Chapter 345: Adamantine Sealing Chains

"In the name of the Sixth Hokage!"

Hearing Natsuro's fearless and confident voice, even when facing all five of them, the group seemed to see a familiar figure from the past.

"So this is our Konoha's Sixth Hokage?" Mito Uzumaki smiled warmly. "Looks like Konoha has found an excellent successor."

As she spoke, countless golden chains sprang out from behind Mito.

This was the Uzumaki clan's special ability, the Adamantine Sealing Chains.

Fugaku Uchiha looked at Natsuro across from him, his gaze filled with envy. It was the position he had once dreamed of but could never attain.Yet Natsuro, at such a young age, had achieved what Fugaku had always yearned for.

Upon hearing Natsuro's words, Fugaku sighed quietly. Perhaps he now understood why he could never become Hokage. Beyond simply being an Uchiha, he lacked the breadth of vision and heart needed for that role.

When Fugaku reopened his eyes, they revealed a special form of the Sharingan: the tomoe in his eyes were connected, forming a blade-like shape, at a glance, it looked like two blood-red shuriken.

Immediately after, black chakra began to shroud his body. In a flash, a gigantic Susanoo materialized over the battlefield.

Alongside Fugaku's Susanoo, another Susanoo appeared: a red, crow-like figure, belonging to Itachi, whose mind had been erased.

"Ooooh! I don't know what's happening, but I'm fired up!" Might Duy roared, crossing his arms.The ground beneath him trembled.

"Sixth Gate: Gate of View—Open!"

In an instant, a massive, raging green chakra erupted from Might Duy. His entire body seemed to be coursing with blood-red energy.

He had opened the Sixth Gate right from the start!

"Tch, this is going to be a bit troublesome..." Although Natsuro didn't believe he would lose, seeing this scene made him mutter under his breath. Narrowing his eyes, strange black spheres began floating from his body, spreading around the battlefield.

"Oh, by the way," Orochimaru said casually, having noticed the objects distributed through Natsuro's Magnetic Release. "Before you start, I'll give you all a heads-up, the Sixth Hokage here has mastered the Flying Thunder God technique, developed by the Second Hokage and perfected by the Fourth Hokage."

Instantly, everyone was visibly shocked, they had all heard of the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Natsuro shot Orochimaru a glare but said nothing. In battle, information was crucial, but he didn't care much about losing that slight edge.

Sakumo Hatake looked around at everyone else and sighed inwardly. Maybe I should do something flashy too? But... he didn't know any flashy techniques.

Instead, Sakumo focused on Natsuro, and in the next moment, he became a flash of lightning. Drawing the chakra short sword Orochimaru had prepared for him, its blade crackling with lightning, he aimed straight for Natsuro's heart.

Simple. Fast. Lethal.

No wonder he had earned his fearsome reputation as the White Fang of Konoha.

Natsuro's pupils caught the flash of lightning and steel coming for him.

Clang!!

The sound of metal colliding echoed out as Natsuro suddenly drew his Ink Blade and blocked the blow.

Sakumo was immediately blasted away by the sheer force of the clash.

Natsuro wasted no time, unleashing all his skills at once, wielding monstrous strength with fluid precision.

But even after knocking Sakumo back, he had no time to pursue.The sky was already filled with incoming attacks.

Endless Adamantine Chains surged toward him like a tidal wave.Simultaneously, Itachi's Yasaka Magatama rained down from above, and Fugaku's Susanoo hurled black, flaming kunai.

Facing these, even Natsuro couldn't afford to take them head-on. His figure vanished from sight.

A moment later, all the attacks struck where Natsuro had just stood, shaking the earth and kicking up an enormous cloud of dust.

Which was exactly what he wanted.

In the cover of the smoke, fighting against so many opponents would be far easier. After all, someone like Might Duy, who wasn't skilled in ninjutsu, would struggle in low visibility.

However, Natsuro soon noticed something, the Adamantine Chains seemed unaffected by the smoke and continued homing in on him.He vanished again.

As expected of the Uzumaki clan's Sensory Prowess... Natsuro thought grimly. Their sensory skills were truly exceptional.

Guided by the chains, Fugaku and Itachi charged at Natsuro together. Their towering Susanoo forms loomed like moving natural disasters.

Meanwhile, Sakumo, though still impressed by Natsuro's monstrous strength, didn't stop moving. Following the chains' direction, he unleashed dozens of Vacuum Waves, slicing sword strikes that cut through the smoke like blades of wind.

Natsuro sensed it all clearly.

Although he didn't know if Fugaku or Itachi would use Izanami against him, he couldn't risk letting either of them physically touch him.

In theory, Izanami might not work on him, but Natsuro wasn't about to gamble.

His figure once again flickered away.

Meanwhile, the black spheres he had distributed using Magnetic Release were getting trapped and blocked by Mito's Adamantine Chains.

If it were a one-on-one fight, Natsuro could handle any one of them easily. But against five at once?It was getting extremely tricky.

Then suddenly, Natsuro's expression shifted slightly. From the distance, a gust of force blew away all the lingering dust in the air.

"This is... the Seventh Gate, Gate of Wonder?" Natsuro looked toward Might Duy, who had now opened the Seventh Gate.The powerful blue chakra enveloping Duy's body confirmed it.

Just one punch had blown away all the smoke.

Alright then, Natsuro thought wryly. I definitely underestimated Might Duy.

Might Duy, having opened the Seventh Gate, didn't slow down, he instantly appeared in front of Natsuro, swinging a fist.

But once again, his punch hit only air.

Natsuro had already teleported away using Flying Thunder God.

Just as he reappeared at another mark, he was met by Sakumo's chakra blade, aimed precisely at his heart.

Sakumo had anticipated that Natsuro would teleport somewhere, and was ready to strike the instant he appeared.

However, while Sakumo was fast, Natsuro's teleportation was even faster.

He vanished again before Sakumo could land a blow.

After several quick exchanges, Sakumo seemed to have figured out the locations of all the Flying Thunder God marks.The moment Natsuro teleported again, Sakumo unleashed dozens of Vacuum Waves, covering every mark.

But when Natsuro appeared again, he calmly swung his hand, launching a Vacuum Wave of his own.

The two waves clashed and neutralized each other.

Natsuro glanced around. Most of his Flying Thunder God marks had either been sealed by Mito's chains or targeted by Sakumo.

Meanwhile, the two Uchihas were still hunting him, and Might Duy, after opening the Seventh Gate, was even faster than Sakumo.

Though only a short time had passed, this was the first time Natsuro had ever relied purely on Flying Thunder God just to dodge, barely leaving any opening to fight back.

And Might Duy was coming at him again, faster than ever.

Sakumo wasn't quite as fast, but he excelled at finding the perfect opportunity. Against anyone else, one hit would have been fatal already.

Still, Natsuro smiled slightly when he glanced at the kunai floating high in the sky.

In the next instant, his figure reappeared above them, hovering high in the air, looking down at the five.

The five showed no hesitation, unleashing even more attacks.

Natsuro's body began crackling with lightning.

In the next moment, the sky above them darkened, storm clouds gathered out of nowhere.

He looked down at the chains of Adamantine Sealing, the black weapons hurled by the two Susanoo warriors, and Sakumo's Vacuum Waves.

With the help of his Magnetic Release, Natsuro continued to ascend.

"Now then...", he thought, "Let's see just how powerful your attacks really are."

"Sage Art ~ Lightning Release: Kirin!"

In an instant, the lightning in the sky formed into a giant Lightning Kirin, roaring as it stepped through the air, charging toward the ground below.

Anything that tried to stop it, whether the Adamantine Sealing Chains, Yasaka Magatama, or the Vacuum Waves was completely ignored.

In just a heartbeat, the Lightning Kirin broke through all obstacles and roared as it crashed toward the earth.

A blinding light engulfed everyone present, including Orochimaru, who was still controlling the Second Tsuchikage's body from the sidelines.

But despite facing such a devastating attack, Orochimaru simply smiled.

"Yes, this is how Natsuro should fight," Orochimaru murmured.

Earlier, Natsuro's evasive maneuvers with the Flying Thunder God had been impressive—but something had been missing.

Now, at last, he was showing his true power.

Natsuro himself, however, couldn't help but feel frustrated.

If his true body were here, he could have dealt with these five easily, with just a single Dimensional blade.

But now, he was only a Spiritual Shadow Clone; his body couldn't withstand the force of a Dimensional blade.

Moreover, he had a major restriction: he absolutely couldn't allow himself to be hit by enemy attacks.

While a Spiritual Shadow Clone wasn't easily dispelled, the problem was that all five of his opponents were Kage-level.

Against attacks of their caliber, even he had to constantly dodge.

"Who says I can't be an artillery platform too?" Natsuro muttered inwardly as he watched the blinding light still lingering on the ground.

Without hesitation, a bullet-shaped metallic object appeared before him, surrounded by violently crackling lightning.

"Ninjutsu: Railgun!"

At the same time, he formed another hand seal.

"Ninjutsu: Shadow Shuriken Clone Technique!"

In an instant, countless streams of light shot toward the ground like meteor showers, slamming into the earth with one explosion after another.The ground itself seemed to cry out under the relentless bombardment.

Within Natsuro's sensory field, the most troublesome obstacle, the Adamantine Sealing Chains, was finally shattered.

Of all the attacks, Mito Uzumaki's chains had been the biggest headache.

Those chains were like radar-guided weapons; no matter where he teleported with Flying Thunder God, they would instantly redirect and chase him down.

And since the chains were fundamentally sealing techniques, getting caught by them as a clone meant immediate dispel.

Even when his Flying Thunder God marks were locked by the chains, he hadn't dared to retrieve them directly.

Now, after several rounds of Railgun bombardment, those chains were finally destroyed.

Natsuro couldn't help but sigh inwardly, And this is without her having the Nine Tails. If she still had Kurama's chakra, the chains would've been even harder to deal with.

With the Adamantine Chains gone, the Flying Thunder God-marked objects naturally fell back to the ground.

One of them happened to land right beside Mito Uzumaki.

Natsuro didn't hesitate. In a flash, he appeared beside Mito, a Rasengan forming in his hand.

"Forgive me, Lady Mito," Natsuro said quietly into her ear.

"It's alright. It's my fault for causing trouble after death," Mito Uzumaki replied with a warm smile, allowing herself to be struck by the Rasengan.

Looking at Mito, Natsuro said softly, "Lady Mito, allow me to send you to meet Master Tsunade."

Mito froze for a moment, then her eyes softened with nostalgia.

She looked at Natsuro and said, "Thank you, Hokage-sama."

Then, with a light touch, he teleported the now-powerless Mito Uzumaki to Tsunade's side, where he had previously planted a Flying Thunder God kunai for convenience.

As this was happening, the dazzling light of the Kirin finally began to fade.

Just as it did, a brilliant sword strike shot toward Natsuro, it was Sakumo Hatake.

Having evaded the Railgun bombardment, he seized the perfect moment after Natsuro was distracted helping Mito.

But this time, Natsuro smiled.

Without the endless pursuit of the Adamantine Chains, and with both Susanoo avatars shattered during the previous bombardment, he was finally free to counterattack.

Natsuro's senses were razor sharp. He had tracked every one of Sakumo's movements from the start.

Previously, he hadn't countered only because the sealing chains had pinned him down; one misstep would have meant instant capture.

But now...

With no more restrictions, Natsuro faced Sakumo's attack calmly.

Forming a single hand seal, he summoned his Ink Blade to float before him.

"Wind Release: Shattering Space!"

He swung his blade and invisible wind chakra wrapped around the sword. When the two blades met, it was as if the very air cracked apart.

Sakumo's chakra short sword shattered immediately.

And Natsuro's blade did not stop. Facing Sakumo, who now showed an expression of admiration, he brought his sword down.

With one clean, decisive cut...

He was sliced in two!

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