Chapter 130 : Uchiha Kagami VS Kakuzu!!

Uchiha Kagami was too close to Kakuzu. As soon as Kakuzu finished speaking, Kagami was already doing his best to get away from him. 

He didn't expect Kakuzu to be so decisive against his friend. 

Faced with a large-scale Fire Release attack, the substitution jutsu was no longer effective. 

If Uchiha Kagami wanted to avoid injury, he had to use that technique. 

Boom~ 

Flames that resembled ocean waves engulfed Uchiha Kagami, turning all the trees affected by the flames into ashes. 

Kakuzu thought that his friend would also turn to dust like the surrounding trees, consumed by the violent, tide-like flames. 

"Kagami, my only friend, have a good journey!" 

Kakuzu used his strongest Fire Release technique, trying to spare Kagami the pain of dying. 

Perhaps this was his final kindness to his friend. 

Thinking about Kagami's death, he realized he wouldn't have a single friend left in the vast ninja world, and tears rolled down his face. 

"Fortunately, I still have money to keep me company. As long as I have enough money, I won't feel lonely." 

Putting away the four Earth Grudge Fear masks, Kakuzu turned to leave. 

With such a big fire in the woods, it would definitely attract the attention of the Cloud Ninja. 

If he didn't leave now, when would he? 

However, as he jumped to a large tree, he suddenly felt a chilling chakra surging from the sea of flames behind him. 

"What is this?" 

Turning around, he was shocked to see a giant gray skeleton made of chakra. 

"Is this the ultimate eye technique of the Sharingan, Susanoo?" 

Kakuzu had never seen Susanoo, but when he was in Takigakure, he had read a book detailing the strongest powers in the ninja world at that time. 

In the book, the first ranked power was the Wood Release of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju. 

The second was the ultimate eye technique of the Mangekyō Sharingan, Susanoo. 

"Kakuzu, even if I have to break your bones, I'm taking you back to Konoha." 

Standing at the center of Susanoo, Kagami was furious. 

Each time he used the ability of the Mangekyō Sharingan, his vision would decrease a little. 

Especially when using Susanoo, his vision dropped too damn fast. 

To avoid becoming blind, he decided to end this quickly and take down Kakuzu.

As his heart followed his will, a gray Susanoo quickly formed a chakra sword in its hand and swung it toward Kakuzu.

Faced with the attack, Kakuzu wouldn't just stand there foolishly.

He quickly jumped down from the tree, using a zigzag movement to evade the attack from the mirror.

"The Susanoo is so large, its attack speed can't be very fast," Kakuzu thought.

He was right; the attack speed of Susanoo was indeed slow.

It might be enough to deal with regular Jonin, but against a ninja of Kakuzu's caliber, that speed was somewhat lacking.

However, Kakuzu still underestimated Susanoo.

How could a technique called one of the ultimate Dojutsu of the Sharingan be so simple? Its attack speed might not be fast, but its power and range were significant.

Swoosh~ 

A blade came at him, and Kakuzu seized the opportunity to dodge.

As he expected, the attack from Susanoo couldn't hit him at all.

Still, that blow affected Kakuzu.

When the chakra sword struck the ground, the wind generated by the blade and the debris from the impact still hurt Kakuzu a bit.

The wind cut his face, and the flying stones made a few holes in his body.

"Truly the ultimate technique of the Sharingan; it's quite troublesome," Kakuzu said.

A few small holes were nothing to him.

But if this kept up, those small holes might soon turn into dozens.

If luck turned worse, and a stone pierced through his chest to damage his heart, he would really be in tears.

Running away? That's not Kakuzu's style.

Dodging? That would only harm him.

Since that's the case, he had no choice but to counterattack. 

Whoosh~

Four of Kakuzu's Masks reappeared. While Susanoo was attacking, Kakuzu controlled the fire and wind Masks to position themselves on Susanoo's left side, while the water and lightning Masks took their place on the right.

Once the Masks were in position, Kakuzu launched his most powerful attack.

"Fire Release: Intelligent Hard Work!"

"Wind Style: Pressure Damage!"

"Combined Ninjutsu: Flame Wind Chaos Wave!"

The wind fueled the fire, and with the help of the Pressure Damage, the already terrifying power of the Intelligent Hard Work increased significantly in range and temperature.

"Lightning Style: False Darkness!"

"Water Style: Water Curtain!"

"Combined Ninjutsu: Lightning Water Explosive Roar!"

The combination of lightning and water wasn't as powerful as the fire and wind, but just looking at the intense lightning surrounding the water cannon showed that this technique also had considerable strength.

If the Flame Wind Chaos Wave was a group attack, then the Lightning Water Explosive Roar was a single-target attack.

Boom!!!

The two combined ninjutsu struck Susanoo, causing a series of explosions.

With each explosion, several small holes appeared on Susanoo.

Susanoo's defenses were breached!

Uchiha Kagami, wrapped inside Susanoo, felt the power of these two combined techniques the most.

Watching the explosions continue, he saw more and more holes appear, getting larger each time.

He realized he couldn't let this go on, so he increased the output of his chakra.

With this additional chakra support, Susanoo, which had previously resembled a skeletal frame, began to show signs of flesh and veins.

The holes created by Kakuzu started to fill up with chakra.

Before long, a fully formed Susanoo appeared before Kakuzu, with complete veins, holding a shield in its left hand and a sword in its right.

Without any hesitation, Susanoo swung its left hand, sending the shield flying towards Kakuzu like a shuriken.

At the same time, Kagami predicted the space where Kakuzu would dodge and commanded Susanoo to attack first with the sword in its right hand.

Faced with the incoming attacks from the shield and sword, Kakuzu felt a bit panicked.

He wanted to dodge; being hit by either the shield or the sword would definitely not feel good.

The escape route had already been blocked by Kagami, making it nearly impossible for Kakuzu to avoid the attack without taking damage.

At this moment, Kakuzu had two choices:

Do his best to evade and get sliced by the sword of Susanoo.

Stay put and get smashed by the shield of Susanoo.

Both options would lead to the loss of one of his hearts.

So, Kakuzu chose neither.

He felt he could still struggle a bit longer.

"Earth Style: Earth Spear!"

This was Kakuzu's strongest Earth technique.

By using Earth chakra, he could harden his skin.

When attacking, he could easily break through a wall.

When defending, he could block the explosion of a detonation tag.

Of course, he didn't think a mere earth spear could defend against Susanoo's attacks.

In addition to using the earth spear, he released many black threads from behind him.

Using these black threads, he could defend against Susanoo's shield and sword while wrapping one of his Masks to dodge the attacks.

After a series of maneuvers, Kakuzu successfully lost a heart from his main body.

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