Who the hell was that?!
Someone actually dared to ambush Gekko Chizan—and not only that, the quality of this jutsu was way beyond standard.
Water Release? No… this was already Sea Release! Sure, they were on the coast, which gave the enemy a terrain advantage, but to unleash a Water Release of this scale…
Chizan's heart sank into shadow. The sudden eruption made it painfully clear—this had been planned long ago.
"Tch! Chōmei, give me some chakra! I've got to get the hell out from under this cursed umbrella!"
"Damn it…!"
"Again?!"
Before he even finished speaking, several water dragons rose around the umbrella, snapping toward him.
"Eight o'clock! Chizan!"
"Take the chakra—run!"
Chōmei had already pinpointed the enemy's location, flooding chakra into Chizan without pause.
Without a second thought, Chizan formed the Tiger seal with both hands, driving a spiraling surge of chakra into the sapphire-blue waves in front of him.
Using spiraled chakra, Chizan now wielded it like the ultimate formation-breaking weapon.
Boom!
The instant before the water dragons crashed down, Chizan ripped through the umbrella's control and shot out.
The next second, the water dragons collided head-on, sending a storm of droplets across the land like torrential rain.
"That was close!"
"Better set up the field first!"
Barely free, Chizan wasted no time. He deftly hurled kunai inscribed with formulas around him, then turned toward eight o'clock.
And there—he saw the one who had struck at him.
"No way! Why would the Third Mizukage be here???"
Chizan's mind reeled. He recognized the man—not intimately, but enough. That face belonged to none other than the Mizukage of Kirigakure.
The most mysterious, most bloodstained Mizukage of them all—the one who personally forged the Bloody Mist era.
But that wasn't the point. What Chizan couldn't fathom was why a figure of such renown would be here, targeting him.
"Slippery little tadpole… too bad. You must die!"
"Water Release: Prison!"
Standing atop the sea, the Third Mizukage's eyes gleamed with an icy flash, his voice as cold as the snows of the Land of Frost.
His hands blurred through hand seals, and the ocean around him surged.
Currents rose, twisting into spinning waves, and with a swing of his arm, they roared toward Chizan.
Seeing the devastating might of the strike, Chizan's lips twitched.
The jutsu was already upon him. And he wasn't about to use his body to test its destructive power.
"Formation of Ten Thousand Snakes!"
In haste, he skipped hand seals entirely. Even at his top speed, he couldn't outpace those waterspouts.
Slamming one palm into the air, he triggered a summoning array. Countless serpents burst forth, raining down from above.
One side—dozens of roaring water cyclones.
The other—tens of thousands of writhing serpents.
The moment the two forces met, the skies bled red.
Chizan felt it clearly: thehe rotational force was sheer destruction—snakes armored in scales shattered into fragments the instant they touched it.
"Damn it… if this Water Release doesn't even count as Sea Release, then how terrifying was Tobirama Senju's Sea Release supposed to be?!"
He had always looked down on Water Release. After all, only Tobirama could truly claim the title of Sea Release.
But now he knew—he had been dead wrong.
This man's Water Release… no, this was Sea Release through and through! Even future masters like Kisame or Mei Terumī couldn't compare.
Sure, he had the ocean backing him—but the sheer power was outrageous!
"Screw this!"
Flying Thunder God flared, and Chizan aborted the Formation of Ten Thousand Snakes, teleporting away.
He reappeared on the sea's surface and instantly cloaked himself in Transparent Release, hiding his form while waiting for another chance to strike.
The Mizukage, robbed of a target, gave a cold smile.
"Hiding your form and aura… a kekkei genkai?"
"If we were in Kirigakure, I'd have slaughtered you on sight."
"Kekkei genkai are abominations! They shouldn't exist in this world!"
"It's because of creatures like you that this world remains broken!"
For reasons unknown, the Third Mizukage harbored unfathomable hatred toward kekkei genkai. With icy words, he shifted tactics.
After forming seals, he pressed one hand against the sea. No visible effect followed.
But suddenly, Chizan felt icy dread surging up from beneath his feet.
"Found you!"
Startled, Chizan didn't hesitate. He bent his legs and launched himself skyward.
The very next instant, the ocean boiled like a cauldron, currents streaming up violently.
"A sensory-type jutsu?! Damn it—this guy's an all-rounder too!"
"Water Release! Great Waterfall Technique!"
The assault never ceased.
A wall of ocean erupted skyward, soaring over a hundred meters. Chizan's whole body went numb.
A waterfall? No—that was a divine deluge!
"Crystal Release: Crystal Rampart!"
With no earth beneath him, Chizan wasn't dumb enough to rely on Earth Release. Instead, he turned to his second kekkei genkai.
A curved wall of crystal burst into existence, shielding him against the waterfall's crushing force.
"Now for payback! Don't think I'm some pushover!"
"So what if you're a Mizukage? It's not like I've never fought a Kage before!"
"Crystal Release! Rain of Crystal Needles!"
As the waves settled, the crystal wall shattered into countless shards. Under Chizan's control, they reshaped into thousands of senbon, heralding his counterattack.
"Hm? Two kekkei genkai?!"
"You heretic!"
The Mizukage's fury deepened at the sight of the crystalline storm.
One kekkei genkai was already intolerable. But this brat had two?!
He had to be eliminated. Crushed. Now! Immediately!
Fueled by rage, the Mizukage withdrew his chakra from beneath him and vanished into the sea with a splash.
The freezing waters did nothing to cool his temper—if anything, the flames of his wrath only burned hotter.
This battle had only just begun.
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