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The camp that night was anything but calm.
First came a barrage of explosive tags, startling everyone out of their wits, making them think the Uchiha army had launched an attack.
Then came the roar of thunder, and with it, the arrival of Kirin. Its overwhelming power made every ninja experience the fear of death.
Finally, Lord Reto appeared. With a single electromagnetic cannon, he obliterated Kirin and nearly struck down the hidden enemy lurking in the dense mist from hundreds of meters away.
In mere minutes, the roller-coaster of events left everyone's hearts pounding.
"Not dead yet?" Reto murmured, his expression showing a faint surprise. His electromagnetic senses told him there was still a violent energy fluctuation within the thick fog.
The intruder was far from defeated.
"Interesting." He snapped his fingers softly, and a large amount of black iron sand surged from the ground, forming massive iron wings behind him.
While the electromagnetic field enabled him to levitate, it lacked agility. These iron wings, however, provided unmatched flexibility and precision.
As the man hailed as the "strongest," Reto's abilities would serve as the blueprint for generations of Kazekage to come.
Iron sand, gold dust, or mere sand—none could rival the terror of his electromagnetic field.
Flight, an extremely rare ability in the shinobi world, was as simple to him as raising a hand.
For this alone, Reto's name was enough to make waves across the Five Great Nations.
As the fog below gradually dissipated, a battered figure emerged—a skeletal structure of dark golden hue, glaring against the night.
"Ugh!" With a violent cough, Kyosuke spat out a mouthful of blood. Wiping the corner of his mouth, he slowly rose from his half-kneeling posture.
The enemy's abilities were truly terrifying, utterly unfamiliar to him.
Had he not immediately activated the first stage of Susano'o, he might have already gone to join the Sage of Six Paths.
Even now, Kyosuke couldn't figure out how his opponent had located him so quickly.
Not even the Byakugan could have pinpointed his position with such speed.
Moreover, the strange Lightning Release technique was entirely foreign, something he had never seen before—not even in the manga he'd read in his previous life.
Today's battle had given Kyosuke a vivid and painful lesson: awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan did not mean invincibility.
The shinobi world harbored countless mysterious and dangerous abilities. Without caution, he could easily find himself waiting to be revived by Edo Tensei.
Given how early the current timeline is, whether anyone in the future would even be able to resurrect him with Edo Tensei remains uncertain.
Adversity breeds vigilance, while complacency leads to ruin.
Kyosuke knew he had to remain alert and prepared. Many things in this world allow no second chances.
"Very well, impressive indeed." Lifting his head, Kyosuke locked his gaze on the man standing under the night sky. With a deep breath, he released the curse mark, and a pair of fleshy wings resembling hands extended from his back.
With a few slow flaps, he rose to the same height as his opponent.
His scarlet eyes glowed fiercely, and the fading Susano'o around him suddenly solidified. What had been mere skeletal remains grew muscle and sinew, eventually donning a cloak of dark golden chakra.
Susanoo – Second Form!
Though this form of Susano'o could not yet fly, it mattered little. As long as he, the user, could take to the skies, it was enough.
He knew Magnet Release could manipulate sand and stone, allowing it to bypass Susano'o's defenses from beneath.
Both Sasuke and Madara had fallen victim to such tactics. Kyosuke would not repeat their mistakes.
As he gazed at the dark golden giant hovering in midair, Reto's expression grew increasingly serious. He realized that the intruder might be even more formidable than he had initially anticipated.
After a brief moment of contemplation, Reto decided to speak, testing the waters before making his next move.
"Who are you?"
"Uchiha Kyosuke," Kyosuke responded, offering a certain degree of respect when facing an opponent capable of threatening him.
"Kyosuke." The name triggered a flood of memories in Reto's mind. As if piecing together a puzzle, he asked in a low voice, "Was Kaoru killed by you?"
"That woman? Impressive that you managed to identify her," Kyosuke admitted without hesitation.
Today, his objective was not only to eliminate Watanabe Kaoru but also to make many enemies pay with their lives for the fallen members of the Uchiha clan.
The straightforwardness of Kyosuke's answer surprised Reto slightly, but he could also sense the absolute determination emanating from his adversary.
Unfortunately, as long as he was here, no one would be allowed to wreak havoc.
Boom!
Thunder roared, the ground quaked, and electromagnetic forces rippled through the air, making the very world tremble.
"Call of Lightning!" Reto raised his right hand, and several bolts of lightning gathered furiously in his palm, eventually coalescing into a spear of blinding blue-white light.
Then, he pointed the spear downward. In an instant, vast stretches of soil turned to dust, gathering into a massive wave of golden sand, which rapidly gathered and surged toward the sky.
Magnet Release: Flowing Sand Torrent!
In the blink of an eye, Kyosuke's dark golden Susano'o was engulfed by the cascading ocean of sand.
Everywhere he looked, there was nothing but sand, save for the thunderclouds crackling with lightning above. Even directly beneath him, countless sharp blades of sand lay in wait.
Seeing this, Kyosuke flapped his wings rapidly, charging straight toward the enemy concealed within the sea of sand.
As for the terrifying waves of sand surrounding him—
"Reversal!"
With the activation of his right eye's Mangekyo ability, a clear path instantly appeared between him and his opponent, completely sweeping away the sand in his way.
Wide-area ninjutsu often lacked precision in its destructive power. For Kyosuke, using Reversal made things easier—he only needed to clear a single section of the sandstorm.
In Reto's shocked gaze, the space between them was abruptly cleared, as if the sand had retreated to open a direct path for Kyosuke's advance.
Kyosuke retaliated immediately. The Yasaka Magatama formed in his hands, launching three consecutive strikes, all of which hit their mark.
More precisely, they struck the lightning spear in Reto's hand.
Reto retreated, and Kyosuke pursued. In the blink of an eye, the two of them had left the sandstorm behind.
On the ground below, the crowd could only look up at the battle in the sky as though watching a spectacle.
It wasn't just ordinary ninjas—even the future Second Kazekage, Shamon, was powerless to intervene in this fight.
After all, he couldn't fly.
As for his ability to control sand, Reto had already proven that large-scale sandstorms had little effect on Kyosuke.
"Damn it!" Shamon cursed, slamming his fist into the side of a nearby tent. He despised himself for not mastering the puppet technique sooner.
If only he had perfected it, they wouldn't be forced to stand by helplessly while Lord Reto fought alone.
In the distance, there were still some defiant ninjas attempting to launch ninjutsu into the sky, or even attempting to control their puppets to rise into the air.
Unfortunately, their altitude was far from enough—nowhere near sufficient.
Under the thunderous night sky, Reto's expression grew increasingly serious.
To this moment, he still couldn't understand why the sandstorm had mysteriously dispersed.
The problem was that the relentless enemy gave him no time to ponder.
Helpless, he had no choice but to push his chakra to its limits, continuously summoning electromagnetic pulses to strike down his foes.
This technique was indeed terrifying; even the second form of Susano'o couldn't endure it with sheer defense alone.
What made it worse was its incredible speed and its eerily unavoidable nature.
Even with the transformed Susanoo's Sword of Kusanagi, Kyosuke couldn't close the distance to his opponent.
"I can't engage in a protracted battle with him."
The prolonged use of these techniques had already placed a great strain on Kyosuke's body.
Susano'o combined with the Cursed Seal was almost like opening the Eight Gates of Death.
But, he could not retreat yet—killing Watanabe Kaoru alone wasn't enough.
Only by eliminating this man would the Southern Army have a real chance of defeating the enemy.
"There's no other choice."
He muttered softly, and once again, the dark golden Susano'o underwent a noticeable transformation.
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