Chapter 275: Chapter – 271 Sharingan and Genjutsu
The timing of Yumie's Earth Jutsu was impeccable and it trapped Hiruko in a muddy river just an instant before, Tsukihi's Fire Jutsu was about to hit him.
Hiruko chuckled in disdain at the pathetic attempt of the two ladies, he immediately stretched out his hand towards the huge fireball coming towards him. "Dark Release: Inhaling Maw!"
Following Hiruko's action, the huge fireball coming towards him was immediately sucked into his hand in a spiraling whirl.
Hiruko did exactly the same with the Earth Flow River below his feet and absorbed the chakra.
With the suction of Chakra, the Earth Flow River lost its effects, making Hiruko free.
After regaining his movement, Hiruko said with a chuckle, "Both of you have a very delicious chakra!"
Tsukihi thought to herself, 'He really can freely use all the Kekkei Genkai he has absorbed, and Dark Release make most of the ordinary ninjutsu useless against him, killing him without the use of Susanoo would be very difficult, unfortunately, I can't reveal my Susanoo here, else it would put both this clone and Shinichi in a danger.'
Yumie's face also had a thoughtful look.
Yumie (or Orochimaru) is a type of Shinobi who is an expert in almost all forms of combat, be that taijutsu or Kenjutsu, ninjutsu or Fuinjutsu, Kinjutsu or Juinjutsu, so although her combat effectiveness is not that restricted, she still doesn't have a very good way of dealing with Hiruko without giving off her true identity, and she would obviously not do something foolish like revealing her true identity in front of entire Akatsuki.
As such the methods she can use to deal with Hiruko are quite limited.
Moreover, Hiruko is almost immune to most of the Ninjutsu as well as Physical Warfare type attacks courtesy to the five Kekkei Genkai he has selected, as such even with her experience, Yumie doesn't have a very good way to fight Hiruko.
Thinking so, Yumie turned to look at Uchiha Tsukihi, she has been paying close attention to Tsukihi throughout the battle, and she was highly surprised to find that similar to her, Tsukihi has also been calm and collected from beginning to end. Which is unexpected according to her.
In Yumie's opinion, she, a Sannin, with experience of thousands of battles, deep knowledge of many Kinjutsu, along with various means to be able to make it out alive even in the worst-case scenario is calm in the face of a monster like Hiruko is understandable.
But Tsukihi, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old Kunoichi with just three tomoe Sharingan, facing a monster like Hiruko, who can literally use five different types of Kekkei Genkai to deal with all kinds of situations, is still calm and not afraid is not a simple matter.
Even Yumie (Orochimaru), the temporary teammate of Tsukihi can't help but respect such mental fortitude, but sigh at the same time, 'The Uchiha Clan's arrogance doesn't put anyone in their eyes.'
Crackling… ZZZzzzzzz...
At this moment, Hiruko waved his hand, the storm clouds that were covered the top of the mountain suddenly sent outbursts of electric discharge.
As lightning started to rage the mountain, Hiruko who was shrouded in lightning spoke, "That's the end of the warm-up, now let's get serious and take this fight up a notch!"
And immediately Hiruko disappeared from his position.
With the movement of Hiruko, the lightning also raged all over the platform, and for a moment it seemed as if the entire ritual platform became a pool of dazzling blue lightning.
Wherever it fell, the rock pieces vaporized.
Tsukihi with her Sharingan noticed Hiruko's running trajectory, and without any hesitation, she drew out her Katana and threw it along the predicted trajectory.
Whiiish…
The Katana flew out and went towards Hiruko, although Hiruko managed to avoid the Katana, all the lightning covering him hit the Katana's metallic blade which is a conductor.
Tsukihi did not waste that opportunity and immediately shot out several Kunai.
The ends of Kunai were tied with thin metal wire, and with the assistance of her Sharingan, Tsukihi shot the Kunai in such a direction, which greatly limited Hiruko's movements because of the metal wire.
But Tsukihi did not stop there and subsequently shot Kunai tied with large strings of Explosive Tags, the targets were Hiruko's eyes, throat, both axilla, then, ribs, Achilles' heel of the body.
All the Kunai were shot in the blink of an eye, and with such precise actions that even the Akatsuki members were all amazed.
Even Hiruko was caught off guard for a moment as his body was entangled by the metal wires.
Just when Hiruko was about to get rid of the metal wires that restricted his movements, he suddenly noticed the next set of Kunai tied with a series of explosive tags also wrapping around him.
And from the sound made by Explosive Tags, they were about to explode any movement.
"Steel Release: Impervious Armor!"
With Hiruko's angry shout, his body hardened and darkened.
Break… Break…
With his solidified body, Hiruko easily broke free of the metal wires that bound him.
But before he can celebrate, two rubbery pale white arms suddenly stretched out of nowhere and bound Hiruko.
And because the two arms were rubbery, which means they could stretch and shrink like rubber, so even if Hiruko tried to break free of them, he was unable to.
Boom… Boom… Boom… Boom… Boom… Boom… Boom… Boom… Boom…
At this time, the Explosive Tags also exploded, which led to a series of violent explosions that shook the entire mountain, covering the entire platform in fire dust, and smoke.
Yumie immediately retracted her arms, then printed the hand seals to cast a simple Wind Style Jutsu to blow away the cover of dust and smoke.
And just as the cover of dust and smoke cleared, the figure of Hiruko, who was the center of the explosion was immediately revealed, from the first look, Hiruko doesn't seem to have suffered any injury.
But Hiruko's face was gloomy, he stood at his position for a few seconds while Tsukihi and Yumie took deep breaths.
The atmosphere was extremely quiet, but both the Kunoichi knew that this was just a silence before the storm.
And as the drop of sweat that slid down her face dropped on the floor, Hiruko's figure disappeared and instantly appeared in front of Yumie.
Yumie, who was already prepared for the coming attack was about to leap back, but just for an instant before she could do so, the eyes of Yumie and Hiruko crossed, and immediately Yumie stopped dead in her position, her dead bent down as if she was unconscious.
'Genjutsu!?' – Tsukihi was startled, and only then did she notice the scarlet pupils with three black tomoe spinning in Shinichi's eyes.
Yumie's (Orochimaru's) biggest weakness is Genjutsu, even in the original story, Orochimaru suffered because of the Sharingan's Genjutsu, but at that time his opponent was Uchiha Itachi, who had Mangekyou Sharingan.
And who Uchiha Itachi is must not be forgotten.
So even if Orochimaru was subdued by Itachi, it cannot be said that Orochimaru's Genjutsu resistance is so poor that he would be affected so easily.
And the fact that the Genjutsu cast by Hiruko can affect Orochimaru must mean that the pair of Sharingan in his eye sockets is unusually strong, although not to the level of Mangekyou Sharingan, the ocular power is still very high.
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Chapter 276: Chapter – 272 Played Around
'Is it possible that the Sharingan in his eye sockets has evolved to Mangekyou Sharingan?' – Tsukihi temporarily had this thought, and her attention was again on the pattern in Hiruko's eyes.
However, this thought was soon dispelled as the pattern of Sharingan in Hiruko's eyes was that of a simple Sharingan, that is the three tomoe state.
Tsukihi thought, 'No, he does not have the Mangekyou Sharingan.'
With Hiruko's character, if he had Mangekyou Sharingan, he would have definitely shown it out in the open without any concealment by now. Hiruko wouldn't be as cautious as Tsukihi. As such, Tsukihi can conclude without a doubt that Hiruko does not have the Mangekyou Sharingan.
'But its surprising that even with just a base Sharingan Hiruko is able to put Orochimaru in Genjutsu'
This was surprising, after all, who is Yumie?
A Sannin!
Even if Genjutsu is her weakness, it wouldn't be to the point that amateurs such as Hiruko, who have just gotten a pair of Sharingan will be able to affect.
Yet it's happening here!
'How come his Visual Prowess is so high?' – Doubts were flooding Tsukihi's mind.
Despite the many doubts in her heart, Tsukihi knew that now was not the time to delve into them, so putting away her thoughts, she brought out shuriken from her sleeves and threw them towards Hiruko.
Whiiish… Whiish… Whiish… Whiish
Accompanied by the sharp sound of cutting through the wind, each spinning Shuriken gleaming with cold light went towards Hiruko at different speeds and angles.
Hiruko with his Sharingan was obviously able to see the trajectories of the incoming Shuriken.
The corners of his lips arched, he did not even feel the need to rely on Swift Release, his body swayed from one position to another, and he managed to dodge each of the Shuriken with minimal movements.
"Is that the best you can do?" – Hiruko said in a mocking tone.
Ding… Ding…
But before he can be too happy, Hiruko heard the sound of a metal collision coming from behind him.
The spectators were able to see that the Shuriken thrown by Uchiha Tsukihi collided with each other after they went past Hiruko.
After multiple collisions, from one Shuriken to another, the trajectories of the Shuriken's changed, two shurikens shot backward, while a third one accelerated in the direction of Yumie, who was under the effect of Genjutsu.
As soon as he realized that something was wrong, Hiruko turned his head and noticed the two Shuriken coming towards him.
But the Kinetic Energy of the two Shuriken coming towards him was obviously decreased because of the multiple collision, as such speed was slower and because Hiruko could use Steel Release, he did not panic, and as soon as his arms darkened, he immediately raised his hands and caught the two Shuriken between his finger.
After successfully catching the two shurikens, Hiruko turned and shot both of them towards Tsukihi, "How about you try to dodge these!"
Tsukihi smiled and threw two more Shuriken.
One of the Shurikens thrown by Tsukihi collided with one of the incoming Shurikens thrown by Hiruko.
The other Shuriken thrown by Tsukihi missed the Shuriken thrown by Hiruko by an inch, and went towards Hiruko, while the shuriken thrown by Hiruko was coming towards Tsukihi.
Hiruko chuckled and raised his arm to catch the incoming Shuriken.
While Tsukihi seemed to have a look of horror, as it was already too late to block the incoming Shuriken.
Hiruko knew that his attack succeeded, and he was feeling excited.
But just as the Shuriken thrown by Hiruko touched Tsukihi, Tsukihi's body exploded into a cloud of white smoke, while the Shuriken that was coming towards Hiruko turned into Tsukihi.
Hiruko face changed immediately, he instantly activated the Swift Release and was about to flicker away, when suddenly the ground under Hiruko's feet turned into a swamp, effectively restricting his movements.
At the same time, a pair of bandages trapped Hiruko's hand, restricting his hand movements.
Hiruko struggled to break free, and he actually did, but the moment he broke free of the bandages was the exact moment when Tsukihi pierced her Kunai in the chest of Hiruko.
The Kunai plunged into Hiruko's chest, and cut effectively cut through the muscles but just at the moment when it was about to puncture the heart, a loud metal clashing sound echoed.
Undoubtedly Hiruko managed to use Steel Release to surround his heart in a protective covering and instantly kicked the bitch in the stomach sending her flying away.
BOOOooooommmMMMM!!!
The moment Hiruko kicked the bitch in the stomach, her body exploded creating another loud explosion that shook the mountain.
Cough! Cough…!
Soon the dust and smoke cleared to reveal a damaged-up mountain top, Hiruko's figure stood in the middle with a pretty beat-up state, blood dripping from the corners of his mouth, and clothes burned to cinders.
Cough…! Cough!
Next, Yumie's figure was revealed, with a line of blood dripping along her thighs from the point where a Shuriken pierced her.
But there was no figure of Tsukihi.
Just when everyone wondered where she is, the Katana lying on the ground turned into Tsukihi.
Wiping away the blood from the corners of his mouth, Hiruko observed everything.
Looking at the wound on Yumie's thighs, and all the things that happened in the few last seconds, Hiruko understood what happened.
Realizing that he was played by Uchiha Tsukihi, Hiruko roared in anger, "Damn it, you… you…!"
A very similar feeling sprouted in the heart of Yumie (Orochimaru).
The fact that she was put in a Genjutsu by someone like Hiruko was unacceptable and touching the wound on her thigh, looking at the red blood Yumie felt more terrible.
What's more unacceptable was for her, a Sannin to be saved a mere young Kunoichi, even if she is from the Uchiha Clan.
A sense of shame that was never felt before grew in her heart.
"Sharingan…" – was what Yumie, muttered as she looked at Hiruko's eyes and then at Tsukihi's eyes, and this is the moment when the obsession gain to Sharingan took birth.
"Alright, that's enough already…"
Just as Hiruko was about to continue his attack, Tendo Pain's indifferent voice came.
Hiruko was not done, how can he not return the shame he suffered by being played around by Uchiha Tsukihi, and he retorted to Pain's command, "I will finish them soon enough!"
Tendo Pain glared at Hiruko, and his tone became colder, "Don't make me repeat myself, I have seen your performance more than enough, there is no need to continue anymore, it is only wasting everyone's time."
To be honest, Pain was a little disappointed with the performance shown by Hiruko, even after successfully completing the ritual.
Pain can see that Hiruko's strength has greatly improved, but the fact that Hiruko couldn't even hold his own against two young Kunoichi greatly disappointed him.
Sasori added with a lightly mocking tone, "It appears that Pain expected too much from you!"
The other members of Akatsuki either sneered, showed disdain, or were disappointed.
Although the performance of the two Kunoichi was indeed a bit unexpected, Hiruko was still too pathetic in their opinion.
Hiruko wanted to retort, but understanding that what Pain said was indeed true, he really was unable to suppress both of them, so he didn't know what to say anymore.
Seeing the disdain and contempt directed towards him, Hiruko felt unprecedentedly aggrieved.
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