Hey hey heyyyyy, degenerates!
Zeenon here.
You did it.
You survived.
The Ghosts in the Mist arc is finally, mercifully, over and yes, it was long. Like "I blacked out at chapter 179 and woke up at 200" long.
The final part of the arc was Part 23. Which means this one arc alone took a tenth of the entire fic.
A TENTH!
I basically wrote a whole damn short story inside the fanfic.
But it had to be done. This arc was more of a setup. It had many things in it.
Ren and Kakashi bro-moment? Done
Ren inventing new tech mid-fight? Done
Obito and Zetsu being shady uncles in the background whispering about Ren? Done
Kakashi leveling up without the sharingan? Done
Danzo being the trash raccoon he always is? Done
Hitoshi dying... almost... and Ren saving him like an emotionally constipated hero with trauma issues? Done
Hitoshi's scene was rushed, yes. I'm not gonna lie to you. It was jank.
However I was bound by Chapter 200 but the point stands, Ren is rewriting canon by doing stuff.
We've already seen him save Eiji from the canon death club. Hitoshi too.
Utakata and Juichi are next on the saved by Ren list, and this time, I'll try not to bungle it like I did with Hitoshi.
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Quickfire chapter notes I couldn't squeeze in because the chapters were THICC.
Ren is absolutely not on Kisame's level right now. The only reason he didn't get filleted is because of his cheat code clones regenerating chakra. That's how he was spamming S-Rank Fire jutsu like they were smoke bombs.
The fuinjutsu that trapped Kisame?
Yeah I'm not explaining it because it's just another sealing array and also because Utakata and Tenzo built it offscreen like some cursed ritual. Just assume it was dope and move on.
Was Kisame properly represented power-wise in this arc?
Honestly? Probably not. I messed up the scaling a bit as first fight he was trolling, second fight went full magician mode... not ideal for flexing brute strength.
BUT.
Big fish man will return and next time, I'll let him cook or be cooked properly.
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Final teaser.
Soon.
Ren vs Danzo.
That scene might just become the GOAT scene of this entire fic. You've been warned. The menace in blue is coming for the foundation gremlin.
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Anyway, if you've made it this far, you're legally obligated to:-
Toss some love via powerstones
Feed me on pat-reon so I can keep spiraling in increasingly dramatic arcs
And of course, drop a comment saying "Zeenon is the best" or something equally cursed that boosts my ego.
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I love you all in the most non homo way, unless you are a female reader which I doubt we have.
So, Catch you in the next arc.
Regards
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