"Chōmei, prepare the scale powder. I'm going to attack with it."
Chōmei didn't say a word and immediately began preparing the scale powder.
"Gekko Chizan, today you must die."
"Oh? Really? How come I feel like I won't be dying today?"
The two exchanged sharp words, and the clash began once again.
But this time, Gekko Chizan held a kunai in his hand—it was his jutsu kunai.
Uchiha Makito raised his hand and once again used the Lotus Technique. The temperature of the blue flames this time was even more scorching.
"Flame Arrow!"
"Die for me!"
The nature transformation appeared again. The flames actually transformed into long arrows, shooting toward Gekko Chizan with a piercing whistle.
The eye technique activated once again, and the long arrows appeared in front of Gekko Chizan all at once.
Feeling the scorching heat of the flames, Gekko Chizan didn't care at all and dodged using Flying Thunder God.
But this attack only confirmed his suspicions even more.
"Ninja Art! Scale Powder Concealment Technique!"
A large amount of white scale powder spewed from Gekko Chizan's mouth. The blinding light instantly forced Uchiha Makito to raise his arm to shield himself.
Seizing the opportunity, Gekko Chizan threw the kunai at Uchiha Makito and at the same time charged forward himself.
Although the blinding light disrupted Uchiha Makito's vision, he still dodged the kunai by instinct. But Gekko Chizan used this chance to close in with his blade.
"Take this!"
Seeing the long blade about to reach him, Uchiha Makito snorted coldly. The three-pronged Mangekyō Sharingan locked directly onto Gekko Chizan.
The invisible obstruction appeared again, but this time Gekko Chizan was already prepared.
In the next moment, Gekko Chizan appeared directly behind Uchiha Makito.
It was the second stage of the Flying Thunder God, using the jutsu kunai for spatial teleportation.
This way, he avoided Uchiha Makito's line of sight, his long blade fiercely swinging toward his neck.
"Hmph! Don't even think about it!"
"Whoosh!"
With no way to dodge, Uchiha Makito wasn't afraid at all. He let out a loud shout, and sharp wooden spikes suddenly burst from his right arm, shooting backward.
"Just as I thought..."
Seeing the sudden appearance of Wood Release, Gekko Chizan wasn't surprised in the slightest.
After all, that old man Uchiha Madara had long since mastered Wood Release. Teaching his substitute to use it was nothing difficult.
Even in the original story, Obito used Wood Release.
The long blade swung down, cutting through the wooden spikes, but Uchiha Makito seized the chance to retreat once again, appearing instantly on a distant branch.
"If I can't see it, I can't target it with the eye technique..."
Gekko Chizan stared coldly at Uchiha Makito standing far away in the trees.
"Heh heh heh, under the eye techniques of the Uchiha clan, you—"
"Shhk!"
"What..."
Uchiha Makito was just about to deliver his arrogant Uchiha speech when he felt a searing pain from below.
His eyes instantly turned red—not from rage, not from chakra use—just pure, blinding pain.
"Just as I thought... you can't defend against attacks you can't see..."
"And... I've already figured out your technique..."
Gekko Chizan's cold voice sounded from behind him.
Using Transparent Release, Gekko Chizan had kept the Thousand Years of Pain stance perfectly, this strike made even worse by his intent to maximize pain. Uchiha Makito was losing his mind from the agony.
"Damn it... When did you!"
Uchiha Makito quickly used his eye technique to retreat.
Seeing him flee, Gekko Chizan sneered coldly.
He reappeared on a distant tree trunk.
"A clone... The real one hid using Transparent Release... Bastard!"
Uchiha Makito was right. When Gekko Chizan released the Scale Powder Concealment Technique, he had already used the Shadow Clone Technique to swap out his real body.
The real one had hidden nearby using Transparent Release to observe.
And during his observation, he discovered something.
When Uchiha Makito used his eye technique to move, there were clear signs of physical displacement. That meant his eye technique wasn't true space teleportation.
Nor was it super speed movement—otherwise the instant he stopped, there would have been obvious landing traces.
It had to be some ability that shrank the distance between himself and the destination point, making it seem like instantaneous movement.
Just like the principle of Shrinking the Earth to Inches.
"Heh heh heh, now I understand his ability..."
"As long as he can see the spot, he can shorten the distance between himself and it, achieving a step-a-thousand-miles effect."
Hearing this, Chōmei couldn't help but smack his lips. This ability really did seem terrifying.
"Then what about his ability to block your attacks?"
Gekko Chizan sneered.
"Each Mangekyō Sharingan has a unique ability per eye."
"I think his other ability also relates to distance. If that's the case, it makes sense."
"One eye shortens distance. I bet the other one lengthens it—he can infinitely extend the distance between himself and any attack he sees."
"That's why none of the attacks can hit him."
"Distant yet close... even though the distance seems near, it's as if he's far away at the edge of the sky."
"I bet that's what his ability does."
Gekko Chizan calmly analyzed Uchiha Makito's powers.
The latter also realized his eye techniques had been exposed, and his opinion of Gekko Chizan rose another level.
"Right now, I admit Uchiha Madara was right to value you."
"To actually wound me..."
"Ugh!"
Before he could finish speaking, an even sharper pain exploded through him.
And the Gekko Chizan before him vanished again.
"Thousand Years of Pain! Spiraling Ascension!"
The dizziness and the feeling of spiraling upward made Uchiha Makito feel like he was about to ascend to heaven.
Under the terrifying Thousand Years of Pain, another soul was added to the list of the damned.
"Ahhh!! Gekko Chizan, just you wait! I'll kill you for sure!"
Marked already, Uchiha Makito didn't dare linger.
Even though the pain was unbearable, he knew if he didn't escape now, he'd be seriously injured—no, he already was seriously injured, badly at that!
But as Gekko Chizan prepared to deliver a third Thousand Years of Pain, he suddenly realized countless explosive tags had appeared around him.
"Damn! This bastard lays eggs too?!"
"Boom!"
The explosions roared. Gekko Chizan had no choice but to prioritize survival, using Flying Thunder God to escape.
Those explosive tags had been left behind by Uchiha Makito to ensure a quick getaway.
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