Chapter 329

329. Chapter 324: Seeing Shenhuo's Final Ninjutsu

"Is it finally my turn to appear as the finale?"

Uchiha Madara, who had finished warming up outside the battlefield, saw that the Tailed Beast Knight transformed by Kakuzu was not the red monster's opponent. After rubbing his hands and feet, he excitedly moved his legs, preparing for a gorgeous entrance.

This town is located in the Land of Fire. As one of the heads of the Konoha Village, the number one gang in the Land of Fire, Uchiha Madara felt that he had an obligation to solve this monster that harmed the people.

"Click! Click~ click~"

However, just as Uchiha Madara took a step, ripples suddenly rippled in the void of the battlefield. Immediately afterward, a deep black hole quietly opened in front of Kakuzu and the others. Accompanied by rhythmic footsteps, a red, blue, and gold figure walked out of the black hole slowly.

"I TM..."

Looking at the spoiler who popped out again, Uchiha Madara's teeth were almost bitten to pieces. The knuckles of his clenched fists were white, and the blue veins on his forehead were bulging.

He just wanted to pose; why was it so difficult? One by one, couldn't they appear in order?

Clearly, he was first...

"I want to see who you are, daring to hinder me from posing!"

Because of Uchiha Gin's unique styling, Uchiha Madara didn't need to guess to know that the other party was a Knight, this emerging profession. He immediately pushed his perception to the maximum, wanting to see which Tailed Beast this rabbit head was a Knight of, so he could settle the account later.

"Huh? No Tailed Beast chakra. What's the background of this guy?"

After Uchiha Madara perceived it carefully, his smooth forehead wrinkled slightly. He didn't find any traces of Tailed Beast chakra on this rabbit knight, and couldn't even see the depth.

He stared over with his Sharingan, but what entered his eyes was a piece of darkness, as if what stood there was not a humanoid creature, but a bottomless black hole.

Facing unknown power, Uchiha Madara felt tight in his heart, and the restlessness of wanting to appear also calmed down a bit. He had grown up so big and had never encountered such a person he couldn't see through. Even for his lifelong enemy Hashirama, he knew his depth slightly.

"Is he the Emperor Knight Brother in cousin's mouth?"

Carefully examining the gorgeous armor of the rabbit-headed knight, Uchiha Madara suddenly remembered the intelligence of the Knight brought back by his cousin when he went out on a mission a few years ago. It once described a mysterious Emperor Knight Brother, whose appearance alone relied on momentum to deter everyone present at the time.

In the center of the battlefield, Kakuzu, who was pressing Seeing Shenhuo down, immediately broke into a cold sweat after hearing the voice engraved in his bones. His big face under the faceplate turned iron-blue. Looking at the familiar figure in front of him, he subconsciously swallowed his saliva, then gathered his courage and said in a slightly respectful tone.

"Em... Emperor Knight Brother, I... I'm just making a living, I... I didn't do anything else!"

"Ya le ya le~ You seem very nervous?"

Kakuzu, who had been slapped by the Emperor Knight Brother back then, kept the Knight's code in mind and never had the idea of using Knight power to participate in aggression, doing business to earn money in a law-abiding manner.

Now looking around, he was the only Knight present, which meant that the suddenly appearing Emperor Knight Brother was coming for him. How could this not make Kakuzu nervous?

Uchiha Gin looked at the disheveled Kakuzu with surprise. In his impression, this money-grubber who was good at selling out teammates in the original work actually didn't abandon his teammates and run away when facing a strong enemy. Could it be that he was caught by someone?

"No! I, Kakuzu, have always been upright and open, mainly with a clear conscience. Please Emperor Knight Brother, investigate clearly~"

Sensing Uchiha Gin's slightly scrutinizing gaze, Kakuzu instantly stood at attention. Chomei in his mind saw the evil star descend and also covered its head, turning into a caterpillar, not daring to say half a word.

"Oh?"

The red compound eyes flickered with inexplicable light. Intimidated by Uchiha Gin's gaze that saw through everything, Kakuzu felt as if he wasn't wearing any clothes, and the little secrets in his heart were exposed.

"You really didn't do it?"

"I... I shouldn't have pitted the children's New Year's money..."

Kakuzu, who really couldn't hold up the pressure, vomited out the conscience-less things he had just done in a few words.

"You actually dared!"

Didn't expect to really scam out some little secrets. After hearing Kakuzu's narrative, Uchiha Gin's eyes instantly became unkind. Daring to explode gold coins from his nephew, this Kakuzu was afraid he didn't want to mix in the Knight circle anymore.

"I already know I was wrong, the money is all here."

Looking at the suddenly angry Uchiha Gin, Kakuzu endured the pain and took out the storage scroll that stored the gold bricks before from his bag. After looking at it with lingering affection, he handed it to Uchiha Gin, who reached out his hand.

"Hmph~ If I find you taking advantage of the fire again, it won't be as simple as just confiscating the illegal income."

The gold bricks returned to their original owner, Uchiha Gin snorted coldly, his tone carrying a faint threat.

Kakuzu, whose heart was bleeding, nodded like a chicken pecking at rice upon hearing this. Sure enough, the refund for minors will be late, but it will never be absent.

After successfully applying for a refund for his nephew, Uchiha Gin's gaze was attracted by the struggling young man on the ground.

"Is this guy your partner?"

Uchiha Gin, who didn't know the complicated relationship between the two, subconsciously classified the pinned young man into the position of Kakuzu's teammate. He lowered his head curiously, examining this ponytail young man with unfocused eyes.

"Uh... temporary employment relationship."

Kakuzu didn't dare to say that Seeing Shenhuo, who was pinned under his hand, was a mission item used to exchange for money. After all, the other party used himself as a bargaining chip before to hire him to stop the red monster. If he had to calculate it, this could also be considered taking advantage of the fire.

"I see. But this guy seems to be dying. Can you still receive the money?"

Seeing Shenhuo's state was very dangerous now. Uchiha Gin didn't even need to activate his Byakugan. Just by sensing the aura, he could judge that this young man vomiting blood was not long for this world.

"Ah? I Chao, my 35 million!"

Didn't question Uchiha Gin's words, Kakuzu hurriedly pulled Seeing Shenhuo up, only to find that this man was already breathing his last, the kind that would kick the bucket at any time.

Seeing Shenhuo's bounty was specifically marked to be a living person. If it was a corpse, he wouldn't get a cent. Kakuzu's heart instantly turned cold.

"Seeing that your attitude was good just now, I will help you."

After all, Uchiha Gin was not a devil. Since Kakuzu was so sensible, he wouldn't cut off people's financial path. So he squatted down, raised his head and pressed it on the head of Seeing Shenhuo, whose consciousness was blurred, and a stream of green chakra carrying healing energy was poured into the young man's broken body fiercely.

"Ah! ~"

Seeing Shenhuo, who was on his last breath, was stimulated by this sudden life energy. Being unable to bear the supplement, he let out a desolate scream. Those who didn't know would think Uchiha Gin was torturing him.

In the blink of an eye, the bleeding wounds on Seeing Shenhuo's body were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and a flush of blood appeared on his pale face, and his entire aura gradually stabilized.

"You... who are you?"

Seeing Shenhuo, who had been jumping back and forth at the gate of hell, gradually focused his unfocused pupils. His dull eyes regained their spirits again. Having recovered his consciousness, he felt the big hand pressing on his head and raised his head in doubt.

It's here! This is what Uchiha Gin was waiting for~

"Hmph hmph~ I'm just a passing Kamen Rid..."

After the formula was activated again, Uchiha Gin stood up, struck a very arrogant pose, and was about to make a classic self-explanation, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by someone who didn't know the situation.

"Yee!"

Satori, who had been left out for a long time, let out a piercing monster shriek. His entire person turned into a red lightning bolt, and ten sharp claws glowing with cold light charged toward Uchiha Gin, who had his back to him, with the momentum of destroying the withered and decaying.

This strange rabbit actually dared to ignore him. Watch me dig out your heart and lungs to communicate with you.

"Tsk~"

Uchiha Gin, who was forcibly interrupted from chanting, was very unhappy in his heart. This was one of the few hobbies he had left.

"Yee!"

Satori's eyes carried the joy of killing, imagining tearing Uchiha Gin's armor in the next moment and swallowing his fresh heart in front of him, tasting the flesh and blood while absorbing the fear of humans before death; that was the most beautiful aura it loved most.

"Careful!"

Kakuzu saw the red monster attacking from behind Uchiha Gin and was so shocked that his little hand shook, throwing out the short blade he carried, wanting to block the charge of the sharp claws.

"You kid actually have a bit of Knight spirit now."

Looking at Kakuzu with slight surprise, he didn't expect that this money-grubbing guy's bad character had improved.

It's just...

"Clang~"

Uchiha Gin, with an expressionless face, raised his hand and knocked away the short blade that was aimed at his face. After drawing a few circles in the air, it was inserted back under Kakuzu's feet.

"Bang!"

And the red monster that was about to kill from behind only felt a darkness before its eyes. A palm that didn't know where it came from slapped straight onto its big head. The terrifying giant force instantly made Satori see stars, and its body flew to the other side uncontrollably.

"Was it intentional or accidental?"

Ignoring the red monster that was slapped away by his own palm, Uchiha Gin stared straight at the slightly restrained Kakuzu.

"Uh... it was intentionally accidental~"

Lowering his head awkwardly, Kakuzu answered carefully. He really didn't want to sneak attack Uchiha Gin, but the incident happened suddenly, and he didn't hold the direction well, almost causing a disaster.

"Hmph~"

If he hadn't perceived any malice from Kakuzu, Uchiha Gin would have already stripped his belt, collected it into the Shadow Realm, and brainwashed him into submission.

"Yee~"

Satori, who had recovered from the dizziness, did not continue to act rashly. After standing up, it assumed a vigilant posture, its green compound eyes flickering, not knowing what it was thinking.

"Zhenzi!"

Seeing Shenhuo, who had recovered to his peak state after Uchiha Gin's treatment, called out with full breath. He felt that his body was now full of power, as if it had been strengthened.

"Yee... God..."

Hearing the familiar call again, Zhenzi, who was eroded by Satori, began to resist again with her deep-seated consciousness. The red monster covered its head, its voice trembling slightly.

"Zhenzi, wake up quickly, it's me, Seeing Shenhuo!"

Seeing Shenhuo's heart was happy, and he immediately increased his volume. The struggle in the red monster's compound eyes became more frequent.

Uchiha Gin tilted his head on the side and moved his gaze, full of inquiry, to Kakuzu, who was standing at attention.

"Emperor Knight Brother, they are..."

Kakuzu, who understood in seconds, told the whole story directly, even recounting the memories Seeing Shenhuo told the three little ones when he was peeping on the side, not daring to miss half a detail.

"Eating people?"

After listening to Kakuzu's narrative, Uchiha Gin frowned, and his gaze toward the two in the arena became unkind.

He thought it was a pair of bitter mandarin ducks, but he didn't expect them to be a pair of male and female thieves, fleeing from the Land of Grass to the Land of Fire, not knowing how many civilians they had eaten along the way. This town was also about to be eaten into a ghost town.

"Zhenzi!"

Seeing Shenhuo looked at the red monster whose emotions were gradually stabilizing, and the joy in his heart only increased. However, just when he thought things would develop in a good direction, a large hand pressed onto his shoulder again.

"Kid, I kind of regret saving you."

Uchiha Gin, who didn't know when he appeared behind Seeing Shenhuo, exuded a dangerous aura. Seeing Shenhuo, who was interrupted, wanted to scold someone, but was breathless under the invisible pressure.

"I..."

Knowing that this mysterious rabbit knight in front of him had just saved his life, Seeing Shenhuo, who knew the meaning of the other party's words, was speechless for a while.

Seeing Shenhuo could indeed not be called a good person, or even a human. From the moment he let Zhenzi eat people, he abandoned humanity and became a vassal of the monster.

"Sorry, I am unforgivable, but Zhenzi is innocent. She has been trying to suppress that monster, otherwise the whole town would become a wasteland overnight."

Without arguing for himself, Seeing Shenhuo had a thick look of shame on his face. He knew the truth but couldn't stop it. But Zhenzi was different. That pure girl had been fighting against malice from beginning to end, trying to use her meager strength to delay the monster's resurrection.

Uchiha Gin didn't speak after hearing this. The wrong behavior of this young man would naturally be judged by someone, but the person in that red monster was indeed fighting frantically with that malice. If it weren't for her, after this monster grew, it would inevitably cause unimaginable destruction to the Ninja World.

"Yee!"

Because Seeing Shenhuo stopped communicating, Satori's consciousness gained the upper hand again. Not only that, after this tug-of-war, it once again gained control of the girl's body. Hearing it shriek, after attracting everyone's attention, the red monster's head suddenly began to squirm. As the dark red keratin faded, it revealed the girl's fair face inside.

"God-kun?"

The girl slowly opened her eyes, a faint look of doubt on her pure face.

"Zhenzi! Have you returned?"

Seeing Shenhuo, who was still repenting, saw the girl he had been thinking about day and night. Borrowing strength from nowhere, he broke free from Uchiha Gin's restraint and flashed to the side of the red monster, his eyes full of excitement.

It had been several months since the last time he communicated with the conscious Zhenzi. Seeing Shenhuo reached out his hand tremblingly, wanting to stroke the girl's face.

"God-kun, I want..."

Zhenzi looked at the young man in front of her and smiled shallowly, bringing Seeing Shenhuo back to those quiet and good times, without noticing the sharp claws of the red monster squirming slowly.

"I will promise you whatever you want!"

Thinking that the girl had finally overcome the malice, Seeing Shenhuo had long since thrown his guard away.

"Hmm~ I only want you..."

Zhenzi's face carried the coquettishness that once fascinated Seeing Shenhuo, making this exhausted young man forget himself.

"Hmph!"

Kakuzu, who had never experienced the taste of love, saw this scene that made his stomach acid, turned his head away, and cursed the dog man and woman in his heart, shameless in the dark.

"Tsk~"

The only sober person in the whole arena might be Uchiha Gin, who had a built-in malice radar. Even if that red monster turned into a harmless girl, he could still clearly perceive the monstrous malice that was not decreasing.

According to the cliché script, this man named Seeing Shenhuo was afraid he was going to die.

Sure enough, in the gap where Seeing Shenhuo's eyes were blurred, the red monster's sharp claws dug from bottom to top toward his chest cavity. That was the heart Satori loved to eat most, and it couldn't wait to absorb the girl's despair.

"Hehe~"

Seeing Shenhuo, who didn't notice the arrival of death at all, was still fantasizing about a beautiful life in the future.

A look of joy flashed in Satori's eyes. As long as it killed the man in front of it, it could completely disintegrate the girl's resistance and return to the human world again. Except for the sealing ninja tools left by the Sage of Six Paths, nothing could stop it.

"Slap~"

But Satori's plan failed. Just before it was about to dig out Seeing Shenhuo's heart, a large hand pressed onto the sneaking sharp claws. Before it could react, it suddenly felt pain in its face. Accompanied by a crisp sound, a bright red palm print instantly appeared on Zhenzi's fair little face.

"What are you doing?" *2

The furious Satori and the confused Seeing Shenhuo shouted in unison. But Uchiha Gin was too lazy to explain and casually threw the young man to a distance.

Uchiha Gin didn't want to let Seeing Shenhuo die so quickly. When this monster was eating people before, even if he was just OMO-ing, he also had the crime of shielding.

After temporarily saving Seeing Shenhuo's life, Uchiha Gin grabbed Satori's claws and looked down at the girl who was full of anger.

"You annoying guy, it was clearly just one step away!"

This time, the voice coming from the pure girl's mouth no longer had the previous coquettishness, but a hoarse male voice full of deep hatred.

"Are you the guy who slipped out of the Box of Ultimate Bliss?"

Examining the girl full of malice in her eyes, Uchiha Gin asked.

"Human, since you know my background, why don't you bow down and surrender quickly? Wait until I rule the world and let you live the life you dream of."

As an immortal existence, Satori had its reliance. Although it couldn't see through the depth of the armored monster in front of it, as long as the other party was not the Sage of Six Paths himself, it wouldn't be afraid at all.

The Box of Ultimate Bliss was far away in the Land of Grass, and there was nothing here that could seal it, so it dared to be so arrogant to Uchiha Gin.

"Ah? Want me to be a traitor to humanity?"

This was the first villain character Uchiha Gin had encountered since he traveled through time who dared to speak to him like this. But the other party didn't look like a high-level boss at all, and couldn't even draw the most basic big cake. When fooling people, at least give some sweetness to taste first~

"Sorry, I've already lived the salted fish life I dreamed of~"

Satori's words had no temptation at all, so Uchiha Gin had to shake his head regretfully.

"Then go to hell!"

Since he wouldn't submit, he could only become food. Satori looked at Uchiha Gin coldly, and the girl's fair face was covered by red keratin again. The ferocious piranha appeared again.

"Boom!"

This time, Satori didn't continue to hold back. It knew that if it wanted to rule the human world, the strange human in front of it was its first obstacle. So it chose to release all the malice hidden in the girl's body. The monstrous malice was like substance, and the shockwave stirred up smoke and dust.

I saw Satori's entire body suddenly expand and rise, and the two sharp claws hanging on its sides became more robust. Two pairs of sharp sickle-shaped wings grew on its back, changing from the previous humanoid to the current beast state crawling on all fours.

"Yee!"

Still that familiar monster shriek. Satori, transformed into a beast form, had a seemingly clumsy body but had agility beyond before. After turning into a lightning bolt invisible to the naked eye, it rushed toward Uchiha Gin with the momentum of breaking bamboo.

"Emperor Knight Brother, be careful!"

Kakuzu, who saw this scene, wanted to throw his short blade to support, but as soon as he thought of the previous "oolong" operation, he stopped his movements and chose to cheer. After all, Emperor Knight Brother was full of style before and would probably not be beaten like him.

"Thump~"

Sure enough, Uchiha Gin, facing the huge Satori, didn't show any fear, but instead examined the red beast charging at him with great interest.

"Sure enough, this guy is very suitable to be turned into a card!"

In Uchiha Gin's eyes, Satori's reliance was its biggest flaw. The card made from the fragments of the Amber Purifying Bottle had a sealing strength comparable to the Box of Ultimate Bliss.

"Die!"

Seeing Uchiha Gin not only not afraid but staring straight at him, Satori was puzzled but didn't take it to heart. Even if the strange human in front of him had some means, he was immortal, and the other party couldn't do anything about it.

People always have times of exhaustion. Wait until the human's physical strength is exhausted, and Satori would have ten thousand ways to cook Uchiha Gin.

"Slap~"

Just as Satori's sharp claws were about to tear Uchiha Gin's thin body, he reached out and snapped his fingers lightly. A big black mouth suddenly opened on the ground, instantly swallowing him.

"Huh?"

Satori, who missed, frowned, its green compound eyes looking around, searching for Uchiha Gin's figure.

"Zhenzi..."

Seeing Shenhuo, who was thrown away by Uchiha Gin before, was leaning against the wall, muttering to himself in a daze. In despair, his unfocused eyes had lost their previous luster. The current Zhenzi had turned into a form he had never seen before. The familiar girl was afraid she had been completely swallowed by the monster.

"Hey! Kid, what is your opinion on the current situation?"

Suddenly, a voice rang in Seeing Shenhuo's ear. He slowly turned his head and looked at the rabbit knight who didn't know when he stood in front of him, shaking his head lightly.

"It's all my fault. If I hadn't let Zhenzi eat people, this monster wouldn't have resurrected. I should have..."

Looking at Seeing Shenhuo's expression of wanting to speak but stopping, Uchiha Gin raised his eyebrows.

"Oh? You mean you have a backup plan?"

"That's right, I have a move that I haven't used yet."

Seeing Shenhuo nodded, with uncontrollable pain in his eyes, as if he recalled some bad past.

"Tell me about it?"

Standing up shakily, Seeing Shenhuo took off his old clothes, revealing the black chain patterns carved under his skin.

"Heavenly Prison Jutsu. This ninjutsu I realized with my body can completely kill... her." (End of chapter)