CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR: ENUMA.
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Mura touched the frozen floor again, conjuring a long cylindrical ice pole. He spun the pole a few times and struck the dazed Kurotsuchi.
In that split second, Kurotsuchi remembered her grandfather talking about the will of the stone and envisioned a hard rock in her head heating up as she opened her eyes in the last second and broke the ice prison her arm was stuck in, launching a full-powered attack in the direction of Mura which annihilated his ice pole with enough momentum to attack Mura directly.
The Third Tsuchikage smiled at the sight of his granddaughter showing an unyielding will to continue and chuckled a bit to himself.
Kurotsuchi’s punch was met with nimble and agile movements from Mura who used her hand as a platform to do a handstand on and leaped above pointing his index at her head but shifted it to an exposed spot on her torso and shot water bullets.
Kurotsuchi couldn’t believe Mura could move his body like that and suffered damage from his water bullet as his skin showed a dark red spot indicating a critical hit. She was forced to kneel as she hugged her abdomen. She wore an annoyed and pained expression on her face as she looked at Mura creating ice spikes around her.
You have lost this fight to a nameless fighter, the flower of the stone. Mura said as he approached Kurotschuhi.
‘Flower of the stone? What does he mean?’ Kurotsuchi thought as she blushed slightly.
"I won’t fall for your cheap mental tactics!" Kurotsuchi bellowed.
"There was a reason I avoided hitting your face since you are still a young maiden. It would be a shame for you to be wearing an eyepatch in the future," Mura shrugged and secured her with his ice.
Meanwhile, Gilgamesh was seven feet above the ground. He held back the kunai with his right hand and rested his left hand on its hilt in a crouching position in the air.
"I guess kids won’t learn unless an adult corrects them personally," Roshi said as he shook his head.
"I can almost remember it completely…" Gilgamesh said with his eyes closed.
"That weapon was made before the concept of a sword even existed…"
"Uh? Aren’t you too young to be going crazy? Is the heat finally getting to you?" Roshi took his time, picking his ear with his right pinkie and feeling relaxed in his lava chakra release mode. He had gone this far for the kid; he might as well allow him to pull a last struggle before making him understand his place.
"ENUMA…"
"I have forgotten the rest but… ENUMA!" Gilgamesh yelled as blue and golden energies swirled around his kunai.
‘Don’t break this time.’ Gilgamesh pleaded in his mind as he released the kunai in a drawing fashion as if he were drawing a katana.
Immediately another pressure could be felt and this time it was heavier than last time and it stunned everyone to stay in place for a second. A second was all Gilgamesh needed for his slash to connect to Roshi as the ground shook and rumbled with dust everywhere.
‘Just who is this kid??? He can launch a slash that extends out of his kunai like Mifune who leads the samurais does.’ The Third Tsuchikage widened his eyes and began pondering the capture of this brat.
The dust soon settled and what was revealed shocked Anko, Akatsuchi, Ebisu, the old man flying above, Mura and Kurotsuchi.
There was no doubt in her mind now when Kurotsuchi remembered Mura referring to Gilgamesh as his master.
Mura on the other hand clenched his fist in awe and anger. He couldn’t believe Gilgamesh had increased the damage of that attack that had forced him to develop a new jutsu on the spot just to barely survive a slash and now Gilgamesh had already gotten stronger? Just how high does he have to climb before he can reach his master's feet? Even the pressure was greater than before.
The attack, in Mura’s perception, was like a package deal. One that used enough chakra pressure to stun the target in place and another that generated a wind slash so powerful it destroyed the kunai Gilgamesh used previously to nothingness. He was still surprised he was somewhat alive after that, but he reckoned his master probably controlled his slash.
Roshi’s body was found deep in an artificially created canyon or a deep horizontal crater. Gilgamesh flew towards his body and weaved hand signs. The ground shook a bit as a box-like earth contraption formed around the jinchuriki, holding him inside. Gilgamesh touched the earth box that was already heating up due to the previous temperature of Roshi’s body, and the box floated beside him.
"I believe it’s time for us to leave," Gilgamesh announced.
"And I will be taking this with me. I think the Hidden Stone has abused the kindness of the First Hokage too much," Gilgamesh added and began to fly with his prize.
Everyone was dumbfounded. No one said anything for a while because what had just happened wasn’t supposed to happen at all! And by a kid no less! Gilgamesh had once again taken advantage of his opponents treating him like a child and defeated a very important figure in the shinobi world in less than five minutes!
Finally finding the words to speak, the Third Tsuchikage finally spoke,
"We have reason to believe you may have robbed the Hidden Grass and…"
"Do you want the world to know a kid defeated the Four Tails in the presence of the Third Tsuchikage?" Gilgamesh asked Ōnoki.
Ōnoki remained silent.
"Good. Then you will let us pass. Maybe next time the both of us will duke it out," Gilgamesh laughed and flew past Ōnoki casually without worrying for his life and left the box with him.
"If you try anything now, Mura reserves the right to end your granddaughter. Be grateful that I am in a good mood. I remembered some things today. Anko, let's go. Ebisu, stop playing around and let’s get going." Gilgamesh half-turned to warn Ōnoki and soon gave orders to leave for the village.
"Looks like we have to continue this another time," Mura smiled at Kurotsuchi and slid away on his ice movement jutsu, grabbing Ebisu who tried to break the ice that held him along with Akatsuchi’s quick lime.
Gilgamesh touched each of them and they all flew away.
"He can fly and make others fly like Jiichan!" Kurotsuchi finally said, breaking the silence.
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