In the center of the storm formed by thousands of cherry blossom blades, Urashiki raised the red chakra gourd at his waist and held it above his head. Tilting his head back, he began to swallow the chakra orbs pouring from it in massive gulps.
"Not enough. This amount of chakra is far from enough…"
Even after consuming all the chakra orbs, Urashiki knew that such a paltry amount wouldn't be enough to awaken the true form of an Ōtsutsuki.
As he hovered in the middle of his transformation, an overwhelming hunger erupted from deep within his body. It surged to his brain, and he began to tremble uncontrollably.
"Chakra… I need more chakra!!"
The gnawing hunger devoured the last shred of his rationality. In desperation, his clawed hands reached toward his own face—toward his eyes.
Toward his Rinnegan.
"!"
Squish…
If the sound of Urashiki devouring chakra had already made everyone's skin crawl, the sound that followed now was downright nauseating.
Even Hashirama and Mito flinched.
"…What is that sound?"
Tobirama Senju narrowed his eyes, a dark realization creeping in.
As someone who had studied the human body extensively in his development of Forbidden Jutsu and advanced techniques, the sound was disturbingly familiar.
"There's a membrane called the conjunctival sac between the inner eyelid and the eyeball. The tear glands deposit moisture there. When you rub your eyes, a bit of air might get trapped and rub against the tears and membrane, making a faint creaking noise…"
"You hear it sometimes when you rub your eyes too hard. But usually… it's too quiet for anyone else to notice."
"But for the sound to be that loud… he must have ripped out his own Rinnegan to absorb the chakra directly."
"…What a madman."
Suddenly, a violent shockwave burst outward, blowing away the last of the cherry blossom storm conjured by Sword. The intense air pressure ripped across the battlefield, sending Uchiha Hikaru's battle cloak fluttering and whipping in the wind.
Urashiki's appearance had undergone a grotesque transformation.
The Rinnegan in both his eyes had turned a glowing gold, the concentric ripple pattern erased completely. A third eye had opened in the middle of his forehead—another golden Rinnegan.
His once-immaculate face was now lined with thick, black streaks. The horn-like protrusion on his forehead had split and morphed into two massive avian wings.
His arms were now monstrous wings. His lower half had turned into powerful black talons.
He no longer looked human.
"You insects… You've actually forced me to show this form."
"I'LL KILL YOU ALL!!"
With a screech, he flapped his wings and launched himself like a falcon directly at Uzumaki Mito.
"Let's get rid of the most annoying one first!"
"GO TO HELL!!"
The violent wind generated by his wings roared like thunder. With a sonic boom, Urashiki hurtled toward Mito, claws extended. His talons gleamed with black light—like the reaper's scythe itself, poised to sever her life.
"Sister-in-law, look out!!"
A flash of white light—Tobirama swapped places with Mito using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
In the same breath, he raised his sword to block the incoming claw.
CRACK!
The blade shattered like glass. Urashiki's claws tore through it effortlessly.
"Oh? So eager to die?"
"Then I'll tear apart this flea first!"
"DIE!!"
With a brutal slash, the twin black claws pierced straight through Tobirama's chest, tearing his torso apart in a spray of ash and chakra. His body scattered into fragments that burst across the battlefield.
Splurt!
"Tobirama!!"
Hashirama's roar was filled with anguish and fury. His heart, once tempered by decades of bloodshed, trembled violently.
The last time he had felt this kind of agony was during the Warring States Era—when his younger brothers Kawarama and Itama were killed.
"You… are… UNFORGIVABLE!!!"
"AAAAARRRRGHHHHH!!!"
Black pigment surged from the corners of Hashirama's eyes, trailing like warpaint across his cheeks. The chakra bursting from his body trembled the entire ground.
"Wood Release: Flower Tree World Advent!"
"Wood Release: Wood Golem Jutsu!"
"Sage Art: Wood Release — True Several Thousand Hands!!!"
As though the land itself had heard his fury, life exploded from beneath the earth.
Colossal trees, vines, and roots erupted from the ground within the confines of Mito's sealing barrier. They spiraled skyward, covering the battlefield in an ever-growing forest.
From below Hashirama's feet, a towering wooden statue rose—a wrathful, Buddha-like giant, arms crossed, glaring skyward.
"Hmph. That's all?"
Urashiki flapped his wings and ascended. In his hand, a dark-purple sphere of chakra began to form, radiating sinister energy.
"Tensuha Ryūsei-no-Mikoto: Soul!"
The chakra orb in his palm grew larger and darker, distorting the very air around it.
Uchiha Hikaru, watching from nearby, furrowed his brow slightly as the enormous energy gathered.
For a moment, he wasn't sure if he should intervene. He murmured to himself:
"Tobirama's body is Edo Tensei… he's not truly dead…"
With the vision granted by his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, Hikaru could clearly see that Urashiki was using pure chakra to attack. No elemental nature, no Yin–Yang Release—he couldn't damage a soul with that alone.
Still, watching Hashirama erupt like this, Hikaru stayed silent.
He hadn't expected Tobirama's "death" to have this kind of psychological effect.
Up above, Urashiki raised the fully condensed chakra sphere—larger than any Tailed Beast Bomb—and hurled it downward at the wooden giant beneath Hashirama.
But Hashirama didn't flinch. He simply stomped his right foot.
BOOOOM!!
The giant wooden golem began to rise further, its body growing even taller. Beneath its feet, the vague outline of yet another wooden figure could be seen taking form.
The wrathful giant extended its arms skyward. With enormous hands, it caught the chakra sphere.
Golden runes and seal marks lit up its palms.
Hashirama's True Several Thousand Hands technique surged with sealing chakra, pushing back against the attack and halting its detonation.
Urashiki's smirk faltered.
Something felt off.
"Why… why is this guy still getting taller?!"
And then—behind the wooden golem—a hundred massive arms began to emerge, towering over even Urashiki's altitude.
Each one glowed with sealing marks.
Urashiki clenched his teeth and poured more chakra into the orb. A strange, monstrous form began to manifest around it: a massive, twisted fish head began to protrude from the ball and bite down on it.
The body followed—slithering and slick, like an oarfish.
It was over 200 meters long.
"Tensuha Ryūsei-no-Mikoto: Ryūgū!!"
Uchiha Hikaru narrowed his eyes. He could see the fierce determination on Urashiki's face.
This wasn't a bluff. Urashiki was burning through everything he had.
Unfortunately…
His opponent was Senju Hashirama.
Even if he defeated Hashirama, the man could regenerate indefinitely with Edo Tensei.
He couldn't win.
There was no chance.
Not anymore
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