Side Story Part 11: Redaku Arc: Battle Against Umibozu Part-2

The evil cult group leader stabs the pitch-black dagger through his heart.

Lubdub…

A large amount of dark, sinister chakra seeps into his body through the dagger. His heart thumps rapidly and multiple pulses of sinister chakra erupt from his body.

Argh…. Aah…

The remaining captured members of the evil cult also squirm in pain. A curse mark in the shape of an eight-spoked circle appears around their neck.

Ahh!!

The evil cult members continue to scream in agony. Their eyes turn red as blood pours out of them. Even their flesh and bones slowly coagulate into a squirming ball of flesh. Dark black sinister energy condenses around the body of the evil cult group leader. The blood and sinister chakra from other members pour into his body.

Soon, a gigantic orb of flesh, bones, and evil energy floated near the limp body of Umibozu.

Thump… thump…

The lump of flesh and chakra beats rapidly like a heart and releases multiple faint pulses of sinister energy.

GYYYAAA… SCREE…

Multiple giant eel monsters leap out of the sea and gather around the body of Umibozu. Their entire body is covered in the sinister chakra. Their screams produce a cacophony full of violence and frenzy. This sound produces an effect similar to a genjutsu and induces fear into the heart of every person in Shirodo town.

"BAKEMONO!!"

Chaos ensues among the civilians at the sheer number of monsters surrounding the gulf.

Gulp…

Hoshi and Kei gulp their saliva.

"We were no match for a small eel monster attacking our ship. And now…"

They glance at hundreds and thousands of eel monsters of similar or even greater sizes.

"… How could we fight against something like that?" The civilian despairs at the sight of these monsters.

"The SOUL FRACTURE STONES! We must repel them with the soul fracture stones." Some hopeful people quickly suggest a solution.

"It's no use!" One of the coastal guards shakes his head as he points toward the red eyes of the eel monsters.

"These monsters are in a frenzy. The soul fracture stone is no longer effective on them."

"No, that can't be! There must be something… something we can do in this situation." Some courageous people grit their teeth.

"Are we destined to die like this?" A few people lose hope and fall to their knees.

"Seems like this is the end!" An elderly figure with long white hair and a beard shakes his head.

"This situation is much worse than the previous one." The rest of the people turn towards him.

"Ojisan!" The civilians politely address the old man.

"You know something, Ojisan!" They ask him.

"Yes, a similar situation happened fifty years ago during the Shirodo festival. Back then, on the night of the full moon, a tide of sea monsters attacked the village. We only survived thanks to the shinobi I fished out of the sea. But now… sigh…" He shakes his head.

"The number of monsters is much greater than before and not only that…"

The people understand the meaning behind his words. Most of them fall to their knees and lose hope.

"Is there really no hope for us? No miracle?"

Even the members of the Uzu clan who were cheering and celebrating a moment ago loses the color on their faces.

Yuri desperately clenches her fists. She takes a deep breath and firms her resolve to sacrifice her life. Without any regard for body and soul, she infuses all of her chakra and life force into the summoning seal.

Fwoosh…

A gigantic pillar of silver light emanates from her body. This pillar of energy pierces the clouds in the sky to reveal the moon. Moonlight shines upon the giant body of the summoned creature and rapidly heals its wounds.

KYAAA…

The plesiosaur releases a powerful scream and fires multiple smaller beams of energy. These beams of energy obliterate the flood of sea monsters.

However, the number of casualties is nothing but a drop in the sea. More eel monster replaces their compatriots and slowly close the gap between themselves and the plesiosaur.

Fwoosh…

The plesiosaur erects a barrier around itself to prevent the flood of monsters from drowning itself. However, more and more monsters throw themselves at it without regard for their life.

The larger eel monsters have erected a barrier around the corpse of Umibozu with their body. The giant lump of flesh and evil chakra slowly fuses with Umibozu's body. Numerous shadow tendril of Umibozu penetrates the thumping flesh heap and drags it inside its body.

The smaller eel monster throws their body at the barrier while the large eel monster charges multiple beams of energy and bombards the barrier around the plesiosaur.

Despite their vast difference in power, the plesiosaur is overwhelmed by the sheer number of the eel monsters. It occasionally fires a beam of energy and water and wind blades to slice the monsters, but none of this is effective against the mob of monsters.

Crack… crack…

Numerous small cracks appear on its barrier.

"We are doomed!"

The townsfolk lose all hope, as even their powerful Sea Lord is unable to handle the enormous wave of monsters. The Sea Lord has exhausted much of its energy in its fight against the Umibozu. Currently, it's barely holding itself, thanks to the supplement of chakra from its summoner.

Yuri grits her teeth and prepares to infuse her last breath of life and chakra into the summoning seal.

"Since I am destined to perish, I will make my sacrifice worth it."

Izuna, who was silently analyzing the curse mark since earlier, turns his gaze to Yuri. Her bright glow of chakra reminds him of the lamp that burns brighter before it eventually extinguishes.

"That's quite heroic of you. But there is no need to push yourself so far."

Izuna pats her shoulder and disperses all her chakra with his action.

AH!

Yuri is startled by Izuna's action. He smiles at her and steps forward.

Rumble… Rumble…

The ground beneath his feet trembles as Izuna riles up his chakra.

Akari, Yuri, and Viktor sense the massive amount of chakra within Izuna's body. Their eyes widen to the extreme as an unbelievable scene occurs in front of them.

With Izuna's every step, the ground beneath him freezes. The ice domain slowly expands with Izuna as the center and envelops the massive hoard of eel monsters.

"Artic Release: Frozen World of Absolute Nothingness,"

Izuna silently whispers as the col frost envelops every sea creature inside his frost domain. The entirety of the gulf turns into a tundra with bone-chilling iciness. Everything except for a small area around the giant plesiosaur freezes to its core.

Tap… Tap…

Izuna slowly steps onto the icy field and walks towards the plesiosaur. The sudden appearance of frost domain startles the summon. It warily looks around and notices the lone figure of Izuna walking towards itself.

[You are that human child!]

A feminine voice appears in Izuna's head.

'Hmm… Telepathy!'

Izuna is slightly surprised by the mental communication.

"You know me?"

Izuna confronts the giant sea dinosaur.

[I sensed a familiar bloodline from you. The bloodline of my first contractor!]

The plesiosaur answers him.

"Familiar bloodline from me?" Izuna points towards himself.

"I am pretty sure I have no bloodline connection with Kenshiro Senju," Izuna answers her.

[Hmm… the connection I sensed is severed. How is that possible?] The plesiosaur is surprised as she tries to sense the bloodline of the Uzumaki clan on him.

"Hmm… I think I understand what you are talking about." Izuna removes the restriction of the Sin seal and reveals Kushina's body to her.

[Yes, that's it! This is the presence I sense earlier. But how did it vanish?] Confusion appears on its face.

Swoosh…

Izuna stores Kushina's body back into the seal.

"She is my mentor. She suffered a serious injury and I am currently searching for methods to heal her." Izuna answers her doubts.

[Ah… I see. I think I have a method to help you. But first, we must deal with these monsters.] It turns its attention toward the eel monsters and the Umibozu.

Most of the weaker eel monsters lost their lives in the vast frost domain. The powerful ones are struggling and are almost on the verge of freeing themselves from the frozen state.

"Oh well! I just wanted to restrain them for a while." Izuna shrugs his shoulder.

[Ryui… short for Ryuzaki, that's the name my first master Kenshiro-sama gave me.] Ryui introduces herself.

"Izuna Uchiha! I am Izuna Uchiha."

Izuna takes a step forward. Silver and Gold chakra envelops him as a massive amount of chakra gathers around him.

"SUSANOO!!"