Too Bad I Can't Marry You

"Hatake Style: Mind Slash!"

Hatake Jiangyi and 0015 worked together and successfully killed the last samurai.

But when they reached the trapdoor, neither of their techniques could break through the ground quickly.

"This is a bit of a problem! Keep using Earth Release to crack the ground. I have the Mayfly Technique, so I'll go down through a thinner part of the rock layer and help first!"

Seeing that their techniques weren't working well, 0015 sank into the rock layer first.

Hatake Jiangyi was left to keep using his technique to break through the trapdoor.

Using the Mayfly Technique, 0015 sank into the rock layer. She could tell which direction she was going in, and she could observe the surroundings from inside the rock over short distances.

As soon as she looked, she spotted something unusual in the cave below.

The captive Uchiha Hezi and Yakushi Nonō were being pinned to the wall by a pile of bone spears, wielded by a strange man with a grotesque face.

The savage, abusive Kaguya Eita was deliriously enjoying the blood-soaked scene.

He was performing some kind of ritual.

He used Hezi and Nonō's blood to paint a strange pattern on his chest.

The strange man was about to kill Uchiha Hezi, who was closer to him.

Already weakened by blood loss and on the verge of death, Nonō struggled to shout.

"Ugly freak, kill me first! If you've got the guts, kill me first!"

Hezi turned her head in shock.

She looked at Nonō, who was missing an arm and covered in blood, and immediately understood why the girl had wanted to die first.

Nonō repeatedly mouthed to Hezi, "Sister Hezi, stay alive. I can't hold on much longer..."

"No!" Hezi struggled violently, tears streaming from her eyes.

Nonō was the youngest member of their team.

And now, at the very last moment, she was trying to draw the enemy's attention with her life, urging him to kill her first.

Hezi thrashed wildly.

Even the three bone spears embedded in her shoulder began to sway as she struggled.

"Stop!"

Her wounds tore open, and blood poured from them.

To Hezi, everything seemed to slow down.

Dark red blood trickled from her eyes.

A special pattern began to emerge from the Three-Tomoe spinning in her eyes.

The more his enemies wailed and struggled, the more excited Kaguya Eita seemed to become.

Seeing Yakushi Nonō on the verge of death and Uchiha Hezi struggling wildly with blood running from her eyes, he was so delighted that he trembled with near-madness.

"Hahaha, don't rush. You're all going to die."

"Hehehe, I'll kill you one by one..."

A heavy hammer came hurtling down from the top of the cave!

"Die!"

0015's upper body emerged from the rock wall as she swung a sledgehammer at incredible speed!

Kaguya Eita, whose body was covered in thick bone plates, let out a pained groan.

Duang!

A web of cracks spanning more than ten centimeters appeared on his yellowish-brown skull.

Die!

Die!

Die!

While Kaguya Eita was still dazed from the blow, 0015 slammed the hammer into the same spot three more times.

Then, without checking whether he was dead, 0015 raised her leg and kicked him away!

First, she rescued the badly wounded Yakushi Nonō. Moon Sister smashed the bone nails and lifted Nonō, who was missing an arm, down from the wall.

Then she used the hammer to smash the three bone spears in Uchiha Hezi's body. Dragging the two of them along, she turned and ran.

Whoosh! Whoosh, whoosh!

As the three retreated, Kaguya Eita had already recovered from his dizziness and risen to his feet in the distant cave. He launched a barrage of "Bone Release: Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets" at them.

What a terrifying Bone Release kekkei genkai!

He could force bones out through his fingers and fire them like bullets.

0015 tossed Hezi around the corner of the cave, moving her out of range of the Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets.

But there was no way to dodge the two bone bullets aimed at Yakushi Nonō.

0015 simply crouched in front of the petite Nonō.

Two muffled thuds rang out.

The sound of bone bullets sinking into flesh made Nonō's heart clench.

"Moon Sister, put me down. I'm too badly wounded. Take Hezi and run," Nonō sobbed.

She struggled with all her might to break free from 0015's embrace.

Despite being hit, 0015 smiled with remarkable calm.

"With me here, you won't die!"

Holding Yakushi Nonō, 0015 charged forward like a maddened bull. She picked up Uchiha Hezi again and, enduring the bone bullets striking her back, kept running toward another branch of the cave.

How could Kaguya Eita, now frenzied with bloodlust, let them escape?

He too charged after them, heedless of everything, his chakra raging.

Bone Release: Dance of the Willow!

Imitating the swaying of willow branches, Kaguya Eita's movements became astonishingly fast, despite his earlier clumsiness.

Sharp bones burst from his palms, his arm bones turning into bone swords as he slashed rapidly at 0015 from behind.

Pain flared in 0015's back!

Hezi and Nonō clearly slowed her down. First, a blade struck her leg; then both legs were badly wounded.

Her normally agile body suddenly buckled, and she fell to her knees.

The Nonō in her arms was unharmed.

But Uchiha Hezi, whom she was holding in her hand, was flung away.

"Hezi, run!" 0015 shouted.

But she turned around, knelt on one knee, and swung her sledgehammer.

As Kaguya Eita caught up, she aimed at his shins and struck three times in rapid succession!

Even with his bone plates protecting him, being struck in the legs by a metal sledgehammer while moving at high speed caused Kaguya Eita immense damage!

His left leg bone shattered outright.

His entire left foot was flung away, and he had no idea where it landed.

One blow to his right leg bent his thick shin into a Z shape.

He let out a low groan.

Kaguya Eita lay on the ground, but instead of looking angry, he stared at 0015 with excitement.

"You're an impressive woman! Too bad I can't marry you. The child we had together would surely be the strongest warrior in the Kaguya Clan!"

Kaguya Eita's shin had been smashed, and his whole body was tilted on the ground.

He used his hands to straighten his right leg. Bone visibly grew back, and he covered the entire leg in even thicker, sealed bone armor.

As for his completely severed left foot, he didn't even bother trying to find it.

Instead, he slowly grew a bone-covered prosthetic leg from his own bones.

It looked just like the wooden leg of a pirate who robbed people by the sea.

Kaguya Eita licked his lips and laughed maniacally.

"I underestimated you. I never expected you to actually hurt me! I promise I'll take this seriously from now on and kill every one of you!"

Stabbed in the back and hit by bullets, with both legs cut apart, 0015 couldn't move normally for the time being, even with recovery abilities comparable to White Zetsu.

After less than a second of thought, 0015 immediately gave Yakushi Nonō her chance to survive!

While Kaguya Eita was restoring himself with Bone Release in the distance, 0015 cut off her own left arm with a knife.

"My cells heal quickly. Attach my arm to yourself, and it can stop the bleeding all over your body."

As she spoke, 0015 forcefully attached her forearm, now the color of White Zetsu, to Nonō.

"Go! You and Hezi go first. I'll hold him off."

Nonō was utterly dumbfounded by the instantly attachable arm!

She had always thought that 0015 was simply part of a secret unit belonging to the Uchiha Clan.

She had never imagined that Moon Sister was so powerful—or that she was a mysterious being unlike any human!

Seeing that Kaguya Eita was about to recover his ability to move, Yakushi Nonō couldn't bear to waste 0015's sacrifice. With tears in her eyes, she turned and ran.

To her surprise, Uchiha Hezi, who had been lying motionless on the ground just moments ago, suddenly vanished from where she lay.

Hezi, her eyes filled with bloody tears, appeared above Kaguya Eita without warning.

Not only that, but Hezi's eyes had changed as well.

A pair of strange Mangekyō had taken shape!