Your Ninjutsu Is Good. Now It's Mine.

The enormous black beetle was swatted away like a fly by the black-robed figure.

It shattered into dozens of pieces, which fell straight to the ground.

Under the stunned gazes of everyone present, the fragments began to fade and disintegrate.

At last, they vanished into tiny particles, disappearing before everyone's eyes.

This was a technique Lynn had just used.

By channeling the pure power within himself, he could agitate the molecules of a living creature, making it split apart from the inside until it completely disintegrated.

He called it—Fission Fist!

The sky gradually darkened, and storm clouds began to gather overhead.

Rumble!!

Thunder boomed through the clouds, resounding across the entire sky.

Silver-white lightning illuminated the expressions on everyone's faces.

Aburame Shibi stared at Lynn Uchiha, his expression vacant.

How could this happen?

Why had this happened?

He could hardly believe what he had just seen.

His summoning beast had been reduced to that state by a mere light slap from Lynn Uchiha.

Did that make any sense?

Aburame Shibi felt cold sweat beading on his forehead.

Was Lynn Uchiha really that powerful?

How was that possible?

At that moment, Hatake Kakashi finally stepped forward.

He glanced at the jōnin's corpse in the distance, then at the badly devastated street, and his eyelid twitched violently.

"Aburame Shibi, join forces with me to take down Lynn Uchiha. We have to bring him back to Konoha today."

Kakashi's tone brooked no argument.

Clearly, he knew that if the Uchiha Clan, now wiped out, still had one exceptionally powerful fighter at large as a defector,

Konoha would be plunged into a dangerous predicament from that day onward.

"Fine, Kakashi." Aburame Shibi nodded.

He turned to the black-robed figure ahead, a cold smile tugging at his lips.

"Lynn Uchiha, don't think that just because you can take down my summoning beast, you can do whatever you want."

"My summoning beast is only my most basic form of attack. If Kakashi and I work together, you'll have no—"

"Enough. Why are you running your mouth so much? You're such a nag."

Lynn Uchiha said impatiently.

"These jōnin are useless, Kakashi is useless, and you... you're even more useless."

"Impertinent!" Aburame Shibi's face twisted with anger.

Then he formed Hand Seals.

Hatake Kakashi beside him began forming Hand Seals rapidly as well.

Even as he worked through the seals, Kakashi kept his attention fixed on Lynn Uchiha.

After all, those scarlet eyes of his, like a Mangekyō, were extremely dangerous.

If Lynn Uchiha used the power of those eyes, they were bound to lose this fight.

So Kakashi stayed on guard, ready for Lynn Uchiha to use the power of his Mangekyō Sharingan.

"Chidori."

Crackle, crackle!!

Lightning Release Chakra surged between Kakashi's hands.

Silver-white lightning began to gather in his palms.

In the distance, a considerable amount of blue chakra also appeared around Aburame Shibi.

The chakra covered his entire body, gradually obscuring his expression.

What was more, through his Mangekyō Sharingan, Lynn Uchiha could see the chakra flowing through their bodies.

That let him replicate the ninjutsu they used.

"Secret Technique: Insect Deception."

Aburame Shibi finished forming his Hand Seals, raised his head, and fixed his gaze on Lynn Uchiha.

"Body Flicker Technique!"

He quickly formed Hand Seals, concentrating chakra in his calves.

Then he shot forward at tremendous speed.

At the same time, his Insect Deception Technique took effect, and countless black insects began to pour out of his body.

The insects spread in all directions like a surging tide, swarming toward their enemy.

This was the Aburame Clan's secret technique.

Once an enemy was engulfed by the swarm, the Kikaichū would use their keen senses to quickly detect the enemy's chakra flow.

Then they would make their way onto the host and devour them, ravenously consuming their chakra until every last drop was gone.

Not far away,

"Is that the Aburame Clan's Insect Deception Technique?"

Omoi's eyes widened as he stared at the scene before him.

With one of Konoha's elite jōnin using such a secret technique, its destructive power was terrifying.

A horrifying mass of insects filled the sky as it surged toward the two figures ahead.

"Such a terrifying technique. If those insects so much as touch you, they'll devour your chakra until every last bit has been consumed."

Samui, the blonde kunoichi with a cool demeanor, widened her beautiful eyes as she watched.

She had thought the gap between herself and a jōnin had grown small enough.

But now she saw that even among jōnin, there were vast differences.

And if they used a secret technique like this against her team, they would likely be wiped out in no time.

She had no idea how that Konoha defector would deal with this move.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on Lynn Uchiha, wondering what sort of move he would use to counter it.

Although the Great Fireball Technique he had used earlier was terrifying, it would be of little use against the Insect Deception Technique.

After all, these insects were made of chakra, and ordinary flames couldn't burn them to death.

As everyone watched, Lynn Uchiha raised his head and chuckled.

"Insect Deception? It's mine now!"

What?

A flicker of disbelief crossed Aburame Shibi's face.

What did Lynn Uchiha mean?

Insect Deception was a secret technique of the Aburame Clan. Ordinary ninja couldn't learn it.

Even he had taken over a decade to master the technique.

To learn this family secret, he had lived alongside venomous insects, observing their habits every day. He had even been bitten countless times.

He had nearly died from the venom of their bites, almost ending up a cold corpse.

Could Lynn Uchiha really learn his family's secret technique just by watching it once?

How could—

"Insect Deception Technique!"

Lynn Uchiha shouted, and terrifying chakra enveloped his entire body.

All of it transformed into a ferocious swarm of insects.

There were dozens of times more than the insects Aburame Shibi had released.

Countless insects blotted out the sky as they surged forward.

Aburame Shibi's eyes widened. He stared at the scene before him in utter disbelief.

What... what was he seeing?

Lynn Uchiha had learned his family's secret technique just by watching him once?

And he didn't even need to form Hand Seals?

What the hell was this monster?

Boom!!

The swarms collided with a thunderous crash, the black insects devouring one another in a frenzy.

From a distance, they looked like an enormous mouth made of countless chakra insects, gradually swallowing Aburame Shibi, whose face was frozen in shock.