Ch. 681Hyuga Seisen, See You Later!!
Summary: "Hyuga Seisen, See You Later!!"
1. Key Plot Points & Events
- Madara drops a meteorite on Sunagakure's fleeing forces. Hyuga Seisen, standing inside a white Reishi giant, annihilates the meteorite with a hundred-meter Reishi Spear, saving them.
- Madara charges with his Complete Body Susanoo. Seisen meets it head-on, then outmaneuvers the giant: dismissing it, using Hirenkyaku to reach Susanoo's cockpit, and stabbing Madara through the right chest with a Reishi Light Sword.
- When Madara traps the blade, Seisen snaps his fingers, detonating the blade into countless Reishi particles inside Madara's body, blowing off half his chest. Susanoo collapses.
- Madara regenerates with Hashirama Cells and unleashes Limbo: Border Jail — four invisible, dimension-isolated shadows attacking Seisen. Seisen cannot see them but senses their "Reishi vacuum" via Spirit Network, landing four precise punches that send the shadows flying.
- Madara reacts with ecstatic laughter, fully acknowledging Seisen as a worthy equal/threat. Suddenly, a Kamui spatial vortex appears behind him; Obito pulls Madara into the Kamui Dimension. Seisen's killing strike narrowly misses.
- Seisen realizes the truth: Madara used Kamui to bypass the battlefield and directly enter the crimson Uchiha Flame Formation housing the Ten-Tails. The ancient beast's chakra begins awakening, shaking the entire Land of Wind.
- The chapter ends with Seisen racing toward the Flame Formation to stop him.
2. Character Developments
- Hyuga Seisen: Displays overwhelming yet controlled power. He is cold, pragmatic, and brutally efficient—calmly erasing a meteorite, breaking "absolute defense," and countering an invisible dimensional attack through logic and perception. No fear, only ruthless tactics.
- Madara Uchiha: Transforms from arrogant, dismissive god-behavior into a serious, fascinated warrior. He finds a "kindred spirit" in Seisen, but remains cunning—turning the duel into a distraction for his true goal: obtaining the Ten-Tails.
- Side characters (Orochimaru, Minato): Orochimaru's lust for Seisen's power intensifies; Minato feels relief as the battle shifts to Seisen's control.
3. Significant Themes
- God-level combat: Direct clashes of apocalyptic force (meteorite vs. Reishi; Susanoo vs. White Giant).
- Perception beats invisibility: Seisen defeats Limbo not by seeing it, but by mapping the environment (Reishi) and detecting the absence it creates.
- The worthy opponent: Madara's obsession with a peer who can match and surprise him drives his emotional arc.
- Strategic deception: The duel masks Madara's real plan—a last-second escape to seize the Ten-Tails, escalating the story from a personal battle to an apocalyptic threat.
4. Character Interactions
- Seisen vs. Madara: A verbal and physical duel filled with mutual, begrudging respect. Madara lavishes manic praise; Seisen replies with terse, cold rebukes. Their dynamic reads as two gods testing each other's limits.
- Seisen & the Sunagakure survivors: No dialogue; his destruction of the meteorite silently saves them, letting them flee.
- Konoha observers (Orochimaru, Minato): Their reactions frame Seisen's power from the outside—Orochimaru's greed and Minato's relief highlight how far beyond normal shinobi the fight has escalated.