Chapter 66: Insta-kill Jonin!
Chapter 66: Insta-kill Jonin!
Cold. Bloated.
A strange sensation flooded into Nara Keisuke's brain. He only felt that something extra had suddenly appeared in his mind, and his consciousness subsequently grew dim.
He didn't know if a second had passed, or an hour.
When Keisuke's consciousness became clear again, the moment he opened his eyes, he saw a person who looked exactly like him standing opposite. Yakushi Nono'o was standing not far from that "Nara Keisuke," her pale face filled with anxiety.
'No... it's not that someone looks just like me, but that person is me!'
Realizing this, Keisuke's personal consciousness seemed to have been suddenly elevated a dimension, as if he were looking down at the entire room from the perspective of a memory. His gaze first turned to "his own" current position.
At the doorway lay a small doll that looked like a scarecrow. Its body was wrapped in ragged linen, and its sallow, straw-like face had two vertical holes that looked like eyes. The most eye-catching feature was a piece of white paper made of a special material stuck to the scarecrow doll's forehead. A few seconds ago, this white paper had been inscribed with the character for "curse" (咒).
And this white paper was the curse mark tag for the "Mind Body Switch Puppet Curse Mark Technique" that the strange female voice had just mentioned. Any ninja who attacked the scarecrow would trigger the curse mark tag attached to it, and would then be directly controlled by the "Mind Body Switch Technique" sealed within the tag. This was a trigger-type curse mark trap developed by Root!
Yakushi Nono'o looked at Nara Keisuke beside her, then at the scarecrow at the door. She bit her lip so hard she nearly broke the skin. Just now, she had been hit by a similar attack. It was also while counter-attacking that she had fallen victim to the targeted effect of this special curse mark technique. With just one simple counter-attack, she had been hit by the opponent's "Mind Body Switch Technique" and had completely lost control of her body.
'Keisuke...'
A thread of despair spread through Nono'o's heart. She quietly reached for a hidden pocket, preparing to take out a kunai or a senbon. Nono'o didn't know much about the Yamanaka clan's Mind Body Switch Technique, but she was familiar with how to break genjutsu.
'Just now, Keisuke also broke the opponent's Mind Body Switch Technique by inflicting intense pain...'
Nono'o began to move with extreme caution. She knew she currently couldn't use chakra, and she might only have one chance to attack. She had to succeed, she couldn't fail! Even if she had to sacrifice herself, she had to get Keisuke to break free from the Yamanaka's secret technique!
"The Nara clan's Shadow Secret Techniques." "Nara Keisuke" clumsily manipulated the shadows beside him, an arrogant, condescending smile on his face. "Like tentacles, so disgusting..."
Having confirmed that the "Mind Body Switch Puppet Curse Mark Technique" was successful, this Root ninja from the Yamanaka clan, Yamanaka Rin, no longer hid the emotions in her heart. While familiarizing herself with the use of the shadow techniques, she turned her head to look at Nono'o beside her, killing intent exposed. "A traitor who threatens the stability of the village. I will now... hm?"
At this moment, Yamanaka Rin suddenly felt a new spiritual consciousness reawaken within "her body."
In the ethereal spiritual world.
Nara Keisuke's figure appeared. He sized up the female ninja opposite him, as a tide of shadows surged restlessly at his feet.
"What's going on?!" Yamanaka Rin said, utterly astonished. "You actually have two spiritual consciousnesses... Who on earth are you?"
Two spiritual consciousnesses? This is the different consciousness of the main body and the doppelganger!
Nara Keisuke pursed his lips, having no intention of explaining his abilities to the opponent. "Rushing so rashly into my spiritual world, have you considered the consequences?"
A surging dark energy massed beneath Keisuke. The towering figure of a demon god loomed behind him, and an imposing aura of inviolable majesty instantly spread out. The massive demon god, wreathed in what looked like burning black flames, brandished the lacquer-black shadow blade in its hand. As if reenacting a myth of creation, it swung its sword with unstoppable sharpness!
"The ignorant have no escape from doom."
Boom!
The spiritual world of the [Shadow Doppelganger] was shattered to pieces by this world-destroying greatsword. As for Yamanaka Rin's spiritual consciousness, it was like a post-autumn grasshopper in this one blow, directly blasted out and returned to her own body.
Poof!
The [Shadow Doppelganger] directly exploded into a puff of smoke.
Seeing this scene, Yakushi Nono'o, who had just taken a senbon out of her hidden pocket, froze on the spot. 'Keisuke... exploded?'
Nono'o subconsciously took a step forward. But just then, a hand firmly grabbed her right calf. A familiar voice came from below. "Sister Nono'o, you're stepping on me."
Her thoughts in chaos, Nono'o looked down and saw Nara Keisuke lying flat on the ground, his right hand holding her calf. A warm touch spread from his palm, traveling up her leg.
"...?!"
Nono'o quickly retracted her right leg and took several steps back. She looked in astonishment as a new Nara Keisuke emerged from the ground. "You... I..."
Even for a ninja, such a strange and novel sight was hard to come by.
"The opponent's technique has been broken by me," Keisuke said, flexing his right hand and giving a simple response. Outside of eating and sleeping, it was always the [Shadow Doppelganger] that handled daily activities. As the first S-rank Yin Release ninjutsu he had mastered, the [Shadow Doppelganger] was an extremely useful consciousness container that could hold his main body's spirit.
Yamanaka Rin had used a curse mark trap to seal away Keisuke's main consciousness. But in doing so, the originally suppressed doppelganger's consciousness came online and used a "mutual destruction" move to directly blast Rin away. Keisuke's main consciousness subsequently returned, and after receiving the memories of the [Shadow Doppelganger], he understood everything.
'I wonder how that Yamanaka clan ninja is doing now...'
Nara Keisuke looked at Nono'o and asked directly, "Sister Nono'o, where did you meet that ninja just now?"
For Keisuke, the most urgent matter now was to pursue that attacker, who was ninety-nine percent from Root, to prevent them from escaping with intelligence on him.
Nono'o involuntarily pointed in a direction, but the Wandering Miko caught herself in the next second. "Keisuke! Don't go!" she urged anxiously. "They are ninja from Root! They are here under the orders of the village's higher-ups! Their target is you!"
"Then now, my target is them." Nara Keisuke left only that one sentence, then vanished on the spot with the [Body Flicker Technique].
In a certain building near the Kikyo Orphanage.
"Pfft!"
Yamanaka Rin's eyes flew open. She sprayed a mouthful of hot blood forward, and her face and aura turned visibly gray and pale. Her spiritual energy was almost completely depleted.
"Rin, what's wrong?" Beside her, the ninja who was on the mission with her, codenamed "Shin," frowned under his mask. "Did the mission fail?"
"It failed..." Rin's voice was filled with shock and fear. "That little brat... that guy... don't go near him!"
After saying this, Rin's head lolled to the side, and she passed out on the spot.
"This useless piece of trash!" Shin kicked Rin with his right foot and found that she showed no sign of waking up. "We made so many preparations beforehand and even deliberately collected intelligence on him, and the mission still failed!"
If it weren't for the fact that Rin's secret techniques were still of some use to Lord Danzō, Shin would have wanted to draw his blade and dispose of this garbage for Root right now.
His cold, unfeeling gaze swept over Rin, then moved to the window, looking out at the Kikyo Orphanage not far away. "Then it's up to me to complete Lord Danzō's mission! Kill Yakushi Nono'o! Bring back Nara Keisuke!"
"As I thought, it's Shimura Danzō..."
An unfamiliar voice sounded in the room.
Shin's pupils contracted slightly. He unhesitatingly pulled out the kunai from his waist, threw it forcefully in the direction of the voice, and at the same time, rapidly retreated backward. The lacquer-black kunai flew through the air and embedded itself in the room's wall, creating a small pit.
[B-rank Ninja Combat Mission Detected!]
[B-rank Mission: Root Elite]
[Mission Content: Defeat/Kill the attacking Root ninja]
[Mission Reward: B-rank Shinobi Secret Scroll]
'Another B-rank mission...'
The now-transparent Nara Keisuke's gaze swept across the panel. 'By the way, that other B-rank mission was completed directly after the [Shadow Doppelganger] self-destructed...'
While Keisuke was checking the mission on the panel, Shin's next round of attacks had already arrived. The Root elite formed hand signs at top speed and used a B-rank ninjutsu.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!"
Swoosh—
An extremely condensed stream of Wind Release chakra shot out from in front of Shin's mask. It easily tore through the air, making an abnormally sharp sound, its momentum immense. But Keisuke, still just a simple "shadow form," avoided this round of attacks.
'A traditional hand-sign ninja.' Keisuke raised his right hand, a dark shadow pellet forming at his fingertip. 'The moment you failed to see through my [Camouflage Concealment]... you were already dead!'
[Spiraling Shadow Piercing Bullet]!
The lacquer-black bullet, exceeding the speed of sound, cut through the air and accurately struck Shin's heart. A fountain of crimson blood splashed out from his chest. In just a single exchange, this Root ninja, who still hadn't found a trace of his enemy, died under Nara Keisuke's dirty "invisible shot" tactic.
[You have killed the B-rank Ninja Combat Mission target!]
[You have obtained one B-rank [Shinobi Secret Scroll]!]
(Author's Notes:)
After the Yamanaka clan's "Mind Body Switch Technique" is used, the user can synchronously use the controlled person's chakra and ninjutsu. For details, refer to manga chapter 523, Hatake Kakashi versus the reanimated Zabuza.
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Yamanaka Rin is an original character, based on the future Yamanaka Fū.
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