"Your speed may be fast," Kuugetsu said coldly, "but the smoke you stirred up was nowhere near as dramatic as it should've been. That's when your lie fell apart.
You were never moving at the speed of light. You were simply manipulating the light around you—creating an illusionary afterimage—while you used the cover to move in close and attack directly.
When I pretended to collapse and played dead, I used that mont to test sothing… and that's when I discovered your second ability. I could feel the vibrations in the ground when you approached—but I didn't hear anything."
Listening to her deduction, Yamashiro's face twisted in pain and frustration.
"I really did underestimate you, girl," he said bitterly. "And that space-ti ninjutsu of yours—it caught completely off guard…"
Then, suddenly, a grin spread across the old Uchiha's bloodied face.
"But in the end, the one who wins tonight… is !"
In an instant, Yamashiro's half-dead body began to turn translucent. The next second, his form flickered—and he appeared directly behind Kuugetsu.
Before she could react, his blade pierced straight through her body.
Kuugetsu's eyes widened in shock. She turned her head slowly, only to see Yamashiro's twisted, triumphant grin—and his left eye, now pale and lifeless.
Yamashiro laughed wildly.
"You truly don't understand the depth of the Uchiha's power!"
And he was right. Kuugetsu had never been part of the clan's inner circle; she didn't know of their darkest forbidden technique—Izanagi.
With that jutsu, Yamashiro had turned death itself into illusion and rewrote reality, giving himself one last chance to strike back.
As he pulled his blade free, Kuugetsu collapsed to the ground, her strength gone.
Yamashiro turned toward the distance, his remaining right eye locking onto Kushina—who had witnessed everything and was now trembling with rage.
The mont their eyes t, Kushina's mind went completely blank. Even the Nine-Tails within her fell silent and still.
There was no escaping it: the Mangekyō Sharingan's suppressive power over tailed beasts was simply too strong.
Under Yamashiro's genjutsu, Kushina's consciousness was completely erased. In her place erged the controlled Nine-Tails.
Crimson chakra surged from her body in a torrent, thickening and expanding until it took the monstrous form of an enormous, orange-red fox.
At that mont, the Nine-Tails' eyes turned into Mangekyō patterns—a reflection of Yamashiro's control.
Staring up at the beast, Yamashiro's gaze flickered with mad delight—but the next second, he coughed up a huge mouthful of blood.
The battle with Kuugetsu, the use of Izanagi, and now the forced domination of the Nine-Tails—it was far too much. Even a healthy Uchiha would struggle to survive such strain. For an old man already at death's door, it was a miracle he was still standing.
Kneeling to the ground, clutching his chest and gasping for breath, Yamashiro thought grimly:
The Nine-Tails is mine. I'm only one step away from success… I can't die here.
Without hesitation, he pulled out a final secret drug from his robes — "Tiger-Beats-Wolf."
This was a secret dicine of the Tiger-Swallow clan. Though "Tiger-Beats-Wolf" was originally a hallucinogen, when mixed with certain other dicinal ingredients, it beca a powerful painkiller capable of even suppressing the side effects of the Mangekyō — if only temporarily.
Swallowing the pill, Yamashiro managed to force a little more life back into his body.
Taking a deep breath, he pushed himself upright, grabbed hold of one of the Nine-Tails' tails, and climbed onto its back.
Just one more step…
If I can control the Nine-Tails to reach the Hokage building — if I can capture or kill Tsunade — everything will be over.
Under his control, the massive beast began marching toward the Hokage's office, crushing houses beneath its feet and killing countless civilians along the way.
—
anwhile, at the Hokage Building, Tsunade and Pakura had only just managed to subdue Uchiha Iwa —
or rather, Iwa hadn't been defeated by them, but by sothing else entirely...
To be precise, Uchiha Iwa brought about his own death. His Mangekyō Sharingan ability was indeed troubleso, but the fool had completely lost control — using it over and over again without restraint.
Since those eyes weren't even originally his, such reckless use naturally led to a severe backlash.
Tsunade seized the opening — the instant he clutched his eyes and scread in pain, she ended it with a single monstrous punch.
Looking down at Uchiha Iwa's corpse, Tsunade gave a disdainful snort. Turning around, she saw that the other Uchiha attackers were either dead or captured.
The entire Uchiha strike force that had assaulted the Hokage Building had been wiped out.
At that thought, Tsunade allowed herself a faint smile.
So the Uchiha weren't as terrifying as I imagined. If I just help Kuugetsu protect Kushina now, everything should be settled.
She even chuckled to herself.
Looks like I won't even need to trouble Hoshiyomi for help after all~ (ω
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