The blackish-purple chakra clinging to Yomi looked rather like "chakra armor," but Akaseki's Susanoo completely overwhelmed it!
At the sight, Yomi's face turned livid-he had expected finding and awakening this power to be difficult, but he had never imagined that a young ninja from Konoha could suppress it...
Then, hearing Akaseki mock his "dream," Yomi grew even more furious and alarmed, his chest tightening.
Ever since he had discovered a reference in an ancient text to "the power left behind by the legendary Third of Ninshu," Yomi had devoted himself to searching for it and practicing the corresponding Sealing Techniques, all so that one day he could awaken that power and unite the shinobi world!
His ambition was so great that he had, in fact, prepared himself for failure.
His current plan was one such gamble: he had deceived the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, claiming that these ruins were his ancestral legacy, and had him hire Konoha ninja to open them. But Yomi felt he would have no chance at all with Sunagakure. Even if those local powers discovered something, they would simply seize it for themselves!
By comparison, Konoha was operating in the Land of Wind, and especially on a mission for its daimyo, so it would surely care more about the repercussions... That was the conclusion he had reached after studying the international situation.
Yet what he could not accept was...
His risky plan had gone smoothly. Even the Miko of the Land of Demons had been lured here, saving him the trouble of seeking her out.
But...
After his plan had actually succeeded, this supposedly invincible power of legend had been suppressed by a Konoha ninja!
As he listened to Akaseki's mockery...
"Aah!"
Yomi suddenly let out a scream.
At the same time, the chakra