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Gazing at the clan member collapsed on the ground, Kyosuke let out a deep sigh.
Paying no attention to the hostile enemies eyeing him intently, he crouched down and used the Mystical Palm Technique to quickly stop the bleeding.
"Milord, I—"
"Save your breath," Kyosuke interrupted, gesturing for him to conserve his strength rather than waste it on explanations.
Suddenly, a sharp sound of something cutting through the air came from behind.
The injured man's face instantly turned pale with shock as he glimpsed what was happening.
Not long ago, his captain had died at the hands of this very woman in a similar manner.
Could the same tragedy be repeating itself now?
"Didn't your teacher ever teach you not to turn your back on an enemy during battle?!" Watanabe Kaoru's wild laughter echoed, drawing ever closer.
"Foolish move," Kyosuke muttered coldly as a flicker of dark golden light shimmered around him. The rib-like structure of Susanoo materialized, encasing both him and the injured clan member within its protective embrace.
If it were just himself, Kyosuke could have eliminated the woman in countless ways, just as effortlessly as he had dispatched her subordinates earlier.
But with an injured companion present, it was best to keep the battle's intensity to a minimum.
Bang!
The terrifying Scorch Release struck Susanoo's energy ribs, causing them to sizzle and crackle under the searing heat.
It seemed the initial form of Susanoo wasn't sufficient enough to completely repel her attacks.
Thankfully, Kyosuke didn't need a perfect defense. A brief delay was more than enough.
"Never turn your back on the battlefield," Kyosuke stated, rising to his feet. His irregular six-pointed Mangekyō Sharingan bore down on the visibly shaken woman.
"You can't even muster the courage to meet my gaze, and yet you dare call yourself an enemy of Uchiha Kyosuke?!"
Dark golden flames ignited, wrapping around Susanoo as it manifested a skeletal arm. Three spinning magatama glimmered ominously along its length.
Yasaka Magatama!
"Damned brat," Watanabe Kaoru growled through clenched teeth, using her Scorch Release to condense a series of peculiar fireballs.
These were no ordinary fire techniques; even grazing one at close range would leave devastating injuries.
For safety, she created six flaming spheres and launched them toward the incoming magatama.
Boom!
A series of violent explosions erupted. Watanabe Kaoru had hoped to exploit the chaos to attack, but to her dismay, her Scorch Release barely managed to neutralize his assault.
Her mind churned with uncertainty, though her lips maintained their usual bravado. "Not bad. It seems the Uchiha aren't as useless as I thought."
"Is that so?" Kyosuke smirked disdainfully, his voice laced with mockery. "Your skills match your looks—utterly pathetic."
For a brief moment, Watanabe Kaoru felt as if she had met a true rival.
Steadying herself, she began circling Kyosuke cautiously, seeking a weakness in his strange skeletal armor. Yet no matter how hard she searched, she found none.
"Damn it! What kind of cursed ninjutsu is this?!" she cursed under her breath.
Her strength lay in close combat, with only mediocre capabilities for mid- to long-range attacks.
She threw two kunai, but unfortunately, they posed no threat to her opponent.
Realizing the situation, she knew she had no choice but to risk getting closer.
"Hmph. This time, I'll incinerate you into ash even through that skeletal cage."
With her resolve firm, Watanabe Kaoru dashed forward, her body a blur as she closed the distance.
Clearly, her mastery of the Body Flicker Technique was exceptional, making her a formidable foe overall.
But unfortunately for her, Kyosuke, with his Mangekyō Sharingan now activated, was no longer the same man he once was.
An opponent of elite jonin level, even possessing a bloodline limit, could still pose no real threat to him.
The skeletal arm reappeared, and the transformed Kusanagi Susanoo Sword materialized, slashing down with overwhelming force in the woman's terrified gaze.
The soft earth cracked, creating a deep rift three meters wide. The sword's impact was so strong that even the nearby stream, twenty meters away, seemed to briefly halt its flow.
No matter how much of a close combat specialist she claimed to be, once Kyosuke activated Susanoo, no matter what beasts or gods stood in his way, a single swing of the sword could erase them.
He had to admit, he was starting to relish this feeling of overcoming cleverness with sheer force.
"Ah!!!" From the cloud of dust, Watanabe Kaoru charged out, clutching her broken arm.
She had never anticipated her opponent to be this overwhelmingly powerful.
This sense of helplessness was something she had only experienced before with Lord Reto in battle.
The violent impact was something she still vividly recalled every time she awoke in the middle of the night.
"I have to escape from here." Watanabe Kaoru gritted her teeth and forced her body to activate the Body Flicker Technique for the second time in such a short period.
This also caused blood to flow out from the broken part of the arm like a burst pipe.
'It hurt'. She hadn't felt such pain in years.
But for her life, she knew she had to escape from the boy's grasp.
In that moment, she was no different from the Uchiha clansman who had fled before.
"Trying to escape?" Kyosuke's mocking voice rang out perfectly, "I heard that ninjas from the Land of Wind are all fearless in the face of death, but now it seems they are nothing more than a group of frauds, deceiving the world."
"That boastful Reto from the Sand, he's probably just a useless failure too."
This provoked Watanabe Kaoru, who had once held Reto in high regard.
She wanted to react like the person before her, using her life to defy the enemy's mockery.
But tragically, she didn't dare turn around.
The fear of death weighed heavily on her, making it hard to even breathe, let alone face the overwhelming strength of her opponent once more.
She could only flee, but even then, she stubbornly shot back, "Kid, we'll meet again on the battlefield soon."
As she spoke, she suddenly saw a peculiar kunai coming straight at her.
"Heh, are you embarrassed?" In that moment, she felt an odd sense of satisfaction, as if she were the one who had won.
Facing the boy's mocking gaze, she easily tilted her head to dodge the kunai. Just as she was about to say something, the boy disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"What's going on?" Before her surprise and fear could fully settle in, the tip of the Kusanagi sword suddenly pierced her chest.
"Are you afraid?" Kyosuke's voice, like a demon from hell, made her shudder.
"Ahhh! I'll make you die!" Watanabe Kaoru, knowing her end was near, desperately hoped to drag him down to hell with her.
But when she turned around, there was no sign of her enemy.
"Are you scared?" Kyosuke's voice echoed once more in her ear.
Watanabe Kaoru was paralyzed with fear. The terror of death had completely overwhelmed her.
Thinking of the collection at home, she shook her head frantically, shouting, "Don't kill me! I have information you'll be interested in! I can give you Rato's battle plans."
Ah, what a brave girl.
A mocking smile curled at Kyosuke's lips, but suddenly, he felt a sense of disinterest.
Not willing to waste more time, he swiftly formed hand seals, and a blazing fireball engulfed the enemy entirely.
She liked corpses, didn't she? Well, let her experience it herself before death.
[System Notification: Successfully killed Watanabe Kaoru, obtained 8130 points.]
[Points: 13840]
Killing her had covered the cost of exchanging for "Cell Cloning technology."
"Only 6,000 points left," Kyosuke had already set his sights on the next target.
[Sage Body (Beginner), exchange requires 20,000 points.]
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