Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha lacks motivation.

Gui, whose blood pressure had already spiked due to the disappearance of her beautiful hair, felt her vision go black upon hearing her senior brother's loud shout.

"Hozuki Gengetsu! I'm at 8 AM! Why are you yelling so loudly?"

He uttered a phrase from the national essence, and Gui showed none of his usual aloofness; instead, a chilling aura emanated from him, instantly enveloping the entire battlefield.

"I'm sorry."

Seeing that his junior brother's mental state was somewhat unstable, Hozuki Gengetsu, feeling a chill, shrank back and didn't dare to continue his chatter.

"Little potato, you're about to die!"

With each step Gui took, another icicle appeared on the ground, a testament to his fury.

Completely powerless, Onoki could only watch helplessly as his opponent relentlessly advanced. Desperate for a chance to survive, he frantically racked his brains. His gaze fell upon Katsura's forehead, and a look of surprise suddenly lit up his eyes.

"Don't get excited! Look closely, you're not bald, you still have hair!"

"ha?"

Upon hearing this, Gui stopped and summoned a reflective ice mirror. He examined his head with a pained expression and indeed found a survivor.

"Hahahaha! Look, that guy's gotten a bald patch!"

In the stands, Danzo covered his mouth, trying to hold it in for a long time, but finally burst out laughing. He clutched his stomach with both hands, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Danzo, it's a bit impolite of you to laugh like that."

Mitokado Homura, standing to the side, adjusted his glasses, revealing a faint sadness in his eyes hidden behind the lenses.

There's no other reason than that we are both fellow sufferers in this world.

"Snapped!"

With a single punch, Katsura smashed the ice mirror in front of her into shards. She slowly turned her head, her eyes glowing with a chilling red light, her aura even more intense than before. Onoki, who had initially thought there was a chance of survival, instantly turned pale with fear.

I'm sorry, Grandpa, your unfilial grandson will be coming to find you soon.

"I'm going to turn you into an ice sculpture, then break you into pieces and feed them to the dogs!"

Katsura, who had transformed from a melancholic, icy man into a sorrowful Mediterranean, had already selected dozens of ways to kill Onoki in her mind. She couldn't quell her hatred without torturing him properly.

"Ohnoki, out~"

However, just as Katsura extended his hands, which emanated a profound aura of ice release, a voice rang out.

Onoki, who was closing his eyes and waiting for death, suddenly felt his body lighten. Accustomed to flying, he immediately realized that he was floating in mid-air.

"Forehead?"

Opening his eyes in confusion, Onoki found himself getting further and further away from the island where the battle was taking place. Katsura, in a fit of impotent rage, was frantically swinging his ice blades, but was being stopped by an invisible force.

"clatter!"

He crashed heavily to the ground, barely escaping death. Onoki looked up and saw a crowd of curious eyes. The strange music of "You love me, I love you" echoed in his ears. Only then did he belatedly realize that he had arrived at the spectator stands.

"Why did you save me?"

Onoki looked at the blue and red rabbit knight sitting in the crowd with a complicated expression, not understanding why the other party would help him, since they had no connection whatsoever.

"It's just the rules."

Uchiha Gin, who was sitting with his legs crossed, sensed Onoki's confusion and gently shook his head.

"In Rider Form, it doesn't matter if you fight to the death, but once you deactivate the transformation, you're eliminated."

Uchiha Gin's words were spoken softly, but they clearly reached everyone's ears, and in an instant, everyone's expressions became incredibly varied, ranging from joy to sorrow.

"Phew~"

Seeing that his disciple had narrowly escaped death, Wu, who had been tense for half the day, could finally breathe a sigh of relief and focus on dealing with Hozuki Gengetsu in front of him.

"hateful!"

Gui was furious. He hadn't expected this battle to have such rules. Did that mean he couldn't get revenge on that damned little potato?

"Katsura! Help me out first, and I'll get revenge for you after the match!"

"Hmph! Go call it yourself! If I'd known this would happen, I wouldn't have come."

Gui gritted her teeth, and amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, removed the driver from her waist. Her blue armor dissipated into particles in the air.

"Wig! This is defection!"

"Get lost! People from Kirigakure don't hold grudges overnight!"

Ignoring the furious Hozuki Gengetsu, Katsura, having deactivated his transformation, leaped into the stands with a smooth, effortless motion.

"Forehead"

Seeing the menacing look in Mediterranean's eyes, Onoki Kikuka, who was still lying on the ground unable to move, tensed up, and a large "Danger" character appeared above her head.

"Click~ Click~"

Katsura's hands transformed into sharp ice blades, the crisp scraping sound causing everyone present to instinctively shrink back, then turn to look with deep regret at Onoki, who was writhing in terror on the ground.

"Don't come any closer!"

"Little potato, prepare to be baptized by wrath!"

"Damn it, Decade, save me!"

At this moment, Onoki finally remembered Uchiha Gin, the organizer and referee, and immediately cried out for help.

"Once you're off the field, it's a personal feud, and I have no right to interfere."

Uchiha Gin is a rabbit knight, not a bald eagle knight; he won't concern himself with such matters.

Moreover, isn't the wig also a victim?

Hehehe

Katsura stood before Onoki with a sinister smile, his chilling laughter sending shivers down one's spine.

"Revenge is fine, but don't make it too bloody. There's a pregnant woman here."

Worried that the scene to come was too gruesome, Uchiha Gin finally spoke up to warn him.

"learn."

Katsura turned around and nodded slightly to Uchiha Gin, his shiny bald head almost blinding him.

"don't want!"

Wu Jing, who witnessed this scene on the battlefield, was so shocked that he leaped towards the spectator stands.

Onoki was not only a disciple of Mu, but also the grandson of his deceased teacher, a true third-generation Tu family member. If he were to die here, how could he explain it to the village?

"Wait a minute~ our battle isn't over yet!"

A string of bubbles with a pungent smell caught up, and Hozuki Gengetsu's mocking voice rang out from below as his venom-covered hands continuously produced deadly bubbles.

These bubbles, filled with corrosive gas, will corrode bones and rot flesh once you get in them; even knight armor with strength equivalent to the tailed beast's chakra cloak is difficult to withstand.

"How can this be repaired!"

Helpless, he turned around and simultaneously raised his hand to conjure a white beam of light, which annihilated all the bubbles that were following him.

"Ah!! Ah!!"

Just as the two sides were locked in a stalemate, Onoki's pitiful cries echoed through the sky. No one else could bear to watch their disciple suffer, while Hozuki Gengetsu, on the other hand, stood on tiptoe, watching with obvious amusement, even adding fuel to the fire.

"Katsura! Give it your all, don't embarrass Kirigakure!"

"ah!!!"

"An eye for an eye! A tooth for a tooth!"

"Help!!!"

"You wretched little potato, I'll show you how to peel you!"

"Waaaaah"

"ha?"

However, things took an unexpected turn; the scene of flesh being cut and bones being shaved, as he had imagined, did not occur.

"Swish~ Swish~"

Holding a sharp ice blade, Katsura swiftly swung her knife a few times, precisely peeling Onoki into a small, bumpy potato.

"Ah~"

Upon witnessing this scene, several women present covered their eyes, peeking through their wide-open fingers at the "inhumane" torture.

As his clothes crumbled into powder, Onoki, desperately trying to cover his private parts, could only watch helplessly as Katsura shaved off his brown hair, then his armpit hair, and finally his chest hair.

Only after the last curly leg hair fell did Gui, satisfied with his revenge, stand up.

"Phew~ That feels so good."

Lying on the ground, Onoki, whose body was completely hairless, wore an expression of utter despair, his dim eyes filled with loathing for everything in the world.

"The sky is so blue, the rain is so heavy, I feel like dying."

"This is the ultimate insult to my language!"

Even Uchiha Gin couldn't bear to watch this scene. In the spirit of humanitarianism, he raised his hand and threw out a blanket to help the future Third Tsuchikage cover up his ugliness.

"Hmph~"

Seeing Uchiha Gin's actions, Katsura just snorted coldly and didn't stop him. He turned around, found a corner, rummaged in his backpack for a while, found a roll of medical bandage, and awkwardly wrapped it around his head.

"It's alright, it's alright."

Seeing that Onoki had only suffered some minor humiliation and was not in mortal danger, Mu breathed a sigh of relief.

"That idiot, how could he miss such a great opportunity!"

Hozuki Gengetsu pouted indignantly. They could have taken this opportunity to eliminate the Tailed Beast Riders of Iwagakure, but that kid Katsura was so useless.

Not only did they not kill Onoki, they even physically removed his fur for free.

Do you also want to participate in this year's Most Caring Knight Contest?

With one player lost on each side, the match continued. The first to recover, Mu, taking advantage of the moment when Hozuki Gengetsu was attacking his junior brother, aimed at his opponent and dove from a height, using the force of gravity to infuse his legs with the boiling power of the Five-Tails.

"Bend at the corners!"

"How despicable!"

Feeling the scorching wind pressure overhead, Hozuki Gengetsu looked at the soles of his feet, less than ten meters away, and cursed angrily.

"Snapped!"

It worked!

Feeling that he had indeed hit his target, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes. However, before he could savor the fruits of his victory, he felt a piercing pain in his legs.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the victim's legs were actually inserted into Hozuki Gengetsu's body, but they did not cause any harm to the victim. Instead, the victim was injured by the acidic liquid.

The green knight before them was no longer a physical entity, but...

"Venomized!"

Hozuki Gengetsu turned around, looked at Mu who had attacked him from behind, and a sinister smile appeared on his lips.

The Hozuki clan's water transformation technique allows them to convert their bodies into a liquid state, making them immune to most physical damage and enabling them to approach enemies silently.

Hozuki Gengetsu cleverly combined his Water Transformation Technique with the corrosive power of the Six-Tails, upgrading his Water Transformation Technique into a deadly venom.

"Sizzle~ Sizzle~"

Seeing that the armor on his legs was starting to smoke, he anxiously tried to pull himself out, only to find that his legs were tightly gripped by Hozuki Gengetsu, and he couldn't pull them out no matter how hard he tried.

"Dust Release: Detachment of the Primal World."

Unable to pull it down, Wu immediately raised both hands, locking onto Hozuki Gengetsu's head as his target.

"hehe."

However, Hozuki Gengetsu could not do as he wished. He immediately used his Venom Transformation ability, turning his body into a viscous, corrosive liquid that quickly climbed onto Mu's body.

"hateful."

Without a target, Wu frowned. Before he could react, Hozuki Gengetsu's venom had already covered his chest.

"Hehehe, it's too late to beg for mercy now. A single drop of my venom can kill ten elephants."

The green liquid conjured the large face of Hozuki Gengetsu, which stared mockingly at the silent man.

"Oh, really?"

Faced with the venom that was about to devour him, Wu displayed unprecedented composure, which made Hozuki Gengetsu, who was confident of victory, feel uneasy.

"You little rascal, were you holding back some tricks?"

Have you ever heard of high-temperature sterilization?

"ha?"

"Steam armor."

Looking at the puzzled look on Hozuki Gengetsu's face, Wu spoke calmly, and scorching steam instantly billowed out from the gaps in his armor.

No, it's starting to steam now~

I was just wondering how to fight you in close combat, but you actually came running up to your death.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!~"

The viscous venom was instantly vaporized to boiling point. Accompanied by the shrill screams of Ghost Lantern Gengetsu, billowing, acrid smoke rose into the sky. The spectators simultaneously pulled out gas masks to cover their mouths and noses to prevent themselves from being poisoned.

"Hey Decade, you should wear one too!"

Chiyo, who had put on a pig-nose mask early on, kindly handed a gas mask to Uchiha Gin.

"Don't worry, the poison gas can't get in."

Uchiha Gin waved his hand.

As he predicted, the acrid odor was blocked by an invisible wall, and not a single wisp of it leaked in.

"Huh? It really is!"

Half-believing, Chiyo took off her mask, sniffed the air, and found it to be fresh and odorless.

"what!"

To prevent himself from being vaporized, the agonizingly painful Hozuki Gengetsu had no choice but to abandon his plan to corrode Mutsu and quickly detach himself from it.

"Cough cough cough, what a vicious method."

After landing, Hozuki Gengetsu reverted to its original form, its aura much weaker than before, and its figure also smaller.

"How dare you, someone who deals with drugs, call me vicious?"

Steaming from head to toe, like a mobile pressure cooker, Wu couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard Hozuki Gengetsu's slander.

"Come on, Little Mustache, so many years have passed, it's time to settle things between us."

Without raising his hand, his once frail body had become incredibly strong under the power of the tailed beast. His eyes were fixed on Hozuki Gengetsu not far away. He bent down, assuming a charging stance.

The next moment, the white lightning struck the bewildered Hozuki Gengetsu.

"puff!"

Suddenly struck by immense force, Hozuki Gengetsu, unable to transform into venom in time, coughed up a mouthful of blood.

But Hozuki Gengetsu reacted quickly. Just as they were caught off guard and the steaming began, he suddenly opened his arms, and a huge green bubble appeared out of thin air, enveloping the two of them.

"What do you want to do?"

With a slight frown, Hozuki Gengetsu naturally didn't answer. His green body began to secrete an unknown liquid, and in the blink of an eye, both of their legs were covered by this liquid.

[Knowing the Wolf's Decay]

"Little Mustache, do you want to die?"

Upon seeing this, Wu was instantly horrified. The bubble was filled with corrosive liquid, and if it exploded, the force would be enough to send the two of them to the Pure Land.

Wu immediately prepared to start steaming. The liquid under his feet gradually boiled under the scorching steam, and the sour and smelly gas became increasingly strong.

"If you want to die faster, keep steaming."

Hozuki Gengetsu tilted his head, looking at the panicked Five in front of him with a mocking smile.

"You want to die with me?"

"Do I look like that kind of idiot?"

"and you?"

"Only an idiot would tell you that."

Faced with the clumsy platitudes, Hozuki Gengetsu smiled disdainfully, and the rate at which the liquid secreted from his body accelerated, soon reaching the chests of the two of them.

"Tsk"

Wu An clicked his tongue. Now that things had come to this, he had no choice but to take a gamble.

"King Mu, lend me your fastest speed."

In his sea of ​​consciousness, Wu Piao, standing before the white divine steed enjoying bondage play, shouted loudly,

Five-Tailed Beast raised its eyelids, a sharp glint flashing in its large beastly eyes. Looking at the anxious-looking Wu before it, it grinned.

"Then let's run!"

"Hehehe, I won this time~"

In reality, the liquid inside the bubble had already reached their necks. Hozuki Gengetsu looked at the silent Mu and assumed that the other had given up resisting, then laughed triumphantly.

Having successfully borrowed power, Mu slowly raised his head. Under the questioning gaze of Hozuki Gengetsu, he pulled out a running Five-Tailed card from the driver at his waist, and without even glancing at it, directly inserted it into the card slot on the side.

"Deadheat Mach!"

As the emotionless electronic voice rang out, gripping the Ghost Lantern Phantom Moon, he felt a piercing heat and couldn't help but shout a curse.

"Want to die? Okay, I'll grant your wish!"

"Alright, I don't care what the consequences are."

Unlike the plain blue and white armor that appeared out of thin air, this red armor, radiating a fiery aura, precisely fastened onto the upper body of the figure.

"Die! Explode!"

The high temperature of the steam caused the liquid inside the bubble to boil instantly. Seeing that the time was right, Hozuki Gengetsu pressed the detonation button and instantly turned into a puddle of liquid, escaping from the spot.

"Boom!"

A flash of white light, and a huge green mushroom cloud rose. Onoki, lying in the spectator stands, had tears in his eyes.

"teacher!"

"No one can survive this move from your senior brother, Little Potato. You'll spend the rest of your life filled with endless regret."

Katsura, whose head was wrapped in bandages, perfectly concealing his bald patch, walked over and coldly announced Mu's death date to Onoki, who was filled with sorrow.

"Waaaaah"

The toxic explosion gradually subsided, and from the cracks in the ruins, a viscous liquid flowed out. After wriggling a few times, it transformed into a chibi-style green knight.

"Sigh~ Why am I feeling a little disappointed?"

Having had most of his body evaporated by the sudden burst of power, Hozuki Gengetsu, who barely managed to survive, looked at the mess on the ground and suddenly felt an emptiness in his heart.

He had been fighting with Wu Erren for so many years, and this time there was finally a result. As the final winner, he couldn't help but feel a little sentimental.

"Cough cough cough, little mustache, sighing like that isn't like you."

Suddenly, just as Hozuki Gengetsu was mourning his deceased old rival, a familiar voice came from behind him. He turned around in surprise.

But there he saw Wu, whom he thought was dead, standing behind him, panting heavily. His body was covered in large and small, festering wounds from the corrosive venom, and his mask was torn open, revealing his mouth and nose from which dark red blood flowed.

"No, you're still alive?"

Seeing that Mu was barely breathing, Hozuki Gengetsu rubbed his eyes, and after confirming that he wasn't dreaming, he exclaimed in surprise,

"Heh, as long as I run fast enough, the explosion won't be able to catch me."

Wu, forcing himself to stand still, didn't want to be outdone by Hozuki Gengetsu in any way, even though his condition was terrible, his internal organs were being corroded by poison gas. He gritted his teeth and answered.

"You people of the Land of Earth, your mouths are still as stubborn as ever."

"It's still better than the spineless cowards of your Water Country."

"You're asking for it!"

The chibi version of Hozuki Gengetsu suddenly leaped up and kicked Mu in the knee.

"Forehead"

Looking at the chibi version of Hozuki Gengetsu, who was no taller than his knee, without a doubt, he realized that he wouldn't have felt that kick if he hadn't been seriously injured.

"Snapped!"

Using his remaining strength, Wu Lie delivered a heart-piercing kick to Hozuki Gengetsu, sending the chibi-style green knight flying backward and crashing into a protruding stone wall, turning into a puddle of viscous liquid.

"Pat~"

As the liquid hit the ground, a gray driver fell out, forcing the shrunken version of Hozuki Gengetsu to deactivate his transformation.

"Hozuki Gengetsu, out~"

"This time, I won."

Seeing his nemesis eliminated, Wu felt a sense of relief, but finally lost the support of his obsession and fell backward, his armor turning into light particles and disappearing.

"None, out~"

Another contestant was eliminated, and Uchiha Gin, as the organizer, naturally provided excellent service. With a wave of his hand, he used gravity to pull the two unconscious people to the spectator stands. Katsura, who had been waiting for a long time, and Onoki, who had recovered some strength, immediately ran over.

"Tsk"

Gui picked up the light-footed Ghost Lantern Illusion Moon, a hint of seriousness flashing in his eyes.

Although Hozuki Gengetsu appears to have no visible wounds, the foundation of his body has been irreversibly damaged. Whether he can regain his original size is a minor matter; whether he can survive depends on the protection of the Sage of Six Paths.

"teacher!"

Wrapped in the blanket kindly given to him by Uchiha Gin, Onoki anxiously examined Mu's injuries. He noticed that the bandages Mu usually wore on his body had long since come off, revealing gruesome burn marks.

But these old wounds were unimportant. From the dark red blood seeping from the mouthless and noseless area, Onoki detected a pungent odor—a corrosive gas containing potent poison.

This means that his teacher's body is now full of toxins, and if treatment is not timely, he may die on the spot.

"We're leaving now."

Without delay, both of their injuries needed immediate treatment, or their lives would be in danger. Gui picked up the unconscious chibi version of Hozuki Gengetsu, said goodbye to Uchiha Gin, and hurriedly left.

At the same time, Onoki carried the unconscious Mubi on his back, waved to Uchiha Gin, and instantly disappeared into the dark horizon.

"Have the weaklings finally been eliminated?"

On the battlefield, the only one who hadn't yet transformed, Golden Horn, watched the departing figures of the others and curled his lip in disdain.

These weaklings are not even worthy of competing with them. Mr. Yin is far too kind.

"You talk like a big shot, but I wonder if your penis is small?"

Suddenly, the white fox knight appeared behind him, his words carrying a hint of fighting spirit.

"My ox is huge, do you want to compare?" (End of Chapter)