Kiyoshi and Raiga's figures constantly darted through the forest.
Before long, the surrounding trees had all turned charred black, either burned by Fire Release or struck by Lightning Release.
'How can he have so much chakra?' Raiga frowned deeply.
Kiyoshi would use a ninjutsu every so often. It was unknown whether it was due to his massive chakra reserves or his fast chakra recovery rate.
But regardless, this all indicated that Kiyoshi would be incredibly troublesome.
"Mei…"
Raiga wanted to have Mei come over to help, but before he could finish speaking, Kiyoshi's flame slash came head-on.
"You rely too much on external objects."
Kiyoshi's eyes captured Raiga's movements.
It could be said that most of Raiga's strength came from Kiba. Without this ninja tool, his strength would be greatly reduced.
Kiyoshi looked at Mei, who was constantly observing the situation, and the corners of his mouth slightly curved upward, a hint of crimson flashing in his eyes.
Then, he continued to fight Raiga, and after catching a trace of carelessness, Kiyoshi spoke, "This sword is an advantage, but also your weakness."
Kiyoshi swung his sword, seizing the opportunity to jam Kiba.
If it were ordinary dual swords, Kiyoshi would not have been able to do this so easily.
But Kiba had a strange shape, with two inverted hook-shaped blades on it, which were just right for jamming.
Then, Kiyoshi tossed the dual swords away, as Raiga wanted to jump up and catch the dual swords.
Kiyoshi's palm, along with his wrist and arm, were crackling with electricity.
The pale blue lightning illuminated Kiyoshi and made him look like the God of Lightning.
Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop!
This move belonged to the category of nin-taijutsu.
The official book's evaluation was, "Through bone-shattering training, a family heirloom hand blade as sharp as a flash of light is honed!"
That is to say, the stronger one's own body, the stronger the power of this move.
Even Kiyoshi himself didn't know the extent of his body's strength. He only knew that Guy and Duy, in terms of physical defense alone, might not be as good as him.
He didn't even open any gate to break the human body's limit on chakra movement, but only called upon Lightning chakra.
"What!"
Raiga smelled a dangerous aura.
But Kiyoshi was too fast, so fast that his brain reacted, but his body didn't.
The sharp hand blade, at that moment, was like a sword forged from lightning.
Like a hot knife cutting through butter, it split Raiga in half from bottom to top.
The blood in his body scattered in the air like fireworks, drizzling and pattering on the charred earth.
Looking at Kiyoshi's figure bathing in the blood rain, Mei didn't dare to step forward for a moment.
This was momentum.
The ninja world had a saying about momentum.
Hashirama merely moved a finger, and Orochimaru, Sasuke, and others broke out in cold sweats.
Now, Mei facing Kiyoshi was like this. She felt her lips become dry and cracked. She wanted to say something but was unable to.
"Uchiha brat, how dare you kill Raiga." Ringo rushed over.
Mei woke up from her dream, tremblingly moving a step. But her speed just couldn't increase.
Kiyoshi and Ringo exchanged subtle glances. The two were fighting, seemingly aiming for each other's lives with every move, but always holding back a few tricks.
After exchanging a few moves, Kiyoshi retreated.
Ringo picked up Kiba that had been tossed on the ground. She hugged it in her arms, and turned to pull Mei away to run.
Mei lowered her eyes. She didn't know where she had gained the courage from, but she ran wildly all the way.
'I…am I afraid?'
Mei shed tears.
Her body has such a reaction?
"It seems the shadow planted in Mei's heart is a bit deep."
Kiyoshi looked at Mei's embarrassed fleeing figure.
This was very normal. After all, Mei was not yet the mature and intellectual self of the future.
"I hope you don't disappoint me…Mei." Kiyoshi said softly.
Wouldn't it be very cowardly to be unable to withstand the stimulation and become depressed?
Flowers can only show their most beautiful state after experiencing wind and rain.
The next time they meet, Kiyoshi hoped that Mei would no longer be such a coward.
After she becomes the prototype of the future, Kiyoshi would pick the fruit.
"Let's go, my experimental subject number 1."
Raiga, who was split in half, had only his hands cut off, his eyes empty.
Kiyoshi had just used Sharingan to plant a genjutsu on Mei. In fact, Raiga was not dead at all.
Of course, this was not much different from being on the edge of death.
After Kiyoshi used medical ninjutsu to stop the bleeding, he walked in a certain direction.
It's impossible to study the power of Moryo in the Uchiha stronghold, as it would be discovered immediately.
This required finding a hidden location to conduct research.
And this location, he had already found it, and Ringo also knew about it.
…
"Relax, kid, you are already very strong. It's just that that guy is a monster among monsters."
Running all the way back to the front of Kirigakure's camp, Ringo comforted Mei.
At this moment, she was in a good mood, so she comforted Mei.
"…Okay."
Mei wiped away her tears and nodded.
The complexion on her face was not very good. It wasn't until a long time later that she finally recovered.
The first time she had seen Kiyoshi, Mei had felt that he was a strange Uchiha.
The second time Kiyoshi killed a cherished companion in front of her, which left Mei with a feeling of powerlessness.
The third time, she was once again easily suppressed by Kiyoshi.
Now, it once again proved that the gap between her and Kiyoshi was getting farther and farther.
So far that she had been staying in the same place all the time.
"…How can I fall here?"
Mei took a deep breath. In the end, her obsession took the upper hand.
She wanted to change Kirigakure's policies and end the era of the Blood Mist, where everyone schemed against each other and it was bloody and dark.
For this, she needs to become the Mizukage.
Now Mei had one more goal, which was to seek revenge on Kiyoshi.
"Let's go."
Mei took the lead and walked out. Ringo looked at Mei strangely.
She had always been curious about what Kiyoshi had done to Mei.
"Cough cough."
Ringo coughed twice, and a pool of blood appeared in her palm.
'It's time to go find the Uchiha brat.' Ringo thought to herself.
She had Kiba, and after returning, she could claim the position of one of the new Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
But the illness on her body still needs to be resolved.
Ten minutes later
"Is that all?"
An old man with a beard and a serious face asked.
"Yes."
Mei explained the trip.
Including her suspicion of Ringo defecting from the village.
Kirigakure could have internal strife, but recruiting outsiders was a bit too much.
"Go down first, I have my own judgment."
Mei nodded and exited a temporary wooden house.
After Mei went out, the old man's eyes rolled around.