Golden Shovel Beach
Under the setting sun, Tōhachi transforms into a battle maniac, showing no fear in the face of being surrounded by twenty people. Despite using only simple attack methods, each attack achieves remarkable results.
The Golden Shovel Organization discovered that ordinary Ninjutsu could only cause him minor damage, and Ninjutsu wounds would heal quickly. After witnessing the easy killing of several of his comrades, his fighting spirit was quickly extinguished.
"Laugh!"
"Ah! I surrender! I surrender!"
One of the Gold Shovel members threw his Kunai on the ground and knelt before Tōhachi, begging for mercy.
Tōhachi's frenzied fighting spirit is only unleashed when he encounters opponents of equal or higher strength; otherwise, it is suppressed. The members of the Golden Shovel Organization are no match for him.
Before leaving, Kairyū specifically instructed that those who surrendered should not be killed, because manpower was needed now, so once someone surrendered, Tōhachi would no longer attack.
Tōhachi looked at the dozen or so Golden Shovel members kneeling on the ground with lingering satisfaction, then sheathed his katana. "Tch, what a letdown. I thought there would be a few decent opponents. Hmm? There's another one over there."
In the distance, Kaneshovel Kazuo, gripping his large sword, stared at Tōhachi and demanded, "You! Who are you?!"
Tōhachi strode towards him with an air of utter indifference. "Me? I am the eleventh pillar of the Nuclear Ninja Village, the future guardian of the Land of Rivers, Saraki Tōhachi! Will you surrender, or will you be reincarnated?"
Kaneshovel Kazuo's hand trembled as he cried out, "You, you don't come any closer! I, I surrender!"
After saying this, Kaneshovel Kazuo threw the knife aside, knelt on the ground, and trembled violently all over.
"Tch, you look a little stronger than them. Alright, all of you, come with me."
Yes! Yes!
Seeing Kaneshovel Kazuo state, Tōhachi said nothing more, picked up his katana, and turned to leave.
At that moment, a small white snake emerged from the sand and, in a flash, flew into Kaneshovel Kazuo's mouth.
"Ugh! What is that?! Ugh!"
Suddenly, Kaneshovel Kazuo felt extremely unwell. He knelt down, clutching his stomach, and began to vomit violently.
Tōhachi looked disgusted. "What! Did you drink too much last night? Huh? Why did you suddenly turn darker?"
Suddenly, Tōhachi felt a chill run down his spine as the thermonuclear life form " Nozarashi " within his body emitted a dangerous signal.
"Boom!" The sand on the ground where Kaneshovel Kazuo stood suddenly erupted, obscuring him and making it impossible to see what was inside.
Tōhachi Ba, who was fearless to begin with, suddenly became interested. He stood there, his eyes slightly narrowed, and said, "Tsk, that fart."
"Tear!"
Kaneshovel Kazuo was incredibly agile. He leaped out of the sand, circled around to Tōhachi's back, and grabbed Tōhachi's back with his right hand.
"Ouch! You bastard, um, what's wrong with you?"
At this moment, Kaneshovel Kazuo had completely changed. His eyes were lifeless but open, his obese body was covered with a large number of white scales, and one of his eyes had turned gold.
"Hiss!" Kaneshovel Kazuo seemed to be in great pain, his muscles twitching incessantly, and he began to attack without stopping.
"Ding ding ding!"
Tōhachi to defend, but a metallic sound was heard. Shocked, he saw that Kaneshovel Kazuo's hands had turned into white claws, with nails as hard as steel.
"Laugh!"
Kaneshovel Kazuo became incredibly fast and powerful, and seemed to have completely lost his senses. His attacks were extremely brutal, and snake-like roars constantly came from his throat.
Tōhachi swung his sword at Kaneshovel Kazuo's head, but Jin Chan Yi Xiong caught it with his bare hands.
" Nuclear Release: Nuclear Heavy Kick!" Tōhachi was getting a little annoyed by Kazuo Kaneshovel Kazuo, so he flew up and kicked out, white Chakra rising from his foot, hitting Kaneshovel Kazuo's right arm.
"Boom!"
With a loud explosion, Kaneshovel Kazuo was kicked into the sea by the immense force, creating a splash.
"Boss! What's wrong with him?"
The members of the Golden Shovel Organization whispered among themselves, saying they had never seen him like this before.
Tōhachi touched the wound on his chest and found that the healing speed was much slower. " Senjutsu Chakra? What's going on? Hey. You guys are together, have you ever seen him like this before?"
"No... no, we don't know either! We've never seen it before."
"Hiss!"
Kaneshovel Kazuo rushed out of the sea, his body shape changing once again. His back was covered with sharp spines like a hedgehog, and two buffalo-like horns grew from his head, making him look like a combination of several animals.
Tōhachi's expression turned grave, because the thermonuclear life form within him was giving him a dangerous signal. "Hey, your boss is in danger. You guys need to hide first, or you'll die."
"Hiss!" Kaneshovel Kazuo had completely lost his ability to speak, and sharp, metallic claws had grown from his hands.
"Quick! Run! The boss has turned into a monster!"
Tōhachi Ba chuckled, plunging his sword into the sand. White flames erupted from his arms, burning his sleeves. "Heh heh, Kendon should be quite interested in this kind of monster, right?"
"Boom!"
Kaneshovel Kazuo had already rushed in front of Tōhachi, grabbing at his chest with both hands.
" Nuclear Release - Nuclear Heavy Fist."
Tōhachi lightly threw a punch, the speed of which was not very fast, but the surrounding space seemed to be pulled, pressing down on Kaneshovel Kazuo.
As if by biological instinct, when he saw the incoming fist, Kaneshovel Kazuo changed his attack and twisted his body to one side as if he had no bones.
The Nuclear Heavy Fist missed its mark, but the remaining force still managed to sever Kaneshovel Kazuo's backstab.
Just then, Tōhachi realized that Kaneshovel Kazuo had grown a tail with bony spikes. The moment he missed his attack, the spikes pierced his chest.
A sharp pain shot through his chest, and Tōhachi, in a fit of Kaneshovel Kazuo tail. His muscles bulged, and white Chakra Armor erupted. " Nuclear Energy Lightning Armor - Nuclear Hug!!!"
"Hiss hiss hiss!"
Unable to break free from Tōhachi's grip, Kaneshovel Kazuo relentlessly stabbed at him with his tail, creating four or five holes in the process. However, since Tōhachi's strength lay primarily in defense, the attack did not cause any serious damage.
In pain, Tōhachi used the strength in his hand to lift the Kaneshovel Kazuo high and smash it directly into the sand at his feet.
"Boom!"
The beach where Tōhachi was standing suddenly exploded, sending sand surging into the sky and obscuring the two people. The Golden Shovel Organization members, who were still running away, turned around upon hearing the commotion.
"What terrifying power!"
All that could be seen was that after the sand landed, Kaneshovel Kazuo's mutated body was thrown into the sand by Tōhachi and remained motionless.
Tōhachi looked at the blood seeping from the sand; it was black and had a strange, foul odor. "It's a bit like the Cursed Seal Orochimaru researched, but not exactly the same. It's really strange. It really hurts."
Kaneshovel Kazuo's body suddenly trembled.
"What? You can still move after taking that attack of mine?"
Hiss!
With Kaneshovel Kazuo forced Tōhachi back. Instead of attacking, it ran to the corpses and began to devour them frantically, creating an extremely bloody scene.
However, while it was devouring flesh and blood, its damaged body was also rapidly recovering, emitting nauseating sounds.
Has it completely transformed into a monster?
Tōhachi gripped his katana, his Nuclear Release Chakra spreading towards it. "Looks like I need to get serious. I don't want to recite that line, it's so idiotic, but Dad insists, so I have no choice."
"Devour, Nozarashi!"
The Lord God: "(°ー°) This is kind of awkward."
The name that Hongshi gave to the Thirteen Nuclear Guardian Pillars was the name of their swords, and the seal was set with a particularly chuunibyou activation method, which was to recite the release phrase.
Red Chakra began to spread from Tōhachi's abdomen, part of the thermonuclear bomb life form, engulfing it. Then, the katana in his hand began to change, becoming enormous, like a door panel, with a three-dimensional polygonal guard, a slightly uneven blade, and a white cloth wrapped around the hilt. Although it was called a katana, it looked more like a strangely shaped axe.
Tōhachi, carrying the transformed Nozarashi, said, "Hehehe, let's hit the road now that we're full."
"Slap"
In the distance, Kaneshovel Kazuo had already devoured the two corpses, his body fully recovered from the damage, and he growled in pain before two more giant tails grew back, his body turning black.
"This feels a bit like the Stage Two the Cursed Seal."
Before Tōhachi could even think, Kaneshovel Kazuo had already charged forward again, the sand behind him flying into the sky as he moved forward at high speed.
"What a suicide attack! Oni Giri - First Slash!"
Tōhachi Nozarashi slashed down when he was still more than ten meters away from Kaneshovel Kazuo.
Crimson Chakra condensed into a giant crescent moon in the air, ignoring the distance between the two, and then Kaneshovel Kazuo's body was submerged in the blood-red crescent.
"Boom!"
The force of the strike split the beach in two and shattered a wooden boat moored on the shore.
As the smoke cleared, one could see that Kaneshovel Kazuo's body had been cleaved in two, and black blood stained the beach.
The threat from the Nozarashi within Tōhachi's body had disappeared, and he gradually walked over.
However, at this moment, Kaneshovel Kazuo's body turned into black smoke and gradually dissipated into the air.
"Tch, it absorbed too much Sage Energy, and its body is disintegrating? What on earth is going on?"
Unable to figure it out, Tōhachi turned to the Golden Shovel Organization members. "You idiots! From today onwards, Golden Shovel Beach is my territory! Come back with me!"
"Yes!"
Upon witnessing the power Tōhachi had just displayed, the members of the Golden Shovel Organization lost all will to resist and instead displayed typical servile behavior, following behind him.
On the other side of Golden Shovel Beach, the ten men in black still stood in the same spot, as the sun was about to sink below the horizon.
The leader of the men in black looked at Tōhachi of indifference, and said, "This guy is quite something. My unique secret technique, Beast Seal Sage Transformation, had no effect on him. Hiss... It seems our plan to take control of the Land of Rivers is about to be hindered. Let's go, we still have a long way to go."
The last rays of sunlight disappeared on Golden Shovel Beach, and the men in black seemed to blend into the darkness, vanishing from the spot.