Chapter 307
Once.
She had been a brilliant young Jonin of Kirigakure, deeply trusted by the Fourth Mizukage. But while she was carrying out a routine mission, a teorite had suddenly plumted from the heavens toward her.
The youth who erged from that fallen star had, in a single instant, shattered her perception of every other man. As they continued to cross paths, she beca increasingly captivated by him.
Later.
Yeruashi had arrived in Kirigakure and engaged in a fierce battle with an unknown shinobi of the Uchiha Clan. The terrifying power he displayed had shocked i to her very core.
A short while after that, when she found herself in a desperate situation, Yeruashi had returned to Kirigakure and swatted the Fourth Mizukage aside like a helpless fledgling, making i's heart race with exhilaration.
Afterward.
Though she hadn't seen Yeruashi for a long ti, she had continued to train tirelessly and grow stronger within the Hidden Mist. Gradually, she earned the respect of countless shinobi until she eventually rose to beco the Fifth Mizukage.
By this ti, Yeruashi's plan to unify the shinobi world was in full swing. Iwagakure had already fallen, leaving only Kirigakure standing. As the Mizukage, she felt it was her duty to minimize the village's casualties as much as possible, leading her to the decision to et Yeruashi personally and negotiate the terms.
But no sooner had that decision been made than Urashiki appeared out of nowhere.
Whether it was the Anbu, Chojuro, or Ao, none could stand against Urashiki. They were driven into a corner, and i herself had already exhausted a massive amount of her chakra.
Just then.
A man appeared.
When i saw the figure stepping through the spatial rift, she felt only one thing... she wanted to be with this man!
As i and the other shinobi of the Hidden Mist gazed at Yeruashi's silhouette suspended in the sky, a cold glint flashed in the eyes of Urashiki, who stood opposite him.
"Anosubaruboshinomikoto!"
Urashiki flicked his fishing rod violently, unleashing a dense torrent of red hooks that surged toward Yeruashi.
Yeruashi remained perfectly calm.
He drifted gracefully through the air, his hand tightening around the hilt of the Sword of Reincarnation. In the next heartbeat, his figure vanished.
Whoosh!
It was as if day had instantly surrendered to night.
Against the darkness of the sky, a brilliant golden radiance flashed, materializing behind Urashiki as the blade swept forward.
It was as if the entire world had frozen in place.
Shock was written clearly across Urashiki's face.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
In the space where Urashiki stood, a multitude of razor-thin lines stretched out as if across the surface of a mirror, forming a dense web.
These fine threads emitted no brilliant light, but the surrounding space looked like a pane of glass covered in a web of fractures!
This was... spatial distortion!
Pop!
Urashiki's body exploded into a cloud of red paper cranes that scattered in all directions. A mont later, his figure coalesced once more, far away from Yeruashi.
'So fast...'
'That speed...'
Urashiki's face was taut with tension.
It appeared as though he had managed to evade the attack, but upon closer inspection, trails of blood leaked from nurous cuts across his body.
If Urashiki hadn't been on high alert the mont Yeruashi attacked, his body would have likely been carved into countless tiny fragnts by that strike!
A searing pain flared from the wounds on his body.
This burning, piercing sensation spread not only through his flesh but through his... soul!
'That attack...'
'If I had taken the full force of it, I would likely... already be dead!'
As he stared at Yeruashi, the re tension in Urashiki's eyes quickly transford into terror. In that brief exchange, he had felt the staggering chasm in their power.
How could he be this strong?!
Urashiki exhaled sharply and threw himself backward, vanishing into a black spatial rift that had just materialized behind him.
He chose to retreat without a mont's hesitation.
In truth, Urashiki could hardly be blad. His understanding of Kaguya's strength was rooted in the distant past, and the growth of the God Tree here had been exceptionally successful because it had absorbed a massive amount of energy from the Dragon Veins of this world.
That God Tree had reached near-total maturity.
Yeruashi had no doubt that if the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura Otsutsuki hadn't sealed Kaguya, then after a thousand years of undisturbed developnt, those of the Otsutsuki Clan like Momoshiki, Kinvshiki, and Urashiki who pursued her would have been easily crushed one by one.
"..."
Yeruashi calmly watched Urashiki use Yomotsu Hirasaka to make his escape.
He opened a spatial portal of his own and stepped forward, imdiately giving chase.
Urashiki's chakra was significantly stronger than the chakra Yeruashi had previously received from the Sage of Six Paths. His power likely hovered sowhere between the first and second stages of the Six Paths level; he might barely reach the second stage if he consud enough chakra.
Though Yeruashi recalled that Urashiki hadn't seed particularly formidable in the original story, as a pursuer of Kaguya, he was naturally quite powerful and possessed strength on the Six Paths level.
The re aftershocks of a battle with such an opponent would be enough to level the entire Hidden Mist Village. Thus, Yeruashi never intended to fight him here from the start.
Whoosh!
He stepped into the spatial tunnel created by Yomotsu Hirasaka.
This dark dinsion bore so resemblance to Kamui, but in reality, it was fundantally different. A rift ford by Yomotsu Hirasaka could connect freely to any space, though the chakra consumption increased with the distance.
'A pursuit?'
Urashiki gritted his teeth as he felt Yeruashi closing in. His white eyes shifted, transforming into concentric circles.
The power Yeruashi had demonstrated in that brief clash convinced Urashiki that a close-quarters confrontation would result in his death in the blink of an eye. Without hesitation, he activated his Rinnegan and entered a state of Ti Rewind.
This differed from Yeruashi's Reverse Ti Flow.
Reverse Ti Flow restored Yeruashi's own body to a previous state, whereas Ti Rewind moved Urashiki several seconds into the past. It would be more accurate to call this ability 'Returning to the Past.'
This ability would be incredibly powerful—borderline absurd—if one could travel far enough back. Unfortunately, Urashiki could not; his limit was only a few seconds.
Silence.
Within that dark void, Urashiki and Yeruashi stared at each other for several seconds.
It seed as though sothing had happened, yet simultaneously, nothing had happened at all.
Urashiki's expression shifted several tis before he suddenly looked at Yeruashi with pure horror, as if witnessing a nightmare.
A wound had appeared on his body out of thin air.
'He's already traveled back in ti...'
'But unfortunately, it makes no difference.'
Yeruashi quickly deduced the situation as he watched the scene unfold.
He chuckled and swung his blade toward Urashiki.
If Urashiki could return to the past across a significant duration, it would indeed be troubleso. But a few seconds were practically aningless—even less effective than predicting the future.
While such an ability allows one to see what is coming and avoid it, returning to the past does not allow one to escape injuries already sustained.
A aningless ability.
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