Chapter 596: The Senju Sister-Obsessed Demon

The situation inside the arena changed in an instant; in the blink of an eye, two beautiful figures flashed out, and in the next second, they appeared simultaneously on the high platform where the Tailed Beast card was placed.

"Who is it?"

Whether they were the contestants participating in the exam or the spectators in the stands focused on the event, everyone was startled by this sudden turn of events.

The screams of Kenta Senju still echoed in everyone's ears, and everyone was curious about who was so bold; that was a Tailed Beast card capable of instantly killing an elite jonin.

"It's Mito Uzumaki!"

"Is she the sister of the Uzumaki clan head? The Uzumaki clan's sealing jutsu is remarkable; I imagine she must have a way to restrain the Tailed Beast."

Soon, some people judged her identity based on Mito Uzumaki's physical features, speculating one after another whether she was a mysterious and unpredictable sealing master.

This was a fake identity Mito Uzumaki used when serving as the daimyo of the Land of Whirlpools; she had deliberately crafted the identity of a wandering noble descendant so she could legitimately integrate into the daimyo circles, saving herself much trouble.

Therefore, her current public identity was the sister of the Uzumaki clan head, Huadao Uzumaki, the iron-fisted princess of the Land of Whirlpools, who had led her clansmen to conquer the seas for years, chasing the Hidden Mist Village to beat them up.

"Is this the Tailed Beast card?"

Listening to the exclamations of the people around her, Mito Uzumaki smiled slightly and fixed her gaze on the Nine-Tails card she held in her hand. Looking at the lifelike fiery red fox, her eyes revealed a hint of curiosity.

"Take your hand off; I touched it first."

Hikari Uchiha, who was gripping the other end of the Nine-Tails card, said coldly. Her black pupils had transformed into scarlet Sharingan from the very beginning; otherwise, she would not have been able to react in the first instance when Mito Uzumaki moved just now.

"It doesn't matter who got it first; what matters is who gets it in the end."

Mito Uzumaki shook her head and secretly applied force to the hand holding the card. Hikari Uchiha felt the huge pulling force coming from the opposite side, her gaze tightened, and veins immediately bulged on the back of her fair hand.

Discovering that her pride-and-joy super strength had not managed to snatch the Nine-Tails card in the first instance, Mito Uzumaki was slightly stunned; the Hikari Uchiha before her actually possessed super strength no weaker than her own.

"Yo, you have super strength too?"

"Gin taught me."

Hikari Uchiha smiled triumphantly, the blue light flickering on her delicate little hand appearing exceptionally dazzling.

"To be able to be evenly matched in strength with the Iron-Fisted Princess, whose subordinate is she exactly?"

Watching the black-haired girl who did not fall behind in the test of strength, the audience began to discuss it heatedly. Based on the standard clan uniform Hikari Uchiha was wearing, most people only guessed that she was from the Uchiha clan.

"I seem to remember she is..."

But there were also people who recognized the girl's identity; after all, no matter how much of a recluse she was, Hikari Uchiha ultimately lived in the village and could not avoid interacting with the villagers.

"I remember now! She is Gin Uchiha's girlfriend!"

The villager who recalled Hikari Uchiha's identity immediately exposed the girl's hidden status. The onlookers who were waiting to eat melons were instantly dumbfounded upon hearing this.

"Huh?"

After lingering on the girl's soft and charming face for a long time, a spectator who learned this explosive news burst into tears on the spot, beating his chest and stamping his feet.

"Even that curly-hair can find a wife; why am I, such a handsome and dashing man, still single?"

"I don't accept this!"

"This Mr. Akimichi, please stop your performance."

A spectator on the side looked at the fat man crying bitterly and couldn't help but complain.

"I, Menjiang Akimichi, must get out of the single life!"

Even though he was highly criticized, this Akimichi clansman with black-rimmed glasses and a lecherous appearance still did not give up on his ideal.

"Lord Izuna, how can she be so strong?"

The clansmen following Izuna Uchiha were also very curious about Hikari Uchiha's identity.

Most of these young people born after the founding of Konoha did not know the secrets within the clan, and their understanding of Hikari Uchiha was limited to her being Gin Uchiha's housemate.

Her strength was not obvious, but judging from the fact that the other party had successfully cultivated the Yin Seal, her strength should not be bad, at least at the level of a jonin or above.

"Sister Hikari is very strong."

Izuna Uchiha looked at Hikari Uchiha in the arena with a complex gaze. How could someone who could pair up with his eldest cousin be an ordinary person?

Even that guy, he couldn't quite see through him now.

As he spoke, he shifted his gaze to another black-and-white figure in the arena, his eyes filled with a bit more solemnity.

"Hey! Are you okay? If it's a contest of strength, let me do it!"

Under the high platform, watching Hikari Uchiha fall into a stalemate, Itama Senju could not help but feel his hands itching and shouted loudly.

"Don't come and make trouble; this is my battle."

Hikari Uchiha said without looking back.

"Geez, being old really means having a lot of nonsense."

Itama Senju curled his lips in dissatisfaction and continued to wait with his arms crossed, though his eyes were full of restlessness and eagerness to try.

"Damn it, if this goes on, the Nine-Tails card will definitely be taken by one of those two women."

On the other side, Hijiri Senju, who had been unilaterally hung up on by the Nine-Tails, showed a look of anxiety.

"I can't just sit and wait for death."

After thinking it over, she prepared to take the initiative, catching them off guard while Mito Uzumaki and the other were in a stalemate, staging a scenario where the snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman benefits.

Once the thought arose, Hijiri Senju began to look for a suitable position, moving toward the high platform without leaving a trace.

"Huh?"

Just at this moment, Chiri Uchiha, who was not interested in the Tailed Beast card, discovered the white-haired girl's small movements. Looking at the other party's purposeful pace, she blinked in confusion.

"What's wrong, Sister Chiri?"

Chiri Uchiha's voice caught Itama Senju's attention.

"Itama, that girl, is she trying to stir up trouble?"

Raising her hand to point at Hijiri Senju, Chiri Uchiha said in a low voice.

"Huh?"

Looking in the direction pointed, Itama Senju immediately showed a strange expression.

This grandniece is really too worrying; you dare to get involved in a battle of this level? Be careful of being torn to pieces by those two women in a minute.

"I'll be right back."

Itama Senju sighed inwardly and flashed away from the spot, leaving Chiri Uchiha, who was confused, to eat snacks alone.

Hijiri Senju, who was concentrating on observing Mito Uzumaki and the other, did not realize at all that her small movements had been exposed to Itama Senju.

"Fight! Hurry up and fight!"

Seeing that Mito Uzumaki and the other were still tugging at the Tailed Beast card, she urged impatiently in a low voice.

"What do you want to do?"

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind her, and she replied subconsciously.

"What else can I do? Snatch the card."

As a result, as soon as she finished speaking, her expression froze on her face. She slowly turned her head and saw Itama Senju looking at her helplessly.

"Hijiri, I advise you not to act rashly; neither of those two women above is a pushover."

For her cheap grandniece, Itama Senju still had the minimum amount of concern; she did not want the only bloodline of her second brother to be cut off here.

"Little Aunt, I'm just looking."

Hijiri Senju hesitated for a long time and replied in an inaudible voice.

Before successfully changing back, he should continue to play the role of his daughter.

"That's good; some things, in the end, can only be looked at."

Gently shaking her head, Itama Senju warned earnestly; such a dangerous thing as a Tailed Beast card was not something a child like Hijiri Senju could hold.

Hearing this, Hijiri Senju fell into a brief silence. She knew that her aunt was worried about her safety, but at this moment, she was more worried about the future of the clan.

If they could not get the Nine-Tails card and the Knight System, the decline of the Senju clan would be a foregone conclusion; by then, when the eldest brother returned, the home might be gone.

"Little Aunt, the Senju clan needs it."

Hijiri Senju slowly raised her head; she could not watch the clan head toward a dead end.

Now that Kenta Senju, who was pinned with the clan's high hopes, had exited the stage, she was the last hope of the Senju clan.

"Did you not listen to a single word I said?"

Looking at the grandniece who was slowly retreating, Itama Senju frowned slightly.

Although she was not in the clan, she also knew that the current situation of the Senju clan was difficult, so she often gave assistance to Toka Senju in the dark to maintain the basic operation of the clan.

As long as she was alive for one day, the Senju clan would never fall.

Good fellow, you are even more ruthless than a sister-obsessed brother?

"I'm sorry, Little Aunt."

Hijiri Senju, who had made up her mind, shook her head with a solemn face. The moment her voice fell, her whole body turned into a blue lightning bolt and disappeared before Itama Senju's eyes.

"Tsk!"

The familiar Flying Thunder God, the familiar stubbornness.

"Second Brother, you deserve to be the father; her personality is exactly the same as yours."

Itama Senju clicked her tongue, poured chakra into her legs, and turned into a stream of light rushing toward the high platform.

"Ah? Someone else is making a move; it's the princess of the Senju clan!"

Hijiri Senju's big move successfully attracted the attention of the spectator stands. Everyone shifted their eyes away from the two women in a stalemate and followed the blue lightning.

"There's another one behind; it's from the Uchiha family again!"

There were quite a few people who knew Itama Senju; her black-and-white hair color left a very deep impression.

"Whoosh! —"

After using the Flying Thunder God Jutsu to bypass Itama Senju, Hijiri Senju's figure flashed again, heading toward the Nine-Tails card she had locked onto.

"Wait!"

The moment she raised her finger to condense chakra again, a small hand quietly pressed onto the shoulder of Senju Hizhen, startling her into a shiver.

"Little Aunt? Why are you..."

Senju Hizhen turned her head in surprise, looking at the dense chakra swirling around the outside of Senju Itama's body, and for a moment, she was actually at a loss for words.

Since when did the little sister become so strong?

The siblings had secretly recognized each other years ago, but out of guilt and affection for their younger sister, Senju Tobirama and the others had never urged her to train, so they had no concept of Senju Itama's true strength.

"Second Brother's technique is used quite smoothly, but this is far from enough."

Looking at the hand seals in Senju Hizhen's hands with some surprise, Senju Itama nodded slightly to show approval; this eldest niece was indeed a genius, as she had already mastered a secret technique that took Second Brother many years of training to achieve even a modicum of success.

It is a pity that if it is only the Flying Thunder God, she is definitely no match for Uchiha Hikari and the others.

"Offense taken."

Looking at the small hand on her shoulder that felt like iron pincers, Senju Hizhen took a deep breath, and a second before Senju Itama could speak, her entire body turned into blue lightning and vanished again.

When she reappeared, she was already behind Senju Itama, her palm raised high, transformed into a blade, and slashed toward the other's fair, tender neck.

"Bang!"

"Ah!"

So hard!

Clutching her red and swollen palm, Senju Hizhen retreated rapidly, looking at her sister's snow-white neck in disbelief; although she had held back some strength, that hand-blade strike would have knocked out even a Jonin.

"Since preaching is useless..."

Broken bones are the best textbook; Senju Itama, completely unscathed, turned back with a serious expression, her fists igniting with a blue light that made Senju Hizhen tremble.

"They're fighting! They're fighting!"

Watching the two women begin to trade blows, the onlookers in the stands shouted excitedly; at least the money spent wasn't in vain.

"That little brat, she's grown quite well, hasn't she~"

On the stage, Uzumaki Mito, who was currently locked in a test of strength, glanced at Senju Itama and actually had the leisure to speak; it seemed she hadn't used her full strength.

"Hmph!"

Compared to the relaxed Uzumaki Mito, Uchiha Hikari was somewhat inferior, but she was an Uchiha after all; compared to playing with taijutsu, she focused more on the development of dojutsu.

Competing in strength with Uzumaki Mito was equivalent to using one's own weakness to challenge the other's strength, so she was ultimately at a disadvantage.

While the two women outside were pulling frantically with their monstrous strength, the Nine-Tails inside the card had no one to vent its misery to.

As a gathering of chakra, the Nine-Tails itself had no physical body to speak of; now that it was sealed inside the card, this card carrying its power was equivalent to a jinchuriki.

Once the Tailed Beast card suffered damage, it would be implicated as well.

Of course, the durability of a card made from the fragments of the Sage of Six Paths' tools was trustworthy, but that also depended on the situation.

Under normal circumstances, even a Kekkei Genkai with extreme destructive power could not harm it in the slightest.

But the current situation had already exceeded the normal scope.

The Nine-Tails could clearly perceive that the card space it occupied was falling apart; under the scouring of the two women's chakra, dense cracks were spreading everywhere.

"Stop pulling, stop pulling! If you keep pulling, this great one is going to be torn in two!"

Shivering, it hurriedly spoke up to warn the two women outside not to tear it, an innocent little Tailed Beast, into two halves just for a moment of satisfaction.

"Oh?"

The moment the Nine-Tails' voice echoed in their minds, the two women locked in the test of strength froze in unison; only then did Uzumaki Mito curiously examine the details of the Tailed Beast card in her hand.

"The Four-Symbols Seal?"

As a master of sealing jutsu, she clearly perceived the exquisite sealing jutsu engraved on the Tailed Beast card, and a flash of surprise crossed her beautiful eyes.

"One, two, three, four... eighteen layers?"

When two Four-Symbols Seals are stacked together, they become the Eight-Trigrams Seal, a top-tier existence among sealing jutsus, which even a Tailed Beast cannot break free from.

Yet, inside the Tailed Beast card in her hand, someone had actually placed a full eighteen Four-Symbols Seals; from this, one could see that the creator's level of sealing jutsu was far above her own as a sealing master.

Gin-san really is full of surprises~

But she was only surprised for a second before she stopped dwelling on it; after all, she knew whose hands the Tailed Beast card came from, and the stronger Uchiha Gin was, the happier she was.

"Since the Nine-Tails said so, shouldn't we change the way we compete?"

Uzumaki Mito raised an eyebrow and suggested to Uchiha Hikari, whose face was tense.

"Trying to trick me into letting go? Not a chance!"

Uchiha Hikari didn't believe the Nine-Tails' nonsense; wouldn't it be fine to just tear it open and stick it back together with glue?

Nine-Tails: Feed me peanuts! (End of chapter)