Chapter 363: Kekkei Genkai vs. Kekkei Genkai; Chiya: Well Done! [HN]

Konoha Village, above the Hokage Rock.

Mirai and Chimi were already fully prepared, dressed in dark combat uniforms suited for movement.

“Are you ready?”

Chiya looked at them and made one final confirmation.

“It’s just Kekkei Genkai, right? We have them too, so don’t worry, Father!~!”

Mirai was full of confidence.

Chimi, meanwhile, carefully checked the Sealing Scrolls and energy detection talismans she carried with her.

Chiya nodded without saying anything more.

His figure slowly became transparent as though he were merging into the air, eventually disappearing completely without leaving behind even the slightest trace of Chakra.

Mirai and Chimi exchanged a glance, and both saw determination in each other’s eyes.

They no longer hesitated.

Following the coordinates on the mission scroll, their figures flashed and transformed into two streaks of speed as they raced toward the Land of Hot Springs.

Their speed was astonishing.

Mirai’s physique was powerful, and every step she took was filled with strength.

Chimi’s movements were lighter and more graceful, making use of air resistance to an extreme degree.

Several hours later, the two girls arrived at the valley described in the intelligence.

Before they even approached, a chaotic and violent energy aura rushed toward them.

“The residual energy is extremely strong, and… very unstable.”

Chimi closed her eyes and sensed it carefully before speaking.

“He only left recently. The direction is… southeast.”

Mirai clenched her fists, fighting spirit burning in her eyes.

“Let’s go!”

The two followed the traces of energy all the way until they finally reached an open wasteland covered in jagged rocks.

There, they saw a figure standing atop a huge boulder as though he had been waiting for them.

He was a man of average height wearing a tattered white robe.

His skin was an unhealthy grayish white, while faint halos of different Chakra attributes circulated around his body, giving him an extremely strange and discordant appearance.

Most unsettling of all were his eyes, filled with madness, arrogance, and a hysterical hatred.

“Oh? They only sent two little girls?”

Hiruko looked down at Mirai and Chimi from atop the boulder, his voice carrying a metallic scraping quality.

“Does Uchiha Chiya have no one left to use? Or does he really think the two of you can deal with me?”

Mirai stepped forward without the slightest fear and met his gaze directly.

“Hiruko! You slaughtered Konoha’s comrades, defected from the village, and now you’ve openly declared war on Konoha! Today, under the Hokage’s orders, we’ve come to capture you!”

“Capture me? Hahahaha!”

Hiruko threw his head back and laughed as though he had just heard the funniest joke in the world.

“With just you two?”

Mirai and Chimi stood on either side, confronting Hiruko atop the enormous boulder.

The chaotic energy currents in the air pressed the atmosphere to the breaking point.

“Two ignorant little brats…”

Hiruko licked his lips, greed and cruelty flashing in his eyes.

“The Kekkei Genkai within you belongs to me!”

“Swift Release, Instant Light!”

His figure suddenly disappeared.

It was not a Body Flicker Technique or spatial movement, but pure speed taken to the extreme.

Only a pale blue afterimage remained where he had stood, while the deafening sonic boom arrived a moment later.

“Left!”

Chimi’s Three Tomoe Sharingan spun rapidly, accurately capturing the movement trajectory that had almost surpassed the limits of vision, while her mental perception transmitted it directly to Mirai.

Mirai’s pupils contracted as the Chakra within her body erupted.

“Eight Gates! First Gate, Opening Gate, open!”

“Second Gate, Healing Gate, open!”

“Third Gate, Life Gate, open!”

Green energy vapor erupted from the Chakra points throughout her body, and immense strength filled her limbs.

She did not choose to meet him head-on.

Instead, Chakra instantly erupted beneath her feet.

“High-Speed Body Flicker Technique!”

At the critical moment, Mirai’s figure also blurred, allowing her to evade Hiruko’s claws as they reached directly for her throat, covered in the metallic sheen of Steel Release.

The fierce pressure generated by the steel claws nearly sliced off several strands of hair above her forehead.

“Oh? Not bad speed!”

Hiruko was slightly surprised that his attack had missed.

But his assault did not stop.

He spread the fingers of his other hand, and dazzling white lightning gathered within his palm.

“But how many times can you dodge?!”

“Storm Release, Lightning Cloud!”

A small lightning cloud instantly formed above Mirai’s head.

Countless lightning serpents writhed within it before crashing downward.

“Lava Release, Granite!”

Mirai slammed both hands against the ground.

Blazing lava mixed with Chakra instantly solidified above her head into a huge dark-red lava shield covered in countless holes.

Lightning struck the shield.

Most of it was conducted into the earth, while Mirai easily dodged the few bolts that penetrated through by using the High-Speed Body Flicker Technique.

“It’s not over yet! Explosion Release, Landmine Fist!”

Hiruko followed like a shadow.

Taking advantage of the instant when Mirai was blocking the Storm Release, he punched directly into the lava shield.

The violent explosive energy was released instantly.

“Boom!”

The lava shield shattered into countless pieces, while scorching fragments flew in every direction.

Mirai was sent flying by the shockwave.

Yet while still in midair, she had already adjusted her posture.

Her right hand slapped the Sealing Scroll at her waist.

“Hum!”

A simply designed katana with a cold, gleaming blade appeared in her hand.

“Uchiha Style, Lava Release, Flaming Sword Leap!”

Using the explosive shockwave and the momentum of her descent, Mirai gripped the sword with both hands.

Chakra poured into the blade, and she suddenly slashed downward, releasing a blazing lava slash.

This was not an ordinary Lava Release technique.

It compressed the nature transformation of Lava Release Chakra to its limit and infused it into swordsmanship, giving it an extremely sharp offensive force.

The flaming slash moved incredibly fast and instantly reached Hiruko.

“Trivial trick! Dark Release, Absorption Hole!”

Hiruko did not dodge.

An invisible vortex once again appeared before his chest as he attempted to absorb the flaming slash.

However, at the moment the flaming slash was about to be absorbed…

“Genjutsu, Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique!”

Chimi, who had remained at the edge of the battlefield, suddenly locked eyes with Hiruko using her Three Tomoe Sharingan.

Although Hiruko’s mental strength was not weak, at the instant when he was fully focused on dealing with Mirai’s attack and his mind developed the slightest opening, he was still disrupted by the sudden Genjutsu for 0.1 seconds.

The rhythm of his absorption was interrupted.

“Slash!”

Although the flaming slash had lost much of its power, it still struck Hiruko squarely across the chest, leaving behind a charred mark.

It failed to break through his Steel Release defense, but it still caused his blood and Chakra to surge violently as he staggered backward.

“Bastards!”

Hiruko was both shocked and furious.

He had actually been forced into such a state by two little girls.

“You’ve completely angered me!”

He suddenly brought his hands together, and the Chakra around him erupted like a volcano.

“Storm Release, Laser Circus!”

“Explosion Release, Chain Landmines!”

Countless laser beams and explosive energy buried beneath the ground erupted simultaneously.

The sky and earth were instantly covered by destructive attacks.

This was an indiscriminate area bombardment designed to force the two girls into a battle of attrition.

“Sister!”

Chimi shouted sharply.

Her ten fingers moved rapidly, and countless Chakra threads that were almost invisible to the naked eye shot outward like living creatures.

They did not attack Hiruko.

Instead, they precisely wrapped around Mirai’s ankles, waist, and other parts of her body.

“Got it!”

Mirai and her sister were perfectly in sync.

She instantly abandoned defense and devoted herself completely to attacking.

“Fourth Gate, Wound Gate, open!”

An even stronger burst of green energy vapor erupted, and Mirai’s skin began turning red.

She bit the katana between her teeth and formed hand seals.

“Lava Release, Melting River Roasting Rock Technique!”

Several enormous lava fireballs crashed toward Hiruko like meteors, forcing him to defend or evade.

Chimi, meanwhile, was like the most precise puppeteer.

With one hand, she controlled the Chakra threads, while her right hand simultaneously performed Ice Release.

Every time Mirai used the threads to gain leverage or change direction, Chimi provided the most precise pull and acceleration.

Mirai’s already terrifying speed soared even higher with Chimi’s assistance.

She was like a deadly spirit dancing through lightning and explosions.

Every time she flashed into view, she brought with her a sharp arc of sword light.

“Uchiha Style, Gale Sword!”

“Uchiha Style, Moonlit Night!”

The sword light was like a flowing ribbon, like a raging gale, and like an illusion, striking Hiruko from all sorts of unbelievable angles.

Hiruko’s Steel Release defense was powerful.

However, after Mirai opened the Fourth Gate and combined her Monstrous Strength and extreme Chakra into her attacks, while Chimi occasionally used Ice Release to freeze specific points and weaken the activity of his Steel Release, the wounds on Hiruko’s body began to increase.

“Damn it! Damn it!”

Hiruko roared repeatedly as he continuously used Dark Release to absorb the incoming Ninjutsu and part of their effects.

But Mirai and Chimi’s attack rhythm was too fast and too unpredictable.

Even the absorption speed of Dark Release was beginning to fall behind.

“I have to break their coordination!”

A ruthless look flashed through Hiruko’s eyes.

He deliberately took one of Mirai’s slashes, sparks flying from his shoulder, and used the impact to suddenly rush toward Chimi, who had been controlling the battle from the outer perimeter.

“Swift Release, Super Sonic Thunder Release Blade!”

He combined Storm Release and Swift Release.

His arm transformed into a streak of blue light wrapped in high-frequency lightning, breaking through the sound barrier as it stabbed directly toward Chimi.

This was a decisive strike intended to eliminate the troublesome “controller” first.

“Chimi!”

Mirai wanted to rush back and help, but the Explosion Release landmines Hiruko had deliberately left behind blocked her path.

Facing this earth-shattering attack, Chimi remained unusually calm.

Her Three Tomoe Sharingan clearly saw the opponent’s muscle movements, Chakra circulation, and even the distortion of the air.

She knew she could not dodge.

And she had never intended to.

She formed hand seals and slightly parted her lips.

“Genjutsu, Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique!”

Hiruko suddenly felt the space around him freeze.

Countless invisible stakes appeared from nowhere, attempting to completely pin his mind and movements in place.

Although his powerful Chakra and will allowed him to break free almost instantly, the speed of his thrust inevitably slowed for a moment.

That moment was enough.

“Ice Release, Ice Rock Dome!”

An incredibly thick wall of ice instantly rose from the ground and blocked Chimi’s path.

“Crack!”

The lightning blade pierced through the ice wall, but its power had already been greatly reduced.

Chimi took this opportunity to retreat rapidly while waving both hands.

“Fire Release, Dragon Flame Jutsu!”

“Ice Release, Ice Dragon Tail!”

A fire dragon and an ice dragon intertwined as they rushed toward Hiruko, who had just broken through the ice.

The violent collision between ice and fire produced a massive amount of high-temperature steam, instantly obscuring the battlefield.

“Trivial tricks!”

Hiruko roared.

Dark Release activated, absorbing the remaining flames and ice shards.

With Steel Release protecting his body, he charged through the steam.

However, the moment he emerged from the cloud of steam, he saw Mirai already high in the air.

Her entire body was wrapped in green energy vapor and blazing Lava Release Chakra, resembling a small sun.

Meanwhile, Chimi stood on the other side with her hands crossed in front of her chest.

A transparent cube appeared between her hands.

The moment Hiruko saw her make this gesture, his heart trembled violently.

“That power… Dust Release?! Impossible!”

Hiruko’s soul nearly left his body in terror.

There was no way he could withstand complete Dust Release.

“Dark Release, maximum power, Devouring World!”

He desperately drove his Dark Release to its limit, creating an enormous dark energy vortex before himself in an attempt to forcibly absorb the devastating attack.

“Now!”

Mirai shouted from the air.

Chimi’s Three Tomoe Sharingan spun rapidly as her ocular power erupted.

“Genjutsu, Sharingan, Phantom Mirror Prison!”

This was not an attack, but a restraint.

It was an ability she possessed innately.

Using her Sharingan, she forcibly created a mirror-like prison on the mental level.

She temporarily trapped Hiruko’s consciousness within the extreme fear of Dust Release and the madness of forcing his Dark Release to its limit, causing an extremely brief mental freeze.

His reaction to changes in the outside world slowed by half a beat.

And in that moment, the white cube in her hands did not fire.

Instead, it suddenly disappeared.

Because the Dust Release from earlier had merely been something she had manifested through Genjutsu.

Mirai’s eyes widened.

“Lava Release, Supreme Monstrous Strength, Mountain Shattering!”

She gathered the heat and fury of Lava Release, the extreme Monstrous Strength enhanced by the Eight Gates, the overwhelming strength of the Senju Clan, and the kinetic force of her high-speed dive into her right fist.

Her fist seemed to transform into a lava meteor descending from the heavens, tearing through the air with the will to destroy everything as it smashed toward Hiruko, whose Dark Release had momentarily stalled because of his mental freeze.

“You… tricked me?!”

Despair and disbelief finally appeared in Hiruko’s eyes.

“Bang!”

The terrifying impact shook the surrounding area for ten miles.

The fist did not strike the Dark Release vortex.

Instead, Mirai seized the instant of hesitation and smashed directly into Hiruko’s crossed arms, which were covered by Steel Release.

“Crack!”

The sound of bones breaking made one’s teeth ache.

“Argh!”

Hiruko released an agonized scream.

The Steel Release-covered arms he had been so proud of shattered inch by inch beneath this ultimate punch, which combined all of Mirai’s strength, calculations, and the sisters’ perfect coordination.

His body was sent flying like a stone launched from a catapult.

He smashed through seven or eight enormous boulders before finally collapsing into the ruins like a broken doll.

Blood gushed from his mouth, nose, and shattered arms, while his aura instantly weakened to its lowest point.

Mirai landed on the ground and released the Eight Gates.

She breathed heavily.

Every muscle in her body trembled, but her eyes were as bright as stars.

Chimi’s face was also pale from the enormous mental strain.

Her Sharingan automatically faded as she walked over to her sister and took her hand, revealing a faint smile filled with pride.

The two girls looked toward Hiruko in the distant ruins, uncertain whether he was alive or dead, and an indescribable sense of accomplishment surged through their hearts.

They had defeated an enemy possessing five Kekkei Genkai through their own strength.

This battle had not only tested everything they had learned through their training, but had also made them understand how indispensable they were to each other in battle.

Mirai was an incomparably sharp spear, while Chimi was an all-seeing shield and strategist.

When spear and shield were combined, nothing could stand against them.

In the darkness, Chiya quietly watched everything, an unmistakable look of approval flashing through his eyes.

He had never expected his Kekkei Genkai to truly be inherited by his daughters.

Moreover, they were already using them with considerable proficiency.

Hiruko had been a worthwhile whetstone.

His daughters had truly begun to reveal the brilliant light that belonged to them.

Chiya slowly appeared beside the two girls.

When they saw Chiya, both girls looked at him expectantly.

“Well done!”

The corners of both girls’ mouths lifted almost simultaneously, their smiles blooming like flowers.