Chapter 548: Demanding the Ninja Sword
"My youth is far from fading!" After unleashing the Daytime Tiger, Might Guy didn't stop. His speed was incredible. With a single leap, he jumped several tens of meters into the air, arriving after his attack but before the Susano'o could land. His spine was like a giant dragon, and all the power of his waist, legs, and feet converged.
"Dynamic Entry: Adamantine Leaf Hurricane!"
The blue vapor from the opened seventh gate, the Gate of Shock, covered his entire body. His roar shook the heavens and the earth, like a noble blue beast. He brutally tore through the severely damaged Susano'o, which hadn't had time to repair itself.
The Mangekyo Sharingan couldn't even follow his movements. Might Guy was like a primeval beast, forcefully ripping apart the Susano'o and then kicking towards his own heart.
How could I die here? Kicked to death by a brute? Wouldn't that be a joke?
Madara Uchiha pushed the dynamic tracking ability of his Mangekyo Sharingan to its limit, but he still couldn't accurately capture Guy's figure. His opponent was too fast. He could only predict, roughly calculating his attack route. Then, his left Mangekyo Sharingan spun rapidly, and a trickle of crimson blood slowly flowed out.
A mass of black flames appeared out of thin air, blocking Might Guy's path.
This wasn't Madara's ability, but a skill inherent to Fugaku Uchiha's Mangekyo Sharingan: Amaterasu! All three of them, father and sons, possessed this skill.
Madara Uchiha tried to use Amaterasu to resist, or even kill, this taijutsu ninja, Might Guy. But he had underestimated Konoha's Noble Blue Beast.
The moment Might Guy charged, he saw the Amaterasu blocking his way. He squeezed out the power from within his cells, and his body accelerated again under extreme conditions. Before the Amaterasu could fully form, he bypassed it from the side.
"Impossible?!" Madara thought he had seen through his opponent's strength. He never imagined he still had power to spare?!
In a moment of crisis, he could only slightly turn his body and take Guy's kick with his shoulder.
With a crack, the shoulder guard of Madara Uchiha's red armor, a relic from the Warring States period, was shattered on the spot. The remaining force crushed his shoulder bone and then continued downwards. Madara was kicked out of his Susano'o by this powerful blow. While in mid-air, he felt half of his body go numb!
Just a glance told Madara Uchiha that most of the force of Might Guy's kick had been absorbed by the Susano'o. The force that actually landed on his body wasn't much, but even so, Madara's left side suffered extensive bone fractures, and his internal organs were severely damaged.
With Hashirama's cells and the power of the Rinnegan, these injuries could be healed. But healing didn't mean immediate recovery. It would take time to repair this damage.
He shot a venomous glare at Might Guy. Without the Rinnegan, he couldn't use a perfect Susano'o. The current stage of his Susano'o couldn't fly. He could only grit his teeth, stumble a little, and turn to flee.
After running a hundred meters, Zetsu, who had been watching from the shadows, quickly emerged and took him away underground.
Madara Uchiha had fled.
Might Guy's condition wasn't good either. Normally, after using Daytime Tiger, he should have immediately closed the seventh gate to allow his bones, muscles, and internal organs to rest fully. But he had forced his body to use the Dynamic Entry: Adamantine Leaf Hurricane. When dodging the Amaterasu, he once again squeezed the potential from his cells. All of this had placed a huge burden on his body.
With the enemy gone, the anger in Might Guy's mind subsided. He turned his head somewhat blankly to look at his three students.
At this moment, his somewhat slow brain finally remembered what had happened before.
Wait a minute, wasn't I seasick before? Why am I not dizzy now?
"Uh... Lee, Neji, Tenten! Ah!" The robot-like tough guy collapsed to the ground with a thud. The three members of Team Three were startled and rushed to protect him.
Tenten, being half a medical-nin, carefully examined him. "Hmm? Hmm! This isn't right. Aren't these still the symptoms of seasickness!"
In order to protect his students, Guy-sensei had gotten fired up and forgotten about his seasickness. He had driven away Madara Uchiha in a few moves. With the battle over, the symptoms of seasickness returned.
There were too many injured to capture the Three-Tails. They would be lucky if Madara Uchiha didn't come back for a surprise attack.
Team Three rendezvoused with the injured Aoba Yamashiro and slowly retreated back to Konoha.
Mei Terumi suggested they go to the Hidden Mist Village to recuperate, but no one dared to go at this time.
Mei Terumi said, "A bunch of cowards. I'll escort you back to Konoha."
Aoba Yamashiro knew her intentions weren't pure, but he still said a few polite words.
A day later, Minato Namikaze finally arrived at the eastern sea from the Hidden Waterfall Village. The distance between the two places was simply too great.
Previously, Konoha and the Hidden Mist had searched the eastern sea seven or eight times. No one had expected to encounter the Three-Tails this time, let alone a powerful enemy like Madara Uchiha.
There were many injured, but none of the injuries were fatal. Minato Namikaze escorted them slowly back to Konoha Village.
Two days later, Ino finished her business in the Hidden Rain Village and also led her army back to Konoha Village.
In the battle in the eastern sea, many of the injured were her intelligence department's ninja. The first thing she did upon returning to the village was to visit her subordinates.
In the hospital ward, as expected, she saw Hayate Gekko. Now, it wasn't just Ino; many Konoha ninja could see the "protagonist aura" on him.
You could count on it; he was present in every major incident.
Baki, Mei Terumi, the Deva Path Pain, and now Madara Uchiha.
The enemies were getting stronger and stronger, to a degree that Hayate Gekko couldn't possibly match. Yet, he fought and lost, fought and lost again, each time seriously injured, and each time he managed to survive due to some strange reason. He was a living miracle.
Ino walked out of the ward and came face to face with Mei Terumi, who had her arms crossed, making her chest look enormous.
Ino's eyes were filled with confusion.
"Isn't it time to return the Hidden Mist Village's ninja sword, Samehada?" Mei Terumi asked bluntly.
Ino looked puzzled. "What-hada?"
"Samehada!"
"What-same?"
"Hmph!" Mei Terumi gritted her teeth for a few seconds, then turned and walked away.
Ino waved at her back. "Take care."
Originally, Ino hadn't cared about Samehada. But now that the Three-Tails, Isobu, had been captured by the Akatsuki, she had to change her plans.
She had collected the chakra of all the other Tailed Beasts, more or less. Only the Three-Tails' chakra she hadn't touched at all. She hadn't expected the Three-Tails to suddenly appear and then be caught by Madara Uchiha like a blind cat catching a dead mouse.
Fortunately, Samehada had once been a small fish swimming alongside the Three-Tails. It had nibbled on a bit of the Three-Tails' chakra from time to time, which was how it had slowly gained sentience. In other words, Samehada's body contained a bit of the Three-Tails' chakra. The amount was small, but it was there.
Now Samehada was useful to her. It absolutely could not be returned to the Hidden Mist Village.
If asked, she would just say she didn't know.
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