Chapter 122: Secondary Awakening
Standing within the naturally-colored Susanoo, the mysterious Uchiha with the black mask shed bloody tears from his left eye.
Instantly, a powerful surge of dojutsu erupted.
A warning flashed through Tatsuya's mind, and he immediately dodged.
But it was too late.
Behind Tatsuya, a sky-blue Susanoo finger bone materialized out of thin air, thrusting straight towards his vital organs.
Splat!
A large amount of blood spurted out as Tatsuya's body was pierced by the finger bone.
Fortunately, Tatsuya's earlier attempt to evade, though failing to completely avoid the attack, had allowed him to shift away from a direct hit to the chest.
The sky-blue Susanoo finger bone, having pierced Tatsuya's body, gradually faded and disappeared.
Cough! Cough!
Tatsuya dropped to his knees, coughing up mouthfuls of blood.
Across from him, the mysterious Uchiha's body also shook violently before he dropped to one knee, coughing up blood incessantly.
Behind him, the sky-blue Susanoo flickered like a dying flame, rapidly diminishing until only the ribcage and arms of its initial form remained.
Clearly, the technique he had just used had taken a tremendous toll on his body.
"Haha, try running now!"
Despite blood pouring from the corner of his mouth, the mysterious Uchiha let out a manic laugh.
Seeing Tatsuya's body pierced with a gaping hole, he believed he had already won.
An ordinary ninja suffering such a severe injury would be on the verge of death.
"Heh, is this the ultimate move you were so reluctant to use?"
Across from him, Tatsuya, also coughing up blood, chuckled.
Hearing Tatsuya's words, the manic laughter on the mysterious Uchiha's face froze.
Tatsuya reached his right hand to his chest and formed a hand seal.
The Body Activation Secret Technique was instantly pushed to its limit.
Sizzle! Sizzle!
The wound on Tatsuya's body seemed to boil, emitting sizzling sounds as wisps of white steam rose. The injury healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Simultaneously, Tatsuya pulled out a large handful of specially-made soldier pills and threw them into his mouth.
"Impossible! This is impossible!"
Witnessing this, the mysterious Uchiha shook his head repeatedly, muttering in disbelief.
He had exhausted his techniques, and this was the result he got?
The prideful Uchiha could not accept this.
"Your technique is indeed very strong. Anyone else would probably be dead. But unfortunately, you picked the wrong opponent!"
His body gradually recovering, Tatsuya slowly stood up.
As he spoke, he began to form hand seals.
"Yin-Yang Seal: Release!"
The complex series of hand seals was completed, and an immense amount of chakra immediately surged from Tatsuya's body.
At the same time, Tatsuya's body began to expand. Blue, translucent, disc-shaped chakra began to coalesce behind him, forming two enormous wings.
Tatsuya had directly activated his Butterfly Mode.
He wasn't going to drag this out any longer!
The Mangekyo Sharingan possessed all sorts of bizarre powers, and this Uchiha's power was something he didn't know.
He had to crush him quickly while he was in a weakened state!
Looking at Tatsuya's form, which had swelled to surpass even his own Susanoo's size, a flicker of unwillingness and resentment appeared in the mysterious Uchiha's eyes.
How could a mere member of the Akimichi clan possess power that could rival the Uchiha?
Boom!
Soon, a violent gale roared as Tatsuya's fist came crashing down.
The mysterious Uchiha's pupils constricted. He desperately tried to raise his Susanoo to its first stage again.
But it was too late.
The sky-blue skeletal structure had only half-formed when Tatsuya's fist struck.
The ground was instantly blasted into a crater more than ten meters in diameter, and the sky-blue Susanoo was sent flying.
A fierce gale erupted from the point of impact, spreading wildly outwards and tearing through the surrounding forest, uprooting trees in swathes.
His body spinning within the Susanoo's protection, the mysterious Uchiha felt a sharp, intense pain in his eyes, and his mind was filled with dizziness.
It took a while for the mysterious Uchiha to regain his balance.
Before he could even catch his breath, Tatsuya's next punch arrived.
This time, Tatsuya was on the offensive, and the mysterious Uchiha could only passively resist with his Susanoo.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Amidst the continuous, deafening crashes, the Susanoo surrounding the mysterious Uchiha gradually regressed to just its ribcage form.
Another punch!
His body was blasted back over a hundred meters, and the ribcage-shaped Susanoo finally dissipated completely.
Spitting out mouthfuls of blood, the mysterious Uchiha's black mask also shattered completely under the force of the blow.
A young, handsome face was revealed.
This person was none other than Uchiha Teru, who had been subjected to Uchiha Senkai's genjutsu that day.
Seeing this face, Tatsuya had a moment of realization.
He had seen Uchiha Teru in the Police Force, but they weren't close.
There were quite a few Uchiha with Jonin-level strength, and Tatsuya had no interest in getting to know each and every one of them.
Of course, this was also because in the original story, Uchiha Teru wasn't even a background character, so Tatsuya wouldn't have paid any attention to him.
Who knew that this guy had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan?
There must have been some unknown changes that Tatsuya wasn't aware of.
"Impossible! How can a mere Akimichi be a match for our Uchiha clan?"
Uchiha Teru's face was twisted with rage as he roared at Tatsuya.
Tatsuya completely ignored him and threw another punch at Uchiha Teru.
Villains die from talking too much!
He didn't want to become a talkative villain, so he'd just finish him off first!
Watching the massive fist getting closer and closer, the fierce wind whipping past his ears, Uchiha Teru was on the verge of despair!
Before his death, he seemed to see Elder Senkai's relieved smile again.
A series of images flashed rapidly through his mind.
There were his parents, whose faces he could barely remember!
There was the warmth of his childhood, after losing his parents, when Uchiha Senkai had taken him in and slowly raised him.
In his memories, Elder Senkai, who had no children of his own, had always treated him like a son.
Finally, the image froze on the scene where he had personally stabbed Elder Senkai, and the relief on the elder's face as he died after telling him the truth and seeing him successfully awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan.
It turned out that Uchiha Senkai had only used genjutsu on Uchiha Teru that day to make him stab him.
Before his death, Uchiha Senkai had told Uchiha Teru the truth: his parents had been persecuted due to the conflict between the clan and the village.
The cruel truth, and the fact that he had personally killed the person who had raised him, had caused Uchiha Teru to successfully awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan.
However, whether limited by his talent or because the stimulation wasn't enough, Uchiha Teru's Mangekyo Sharingan was incomplete.
His right eye had not evolved to its fully awakened state.
No! I can't die! I haven't fulfilled Elder Senkai's dying wish: to revive the Uchiha clan!
In an instant, the dojutsu in Uchiha Teru's eyes began to fluctuate wildly.
The tomoe in his right eye began to change rapidly.
In the blink of an eye, Uchiha Teru's right eye became identical to his left.
Whoosh!
A massive amount of sky-blue chakra condensed once again.
This time, the Susanoo formed even faster, and its form was even more perfect.
Although it was still the first stage Susanoo, its body was three or four meters taller than before.
Boom!
Tatsuya's fist collided with the Susanoo, producing a dull, resounding thud.
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