Escape from Death?

"Explosive Blade Ninja Art: Happa Rechōshi!"

"Boom..."

"Boom..."

"Boom..."

In an instant, it was as though time itself had stopped across the entire world. Then, just as the Fubuki Tachi in Uchiha Yue's hand fell toward Munashi Jinpachi's head, Jinpachi completed a series of hand seals in an incredibly short span of time and unleashed the unique technique of the explosive blade "Shibuki"—Explosive Blade Ninja Art: Happa Rechōshi!

Then, within the range of Uchiha Yue's Purple Eye, he saw countless explosive tags appear across the ground around himself and Munashi Jinpachi. The tags formed a web around them. Clearly, if Uchiha Yue insisted on taking Jinpachi's life, Jinpachi would detonate those explosive tags and drag them both into the wide-area blast.

Still, Jinpachi was being a little too optimistic. Even if he truly intended to go to hell together with Uchiha Yue, whether he could actually drag Yue along depended on Yue's consent. With his space-time ninjutsu, Uchiha Yue could kill Jinpachi in an instant, then use Falling Moon Style: Flash Step to escape during the gap before Jinpachi detonated the explosive tags.

How could Munashi Jinpachi possibly drag Uchiha Yue down with him, then?

Wouldn't Jinpachi's entire plan be ruined by Uchiha Yue?

With that thought in mind, Uchiha Yue did not hesitate in the slightest. He brought down the Fubuki Tachi, ready to claim Munashi Jinpachi's life. Yet just as the Fubuki Tachi was pressed against Jinpachi's neck, an icy smile suddenly curled across Jinpachi's lips.

Then...

A booming explosion suddenly erupted from Munashi Jinpachi's neck.

The blast was tremendous. Even if Uchiha Yue himself had been struck directly in the neck by such an explosion, he would likely have died on the spot—let alone Munashi Jinpachi.

However, the instant Jinpachi's neck exploded, Uchiha Yue, whose Fubuki Tachi