"You have left me with no choice!" A hoarse, cruel smile appears on the assassin's face. His voice echoes in Yugo and Ritsu's ears.
The assassin takes out a black lacrima with swirling purple demonic essence within it. There are several strange fuinjutsu runic patterns on its surface. The assassin grits his teeth and plunges the black lacrima near his heart.
Squelch…
Suddenly, several purple tendrils burst out from the black lacrima. These purple tendrils drill into the assassin's body and fuse the lacrima with his heart.
Shua…
The strange fuinjutsu runes on the lacrima forms a ritualistic pattern on the assassin's body. The crimson pattern emits a bright glow, and the aura of the assassin's chakra rises sharply.
"This is bad!" Yugo's expression turns grim.
Swish… Swish…
He makes a series of hand signs and slams his palm on the ground.
"Earth Release: Rock spike,"
Rumble… Rumble…
Several sharp rock spikes erupt from the ground and pierce through the assassin's body, tearing it into pieces. However, the crimson glow from the ritualistic pattern spreads through the assassin's body. His body rapidly absorbs the nearby broken flesh and blood. A crimson reverse pentagram curse mark appears on his chest and a thumping sound echoes in the surrounding.
"None of you shall escape!"
A demonic whisper escapes from the assassin's mouth. His eyes glow red and the curse markings spread across his entire body.
Squirm… Squirm…
Suddenly, several purple-blood blisters appear on his body. These blisters rapidly mend the holes created by Uncle Yugo's technique. The assassin's body regenerates within seconds and his size increases by three-fold, turning into a herculean behemoth.
The lumps of flesh in his body twist and turn unnaturally; making it look like something sinister is about to crawl from deep within his body.
Shua…
Dark purple flames erupt from the curse marks on his body. The flames emit a palpitating, sinister pressure.
Crack… Crack…
The roof beneath his feet crumbles and the entire building shake violently.
Argh…
Ritsu, who was staring at the assassin, felt a painful stinging sensation in his eyes. He swiftly closes his eyes to avoid damaging them. Yet despite this, tears of blood flow from his eyes and he faints from the sinister pressure released by the abomination.
"Shadow clone Jutsu!"
Yugo quickly makes a shadow clone. The shadow clone grabs Ritsu and rushes away from the battle.
Meanwhile, the real Yugo draws his sword and prepares for the second round of the battle.
While the mutant was still transforming, he threw several shurikens and kunais with explosive tags toward it.
Ding… Ding…
The shurikens bounce back after hitting the thick metallic skin of the monster in front of him. The purple flames on its body burn the metallic weapons to ashes.
Boom… Boom…
The paper bombs explode, raising a small cloud of dust and debris. Yugo's eyes warily stare at the spot.
Swish…
The monster waves its massive arm, blowing away the surrounding dust.
Ah… Haha…
An eerie, demonic laughter escapes from the abomination's mouth. Red light flickers through his eyes and his pupil turns hollow.
ARGHH…
The curse seals mutate his body even further. Huge fangs and razor-sharp claws grow out of its mouth and hand. Its forearms bulge out and turn massive.
ARGH…
The monster releases a blood-curdling scream. Its penetrating gaze turns to Yugo. A cold gleam flashes across its claws.
Swish…
It swipes its massive claws toward Yugo, releasing a burst of purple flame attack in the shape of a giant claw.
Whoosh…
Yugo swiftly leaps out of the way, avoiding the lethal strike.
Boom…
The massive energy claw attack travels several meters, striking another building in the distance. Its attack carves a massive claw-shaped mark on the building. Purple flames burn at the place of impact.
GRAWR…
The monster unleashes a few more claw attacks, destroying several nearby buildings.
Yugo maneuvers between the monster's attacks, dodging everything with swift, agile movements.
While dodging the attacks, Yugo draws his blade and slashes several times at the monster. His every sword strike aims for the gaps between the monster's armor.
GRAWR…
The monster growls in agony as the sword strike draws its blood, leaving numerous injuries on its body. By infusing chakra into his blade, the lethality of Yugo's strike has increased by several folds.
Bang…Bang…
The angry monster rapidly smashes the ground to crush the annoying pest. However, Yugo slips past its furious attacks and harasses it with numerous sword strikes from all openings.
RAWR…
Enraged, it releases a deafening roar and stomps its foot on the ground.
Rumble… Rumble…
The building beneath its feet crumbles apart. Yugo leaps in the air and lands on another building in front of the monster.
Sensing that its previous attacks were useless, the monster opens its giant mouth to inhale. It rapidly sucks the purple flames spread across its body. Soon, the monster completely swallows the flames.
Huff… Huff…
It snorts out small wisps of purple flames from its nostrils.
Thump… Thump…
Suddenly, the chest of the monster expands rapidly.
"Not good!"
Yugo's expression turns bleak.
Swish… Swish…
He makes a series of hand signs and enters the ground to escape.
ROOARR…
The monster spews out a massive beam of purple flame from its mouth, burning everything in front of its sight into cinders. An enormous sea of purple flames engulfs the surrounding buildings.
Whoosh…
Yugo crawls out of the ground and hides behind a building. The monster continues to spew out purple flames from its mouth.
'At this rate, it will destroy everything!'
The monster turns in Yugo's direction.
Bang…
It stomps its foot on the ground and charges towards him.
"Damn it!"
Yugo makes a series of quick hand signs and slams his palm on the ground.
"Earth Release: Earth Wall,"
He erects a defensive earth wall in the monster's path. However, the monster rams through the wall, destroying it effortlessly. It continues its charge without losing momentum and destroys the walls of two more buildings before stopping.
Rumble… Rumble…
The building collapses from the impact.
GRAWR…
It releases a roar and turns around. Its red eyes locked on Yugo, who has escaped to another block.
"Looks like the transformation grants him immense strength at the cost of his sanity!" Yugo continues to retreat.
"In that case, I can lure this monster to an open area and lay a trap to restrict its movements." He formulates a plan while dodging the monster's strikes.
Bang…
The monster punches the wall of a building, demolishing it into rubble. It menacingly looks around and spots Yugo, who intentionally revealed his position.
GRAWR…
It charges towards Yugo like a juggernaut, destroying everything in its path. Uncle Yugo's eyes narrow as he continues to lure the monster away while informing his teammates in advance.
The rest of Yugo's teammates have already vacated several nearby blocks to prevent casualties. Soon, he leads the monster to a small park at some distance from the city center.
Yugo suddenly turns around and makes a series of hand signs. He slams both palms on the ground.
"Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld,"
The ground beneath the monster's feet turns into a puddle of mud, creating a vast swamp. The swamp significantly reduces the speed of the monster.
"Earth Release: Multiple Earth Wall,"
Yugo erects multiple earth walls in the monster's path and even creates a fortified rock wall much stronger than before.
Thud… Thud… Thud…
A loud thud echoes as the monster slams through the walls. It destroys several earth walls before slamming into the fortified rock wall. The entire wall trembles from the collision. Some cracks appear on the wall, but it manages to withstand the impact. The mud also makes the monster lose its momentum and the slippery swamp beneath its feet prevents it from gathering enough speed for another charge.
Bang… Bang…
It scratches and claws the rock wall in a frenzy.
Swish… Swish… Swish…
Yugo makes more hand signs and slams his palm on the ground.
"Earth Release: Rock Wall prison,"
Rumble… Rumble…
Three more walls erupt from the ground and lock the abomination in a prison.
"Earth Release: Iron Maiden,"
He claps his palm, and the wall begins to drift towards each other. Sharp rock spikes manifest on their outer and inner side.
Rumble…
With a loud rumble, two sides of the wall close completely.
Phew…
Yugo heaves a sigh of relief.
"The brute strength of this monster is very high. If left loose, it can easily destroy the city within half an hour. I can't contain this monster for long."
Bang… Bang…
Several cracks appear on the walls of the rock prison. At this rate, the walls will collapse within a few more attacks.
Whoosh… Whoosh…
Soon, several leaf shinobis arrive on the spot. Yugo's teammates have already vacated the surroundings and are here to support him in the battle.
Noticing Yugo's leaf headband, the stationed shinobis of the Nanten city heave a sigh of relief. Another leaf shinobi in a jounin outfit walks forward to enquire about the situation.
Bang… Bang… Bang…
However, the sudden loud rumbling noise makes him swallow his words.
"Stay back and form a perimeter!" Yugo's expression turns serious.
"It's stronger than I thought!" He mutters and prepares to confront the monster.
"I am a jounin from Konoha and I will take command of this situation," Yugo orders the stationed leaf shinobis.
"Yes, sir!"
The jounin retreats quickly and signals to his team.
BANG…
With a loud bang, a hulking figure smashes apart the Iron Maiden prison built by Yugo. A huge purple arm as thick as a human's body juts out of the broken wall.
Gulp…
Several chunnin gulp their saliva in fear. This is the first time they have seen something like this.
"Don't falter!" Yugo's cold voice sobers them up.
Swish… Swish…
He makes a series of hand signs and slams his palm on the ground.
"Earth Release: Bedrock coffin,"
Yugo claps his palm. A massive section of the surrounding ground erupts and folds together to clamp the iron maiden prison.
"Shinobis with earth release, erect multiple earth walls to form a close perimeter. Water release users fill the inside with water, and lightning releases shinobis channel lightning jutsu through the water. Fire release users cool down the mixture." He issues a series of orders.
Rumble… Rumble…
The shinobis erect multiple earth walls around the perimeter.
Whoosh…
Yugo jumps out of the walls and makes a series of hand signs.
"Earth Release: Quicklime,"
He spits out a large amount of quicklime from his mouth.
"Now!'
The water release users pour out large amounts of water.
Bang…
With a loud bang, the monster destroys the surrounding rubble. It stomps its foot on the ground and attempts to jump out.
"No, you won't go anywhere!"
Yugo claps his palm.
"Seven Heavenly Breath: Third Activation,"
His eyes turn white, and his body emits a yellow aura.
Bang…
He kicks the air and jumps on top of the gigantic monster.
"Heavenly Assault Fist"
He clenches his fist and punches towards the monster.
BANG…
Yugo's punch produces a deafening noise similar to a high-caliber gunshot. The air in front of his fist compresses and the monster, sensing danger, instinctively protects its head with massive arms.
BANG…
His punch lands on the monster's arm. The powerful force of the punch destroys the hard outer shell and strikes the inner soft flesh. The monster's thick arms get mangled by the impact and the momentum of the punch transfers to its body.
Boom…
The monster crash lands in the water inside the earth prison walls, creating a huge splash.
"Now!"
Several lightning release users fire multiple lighting release jutsus. The lightning paralyzes the giant monster. Its massive body twitches from the shock.
The yellow aura around Yugo disperses and sweat trickles down his forehead.
The fire-release users use fire techniques to solidify the quick lime and wind-release users use their techniques to cool it rapidly.
The massive monster is trapped inside an enormous block of concrete, unable to move its body.
This further fuel the rage and madness in its eyes. It attempts to flail its arm to break free. Cracks appear on the huge concrete slab, much to the surrounding shinobi's fear. Just as the monster was about to break free;
"Everyone, move aside!"
A calm female voice echoes in the surroundings. Everyone instinctively moves aside as Ishiko walks towards the giant monster.
"Lady Ishiko!" Yugo flickers beside Ishiko and bows his head.
Mm…
Ishiko glances at Yugo and nods. She turns to the huge abomination; a frown appears on her face.
Swoosh…
She takes out a scroll from her clothes and lays it down on the ground.
Swish… Swish… Swish…
Ishiko makes a series of hand signs and slams her palm on the ground.
"Secret Art: Uzumaki Demon Suppression Seal,"
A gigantic sealing formula appears on the ground around the massive abomination. The sealing formula glows with a bright light and connects to the scroll on the ground.
The seal on the scroll also lights up and the monster's body twists into space. A powerful sealing force acts upon it and attempts to pull it inside the sealing scroll.
More and more fuinjutsu runes on the ground light up as the sealing formation reaches completion.
Weng…
Just when the seal was about to be completed, a reverse pentagram symbol appeared on the monster's forehead.
Ishiko's expression turns ugly as soon as the reverse pentagram seal appears.
Bang… Bang… Bang…
With several loud bangs, the sealing formation crumbles and the pentagram seal dissolves into dark purple flames.
Cough… Cough…
Ishiko suffers a backlash, but she quickly suppresses it with her large chakra reserve.
ARGH… GAAH…
The monster screams in pain as the purple flames burn it alive. Its flesh melts and drips on the concrete slab, corroding it. Soon, the entire concrete slab melts away, leaving a writhing monster behind.
Purple flames burn away the blistering flesh of the monster, revealing a young man in his late twenties.
"Save me! Please save me!" The young man cries for help.
A shinobi steps forward to douse the flames, but Ishiko quickly stops him.
"Don't touch these flames or else you will also suffer a similar fate." She warns.
The shinobi backs out in fear after hearing Ishiko's statement. Purple flames slowly consume the man's body, corroding his flesh and melting his skeleton. Soon, the flames die down, leaving a black lacrima and a pile of ashes in the shape of a reverse pentagram.
Ishiko steps forward, makes more hand signs, and slams her palm on the ground.
"Uzumaki Evil Sealing Technique,"
Another smaller fuinjutsu formation appears around the reverse pentagram mark and seals it inside a scroll.
After sealing the evil mark, she turns to Yugo.
"Investigate the details of this incident!"
"Yes, Lady Ishiko!"
Yugo nods and turns his attention to the leaf shinobis around him.
"We will cooperate with the investigation." The leaf shinobis nods.
They have already recognized the identities of these two distinguished figures.
One of them is a Senju clan member, and the other is an Uzumaki clan member. And judging from the latter's behavior, the Uzumaki woman has a higher status.
After sealing the evil mark, Ishiko returns to the inn to check on her son, Ritsu.