Chapter 31: Chapter 31: Useless Amaterasu
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Just...
An ordinary Uchiha without the Sharingan could actually be immune to his Tsukuyomi genjutsu?
The thought of this mysterious and powerful Uchiha Kage made Uchiha Itachi even more determined to continue dealing with these Konoha ninjas.
Leaving such a dangerous person by Sasuke's side was truly unsettling for him.
"Your opponent is me!"
Seeing Uchiha Itachi staring at Uchiha Kage with an uncertain expression, Yūhi Kurenai immediately took out her kunai and attacked.
She believed that Uchiha Itachi's behavior was definitely a sign that he was planning to sneak attack Uchiha Kage, who was currently fighting Kisame.
So, even though she knew she was no match, she decided to block Uchiha Itachi for Uchiha Kage for a while.
On the other hand, Uchiha Itachi, who was still hesitating, had no choice but to take out his kunai to deal with the attacking kunoichi.
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"Ka-Kage-kun actually knows how to use the Gentle Fist..."
'And he's even better at it than me!'
Hinata, who was watching the battle from a distance, was stunned in place as she saw Uchiha Kage using the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
'But... how, how is this possible?'
The Kage-kun in front of her, who was using the Gentle Fist, his techniques, and his habits... how could they be so similar to the 'Kage-kun' she had been dreaming about every night?
The Hyūga clan's Eight Trigrams Palms Gentle Fist is a secret technique that pursues extreme speed and precision.
Each palm corresponds to a specific acupoint on the human body, with a total of thirty-two major acupoints.
Therefore, mastering the Gentle Fist requires learning the Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms, and extending from that, the Sixty-Four Palms, One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms...
Uchiha Kage had easily practiced the Gentle Fist he obtained from Hinata up to the Sixty-Four Palms.
"It's useless. Without the Byakugan's insight, the chakra from the Gentle Fist can't hit the opponent's meridians, let alone seal their acupoints," While dealing with Yūhi Kurenai's taijutsu attacks, Uchiha Itachi passed judgment on Uchiha Kage's Gentle Fist.
A slight deviation leads to a huge difference; it's just a flashy move.
"Hinata, is what he said true?"
Although she didn't know why Uchiha Itachi wasn't using genjutsu or ninjutsu against her, Yūhi Kurenai couldn't afford to think about that now. She, along with her two students, was focused on Uchiha Kage's situation.
"Yes...", Hinata nodded, acknowledging Uchiha Itachi's assessment.
But her Byakugan clearly saw that every palm of Uchiha Kage's Gentle Fist had accurately hit Kisame's acupoints.
'Is Kage-kun just lucky, or are his eyes actually...'
'No, no, Kage-kun's eyes are clearly black, how could they be the Byakugan?'
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"Did it really have no effect at all?"
Uchiha Kage's unexpected wave of Eight Trigrams Palms attacks had almost all landed on Kisame.
The rain-like attacks forced Kisame to retreat, but they didn't truly harm him.
"Such a fierce Gentle Fist. Even the Hyūga clan ninjas I encountered during the war weren't as good as you," Kisame never expected an Uchiha to be able to use the Gentle Fist, which requires the Byakugan, and with such precision.
If he hadn't mastered a certain level of chakra absorption, redirecting the chakra Uchiha Kage had injected into his meridians and acupoints to other parts of his body, he really would have been sealed.
"Maybe if you put a bit more effort, I would have been sealed," Kisame, having regained his footing, smiled provocatively.
His nature is to grow stronger when facing strong opponents; the more chakra the enemy uses, the stronger he becomes.
"Is that so?"
Uchiha Kage didn't seem to care that his previous attack had been ineffective.
"But my original goal wasn't you, it was...", The Gentle Fist not only interrupted Kisame's hand seals but also kept him too busy to pay attention to the Samehada sword on the ground.
And now, the person closest to this ninja sword was him.
"What? You want to use my weapon against me?"
Seeing Uchiha Kage pick up the Samehada from the ground, Kisame wasn't panicked but instead showed a sinister smile.
Unlike other ninja swords, Samehada is a living being with its own will. If someone other than its owner picks it up, they will only suffer its backlash.
So he wasn't afraid of someone taking his weapon.
"Of course, your Samehada is good, but now it's mine," Swinging the Samehada in the air a few times to get a feel for it, Uchiha Kage also smiled.
He could roughly guess Kisame's thoughts, but unfortunately...
After absorbing a piece of Kisame's ninja fragment, he now had chakra with the same scent as Kisame.
He even knew how to use this Samehada.
'Samehada Flying Chain Slash!'
Bending and extending the Samehada's handle like a chain, Uchiha Kage swung the blade in a zigzag motion towards Kisame.
"What?"
'My Samehada didn't resist his swing and even cooperated with him to attack me?'
'How is this possible?'
Kisame's small eyes widened in shock.
But before he could dodge the attack, the Samehada sword suddenly stopped right in front of him.
SIZZLE~
'On one side, the chakra feels like its master, on the other side, it also feels like its master...'
Samehada's underdeveloped brain was now in ultimate confusion.
"Come back."
Seeing Samehada stop above Kisame's head, Uchiha Kage had no choice but to retrieve the sword.
'So that's how it is. Even though I fused with Kisame's chakra and deceived Samehada into recognizing me as its master, Samehada still recognizes Kisame's scent and won't actively attack him.'
"This is really a huge crisis," Seeing his Samehada actually lying obediently in Uchiha Kage's hand, Kisame could no longer remain calm.
He felt that he could now somewhat understand how Uchiha Itachi's previously invincible genjutsu had completely failed against Uchiha Kage.
Half of his abilities were tied to this Samehada sword.
If he didn't get the sword back quickly, who knows if he might one day be cut down by Samehada.
'Water Release: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave...'
"Wait, Kisame!"
Just as Kisame was about to form hand seals to use his most proficient water release ninjutsu, Uchiha Itachi quickly stopped him.
"Without being able to merge with Samehada, even if you turn this place into a vast ocean, it won't help. Let me handle him."
Uchiha Itachi noticed the playful expression on Uchiha Kage's face.
Unlike his previous move to interrupt Kisame's hand seals, this guy now seemed to be waiting for Kisame to use that water release, which was undoubtedly a trap.
So Uchiha Itachi quickly stopped Kisame.
"Tsk, your observation is really sharp. No wonder you're a genius who annihilated your entire clan at such a young age."
That's right. After gaining Kisame's abilities, Uchiha Kage could also merge with Samehada. If Kisame dared to turn this place into a water-based battlefield, he would make sure everyone here knew what a true tailed beast without a tail was.
"Itachi-san, are you planning to use that technique? Your body..."
Kisame didn't doubt Uchiha Itachi's judgment, but he was surprised that he was really planning to go all out.
"At this point, we can only end this quickly."
Uchiha Itachi paid no attention to Uchiha Kage's mockery.
Although he annihilated the Uchiha clan, it was all for Konoha's sake, and he would not waver on this.
"Although using it damages my body, at least I'll let you witness the true power of the Mangekyō Sharingan."
Blood tears flowed from Uchiha Itachi's eyes, and a cold chakra began to gather in his pupils.
'Amaterasu!'
"Another eye technique?"
Yūhi Kurenai instinctively sensed danger and quickly looked at Uchiha Kage's body.
"What... is this?"
Uchiha Kage's previously fine body was now engulfed in strange black flames.
"Ah! Ah...", Uchiha Kage, burning in the black flames, let out cries of pain.
But soon, he changed his expression and smiled.
"Sorry, sorry. You're bleeding, so if I were completely unharmed, it would feel a bit awkward."
Taking off the clothes burned by Amaterasu and throwing them aside, Uchiha Kage's body showed no signs of burns.
"This brat always makes people worry."
Yūhi Kurenai stared at Uchiha Kage's bare upper body while secretly complaining in her heart.
"How is this possible?"
'My Amaterasu was clearly aimed at his body, how could it only burn his clothes?'
'And even if it burned his clothes, he shouldn't be unharmed.'
'Such thin clothing can't possibly block all of Amaterasu's burns.'
"I told you before, your proud Sharingan has no effect on me."
"No, you must have used some special ninjutsu to evade my attack," Although Uchiha Itachi maintained his composure on the surface, his mind was in turmoil.
'An Uchiha who hasn't even awakened the Sharingan is immune to all my Mangekyō's eye techniques?'
'Cough...'
Whether it was due to his poor health or the sudden surge of anger, Uchiha Itachi couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Even Itachi-san's Amaterasu didn't work, just who are you..."
As Uchiha Itachi's partner, Kisame knew better than anyone the power of the Amaterasu technique.
It can burn anything and will never extinguish until the target is completely destroyed.
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