Chapter 408

The azure giant stood between heaven and earth, its Buddha-like face showing no trace of unusual expression, leaving only an unreachable holiness.

"Where am I?"

Uchiha Kagami, located inside the giant, slowly opened his eyes. Looking at the brilliant blue particles permeating his surroundings, he couldn't figure out where he was for a moment.

Beyond his surprise, he also felt a deep sense of confusion.

"What is this?"

Out of curiosity, Uchiha Kagami wanted to reach out and touch the mysterious blue particles, only to find that he no longer had a physical body; the hands he reached out were blue, just like the light particles.

"Kagami!"

A companion's familiar voice broke Uchiha Kagami's train of thought. He lowered his head and, through a window that had appeared inexplicably, saw the very small Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others. They were waving at him excitedly, their faces unable to hide their surprise.

"It's good that you're okay."

Seeing his companions safe and sound, Uchiha Kagami let out a long sigh of relief. Just as he was wiping his cold sweat, he saw a pair of powerful blue hands through that strange window, moving in sync with his own actions.

"Could it be..."

After being stunned for a few seconds, Uchiha Kagami, holding the attitude of giving it a try, threw a punch at a large rock protruding from the ground. The next second, the solid rock was hammered into powder by the blue hand.

"I've transformed!"

Through a series of events, Uchiha Kagami finally reached a conclusion. His scarlet eyes showed excitement. Through that window, he quickly locked onto Ginkaku, who was stunned into speechlessness not far away.

"Rumble~"

The blue giant raised one hand and struck a provocative pose at Ginkaku, with excellent results.

"Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you've gotten bigger. Let me ask you, are you a Knight or something..."

Ginkaku, flustered and exasperated, did not show the fear one might expect when facing the towering blue giant. Instead, he kept questioning Uchiha Kagami, showing that he was indeed somewhat broken.

Uchiha Kagami did not dwell on this question with Ginkaku, but instead studied his new power with great interest.

The energy to transform into the blue giant seemed to come from the Susanoo card gifted by Uchiha Madara.

And the reason it turned into this handsome appearance was likely due to his dearest Uncle Gin.

"Damn it, are you even listening?"

Seeing Uchiha Kagami ignoring him, Ginkaku, feeling slighted, immediately unleashed his ultimate technique.

The sharp fist wind turned into a running fierce tiger, opening its large mouth with teeth flashing with cold light, biting straight toward the blue giant's ankle.

"Roar!"

"What is that? A mosquito?"

Feeling a slight sting, Uchiha Kagami blinked in confusion. He looked down and saw the fierce tiger biting his ankle. He lifted his foot and gave a light flick, shattering the tiger made of chakra.

"Kagami! Hurry up and finish them off~"

Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others had eyes full of envy. Such a handsome transformation, why didn't they have one after all this time?

"Phew~ Business first."

Uchiha Kagami quickly composed himself, manipulated the blue giant, and fixed his gaze on the gnashing Ginkaku. His massive fists rained down like raindrops, the air pressure from the fist wind making everyone present unable to breathe.

"Boom~"

"Rumble~"

With a series of loud noises, the entire canyon was shaken. Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others saw this and immediately took the injured Akimichi Torifu and retreated a hundred meters, barely escaping the aftermath of the war.

As for Senju Tobirama, he wasn't so lucky. Stalked by Kinkaku, he was forced to eat a mouthful of dust. After the aftermath, he climbed up from the ground, looking somewhat disheveled, his eyes full of shock.

"It's actually this strong?"

Making a simple comparison between the blue giant and Susanoo, Senju Tobirama concluded that the two were evenly matched.

And this was only in terms of power; whether the blue giant had other abilities remained unknown.

"Ora ora ora~"

After a flurry of punches, Uchiha Kagami raised his hand to disperse the smoke and dust in front of him, looking for Ginkaku's figure.

But unfortunately, the terrain of the battlefield had been completely destroyed by him, and there was no trace of him at all.

"Was he beaten into meat paste?"

Uchiha Kagami looked at his mountain-like fists in disbelief and fell into deep thought.

"Two-Tails, load authorization fusion."

Suddenly, an electronic voice sounded in everyone's ears. The next moment, a massive mechanical tiger emerged from the ground and pounced toward the stunned blue giant.

"Roar!"

"Huh?"

Facing Ginkaku's sneak attack, Uchiha Kagami was caught off guard and pinned to the ground by the opponent. His hands were tightly pressed by the cold, gleaming claws, and the sharp teeth flashed with extremely dangerous light less than a meter from his head.

"Kagami!"

Seeing Uchiha Kagami in a predicament, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others were anxious and spinning in circles, but their strength was limited. This level of giant battle was simply not something for small fry like them to participate in.

The only one who might have been qualified to intervene, Akimichi Torifu, was currently unconscious; otherwise, with his Multi-Size Technique, he might have been able to help Uchiha Kagami.

"Red-eyed brat, weren't you very arrogant just now? The thing I hate most in this life is guys who act cool!"

Ginkaku, inside the mechanical Two-Tails, had a nearly insane expression on his face. If he hadn't dug a hole with his claws in time to run away, he would have been beaten into meat paste by Uchiha Kagami's ruthless pounding.

Now that the situation was reversed and Uchiha Kagami was pinned beneath him, Ginkaku decided he must torture this red-eyed brat properly and let him know what kind of "good juice" comes from not respecting one's seniors!

"Let me taste the flavor of your hard bones~"

Pinned beneath the heavy mechanical Two-Tails, Uchiha Kagami tried to struggle, only to find the opponent as immovable as a mountain. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't shake it in the slightest.

"Mmph... Damn it!"

Seeing the sharp teeth getting closer and closer to his head, Uchiha Kagami could almost smell the fishy stench emanating from the opponent's mouth. At this critical moment, he suddenly felt his pointed head itching.

"No, I can't hold it in, I'm going to shoot!"

An uncontrollable energy condensed at the crystal on his forehead, and a fierce blue light lit up. Uchiha Kagami, unable to control this energy skillfully, chose to compromise after a few attempts and let the energy pour out.

【Photon Crusher】

"Boom!!!"

This point-blank ultimate move slammed into the mechanical Two-Tails' large mouth. The blue light, carrying terrifying destructive power, instantly evaporated the upper half of the mechanical Two-Tails' head, leaving the lower jaw trembling while emitting blue smoke.

"Plop!"

A few seconds later, the mechanical Two-Tails slowly fell to the side. Ginkaku, whose senses were connected to the Two-Tails, had lost his combat ability. His entire brain felt like a lump of paste, and he likely wouldn't recover for a while.

"Won!"

Seeing Uchiha Kagami reverse the battle with one move, the Konoha side excitedly clenched their fists.

"That idiot Ginkaku, he was too careless."

Kinkaku, who was watching Senju Tobirama, saw his brother suffer a defeat at light speed, and his brow instantly furrowed.

He had envisioned a fierce battle, but he hadn't expected Ginkaku to be so disappointing, getting beaten to the point of being unable to open his eyes in less than a minute.

"If you don't go, that guy might die."

Senju Tobirama, on the side, pointed at the blue giant stepping toward the remains of the mechanical Two-Tails, a flash of smugness crossing his face. With Uchiha Kagami there, these two brothers would likely return in defeat.

"Don't be happy too soon. After I finish off that brat, I'll come back to continue torturing you."

Kinkaku curled his lip. He naturally saw Senju Tobirama's smugness, but Ginkaku was indeed in danger of his life, and as an older brother, how could he stand by? He threatened him viciously, then turned into a bolt of lightning and disappeared from the spot.

"Eight-Tails, load authorization fusion."

"Moo~ Roar!"

Several mechanical tentacles covered in black, viscous liquid descended from the sky. Uchiha Kagami, unable to dodge in time, was wrapped tightly by the mechanical Eight-Tails.

Kinkaku learned from his brother's lesson and specifically chose to act from behind. The eight tentacles each performed their duties, working in pairs to bind the blue giant's limbs.

The thick arms clamped Uchiha Kagami's head tightly to prevent him from releasing that pointed-head beam again.

"Mmph..."

"Brat, if you stop now, I can spare your life and your companions' lives."

With the massive bull head pressed against Uchiha Kagami's ear, Kinkaku's deep voice was transmitted.

"Don't try to trick me!"

Hearing Kinkaku's words, Uchiha Kagami, who was struggling hard, was stunned for a few seconds, and then an angry expression appeared on his face. This obviously deceitful statement was clearly playing him for a fool.

In his indignation, he struggled even harder.

"Then I'm sorry."

Seeing Uchiha Kagami's such extreme reaction, Kinkaku sighed inwardly. After inexplicably apologizing, the force of the eight tentacles became tighter and tighter. Seeing that the blue giant was about to be bound to the point of suffocation...

Uchiha Kagami gritted his teeth and persisted. If he fell here, not only himself, but Hiruzen and the others, and even his teacher, would not escape the fate of being captured.

Uncle Gin once told him that the people of the Cloud Village loved to collect rare bloodlines and secret techniques. If they were caught by them, they would become emotionless breeding machines, tortured every day by three-hundred-jin "Ni-Mei," experiencing extreme humiliation.

No! I cannot fall... down.

"Water Severing Wave!"

Just as Uchiha Kagami's consciousness was about to fall into darkness, a water column shot over and woke him up. The sharp water blade cut fiercely into two of the mechanical Eight-Tails' tentacles.

"Uh... Teacher?"

Before long, the two tentacles wrapped around Uchiha Kagami's right arm snapped in response, fell to the ground, hopped a few times, and quickly disappeared from the spot.

"Sen... Ju... To... Bi... Ra... Ma!"

Kinkaku, who had almost succeeded, gnashed his teeth as he looked at Senju Tobirama, who was frantically spraying water not far away.

This white-haired guy was actually so restless. If he had known, he would have broken all five of his limbs just now to see what other tricks he could pull.

"Kagami, don't give up!"

Senju Tobirama, who came to save the day, had eyes full of encouragement, making everyone feel warm. Uchiha Kagami heard this, looked down at his only remaining movable right arm, and a flash of determination crossed his face.

Two and a half minutes had passed since Uchiha Kagami transformed. He could clearly feel that the energy in his body was not as abundant as before.

Especially after accidentally releasing the Photon Crusher, the energy in his body was nearing exhaustion.

"Beep-woo~ Beep-woo~ Beep-woo~"

A sharp alarm sounded. Everyone stretched their necks and fixed their eyes on the source of the sound: the blue gemstone timer on Uchiha Kagami's chest.

"Time is running out. I must finish him before I fall."

Uchiha Kagami stretched out his only remaining movable right arm and gathered the remaining energy at one point. As the blue-white light lit up, a light sword with a cold gleam extended from his palm.

"Swish~ Swish!"

Every Uchiha is a qualified sword master, and Uchiha Kagami is no exception, and even stronger than the average person. The blue-white light sword danced in his hands with great momentum.

As several blue flashes passed, Kinkaku suddenly felt the tentacles lighten. The remaining six tentacles also snapped in response. The blue giant holding the light sword successfully broke free and locked his target onto him.

"Tsk."

Kinkaku clicked his tongue inwardly. He hadn't expected this brat to still have energy left. But if he retreated now, Ginkaku, who hadn't recovered, would become the other party's prisoner.

"Old Eight, can you continue?"

Helplessly, Kinkaku had to ask his good brother; after all, the severed tentacles were his.

"No problem, the thing I lack least is tentacles."

Gyuki's full-voiced response gave Kinkaku great confidence.

"Then hold on for a while longer. I see this brat is almost done for."

Clearly seeing that Uchiha Kagami was at the end of his rope, Kinkaku only needed to drag it out for a while longer, and this difficult blue giant would collapse on its own.

"One cough!"

Gyuki shouted, and Tailed Beast chakra was poured in as if it were free. The severed tentacles of the mechanical Eight-Tails recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Ping~"

Kinkaku wasn't idle either. He controlled the mechanical bull horns on his head and slammed them fiercely toward the blue giant waving the light sword. The collision of sharp weapons instantly emitted a harsh metallic sound.

Gyuki is the strongest existence among the Tailed Beasts. Even the Nine-Tails, in the arm-wrestling competition held in private, unexpectedly lost miserably to the Eight-Tails.

"Mmph..."

Uchiha Kagami naturally wasn't a match for power that even the Nine-Tails couldn't resist. In the collision, he could only barely block the bull horns' offensive, his body constantly pushed backward, his feet plowing two deep trenches in the ground.

"Break for me!"

"Buzz buzz~ Buzz!"

Under Kinkaku's control, the mechanical bull horns began to spin rapidly, like a meat grinder, instantly tearing Uchiha Kagami's light sword into fragments.

"Crack~"

"Boom!"

The rotating bull horns' offensive didn't diminish. After breaking the light sword, they slammed straight into the blue giant's chest. Uchiha Kagami felt a bone-chilling pain, and then his whole body flew backward, slamming fiercely into the cliff.

"Beep-woo~ Beep-woo~ Beep-woo~"

The alarm sound of the indicator on his chest became more urgent. The blue giant's figure began to become illusory, and blue light particles drifted away.

Uchiha Kagami looked down at his hands, which were about to dissipate. He gritted his teeth, stood up, spread his arms, and gathered the last bit of energy in his body. Deep blue energy gathered rapidly.

"He can still stand up after taking a bull horn impact?"

Kinkaku, who had already turned around to check on his brother's situation, felt the energy fluctuation behind him and turned his head in confusion, his face full of surprise.

"Old Eight, prepare the Tailed Beast Bomb."

Facing the energy condensed by Uchiha Kagami, the always militant Kinkaku decided to meet it head-on and defeat the opponent fairly.

"Alrighty~"

With Gyuki's cooperation, a black ball of light condensed in front of the mechanical Eight-Tails' mouth, and its volume was still increasing.

"Gana~"

Kinkaku, who was the first to prepare the Tailed Beast Bomb, locked his target onto the blue giant with arms spread. After a brief pause, the black ball of light was swallowed by the mechanical Eight-Tails, and then, carrying a violent aura, the Tailed Beast Bomb was instantly ejected.

Facing the menacing Tailed Beast Bomb, Uchiha Kagami, who could no longer spare the energy to speak, retracted his arms and pressed his palms together in front of his chest. The deep blue energy was compressed by him into a spiral light bullet.

【Photon Screw】

When the light bullet was compressed to the limit, Uchiha Kagami stretched out his arms and pushed it out with difficulty.

After performing this last move, Uchiha Kagami, finally unable to support himself, saw his huge figure turn into blue particles and disappear from the spot, leaving only his panting main body lying on the ground.

"Boom!"

The black Tailed Beast Bomb and the deep blue spiral light bullet collided. The two completely different energies were incompatible like fire and water. After a fierce struggle, Uchiha Kagami's Photon Screw actually had the upper hand.

After crushing the Eight-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb, the deep blue Photon Screw slammed into the mechanical Eight-Tails' chest. The distance impact caused by the explosion made the surrounding people feel the earth shake.

"Cough, cough, cough... How could I possibly lose?"

In the thick smoke, Kinkaku disengaged from the fusion with the Eight-Tails in a disheveled state. After landing on the ground, his massive eyeballs were full of disbelief. Clearly, his state was far superior to Uchiha Kagami's; why did he lose in the beam struggle?

That goes without saying; who told you to stand on the left just now?

"Big Brother, are you okay?"

Just as Kinkaku fell into self-doubt, the remains of the mechanical Two-Tails began to dissipate. Ginkaku stood on the spot with a confused face, his eyes, like those of a newborn, full of confusion.

He had just had half his head blown off by Uchiha Kagami's move and almost became an idiot. Fortunately, the Two-Tails was relatively responsible and carefully treated him, preventing Ginkaku from ending up as a moron.

"I'm fine, just can't figure something out."

Kinkaku shook his head and turned to look Ginkaku up and down.

"What about you, is your head okay?"

"It was Yugito who helped me."

"What did you promise it this time?"

"I promised to find it a cute girl as a host next time."

"Little Jin-Jin, I also want a cute and quiet girl~"

"I'll find you a chatterbox bro, just make do with that."

On the other side, the moment Uchiha Kagami disengaged from the transformation, everyone on the Konoha side rushed over immediately. Mitokado Homura took the lead, reached out and pressed on his chest to grope around, taking advantage of the situation under the guise of treatment.

"Sorry everyone, I..."

Uchiha Kagami gave a bitter smile. He had thought he could save everyone, but things went against his wishes. He had done everything, yet hadn't done anything well.

"Kagami, you don't need to blame yourself."

Senju Tobirama shook his head, looking at the pale Uchiha Kagami, his eyes full of nothing but appreciation.

What a good child, it's a pity he's an Uchiha, but if he's a curly-haired guy, it doesn't matter.

"Yeah, Kagami, your transformation just now was too handsome, tell us about it~"

Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others also shook their heads in unison. Besides gratitude, there was no dissatisfaction on their faces, and they even asked him about the transformation.

"It's this, a secret ninja tool Uncle Gin gave me for self-defense."

The people present were all Uchiha Kagami's childhood friends, so there was no need to hide the transformation. He struggled to raise his arm and showed the cicada-like blue treasure cone to them.

"Gin-san-san's ninja tool?"

Hearing this, everyone's faces showed a sudden realization. Since it was Gin-san-san, everything made sense.

Uchiha Gin's reputation as Konoha's No. 1 Developer was very loud in the circle. Although his works were extremely rare, each one was the best of the best, and ordinary people found it hard to get even one.

"It really was something made by that curly-haired guy..."

Uchiha Kagami's words confirmed his previous conjecture. Senju Tobirama's eyes flickered, his gaze falling on the exquisite blue treasure cone, a flash of thought crossing his mind.

If the user wasn't restricted...

"But this ninja tool alone is useless; it also needs to be matched with a card to be successfully activated."

Gently shaking his head, Uchiha Kagami pulled out the Susanoo card he kept close to his body, but the moment this card printed with the blue Tengu Susanoo was taken out, it turned into fragments and drifted away.

"Huh?"

Uchiha Kagami's eyes widened when he saw this scene. Could it be that he had only gained one experience opportunity?

"You damn white-haired guy, are you ready to endure the wrath of us brothers?"

Just as the few were communicating, the gloomy-faced Gin-Jin brothers found them again. Their gazes were fixed tightly on Senju Tobirama, wishing they could eat his flesh.

"Teacher! We can still fight!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others saw this and stood up in unison, blocking in front of Senju Tobirama, their faces full of determination.

"Step back, you are not the match of these brothers."

Senju Tobirama was very moved, but he still sternly told them to move aside. He didn't want his young disciples to be involved in the old disputes of their previous generation; there was no place for them on the ship of the old era.

"But..."

"Noisy."

Before Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others could finish, two bolts of lightning flashed as the voice fell. They only felt a blur before their eyes, and then their chests were hit hard. They flew backward, and the arrows of blood in their mouths sprayed several meters away.

"I was too gentle with you just now, which gave you the illusion that you could compete with us brothers."

Clapping his hands expressionlessly, the Lightning Release Chakra Mode on the Gin-Jin brothers gradually dissipated. Their thunderous methods awakened the memories of them in the minds of those present.

The A-B brothers of Cloud, two rays of light that tore through the heavy haze of the Land of Lightning.

"Senju Tobirama, don't involve others in our grievances anymore."

Kinkaku glanced obscurely at Uchiha Kagami, who was receiving treatment from Mitokado Homura, and said in a deep voice.

"Alright, it's a deal. But you must let them go first."

Senju Tobirama stood up, his expression neither sad nor happy. He knew the Gin-Jin brothers wouldn't give up.

"We didn't intend to trouble them in the first place; it was them who rushed over shouting about bonds or something~" (End of chapter)