At this moment—
both Kai and the Hidden Mist rogue ninja had completely lost themselves to the slaughter.
It was kill or be killed.
Especially the Mist defectors—watching their comrades fall one after another, their eyes turned bloodshot with rage, wishing to tear Kai apart.
…
"Ninja Art: Hidden Mist Technique!"
Hetian Jue formed hand seals, and thick mist rapidly spread across the battlefield.
Visibility dropped instantly.
Barely half a meter ahead could be seen.
…
All the rogue ninja vanished into the fog.
The Hidden Mist shinobi, long accustomed to such environments, had extremely sharp hearing.
This was their domain.
Their advantage.
…
Kai gripped his kunai tightly.
His gaze sharpened.
His breathing slowed.
He extended his senses, feeling for fluctuations in chakra.
…
A rogue ninja silently appeared behind him—to his left.
No footsteps.
Like a ghost.
A twisted grin spread across his face as he lunged forward, kunai aimed at Kai's back.
"You're dead!"
…
Bang!
Kai's body turned into a log.
Substitution Jutsu.
…
"When did he—!?"
The rogue's scalp went numb.
Instinct screamed danger.
He tried to retreat, to melt back into the mist.
…
Too late.
Kai was already behind him.
A flash of steel—
his throat was slit clean open.
Blood sprayed.
…
The man clutched at his neck—
but it was useless.
His vision dimmed—
and he collapsed with a dull thud.
…
Kai vanished into the mist once more.
…
Clang after clang, weapons collided in the fog.
Relying on his heightened senses and chakra perception, Kai moved like a tiger among sheep.
Every strike—
a potential kill.
…
"This won't work! We'll all die like this!"
Hetian Jue roared in fury and dispelled the mist.
…
What remained—
only two of them.
Hetian Jue himself—a jōnin, with only a shallow wound on his arm.
And another—a chūnin, severely injured, barely able to fight.
…
"Kid… let us go."
"I'll give you everything we've collected!"
Hetian Jue gritted his teeth.
He knew—
if this continued—
they wouldn't leave alive.
…
Kai said nothing.
He simply looked at them, a faint smile on his lips.
It sent chills down their spines.
…
Let them go?
Impossible.
They were—
resources.
…
"You're pushing too far!" Hetian Jue roared.
If escape wasn't an option—
then fight to the death!
…
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!"
Water surged upward, forming a massive dragon over ten meters long.
With a sharp gesture, it descended, roaring as it lunged toward Kai.
…
Kai smirked.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
…
Though only a C-rank jutsu, with his chakra, its power was monstrous.
…
Water and fire collided—
steam exploded outward, hissing violently.
…
"Body Flicker Technique!"
Kai vanished.
…
"So fast! He's coming—watch out!" Hetian Jue shouted.
…
Too late.
Kai appeared beside the injured chūnin—
like death whispering in his ear.
…
"Wood Release: Cutting Branch Technique."
A wooden spike pierced through him.
Then more erupted from within, turning his body into a grotesque pincushion.
…
"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"
Hetian Jue panicked, spewing out a torrent of water.
…
Just as it was about to hit, Kai leapt—
landing lightly atop the water's surface.
…
"…Explosive tags?"
His eyes narrowed.
Several had been attached to him without him noticing.
…
"Die!!!"
Hetian Jue laughed madly.
…
BOOM!!!
Multiple tags detonated at once—
even parting the water briefly.
…
Moments later—
a mangled corpse floated up.
Blood stained the water crimson.
…
"Hahaha! I avenged you all!"
Hetian Jue laughed wildly.
…
Then—
a voice behind him.
Soft.
Cold.
Dragging him into the abyss.
…
"Finished laughing?"
"Then I'll send you on your way…"
…
His vision blurred—
then refocused.
…
Kai stood before him, a kunai pressed to his chest.
Scarlet eyes—
two tomoe spinning.
…
"Genjutsu: Between Illusion and Reality."
An A-rank genjutsu.
It blurred truth and illusion, making hallucinations feel real.
…
What Hetian Jue saw—Kai's death—
was nothing but illusion.
…
"You… what are you?"
"Senju… or Uchiha…?"
He laughed bitterly.
Wood Release.
Sharingan.
What kind of monster was this?
…
Kai replied flatly—
"I'm your father."
…
The kunai pierced his heart.
…
All thirteen Hidden Mist rogue ninja—
eliminated.
…
Kai activated Wood Release, absorbing their chakra.
…
"Energy +1370."
"Energy +520."
"Energy +476…"
…
Asura's Chakra: Lv.2 → Lv.3
…
It broke through.
Level 3.
…
He opened the system panel.
Host: Uchiha Kai
Age: 8
Affiliation: Uchiha
Ninjutsu:
Substitution, Clone, Transformation, Shadow Clone
Fire Release: Great Fireball, Great Fire Annihilation
Wind Release: Gale
Mystical Palm Technique
Genjutsu: Demonic Shackles, Between Illusion and Reality
Wood Release: Cutting, Strangling, Wood Locking Wall, Great Forest
Bloodlines:
Sharingan Lv.2 (712 / 1,000,000)
Asura's Chakra Lv.3 (1210 / 10,000,000)
Wood Release Lv.2 (1876 / 1,000,000)
Chakra: 200 / 8000 (Average Jonin: 1000)
Reserve Chakra: 4280 / 40,000
Level 3 Asura's Chakra—
finally achieved.
…
Kai clenched his fist.
Power surged through him—
endless.
…
More importantly, his chakra capacity had increased drastically.
8,000 per day.
After maintenance—
7,200 usable for upgrades.
…
At this rate—
within a year—
he could push both Sharingan and Wood Release to Level 3.
Three-tomoe Sharingan.
New Wood Release techniques.
…
He glanced at the requirements and couldn't help but complain:
"Level 4 needs ten million energy… seriously?"
…
At this pace—
four years per upgrade.
Slow.
…
Unless—
he absorbed something bigger.
Like—
Tailed Beasts.
…
But that required caution.
Each one was monstrously powerful.
…
Just as Kai finished cleaning up—
preparing to leave—
a figure approached from afar.
Her voice—
clear and pleasant like silver bells.
…
"Who would've thought… in my lifetime…"
"I'd get to see Wood Release from Konoha."
"What an honor."
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