Chapter 161: Chapter 160: An Eye For An Eye
'At least I broke even...' Yuto exhaled deeply.
There were actually several ways to solve the Uzumaki clone problem. If he couldn't wait for Naruto to grow up, he could go to the ruins of the Uzushio Village and look for the remaining Uzumaki clan members. With some effort, he would eventually find a usable one.
As for that Mangekyō Sharingan, it was an unexpected gain. Although it was a pity to lose it, it wasn't something that belonged to him, so it didn't hurt too much.
Even though Meiko's left eye was destroyed in the explosion, with the addition of the Old man's eyes, he still had five Main family's Byakugans in hand. Yuto didn't feel any sadness.
Extracting the Rinnegan was a net gain, if not a slight profit!
With the Rinnegan, he had power on the level of a sage. Even disregarding its combat enhancement, it was a leverage point against Madara Uchiha.
'But breaking even isn't enough. If I'm going to profit, I might as well make a big profit...' A glint flashed in Yuto's eyes.
It was best to have a complete pair of Rinnegan and Sharingan.
He took out a small bottle containing a medicinal solution, put the Rinnegan into it, and then sealed it in a scroll.
From beginning to end, Madara Uchiha didn't make any moves.
—Eyes are delicate, and even an ordinary adult's hand can easily crush them.
Yuto took a deep breath, and his arm was once again wrapped with the twin serpents of repulsion and attraction.
However, just as he was about to take action, he abruptly stopped.
There were still forty seconds left in the mask mode.
With the single-eyed Impure World White Fang and the suddenly berserk Kushina, would forty seconds be enough to defeat them and obtain the other Rinnegan?
If Kushina was here, Minato Namikaze would surely know, and the Flying Thunder God technique could bring him here at any moment, complicating the situation further.
He couldn't be greedy... He had to learn to be content.
Yuto took a long look at Madara, suppressing his greed.
With a thought, his chakra changed instantly. A large amount of repulsion energy covered his feet, and Yuto's body bounced, disappearing in a flash.
"Chase him!" Madara ordered, his voice filled with complex emotions.
The White Fang and Kushina obeyed, chasing after the Branch House boy.
Rumble...
In his Byakugan's field of vision, Yuto saw Kushina smashing through countless rock walls.
He frowned, still pondering how Madara had controlled Kushina.
No, rather than control, it seemed more like he used some method to provoke the Nine-Tails inside her to rampage, then ordered the mindless Kushina to perform some simple tasks.
'Minato will have another headache,' Yuto thought, when suddenly he felt a chill down his spine. Instinctively, he lowered his body, flying close to the ground.
A black Tailed Beast Bomb grazed past Yuto, hitting the hard ceiling. Countless rocks fell, and as fate would have it, the blast hit the base of a lake. The Tailed Beast Bomb pierced through the weak rock layer, causing tens of thousands of tons of lake water to gush in, breaking the ceiling above.
Sunlight fell on Yuto's face.
He was overjoyed and flew straight towards the opening.
Although the Sakumo could also fly with the Rinnegan, in terms of the precision of controlling repulsion and attraction, his Half-Awakened Tenseigan had an absolute advantage!
Once he left the underground, he would be as free as a bird in the sky.
But Yuto was also very aware that the darkest hour was just before dawn. The closer he was to success, the more careful he had to be.
Suddenly, a simple kunai flew past. The Impure World Sakumo had caught up while Yuto was dodging the Tailed Beast Bomb.
The kunai clashed with the Ryuun Steel on Yuto's right arm, creating a sharp screech. The White Fang was extremely fast, hooking the end of the kunai with his fingers, twisting it skillfully, and gripping it in reverse, ready to slit Yuto's throat as he had before.
But by now, Yuto was familiar with White Fang's attack methods. As soon as the Ryuun Steel and the kunai clashed, he spun his body rapidly, using Revolving Heaven. The chakra, combined with repulsion and attraction, blasted White Fang away.
Roar!
A beast-like roar echoed as Kushina smashed through the rock wall, attacking Yuto from behind.
She no longer looked human, moving on all fours with blood evaporating into red sweat. The seventh tail was forming, making her movements increasingly beast-like.
Repulsion energy formed a shell as Yuto blocked Kushina's attack with his arms, barely holding her off before accelerating again, reaching the opening in an instant.
Water sprayed on his face as Yuto squinted and prepared to burst through the opening.
At the same time, a Tailed Beast Bomb formed to his left, while a simple kunai appeared on his right.
Kushina and Sakumo were still entangled!
'Too late...' Yuto murmured, activating Twin Serpent Strangulation, meeting the attacks head-on with his hands.
In the final moments of the mask mode, trading injury for success was the right choice. Surviving this wave would mean freedom.
However, an unexpected event occurred.
A black rod suddenly stabbed up from below, silently and swiftly.
The rod was connected to a red-haired young man.
—Impure World Nagato!
His legs were still missing, with dust falling off, but no one expected him to crawl here with his hands, delivering a fatal sneak attack.
Yuto's heart nearly skipped a beat.
He had underestimated him... He had forgotten about this guy.
Thud!
In the critical moment, Yuto only had time to tilt his head back.
The rod stabbed into his face, breaking his mask and splattering blood.
In an instant, Impure World Nagato, Impure World White Fang, and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki formed a pincer attack.
"Vacuum Palm!" Yuto shouted, manipulating Shinosuke's corpse nearby to use the attack on him.
With the enhancement of the Old man's Byakugan, Shinosuke's corpse launched a Vacuum Palm, propelling Yuto out of the encirclement.
Sunlight shone on his face as he finally escaped danger.
...
Hearing the footsteps, Madara sighed:
"As expected, he got away... The Hyuga Clan has produced an incredible individual..."
The Impure World White Fang removed the Rinnegan and handed it to Madara.
With his sight restored, the first thing Madara saw was Impure World Nagato standing at the forefront, holding a chakra black rod.
The rod was drenched in blood, with something still impaled at its tip.
Madara, upon seeing it, couldn't help but laugh heartily, "It seems we are even after all, ha ha ha..."
...
Yuto fled deep into the forest before slowing down.
Leaning against a large tree, he felt the pain on his face and touched it.
I'm done for...
Yuto's body trembled, nearly losing all strength.
The black rod had pierced his right eye, causing secondary damage to the optic nerve and completely destroying the eyeball.
"Always gouging other's eyes, but this time..." Yuto laughed bitterly, feeling hopeless.
As a shinobi, losing an eye wasn't uncommon. In the later stages of the Naruto world, eye transplants were as common as battles, with everyone becoming eye specialists.
'But the crucial point is...' Yuto was from the Branch House, and he had the Caged Bird Seal on his forehead!
The Caged Bird Seal was an extremely powerful curse mark.
The Main House could control the life and death of the Branch House members through the seal.
Additionally, if their eyes were removed or they died, the Caged Bird Seal would completely destroy their optic nerves and brain.
So...
Yuto sat under the tree, touching his forehead.
In ten seconds, the mask mode would end, and the curse mark would reappear. Once it detected that "the subject had lost an eye," it would activate immediately.
He would... die.
(End of Chapter)
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