Ch.477 Unexpected Killing Blow!
"What!?"
"Another 'Susanoo'…"
"So 'Susanoo' can fly?!"
As Uchiha Shinji's complete 'Susanoo' appeared, the crowd on the ground was once again plunged into shock!
Shinji had used 'Susanoo' earlier, but deliberately limited his dojutsu, manifesting only a half-bodied form about three or four stories tall. Many in other parts of the 'Infinite Castle' hadn't noticed it.
Even those who saw his half-bodied 'Susanoo' wouldn't compare it to Karin's nearly hundred-meter-tall complete 'Susanoo.'
Thus, in many eyes, Karin, codenamed 'B,' was Akatsuki's strongest Mangekyo Uchiha.
No one expected that Shinji, who hadn't used a complete 'Susanoo' during the meteor crisis, would suddenly unleash one now, after the danger had passed, and fly into the sky.
Only then did many realize that the wings on a complete 'Susanoo' weren't just for show—they enabled flight!
"It's 'A'!"
The Third Hokage's brows furrowed.
Seeing the golden 'Susanoo,' also nearly a hundred meters tall, soaring skyward, he quietly rejoiced that he hadn't acted rashly.
Hidden Mist and Hidden Sand reacted similarly.
The appearance of another near-hundred-meter 'Susanoo' sent their ranks into an uproar!
Not only the five great ninja villages, but even Sasuke, within Karin's 'Susanoo,' was stunned by Shinji's complete 'Susanoo.'
"Does the leader also have Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan? How… how is this possible?!"
The pride he had briefly felt from awakening his Mangekyo Sharingan had been shattered repeatedly during this mission.
In the air.
Shinji soon reached the plummeting Otsutsuki Branch elder.
Thanks to wielding a pair of Byakugan through 'Susanoo Tomoshibi,' a single glance allowed him to assess the elder's condition.
In simple terms.
The Otsutsuki Branch elder appeared uninjured on the surface, as if merely unconscious, but his insides were utterly hollowed out—dead beyond dead!
Moreover, within his abdominal cavity lurked a mass of flesh infused with alien chakra.
Undoubtedly.
The mysterious person, in his blood cascade form, was hiding within the elder's corpse, ready to strike at any moment!
Discovering this, Shinji didn't let on. Pretending ignorance, he urged his 'Susanoo' to extend its right hand, grasping the elder's corpse.
He then activated 'Jikibi,' secretly contacting Kimimaro.
Beneath Karin's 'Susanoo,' Kimimaro, hearing the voice in his ear, froze briefly before replying, "Hold on, I'll try!"
Shinji's request was straightforward: have Kimimaro use his newly awakened Tenseigan state to connect with the giant Tenseigan on the moon and harness its power to eliminate the mysterious person hiding in the elder's corpse.
On the moon.
After the Otsutsuki Branch elder's departure, an uneasy Toneri Otsutsuki hurried to the temple, standing guard by the giant Tenseigan.
Suddenly, a ripple of chakra pulsed from the giant Tenseigan.
Toneri froze, recognizing the fluctuation. It occurred when clan members passed, their Byakugan feeding the giant Tenseigan.
With only himself and the Great Elder, who had just descended to the ninja world, left in the clan, this ripple meant the Great Elder was dead!
"Who killed the Great Elder?!"
After a moment of shock, Toneri was consumed by rage!
The Otsutsuki Branch already viewed themselves as the true Otsutsuki, seeing ninja world shinobi as degenerates. The Great Elder's death while investigating the Tenseigan matter, before resolving it, was seen as the ninja world declaring war on the moon's Otsutsuki!
Suppressing his fury, Toneri manipulated the giant Tenseigan to scan the ninja world. Even if he couldn't avenge immediately, he would sear the culprit's identity into his heart!
"Hm?"
As Toneri projected his consciousness into the giant Tenseigan, he let out a soft exclamation, sensing another consciousness manipulating it.
"Could the Great Elder still be alive?!"
Instead of acting, he probed the situation.
On the battlefield.
Swish!
A torrent of Tenseigan chakra surged from the moon, instantly flooding into the Otsutsuki Branch elder's corpse held by Shinji's 'Susanoo.'
This overwhelming chakra immediately detected the mysterious person hiding within the corpse, triggering a catastrophic chakra rejection reaction!
The mysterious person's concealment was ingenious, nearly fusing with the elder's flesh. Without Shinji's Byakugan, it would've gone unnoticed.
But this flesh-based hiding method sparked Shinji's inspiration for a countermeasure!
Lately, besides worrying about the Demon Slayer world's invasion, Shinji had been grappling with cellular rejection during fusion experiments.
He had even developed the external 'bio-exoskeleton' to bypass the issue of Kimimaro and Neji's cells refusing to merge.
In the ninja world, cellular tissue contains chakra.
The stronger the chakra, the greater the rejection, which is why transplanting First Hokage cells was akin to a death sentence.
The mysterious person, thinking himself clever, had fused his blood and flesh into the elder's body—a tactic effective in the Demon Slayer world and most others.
But in the ninja world, within an Otsutsuki Branch elder's body, it carried a risk he hadn't anticipated.
As one of the few remaining Otsutsuki Branch members, the elder could connect to the giant Tenseigan. Even in death, as long as his Byakugan remained and someone guided the process, his corpse could link to it.
Thus, Shinji needed to do little.
By feigning ignorance and channeling the giant Tenseigan's vast Tenseigan chakra into the elder's corpse, he triggered an unforeseen, massive chakra rejection reaction!