Yet Seiichi was brimming with confidence at that moment. His Mangekyō Sharingan's ability could perfectly reproduce the entire compound sealing array in his mind at a one-to-one scale.
Hehe, I'll memorize it first, then take my time figuring out how to break it later, Seiichi thought to himself.
Then, without hesitation, he activated his mysterious and powerful Mangekyō Sharingan and began circling all the seals, carefully observing and recording every detail.
With the cave so dimly lit, Seiichi did not notice time passing.
He simply kept circling, examining the intricate seals over and over.
He had already lost count of how many circuits he had made inside the cave.
Finally, when Seiichi closed his eyes to check once more, he discovered to his delight that the compound sealing array before him had been perfectly reproduced in his mind!
Great! With this, I can take my time breaking it later, Seiichi thought excitedly.
His Simulation Calculation ability was truly remarkable, making the process of breaking the seal in his mind no different from working on it in reality.
More importantly, working in his mind gave him countless opportunities to experiment and make mistakes at will, which undoubtedly greatly improved both his efficiency and his chances of success.
There were now two ways to rescue the person.
One was to follow the normal steps to break the seal.
The other was to force his way through with brute strength.
Given the urgency, Seiichi decided to use brute force. After all, though this method carried greater risks, it would resolve the problem faster.
Before acting, Seiichi performed a simple test of the sealing array's defenses.
He unleashed the ordinary ninjutsu he knew, attacking the array.
Yet, to his surprise, these attacks had no effect whatsoever. The array absorbed them completely, without so much as a mark left behind.
This fully demonstrated the sealing array's power: it could completely withstand attacks below Kage Level.
Seiichi strode toward the main stone pillar in the center, reached out to grasp Shusui Parting Clouds, and switched to destruction mode.
He carefully eased the blade into the stone pillar.
Unlike when it had effortlessly pierced the mountain, he felt some resistance this time, but that was all.
If piercing the mountain was like slicing soft tofu, then stabbing into this stone pillar felt more like thrusting a knife through kraft paper.
Their defensive strength was on entirely different levels.
But it still could not stop his brute-force demolition.
Just after Seiichi thrust the blade inside,
he sensed the fluctuations in the surrounding space begin to tremble violently.
"This is bad! Space is about to collapse!"
While developing Space-Time Ninjutsu, Seiichi had faced the danger of spatial collapse several times.
He was therefore already very familiar with these spatial fluctuations.
At that moment, his life hung in the balance.
Within his spatial perception, another human life-form suddenly appeared in this space.
Seiichi had no time to think.
He quickly reached out and grabbed the person, then used his teleportation technique. After several consecutive flashes, they were finally far from the mountain.
Yet before Seiichi could find his footing,
an earth-shattering yet strangely muffled boom erupted from within the mountain.
Cracking sounds rang out incessantly.
It sounded as though glass were shattering.
Then the earth shook.
The once towering, magnificent mountain first grew indistinct, then vanished completely in the blink of an eye.
Even the surrounding soil and rocks disappeared along with it!
Not only that, but an enormous pit, hundreds of meters across and nearly a hundred meters deep, appeared where the mountain had stood.
"An Uchiha? Die! Amaterasu!!!"
With that furious shout, Seiichi suddenly felt the clan member he was holding begin struggling desperately. He instinctively let go.
But immediately afterward, a pleasing female voice reached his ears.
An odd feeling welled up in Seiichi's heart. Puzzled, he turned to look at the supposed "clan brother" he had just rescued!
Yet the sight before him left him stunned-that "brother" was actually attacking him!
In an instant, the Tengu Armor he wore erupted in roaring black flames.
Faced with this sudden turn of events, Seiichi went blank for a moment. Instinctively waving his hands, he quickly detached the burning portion of his Chakra Armor.
After the flames went out, Seiichi finally came to his senses and began carefully examining the clan member before him.
She had long, glossy black hair and skin as white as snow. The strikingly beautiful Sharingan pattern in her eyes made it clear that she had already awakened her unique Mangekyō Sharingan.
Her Mangekyō displayed an unusual pattern: a black dot in the center, surrounded by three curved, two-pointed boomerangs.
Her expression was stern and cold, and she wore a dark blue, high-collared robe distinctly in the style of the Uchiha Clan. An air of mystery surrounded her.
At that very moment, she was staring fixedly at Seiichi, her eyes filled with intense hostility.
A woman! Did I find the wrong person? But the Mangekyō Sharingan means I didn't.
I saved you, and you attacked me? Did you mistake me for someone else, or are you another ungrateful wretch?
You recognized me as a member of the Uchiha Clan, and you still attacked me?! What's that supposed to mean?
Black flames? Amaterasu?!
Seiichi was now utterly bewildered, his head filled with countless questions.
In his previous life, he had lived under the constant threat of death. Watching a little anime or reading novels in his spare time to relieve stress was already his limit; games had never been part of his life.
So he did not recognize this poor girl, Uchiha Hikari.
"Tsukuyomi!"
Seiichi had frozen, but the girl had not.
Meeting Seiichi's gaze, she unleashed her Mangekyō ocular technique, Tsukuyomi!
Everything before Seiichi suddenly grew incredibly dim, as though the entire world had plunged into darkness.
When he opened his eyes again, he was astonished to find himself in a dark, damp chamber filled with the stench of decay.
Worse still, he discovered that an iron rod had pinned his body firmly to the wall, leaving him unable to move.
The iron rod was embedded deep in the wall, as though it would hold him there forever.
"Hmm... that hurts a little," Seiichi murmured.
In his previous life, he had spent more than twenty years suffering from the terminal illness that had led to his reincarnation. Living with pain for so long had given him an extremely high tolerance for it.
Yet being able to endure this degree of pain did not mean he liked it or was willing to suffer it voluntarily.
After all, who would go looking for pain for no reason?
Unless there really was something wrong with his head!
"Break!!!"
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