Chapter 148 - The Battle Between the South and the North 15.
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Third Person POV
Northern kingdoms.
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Chaos had overtaken the battlefield as Madara continued to gaze at the people in front of him, ignoring everything else around. His eyes locked onto those five once more.
It wasn't just Kenzu. There were two other men and two older individuals, all of whom stared at Madara with confident, intrigued eyes as he displayed his Sharingan.
"Finally, we've found you, Uchiha," one of the older men said.
"So, it's you—the ones with artificial chakra in your bodies..." Madara commented, his tone calm but curious.
"Yes... but that doesn't matter now. After all, you've chosen a fine place to die," another man said coolly.
"You'll make a great sacrifice," said another, flashing a sinister grin.
'So, they possess abilities similar to the Akatsuki members...' Madara couldn't help but analyze each of them.
One had mouths on his hands, suggesting he might be as powerful as Deidara. Another had a disturbingly wide grin and carried a scythe on his back; if Madara had to guess, he would say this was a new version of Hidan. One of the older men had a snake slithering out from his robe, a clear indicator of Orochimaru's powers.
The last of the elders, however, didn't seem to have any distinctive traits. Madara couldn't ascertain his abilities.
Still, despite their similarities to the Akatsuki in jutsu and skills, their personalities didn't seem identical to the ones Madara remembered. But that didn't matter. They were here to hunt him, and he would deal with them now.
"The boy seems to be studying us. How interesting," said the elder with the snake, flicking his tongue out from his sleeve.
"Well, enough talk. Let's finish him off already," said the other elder, who seemed to be the leader of the group.
"Don't be so dull, Renzoku. Fighting the boy should be fun. Besides, we can still kill many more people in this war—perhaps create grand explosions... It's always nice to see people explode," commented the man with mouths on his hands.
"I said the boy is mine! No one will fight him but me!" Kenzu exclaimed angrily, glaring at his companion.
"Fine. If you're so eager to fight him, have at it," the leader replied before turning his attention back to Madara, who silently observed them.
Madara knew this wasn't advantageous for him. He had to force them all to come at him simultaneously so he could deal with them all at once. He needed to make them fight together. While the soldiers around watched the group converse in a northern dialect they didn't understand, none dared step out of formation to interfere. The group was too strange, too intimidating.
That changed abruptly when one of the Nilfgaardian soldiers suddenly broke ranks, charging toward the group with his sword raised. Even his comrades were taken aback.
"What's this now?" the elder with the snake remarked, glancing to the side before raising his hand. The snake on his arm shot forward, extending its long body from his sleeve as though it had no end. It lunged at the charging soldier, coiling around him before sinking its fangs into his neck, giving him no chance to react. The other soldiers, clad in black, stood frozen in terror at the bizarre sight.
The strangeness didn't stop there. They couldn't fathom why their comrade had attacked alone. The dying soldier simply threw his sword into the air before collapsing, his lifeless body crumpling to the ground as his peers watched in disbelief.
"The sword..." the shinobi leader muttered, sensing something amiss.
Suddenly, the sword burst into smoke.
Madara had planned this in advance. He had placed a soldier under a genjutsu to act as a distraction and left a clone nearby, transformed into a chakra-infused sword. He had waited patiently for the perfect moment to strike.
Madara's clone emerged from the smoke, concentrating all of its chakra before unleashing a fire jutsu. All the enemies were caught off guard as massive flames surged across the battlefield toward them.
That part of the battlefield, which had been momentarily calm after Madara ceased his attack on the army, became chaotic once more as Madara's jutsu spread, drawing the attention of everyone on the front line.
He flooded the area with flames, forcing his opponents to retreat. The fire spread rapidly, engulfing part of the Nilfgaardian army. The soldiers could do nothing but watch, unable to react as their bodies were incinerated, their screams of agony echoing briefly before they collapsed, charred and lifeless.
"Damn, that brat's bold!" one of the shinobi muttered as the flames continued to consume the battlefield, forcing them all to retreat—though none were harmed.
"Enough of this! I'll kill him myself!" Kenzu shouted as five masks materialized around him. He activated his full power, ready to fight Madara with everything he had in a strategy he thought would be enough to defeat the boy.
"You must finish him!" the man with the scythe said, frustrated, as he stood amidst the flames. But he had to react quickly, realizing that the boy had chosen him as his target at that moment.
Madara launched himself at him, and the two engaged in an intense battle, exchanging blows with sword and scythe at incredible speed.
"Damn it... I'm losing..." the shinobi, resembling Hidan, murmured as he felt Madara's superiority. He realized that the Uchiha was faster and could anticipate all his moves with the Sharingan. He tried to harness the full macabre power of his body, dark lines coursing over his skin, but it wasn't enough. Despite activating his special ability, he began to retreat. The chakra-infused scythe and sword clashed repeatedly; though the scythe was extraordinarily durable, the sword appeared to be on the verge of breaking, looking like an ordinary weapon. Yet the shinobi knew he couldn't hold out for long.
Suddenly, before he could react, his hand was severed. He stared in shock, realizing that even in his most powerful form, he couldn't overcome the young Uchiha. Before he could recover, his neck was sliced clean through.
Madara watched his opponent collapse, the head rolling to the ground. The body remained standing, but Madara, knowing well the immortality abilities of Hidan, wasn't surprised when the severed head began to speak.
"Damn you, brat! You're good! Damn you!" it snarled angrily, even as it lay on the ground.
"Shut up, zombie!" Madara snapped, spitting fire onto the body and the head of his nameless opponent. He didn't expect this to kill him, but he knew it would keep him out of the fight for a while.
At that moment, lightning, fire, wind, and water surged toward Madara. The ground trembled as the five masks unleashed the five elements against him, forcing him to retreat and vacate the area before he could be struck. Explosions erupted anew, intensifying the chaos.
"Damn it, Akuro! You lost to him!" Kenzu shouted, glaring at his fallen ally in disdain.
"That brat's strong, and he screwed me over! My body's all burned! Put out this fire already!" the burning head exclaimed, still amidst the flames.
Kenzu commanded one of his masks to release water while he watched Madara land in the distance. But as soon as Madara landed, he looked down in surprise, realizing a white centipede was coiled around his leg, emerging from the earth. The creature began to glow and then exploded.
"Damn it, Daigo! I told you not to interfere in this fight!" Kenzu yelled immediately, furious at what Daigo, the man with Deidara-like abilities, had done by sending one of his explosive insects.
"Don't be foolish, Kenzu. The brat has made it clear that we are also his opponents. I want to blow him up, too!" Daigo replied calmly.
"No! But I warned you—I'm the one fighting him!" Kenzu insisted angrily, glaring at the leader.
"Daigo, leave the boy to Kenzu," the elder said before turning to Kenzu. "But listen here, Kenzu... if he attacks us again, we will have to intervene." He spoke firmly, and then the other elder sent one of his snakes to retrieve Akuro's charred body.
Kenzu shrugged and turned his attention back to Madara, who appeared unscathed from the previous attack, having detected the chakra-tracking centipede with his Sharingan.
"Alright, let's finish this once and for all, boy!" Kenzu said as all his masks began to surround themselves with elemental energy. Madara placed a kunai in his mouth and readied his sword in one hand.
In the next instant, Madara advanced as several explosions erupted across the battlefield. He dodged as best he could, while other shinobi and even the Nilfgaardians watched in astonishment at the intense fight, still clueless as to what was happening.
With the new elemental explosions, some nearby combatants were caught in the impacts. The Nilfgaardians were desperate and confused, unable to identify who these mysterious fighters were, battling Madara while many of their own were caught in the crossfire.
Madara kept evading, but as he neared Kenzu, the ground suddenly began to collapse beneath him due to an earth-element jutsu launched by one of the masks. He was briefly caught and felt all the elements converge on that spot, culminating in a massive explosion that drew even more attention from the army.
"You're overdoing it, Kenzu! But I love the explosion!" Daigo exclaimed from a distance, seeming excited by the destruction.
"Shut up, Daigo! I have to make sure he's dead! You don't know how slippery this brat is!" Kenzu retorted, never taking his eyes off the spot where Madara should have been obliterated.
But as Kenzu expected, Madara emerged from the smoke, he and a clone forming hand seals in midair in front of Kenzu and the masks. One launched a wind jutsu, while the other unleashed fire. The fire was immediately enhanced by the wind, surging directly toward Kenzu. His masks quickly charged their jutsu and unleashed their own elements to match the enemy's power. When the attacks collided, neither side prevailed, but the impact triggered a massive explosion. The blast was so intense that even the Nilfgaardian soldiers on the front line turned to observe what was happening in the center of the southern army.
Madara, however, was indifferent to the confusion he had caused. Amidst the smoke, he attempted to close in on Kenzu and his masks. Seeing the boy approach, Kenzu retreated quickly with a smirk.
"You think I'll let you get close again?" he said as one of his masks unleashed another earth jutsu. Kenzu knew that fighting from a distance was the best way to confront Madara while destroying the terrain to hinder the Uchiha's movement.
"Smart," Madara murmured, acknowledging the tactic as he swiftly dodged a lightning strike and continued advancing toward Kenzu, with the others watching intently.
"He's going to try the same tactic again. But I must admit, his skills are truly formidable. He would give anyone trouble... There weren't many elder Uchiha even this strong back in the day. No wonder Kenzu said he couldn't let him grow any stronger," the leader commented.
"He might even make a fine addition to us, if we could convince him to join," remarked one of the older men, observing the battle.
"You know he's a threat, don't you? That's why we've eradicated every Sharingan in this world and have orders to eliminate any others that appear. There shouldn't be another Uchiha, but here we have one who escaped," another responded.
"I think you're right. She doesn't allow those eyes to exist in this world anymore," agreed the one who had made the suggestion.
Meanwhile, Kenzu retreated further. He knew how dangerous Madara was in close combat. With the advantage of ranged attacks, he decided to maintain his distance and protect himself from the boy.
"I admit, you're hard to kill even like this... but you'll tire soon enough and lose, boy. You have no chance now that I've learned some of your tricks," Kenzu taunted.
Madara stood alone in the middle of the ruined battlefield, his clothing slightly torn from attacks that had nearly struck him. He shrugged, looking at Kenzu calmly.
"Then it's good that you're exactly where I wanted you to be," Madara said in a neutral tone, a faint smile forming on his lips.
Kenzu frowned, fully aware that Madara never spoke without purpose. When the boy wore a smile like that, it meant something terrible was about to happen. Suddenly, Kenzu heard explosions behind him. He realized that he had retreated too close to the Nilfgaardian army after backing away twice to avoid Madara, and now, with the boy closing in, he had no room left to retreat.
Smoke explosions began erupting among the black-clad soldiers, who cried out in surprise.
Unlike before, when Madara had used only one transformed clone, this time he had hidden multiple clones, transformed into weapons or objects tucked into the pockets and sheaths of the soldiers. In the next moment, explosions erupted from all directions near Kenzu. Numerous Madara clones appeared around him, leaving the Nilfgaardian soldiers in shock—they hadn't even noticed what Madara had been preparing during his slaughter. There had been a reason he had stopped killing indiscriminately.
The soldiers barely had time to react, and even the other shinobi looked stunned. But the clones weren't the only part of Madara's plan to turn the tide of the battle. Over the past few days, he had prepared a significant number of explosive tags.
"What is this?!" Kenzu exclaimed, but he had no time to react. He was surrounded by the clones, each carrying explosive tags ignited in flames. A massive explosion engulfed the battlefield, the impact obliterating much of the area and enveloping Kenzu and his masks.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!
When the smoke cleared, Kenzu was visibly injured—dead, if not for one of his masks working to repair his life force while another was destroyed in the process. He had lost his own heart and two additional masks, leaving him with only three of the original six. One was being used to repair his heart, and another to rebuild his body.
Only one of Kenzu's six masks remained functional, leaving his power severely diminished.
"Well, I guess he'll need some time to recover. Now it's time to deal with the others," Madara said, satisfied that he had once again gained the upper hand. Using the Nilfgaardian army as a trap, Madara had killed many of them in the process, but he didn't care about the Nilfgaardians.
He now turned his attention to the three men who had been observing him, their expressions marked by surprise at the sudden shift in the battle. The boy walked calmly toward them, with two of the original five opponents now out of the fight.
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Raccoon Here:
I included an initial fight to show Madara battling that shinobi again. In the next chapter, I'll focus on the reactions of the others and the fight continuing until Madara plays his trump card.
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