Chapter 611: 574. A True Shinobi
Kakashi quickly inspects Gai's body and notices several torn muscles and ligaments. Most of Gai's body is swollen from overexerting himself.
"Gai, are you alright?!"
Huff… Huff…
"I-I am fine! Only my right arm and a few ribs are hurting. The rest is just some muscle sprain" Gai pants.
Kakashi opens his mouth but no words come out. Gai's condition is more severe than he describes.
"Kakashi, you have to run as far as possible. Madara is after your eye. We can't allow him to steal your eye." Gai places his hand on Kakashi's shoulder.
"But Gai… you!"
"It's alright, Kakashi! Our youth hasn't faded yet. So, we can't let the next generation bear all the burden for us. Naruto and the rest have already done their best. So, it's about time I give it my all."
"G-Gai… don't tell me… you- you're going to…!"
"Kakashi, my best friend and rival… It's true that everything we wish for will not come to be… but something must be done to secure a better future."
Gai turns to Kakashi with a smile on his face.
"Because that's what a Ninja strives for!"
HAAH…
Gai crosses his arms in front of his chest.
"Eight Inner Gates: Seventh Gate: Gate of Wonder: Open,"
Shoom…
Blue sweat evaporates from Gai's body.
"I am sorry Kakashi!" Gai grabs Kakashi and throws him forward in the air with full strength.
"GAIII… YOUUU!!"
"Also, I am very grateful to you for being the only person to acknowledge my strength and treat me as a true rival!"
Kakashi reads Gai's lips while flying in the air.
"GAI!"
A teardrop leaks from Kakashi's eye.
"Gai, you will always be my one and only rival!" Kakashi wipes his tears and smiles at his friend's resolve.
Gai turns around with a smile on his face.
"The end has come for the Leaf's blue beast… It's time for the red beast to emerge!"
Whoosh…
Suddenly, a black orb flies out of nowhere, striking Gai's location.
Whoosh…
A shadow escapes from the location before the impact.
Boom…
A massive cloud of dust and debris rises at the site of the explosion.
"Hmm… you are still as stubborn as ever!"
Madara floats in the air, glancing at Gai.
"Madara, behold! I will show you the resolve of a shinobi."
Swoosh…
Gai charges towards Madara. A green aura emerges from his body and mixes with the blue sweat. Gai pokes his heart Tenketsu points with his thumb, releasing the limiter on his body.
'Hmm… his chakra is spreading towards the heart's Death Gate Tenketsu point.'
A blood-red aura slowly seeps out of Gai's body.
"The Eight Gate: Gate of Death: OPEEENNN!!!"
Boom…
A massive beam of red light rises from Gai's body. The red light forms a pillar of light that pierces through the sky.
Rumble… Rumble…
The surrounding land crumbles under the sheer pressure from the releases of such a massive amount of chakra.
Boom… boom… boom…
Numerous cracks spanning a radius of a kilometer spread across the ground.
RUMBLE… RUMBLE…
Blood-red chakra flames erupt from these cracks.
BANG…
Suddenly, Madara feels an immensely powerful force act on his body.
BOOM…
He is sent flying away several kilometers away while coughing out a mouthful of blood.
'My ribs are broken!'
Madara wipes the blood from his mouth while glancing at the huge cavity in his chest.
'My eyes couldn't even follow his movements. I didn't even see how he attacked me.'
A crazy expression appears on Madara's face.
"Interesting! This is going to be very interesting!"
Madara's injuries heal rapidly.
"Finally, there is someone with enough strength to contest against my current power."
Shoom…
Madara stabilizes himself and flies towards the red pillar of light.
The commotion created by Gai's opening of the Eight Gate attracts the attention of the shinobis.
"What's that red pillar of light?" Several shinobis questions.
"Is it Madara?" someone asks.
"No, it's not him!" A sensor shinobi shakes his head.
"I clearly felt Madara's sinister chakra before. This chakra and pressure is on par with him, but it's not Madara." The sensor shinobi shakes his head.
"Is it a tailed beast?" Another shinobi remark.
"They also have a similar red chakra!"
"I don't know!" The sensor shinobis shakes his head.
"Anyway, let's get as far away as possible from this place. This battle isn't something that we are even qualified to witness. We will only get ourselves in trouble if we are too curious."
"Let's go!" The shinobi group increases their pace.
Similar conversations happen across several shinobi teams.
On the previous battlefield,
Minato and Tsunade free everyone from the effect of the Black Receiver Rod.
Shoom…
Suddenly, they also feel the sudden intense chakra and the massive red pillar in the distance.
"That's… what's that?"
The Kages and commander ask with worry.
Only the expression of shinobis from Konoha turns ugly.
"That's a pillar of blood chakra!"
Shisui opens his mouth.
"Blood chakra?!" A and Onoki turn to him.
"Sensei!"
Suddenly, Lee falls to the ground with tears in his eyes.
"Sensei… sensei…"
He punches the ground with tears in his eyes.
"Sensei, if only I wasn't so weak. Then… then… I could have…"
"It's alright, Lee! This is Gai's choice. We have to respect it." Minato pats Lee's shoulder and sighs with remorse.
"Still, we can't let Gai's resolve go to waste. We have to aid him in his battle."
"I will go with you!" Lee wipes his tears and holds Minato's hands.
"Lee- you…"
Minato stares at Lee's resolute expression and sighs.
"Very well!"
"We will also go with you!" Tsunade, Mei, Itachi, Shisui, Tenten, Neji, and the rest insist.
"No!" Minato decisively shakes his head.
"You haven't even recovered enough chakra to move properly, much less fight. So, it will be futile! Also, I don't have enough chakra to carry you all."
The group grits their teeth and withholds their sentiments.
"Only Lee, Kushina, and Itachi will go with me. The rest will stay here."
The three people stand beside Minato and place their hands on his shoulder.
Fwoosh…
The next second, the group disappears from the battlefield.
After Minato's departure, the rest of the shinobis turn to Shisui and other members of Konoha for an explanation. Even a few higher-ups of Konoha turn to Shisui, who seems to know the depth of the matter.
Sigh…
Shisui sighs and explains.
"It's Might Gai's Forbidden Jutsu!"
"Might Gai!"
The group glances at each other and recalls the unremarkable appearance of Gai. Other than his strength, which is only slightly lacking compared to a Kage, none of his other features are noteworthy. Well, maybe except for the fact that he is a Taijutsu expert and only uses Taijutsu in battle.
However, none of that is impressive since there were several shinobis in the past of such caliber.
"Wait, Might Gai…Might Dai!"
Suddenly, an elder of Kirigakure recalls some very old information.
"Back then, during the third shinobi war, there was a shinobi from Konoha, whose name was Might Dai. There are records of his battle against the Seven Mist Swordsman."
The elder continues.
"It is a piece of very confidential information, but it was written in the records that the shinobi 'Might Dai' single-handedly wiped out more than five members of the Seven Mist Swordsman in a battle. Only two people survived the battle, the first person died shortly before the medical help could arrive and the only living member succumbed to his injuries a few years later."
"W-what?!"
This time even shinobis from Konoha are surprised.
"I know Might Dai!" A veteran from Konoha nods.
"We were in the same batch in the academy. Other shinobis were quickly promoted in ranks, but as far as I remember, only Dai was struck at being a genin. It was due to his inability to clear the chunnin exam because of his lack of chakra." The veteran recalls.
"Later, he died during the Third Shinobi War. Since he was only a genin and several genins died during that battle, not many people paid any attention to it. However, I didn't expect him to be…"
The veteran stops, but his words and intentions clear.
"That's Gai's father." Shisui nods and continues his explanation.
"Might Dai created an extremely powerful technique that allowed the user to obtain a power comparable to the Sage of Six Paths for a brief moment. However, the cost of this technique is that, after the technique ends, the user will definitely die with zero chance of survival. No kind of medical herb or technique can save him."
Everyone turns their attention to Tsunade, who nods her head.
"When we went to recover Dai's body, not even a trace of it was found. The burden sustained by his body after removing his limiter was so great that his body turned to ashes after the end of the technique."
"Then does that mean…"
Everyone's expression turns solemn and the respect in their heart for Gai skyrockets.
"Now that's what a true shinobi is!" someone proclaims.
Everyone silently agrees with him while etching Gai's name forever in their memories.
Chapter 612: 575. Omūshiki Otsutsuki
Back in Izuna's unknown dimension,
"Let me borrow your divine weapon!"
The Otsutsuki elder wields Isshiki's rod-like weapon.
He infuses his energy into the weapon. The runes on the staff light up, releasing powerful ripples of energy. Several black rings of destructive energy similar to the Truth-seeking orbs shroud the staff. The staff morphs into a lance upon the infusion of the Otsutsuki elder. The black rings form helical string-like protrusions around the lance.
Izuna's expression also turns stiff.
'It's an extremely powerful divine technique.'
Izuna feels an extreme sense of danger from the strange lance-like weapon in the Otsutsuki elder's hand. The lance is in perfect harmony with the Otsutsuki as if it's a natural part of him.
'Looks like he is the original owner of this weapon and only lent it to Isshiki for the mission. Looks like I have undermined the importance of Isshiki and his mission. After this is over, I have to double my efforts to search for Shibai Otsutsuki's body before his ascension. Perhaps there are some secrets that might help me in my battle against the Otsutsuki clan.'
Izuna tries to remember some information about the future from his memories. However, despite his efforts, he cannot pry any information about Shibai.
'It's divine interference. I can't seek into the past and future of a divine being who has ascended to Godhood.'
Izuna puts these thoughts to the back of his mind and turns his attention to the Otsutsuki elder.
The Otsutsuki elder points the lance-like weapon towards Izuna.
"I don't know how you achieved your current power as a being of lowly origins. Nonetheless, your power has garnered my respect. So, before I end your pathetic life, I will give you the honor of introducing myself."
Shoom…
A powerful burst of extremely dense chakra erupts from the Otsutsuki elder's body. The dense burst of chakra infuses into the lance, creating a conical ripple of energy behind him.
Crack… crack… crack…
Numerous cracks appear in the space behind him. The cracks slowly spread across the entire dimension, creating irreparable damage to it.
'It's such a loss! I have lost another dimension.'
Izuna's expression turns ugly. He spent quite some time and power to create this dimension and now it will shatter from the attack of this Otsutsuki.
"The honorable me in front of you is Omūshiki Issunboshi Otsutsuki."
A massive eight-spoked wheel eye with a yellow blooming flower appears in the air behind the Omūshiki.
Omūshiki raises the lance in his hand and channels the dense chakra into it. The Fuinjutsu runes on it glow with a deep yellow hue. Their brightness even outshines the fake sun in Izuna's dimension, creating a field of yellow light.
Click… clack… click… clack…
The massive wheel in the air spins slowly.
"Shinjutsu: Ninigi-no-Mikoto: Divine Permeance,"
Swoosh…
Omūshiki releases the weapon toward Izuna. The weapon locks on Izuna's soul and flies towards him at an extremely fast yet seemingly slow speed. Numerous threads of energy crisscross around the lance in a spiral energy. These crisscrossed threads are linked to Izuna in one way or another.
"This attack will sever the fate and destiny of your entire bloodline across all timelines, be it past, present, or future."
The lance slowly penetrates and rips the threads connected to Izuna while moving toward him.
"Motherfucker…"
For the first time, Izuna snaps in anger. The cool, calm façade he has maintained for such a long time finally blows away in smoke.
"I just beat up this pathetic little shit from your clan for messing up with my family. And now you even want to destroy my entire family in the past and present. I didn't even get a chance to play with my kids and be a wonderful dad, and now you are telling me you want to kill them?"
Omūshiki's words have touched Izuna's reverse scale.
SHIING…
Izuna opens his eyes to reveal a Rinne-Sharingan in his left eye and a Reigan in his right eye.
"I-Impossible! That's impossible!"
Omūshiki's and Isshiki's eyes widen in shock.
"How do you possess the Royal bloodline of the Otsutsuki clan and the Tentai Yokai clan (Astral Demon)?"
"How I possess these two bloodlines isn't important? What's important is that you two have pissed me off? And now…"
SLASH…
Izuna ignores the incoming permeance lance and slashes at the space beside him.
"Dimension Sever,"
Fwoosh…
A glowing blue relic flies out of the severed space. Izuna grabs the relic and raises it towards the sky.
WHAM… WHAM… WHAM…
The blue relic releases several powerful pulses of energy that seem to slow down time and causality. Even the menacingly approaching lance seems to slow down slightly on its track.
"SEAL!"
Izuna mumbles an incantation while infusing his energy into the relic.
Whoosh…
The artifact disappears from his hand and fuses with Izuna's dimension, stabilizing its collapse.
"That's… that's…"
Omūshiki and Isshiki recognize the unique relic in front of them.
"That's the sacred sealing relic Shirōtōra, a strategic war weapon of the Kūnishi house. How are you in its possession?"
Omūshiki's stunned expression calms down. Even with Izuna's possession of Shirōtōra, it doesn't change much except for a slight delay in his fate.
Shirōtōra is a utility-type sacred relic of the Otsutsuki clan with its potent power of sealing capable of even sealing even a high-level dimension. It's a type of concept weapon with 'Absolute Sealing'. However, this weapon doesn't possess any defensive or offensive ability and thus is useless in the current situation.
"Oh! You mean this sacred relic? I got it from a dumbass who controls an army of puppets. Um… what was his name again?" Izuna pretends to recall the name.
"Well… I forgot to ask his name before I destroyed him. But he was controlling some puppet order called… um… Golden Monzaemon Kugutsu Order of Thousand Puppets!"
Izuna shrugs his shoulder.
"That's impossible!"
This time, both Omūshiki and Isshiki are in disbelief.
"No… that's impossible. There is no way you can kill Būnrakishi!" Isshiki shakes his head in disbelief.
"Būnrakishi is only a level below my real body in terms of combat strength. Even I don't have the confidence to take him down with his Golden Monzaemon Kugutsu Order of Thousand Puppets!" Omūshiki shakes his head.
"But I DO!"
Izuna's calm voice echoes throughout the battlefield. His earlier rage and anger have dissipated and only calmness and stillness returned to his face.
Izuna closes his eyes and raises his left hand towards the sky of the hellish dimension.
"Order and Chaos authority: Kālacakra"
Rumble… rumble…
The ground quakes, and the sky trembles as Izuna slowly opens his eyes. There is a sigil of a Dharma wheel with eight spokes in his right eye and another sigil of a chaos wheel with eight arrows in all directions in his left eye.
RUMBLE… RUMBLE…
A gigantic sigil of the Dharma wheel shrouds the entire dimension much bigger than Omūshiki shrouds the entire dimension. Omūshiki's projection of his eye crumbles into pieces under the sheer pressure.
RUMBLE… RUMBLE…
Another layer of Chaos wheel stacks on top of the Dharma wheel.
"This AURA!"
For the first time, Omūshiki's face turns pale and an expression of extreme horror appears on his face.
"This is an aura of a Primordial Origin Relic. But how's that possible? Almost all of these weapons were destroyed in the previous battle of Gods." Omūshiki's questions his life.
It's the first time he has spoken the word 'Impossible' so many times in a row. First, an anomaly with the bloodline of both celestial clans, then his identity as the killer of one of the topmost fighters of the Otsutsuki clan despite from being a lower dimension. And now, the most shocking of all, his weapon, a primordial Origin relic.
'I must inform my real body!' Omūshiki's projection has lost hope of victory as soon as Izuna revealed his trump card. However, greed has also taken over his mind.
'If I can get possession of this weapon, then it won't be just a dream to free ourselves from the influence of that person.' Omūshiki grits his teeth.
Beside Omūshiki, Isshiki has a pale expression on his face. He regrets his choice of messing with Izuna. However, Omūshiki doesn't pay any heed to it.
"Now die!"
Bzzt… crackle…
Black and white lightning flicker between the two wheels. The gates of order and chaos open as a rift to reveal the spokes of a giant, wheel-like weapon. Numerous irreparable spatial cracks appear in the surroundings just from the presence of the giant wheel weapon alone.
BOOM…
A blinding light engulfs the entire dimension and wipes the very phenomenon of cause and effect to rewrite the very laws of existence itself.
The incoming warp lance dissipates into atoms upon contact with light. Omūshiki's and Isshiki's figures also vanish.
Sigh…
Izuna sighs after the use of this technique.
"How troublesome! I had to use this technique again. That too within a few days in a row."
Izuna waves his hand and grabs the shivering soul of Isshiki and a comatose projection of Omūshiki.
"Hehe… this was your plan, right? You want to die here; you can send the information to your main body. Too bad! I can't allow that to happen."
Izuna stores them in a strange dimension with his Reigan.
"I will later ask Seiryū's help to cast a curse on this motherfucker's real body with this projection as a medium. He dares to threaten my family!"
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