Chapter 215: Got Him

Chapter 215: Chapter 215: Got Him

The way Hyuga Kagami had broken free filled Uchiha Ryota with an overwhelming sense of danger.

As someone with extensive combat experience, Ryota had seen all manner of techniques. Yet even after racking his brain, he still couldn’t figure out what kind of technique Kagami had just used!

"Just as the Clan Head said... this Kamigami really is bizarre..."

Uchiha Ryota’s expression gradually turned grave.

Although he was bloodthirsty and unhinged, he wasn’t stupid. If anything, people like him—those who possessed an almost bestial instinct for killing—were often even more sensitive to danger and knew exactly when to advance and when to retreat.

And right now, his instincts were screaming at him that he had reached a life-or-death juncture.

This instinctive warning was a unique talent Ryota had developed after awakening his three-tomoe Sharingan, something he had never told anyone about.

It was precisely this intuition that had allowed him to shine during the brutal Third Shinobi World War. With his outstanding battle record, he had risen in one fell swoop to become one of the Uchiha clan’s most powerful figures, second only to Clan Head Fugaku.

He had even been entrusted with command of the Uchiha clan’s execution squad—the unit responsible for handling the clan’s dirtiest work.

In any prestigious shinobi clan, those entrusted with handling the clan’s dirty work were invariably among its finest elites. After all, the weak simply weren’t capable of doing that kind of work.

If Shisui hadn’t suddenly risen to prominence after awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan, then even now, Uchiha Ryota would still be the undisputed number-two figure in the Uchiha clan.

At that moment, Kagami walked toward Uchiha Ryota while deliberately trying to provoke him. "Compared to that useless Uchiha Hideki, you’re a lot more cunning!"

Ryota wasn’t angered by Kagami’s casual taunt. Instead, he gave Kagami and Shisui a long, penetrating look, as though trying to engrave their appearances into his memory. Then his hands rapidly formed seals.

"Summoning Technique!"

Poof...

A cloud of white smoke instantly erupted.

When the smoke dispersed, a large calico cat appeared before them. A napkin was tied around its neck, a fork was clutched in its left paw, a knife in its right, and half a fish head was still dangling from its mouth.

Still chewing on the fish head, the large cat mumbled indistinctly, "Ryota, didn’t we already agree? I don’t provide services during mealtime!"

Uchiha Ryota didn’t answer. Instead, he immediately formed another hand seal and forcibly canceled the summoning, sending the large cat away.

Shisui’s expression changed. No longer caring about exposing his identity, he shouted, "Senpai! That ninja cat just now was Kusauomaru, the one who can use a hundred different technique! He’s trying to escape with a Reverse Summoning!"

Kagami didn’t need Shisui’s warning. He had already guessed Uchiha Ryota’s intentions.

So, the instant Ryota sent the large cat Kusauomaru away, Kagami activated Wheel of Will and dragged Uchiha Ryota straight toward himself!

"What...!?"

Uchiha Ryota, who had been waiting for Kusauomaru to reverse-summon him, was suddenly seized by an immense attractive force. His body flew uncontrollably toward Kagami.

At the same time, Kagami leaped into the air. He completed his hand seals before he even landed, then slammed a palm onto the shoulder of the approaching Uchiha Ryota.

"Contract Seal, seal!"

Before Ryota could even recover from the shock, Shisui—who had likewise been pulled over by Kagami’s Wheel of Will—seized the opportunity to cast a genjutsu on him.

The entire exchange had happened in the blink of an eye!

The whole sequence lasted only a few breaths. By the time all three landed on the ground, not only had Uchiha Ryota’s contracts with the outside world been completely severed by the Contract Seal, but he had also been dragged into a battle of genjutsu against Shisui.

Uchiha Ryota’s ocular power was on an entirely different level from Uchiha Hideki’s.

Back when he had been swiftly defeated by Shisui within the clan, a large part of the reason was that he had underestimated Shisui, who was nearly ten years younger than him. But this time, it was a true life-or-death battle. Even Shisui couldn’t instantly subdue him with genjutsu.

That was precisely why Kagami had made the first move.

According to their original battle plan, Kagami’s role was to draw Uchiha Ryota’s attention and create an opening for Shisui to launch a surprise attack.

The plan had been arranged this way because only by catching Ryota off guard did Shisui have a chance of subduing him instantly.

If they fought head-on, the outcome would be much harder to predict.

In the original timeline, even Itachi, after awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan, needed to use his Mangekyo’s unique dojutsu, Tsukuyomi, to instantly subdue Kakashi, who wasn’t even an Uchiha.

And Shisui obviously wasn’t going to use his own Mangekyo Sharingan dojutsu, Kotoamatsukami, on Uchiha Ryota in a battle like this.

Without the slightest hesitation, Kagami struck the back of Uchiha Ryota’s neck with his palm, knocking him unconscious.

The moment Ryota lost consciousness, Shisui staggered back several steps and withdrew from the genjutsu confrontation.

"Ryota’s ocular power seems to have grown quite a bit stronger than before!"

While applying the Four Symbols Seal to the unconscious Uchiha Ryota, Kagami said, "That bastard almost got away!"

At Kagami’s words, Shisui also felt a lingering sense of alarm.

If Uchiha Ryota had managed to escape this time and realized that he was Kamigami’s target, finding another opportunity to ambush him would become extremely difficult.

Moreover, there was no telling whether Ryota had noticed anything suspicious during their brief clash just now.

After completing the seal, Kagami urged, "I’ll take care of him. Leave immediately and find a suitable opportunity to show yourself somewhere else. That’ll clear you of suspicion."

Shisui said nothing more. His figure flickered and vanished from the spot.

Kagami slowly formed a series of hand seals and activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode. Keeping a careful watch over the surrounding area with his Tenseigan, he carried the unconscious Uchiha Ryota toward the secret detention facility.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Not long after Kagami left, several figures arrived at the battlefield.

They were none other than Asuma, Chiriku, and several Uchiha clansmen who had previously been traveling with Uchiha Ryota.

Of course, their reasons for pursuing Ryota were completely different.

The Uchiha clansmen were worried that Ryota, now separated from the others, might be attacked by Kamigami.

Asuma and Chiriku, on the other hand, had come in their capacity as members of the Twelve Guardian Ninja to settle accounts with Uchiha Ryota for his indiscriminate slaughter of innocent civilians.

Arriving before the twisted and shattered iron cage left behind on the battlefield, one of the Uchiha clansmen said with a grim expression, "This is bad. Ryota may have run into trouble!"

At that moment, Asuma and Chiriku noticed the signal flare lying on the ground.

"Doesn’t this signal flare belong to your Uchiha clan?"

Another Uchiha clansman walked over. After giving it only a cursory glance, he nodded.

"Yeah. This is a signal flare unique to our Uchiha clan. Ryota most likely left it behind!"

Asuma’s expression turned serious.

"To stop Uchiha Ryota from even firing a distress signal... his opponent was most likely a member of Kamigami!"