Seeing Zangetsu dodge her attack, Mikoto was slightly surprised. Even though she wasn't a genjutsu specialist, for him to break free from a genjutsu cast with a three-tomoe Sharingan so quickly proved that his own skill was not low.
But so what? Today, she would kill this boy from the Mist to avenge her comrade.
"Brat, now that you know we're from the Uchiha clan, aren't you going to run? Not that it matters, you're doomed to die here today anyway," said Uchiha Honoo, one of Mikoto's bodyguards. He looked down at Zangetsu with undisguised arrogance, as if looking at a dead man. The other two guards, Uchiha Ao and Uchiha Taro, shared his expression. It was an arrogance that came from their Sharingan, from their very name.
"What a stupid question. If you've already said I can't escape, then why should I bother trying?" Zangetsu replied, looking at Honoo as if he were an idiot. This made Honoo's face stiffen, then turn cold as ice.
"You're courting death!"
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Enraged, Honoo threw several shuriken, and immediately after, began forming hand seals.
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"
A massive fireball shot forward. Zangetsu didn't need to feel its heat to know the immense danger it contained. Logically, he should have used a water-style jutsu to counter it. But he didn't. Water and fire colliding would create a large amount of steam, and in the steam, the Sharingan's vision would be far superior to his own. He was sure Honoo was counting on that.
Instead, Zangetsu moved, dodging the shuriken and the fireball and charging straight at Honoo.
Seeing him charge forward instead of retreating, all four Uchiha were surprised. But a moment later, Honoo, Ao, and Taro's faces twisted into sneers.
"Overestimating yourself!" Ao said, drawing the katana from his back. He and Honoo, who was holding a kunai, charged to meet Zangetsu. Taro remained by Mikoto's side, confident that two of them were more than enough to handle one young brat from the Mist.
Mikoto, however, did not let her guard down. She watched Zangetsu intently, ready to use her Sharingan genjutsu to assist her comrades the moment she saw an opening.
Clang! Clang! Clang!!!
In an instant, the three clashed. Zangetsu immediately pretended that their strength surprised him, while Honoo and Ao's eyes filled with contempt. They believed his power was clearly inferior to theirs. Of course, this was just an illusion Zangetsu was deliberately creating.
The three fought in a flurry, the clash of kunai and katana ringing out and creating sparks. But it was clear that Zangetsu was losing ground. After all, he was facing two Jonin from the Uchiha clan. With the powerful perception and dynamic vision of their Sharingan, plus the various taijutsu they had copied over the years, the Uchiha were naturally gifted in close combat.
Most importantly, they could cast genjutsu without hand seals. This forced Zangetsu to constantly break eye contact. Luckily for him, neither Honoo nor Ao were genjutsu specialists like Itachi or Shisui, who could trap someone in an illusion with a single glance. Otherwise, he would have already been forced to reveal his Hydrification Technique.
"Die, brat!"
At a certain moment, Ao saw an opening—or rather, an opening Zangetsu had sold him.
Shink!!!
He swung his katana fiercely at Zangetsu's waist, confident that the boy could not dodge. He put all his strength into the blow, aiming to cut Zangetsu in half.
And he succeeded. His katana sliced deep into Zangetsu's torso, cutting his body in two.
But it didn't cut him completely.
Because you can't cut water.
Hydrification Technique!
The time was now.
As his left hand grabbed Honoo's arm, Zangetsu activated his technique, nullifying Ao's attack.
Shink!!!
The sound of a blade slicing through flesh rang out.
As Ao was feeling triumphant from his successful strike, yet simultaneously confused by the wrong feeling of the impact, Zangetsu's right hand slashed his kunai across Ao's throat.
Blood erupted, spraying onto Zangetsu and Honoo.
"AO!!!" Honoo roared, his mind going blank for a second. It had all happened too fast. One moment, he was certain Ao would kill the boy; the next, Ao's throat was slit.
But it didn't end there.
Zangetsu's left hand still had a firm grip on Honoo's wrist. Using Honoo's moment of shock, he pulled hard, unbalancing him. At the same time, his right hand plunged its kunai downward.
However, Honoo was still a Jonin. He reacted at the last moment, twisting his body and swinging his left fist at Zangetsu's head.
Zangetsu didn't dodge.
He let the fist smash through his skull.
Splash!
Water sprayed everywhere. Half of Zangetsu's head disappeared. But it didn't affect him. His entire body had turned into a puddle of water on the ground.
In an instant, he reformed behind Honoo.
"Honoo, look out!!!" Mikoto and Taro's warning cries reached Honoo's ears.
He jumped in fright, but it was too late.
Water Gun Technique!
Zangetsu formed his hand into the shape of a pistol and fired a liquid bullet from his index finger. It pierced through Honoo's back, right through his heart.
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