Shadowy Hands of the Multi-headed Snake
"Many Hidden Shadow Snake Hands."
Nawaki swung his blade down onto Samehada. The immense force bore down on Fuguki Suikazan.
The edge of the sword drew closer and closer to his shoulder.
Suddenly, several large snakes shot out from his sleeve, their tongues flicking as they lunged at Suikazan's face.
Those triangular snake heads were clearly highly venomous.
Fuguki had no choice but to take a cut to his left shoulder and retreat.
Nawaki smirked slightly and pressed the advantage.
He wasn't about to let his advantage slip away.
"Kid, don't push your luck."
[Ninja Art: A Thousand Needles!]
Ignoring his injury, Fuguki formed hand seals. His hair extended outward, attempting to impale Nawaki.
"Earth Release, Earth Flow Wall."
An earthen wall rose between them. Though Fuguki's hair pushed through the wall by an inch or two, it could no longer reach Nawaki.
"Is that all you've got? Just messing with your hair?"
Nawaki soared over the wall, cutting through Fuguki's long strands in one smooth stroke.
His mockery was completely unhidden.
Psychological warfare—he'd learned that from Kawaki inside and out.
"Hehe."
"Just because I'm ugly doesn't mean I'm dumb. You figured me out."
Nawaki wasted no time landing another sharp verbal jab.
"Enough chatter."
Clearly agitated, Fuguki suppressed the urge to lop Nawaki's head off and charged forward, Samehada in hand.
Clang!!
Nawaki raised his arm just in time to block. The clash of blades rang out metallically.
Suddenly, something unexpected happened.
All the bandages wrapped around Samehada tore apart. Barbed hooks shot out and stabbed toward Nawaki's body.
The giant gaping mouth on the blade even licked its lips with a tongue.
This person's chakra tastes amazing!!
Nawaki hadn't expected Samehada to actually be alive and hesitated slightly during his retreat.
The hooks tore several bloody gashes into his arm.
In that instant, he clearly felt his chakra draining away.
"Your chakra's top-notch. Never seen Samehada this worked up before."
Fuguki twisted his neck, finally getting revenge for that earlier cut.
"You're celebrating too soon."
The wounds on Nawaki's arm began healing rapidly. Although he didn't know Medical Ninjutsu, being a direct bloodline heir of the Senju clan wasn't without merit.
"Hehe~ Let's try again."
After gaining a slight upper hand, Fuguki wanted to repeat his strategy—using Samehada's unique traits to wear down Nawaki.
"It works once, not twice."
Nawaki saw right through Fuguki's plan.
They clashed again. This time, Nawaki paid a small price in chakra but gradually got used to Samehada's attack patterns.
His movements became increasingly fluid. Fuguki found himself on the defensive again during the fierce exchange.
He'd never encountered such unpredictable swordsmanship before.
Nor had he seen how utterly helpless Nawaki looked when crushed by Kawaki.
These skills were forged through nothing but enduring brutal beatings.
After dozens of exchanges, both fighters briefly separated.
"Brat, you're leaving me no choice."
Frustrated by the stalemate, Fuguki prepared to unveil his ace in the hole.
He plunged Samehada blade-first into the ground, then shoved his entire right arm into its gaping maw.
"Ahhh—"
Letting out a pained cry, the wound on his left shoulder began healing, while shark-like features surfaced on his face.
His skin turned pale, his eyes smaller, even his teeth seemed sharper.
His entire right arm fused seamlessly with Samehada, morphing into a blade resembling a shark's dorsal fin.
Honestly, this new form set a whole new standard for hideousness.
Perhaps due to weak compatibility with Samehada, his Gauntlet technique paled in comparison to Kisame's.
A flicker of suspicion crossed Nawaki's eyes as he became more alert.
In their renewed clash, Suikazan had already begun gaining the upper hand.
The Samehada fusion provided comprehensive enhancements—the blade formed from his right arm was extremely durable.
No longer restricted by a large sword, his attacks became more flexible and unpredictable.
He fluidly mixed punches and kicks, trading blows evenly with Nawaki.
But Nawaki immediately sensed something off and swiftly disengaged.
"Caught on, huh?"
"Time to drain every last drop."
Suikazan grinned maliciously as he launched his attack.
At the moment of contact, Nawaki's Chakra was instantly absorbed by Suikazan.
After fusing with Samehada, his entire body could now absorb Chakra—no longer limited to absorbing through the blade itself.
Glancing around the chaotic battlefield, Nawaki noticed Snow Clan members already wounded by relentless Lightning Release attacks—though no lives had been lost yet.
Suddenly, a plan clicked in Nawaki's mind.
Facing Suikazan's fierce assault head-on, he chose not to retreat.
However, his fighting style turned more conservative—avoiding any physical contact altogether.
Forsaking offense, he focused solely on defense, retreating cautiously while fending off attacks.
Unable to siphon Nawaki's Chakra again, Suikazan grew more frustrated by the second.
The force behind his strikes kept intensifying.
Nawaki's foot suddenly stepped on something slippery, causing his body to waver.
Suikazan seized the opening instantly, lunging forward.
The blade-formed right arm slashed straight for Nawaki's neck.
He already envisioned the annoying brat's head rolling from his strike. His grin twisted into something truly grotesque.
"Minato!"
Nawaki cried out, throwing himself backward in a dramatic fall.
As he fell, he still lifted his blade trying to block Suikazan's arm. The panic in his eyes looked unmistakably real.
"Die!"
Suikazan's blade halted mid-air, stopping inches from Nawaki.
"Ohhh...!"
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"Puh—"
That was the sound of steel entering flesh.
A single drop of blood slid down the blade tip, splashing onto Nawaki's face. Suikazan turned his head slightly to glance behind him.
Minato stood there, holding swords firmly planted in his opponent's heart.
When did he...?
Minato withdrew the blade—spraying blood.
As Suikazan collapsed, he spotted a Special Kunai lying silently on the ground.
So this had all been someone else's plan.
He'd ultimately fallen one step behind.
Bang!!
Suikazan's body hit the ground with a heavy thud, while the now-orphaned Samehada tore free and fell nearby, writhing restlessly.
"Great teamwork, man," Nawaki said, wiping blood from his face as he stood and clapped Minato on the shoulder.
"We're brothers, bro! Who do you think you are, trying to fight us?"
Minato chuckled as he and Nawaki stood victorious over a powerful enemy.
Having fused with Samehada, Suikazan was now immune to ninjutsu and boasted overwhelming taijutsu strength. He was indeed a tough opponent.
"Damn it!"
Tenkatsu Kubo couldn't believe that his vanished opponent had actually defeated Suikazan.
Enraged, he charged forward at full speed, wielding the Cleaver Sword.
"This guy must've got a few screws loose."
Fighting one person was hard enough—now he wanted to take on two?
Eagerly, Nawaki grabbed hold of Samehada—it felt heavy in his hands, clearly a top-grade weapon.
"Finish him off," Minato said, dashing forward.
"Hiss~"
Just as Nawaki was about to test the new sword, he felt a sharp pain in his hand—like it had bitten him.
Looking down, he saw Samehada's hilt absorbing his blood while the blade coiled gently around his wrist.
As if it were nestling against him.
And he could even feel chakra flowing into his body.
"Such a great treasure indeed."
Grinning, he patted Samehada's blade with his other hand, feeling it pulse warmly in response.
"Alright, my new partner—let's move."
He glanced ahead—Minato had already engaged Tenkatsu Kubo in battle.
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