Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 326 Mangekyou Sharingan X Dojutsu (Combined)

Aokiji clutched his head with both hands, his face contorted in pain, and a roar burst from his throat, a beastly roar mixed with despair and chaos.

That roar stirred the heart in everyone who heard it.

At this moment, he was in an extremely unstable state, full of weaknesses, making it an excellent opportunity to strike.

Some suggested taking this opportunity to launch an attack.

Madara Uchiha stopped him, saying, "Stop it. Let him scream his fill."

He possessed such strength at such a young age, yet now he had encountered such a thing. Jealousy made some people's faces unrecognizable, and their words revealed schadenfreude: "I never thought that a ninja like him would have such a weak side."

Madara Uchiha said in a deep voice, "No matter how strong a person is, there is a limit to their endurance. Once that limit is exceeded, a person will break down..."

The outcome of this battle was predetermined from the very beginning.

Tsunade had a bomb implanted in her body long ago. As long as Aokiji rescues Tsunade, the Explosion Release bloodline limit ninja will trigger an explosion inside Tsunade's body.

There is simply no way to break this deadlock.

He intentionally or unintentionally created hope, all for the purpose of detonating it completely at this final moment.

Among the group were a newlywed ninja couple who, seeing Aokiji in such agony, could somewhat understand his feelings.

At that moment, Madara Uchiha strode forward and, under the astonished gazes of the crowd, slowly walked to Aokiji, who was weeping bitterly, and looked down at him, saying, "What a weak side of you."

"Do you think crying can bring Tsunade back to life?"

Do you think that yelling and screaming in anger will change your fate?

Madara Uchiha's words were full of mockery, constantly provoking Aokiji's already sensitive and fragile nerves: "Don't be naive... If it were that easy, the world wouldn't be constantly breeding hatred."

He paused, lowered his voice, and continued, "My family members died in the same way at the hands of you Konoha ninjas, right before my eyes."

"It is because of love that sacrifice and hatred are born, and only then can pain be known."

A dark light emanated from the depths of Madara Uchiha's drooping eyelids.

Yes, understand pain...

"boom--!"

A fierce wind arose, tearing the ground apart. The weaker ninjas who were near the eye of the storm were blown away on the spot: "Damn it, this violent chakra, how does this monster have so much chakra?"

A dark red beam of light shot out, soaring into the sky and causing the clouds to swirl.

At the eye of the storm, Madara Uchiha's half-closed eyes reflected a humanoid creature enveloped in dark red chakra, who was letting out a hysterical roar.

Half-tailed beast form?

Madara Uchiha frowned; this was not the outcome he wanted to see.

Did his mind break down so that the tailed beast inside him took over his mind?

madness--!

Just then, Aokiji, seemingly possessed by a tailed beast, rushed in front of Madara Uchiha and punched him away, roaring angrily as if to vent his emotions.

Within the spiritual world.

The Five-Tails' expression was extremely grave: "This is bad, Aokiji, we should retreat immediately."

As a perfect Jinchūriki, Aokiji would never allow the Five-Tails inside him to attempt to take over his body.

It had never seen Aokiji in such an unstable state, and its manipulation of Aokiji's body was truly a last resort.

Aokiji kept his head down, and Gotae couldn't see the expression on his face, but it must look terrible.

While manipulating Aokiji's body and struggling to deal with the ninja's harassment, the Five-Tails called out to Aokiji to quickly regain his senses.

After a long while, and after who knows how many times he was called, Aokiji finally responded.

However, the response gave Gotae a real headache.

"Stay..."

His voice was calm, yet it conveyed an unquestionable attitude.

Go-Tails' eyes widened: "Aokiji, are you crazy? We simply can't handle so many enemies in our current state."

"I said I'd stay..."

The tone was noticeably stronger than before, even carrying a commanding tone.

Wuwei continued, "I know you're in pain and angry, but now is not the time to be impulsive. You need to be rational."

"Didn't you hear me?! I said stay!"

Aokiji's loud cry completely drowned out the Five-Tails' voice.

The voice contained dissatisfaction, reprimand, and command, just like the tone of a bad-tempered leader speaking to someone who has made a mistake.

In all the years that Gotae had spent with Aokiji, he had never been spoken to in such a tone before, and Gotae felt a surge of grievance.

In fact, it understood that Aokiji's mind had become abnormal due to the intense shock caused by Tsunade's sudden death.

But as the only recognized "human," the Five-Tails could only stubbornly repeat itself again and again, even pleading with Aokiji to regain his sanity.

Otherwise, if this drags on any longer, he and Aokiji will both perish here.

Perhaps because his persuasion had worked, this time, Aokiji did not shout and yell like before. Instead, he silently raised his head.

Before Wuwei could even feel happy, a pair of blood-red eyes, radiating an evil aura, suddenly met its gaze.

"This is..."

Wuwei was taken aback.

In a flash, with just a single glance, unparalleled pupil power poured directly into its eyes through its gaze.

The five-tailed beast's eyes were dull, its blue eyes stained red like drops of blood, and its pupils began to twist and transform into a peculiar pattern. It was not the pattern of the ordinary three-tomoe Sharingan, but rather a pattern like a hexagonal snowflake.

This is a sign of being controlled by a pupil technique.

A few seconds ago.

In the real world, a group of ninjas surrounded Aokiji in a circle.

The Five-Tails, controlling Aokiji's body, was fighting like a trapped beast. Looking around, it was surrounded by ninjas. If it could transform into a complete tailed beast, it might be able to break through the encirclement, but the next second after transforming, it would be riddled with countless ninjutsu by these people.

If it were during his prime, it would be fine, but now it's not just a matter of being in poor condition; the Jinchūriki's mental state is also affected.

It is precisely because of this situation that the Five-Tails can only use its half-tailed beast form to deal with the situation, at least to reduce the area of ​​damage and to stall for time as much as possible.

Before he could even catch his breath, several jets of water shot through the air. The five-tailed fox barely managed to dodge them with a kick, and then, crackling and popping, ball lightning shot towards him in the blink of an eye.

The five tails tried to dodge in the same way, but just then, their internal state activated, causing them to freeze and take the full force of the attack.

The explosion kicked up smoke and dust, which, along with the electric current, drifted away in the wind.

Seemingly severely injured by the attack, Aokiji lay sprawled on the ground, his dark red tailed beast cloak slowly fading away, revealing his true form.

Seeing this, the ninjas finally breathed a sigh of relief; they had finally taken them down...

The swordsman, facing the user of the Thunder Blade who had just unleashed the attack, said somewhat unconvinced, "I didn't expect you to come out on top in the end."

The user of the Thunder Blade looked straight ahead, his eyes slightly lowered.

Having experienced Aokiji's power firsthand, he felt that his previous lightning ball attack shouldn't have been enough to knock Aokiji down.

This question didn't last long, as Aokiji, who was lying on the ground, slowly got up.

Although there was blood at the corner of his mouth, he didn't seem to be seriously injured.

At this moment, he was surveying the crowd with his blood-red eyes.

Those eyes shone with an eerie red light, beautiful yet dangerous.

"Hey, don't you guys feel like this guy's eyes look a little different?"

Some ninjas noticed the change in Aokiji's eyes and were puzzled.

Aokiji is a member of the Uchiha clan and possesses the Sharingan bloodline limit.

But what's wrong with those eyes?

Although both have red eyes, the pattern is significantly more complex.

Unlike the three-comma shape I was used to, it looks more like... a six-pointed snowflake falling in a snowy weather?

This, this is...

The ninja, who was knowledgeable and had a wide range of contacts, suddenly seemed to remember something, and his face turned deathly pale, not even describable as terror.

Madara Uchiha, who was not far away, saw the appearance of these eyes and a pleasant smile appeared on his face, mixed with a hint of emotion.

Since he and his younger brother Izuna successfully gave birth to the Mangekyou Sharingan, the Uchiha clan has finally produced a new Mangekyou Sharingan after so many years.

Come on, Aokiji, let me see what you're capable of!

A newbie asked, "What's wrong...?"

"Damn it, why do these eyes appear?!"

Being knowledgeable and well-informed often means seeing and experiencing a lot, which naturally makes one appear calm and composed. But even so, when the well-informed ninja saw these eyes, he almost lost his composure and couldn't help but curse.

The intelligence report didn't mention this thing at all.

Clearly, the unexpected event before him had exceeded his mental capacity to cope.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with your eyes?"

The newbie looked puzzled, wondering why the experienced senior looked so terrified.

The experienced ninja turned ashen-faced, as if he'd swallowed two pounds of poison: "This is... the Mangekyou Sharingan!"

"The Mangekyou Sharingan, what is that?"

A newbie is still a newbie; even if they hear about it, they don't really understand it, only vaguely sensing that it's a type of Sharingan.

The knowledgeable ninja cut to the chase, explaining while highlighting the power of those eyes: "This is the highest eye technique of the Uchiha clan, possessing power comparable to the Wood Release of the First Hokage."

He wasn't just saying this to this newbie, but also to the other companions present who didn't understand the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan, in order to make them take it seriously.

"Hiss~"

The newbie gasped in shock after hearing this.

He had some idea of ​​what Wood Release, the First Hokage, was...

That was the god of ninjas who pacified the chaotic world.

The knowledgeable ninja speculated that Aokiji's Mangekyou Sharingan must have been stimulated by something, causing his potential to explode and his eyes to evolve; otherwise, he would only be able to use it now.

He finally understood why the higher-ups had gone to such lengths to gather so many ninjas to deal with Aokiji.

There's not much time to be shocked now; we have to kill this guy before he gets used to those eyes.

Otherwise, once he grows up, he will be a genius with the potential to surpass that ninja god, and then the villages will never have a chance to rise again.

With that thought in mind, he began to quickly form hand seals, unleashing his strongest long-range killing move.

This wasn't just the idea of ​​the knowledgeable ninja; other ninjas who knew the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan also had this idea.

They all unleashed their best ranged ninjutsu, determined to kill their opponent before he could adapt to those eyes.

Legend has it that once the Mangekyou Sharingan is awakened, the Sharingan's original abilities will be greatly enhanced, and the user will also develop ultimate eye techniques.

Attacking rashly without knowing the opponent's eye technique is tantamount to courting death.

Therefore, using long-range ninjutsu to test someone is not a safe approach.

With the evolution of the Sharingan into the Mangekyou Sharingan, Aokiji's dynamic nerves were greatly enhanced, resulting in a more significant change in his reaction speed compared to before.

Even before these people finished their hand seals and launched their attacks, Aokiji had already judged the trajectory of the attack projectiles and reacted easily to dodge them.

The ninjas' attacks, which consumed a great deal of chakra, didn't even scratch a hair on his head: "Damn it, this guy's reactions are even faster than before."

Aokiji dodged the ninjutsu attack, and the moment he landed, a Jonin, thinking he had seized an opportunity, shamelessly launched a sneak attack, slashing with his sword.

A glimpse of Aokiji from the side.

Genjutsu: Mangekyou Sharingan.

With just a simple glance, the high-ranking ninja froze on the spot, his eyes glazed over.

Aokiji snatched the Japanese sword from him.

"call out"

With a flash of light, the blade slashed the neck, and blood gushed out of the Jonin's throat.

Aokiji is not good at genjutsu, but because of his Mangekyou Sharingan, his genjutsu has reached a level that many genjutsu ninjas cannot achieve even after a lifetime of hard work.

"What amazing illusion magic..."

Everyone was horrified; a single glance had been enough to kill the Jonin.

Admittedly, the opponent was less wary of Aokiji's genjutsu because he didn't use it much during the battle, but it shouldn't have been so easy for someone to just kick him and take him away.

"Everyone be careful, this guy has awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, and all the abilities of the Sharingan have been greatly enhanced."

Someone reminded me.

But that's useless. The Mangekyou Sharingan is called the strongest eye technique because even if you know what the opponent is going to do, you can hardly come up with a countermeasure.

Aokiji drew his sword and charged into the crowd, brandishing his sharp blade. As he ran, the sword would be stained with the blood of all the prey it had slain.

The enhancement of his dynamic nervous system allows Aokiji to easily spot enemy weaknesses and make faster movements, even while running.

"You bastard, don't get too cocky."

One-handed sword swung its Executioner's Blade at Aokiji, hacking and slashing through the chaotic army, not even bothering to activate its Tailed Beast Cloak—who did it underestimate?

If he dares to parry with his sword, the remaining members of the Seven Shadows of the Mist will suddenly strike and deliver a fatal blow.

Aokiji swung his katana, the sword light drawing an arc in the air, wrapping around the guillotine like a thread.

"impossible--!"

Yi Ben Dao was greatly surprised.

Instead of deflecting the slash from the sword, Aokiji used his sword to entangle the blade, altering its trajectory by enticing it.

Using lightness to overcome heaviness, and slowness to overcome speed, is an impossible feat unless the two swordsmen are vastly different in skill.

Aokiji's swordsmanship was passable, but it wasn't far superior to that of a ninja who specialized in wielding a sword, like Ippon-to.

He was able to accomplish this step precisely because of the Mangekyou Sharingan, which surpasses the dynamics of ordinary Sharingan.

"hateful……"

His swordsmanship was broken in this way, and he was filled with rage and impotence.

Aokiji redirected the attack from one of the books to the other side, thus avoiding an attack from an enemy lurking nearby.

The Seven Shadows of the Mist's teamwork is far more complex than what we just witnessed.

In the blink of an eye, a long knife flew in, aimed straight for the man's head.

Aokiji stepped back, dodged to the side, caught the throwing knife with his backhand, and sent it back the way it came.

The user of the sewing needle stared wide-eyed. What kind of bizarre dynamic vision was this? It could catch the sewing needle in flight and launch a counterattack. This was something that had never happened in all his years of experience.

Because they had never imagined such a thing would happen, the user of the sewing needle reacted too slowly and was blown in the head by their own weapon, reaping the consequences of their own actions.

After taking down one of the Seven Shadows of the Mist, Aokiji remained unmoved. Looking up, he saw the user of Hiramekarei soaring into the sky, his weapon coalescing into a hammer.

Taking advantage of Aokiji's distraction, a ninja skilled in Earth Release submerged into the ground and dragged him underground, leaving only half of his head exposed.

The giant hammer is coming down with the force of a collapsing mountain, determined to smash Aokiji's head.

Aokiji's gaze remained cold and unmoved, as a massive amount of chakra gathered in his eyes.

Spirit Fire

(Soul Fire)

A ghostly hand was summoned from the void, its surface patterned with diamond shapes. It clenched its fist and unleashed a punch.

(End of this chapter)