Chapter 168: Frozen Sea Area

"Damn it... Isobu has actually been put into a deep sleep..."

Struggling to get back up from the sea surface, the Fourth Mizukage Yagura spoke with difficulty. The intense injuries he had just suffered had directly plunged his three-tailed Isobu into a state of slumber.

"How... do you still want to continue fighting with me?"

Watching the battered Fourth Mizukage Yagura below, Yu, standing in the sky, raised an eyebrow lightly, his words carrying a hint of mockery.

"I'm going to kill you!!"

As if he hadn't heard Yu's words at all, Yagura, staggering as he climbed up from the water, had a look of madness in his eyes.

"Water Release: Water Mirror Jutsu!!"

Swiftly forming hand seals, Yagura, with Isobu temporarily deprived of tail-beast Chakra due to being in a deep sleep, still crazily mobilized all the remaining Chakra within himself still under the control of Obito Sharingan's Genjutsu, unleashing his ultimate Ninjutsu.

The unique Water Release Ninjutsu of Kirigakure formed a clear and pristine water mirror on Yagura's Coral Staff. This mirror could create clones identical to the enemy and use the same Ninjutsu with equal power.

"Sigh..."

"Uchiha Obito, let me help you end this game early!"

Seeing the Fourth Mizukage Yagura attempting a final struggle, Yu sighed helplessly. The strength of this three-tailed Jinchuriki was truly disappointing to him, not even meeting the standards of the true Five Kage.

Just as the Water Mirror Jutsu of the Fourth Mizukage Yagura was about to replicate himself in a brief moment, Yu unexpectedly manipulated Tyrant, along with Toshogun, to bounce off the air using Space Transfer!

Ice Age!!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment, in the despondent gaze of the Fourth Mizukage Yagura.

In an instant, the highly condensed freezing power transferred by Tyrant onto Toshogun, hovering above him, seemed to materialize into a substantial radiance, directly blasting onto his head.

With a cracking sound, starting from under Yagura's feet, the power of freezing rapidly spread, and in the blink of an eye, the entire sea surface turned into an endless ice field.

In an instant, except for Yu and the Shisui team of four, almost all the Mist Ninjas around transformed into vivid ice sculptures, casting an inexplicable brilliance under the evening sunset.

The chilly breeze of cold wind blew over, and a silence fell upon the remaining ninjas on the ice field...

"What... what kind of power is this..."

Watching the vast sea in front of him turning into an endless white ice field, Shisui muttered somewhat bewildered.

"It directly changed the environment here..."

"Truly god-like power..."

Meanwhile, Tsukimi, Kanra, and the rest of Shisui's team were completely stunned, their minds entering a state of temporary paralysis. The breathtaking scene before them had temporarily robbed them of their ability to think.

"It's a bit of a shame..."

"Wasted a decent material."

Descending from the sky, after looking at the lifeless ice sculpture of the Fourth Mizukage Yagura that had split in half from the middle, Yu couldn't help but mutter with some regret.

However, he didn't care too much. After all, in this world, there were puppet materials much more powerful than the Fourth Mizukage Yagura.

Moreover, unlike the pursuit of a hundred-puppet maneuvers by the genius puppet sculptor Sasori of the Red Sand from the Sand, Yu never cared about quantity. What he sought was that every puppet he created must possess the power to defeat thousands of enemies.

Human puppets? No, Yu preferred to call them—Divine Puppets.

"I didn't expect this mission to be completed in this way. Let's go."

Ignoring the few surviving ninjas on the frozen sea who had already been scared out of their wits, running towards the Kirigakure village in the distance, Yu dusted off his clothes and, awakening Shisui and the others, vanished together on the frozen sea.

At the same time.

In a strange space, everywhere one looked, mysterious cubic structures were visible.

"Space-Time Ninjutsu! There's no mistake... That was definitely Space-Time Ninjutsu!"

A black-clothed figure with a spiral-shaped mask on his face, after losing contact with the three-tailed Jinchuriki, had an expression of horror in his eyes. "I didn't expect... in this world, apart from me and the Yellow Flash, Yakushi Yu actually possesses Space-Time abilities!"

"Damn it... the three-tailed Jinchuriki was taken down by him..."

"It seems like the plan to control Kirigakure and create chaos will have to be put on hold for now..."

"Yakushi Yu... is really a persistent fellow..."

Thinking about how his plan to manipulate the Fourth Mizukage Yagura and create a tyrannical rule in Kirigakure was thwarted by Yu, the masked man couldn't help but mutter under his breath. However, soon he darkly chuckled.

"But it doesn't matter... the real show is just beginning..."

A series of low and eerie laughter echoed throughout this strange space.

Around the entire frozen sea area surrounding the Kirigakure Ninja Village, Yu and his team of five were walking leisurely on the frozen surface.

After receiving expert Medical Ninjutsu treatment from Yu, the Shisui team had almost completely healed from the injuries they sustained in the intense battle just now.

"Next, I have some matters to attend to in the Water Country. I'll send you all back to Konoha to report on the mission."

As the group was about to leave this vast ice field and step back onto the land of the Water Country, it seemed like Yu's Observation Haki sensed something. Suddenly, he halted his steps.

"What? Yu, are you not coming back with us?!"

Hearing that Yu intended to stay alone in the Water Country, Shisui couldn't help but be surprised.

"Hold on!!"

At that moment, a melodious and cold shout came from behind.

Everyone subconsciously turned around, only to see a sexy and charming Ninja dressed in a shoulder-baring outfit. She had long brown hair covering one eye, leading a group of Kirigakure Ninjas chasing after them.

'Terumi Mei?'

Looking back at this alluring beauty, Yu immediately recognized her – the future Fifth Mizukage, the only known Ninja in the anime with dual Kekkei Genkai.

"What's the matter?"

Seeing Terumi Mei, the powerful and confident Mizukage in the anime, Yu turned around and playfully smiled.

At this time, Terumi Mei appeared to be around seventeen or eighteen years old. Though not as mature and charming as during her tenure as the Fifth Mizukage in the anime, she still exuded a particularly youthful and attractive aura.

"You're Ninjas from Konoha. It seems you are the legendary Scarlet Yu," she said.

"To think you killed so many of our Ninja and even our Mizukage-sama. We won't let you just leave so easily."

Terumi Mei bluntly revealed Yu's identity, and a group of Mist Ninjas behind her stared at Yu's group with unfriendly glares.

"I must say, beautiful sister... Your Fourth Mizukage caused so much bloodshed and implemented oppressive policies in your village. Shouldn't you be happy that I helped you by taking him down?" Ignoring the watchful eyes of the Kirigakure Ninjas, Yu's expression remained calm and composed.

He knew that Yagura, controlled by Uchiha Obito, had implemented bloody regimes and oppressive policies in Kirigakure, suppressing all Ninja with Kekkei Genkai. Therefore, Terumi Mei and her family were definitely not on the same side as Yagura.

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