Chapter 204 – Shattered Pride
> "Thousand Paper Cranes: Instant Appearance!"
Tsk!!
With a final defiant shout, Ōtsutsuki Urashiki's body burst apart, transforming into dozens of crimson paper cranes, vanishing into the sky in an attempt to flee.
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> "He disappeared?"
> "Did he just… run away?"
> "The intruder actually fled?! That means the Fifth Hokage, Lord Uchiha, won again!"
The citizens of Rōran—Queen Sāra, Princess Sāra, and the Loulan ministers who had evacuated to safety—were stunned at first. Then, chaos erupted.
None of them had expected Ōtsutsuki Urashiki to shout the most threatening words… only to run away like a coward.
> "Seriously? Isn't that too embarrassing?"
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But just as Urashiki thought he had escaped…
> "Trying to run?"
A cold smile appeared on Uchiha Yuta's face. The Fifth Hokage of Konoha raised a hand and whispered:
> "Time Freeze."
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Buzz!!
In an instant, an overwhelming wave of Six Paths chakra exploded from Uchiha Yuta's body, sweeping out like a lightning storm, freezing the very air around them.
Urashiki—still in his paper crane form—suddenly found himself immobile. His eyes widened in disbelief.
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> "No… Impossible!"
> "Why can't I move? My technique—why isn't it working?!"
> "He froze time… He actually froze time?!"
Even as one of the proud Ōtsutsuki Clan, Urashiki had never encountered such an oppressive force. His signature escape technique had been rendered completely useless.
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Before he could finish processing the situation...
> "Thousand Paper Cranes: Instant Appearance."
Uchiha Yuta's body blurred—and then vanished. He, too, transformed into dozens of red paper cranes and disappeared into thin air.
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> "Wha—?!"
Urashiki's mind went blank.
> "He… he used my jutsu?"
> "Even my Thousand Paper Cranes technique... How does he know it? Why is his version even stronger?!"
It was unbearable.
His most treasured, most proud techniques—ripped away and mastered effortlessly by a shinobi from Earth.
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> Boom!!
With a thunderous crash, Uchiha Yuta reappeared mid-air and blasted through Urashiki's paper form, smashing him back to the ground and forcefully reverting him to his original body.
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> Puff!!
Urashiki coughed up several mouthfuls of blood, his aura now unstable and weakened to the extreme.
Even Queen Sāra and the others, watching from afar through binoculars, couldn't comprehend what had just happened. The entire battle seemed to unfold in the blink of an eye.
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> "The gap… is just too big."
> "Escaping? That was a joke."
> "The Fifth Hokage, Lord Uchiha Yuta, is a literal force of nature."
> "Even if you want to run, it's already too late."
Everyone exchanged stunned glances, admiration and awe reflected in their eyes.
Uchiha Yuta had become an unmatched symbol of power. Even an invader from the Ōtsutsuki Clan had been utterly outclassed and humiliated.
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> "Uchiha… Yuta… You… you—?!"
Blood dripping from his lips, Urashiki staggered to his feet, staring in disbelief.
> "How did you freeze time?"
> "How did you master Thousand Paper Cranes?!"
> "Those are my techniques—how can you wield them even better than me?!"
His voice trembled. His heart shattered. What little pride he had left had now been crushed beyond repair.
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Uchiha Yuta smiled lightly.
> "Heh… There's still so much you don't understand, Urashiki."
> "The best way to crush someone… is to defeat them using the very thing they're most proud of."
He didn't mention the truth: that all of these techniques, including Time Freeze and Thousand Paper Cranes, were rewards from his Sign-In System.
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> "By the way… that Blue Rinnegan of yours—"
Yuta tilted his head slightly, speaking as if he were giving advice.
> "It should be able to evolve into the Six Tomoe Rinnegan, right?"
> "Maybe even the Golden Rinnegan. You better activate it now… because soon, you won't get another chance."
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> "You… You're a monster!"
Urashiki snapped.
His expression turned wild and unhinged, and he screamed in pure frustration:
> "How do you know that?!"
> "How can a native from this backwater planet know so much about the Ōtsutsuki?!"
> "It's impossible!!"
His arrogance had completely collapsed. His composure had been shattered.
He was no longer the high and mighty Ōtsutsuki—he was a desperate man at the end of his rope.
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Uchiha Yuta narrowed his eyes.
> "That's enough. Time to die."
He raised a hand, eyes cold and resolute.
> "Become nourishment for the Ten-Tails."
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