Chapter 75: I Am the Elder Sister

Chapter 75: Chapter 75: I Am the Elder Sister

Casually banishing Danzo Shimura into the alternate space of [Kuni-no-Tokotachi’s Eternal Standing], Uchiha Xuan gently wiped away the bloodstain on his cheek.

"Just as initially anticipated, both the Spirit and Vitality Cultivation brought by the Reversal Technique and the Golden Light Mantra can immunize against the loss of Ocular Power."

Feeling the slight stinging in his eyes due to the significant expenditure of Ocular Power from stopping the surrounding time, Uchiha Xuan softly spoke.

As his words fell, everything around him ’came back to life.’

"Xuan! Huh? Ah! Xuan!"

Tsunade’s terrified voice rang out immediately. She still maintained her posture of charging toward Uchiha Xuan’s original position, but halfway through, seeing the now empty ground, she abruptly stopped, looking around in confusion. Only when she spotted Uchiha Xuan’s figure did she let out a sigh of relief.

"I almost forgot you have the Flying Thunder God. You scared me to death. That old bastard actually left such a despicable trick, carving the Inner Four Symbols Seal on his own subordinates... By the way, where is that old thing? Did he escape?"

Quickly stepping to Uchiha Xuan’s side, Tsunade carefully looked him over to confirm he wasn’t injured, then cursed angrily under her breath.

From her perspective, she was unaware that Uchiha Xuan had activated the Mangekyo Sharingan and did not know about his Ocular Jutsu. Thus, she assumed that Uchiha Xuan had used the Flying Thunder God to evade the Inner Four Symbols Seal.

"He’s already dealt with."

Looking at Tsunade before him, Uchiha Xuan smiled faintly and replied softly.

After awakening his own unique Ocular Jutsu, Uchiha Xuan had gained a new understanding of himself, the Ninja World, and the people within it.

As for what exactly he understood...

Nearby, Orochimaru quietly observed Uchiha Xuan and Tsunade, while his eyes, snake-like, swiftly scanned the environment around Uchiha Xuan.

’This sense of disconnection doesn’t seem like Space-Time Ninjutsu... Moreover, the bloodstain on the ground... it doesn’t seem to have been there before.’

Looking at the ground beside Uchiha Xuan, Orochimaru felt an inexplicable strangeness, but he couldn’t pinpoint exactly what was off.

For a moment, Orochimaru’s curiosity about Uchiha Xuan grew even stronger.

’This truly is... a heaven-sent gift.’

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at Uchiha Xuan. However, in the next instant, his surroundings abruptly changed. Before he could react, he was instantly transported to a bizarre world filled with countless blood-red eyes.

This sudden turn of events caused a fine layer of sweat to instantly cover Orochimaru’s forehead. He immediately raised his hands to form the ’Release’ seal, but it had no effect whatsoever.

’Genjutsu... Uchiha Xuan...’

After a few attempts, confirming he couldn’t break the Genjutsu, Orochimaru directly chose to give up.

Although, as a genius, he had his own pride, he also possessed self-awareness. Given the combat prowess Uchiha Xuan had displayed so far, he was definitely no match.

’Is this a warning to me, or... because the old man has identified me as an enemy...’

Giving up on struggling, Orochimaru simply watched quietly as the crimson eyes around him narrowed slightly.

Yet the next moment, a giant golden hand suddenly appeared before him, slapping toward him.

Facing this sudden attack, Orochimaru instinctively tried to dodge, but the hand was incredibly fast—exactly like when he was caught in the Genjutsu. In an instant, Orochimaru was sent flying by the slap.

As he was sent flying, a cold, indifferent voice reached his ears.

The illusion shattered, and Orochimaru returned to reality. Feeling the sweat trickling down his forehead, a sinister smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"How truly... fascinating."

....

Deep within the dense forests at the border of the Land of Fire.

"Yare yare, how terrifying~ A clansman of Lord Madara seems to have awakened a truly fearsome power. Those eyes~ So impressive~~"

A giant pitcher plant emitted a bizarre, exaggerated tone. Zooming in, a figure wrapped in a massive pitcher plant, half black and half white, was peering intently from halfway up a tree toward the direction where Uchiha Xuan stood.

『Such an Ocular Jutsu shouldn’t belong to the Mangekyo Sharingan... The power to manipulate time... Uchiha Madara wants to make contact with him, but... someone like this shouldn’t be allowed to live.

He has no blood relatives, unable to take that step. Even as a candidate for the next Rinnegan, he isn’t qualified... Wait!』

"Dodge!"

Unlike White Zetsu’s strange tone, Black Zetsu, who was possessing White Zetsu, stared in the direction of Uchiha Xuan, lost in deep thought.

Through some means of communicating with plants, he had witnessed the power of Uchiha Xuan’s left-eye Ocular Jutsu, [Ame-no-Uzume’s Eternal Standing].

For a moment, as he pondered how to deal with Uchiha Xuan, a deadly sensation suddenly erupted in his heart.

Without the slightest hesitation, Black Zetsu immediately took control of White Zetsu’s body, sinking into the tree trunk and rapidly descending toward the ground.

The very next second after he fled, a black claw materialized out of thin air right where Black Zetsu had been. The sharp claw strike instantly severed the tree trunk.

The next moment, a black swirling portal appeared, followed by a chubby little hand and then a round body.

"Gengaa~~" (Tsk tsk, looks like I was a bit too slow. This Spirit World Space-Time Ninjutsu I created is still so hard to use.)

The swirling portal closed. Gengar shook its head regretfully as it looked at the tree branch it had severed with its Shadow Claw.

Then, the space beside Gengar twisted, and a green-and-white figure materialized.

"Gardevoir~" (The target burrowed too deep. My barrier couldn’t trap him.)

Gardevoir let out a slightly annoyed cry, unhappy about failing this mission.

"Gengaa~~" (Don’t be upset, don’t be upset. Didn’t the trainer say this was just to test their capabilities? Let’s take this branch back and have Growlithe sniff it. There will be more chances in the future.)

Seeing Gardevoir’s anger, Gengar floated over to her side, adopting the demeanor of a seasoned senior as it gently patted her shoulder with its little claw before speaking.

Whoosh!

In response, Gardevoir merely flashed a blue light in her eyes, and a powerful surge of psychic energy instantly sent Gengar, who had been patting her shoulder, flying away.

"Gardevoir, Gardevoir~~" (Hmph, I was contracted by the trainer earlier than you, so I’m the older sister. Acting like this toward your sister is very rude.)