I became Hokage in Tokyo

Chapters 174-176 The Crimson Moon Incident, The Kaleidoscope Forced Opening (4k)

A faint, almost invisible crescent moon appeared in the night sky, beginning to fill out at a visible speed.

From crescent moon to half-moon, to gibbous moon, until it becomes a full moon!

It's as if a giant eye in the sky is slowly opening.

The eerie full moon was so red it seemed to be oozing blood; its bright, cool light was turning crimson.

The crimson, ominous moonlight resembled the blood-red light emanating from the Sharingan.

"Aaaaaah—!"

Within the crimson full moon, there seemed to be frantic murmurs, affectionate calls, and all sorts of noisy murmurs mixed together, relentlessly pouring into Uchiha Naruto's mind, causing him to roar in agony.

My head is about to explode!

Naruto Uchiha managed to muster a sliver of reason and used the Body Flicker Technique to escape the battlefield, leaping backward dozens of meters.

"Huff, huff, huff—!"

Naruto Uchiha knelt on the ground, barely opening his right eye. The three tomoe in his eye slowly rotated, and there was still blood at the corner of his eye, but the bleeding had stopped. He covered his left eye with one hand, and blood was still flowing out between his fingers.

"It hurts! What happened? It felt like something was forcibly implanted into my brain and then forcibly imprinted into my left eye!"

Naruto Uchiha tried to heal his left eye with medical ninjutsu, but it had no effect. The stinging pain in his left eye was so intense that he almost thought he had gone blind.

"Hehehe... I heard you... Mother... Hehe, I understand!"

At that moment, a chilling yet strange Osaka dialect rang out, mixed with a hint of madness.

The old man with the horn raised his face high, staring blankly at the night sky, muttering incoherently.

Did it also see that eerie red moon from earlier?

But why does Jiaoxing feel a bit strange right now?

A few doubts flashed through Uchiha Naruto's mind, but his expression quickly changed.

Under the crimson moonlight, black tentacles emerged from the mouth and eyes of Sanban Sou, stretching continuously towards the sky, and the horned chakra began to increase violently!

"Horned Star's chakra has more than doubled in an instant?!"

Could it be the anomaly caused by the blood moon just now? Uchiha Naruto wondered to himself.

However, he doesn't dare to look up at the moon for the time being.

He moved his hands and feet slightly, and his chakra remained undisturbed.

No problem. Although his left eye is temporarily unable to open, Naruto Uchiha still retains most of his strength, so dealing with Kakugo will be a piece of cake.

"Hehehe—!"

Jiao Xing let out a strange, maniacal laugh. The humanoid form that had been formed from black tentacles could no longer be maintained, and the smooth, slender black tentacles grew wildly, sweeping out in all directions.

The ten cocoons that were previously entangled by black tentacles also had black tentacles emerging from them. The tentacles stuck together, clump together, and continued to expand.

Finally, a colossal object, three stories high and clasped together by countless slippery black tentacles, resembling both a sea anemone and a sea urchin, appeared before Uchiha Naruto.

"Thump," "Thump," several hearts, covered in slippery tentacles, were slowly disappearing into the giant Earth Grudge Tentacle Monster.

"This is too Cthulhu-esque, it's making my sanity drop like crazy."

Uchiha Naruto's tone held a hint of disdain, but his expression turned serious, and the three black tomoe in his right Sharingan began to spin rapidly.

"The chakra is still increasing, it's almost a third of mine, this is getting a bit tricky."

Suddenly, his brows furrowed tightly.

"However, Kakujiki's chakra flow is very strange, as if he is being controlled by genjutsu. No, although Kakujiki's original chakra is increasing rapidly, the original color of the chakra is gradually becoming turbid, as if..."

"pollute!"

Naruto Uchiha's pupils contracted as he came to a conclusion that even he found somewhat unbelievable.

"Hehehe...kill...mother...hehehe...world..."

The enormous Earth Grudge Demon, formed by clusters of black tentacles, emitted incoherent and nonsensical babbling from within, utterly devoid of reason.

"Has Jiao Xing gone mad, or has he lost control?"

Several more black tentacles emerged from the center of the Earth Grudge Demon, about to pierce Uchiha Naruto, but the tentacles stopped halfway through their trajectory, hovering in mid-air.

"Why did the attack stop?"

Naruto Uchiha watched in bewilderment as the tentacles slowly retracted.

「オト……ン……」

The enormous Earth Grudge Demon seemed to have lost interest in Uchiha Naruto and began to wriggle away to another location.

"Horned! Where are you going!"

Uchiha Naruto shouted sharply.

"Hehehe!"

The Earth Grudge Demon did not answer, but continued to emit eerie laughter, wriggling and crawling, appearing extremely slow.

However, given its enormous size, it moved slowly but actually very quickly, reaching the gas station in just a few seconds.

"A monster! No, a demon!"

"Run!"

"It's too late, close the door!"

There were only a few staff members and one or two drivers refueling at the gas station, and they all started shouting in panic.

Not long ago, after the container truck was overturned by Uchiha Naruto, these people were peeking around and spying, probably thinking it was a car accident.

Unexpectedly, this led to his death.

One driver, disregarding that his car wasn't fully fueled, ripped off the fuel line, climbed into the car, and was about to start the engine.

More than a dozen black tentacles descended from the sky, piercing the car through. Then, the black tentacles tore and dragged out a still bleeding corpse. More black tentacles wrapped around it, dragging the corpse into the body of the Earthly Vengeful Demon.

"Aaaaaah—!"

"Help! No!"

Even the staff who hid inside the gas station with the doors and windows tightly closed were not spared; they could not stop the ubiquitous black tentacles.

The concrete building was as fragile as paper, pierced by countless black tentacles, with one corpse after another being impaled on it before being devoured by the Earthly Grudge Demon.

"Why don't you attack me, but instead attack ordinary people?"

Naruto Uchiha felt that everything that had happened tonight was simply too unbelievable.

In a brief moment of hesitation, the Earth Grudge Monster had already slaughtered the gas station, devouring all the corpses.

The consumption of these people clearly did not satisfy the Earth Grudge Demon, and slippery black tentacles extended and grew towards the brightly lit city at the foot of the mountain.

"Is this monster trying to escape into Saitama Prefecture?"

Uchiha Naruto's expression also became serious. If a monster like the Earth Grudge Demon ran into the city, it would surely leave corpses strewn everywhere. No, it would probably even devour the corpses.

"Great Fireball Technique!"

Although the pain in his left eye continued, Naruto Uchiha suppressed the pain and was still able to free up his hand to attack.

Although smoking is prohibited at gas stations, now that everyone is dead, Naruto Uchiha naturally wouldn't care.

A massive fireball, over three meters in diameter, streaked across the sky like a meteor and struck the Earthly Grudge Demon, exploding with a deafening roar.

"boom!"

The fireball and the gasoline in the gas station triggered a chain reaction, creating a deafening flame that engulfed the ruins of the gas station and the enormous Earth Grudge Demon.

A deafening explosion rang out, and a huge mushroom cloud of smoke rose into the air.

"Didn't it work?"

After the smoke cleared, the Earth Grudge Demon, formed by countless writhing black tentacles, was revealed. Its body was engulfed in flames, and fiery tentacles detached from its body, moving on the ground as if they were alive.

After the outermost layer of black tentacles bearing flames fell off, new black tentacles grew continuously.

It looks completely intact!

Moreover, the aura of the Earthly Grudge Demon has not diminished in the slightest.

The enormous Earth Grudge Demon wriggled once more, crawling towards the distant city of Saitama Prefecture.

"Tsk."

Uchiha Naruto clicked his tongue, soared into the air, and flew above the Earth Grudge Fear demon. He formed hand seals and then opened his mouth to exhale:

"Great Fire Dragon Technique!"

A massive fire dragon, over ten meters long, roared menacingly and completely devoured the enormous body of the Earthly Grudge Demon.

The raging flames shot into the sky, the firelight reaching the heavens, almost boiling the night sky.

As Naruto flew through the air, he took a closer look, and his expression turned grim.

The Fire Dragon Technique struck directly, instantly destroying a large portion of the Earth Grudge Demon's body. However, black tentacles continuously emerged from the remaining body, intertwining and repairing the damaged areas, restoring it to its original size in the blink of an eye.

"Hehe, hehehehe..."

The core area of ​​the Earth Grudge Demon emitted another eerie laugh. A dozen black tentacles bared their fangs and claws, twisting and merging together to form a relatively thick tentacle, with a Noh mask bearing the image of Sanbansou appearing at its tip.

The old man opened his mouth, and a bolt of lightning shot out:

"Crackling and popping!"

Despite his poor condition, Uchiha Naruto, who was well-prepared, was not going to be hit a second time. He skillfully used the Light-Heavy Rock Technique to soar through the air and dodge the lightning strikes from the Earth Grudge Demon.

"boom!"

As Naruto Uchiha dodged, he clasped his hands together, opened his mouth, and unleashed another Great Fire Dragon Technique.

This time, the Earth Grudge Demon seemed to have anticipated this, as countless slippery, slender black tentacles coalesced into an impenetrable, absolute defense.

This time, the Great Fire Dragon Technique only destroyed one-third of the Earth Grudge Demon.

But it was of no use, as the Earth Grudge Demon quickly returned to its original form.

"The monster that the horn-shaped creature transformed from out of control has an incredibly strong vitality! Unless it is completely destroyed in an instant, it will immediately regenerate."

For the first time, Uchiha Naruto felt that things were a bit tricky.

"If it's just the Earth Grudge Technique, piercing all its hearts should be enough to destroy this monster!"

Naruto's right Sharingan flashed with a scarlet light. His gaze pierced through the layers of writhing black tentacles and, based on the color of the chakra, discovered more than a dozen still-beating hearts, all stored at the very center of the Earth Grudge Demon.

It's quite difficult to get through it all in one go.

Just as Uchiha Naruto was pondering this, a piercing siren came from not far away, and an ambulance was seen driving from the direction of Saitama Prefecture.

ambulance?

Uchiha Naruto was slightly taken aback. It must have been the people at the ambulance station who reported the accident to the police.

"Hehe...hehe..."

The Earth Grudge Demon was also attracted by the piercing siren of the ambulance. Its enormous and astonishing body rolled and crawled toward the ambulance.

"Hey."

Naruto Uchiha couldn't just stand by and watch someone die, so he sped over at incredible speed, landing in front of the Earth Grudge Demon and slamming his palm on the ground.

"Uchiha Flame Formation!"

The flames of Asura Purgatory burned, forming a barrier that blocked the path of the Earthly Grudge Demon.

"Sizzle sizzle—!"

The black tentacles of the Earthly Grudge Demon, pressed against the barrier formed by the fire array, immediately turned to ashes.

If the Uchiha Flame Formation were used by a Kage-level powerhouse like Madara Uchiha or Obito Uchiha, it could even block a Tailed Beast.

Naruto Uchiha's strength is far from Kage level, but even so, the fire array he uses is not something that a corrupted and out-of-control demon could break through.

"What's going on?"

The ambulance braked suddenly, and several hospital staff members in emergency gowns got out, all dumbfounded, as if in a dream.

"If you don't want to die, you'd better leave now," Uchiha Naruto said calmly without even turning his head.

Just then, the stinging pain in Naruto's right eye disappeared instantly. Not only that, Naruto also felt a strange change happening in his right eye.

Naruto Uchiha pulled a kunai from his sleeve and shone it through the reflection on the blade.

The three black tomoe in his right eye were spinning continuously. After a period of rapid twisting and deformation, they actually turned into the shape of a six-pointed star!

"Isn't this the shape of Sasuke's Mangekyou Sharingan? How did I end up opening it at this time...?"

Naruto Uchiha instinctively wanted to look up at the sky, but remembering the excruciating pain from the terrifying babbling earlier, he forcibly held back.

"Could it be that I wasn't the only one affected by the blood-red full moon's anomaly? Did I also undergo an anomaly?"

Is the moon a blood-red full moon right now?

Naruto Uchiha asked a nurse.

The nurse was terrified by the enormous, nightmarish monster covered in tentacles not far away, but under Uchiha Naruto's questioning, she couldn't help but look up at the night sky.

"No, it's just a sliver of a crescent moon, and it's just a normal white color."

Are you saying that ordinary people can't see these things?

Naruto Uchiha frowned, and with a "ding," the system's long-awaited notification sound rang out.

[System patch download complete]

Uchiha Naruto was taken aback and quickly opened the system. He saw that under the LV3 Sharingan skill bar, there was a new skill called [Kagoto]!

(End of this chapter)