Mito looked at that familiar figure from behind, and her eyes involuntarily filled with tears. How many years had it been? That liar had finally come back... Wait, why did something feel off?
Why is my second brother shorter than me? No, why does he still look the same as he did six years ago? Well, he has grown a few centimeters, but overall, he barely looks any different. What is going on? Mito was bewildered. She felt that her second brother had barely changed, yet something about him had changed enormously!
Just then, Uzumaki Gamu turned toward Mito. "Well, little sis, take everyone back inside the barrier. Leave the rest to me!"
"Huh... Right, got it!" Mito obediently led everyone in retreat.
On their way back to the barrier, the other clan members asked, "Princess! Is that the second young clan leader?"
"...Yes." Mito's answer was hesitant, mainly because she had noticed the change in Uzumaki Gamu's eyes. Why have my second brother's eyes turned blue? She could feel that those eyes were the source of his transformation... They seemed capable of seeing through everything, and there was also... loneliness?
Still, this was no time to ask her second brother what had happened to his eyes. She would let him deal with the enemies before them first, then worry about the rest!
Although they had not seen each other in years, Mito still had complete faith in her second brother. If he said he would do something, he would definitely do it... But taking six whole years to come back was simply outrageous. She was absolutely going to give him a lecture!
Meanwhile, back with Uzumaki Gamu.
Uzumaki Gamu's arrival made everyone except Kaguya Jun hold their ground. The kick he had delivered with the Body Flicker Technique had already demonstrated considerable strength, leaving them wary of making any rash moves!
In short, they would observe him first!
Kaguya Jun, who had been sent flying, did not care about any of that. After rolling across the ground several times, he got to his feet and spotted Uzumaki Gamu...
"Hahaha, you finally showed yourself! I thought you were going to hide behind your little sister for the rest of your life, Uzumaki Gamu!" Kaguya Jun shouted arrogantly, his eyes lighting up as though he had spotted prey.
"Who's that barking?" Uzumaki Gamu looked left and right, as though he could not see anyone.
"You're ignoring me?" Kaguya Jun demanded furiously. "Hmph, still as arrogant as ever! Let me tell you, I'm nothing like I used to be. After years of grueling training, I've surpassed my father! Now, I'm going to avenge-"
"Silence!" Uzumaki Gamu suddenly shouted. "You ignorant brat! You've never accomplished a thing in your life. All you do is run your mouth, slaughter the innocent, and trample the weak... You're nothing but a dog with a broken spine, yet you dare bark and snarl before my army! I've never seen anyone so utterly shameless!"
"Run my mouth... A dog with a broken spine... I, I... I'll kill you!" A native of the Hokage World had never encountered insults like these. Kaguya Jun had already been running hot, and now his blood pressure instantly shot up to 280. His face turned dark crimson, looking even more extreme than Guan Yu's. His eyes bulged as though they might pop out at any moment... Was he about to cough up blood and die of sheer rage?
Well, no. After all, he could fight, so he could charge over and risk his life against Uzumaki Gamu!
Bony spikes erupted all over his body, and he barreled toward Uzumaki Gamu like a white hedgehog-shaped dump truck!
Uzumaki Gamu simply watched Kaguya Jun charge at him with the Six Eyes. As he focused completely, even time seemed to slow down!
I can see the chakra flowing through his body. No, not just that... His muscles, bones, blood vessels, even his neural network... I can see everything! This power is incredible! Uzumaki Gamu could examine his opponent inside and out. Seeing through someone so effortlessly... It felt as though he were a god.
Seeing the perverted grin on Uzumaki Gamu's face sent a shiver down Kaguya Jun's spine, but he was already charging forward. Retreat was no longer an option!
I don't care what abilities you have. All I want now is your life! Even if you kill me for it, I don't care! Kaguya Jun charged with the resolve to take Uzumaki Gamu down with him.
But a streak of lightning flashed across his front, stopping him dead!
Then he dropped to his knees!
The instant he knelt, every protective bone over his chest shattered. His chest had been sliced open as well, exposing the organs inside!
"How... is that possible...?" Kaguya Jun stared in disbelief at Uzumaki Gamu, who held lightning in his hand.
Even Lightning Release should not have been able to effortlessly cleave through the hardened bones their clan took such pride in!
Blue lightning crackled around Uzumaki Gamu's left hand-he had learned Chidori along the way while researching Lightning Release in the Demon Slayer World. Looking down at Kaguya Jun, he said, "Your training wasn't quite up to scratch. There are tiny cracks in the bones you grew. Strike those spots, and they're pretty easy to break~ Well, not exactly easy, since I did have to use Lightning Blade!"
Chidori, also known as Lightning Blade, was an A-rank Lightning Release Ninjutsu developed by Kakashi Hatake. It combined Chakra Nature Transformation with shape transformation, concentrating Lightning Release chakra in the palm to produce a high-intensity electric current. The hand became like a blade with tremendous piercing power. It earned its name because the sound it produced resembled a thousand birds chirping.
Uzumaki Gamu had just used that technique to swiftly slice through the bones protecting Kaguya Jun's chest, along with the skin beneath them, severely wounding him!
Kaguya Jun struggled to look up at Uzumaki Gamu. "...Bastard." He desperately wanted to argue with Uzumaki Gamu's claim that his training was inadequate, but that strike had damaged his lungs and heart. Even with the Kaguya's regenerative abilities, he could neither speak further nor move!
"This is what happens when you come looking for revenge before you're good enough. Well, no need to dwell on it. I won't give you another chance to come after me anyway... Off to the afterlife with you!" The lightning in Uzumaki Gamu's hand instantly swelled, and he brought it down toward Kaguya Jun's neck!
Huh? Was he not going to repay hatred with kindness, spare him, and resolve their grudge? Well, that was Naruto Uzumaki's thing! Uzumaki Gamu was not bored enough to indulge in that sort of softhearted mercy!
Peace was not something you could obtain simply by giving way!
"Young master!" The other Kaguya clan members tried to rush over and save him, but... Honestly, were they not a little too far away? Could they not have stayed closer to their young master?
There was no hope of relying on them to save him, so it fell to the reinforcements who had come with them.
More than a dozen water bullets suddenly shot toward Uzumaki Gamu.
If Uzumaki Gamu continued cutting off Kaguya Jun's head, those chakra-laden water bullets would strike his own. Uzumaki Gamu was not Satoru Gojo; he had no Limitless to protect him. Trying to tank them could easily get his head blown apart!
Well, Madara could have blocked these water shots with a Susanoo rib cage, while Hashirama... might have been able to take them head-on?
Uzumaki Gamu could do neither.
So... he could only abandon killing Kaguya Jun and leap backward to evade them!
As Uzumaki Gamu retreated, he thought, Should I develop a Lightning Release Chakra Mode? Also known as the "Lightning Release Armor," this mode concentrated Lightning Release chakra throughout the body, enveloping it in chakra and lightning. It stimulated the body, enabled Lightning Body Flicker, and greatly increased defense. Meanwhile, the electricity surging within accelerated nerve transmission. The more Lightning Release chakra supplied, the greater the defense and speed.
Although this technique could not raise his defense above something like Susanoo, at least these water bullets would no longer force him back!
During that opening, the Kaguya clan members rescued Kaguya Jun!
Seeing the other Kaguya carry Kaguya Jun to the rear for treatment, Uzumaki Gamu turned his attention to whoever had ambushed him. There were six people over there, and judging by their clothing... they did not look like ninja from the Land of Fire.
Uzumaki Gamu looked at the person who had attacked him and asked, "That technique you just ambushed me with was the Water Gun Technique, right?"
The attacker held up his index finger. "Oh? Not bad. You actually know my technique!" Judging by his appearance and voice, he was probably from Ashina's generation. A young man about Uzumaki Gamu's age stood a short distance behind him.
Drawing on his memories, Uzumaki Gamu quickly identified the crucial details. "You can use the Water Gun Technique, and you have that damp feeling about you... You're a ninja from the Hozuki Clan?"
The Water Gun Technique was a secret ninjutsu passed down through generations of the Hozuki Clan. The user shaped their hand like a pistol and fired bullet-like liquid from the tip of their index finger to pierce an enemy. It had considerable destructive power and could easily destroy almost anything. It was a powerful, efficient, short-range Water Release secret technique that required no hand seals.
Then the Kaguya's reinforcements are ninja clans from the Land of Water... Why have they teamed up with people from there? Uzumaki Gamu wondered. Although the Land of Fire was embroiled in warfare among rival factions, most ninja clans could still unite against outside forces trying to interfere in its internal affairs. Now the Kaguya had joined forces with ninja clans from the Land of Water... What did that mean?
Uzumaki Gamu did not know. That could wait until after he drove them back.
"...You even know that? Boy, how old are you?" the attacker asked curiously.
"...So very, very long has passed since my birth... I can no longer remember how old I am~" Uzumaki Gamu shook his head regretfully.
"...Who are you trying to fool, you little brat?" the attacker snapped. "One look at you says you're fifteen!"
"If you can tell, why ask? Are you begging to be insulted, you Hozuki small fry?" Uzumaki Gamu shot back.
The attacker was deeply displeased at being called small fry. "Who's small fry? I'm Hozuki Zangetsu! The strongest ninja in the Hozuki Clan!" As he spoke, he pointed his thumb at himself. Was he not afraid of getting instantly flattened?
The young man behind him chimed in, "Uncle's the strongest! Oh yeah~"
Hearing that "oh yeah," Uzumaki Gamu glanced at the young man and thought in surprise, Oh ho, a familiar face... That damned mustachioed water-gun spammer! He remembered how it felt to get blindsided by that character in the Naruto mobile game!
The young man opposite him was named Hozuki Gengetsu, the future Second Mizukage!
Indeed, he should have been around Tobirama's age, so it was perfectly normal for him to look about as old as Uzumaki Gamu currently did! Since six years had passed in this world, Uzumaki Gamu was now effectively six years younger than his peers.
As annoying as his Steaming Danger Tyranny and water-gun spam are, I can't blame the actual person for the obnoxious character the game developers created. So... I'll beat up his uncle first! A child's failings were his father's fault; a nephew's misbehavior earned his uncle a beating!
Your nephew's young, so I'd feel bad targeting him. As his uncle, you can take the beating for him!
Across from him, Hozuki Zangetsu looked at Uzumaki Gamu and said, "Such knowledge and strength at your age are truly remarkable. Unfortunately, you're a ninja from an enemy clan... I can't allow a prodigy this dangerous to live to adulthood. Die here!"
If a fifteen-year-old already possessed such power, what would he be like once he grew up? For the sake of his clan's future, Hozuki Zangetsu had to seize this opportunity to eliminate Uzumaki Gamu!
He began firing Water Gun shots at Uzumaki Gamu continuously with both hands. This time, the firing rate was incredibly fast, like a machine gun!
"You just won't stop wiggling those fingers! What are you flailing around for?" Seeing his opponent spam water shots infuriated Uzumaki Gamu, so he copied him-but he fired lightning rather than water!
Uzumaki Gamu shot white lightning from his fingers and declared, "Lightning Release: Machine-Gun Thunder Arrow!" He had improvised this technique on the spot. In essence, he was simply using the control granted by the Six Eyes to fire Thunder Arrows continuously from his fingertips!
Thunder Arrow gathered Lightning Release chakra in the right palm, then launched multiple arrow-shaped bolts of white lightning at the opponent. With the Six Eyes, Uzumaki Gamu could now concentrate Thunder Arrows at his fingertips and fire them like Water Gun shots!
Water Release conducted electricity, allowing those Thunder Arrows to travel straight to Hozuki Zangetsu with ease.
Hozuki Zangetsu shouted, "Oh no, I forgot this brat's a Lightning Release expert! Aaaaaah!" He let out an agonized scream!
The Hozuki Clan's unique secret technique was called the Hydrification Technique! It allowed them to liquefy their bodies at will, nullifying physical attacks. In addition to easily evading attacks in close combat, it allowed them to infiltrate buildings and launch attacks while liquefied, making it extremely versatile. However, Lightning Release or excessively powerful attacks would turn the user into a jelly-like sculpture. In other words, Lightning Release was their natural nemesis!
Zangetsu had actually noticed Uzumaki Gamu's proficiency with Lightning Release earlier, which was why he had not relied on his liquefied body's advantages to fight him up close. Instead, he attacked from range with Water Gun. What he had not expected was that Uzumaki Gamu could use Lightning Release for ranged attacks like this as well. Caught off guard, he had been turned into gelatin!
With that, Uzumaki Gamu had wounded two of the enemy's leading fighters... If they knew what was good for them, it was about time they retreated!
Just then, Kaguya Jun, the person least willing to leave, stepped forward. "How can we run away now? If I don't kill you, I... Everyone, attack together! Don't be afraid! He's not Hashirama Senju or Madara Uchiha. He doesn't have powerful wide-area ninjutsu! He's only one man. He can't take on all of us!" With medication and his formidable regenerative abilities, he could barely move again, but even in this state, he refused to retreat... If he failed to get revenge now, he might never have another chance. He could not accept that!
Kaguya Jun had a point. Uzumaki Gamu was only one person, after all, and two fists could not fend off four hands. If the dozens of people who had come attacked together, they could still overwhelm him!
"Hahaha, so you finally can't resist ganging up on me? In that case, playtime is over! Summoning Technique!" Uzumaki Gamu slammed his palm against the ground and summoned the Toad King for the first time in ages-though, of course, it had only been ages from the Toad King's perspective.
After all, six years had passed in this world... After so long, he ought to be pretty big now, right?
Just as Uzumaki Gamu expected, the Toad King was now about the same size Gamabunta would be in the future. This was how big a toad from Mount Myōboku ought to be!
Once summoned, the Toad King froze, then asked in surprise, "Boss? Where have you been all these years?"
"Well... we'll talk about that later. Let's deal with the enemies first! Toad King, can you spit oil now?" Uzumaki Gamu asked.
"No problem!" The Toad King glanced down and immediately understood which enemies needed eliminating. Six years had passed, and he was no longer the hopeless straggler he had once been. He was already starting to carry himself like a king!
With a thought, Uzumaki Gamu produced a clone. Then the two men and one toad unleashed their techniques together. "Sage Art: Goemon!"
Sage Art: Goemon was Jiraiya's most powerful finishing move, a collaborative senjutsu performed with the two great sages while in Sage Mode. Jiraiya supplied oil, Sage Fukasaku used Wind Release, and Sage Shima used Fire Release. Released together in immense quantities, the three techniques instantly filled the battlefield with boiling oil heated to thousands of degrees, incinerating opponents across a vast area. In theory, it could consume all tangible matter.
In Uzumaki Gamu's version, the Toad King supplied the oil, Uzumaki Gamu himself provided Fire Release, and the Shadow Clone handled Wind Release!
Once the three powers combined, they would burn everything ahead to ashes!
In an instant, the fifty-odd attackers were swallowed by Sage Art: Goemon. Even the ninja from the Land of Water who specialized in Water Release struggled to resist it. This was a fusion of multiple elemental techniques powered by senjutsu, not something ordinary Water Release could block!
Seeing the situation turn dire, Hozuki Zangetsu left the others to die in his place and immediately fled with his nephew. The Kaguya did the same. Several clan members served as shields against Sage Art: Goemon, while the remaining ones carried their young clan leader away at top speed!
As he was dragged away, Kaguya Jun kept stretching his hand toward Uzumaki Gamu. "Damn it! Damn it! Why? Why?!" He could not understand. He had endured hellish training! Why was he still no match for Uzumaki Gamu?
He could not avenge his father, and now he had been humiliated again... He hated him. Hated him!
That overwhelming hatred sent rage surging through him. He spat out a mouthful of blood, then promptly passed out... Young in years, but not short on temper.
Standing atop the Toad King and breathing fire, Uzumaki Gamu naturally witnessed this scene through the Six Eyes' long-range vision. He could not help reflecting, Your clan caused all the trouble from start to finish, yet you act like you're the victim. His skills had been lacking, he had gone looking for trouble and failed, and now he was blaming the road for being uneven?
He was just like someone who lacked ability but spent every day blaming fate and complaining about the state of the world!
Why are the conditions bad everywhere you go? Are you the one ruining them?
Well, hopefully surviving and returning home this time will help him see the light and stop obsessing over revenge... As if. The way he is now, he'll probably just become even more fixated on it~ Those Kaguya mad dogs are such a pain... Well, to break the cycle of hatred, I should kill him, right? Uzumaki Gamu was already planning to visit the Kaguya in a while and eliminate that lunatic!
Of course, that would have to wait until he had finished dealing with his own affairs!
For now... he had to face his little sister's lecture!
With that thought, Uzumaki Gamu crouched down and patted the Toad King's head. "Long time no see. You've gotten a lot bigger~"
"It's been six years. Of course I've grown..." the Toad King replied.
"Six years have really passed? That's quite... Wait, has it been almost ten years since we first met?" Something suddenly occurred to Uzumaki Gamu, and he asked.
"Yep, almost ten years!" the Toad King answered frankly.
"So... that's what the Great Toad Sage's ten-year deadline meant!" Uzumaki Gamu suddenly understood. He had wondered why the original deadline had been ten years. Had the Great Toad Sage known all along that he would enter an instance world, then jump straight ahead by six years?
Being able to see the future really was incredible!
Uzumaki Gamu thought, I want clairvoyance that awesome too... Speaking of which, do the Six Eyes count as clairvoyance? If I work on developing them, could they see into the future? Well, probably not~
Hearing Uzumaki Gamu's words, the Toad King realized it too. "Oh, right! The Great Toad Sage's prophecy said you should go see him ten years later... So it's almost time?"
"Yeah... Sorry for the trouble, but please go back and let Sage Fukasaku and the others know. Once I've dealt with things at home, I'll go to Mount Myōboku. I'll have to trouble them to bring me over with the Reverse Summoning Technique!"
"Sure... I'll head back first, then. Once the time comes, we can have a drink together and catch up!" the Toad King said.
Uzumaki Gamu asked in surprise, "You're old enough to drink already?"
"Of course. Aren't you, boss?" the Toad King asked.
"No... Maybe I am?" Uzumaki Gamu suddenly realized that although his physical age was not old enough, he was technically already twenty. He could count it as his body having skipped ahead in time. Besides, mentally, Uzumaki Gamu was already in his thirties~
Could he finally drink? At the thought, a trickle of drool escaped the corner of Uzumaki Gamu's mouth. In his previous life, he had not been an alcoholic, but he had loved red wine-especially... red wine mixed with Sprite!
What kind of childish way of drinking was that?
Although there was no Sprite here, being able to have a little alcohol and give his taste buds some flavor would still be pretty nice!
And so, after they agreed to share drinks and good conversation, the Toad King vanished in a puff of smoke!
Uzumaki Gamu turned and walked back toward his beautiful Clan Homeland... Uh, it seemed the scenery in front of it had been completely reduced to scorched earth by his Sage Art: Goemon?
Uzumaki Gamu scratched his head. Burning his own front yard to cinders was pretty embarrassing!
Mito came over as well and said, "Second brother, that was some truuuly wonderful ninjutsu! You caused more destruction than the enemies!"
Uzumaki Gamu shamelessly replied, "...It was a necessary sacrifice!" What else could he do? Just leave the enemies alone?
"Sigh... True. If these lifeless things are destroyed, so be it! As long as our people are safe!" Mito did not really mind. She had simply been teasing Uzumaki Gamu to ease her tangled feelings. Once she had let those excess emotions out, she smiled at him and said, "Welcome home, second brother!"
"...Yeah, I'm home!" Uzumaki Gamu answered with a smile of his own!
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