[Dojutsu: Ichimokuren] Activated

"The Seven Ninja Swordsmen? And a bunch of nobodies?" Uchiha Yuzhen's Sharingan narrowed slightly. "Wait... there's also..."

The mission unfolding before him took Yuzhen by surprise.

He'd already made plans for the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, needless to say.

The chakra coming from those ninja dressed as Anbu didn't feel the least bit like "water."

He had his suspicions about them, too.

This huge force had appeared right inside his area of responsibility, with pinpoint accuracy...

And ever since he'd been forced to split from Team Minato, he'd sensed that something was wrong.

Then there was his appointment as Guy's squad leader, and his separation from the main Uchiha force.

It was you, wasn't it—

—Danzo!

He could accept all these circumstances.

But the Green-haired Figure with a Spiral Mask was what truly surprised him.

That was White Zetsu!

There was no doubt about it!

At the sight of him, Uchiha Yuzhen's heart sank.

The Seven Ninja Swordsmen, White Zetsu, Root...

When all those pieces came together, how could he not understand?

Uchiha Madara had noticed him a long time ago.

Damn it!

White Zetsu had definitely been spying on him.

After he returned from this mission, he'd have to learn Sage Mode.

Only by combining Sage Mode with his sensory abilities could he root out those White Zetsu!

As Yuzhen's thoughts churned,

Hozuki Mangetsu raised the Kubikiribōchō in his hands. His jagged-toothed mouth spread into a mocking grin as he taunted,

"Heh, as expected of a shinobi with a reputation, Body Flicker Yuzhen!"

"You're actually spacing out even after seeing the entire Seven Ninja Swordsmen!"

Hozuki Mangetsu was irritated by Uchiha Yuzhen's attitude.

In his eyes, the force assembled on their side was more than enough to destroy a small country.

Yet this arrogant Uchiha dared to space out while they were facing off?

That was unforgivable!

With that thought, Mangetsu lightly turned the hilt and shifted his ankle.

Whoosh—!

In an instant, Mangetsu appeared beside Uchiha Yuzhen.

He raised the Kubikiribōchō high and let out a strange cry. "Great Water Arm Slash!"

As he cried out, the wrist of the hand holding the sword swelled enormously.

Whoosh—!

His enlarged arm gripped the Kubikiribōchō, bringing it down on Yuzhen with terrifying killing intent.

"A slash empowered by the Great Water Arm Technique?" Uchiha Yuzhen recognized the jutsu. And the kid before him looked so much like Suigetsu in the manga that he recognized the new owner of the Kubikiribōchō on the spot.

Hozuki Mangetsu!

But at the sight of an attack that used the Hydrification Technique to bulk up the arm muscles and increase the force of the slash,

Uchiha Yuzhen gave a scoff.

"An attack of this caliber? I don't even need to dodge!"

The Tomoe in his Sharingan turned, and he used his Dōryoku as a catalyst.

Yuzhen summoned his guardian deity—Susanoo!

A crimson rib cage, solidified into physical form, appeared in an instant!

Clang—!

The thunderous impact made Hozuki Mangetsu's eyes widen in disbelief.

"What is this? It actually blocked my Great Water Arm?"

But that wasn't what shocked him.

He knew Uchiha Yuzhen wasn't someone who could be defeated so easily.

What shocked him was...

This chakra construct was a vivid, fiery red.

So why did it feel so cold and powerful to his senses?

The bone-chilling aura made his skin ache.

This thing was no ordinary technique!

Before he could think it through, Uchiha Yuzhen answered his question.

"This is the Uchiha's Godly Power. But... there's no point explaining anything to a dead man."

With that, Uchiha Yuzhen's eyes quivered.

The Tomoe spun, and his Dōryoku began to boil within his eye sockets.

Humm—!

Intricate patterns appeared in Yuzhen's eyes!

For this battle,

he wanted to end things quickly!

The appearance of that Special White Zetsu had made him uneasy.

Having caught the attention of that old geezer, Uchiha Madara, was a truly unfortunate turn of events.

It didn't take a genius to figure out that he wasn't Xian'er.

Uchiha Madara must have thought he'd be hard to control, so he'd sent the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and a Special White Zetsu after him.

Then he'd join forces with Danzo to make absolutely sure he was dealt with!

They were clearly here to kill him.

In that case, what was there to hold back?

He'd take advantage of their ignorance about his abilities

and use his Dojutsu to catch them completely off guard!

Having sorted out his thoughts, Uchiha Yuzhen's left eye trembled slightly.

[Dojutsu: Ichimokuren] Activated!

An inexplicable force began to envelop everything in sight...

Then a chill, heavy with the scent of death, settled over everyone present.

Black Hoe Raiga gripped the Lightning Blade: Fangs and spoke uneasily. "I feel like something's coming!"

"It's fine. There are so many of us here... We'll win." The steady Jinin Akebino didn't take the chill seriously.

With so many elite shinobi present, he couldn't see how they could possibly lose.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't let your guard down! This feeling is seriously bad!" Suikazan Fuguki, the one most accustomed to scraping by and staying alive, immediately sensed danger.

A shinobi who'd made it out of a slaughterhouse usually didn't get that feeling wrong.

At their three companions' warnings, the remaining three taciturn swordsmen tensed up.

As partners, they trusted one another's instincts.

"This is trouble... That power is Dōryoku, isn't it?" Beneath the mask, the White Zetsu's face looked grim.

As a Special White Zetsu who'd followed Uchiha Madara for many years, he wasn't unfamiliar with the powerful Dōryoku of the Sharingan.

But this Dōryoku reminded him of the Mangekyō Sharingan...

The moment the thought came to him,

he stared fixedly at Uchiha Yuzhen as if he'd seen some kind of monster.

"Is that still a Sharingan?" Unlike his companions, Hozuki Mangetsu was close enough to see Yuzhen's extraordinary eyes.

The icy aura of Dōryoku made him break into a cold sweat on the spot.

When those eyes appeared, he seemed to see an illusion.

An illusion of his head and body being separated!

Before he could make sense of it,

Boom—!

Flecks of flame sparked across Uchiha Yuzhen's body as his Nintaijutsu flared to life.

He looked at Hozuki Mangetsu with the eyes of a dead man.

"Of course it's a Sharingan. And... these eyes can see the future where you all die!"

Boom—!

After a thunderous crash, Hozuki Mangetsu was blasted away.

At the same time,

Uchiha Yuzhen leaped into the air.

As he soared high above them, he looked down at everyone with a cruel smile.

"Nobodies... the future where you die horribly is already before my eyes."

"Now, prepare to die!"

Yuzhen's voice fell sharply,

and the inexplicable force stirred by his Dōryoku began to flow!