Chapter 61: Opening the Eight Gates, Power Soaring Straight to the Kage Level!

The Root shinobi charged forward one after another.

Yet.

Reiji continued to handle them with ease.

Combining the Lightning Release stimulation technique with Shisui’s Body Flicker Technique, along with the speed gained from opening the Eight Gates,

and further combining it with the Sharingan’s perceptive ability and the reaction speed granted by Lightning Release stimulating his nerves,

even when surrounded and attacked by more than a dozen Root shinobi, he was still able to maintain the upper hand!

At the same time.

The look of wariness in Shimura Danzo’s eyes grew increasingly intense.

A sense of astonishment even began to rise within him.

Not to mention anything else.

Just the speed Reiji was displaying right now had already completely surpassed Shisui’s Body Flicker!

During the previous attack on Shisui, Danzo had also been pursued by him.

However!

The speed Reiji was displaying now was even greater than it had been back then!

"In terms of talent... he’s even above Uchiha Shisui!"

Thinking this, Danzo could not help but develop a trace of greed in his heart.

If only such talent and such power could be used by him!

The Uchiha clan, although a naturally evil clan, was indeed filled with geniuses!

Unfortunately.

As someone who had inherited the Will of Fire from the Second Hokage, he was destined to be an enemy of the Uchiha clan.

"What a pity. Such a genius cannot be used by me."

Danzo shook his head and said to the person beside him:

"Ryoma, you deal with him."

The man wore a black cloak and dark sunglasses, with a purple marking on the right side of his face. He respectfully nodded.

"Yes, Lord Danzo."

Aburame Ryoma!

The second-in-command of Root.

He was a true veteran who had assisted Danzo ever since the establishment of Root.

His eyes were hidden behind his sunglasses, making it impossible to see his expression. His voice remained completely emotionless.

"Wind, find an opportunity for me."

"Yes!"

Yamanaka Fu, standing nearby, immediately acknowledged the order.

He focused completely on Uchiha Reiji, who was slaughtering his way through the crowd.

Suddenly!

An opening!

Having caught a flaw, the Root shinobi from the Yamanaka clan immediately seized the opportunity and used the Mind Body Switch Technique against Reiji.

A surge of chakra entered his body.

Reiji’s figure paused slightly.

He could feel a will fighting him for control over his body!

"The Mind Body Switch Technique?"

He quickly realized what this secret technique was. The Sharingan in Reiji’s eyes suddenly gleamed!

"Pfft!"

Yamanaka Fu immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.

The consciousness that had invaded Reiji’s body was directly repelled.

"How could this happen...?"

This was the first time his Mind Body Switch Technique had failed so quickly and so completely.

Even worse!

The chakra he had sent into the opponent’s body had directly rebounded, inflicting severe damage on him!

Even against a three-tomoe Uchiha, this should have been impossible!

What he did not know was that Reiji’s Sharingan ocular power was already extremely close to the level of the Mangekyo Sharingan!

And the Yamanaka clan’s secret technique was, in essence, still an application of Yin Release.

When it came to manipulating Yin Release, who could possibly surpass the Uchiha clan, who had inherited the Yin power of the Sage of Six Paths?

However.

Although Yamanaka Fu’s secret technique had failed,

Aburame Ryoma seized the moment when Reiji was resisting the mental intrusion. He raised a hand, and a massive swarm of insects shot into the air with a buzzing sound!

"Ah!!!"

The enormous swarm directly enveloped Reiji and all the Root shinobi around him.

The Root shinobi touched by the insects quickly saw the affected areas of their bodies turn black. They had clearly been poisoned.

"You’re really not concerned about friend or foe..."

Reiji sighed inwardly at Root’s style.

Lightning immediately erupted around his entire body, with dense arcs of electricity spreading across him!

Chidori Stream!

By spreading the Chidori throughout his entire body, he could launch attacks against enemies in all 360 degrees.

Although its power was limited and it was not particularly effective against shinobi,

if the targets were insects, that was an entirely different matter.

In the air.

A series of crisp crackling sounds rang out.

And Reiji seized this opportunity to move forward and kill several poisoned Root shinobi!

All the poisonous insects were eliminated by the Chidori Stream.

Aburame Ryoma’s expression remained unchanged, showing no disappointment whatsoever at his failed attack.

He cared even less about the Root shinobi who had been poisoned and killed because of him.

His mind rapidly calculated his next strategy.

The Lightning Release technique Reiji had just used across his entire body could counter most of his insects.

Therefore, he needed insects capable of resisting Lightning Release.

Fortunately, he had cultivated exactly this kind of insect.

Moreover, these insects could absorb the target’s chakra.

The problem was.

These insects could only parasitize living creatures.

Even if they temporarily left the host’s body, they would quickly die.

Therefore, during combat, he needed to make close contact with the enemy and inject these insects into their body.

Having settled on his strategy, Aburame Ryoma mercilessly ordered the others:

"Cover me!"

He immediately charged toward Reiji.

Reiji’s eyes flashed.

Lightning appeared along the short blade in his hand, and he swung it directly at Aburame Ryoma!

Clang!

Ryoma quickly raised a kunai to block the strike.

However.

Aburame Ryoma soon discovered, to his astonishment, that his kunai had become as fragile as if it were made of wood, and was directly cut in half!

What kind of blade was this?

Looking at the lightning covering Reiji’s short blade, realization dawned on Aburame Ryoma.

It should have been reinforced with Lightning Release, giving it such terrifying sharpness!

Slash!

The lightning-wreathed short blade directly cut into Aburame Ryoma’s body.

Reiji slightly furrowed his brows, sensing something strange about the impact.

Then!

The severed body of Aburame Ryoma instantly transformed into a massive swarm of black insects, which rushed toward him!

"An Insect Clone...?"

Reiji once again unleashed Chidori Stream, killing all the insects.

Ahead.

Another massive group of Root shinobi charged toward him.

Relying on his speed and perceptive ability, Reiji moved freely through the crowd.

Like a god of death, he would occasionally claim the life of another Root shinobi.

Suddenly!

A fierce punch came at him from within the crowd!

Reiji’s right hand, which held the blade, had no time to swing back.

He lightly redirected the punch with his left hand, using his taijutsu skills to deflect it.

Only then.

Did Reiji realize that the one attacking him was Aburame Ryoma.

At some point, the man had infiltrated the crowd.

"Something’s wrong!"

Reiji frowned.

His opponent’s attack could not possibly be this simple.

His Sharingan quickly observed the situation. Carefully sensing the abnormalities in his body, Reiji soon discovered that the chakra consumption around his arm was abnormal.

He quickly retreated.

Only after carefully examining himself did he discover the insects that had entered his body.

"Insects capable of consuming chakra?"

Reiji tried using Chidori Stream, but discovered that he could not kill all the insects.

"They can not only absorb chakra and reproduce, but also resist lightning?"

Reiji could not help but admire them inwardly.

Although they were enemies,

the Aburame clan’s secret techniques were indeed quite interesting when used for sneak attacks.

However...

Simply having ordinary resistance to lightning was not enough.

Lightning Release chakra rapidly gathered and concentrated around his left arm!

Under the bombardment of high-intensity Lightning Release chakra, all the insects were killed one after another.

"Enough warming up."

Reiji directly threw away the standard short blade in his hand.

A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth as he raised a finger and touched the position of the Life Gate in the upper-middle portion of his chest.

Not far away, Danzo’s eyes narrowed slightly.

Finally, he was going to use the Eight Gates?

Earlier, the opponent had only opened the first two gates.

But the true power of the Eight Gates could only be unleashed after the third gate!

He just did not know how many gates this Uchiha Reiji could open now.

"Third Gate, Life Gate... Open!"

"Fourth Gate, Pain Gate... Open!"

"Fifth Gate, Limit Gate... Open!"

Within just a few breaths, Reiji opened three gates in succession!

A tremendous amount of chakra surged out from his various chakra points.

After opening the fifth gate, Reiji’s entire body had already become flushed red from the blood rushing through it.

A wave of force directly sent the surrounding objects flying!

A Root shinobi rushed toward him, attempting to interrupt him, but Reiji punched him so hard that his chest caved inward.

As Reiji ran, he opened the sixth gate:

"Sixth Gate, Gate of View... Open!"

Boom!

Green chakra flames enveloped his entire body!

"The Sixth Gate...?"

"He’s only twelve years old, yet he’s already reached this level?"

Thinking this, Danzo’s killing intent grew even stronger.

The higher-ups of Konoha had already learned about the power of the Eight Gates after the incident involving Might Duy.

A mere Eternal Genin had opened all eight gates and actually overwhelmed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, killing four of the seven!

However.

Might Duy had already been in his thirties at the time.

He had spent decades training in the Eight Gates.

But Uchiha Reiji was only a little over twelve and not yet thirteen.

He had only trained in the Eight Gates for five years!

And he did not even specialize solely in the Eight Gates.

Yet he had already reached the sixth gate!

If he were allowed to grow for a few more years, and eventually opened all eight gates, then no one in the entire Konoha would be able to stop him!

Sharingan, Fire Release, Lightning Release—he excelled at all of them!

Thinking of this, Danzo felt increasingly certain that his decision had been correct.

Uchiha Reiji truly had to be killed as soon as possible!

Ahead.

Aburame Ryoma had already led the Root shinobi and blocked Reiji’s path.

Boom!

Reiji kicked him directly in the abdomen.

Aburame Ryoma spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying, crashing heavily onto the ground!

His head was spinning, and his entire body felt as though it had been crippled.

If not for his considerable strength, that single attack would already have killed him!

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