn't refuse. He lifted half of the mask covering his face and bit down on Karin's arm.

When Enmu had dragged him into the dream, the demons outside had ambushed him, breaking several of his ribs and leaving him badly injured.

He had endured the excruciating pain to activate the Susanoo and Amaterasu just now.

After recovering a little, Shinji didn't stop to rest. He picked Karin up and tucked her under his arm. "Which way is Haku?"

Karin closed her eyes and sensed for a moment, then pointed into the distance.

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