Chapter 58
Chapter 58
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 0
Chapter Title: Uchiha Hikari
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Uchiha Hikari was a war weapon of the Uchiha Clan during the shinobi world's Warring States Period.
Originally an ordinary girl from the Uchiha Clan, she awakened her unique Myriad Cylinder Sharingan after witnessing the brutal deaths of her parents. Its overwhelmingly powerful pupil technique, "Eight Thousand Spears," led the Uchiha Clan to raise her as a weapon of war.
Later, under the combined efforts of the Senju Clan and Sarutobi Clan, she was sealed away.
Menma had originally guessed that Uchiha Hikari's sealing site would be near the former territories of the Senju Clan and Sarutobi Clan. He never expected it to be buried deep beneath the ruins of the Uzumaki Clan's Uzushio Village.
But on second thought, neither the Senju Clan nor the Sarutobi Clan specialized in sealing techniques. So how had they managed to keep Uchiha Hikari sealed for centuries?
If Uzumaki Clan members had been involved, however, it all made perfect sense.
"You..." Uchiha Hikari slowly opened her eyes. Dappled sunlight pierced her pupils as the seal of centuries shattered in that instant.
She stared blankly at the surrounding ruins.
In those dark, sunless years of imprisonment, her mind had remained fully conscious, yet she couldn't even twitch a fingertip. She'd endured that suffocating agony for hundreds of years!
The moment Uchiha Hikari spotted the red hair of the two women behind Uzumaki Menma, her Myriad Cylinder Sharingan contracted sharply. She shifted into a combat stance!
Uzumaki Clan!
They were allies of the Senju Clan!
And among the ninjas who had sealed her were elite shinobi from the Uzumaki Clan, alongside those from the Senju and Sarutobi Clans!
Uchiha Hikari naturally despised these enemies.
Or rather, she hated that war-torn Warring States era, filled with endless battles and starving masses!
Fire Release: Dragon Flame Song Technique
B-Rank Ninjutsu | High chakra cost | Built-in tracking (no evasion possible)
Uchiha Hikari formed hand seals with both hands and spat four fire dragons toward the ground, launching them at the trio before her from all four directions.
Four ferocious fire dragons roared up from the earth, hurtling toward the three with unyielding, relentless tracking.
Menma body flickered in front of Uzumaki Kasumi and her daughter in an instant. Dark Nine-Tails chakra erupted around him, draping his skin in a cloak of dark crimson chakra.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Menma smashed all four fire dragons with swings of his fists and feet. The flames scattered and dissipated into the air.
For any other ninja—even a Kage-level powerhouse like Tsunade—tanking this technique would consume a significant amount of chakra.
But for Menma, armed with Dark Nine-Tails chakra, the expenditure was less than a drop in the ocean.
"Are you shinobi from the Uzumaki Clan and Senju Clan?" Uchiha Hikari stood atop the crumbling walls, her Myriad Cylinder Sharingan brimming with icy killing intent.
Raised from childhood as a weapon of war, she harbored an instinctive urge to kill any ninja from an enemy clan.
Yet the chakra cloak enveloping the black-haired youth before her was so volatile and sinister—reminiscent of tailed beast chakra. Uchiha Hikari had never clashed with a tailed beast, though, so she couldn't be certain.
Menma offered no reply. He simply formed a single hand seal.
"Nine-Faced Divine Art!"
⟨ Summoning Jutsu ⟩
Two arrays glowing with dark red light materialized beside him. The masked White Tiger and Black Tortoise leaped forth from the formations.
"You two head to a safe spot first," Menma said, turning to Uzumaki Kasumi and Little Karin.
A battle was likely imminent, and the entire island was now a danger zone.
"Yes, Lord Menma!" Uzumaki Kasumi knew they would only be a burden if they stayed. She climbed onto the White Tiger's back and rode toward the shore, escorted by the pair of summoned beasts.
Uchiha Hikari made no move to stop them. She simply stood in place, brows slightly furrowed as she scanned the surrounding ruins.