The Uchiha Clan's Blind Swordsman Chapter 37

His Zanpakuto was capable of severing souls.

Those slain by this Zanpakuto could not be revived even by Edo Tensei, and they might not even be able to reach the Pure Land.

Yet, Chiba did not hesitate in the slightest.

To cut weeds, one must remove the Root; this was destined to be a bloody feast.

As a ninja, one must be prepared to be slaughtered at any moment.

This is called resolve.

And such resolve, Chiba had possessed from the very beginning.

The world was cruel by nature.

To avoid being killed, one had no choice but to slaughter the enemy.

The three Root ninjas instantly split up.

The largest ninja lunged toward Chiba; he was clearly a power-type ninja.

Suppressing with strength to attack his weakness.

This was the correct approach.

Unfortunately.

Such a weakness had only existed until yesterday.

The lack of physical strength had already been overcome by Chiba through the Gravity Fruit.

His Observation Haki swept across the area in an instant.

The opponent's movements were predicted by Chiba with absolute clarity.

And then—

He slashed down.

The hand seals were interrupted. Stunned, the ninja instantly drew his ninja blade and hacked at Chiba.

"Sorry, you... shouldn't be able to land that strike."

Chiba's blade had already descended.

The opponent's movements were predicted with absolute clarity.

"Wha—!?"

The Root ninja was shocked.

Both of his attempts had been interrupted; he hadn't even had the chance to execute his technique.

Could it be that his attacks had already been seen through by the opponent?

How was that possible.

"You guy... aren't you blind?"

"With no enemy in my eyes, I am naturally invincible."

"The reason I cannot see is because you are not even worth looking at."

Gravity was instantly infused into his Zanpakuto, and then, he slashed directly downward.

Gravity Blade!

The opponent's pupils shrank violently, and he reflexively raised his ninja blade, attempting to block the strike.

"This is gravity... can you block it?"

As the words fell.

The sword pressure, carrying the weight of gravity, instantly erupted from Chiba's Zanpakuto.

Its immense power sent the ninja flying head-on, his blade knocked aside.

Even his mask was shattered by the force.

A direct breach of defense—this required overwhelming power to achieve.

"Wha—what?"

"How is your strength so different from the intel..."

The opponent did not finish his sentence.

Accompanied by a flash of cold light before his eyes.

Chiba had appeared behind him at some point.

He gave his Zanpakuto a light flick.

A cruel flower of blood bloomed upon the ground.

Only then did a massive spray of blood erupt from the ninja's neck.

The ninja's face twisted instantly; he clutched his throat, writhing in unbearable agony.

However, this pain did not stem from his slashed throat.

It stemmed from his soul.

In this moment, he felt as if half of his soul had been torn away.

That kind of soul-deep agony was far more bone-chilling.

It lasted only a fleeting moment.

The Root ninja clutched his neck and collapsed heavily to the ground.

"Your blood, it says it tastes foul."

"But, it loves nothing more than to slaughter filthy souls like yours."

"Listen, it... is whispering!"

"Listen, it... is whispering!"

These words were not spoken to the fallen ninja.

The ones truly feeling the terror were his two remaining comrades.

In that instant.

They seemed to truly hear the whispering.

A low murmur emanating from the blade.

That murmur was shaking their very souls.

There was something wrong with that sword.

The two remaining Root ninjas wore expressions of shock.

They did not care about the death of their comrade.

What surprised them was that Chiba was completely different from what the intelligence report had described.

Comrades—such things did not exist in Root.

One moment you were allies, and the next, you might be cutting each other down.

The defining trait of Root was the eradication of emotion.

Roots buried deep in the earth had no need for such superfluous feelings.

Cold, calculated execution of missions was the core tenet of Root.

They felt no sympathy for their comrade's death.

They only blamed his poor luck.

Using a comrade's death to gather intelligence and complete the mission was what they should be concerned with.

Clearly, that sword had caught their attention.

Strength was not Chiba's weakness.

Furthermore, Chiba possessed exceptional swordsmanship and now, a bizarre blade.

The intelligence was insufficient, and he had managed a counter-kill.

"Mission parameters changed!"

"Hold nothing back. Beat him half to death, then deliver him to Lord Danzo!"

A mission must be carried out.

Even if Chiba had exceeded the scope of the intelligence.

For a Root ninja, there was only one path to follow.

Hearing their exchange, Chiba smiled, gripping his Zanpakuto.

"Do you know?"

"Its whispering is a warning to you!"

"You have missed your only chance to escape."

"Such souls."

"It... is even hungrier now."

The sword was indeed bizarre.

It made their souls tremble.

But—

The mission was paramount.

The remaining two Root ninjas exchanged glances and moved instantly.

"Do it!"

Chiba smiled at this, brandishing the Zanpakuto in his hand.

"Come on, let's slaughter!"

A blade and its wielder achieve greatness through one another.

In the world of One Piece, a legendary blade paired with a powerhouse can unleash unimaginable strength.

The slash Mihawk delivers with a small knife is fundamentally different from the one he unleashes with a Supreme Grade Sword.

Fujitora Issho's swordsmanship and a Zanpakuto that can sever souls would, in the end, never disappoint.

And then—

The two Root ninjas opposite him moved.

They leaped into the air, distancing themselves from one another, one in front and one behind.

The tacit understanding between the teammates made Chiba realize they were likely preparing some kind of combination ninjutsu.

Immediately after, both began to weave hand seals.

The distance was too great for Chiba to interrupt their hand seals.

However, even so.

The moment they made their move, his Observation Haki already revealed the ninjutsu they were using.

"So that's how it is..."

"The one in front is from the Nara Clan..."