Hidan stood there, dumbfounded.
He had just finished crawling out from under a pile of rocks… only to see Kakuzu leap into the ocean and flee like a man terrified out of his mind.
What the hell happened while he was stuck back there?
Why was Kakuzu running?
Shigure turned his gaze back toward the stunned Hidan.
"Your partner is already running. Why not go join him?"
The Kirigakure shinobi around him exchanged confused glances.
Was Lord Shigure… sparing them?
The very next instant—
Shigure vanished.
Before Hidan could even react, a hand clamped down on his head.
Shigure twisted his body and hurled him away like a bowling ball.
Boom!
The throw alone triggered a violent sonic crack.
Hidan's face—already battered by Shigure—was further deformed by the force as he was launched like a rag doll.
He skidded across the ocean surface, bouncing and splashing violently, even overtaking Kakuzu as he slid past.
Kakuzu was bewildered.
Why was Hidan being thrown at him?
Were they actually being… let go?
But why?
"Lord Shigure!" a Mist shinobi asked, unable to hold back his confusion.
"Are you planning to let them escape?"
Shigure didn't answer.
Instead, under Terumī Mei's focused gaze, he brought his hands together and began forming two-handed seals.
The Mist shinobi murmured among themselves—what kind of jutsu required such preparation?
Only Mei was truly shocked.
From the Leaf to the Mist, she had never seen Shigure use two-handed seals.
He rarely used one-handed seals…and often didn't need seals at all.
If he was using both hands now—that meant the technique he was preparing was no ordinary ninjutsu.
'Great Sage… assist me.'
[Great Sage: Auxiliary Operation Mode — Activated]
It wasn't a new power—
more like a second consciousness helping perfectly control his chakra.
In a rush, the Six-Tails' chakra surged from within him, drawn out and refined instantly—
all under the Great Sage's control.
The chakra swelling around Shigure became monstrous.
Even the air vibrated with pressure.
"Water Release — Vortex Technique!"
A deep, resonant roar rolled across the sea.
The roar reverberated outside the Hidden Mist Village—as if the ocean itself were speaking from every direction at once.
Before anyone could comprehend what kind of Ninjutsu this was, the sea began to heave unnaturally.
Waves rolled.
Currents twisted.
The water churned like a living demon unleashed.
Kakuzu, sprinting across the sea surface, could feel the disaster brewing beneath his feet.
The water's pull intensified—growing stronger and faster with each heartbeat.
This was bad.
He tried to accelerate—but the current surged beyond anything he could control.
Buzz… buzz… buzz…
The ocean spun faster and faster, becoming a violent force of nature in mere seconds.
Then they saw it—
A massive vortex.
A monstrous whirlpool large enough to rival the size of the Hidden Mist Village itself.
Towering waves rose like walls around it, dozens of meters high, shrouding the horizon.
Kirigakure shinobi stood in shock—mouths hanging open, unable to speak.
The raging currents overtook Kakuzu first—
dragging him downward into the abyss.
For a brief moment, as the final wave crashed over him, Kakuzu saw a glimpse of the afterlife.
Were they really going to die here?
The immortal duo… wiped out in thirty seconds?
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The colossal whirlpool swallowed Kakuzu and Hidan whole—dragging them down tens of thousands of meters.
At such a depth, the crushing water pressure finished them instantly—their bodies obliterated.
Waves slammed into the Mist Village port with thunderous force.
Even after the ocean receded, the water remained in chaos—still trembling from the power released.
Every shinobi turned toward Shigure.
He stood silently, expression unreadable, staring at the fallen Mist-nin on the ground.
Kisame and the others rushed in from afar, drawn by the massive disturbance.
All eyes fixed on Shigure—the man who had shaken the sea.
The amount of chakra needed to perform such a jutsu…
The precision and control required to bend the ocean…
It was terrifying.
Kirigakure shinobi swallowed hard. Even the Jonin looked at Shigure the way one would look at a deity—not with admiration alone, but with fear.
Terumī Mei was stunned—but more than the display, she noticed the expressions of her people.
The entire Hidden Mist was overwhelmed by his power.
There was likely no one else in the entire shinobi world who could wield Water Release like this.
A man like this becoming Mizukage…
It felt only natural.
Mei smiled faintly—then her vision darkened.
As she collapsed backward, Shigure caught her instantly.
"Lady Mizukage!"
"What happened!?"
"Is she hurt?!"
Before they could crowd closer, Shigure vanished—taking Mei with him to the hospital.
Water in the air gathered into a massive water dragon beneath his feet, lifting him as he shot toward the Hidden Mist Hospital.
The Seven Ninja Swordsmen, arriving too late, could only stare as Shigure disappeared once again.
They could only sigh…and chase after him.
Meanwhile, the shinobi at the port stood frozen, replaying the scene in their minds.
Shigure.
The God of Water Release.
A man whose power could command the ocean itself.
Such a force was beyond terrifying.
Elsewhere on the island—
Obito and Zetsu, masks of chakra carefully concealed, remained silent.
They had seen everything.
"What a monster…" Obito muttered.
"He stirred the entire ocean with his chakra."
Zetsu corrected him quietly:
"Not just his chakra. Tailed Beast chakra. In that moment, the Six-Tails' entire power surged out at once—and he controlled it perfectly."
Obito's fists tightened.
To command that level of power instantly…
was beyond reason.
A creature like this shouldn't exist.
Even Uchiha Madara…
Obito hesitated.
"…might not surpass Shigure."
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