Thud.
Ao collapsed to the ground, his skyward-swept blue hair soaked by water and clumped together with blood.
He stared at Kiyohara unwillingly, but in the end, he could only feel his life force growing weaker and weaker.
At the same time, Kiyohara regained control of his body.
"Whew..."
He immediately dropped to one knee, supporting himself with his ninja sword as he panted heavily.
Young Kiyohara's S-rank sword technique, Konoha Style: Willow, which surpassed his current limits, had pushed both his mental strength and this body to their breaking point.
He felt every muscle in his body screaming, waves of stabbing pain coursing through his meridians, and his chakra was nearly depleted.
Too many substitute appearances could get you banned, too.
Whenever Young Kiyohara got carried away, he used 100 percent of his physical abilities.
In other words, if he failed to control it properly, he would suffer side effects similar to opening the Eight Inner Gates.
However, Kiyohara did not rest where he was. Instead, he pulled another kunai from his ninja tool pouch.
Splat!
Kiyohara hurled it with all his strength, driving it viciously into Ao's head.
Finishing off an enemy was a good habit.
"It's finally over."
Kiyohara let out a breath.
Fortunately, Young Kiyohara's enemy had not been too difficult to deal with.
If it had been some future version who barely survived until the Fourth Shinobi World War, only to be kicked to death like a stray dog by Kaguya Otsutsuki, he would have had to figure out how to revive Kaguya first before he could fulfill that final wish.
Young Kiyohara's illusory spirit also appeared behind Kiyohara, like a guardian spirit at his back.
With his great vengeance fulfilled, to be honest, he felt only a hollow sort of peace.
Moreover, the Ao