Chapter 151: Unlikely

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"I know you are arrogant, but that was still pathetically easy to trick you. Letting an opponent walk up to you and take a free shot? Are secretly an idiot?" Naruto questioned mockingly. "I know I played off your confidence and all that, but did you really have to make it so easy? All it took was a few sentences to make you give me a free shot. That's just stupid, you know."

Growling, Riser spat out, "Shut the hell up, you peasant. What have you done to me? I demand an answer."

Giving Riser a smug grin, Naruto indulged him by explaining, "You see, I know this obscure art called fuinjutsu. The art of sealing. With that ten day grace period you were so kind to give us, I managed to develop a specific type of seal. By placing it on my hands before we started, I then applied it to you through skin contact. Its purpose is to seal all movement of the victim from the neck down, which you are now bearing witness to."

It was a seal Jiraiya had showed him during their training trip. The Seal of Subjugation was mainly used as a way to allow the easier interrogation of prisoners.

It would seal the victim's ability to resist in any way, but would still allow them to talk. It also wouldn't interfere in vital bodily functions like the beating of the person's heart.

Usually it had to be applied directly to a person's body, but Naruto managed to modify it with a Transference Seal.

That way he could draw it up on a scroll, put it on his own skin, and then transfer it to someone else through skin contact.

There were plenty of downsides though. The seal took up quite a long time to draw up, upwards of three hours each.

The Transference Seal also destabilized the entire seal. Not in a way that would make it fail, but the seal would very quickly break down.

It would only last on a scroll for three days, and just one hour when on Naruto's skin. The Transference Seal was also automatic.

The seal would activate on the first person to touch the seal directly. Naruto didn't control who it would work on.

A careless brush from a teammate would turn them into the victim.

Naruto got around these issues in various ways. He wrote up the seals two days ago, and used his gloves to prevent anyone from touching the seals after he transferred them to his hands.

He then removed those gloves as he talked to Riser. The seal on the right hand was then used on Riser. The left on Ravel.

It was still very much a seal that could only work under specific conditions though.

Naruto needed to know exactly when a battle would happen in advance otherwise he wouldn't be able to create the seal in the proper time frame for it to be viable.

The surprise of the attack was also vital. Naruto hadn't dared use the seal on Ravel at risk of warning the more powerful Riser of the danger. Not to mention the time limit.

If the Rating Game lasted longer than an hour, a very real possibility since some of the longest Rating Games can last days, the seal would break down before Naruto could use it.

Naruto naturally had backup plans, but this was easily the best option for defeating Riser.

"Such a cowardly method of fighting," Riser claimed with a sneer.

"Please. It is called being smart. I enjoy a good brawl as much as the next guy, but you aren't exactly a guy that can be dealt with like that.

I'm man enough to admit that I'd probably lose if I fought you upfront, no tricks," Naruto acknowledged without shame.

"At least you know your place," Riser said with an arrogant smirk.

"I do…It's above you. If you haven't noticed, I am the one standing while you are on the ground. Not a position to be acting all high and mighty about," Naruto pointed out while crossing his arms.

Riser didn't lose any of his confidence at Naruto's words, instead retorting instantly, "Take pleasure while it lasts because it won't last for long. I'll admit to being impressed by this 'seal' thing, but this is far from over. I am still immortal. You can take all the shots you want at me right now, but it will do you no good. If anything, you'll only be hastening your end. I very much doubt that my body will regenerate with this 'seal' still on me. Once it is removed, I'll make sure to punish you for every insult you've paid me."

He had a point. The seal had moved to Riser's neck, looking like some form of a collar.

The Subjugation Seal was meant to restrain a prisoner.

It wasn't constructed to withstand damage to the sealing matrix. As soon as the seal was damaged, it will fail. No seal, no helpless Riser.

Naruto just rolled his eyes though, and exclaimed in exasperation, "Please. You think I haven't considered that. You really are a fool if you believe your healing factor is so flawless. I'll confess it is amazing concerning battle injuries, but it is focused around the type of injuries one would obtain in battle. There are plenty of other methods of harming you that I doubt your regeneration can help. Such as…Maybe burying you alive."

Riser's eyes nearly popped out of his head at that, his skin also turned pale. It was unlikely even a Phenex could survive being buried alive while incapable of moving.

Naruto's not quite sure if you can burn dirt, but Naruto doubts it. So getting your lungs filled with dirt would be a viable way of killing a Phenex.

Not to mention fire consumes oxygen, so it was very unlikely the Phenex's regeneration born from flames could prevent them from suffocating.

Yes. Burying Riser alive would have a high chance of killing him.

Laughing at Riser's realization, Naruto threw his arms out wide as he declared, "I see you finally realize.

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