NOVEL NEXT Chapter 20: The Three-Second World, A Stray Dog with No Home…
Chapter 20: The Three-Second World, A Stray Dog with No Home...
When Uchiha Ci tore off the first explosive tag, all the tags surrounding him suddenly flared up with a bright, blazing yellow light!
In that moment, Uchiha Ci became light itself—literally.
He shone more brilliantly than the sunrise on the horizon!
The intense light instantly filled his entire field of vision, making him feel like he was holding a divine light stick instead of an explosive tag.
It was as if, in the next moment, Uchiha Ci would transform into a Gundam and charge into battle.
Of course, that was just his imagination.
Uchiha Ci hadn’t even awakened the Sharingan.
And he didn’t think that someone like him—who woke up every day at six o’clock sharp, went to bed at ten o’clock sharp, had to drink a glass of soda before sleeping, and was as emotionally stable as the clock on his bedside table, always ticking along steadily—would ever awaken something as unstable as the Sharingan.
Shaking his head, Uchiha Ci couldn’t help but grin and laugh out loud:
“Hahahahahahaha!”
“Goodbye, Uchiha!”
“Goodbye, you damned world!”
He raised his head, his face full of smugness, and opened his arms to embrace the sea of fire, like a victor embracing the entire world.
The temperature rose, and the flames scorched!
If nothing unexpected happened, in three seconds, Uchiha Ci would be blown to pieces, ending his time in the ninja world.
Then, he would happily collect his 500 million yuan insurance payout and head home.
This plan, this bath in explosive tags, was a one-way ticket to cremation with the speed of a jet fighter. How could he possibly lose?
Tell me, how could I possibly lose?! (Hands on hips, shouting loudly.jpg)
But, lost in his pleasant fantasies, Uchiha Ci forgot that just before setting off, he had smashed his alarm clock with his own hands.
And then sent himself to the battlefield of the Third Shinobi World War, the place with the most unpredictable variables in this world!
Moreover, could someone who preferred soda over goji berry tea really be emotionally stable?
Sealing Jutsu: The Wrath of a Million Anguished Souls.
This was a sealing jutsu unique to Kumogakure, and it could even be said to be one of the top sealing techniques in the current ninja world, second only to the Uzumaki clan’s.
Because its creation required...
The ink of the Eight-Tails Gyūki.
This material could only be stably produced through the beatings delivered by the Third Raikage, A, who was said to have the strongest spear and shield.
How powerful was this jutsu?
During the Fourth Shinobi World War, the Eight-Tails Gyūki and Killer Bee used it to seal nearly a thousand enemies simultaneously!
The ink sprayed from Gyūki would transform into clones of the Eight-Tails' jinchūriki, using a swastika-shaped taijutsu technique to immobilize the opponent's body. Three seconds later, the target would be completely stained black and sealed!
However, this technique had one major flaw:
It took a full three seconds from contact to activation.
And the explosive tags, by design, also had a three-second delay from being thrown to detonating—unless manually activated by hand seals.
Isn't that convenient?
At this moment, at the edge of the barrier that enveloped the ruins, Moroi's cold gaze fixed on Uchiha Ci. With blood-stained hands, he formed the final seal and shouted:
“Sealing Jutsu: The Wrath of a Million Anguished Souls!”
On the bloodstained scroll, a massive "8" suddenly lit up.
A vast amount of ink surged from the scroll like a jet-black waterfall!
From within the ink, a towering figure cloaked in black and red Tailed Beast Chakra emerged.
It tilted its head, and in an instant, its emotionless white eyes locked onto Uchiha Ci.
In the next moment, the jinchūriki's phantom leaped from the ink-formed waterfall.
And then, a powerful grapple!
With one elbow, it locked Uchiha Ci's neck, kicked his foot, making him lose balance, then twisted his arm and pinned his waist.
What a perfect display of a relentless seven-day lock!
Uchiha Ci was laughing hysterically when suddenly, a beastly man clad in Tailed Beast Chakra charged through the yet-to-expand flames and, with a series of joint locks, pinned him to the ground.
His once handsome face was now scraped and bleeding!
In the next second, everything went black for Uchiha Ci.
The beastly man dissolved into a pool of ink that dripped downward.
Uchiha Ci, now resembling a starfish sprayed with lemon juice by Squidward, blinked in confusion.
The ink spread rapidly over his body, and as it did, the blazing yellow light of the explosive tags dimmed, turning them into nothing more than waste paper.
Almost eighty percent of the explosive tags lost their function, and even the remaining twenty percent began to quiet down.
The smile on Uchiha Ci's face froze instantly.
On the other side, Moroi, who had just performed the sealing technique, had a similar expression.
He was stunned.
Staring at the sealing scroll in front of him, he began to doubt everything.
Before leaving, the Third Raikage had solemnly instructed him to use this technique only if the clan of the Blood Pool tried to rebel and escape from Hell Valley.
He had emphasized that it should only be used in such a massive upheaval!
And this was it?
You're telling me this can subdue the Blood Pool Clan?
This technique, aside from summoning a seemingly powerful jinchūriki phantom that grappled this brat, had no other effect? Where’s the power? Where’s the refund channel?!
Moroi almost couldn’t stop himself from swearing.
But just then, eight kunai flew through the air, grazing Moroi's cheek before embedding themselves in the barrier wall behind him.
Immediately after, a voice, like a ravenous demon's roar, exploded in his ear!
“What the hell did you do?!”
The tone carried such resentment, like a stray hellhound that had just lost two of its three heads and was now wandering helplessly in the wilderness.
The source of the voice was Uchiha Ci, who, covered in ink, struggled to stand up from the ground. His face, smeared with black ink, was twisted with rage.
A pair of crimson eyes suddenly lit up!
A single tomoe Sharingan began spinning wildly!
In darkness and fury, Uchiha Ci, crawling on the ground, screamed in a broken voice:
“What did you do?!”
“I’m asking you!”
“What did you do!!!!”
“Answer me!”
“What did you do!!!!!!”
“Speak to me!”
“What the hell did you do?!”
Uchiha Ci raised his head, eyes wide open, teeth grinding, and his whole body trembling.
His eyes were bloodshot,
A tear of blood slid down his cheek,
He looked like a beast ready to tear apart anyone in sight! The killing intent, the malice, and the madness in his gaze were almost tangible.
Unfortunately,
In the world three seconds later—
Uchiha Ci,
Still,
Couldn't say goodbye to this world.