Rasa (2)

The ice spear danced nimbly in Kazashiro's hands, each thrust aimed at Baki's vital points.

Barely dodging Kazashiro's repeated attacks, Baki gritted his teeth and searched for Kazashiro's weakness.

Unfortunately, his opponent was too short, and Baki couldn't find a chance to counterattack.

The only option left is to trade injuries for injuries.

Seeing the spear tip almost within reach, Baki prepared his wind blades, exerted force, and used his shoulder to block the spear tip that was about to pierce his heart.

He painfully threw out the wind blade in his hand, which whistled as it slashed towards Kazashiro's throat.

Sensing danger, Kazashiro abruptly broke the ice spear in half, reconstructed the remaining parts into the shape of Ninja Blade, and slashed away the wind blade thrown by Baki.

"Snap."

Although the wind blade was blocked, the newly constructed Ninja Blade broke due to the excessive sharpness of the attack.

Amidst the flying ice shards, Baki realized this was his chance and drew his Kunai, preparing to continue his attack.

"Ridiculous."

Seeing Baki's ferocious face, Kazashiro let out a cold laugh and reached out his free hand to grab the other half of the broken ice blade.

The two ice blades transformed into two brand-new ice knives, severing the hand holding the Kunai in Baki's incredulous gaze.

With his left shoulder pierced and his right hand severed, Baki lost all his abilities within a few rounds.

"Boring. I was planning to use you to test my Taijutsu."

Seeing Baki stagger backward, Kazashiro delivered a flying kick, then jumped on top of him as he fell, delivering a precise knee strike to Baki's abdomen.

Baki, who had been struck hard in the abdomen, felt as if his internal organs were about to spill out of his throat. After letting out a scream, he rolled his eyes and lost consciousness.

That's about all the skill he's capable of.

Shaking his wrist away from Baki, Kazashiro used Ice Release to freeze him before turning his attention to Pakura.

To Kazashiro's surprise, he had thought that Rasa's strength was above Pakura's Kazashiro, but the situation on the scene told him that the two sides were almost evenly matched.

The intense heat of the Scorch Release technique easily melted Rasa's Gold Dust into liquid gold, but her prized fireballs could not bypass Rasa's defenses.

Rasa's several counterattacks were skillfully dodged by Pakura, and Uchiha Hikari's watchful gaze from the side made Rasa hesitant to use his strongest move.

The situation has reached a stalemate.

But Kazashiro noticed something unusual about the yellow sand beneath his feet.

Bending down, Kazashiro reached out and touched the yellow sand beneath his feet. Besides the scalding heat, he felt other components.

"So we've been discovered? In that case..."

Caught off guard by Kazashiro's actions, Rasa knew her little scheme had been exposed. She closed her eyes, the dark circles under her eyes growing even more pronounced.

"Gold Dust Burial!"

The entire sand dune began to tremble under the influence of Rasa Chakra. Large amounts of yellow sand receded and were replaced by Gold Dust, after which the dunes began to spin wildly.

Such a wide-range attack was impossible for Pakura to dodge, no matter how agile she was.

Kazashiro: It's up to you, Isobu.

Isobu:...

Kazashiro stood still, showing no intention of dodging.

"Hey, aren't you going to run?"

Uchiha Hikari, who had intended to flee the area, gritted his teeth and returned to Kazashiro's side after seeing him Fudō.

That's it?

Kazashiro revealed a confident smile. After Isobu channeled his Chakra into his body, a large amount of cold air rapidly spread outwards from Kazashiro as the center.

Rasa, who was flying into the air on the Gold Dust, also felt the chill.

"Impossible, could it be that..."

Rasa's face showed horror; this was the first time he had ever shown such an expression. Even when facing Hiruzen Sarutobi, he had only ever shown resentment.

Kazashiro didn't give Rasa enough time to be amazed. As the chill intensified, the wildly spinning Gold Dust began to slow down, and frost began to form on its surface due to the low temperature.

"Ice Release - Snow Cell Ice Sky!"

When the chill completely replaced the heat, even the Scorch Release fireballs around Pakura couldn't stop them, and they dissipated on their own before her astonished eyes.

After a period of pristine whiteness, the yellow sand was replaced by ice, the Gold Dust was buried deep beneath the ice, and the raised corpses of the Sand Ninja were transformed into ice sculptures.

"You actually expect me to look up to you, Rasa?"

Before Rasa could recover from the shock, Kazashiro's cold voice rang out. Under his control, the ice on the ground transformed into sharp ice spikes that shot straight into the sky.

Rasa's Gold Dust cloud was pierced by an ice spike, and he himself fell from the sky in a state of bewilderment.

When it fell onto the ice, the powerful impact even cracked the ice surface in several places.

"Cough..."

Because he landed face-first, Rasa coughed up a mouthful of blood, which also contained some tooth fragments.

"Certainly!"

Four small ice spikes pierced through Rasa's feet and hands in turn, firmly fixing the Fourth Kazekage to the ice surface.

After doing all this, Kazashiro did not approach Rasa rashly. Instead, he took out Senbon and shot them at several acupoints on the other's body.

He gritted his teeth and let out a few muffled groans; the intense pain caused Rasa to spit out another mouthful of blood.

Now it's certain that the Rasa before us is either a clone or the real Rasa.

"Why..."

Rasa couldn't understand why Kazashiro would turn against him for the sake of the Land of Rivers.

Did he intend to face the combined forces of the Daimyo's Mansion and the ninjas alone?

Kazashiro, who walked up to Rasa, did not offer any explanation. Instead, he grabbed Rasa's hair, turned him to the side, and had Uchiha Hikari cast Illusion Technique on Rasa.

With just a glance at Guang, the resentment and humiliation in Rasa instantly turned into confusion.

The Mangekyō Sharingan is really useful.

Kazashiro nodded approvingly and promised to give Uchiha Hikari an extra meal for dinner tonight.

It's just unknown whether Shisui, whose life experiences have been drastically altered, has awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Kotoamatsukami is an even more overpowered ability than the ordinary Mangekyō Sharingan, so it's no wonder Danzo was so wary of it.

The ability to subtly alter someone's will is something no leader could allow to slip out of their control.

"Once he finishes what he's done, you can complete your revenge."

With a wave of his hand, he ended his Ice Release. As yellow regained its visibility, the chill surrounding everyone was once again dispelled by the warm wind.

Upon hearing Kazashiro's voice, Pakura glanced at him with some apprehension.

This kid's strength has improved a lot since then.

Using Ice Release to construct weapons, they can engage in continuous close combat and drastically alter the surrounding environment, rendering enemies who originally held the advantage of terrain helpless.

These are all techniques for using Ice Release that Kazashiro carefully devised.

For him, who had Isobu's support within him, doing these things was not difficult at all.

"Let you live a little longer, you brat."

Pakura didn't reply, but instead kicked Rasa had just been freed from his restraints and stood up straight.