Killing Machine on the Battlefield, Dance of the Clematis

Killing Machine on the Battlefield, Dance of the Clematis

He narrowly avoided being struck by the bone spike that had ambushed him at close range. The kunai in his hand lasted fewer than two clashes against the Shikotsumyaku before being shattered by the bone.

He retreated in slight panic, staring at the drastic change in his opponent's appearance. It looked exactly like the demons from the tales commoners passed down by word of mouth—grim, terrifying white bones drilled out from within his body, exposed to the air. They served as weapons for attack and armor for defense.

And there was also a pair of scarlet eyes.

"How is that possible?! Aren't you from the Uchiha Clan? Other than the Sharingan, how could you possibly possess the Shikotsumyaku as well?! That's simply impossible!"

As he stared at the bone demon before him, fear rose from the depths of his heart. He could not imagine why a member of the Uchiha Clan could possess a Kekkei Genkai belonging solely to the Kaguya Clan.

Tobirama Senju had forgotten that this was a battlefield. He backed away in terror. Though he would become one of the Ninja World's foremost figures in the future, Tobirama Senju was only thirteen years old now and had yet to truly mature.

"Impossible? Want to know how I did it? Heh, even if you asked, I might not tell you."

"So take your doubts and report directly to the Pure Land!"

"Shikotsumyaku! Dance of the Clematis!"

Tilting his head aside, he reached over and pulled a bone sword from his left shoulder. With a cold laugh, he slashed directly at Tobirama Senju. At that moment, Uchiha Jobu truly resembled a demon, exposed bones covering his entire body as he laughed maniacally with savage ferocity.

Dance of the Clematis.

It was the most basic move of the Kaguya Clan's Shikotsumyaku Kekkei Genkai. It allowed the user to draw bones from their body as blades and swords, combining footwork and fierce taijutsu to attack.

"Shadow Clone!"

Tobirama Senju hurriedly formed hand seals and used a ninjutsu. His body split into five, fleeing in different directions.

The Shadow Clone was a special ninjutsu that created physical clones. Therefore, Uchiha Jobu, who possessed only the One-Tomoe Sharingan, could not see through the physical Shadow Clones.

But now that he had revealed even his trump card, there was no way he would let Tobirama Senju escape before his eyes.

"Can you really escape?"

"Don't make me laugh! If I let you get away, what was the point of showing off the Shikotsumyaku?!"

"Shikotsumyaku! Ten-Finger Bullet!"

He raised his palm and spread his five fingers, aiming at the five Tobirama Senjus fleeing in different directions. It did not matter which one was the real body; as long as one was hit, he could tell.

Because Shadow Clones disappeared once they were struck!

Whoosh!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The attacks fired from his fingers struck four Tobirama Senjus in succession.

Those who were hit vanished. Only one Tobirama Senju remained, still fleeing after evading the Ten-Finger Bullet with the Body Flicker Technique.

"Jobu, you really succeeded?!"

Just as he was about to give chase, someone appeared beside him. It was Izuna Uchiha.

Uchiha Jobu's order for his servant Ying to select commoners gathered by the Uchiha Clan was known by many within the clan. Most believed he was training loyal subordinates of his own and paid it no mind.

But some knew that, aside from training subordinates, Uchiha Jobu was also using commoners for urgent human experiments.

Tobirama Senju had already fled far away. It was too late to pursue him now. Uchiha Jobu sighed inwardly, lamenting that Tobirama Senju was not fated to die, and could only let this target go for the time being.

"Yes, that's right. But among a hundred test subjects, only one can truly successfully fuse with another ninja clan's Kekkei Genkai."

"Such Kekkei Genkai fusion experiments still need more time to be perfected. For now, I am the only successful case."

After saying that, Uchiha Jobu turned his attention to the others. He burst forth with frightening speed and charged at those twelve- and thirteen-year-old Senju Clan ninja.

Not every Senju ninja was called Senju Hashirama or Tobirama Senju. Against these ordinary Senju ninja, some of whom barely met the Genin standard, Uchiha Jobu could easily kill them with a single swing of his blade.

The demon clad in grim white bones became a killing weapon on the battlefield. His bone sword, harder than steel, cleaved into the Senju ninja, and not a single one could withstand it.

Izuna Uchiha looked at his younger cousin, whose strength was already not much inferior to his own and who even possessed two Kekkei Genkai. A dark thought silently surfaced in the depths of his heart. What if...

His gaze turned cold as he looked around. Expressionlessly, he harvested the lives of Uzumaki Clan members. The battlefield did not contain only the Senju Clan; there were also Uzumaki ninja fighting alongside them.

"What Jobu can do, I can do too. The success rate is only one percent now? Then I'll become that successful one percent."

"I will fuse with a Kekkei Genkai no weaker than the Shikotsumyaku. You're not the only one who can fight for the clan. I can too."

"I will become my brother's most capable support."

If Uchiha Jobu had seen Izuna Uchiha's expression now, he would definitely have said it looked very much like someone named Shimura Danzō.

Having completely transformed into a killing weapon on the battlefield, he rampaged freely and harvested lives madly. The grim white bones covering his body were all stained with the blood of Senju Clan enemies.

"Notice: Obtained skill fragment 'Earth Release—Earth Dragon Bullet Technique' (x1)"

"Notice: Obtained skill fragment 'Wind Release—Wind Cutter Technique' (x1)"

"Notice: Obtained skill fragment 'Water Release—Water Clone Technique' (x1)"

"Notice: Obtained Kekkei Genkai—Rust Release (x1)"

The skill fragments he had opened from the boxes earlier were not bad. He had gained offensive Earth Release and Wind Release ninjutsu, as well as a physical-type clone.

Yet when a Kekkei Genkai appeared, Uchiha Jobu frowned instead. Kekkei Genkai in the Ninja World could be called complex and varied, ranging from ocular techniques to bodily transformations and changes in physique.

But this so-called Rust Release was definitely the most useless of all the Kekkei Genkai he knew of so far. Its ability was merely to erase one's own presence, and only while remaining still.

Thus, a short figure planting mushrooms appeared in Uchiha Jobu's mind, happily planting mushrooms all along the riverbed.

This Kekkei Genkai seemed awfully sneaky, didn't it?