Spirit Bomb

In the VIP Area, the pipe slipped from Hiruzen Sarutobi's hand and clattered to the floor. He stared blankly at the scene below.

Ryuuzaki Eiji had actually flown into the air!

"Is that... the Light-Weight Rock Technique!?"

No, that couldn't be it. How could it possibly be the Light-Weight Rock Technique!?

That was a secret technique of Iwagakure!

"Oh! He's flying! I knew I had an eye for talent!"

Ignoring the Daimyo's praise, Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly remembered what mattered most: Eiji's eyes.

According to Tsunade, Eiji had named those eyes the "Six Eyes."

But the name hardly mattered. Eiji had already shown that he could pull people toward him from a distance, see through their chakra pathways like the Byakugan, and copy Ninjutsu like the Uchiha.

As the Professor of Ninjutsu, Hiruzen Sarutobi knew that no flying Ninjutsu this advanced existed in the Shinobi World. The answer was obvious.

Eiji's ability to fly had to come from the Six Eyes as well.

What extraordinary eyes. They combined the Sharingan's copying ability with the Byakugan's ability to see through the human body, and they possessed this terrifying power besides.

Most Ninja in the Shinobi World had no answer to an opponent who could fly. Even Hiruzen Sarutobi could only look up helplessly. With this power, Eiji had already joined the ranks of the Shinobi World's strongest!

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"Honestly, that brat always has to do something ridiculous," Tsunade muttered.

So he's going to use that Ninjutsu after all?

Others might not know what was coming, but Tsunade knew perfectly well. When she had fought Eiji before, he had shown her this dangerous Ninjutsu, which generated a powerful attraction and shredded anything it touched.

Frankly, Tsunade believed it deserved to be classified as an S-rank forbidden technique.

But she had chosen not to report it to the Hokage Building. For one thing, Eiji had trusted her enough to show it to her. For another, she wanted to keep it from Danzo.

The last attack had taught Tsunade one thing: that old bastard Danzo had gone completely mad.

"Tsunade! What's going on!? How does he know a Ninjutsu like that!?" Jiraiya demanded, unable to sit still.

In the air, Eiji held his hands before his chest as though cradling a ball. Azure energy began to appear between them.

As the energy gathered, sand and gravel lifted uncontrollably from the ground and streamed toward the sphere, where they were ground to dust!

Orochimaru's snake-like pupils narrowed. He looked deeply wary.

Before, Ryuuzaki Eiji had only piqued his interest. Now, Orochimaru feared him!

Whatever Eiji was gathering in his hands filled him with a powerful sense of unease!

It seemed to be a formidable Ninjutsu that could shred anything. Was that how Ryuuzaki Eiji had pulled people to him in an instant? Through an attraction so powerful it defied reason?

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"Appear within the flow of time."

Eiji uncrossed his arms and raised them toward the sky. An azure sphere of light gradually took shape above his head!

He was reciting the incantation for Dragon Slave, Lina Inverse's signature move from Slayers, but the technique itself was still Blue.

Eiji had only done it because flying into the air like Pain without saying anything felt a little lacking in style. He didn't want to say anything about hauling rice, either, so he had settled on this at the last moment.

How could he unleash a finishing move without an incantation? Even if someone interrupted him, he still had to chant. Eiji could understand how Megumin felt when she cast her explosion spell.

"In your great name,"

"I swear this oath to the darkness."

The brilliant blue sphere grew larger and larger, its vast shadow slowly falling across the faces of everyone in the Spectator Area.

Everyone looked up at the enormous blue sphere of energy. More than a few swallowed hard.

Could Satoru Gojo really not create a Blue on this scale?

Since acquiring the Six Eyes, Eiji had begun to think otherwise. Perhaps Satoru Gojo simply considered it pointless. If Blue couldn't kill a powerful enemy, making it bigger would achieve nothing.

It would also cause needless destruction, something Satoru Gojo could not accept.

Besides... this move was incredibly exhausting.

"All foolish things that stand before us,"

"By your power and mine,"

"Grant them equal destruction—!"

When Eiji noticed people struggling to hold on to their armrests as they began to lift uncontrollably, he stopped pouring Cursed Energy into the sphere.

He glanced toward Konoha Forest. Once he had made up his mind, he turned toward it and drew back his arms to throw.

"Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue!!!!!"

Like Goku hurling a Spirit Bomb, Eiji slammed both hands downward. He spread his legs and bent his whole body into the throw!

The enormous Blue above his head, packed with Cursed Energy, rumbled toward Konoha Forest like a Spirit Bomb!

As its vast shadow moved away, everyone in the Spectator Area breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to look toward the forest!

The enormous blue sphere flew toward Konoha Forest. Dust and rubbish along the streets were swept into the air. Roof tiles rattled violently, branches swayed along the sphere's path, and the tops of taller trees had already been stripped of every leaf by its powerful pull!

When the sphere came within a dozen or so meters of the forest floor, every tree within a hundred meters of it snapped and flew into the sphere, where they spun and churned wildly.

Like a chariot of destruction, Blue's immense pull crushed rocks and trees in its path and plowed a deep trench through the ground. Clouds of dust rose from the forest, while countless startled birds scattered with shrill cries!

At last, Eiji extended both hands, his expression intent. Then he turned his palms upward and slowly raised them—

As if obeying his command, the enormous blue sphere rose into the air again. It left the ground completely, carrying great quantities of soil, sand, and gravel with it!

The sphere climbed higher and higher until it vanished from sight.

With that done, Eiji looked up at the sky and shook his head in dissatisfaction.

His control still wasn't good enough. For now, he could only activate Blue and barely guide its path over a limited distance. Controlling it freely was another matter.

All he could do was send it into the sky and wait for its Cursed Energy to dissipate naturally. One mistake could cause serious destruction.

Even so...

Eiji hovered high above the ground, the wind whipping his collar wildly. He looked toward Konoha Forest, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

He had gone a little too far. Konoha Forest might not be a residential area, but it was still Konoha property. He couldn't justify wrecking it at will.

Eiji sighed. Tsunade was going to scold him when he got back.

With that thought, he used Blue to lower himself slowly from the sky, finally landing back on the ground.