Aoi Rokushō was finally dead. His right hand, which had been gripping the Sword of the Thunder God, slowly loosened. The Sword of the Thunder God slipped free, and just as it was about to fall, Ueno Kei reached out swiftly and caught it in his hand.
Looking at his right arm, now covered in blood, Ueno Kei frowned slightly, then quickly cleaned it up.
"What a shame. The one who killed you wasn't Senior Kakashi." Ueno Kei sneered. Come to think of it, today really was his lucky day. Not only had he completed the mission perfectly, he had actually also fully mastered the chakra nature transformation he had never been able to control before. It could be said that, at this moment, Ueno Kei's strength had truly reached that of a jonin.
And with the powerful trump cards he possessed, perhaps he would even have the strength to put up a fight against a Kage-level figure. At the very least, he should be able to escape.
Immediately after, Ueno Kei cut off Aoi Rokushō's head without hesitation. He took a scroll from his robes, opened it, placed the head and the Sword of the Thunder God on top, formed seals with both hands, and shouted softly, "Seal!"
The head vanished. After that, Ueno Kei put the scroll away, casually released a Fire Release, and turned Aoi Rokushō's headless corpse to ash.
Then he leaped away and left the place behind.
The former Wagarashi Clan compound had now been reduced to rubble in the wake of two rounds of chaos. Fire spread everywhere, burning seventy to eighty percent of the Wagarashi houses, which had mostly been made of wood. Only a few buildings remained, those that were not easily burned or stood in places the flames had difficulty reaching.