Chapter 170: Ōnoki: Can Crimson Moon Be Used By Me?
"Where are you hitting?"
Seeing Menma inexplicably dodge the attack, "Satori" couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
Immediately, it let out an even more furious roar.
"ROAR!!!"
Giant, sharp claws rained down towards Menma.
"To the right!"
"No! Stay put!"
"No! That's not right! To the left!"
In "Satori's" spiritual perception and under its high-frequency attacks, Menma dodged every blow as if taking a leisurely stroll.
BOOM!!
Another strike missed. "Satori" roared, enraged with shame: "Why! Why are your thoughts and actions completely different!!"
This sense of incongruity between its perception and reality, coupled with the humiliation of being toyed with, made "Satori's" roars even more furious and violent.
But the fear within could not be concealed.
"I know you're anxious, but don't be anxious first."
Menma said with a mocking smile: "I've roughly figured out your ability. Next to be tested is..."
"Physical strength!"
BOOM!!
A full-powered punch from Menma sent "Satori's" massive body spinning and tumbling into the distance, directly leveling a large area of ruins.
"Satori's" swollen head was caved in. The entire ground with "Satori" at its center was smashed apart by this blow, forming a deep pit.
However, in just a moment, it had recovered again.
"Oh, it seems to be remarkably similar to a Tailed Beast's body. Is it also a type of chakra creation?"
Menma sized it up as if looking at a tool, a trace of satisfaction in his eyes.
He just liked this kind of thing with no physical body, something he could knead and flatten as he pleased.
"You damned human!!"
"Satori" shook its head, which was in extreme pain. Its previously crazed emotions calmed down a bit.
Immediately, its ferocious mouth slowly tore open.
Dark black chakra, like that of a Tailed Beast Bomb, intermingled, continuously gathering towards its mouth.
It then formed a chaotic and variegated black sphere, emitting an incomparably terrifying chakra fluctuation.
BOOM!!!
The black chakra spewed out towards Menma like a cannonball.
The sound almost pierced the heavens and the earth, and the endless light of the explosion seemed to swallow everything in sight.
Menma, standing in place, was also completely engulfed by the light.
"Gagaga!"
Confirming that its strike had indeed hit, "Satori" was first stunned, then immediately let out a series of strange laughs.
"Foolish! Arrogant! A tiny human actually dared to resist me, truly... Gak!"
However, before it could finish, its laughter suddenly stopped.
In the impact of the explosion, a dazzling golden light shone through.
Soon, the dust and smoke gradually dispersed.
Menma's entire body was enveloped by a golden skeleton, the skeletal arm holding a giant golden light sword.
He stood upright in front of the explosive beam, directly splitting it in two from head to tail.
Everything on both sides was erased in the blink of an eye, leaving only a narrow empty space behind Menma.
"So, is this all you have?"
Menma looked calmly at Satori, a hint of regret in his tone: "Both being chakra creations, your strength is far worse than the Nine-Tails'. At best, you're just a failed product of that old man of Six Paths."
The reason "Satori" was difficult to deal with was mainly because of its ability to sense malice, which was almost an unbeatable premonition, coupled with its super-strong mobility from flight.
But setting aside that special ability to sense malice, "Satori's" combat power was only at the level of an ordinary Tailed Beast.
And it was clearly inferior to the strongest of the Tailed Beasts, the Nine-Tails and Eight-Tails. Among the nine Tailed Beasts, it would probably rank in the middle.
"Shut up!!"
Accompanied by a roar of shame and anger, the ruins of a house were directly grabbed by "Satori" and hurled at Menma.
But Menma directly swung the giant sword and cut it in two.
"Oh my, looks like I hit the nail on the head."
Menma sneered: "I know you're anxious, but don't be anxious first."
"What do you know?! My power is invincible! I can—"
"Satori's" voice suddenly stopped.
SWOOSH!!
A giant golden blade slash cut straight through.
It cleanly and neatly severed its huge arm, which fell to the ground.
Immediately followed by another slash, its massive legs were also cut off, leaving only its pitch-black torso to crash to the ground.
Tap~ Tap~ Tap~
Menma slowly walked before "Satori."
"How boring."
Looking down at the monster writhing like an insect, Menma said softly with a disdainful tone: "Let me put you out of your misery then, and let you be of use to me!"
Saying this, he slowly raised his arms and quickly formed hand seals.
"Nine Masked Beasts - Seal Transformation!"
A powerful sense of pressure erupted from within him. Nine circular summoning formulas appeared behind him.
Qing, Bai, Zhu, Xuan, Kū, Nan, Bei, San, Gyoku! (Blue, White, Vermilion, Black, Void, South, North, Three, Jewel!)
Black formulas poured out from the "Zhu" (Vermilion) among them, spreading towards the defenseless "Satori."
"Ahhhh!"
"Satori's" wails echoed through the heavens and the earth.
It rolled and struggled on the ground like an insect, but was completely unable to break free from the restraints of the Seal Transformation.
Crack crack crack!!!
The originally massive body of "Satori" transformed into pure energy, being devoured into his body bit by bit.
The "Zhu" among the nine summoning formulas behind Menma lit up.
The next moment,
"SCREE!!"
A vermilion bird, its entire body crimson, cried out as it flapped its wings and flew out from the formula.
"Perception and flight?"
Sensing the Vermilion Bird's characteristics, Menma frowned, but relaxed after a moment.
"Well, it's better than nothing. At least it can save me some travel time."
Thinking this, the Vermilion Bird also flapped its wings and slowly landed.
Its wings lowered to the ground, and it affectionately rubbed its cheek against Menma's.
After Menma stepped onto it, it then grabbed the Box of Ultimate Bliss with its sharp claws.
The flapping of its wings kicked up a great wind, scattering the surrounding dust and rubble.
Under the astonished gazes of some surviving ninja, it vanished into the sky at a terrifying speed, leaving only a scene of devastation.
"..."
Looking at the ruins and firelight before them, the faces of the surviving ninja were left only with numbness.
Crimson Moon, Ame-no-Minakanushi.
Everyone present firmly remembered the name that came from Uchiha Itachi's mouth.
...
Hozuki Castle, established jointly by the Five Great Nations, was attacked. Such a major event, of course, could not be hidden from the other countries.
And among the Five Great Ninja Villages, the first to receive this news was the closest, Iwagakure.
Inside the Tsuchikage's office building.
"Lord Tsuchikage, this is the notice and bounty order issued by Kusagakure."
An ANBU ninja appeared in the Tsuchikage's office using a Body Flicker Technique, placing the intelligence file in his hand on the desk in front of the Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki.
Ōnoki looked through the intelligence, asking the ANBU ninja without looking up: "Has the identity of the Hozuki Castle attacker been investigated?"
An attack on Hozuki Castle during non-wartime – this was the first time such a situation had occurred in decades.
That was, after all, a prison jointly run by the Five Great Nations and managed by Kusagakure.
The military force it possessed was not something just anyone could provoke.
What Ōnoki was worried about was that one of the great nations was behind this.
"According to intelligence provided by bounty hunters, it was a man from an organization called Crimson Moon, with the codename Ame-no-Minakanushi."
Hearing this, Ōnoki's action of flipping through the intelligence suddenly paused.
"...One person?"
"Yes, one person."
"Is that so? Destroyed Hozuki Castle all by himself."
A profound meaning flashed in Ōnoki's cloudy eyes: "Continue the investigation. Be sure to find out Crimson Moon's purpose and background."
"Yes, sir." The ANBU ninja respectfully withdrew.
After the ANBU ninja left, Ōnoki sank into thought.
An organization named Crimson Moon.
And a powerful ninja with the codename Ame-no-Minakanushi.
Is it possible to use them, like that Akatsuki organization?
Recently, a rare mineral vein called "Gelel" was discovered in the Land of Wind.
(End of Chapter)
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