Chapter 74: The Lower the Cultural Level, the More Believable the Will of Fire
Chapter 74: The Lower the Cultural Level, the More Believable the Will of Fire
"Roar!!"
Ido, dragged out of the painting by Menma, let out an ear-piercing roar, spewing raging flames and poison mist towards Menma.
Menma, however, allowed the flames and poison mist to corrode him, clicking his tongue in wonder: "Is this the Kurama clan's Kekkei Genkai? Turning illusion into reality?"
"Even if the temperature isn't high and the toxicity isn't strong, it can actually directly harm a physical body in reality."
A faint light flickered in Menma's dark blue eyes. His entire body seemed to be enveloped in a layer of deep, secluded black thin mist.
It was precisely this "thin mist" that was resisting Ido's damage.
Seeing its attacks ineffective, Ido ferociously bared its fangs and snarled at Menma, wanting to bite and tear him with its teeth.
But Menma, with some disdain, casually tossed the ugly monster aside.
Directly throwing it to Kurama Yakumo's feet.
Kurama Yakumo's eyes instantly trembled. She stared blankly at the monster before her.
Her previously influenced mind gradually cleared, and her hidden memories slowly recovered.
"Ido! This is... Ido..."
The monster hidden in her mental world, the monster created by her own hand.
Kurama Yakumo's gaze shifted to the drawing board before her.
It was the tragic scene of her parents dying in a sea of fire.
And just moments ago, she had almost been bewitched by Ido into killing her own parents...
Kurama Yakumo collapsed to the ground in despair, and the entire genjutsu space could no longer be maintained.
Everything before their eyes twisted and deformed. Menma and the others reappeared in reality.
Crackle crackle~
Scorching flames burned continuously, having already spread throughout Yakumo's house.
However, once the few of them escaped the genjutsu world, the flames also seemed to lose their "fuel" and gradually died down.
"Ah!!"
Ido also let out a miserable cry, roaring wretchedly on the ground: "Yakumo! Kill them!"
"Kill! Kill..."
Before it could finish, a foot stepped on its head.
"So annoying."
Menma looked down at Ido, lost in thought.
"Yang Release" represents the power of the body; "Yang Release techniques" can imbue form with life.
"Yin Release" represents the power of the spirit; "Yin Release techniques" can create form from nothingness.
In a certain sense, Kurama Yakumo's Kekkei Genkai is very strong; its potential might even be comparable to Senju Hashirama's Wood Release.
Wood Release can create trees with very strong life force; it is the epitome of Yang Release within Kekkei Genkai.
And Yakumo's Kekkei Genkai turns illusion into reality. Ido is a monster with special abilities created by Yakumo using the ultimate Power of Yin Release.
This monster Ido, created by Yakumo, can even appear in the real world.
Aside from not being able to be too far from Yakumo, it can already be completely considered a living entity.
But unfortunately...
"As long as it's a living thing, even a god can be killed by me."
Menma looked at the impotently raging Ido at his feet, and Yakumo beside him, terrified, then shook his head with a chuckle.
Before Ido completely devoured and assimilated Yakumo, it was merely Yakumo's appendage.
Having lost Yakumo's spiritual power supply, it was extremely fragile before Menma.
Meanwhile, Kurama Murakumo and his wife also came back to their senses.
"Yakumo, you..."
Kurama Murakumo's face was extremely grim. He was just about to question Yakumo loudly.
But suddenly saw Menma nearby, and the terrifyingly ugly monster at his feet.
"Who are you? And what the hell is this thing?"
Kurama Murakumo immediately shielded Yakumo and his wife behind him, his gaze towards Menma filled with alertness and gravity.
A strange man wearing a mask, an ugly monster – suddenly appearing within their clan grounds.
No matter how one looked at it, this man and monster did not harbor good intentions; perhaps they were the ones who made Yakumo lose control.
"Don't misunderstand. I came here to offer your Kurama clan a broader path."
Facing Kurama Murakumo's hostility, Menma remained unfazed, speaking with a hint of amusement in his tone: "Presumably, you already know about this child Yakumo's physical condition, right?"
"I always cherish talent, so I couldn't help but feel compassion for this highly talented child who has been tricked by fate."
Kurama Murakumo's brow furrowed deeply. He glanced at Yakumo behind him, whose face was ashen.
Yakumo's body simply couldn't undergo ninja training; even Yūhi Kurenai of the genjutsu family was powerless.
"This has nothing to do with you!"
Kurama Murakumo frowned deeply and said sharply: "Regardless of your purpose, I advise you to leave immediately! My clansmen will soon discover the anomaly here!!"
Although his words were stern and righteous, careful observation would reveal a hint of being fierce in appearance but weak inside.
After all, he wasn't entirely unfamiliar with this masked man.
Just after coming to his senses, Kurama Murakumo had recognized this familiar three-eyed fox mask. (Assuming consistency with previous descriptions, changing "cat-face" to "fox mask")
-- The guy who treated Konoha as an empty land, severely injured Elder Danzō, and killed Shisui of the Body Flicker and over a dozen Root ninja.
Heard this masked man had also contacted the Hyūga main family's daughter, after which the main family daughter's personality underwent a bizarre change.
No matter how one looked at it, he didn't seem like a good person with benevolent intentions.
"Hmm? Are you sure?"
Menma narrowed his eyes, reminding again: "Presumably, you know very well, Kurama Yakumo might be your clan's only hope."
"If Yakumo loses the qualification to become a ninja, then whether it's one year, two years, or several decades, the Kurama clan's situation will not improve in the slightest."
"The Kurama clan will gradually disappear from Konoha, then gradually vanish into the long river of ninja world history."
Though Menma had ulterior motives, he wasn't speaking without basis.
A precedent for the Kurama clan was the Senju clan, which had produced two Hokage.
According to Konoha's historical records, the Senju clan voluntarily assimilated into Konoha.
But whether it was bravely retreating at their peak or being forced to, that's truly a case of different people having different views.
After all, Senju Tobirama couldn't jump out of his grave to refute it, so one could only listen to Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other three's one-sided story.
"This..."
Yakumo's mother behind Kurama Murakumo showed hesitation, her eyes also turning towards her daughter.
Indeed, the Kurama clan's status and right to speak in Konoha couldn't even compare to the Uchiha clan's; their decline was on par with the Senju clan's back then.
Kurama Yakumo's appearance might really be the Kurama clan's last hope.
But hearing the masked man's "treasonous" words,
"Shut up!"
Kurama Murakumo, far from relaxing his guard, became furious from having his sore spot poked.
He charged directly at Menma, kunai in hand.
Seeing this, Menma also frowned, a wave of displeasure rising in his heart.
"Seems like another one who doesn't know what's good for him. Such annoying stupidity."
No wonder he even exposed his clan's greatest secret, the 'Kekkei Genkai', to Sarutobi Hiruzen. Turns out he's another fool brainwashed by the Will of Fire.
Is it that the lower the cultural level, the more believable Sarutobi Hiruzen's 'Will of Fire' becomes?
(End of Chapter)
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