At the border fortress of the Land of Lightning, the smoke of battle slowly dissipated.
With a single order from the Fourth Raikage, every Kumogakure ninja withdrew. No one dared launch another assault on the fortress.
Kazuhiko stood where he was as his Perfect Three-Tomoe Sharingan shifted from red to black, voluntarily deactivating.
The bloody tears lingering at the corners of his eyes slid down his cheeks and dripped onto the scorched ground beneath his feet.
Having used [Underworld Gaze] consecutively and [Kamui] several times in just a few days, even his Mangekyō-level ocular power reserves were struggling to keep up.
The most immediate change was the obvious deterioration in his vision. He could no longer distinguish the individual backs of A, C, and the others.
The upper limit of his ocular power had suffered permanent damage, and both eyes throbbed faintly.
Kazuhiko could clearly feel that even with the powerful recovery of [Underworld Gaze], he would not be able to return to the level of ocular power he had possessed before the battle.
But Kazuhiko was actually in an excellent mood.
Using the Mangekyō once felt great; using it nonstop felt even better.
Instantly killing Orochimaru and severely wounding the Fourth Raikage—this battle had been completely unlike the previous ones. It had the satisfying beauty of a Trisolaran beating up primitive humans, and the gains had been immense.
[You have gained Orochimaru's hatred]
[Orochimaru's exclusive trait card pool has been unlocked]
[Kage-level trait draw chances +2]
[Tsunade's favorability toward you has greatly increased to: Bond (So he really can protect me... Being with him doesn't seem so bad.)]
[Kage-level trait draw chances +1]
[A's favorability toward you has greatly decreased to: Loathing (Damn Uchiha, damn Mangekyō Sharingan!)]
[A's exclusive trait card pool has been unlocked]
[Kage-level trait draw chances