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Chapter 219: Should I Do It or Will You?

The process of finding the Dragon Balls is not difficult.

About half an hour later.

Uchiha Hikaru discovered the Dragon Ball, which had been detected by radar, in a low-lying ditch.

It is a two-star planet.

It must have flown here directly after Uchiha Hikaru and his group made their wishes last year, landing in a dry crevice in a tree. When it was discovered, the surface of the bead was covered with a thick layer of dust, and if it weren't for its perfectly round shape, it would probably be impossible to tell that it was a Dragon Ball.

Uchiha Hikaru found some water, washed himself briefly, and saw the two pentagrams inside the two-pointed star reappear. He then hugged it to his chest and leaped back into the ditch.

"...Is this what you call the 'Dragon Balls'?"

Esdeath crossed her arms and looked over, a skeptical expression on her face: "It's just a small bead, maybe a little brightly colored... Can it really grant wishes? Any kind of wish?"

"Of course not."

Uchiha Hikaru shook his head and corrected him, "There are seven of these beads in total. You can only make a wish if you collect them all, and only serious wishes can be granted by Shenron... If it's something unrealistic, like 'becoming an omnipotent god' or 'being the best in the universe,' then of course it's impossible."

"A dragon?"

Esdeath seemed to imagine it for a moment, then asked somewhat uncertainly, "A super dangerous species like the Tokai Cloud Dragon?"

"Hmm... they look similar, but they're not as big."

Uchiha Hikaru answered truthfully.

A colossal creature like the East Sea Cloud Dragon is rare in any world.

Although the dragon is not small, it is estimated to be only a few hundred meters tall at most, slightly larger than Susanoo, but it is nothing compared to Yunlong.

but……

If it were Poronga, the dragon from Namek, or an even more powerful super dragon, it would probably be different—the latter is said to be the size of a planet, and even on the scale of the entire universe, it would be considered astonishing in size.

Unfortunately, the dragon's status is too high, and it also involves some rules. Even the Supreme Kais who govern various regions of the universe seem to have great awe for it. Therefore, it is simply impossible to subdue such a being as a mount or pet.

Uchiha Hikaru knew his own limitations, and after only imagining the scene in his mind, he dismissed the idea.

the other side.

Esdeath squinted and remained silent, seemingly pondering what constituted a "proper wish."

"Let's go."

Uchiha Hikaru beckoned to Esdeath, preparing to continue to the next location: "Let's go, no one should be coming from here... Let's look to the west, maybe we'll run into the Red Ribbon Army on the way."

"Um."

The two set off again.

This time, Uchiha Hikaru traveled for almost half a day before finally stopping above a lush primeval forest. After circling for a while, he landed in the forest. He first dealt with two Tyrannosaurus Rex that came over looking for trouble, then created more than a dozen shadow clones. Together, they searched for more than two hours before finally finding the second Dragon Ball of their journey at the bottom of a stream.

However, just as he climbed out of the stream and dispelled the shadow clone, Uchiha Hikaru paused, turning his head to look upstream:

"Did you hear that, Xiao Ai?"

"Um."

Esdeath looked in the same direction, her eyes narrowing slightly: "Someone's coming this way... there might be quite a few."

The two stood there, enjoying the breeze, and waited quietly for a few minutes.

then.

Then we saw the silhouettes of several armored vehicles appear on the dirt road on the other side of the mountain forest. The flags hanging on the vehicles had the letters "RR" written on them, which was clearly the symbol of the Red Ribbon Army.

A group of soldiers followed beside them, each fully armed and carrying a gun, looking like they were armed to the teeth.

As Uchiha Hikaru and Esdeath looked over from afar, the people in the armored vehicle also noticed them.

"Who's there?!"

"This territory now belongs to the Red Ribbon Army. You have one minute to leave! Otherwise, we'll have to get rough!"

After the initial few threatening remarks.

One of the Red Silk Army soldiers seemed to have noticed something and suddenly leaned close to his officer and whispered:

"…Sergeant, the thing they're holding looks like the one the Colonel ordered us to find!"

"Um?"

The officer in the armored vehicle looked through his binoculars, then pulled out a megaphone and yelled, "Hey, you two women up there! Put down what you're holding right now and put your hands up! Otherwise, we're going to shoot!"

"……Oh."

Esdeath chuckled coldly, then cracked her neck and turned to look at Uchiha Hikaru: "Shall we go, you or me?"

Uchiha Hikaru didn't answer, but simply made an inviting gesture.

"Go easy on them, remember to leave a few alive, and ask them for the location of the Red Ribbon Army headquarters."

"understood."

Esdeath waved her hand and gave a casual reply. Then, with a single step, she leaped from her spot and covered the distance of over a hundred meters, heading straight for the convoy opposite her!

"?!"

The people in the armored vehicle hesitated for a moment, then immediately ordered to open fire.

The group of soldiers holding guns beside her also pulled the triggers without hesitation after receiving the order. The dense bullets intertwined into a large net, blocking all directions of Esdeath's advance.

Faced with the overwhelming killing intent, Esdeath's forward momentum remained unchanged. As she moved at high speed, she twisted her waist, stomped her feet, and turned to the side... Each movement was not very large, but she dodged bullets one by one with great difficulty.

—At first glance, this scene looks a bit like the "automatic dodge technique" that Master Roshi used in the battle a few days ago. However, when Esdeath used it, she was obviously not very skilled at it. Some of the bullets hit her and were blocked by a thin layer of ice.

Esdeath frowned slightly in dissatisfaction, then stopped, raised her hand and clenched it tightly in the void. A longsword made of ice appeared out of thin air, which she swung with one hand and slashed straight forward!

Whoosh—!

The sword's edge flashed.

Then came a series of continuous slashes!

At this moment, a net, formed from the misty white sword energy and even more intricate and sharp than the previous hail of bullets, appeared in Esdeath's hand.

With a series of crisp, ping-pong sounds, all the bullets that came within two meters of her were instantly split in two and fell to the ground. In just a few breaths, a large pile of shredded bullet casings had accumulated at Esdeath's feet, the cuts as smooth as mirrors.

"No, impossible!"

"A knife cutting through bullets... Really?!"

Under the horrified gazes of the Red Ribbon Army, Esdeath's lips curled slightly, as if she were about to yawn: "They really are a bunch of country bumpkins. It's really not inspiring to fight against opponents like this."

"...Quick, kill her! This woman must be a demon!"

The sergeant inside the armored vehicle roared.

The machine gun on the roof continued firing, and the others kept pulling the trigger, emptying thousands of bullets in less than half a minute. Then, the guns began to make clicking sounds, clearly indicating that the magazines were empty.

While the Red Ribbon Army soldiers were scrambling to change their ammunition, Esdeath snorted coldly and raised her hand to swing her sword again.

Clang—!

A sharp whistling sound accompanied by a sonic boom rang out. Because the sword was swung too fast, the ice blade in Esdeath's hand disappeared halfway through its journey, and then turned into countless large and small ice shards, which shot towards the soldiers on the other side like flying knives!

"A hundred fingers pierced by bullets!"

—This move was learned from the Corpse Bone Pulse.

The principle behind "piercing bullets with ten fingers" is not complicated. Esdeath only saw it once in the Land of Demons and easily replicated it.

In an instant, blood splattered!

These soldiers, though fully armed, still had relatively vulnerable areas like their necks and eyes. Esdeath's attacks targeted these vital points. Even tiny ice spikes the size of a finger, fired at supersonic speeds, were enough to cause massive casualties.

The outer metal of the armored vehicle was also scratched with white marks, but not through.

Before the people inside the vehicle could even feel relieved, Esdeath raised her hand, and a pillar of ice and snow several meters in diameter appeared in mid-air, smashing into the sunroof of the armored vehicle like a giant hammer. With a "bang," the machine gunner on the roof was instantly turned into a meat patty, and half of the vehicle was twisted and deformed, as if a can had been flattened.

"Tsk..."

"Such a large mech, yet it's so incredibly vulnerable?"

Esdeath curled her lip and clicked her tongue.

It took no more than half a minute.

Esdeath easily dealt with most of the Red Ribbon Army soldiers, then dragged out the "sergeant" on the armored vehicle and a few survivors, interrogated them in detail, and then returned to Uchiha Hikaru's side.

"We've questioned him thoroughly. He's a major, belonging to the Silver Squad. He hasn't been to the Red Ribbon Army headquarters because his rank isn't high enough... But according to him, the Red Ribbon Army has a fixed base in this area, commanded by a 'Silver Colonel.' Shall we go take a look?"

"it is good."

……

The process of dealing with "Colonel Silver" naturally went smoothly.

This guy actually appeared in the original work, but he was just cannon fodder. He was the first one Goku encountered and defeated, and his Dragon Balls were stolen from him. As a result, he was sentenced to death by Marshal Red.

And on this timeline.

Uchiha Hikaru and Esdeath both easily defeated him, and the latter interrogated him to find out the location of the Red Ribbon Army headquarters.

—As an imperial general with a slightly sadistic tendency, Esdeath's greatest hobby besides fighting is torture. She had never been able to satisfy her desires before, but this time she finally got her fill.

Given the atrocities committed by the Red Ribbon Army, this current torture is merely retribution for their actions.

After Eddes finished his work, Uchiha Hikaru activated "Eight Thousand Spears" and quietly confirmed the intelligence before activating "Shangri-La," teleporting directly from his current base to the dense forests in western Earth.

"The headquarters of the Red Ribbon Army should be in this area. Let's look for it first."

Uchiha Hikaru once again created shadow clones, using the Flying Technique to fly into the sky and disperse in all directions, searching for the location of the Red Ribbon Army headquarters through a human search.

She herself found an open space to sit down, took out some chocolate and soda to replenish her energy, and casually tossed a portion to Edsde.

Esdeath looked at the food with some suspicion before eating it, and then used "Demon Essence" to create dozens of ice knights, which galloped off in several different directions.

During this time, Uchiha Hikaru attempted to infuse Esdeath with chakra and teach her ninjutsu. However, due to time constraints, Esdeath remained at the stage of climbing trees and wading through water, unable to learn advanced ninjutsu like the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique. After witnessing the abilities of the Naruto world, this military princess attempted to modify her Ice Knight, creating a knock-off version of "Ice Clone."

This "clone" cannot retain a consciousness similar to the original body, but if it suffers a fatal blow, Esdeath herself will become aware of it, thus confirming the location of the incident. It's sufficient for gathering intelligence.

Time flies.

suddenly.

Esdeath raised her head, her gaze turning somewhat solemn as she looked toward the side of the jungle.

"Several of my 'Ice Knights' have been destroyed... right in that direction. Was it the Red Ribbon Army?"

"...Let's go take a look."

The Ice Knights weren't particularly strong, but they still had a combat power of twenty or thirty points. Anyone who could shatter them, even if not a member of the Red Ribbon Army, must be a master.

After thinking for a moment, Uchiha Hikaru stood up, waved to Esdeath opposite him, and then they walked together in the direction of the incident.

Just a few minutes.

As the last patch of jungle parted, the view suddenly opened up, revealing a large castle complex. Surrounding the castle were numerous tanks and armored vehicles, their cannons aimed in this direction. They were on high alert.

Between Uchiha Hikaru and his companion, and the castle complex, several ice knights who had been blasted to pieces were slowly getting up, only to be blasted to pieces again by cannon fire.

"...Someone else is coming. Fire!"

Without any intention of negotiation, the Red Ribbon Army commander directly ordered that all the black cannon barrels be aimed at Uchiha Hikaru and his companion and fired simultaneously!

A dense barrage of bullets and miniature missiles trailing trails of flame hurtled towards them!

Esdeath stretched out one hand and instantly created a huge ice wall, enveloping the area in front of her and blocking the oncoming killing intent.

Uchiha Hikaru, meanwhile, used the Flying Technique to leap into the air, forming several hand seals at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, and uttered, "Fire Release... Great Fire Annihilation!"

next second.

Ice and fire shot into the sky simultaneously!

(End of this chapter)