Capítulo 102: Chp-102: The Dishonorable Hyuga Brat
Kakuzu eyed Hyuga Satoru warily. Knowing he couldn't win in close combat, he swiftly distanced himself. His Earth-style hardening technique was no match for Satoru's Magnet Release hardening.
Satoru's right hand transformed into a cannon barrel, crackling with lightning. Startled, Kakuzu immediately formed hand signs and slammed his hands on the ground.
"Earth Style! Earth Flow Wall!"
A rock wall rose from the ground, meeting the oncoming lightning attack.
"Lightning Style? This is troublesome; my Earth Style is weak against it..." Kakuzu frowned, but he soon became surprised.
The Earth Flow Wall wasn't pierced; the lightning attack was blocked.
"Seems like your Lightning Style is unusual; it doesn't counter Earth Style effectively." Kakuzu's eyes shone, sensing a potential weakness in Satoru, feeling closer to his goal.
Satoru smirked slightly. The ninja world truly ignored science. According to Kishimoto's setting, Lightning Style countered Earth Style due to chakra nature transformations. However, in reality, soil conducts electricity poorly unless it's wet. Pure rock, primarily composed of silicon dioxide, is an insulator unless superheated to a plasma state.
Fire Style supposedly counters Wind Style, but in nature, there's no absolute dominance. Combustion requires oxygen, and wind can either aid by bringing in oxygen or hinder it by dispersing it.
Satoru's clone abilities were mostly scientific, with minimal chakra involvement, often clashing with mainstream ninja knowledge.
Reflecting on the strengths and weaknesses of his clone's abilities, Satoru's right-hand cannon shifted from emitting lightning to firing intense lasers. Nanoparticles within his body generated energy through friction, transferring it to the cannon. Accompanied by a high-pitched whine, the cannon fired high-temperature plasma bolts, resembling an electromagnetic railgun.
The Earth Flow Wall shattered under the barrage, the plasma bolts striking Kakuzu. Furious, Kakuzu shouted:
"Damned Hyuga brat! You've infuriated me!"
Excluding the destroyed Water Style heart monster, the remaining three flew to Kakuzu's right arm, intertwining and aiming their masks at Satoru. Three elemental abilities erupted, forming a terrifying chakra beam.
Satoru's body vibrated rapidly, and nanoparticles generated energy and channelled it into his right-hand cannon. He retaliated with a blazing laser beam. The two beams clashed, and the ground vaporized and formed a crater from the intense energy collision.
Satoru frowned; his clone's energy was depleting. In terms of burst power, he couldn't match a veteran Kage-level ninja like Kakuzu. Perhaps next time, he should...
Before the thought finished, Kakuzu's projectile pierced through his lower body. Kakuzu panted heavily, sweat dripping from his forehead.
"Hyuga brat, this is the consequence of underestimating me."
The three heart monsters returned to Kakuzu's back, though one slot remained empty, and the mask shattered. Kakuzu tried to don his torn clothes but gave up, realizing they were beyond repair.
"Didn't expect to get so heated up again since my fight with that Senju Hashirama." Kakuzu sneered. "Hyuga brat, your head is mine!"
Approaching Satoru's prone form, Kakuzu saw his lower half was gone. "No blood? Must have been vaporized by the heat." Kakuzu efficiently decapitated Satoru's head, weighing it with satisfaction.
"No wonder it's worth 100 million ryo; it's quite heavy." Satisfied, Kakuzu left to claim the bounty.
Shortly after, Satoru's half-body began to wriggle, silver magnetic fluid flowing from the ground, reconstituting his form. Satoru twisted his neck.
"Honestly, if it weren't for the need to evolve, I'd consider modifying my main body too." The clone's abilities were extremely useful. As long as the core wasn't destroyed, he couldn't die. Disappeared body parts could be reassembled from magnetic fluid. Even a fatal blow could be survived by splitting the core underground and reassembling it later safely. Much more practical than Kakuzu's so-called immortality.
Rare magnetic fluids like the beheading swords could be hidden in the ground, replaced with other metals or replenished by the main body. The plan was nearly complete; just a bit more to go. Fighting Kakuzu mainly tested the clone's strength. If Kage levels were divided into lower, middle, and upper tiers, Rasa, a fledgling Kage, barely counted as a lower tier. Satoru's main body's overall strength was between the middle and upper tier. Kages like the Third Tsuchikage with Dust Release or the Third Raikage, who could pummel the Eight-Tails, were upper tier. Especially Dust Release, which could decompose matter at an atomic level, was an atomic-scale electromagnetic force, lethal even to Satoru.
This clone's overall strength barely entered the Kage level, mainly due to the magnetic fluid body and immortality attributes adding significant points.
"Magnet Release! Ultimate Transformation Technique!"
Satoru's body wriggled, transforming into Kakuzu, holding his own head. Magnetic fluid could assume any shape, combined with the Transformation Technique, was nearly foolproof. One changed appearance, the other altered texture. Weight discrepancies could be pre-calculated.
"One isn't enough..."
"Hmm... only one chance, better grab more."
The body split, forming four Kakuzus, each heading towards the four largest underground black markets nearby.
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