"Oh? A fight between kids?"
The burly man with long hair frowned instinctively when he saw the smirk on Renya's face.
He had a feeling this kid was plotting something...
He glanced down at the powder on his body but didn't find anything unusual.
It was just ordinary flour—not the least bit threatening.
"Brat, pretending won't work on me. Just die already!"
The long-haired man was convinced Renya was just stalling for time to find a chance to escape...
With that thought, he launched his attack without hesitation.
As he breathed and spoke, he inhaled quite a bit of the powder into his body.
Renya saw this and smiled—his plan had worked.
Perfect. Now it was just a matter of waiting for the drug to take effect.
At that moment, the long-haired man's fist, wrapped in Lightning Release chakra, tore through the air and smashed into the spot where Renya had just been standing, leaving a deep crater.
Fragments of stone scattered like raindrops, and a cloud of dust billowed up.
With a thunderous boom of shattering rock, the man shot through the smoke like a bolt of lightning.
"Uchiha brat, is running all you know how to do?" he shouted, clearly angered by Renya's evasiveness.
People who only dodge are such a damn pain!
He wanted nothing more than to punch this kid to death on the spot...
At that moment, no one noticed that the lightning on his right arm had dimmed slightly, though it still retained enough destructive power to pulverize rock.
Renya stood at a distance, his three-tomoe Sharingan locking onto every flex of the man's muscles.
His left hand gripped the Banana Palm Fan, and the sunlight gleamed off the blade in his right hand.
"You're too kind," Renya said with a smirk, his black hair whipping around in the storm of Lightning Release chakra. "I'm just waiting for the right moment..."
...
Koharu Utatane, clutching her shoulder, approached with Shimura Danzō, who didn't look much better—both had suffered serious injuries.
"Renya, what was that powder?" Koharu asked between breaths. "Was that really your idea?"
She doubted mere flour could defeat the man before them.
Unless... it was a new kind of poison Renya had developed!
She was desperate to know the truth...
Danzō was equally curious and waited silently for an explanation.
Renya didn't turn around. Instead, he raised his blade across his chest, assuming a textbook offensive stance.
"Don't worry, both of you," he said gently, though his tone left no room for doubt. "You'll understand very soon."
The long-haired man saw that the three of them still had the leisure to chat and assumed they weren't taking him seriously—his rage exploded.
"Arrogant little bastards!"
As he spoke, lightning flared around his entire body. The ground beneath him cracked instantly as he launched himself at Renya, a blinding streak of electricity.
He was so fast that afterimages were left in the air.
Danzō and Koharu immediately prepared to counterattack.
Thanks to the Sharingan, Renya clearly saw through the incoming strike. Even though he managed to dodge sideways, the force of the man's punch still left a bloody gash across his cheek.
Using the momentum, Renya spun and swung the Banana Palm Fan fiercely.
A cascade of searing flames surged down in the wake of his swing, like a blazing waterfall.
The long-haired man didn't dodge. Protected by his Lightning Release Armor, he raised a hand coated in chakra and tore the flames apart.
In that flash of an instant, Renya's blade shot toward his throat at breakneck speed.
Clang!
The sound of metal rang out.
The man had caught the blade with his lightning-coated hand. With the other hand, he threw a thunderous punch at Renya's chest.
Boom!
Renya's figure exploded into a puff of smoke.
—It was a shadow clone!
The real Renya leapt from the shadow behind the man, his three-tomoe Sharingan spinning wildly as he cast a genjutsu.
The moment the long-haired man locked eyes with the Sharingan, he froze in place.
But with a roar, he burst forth with violent chakra that shattered the illusion instantly.
"Cheap trick!"
He spun and lashed out with a roundhouse kick. Renya hastily raised his blade to block, but the immense force still sent him flying. He crashed through two trees before coming to a stop.
Though it felt like the battle had gone on for a while, barely a minute had passed.
"Renya-kun!" Shimura Danzō and Koharu Utatane cried out just as Renya was blasted away.
...
"Cough, cough..." Renya climbed to his feet, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. A glint of success flickered in his eyes.
His prior research had shown that the powder would begin to take effect within three to five minutes, disrupting chakra flow.
And using chakra after being exposed would only accelerate the process.
In other words—the drug was about to kick in.
Renya's three-tomoe Sharingan noticed a subtle fluctuation in the lightning surrounding the man's body, like a candle flickering in the wind.
"Got him."
Just as the long-haired man was about to press the advantage, his body suddenly froze.
He looked down at his hands and saw that the Lightning Release Armor had developed jagged gaps, like a leaf riddled with insect holes.
"What the... When did this happen?" He raised his head sharply, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
"What the hell did you do to me?!"
He could feel his chakra spiraling out of control—his armor could no longer provide complete defense.
Renya slowly straightened, gripping his sword tightly.
"Kumogakure's Lightning Release Armor lives up to its reputation. Not only does it boost your stats, it provides incredible defense."
His voice was calm, like a teacher explaining a lesson.
"But no matter how refined your chakra control, it all depends on your internal chakra network."
The powder's principle was simple: it infiltrated the body, disrupted the nervous system, and clogged the chakra pathways, making chakra manipulation difficult or impossible.
Koharu Utatane's eyes widened.
"Renya-kun... you actually developed something like this? That's incredible!"
"It's called Spirit-Sealing Powder," Renya said, finally revealing the name of the substance, while leaping back to dodge another strike.
The spot where he'd just been standing was split open by the man's hand like a cleaver, leaving a crack over ten meters long.
Its power had clearly decreased from before.
"I infused it with a special toxin that temporarily blocks the chakra points," Renya continued, dodging with ease.
He didn't rush to counterattack—he was waiting for the Spirit-Sealing Powder to reach full potency.
The long-haired man's attacks were becoming increasingly ferocious, but Renya noticed his strikes growing slower and his armor regenerating sluggishly.
The blue lightning flickered like a faulty lightbulb—sometimes strong, sometimes faint.
"Danzō!" Renya suddenly shouted. "Now!"
Shimura Danzō, who had been ready for this, launched a surprise attack from the side, his hands flying through hand signs:
"Wind Release: Vacuum Wave Barrage!"
Dozens of razor-sharp wind blades howled forward, targeting the weakest points in the Lightning Release Armor.
The long-haired man roared in fury and pumped his chakra to repair the armor.
Most of the wind blades were deflected, but two managed to slice through, leaving shallow cuts on his bronze-toned skin.
For someone as physically resilient as him, that was a huge humiliation!
Not much damage—but a whole lot of disrespect.
The sting from his back sent him into a blind rage.
"Aaaaargh! I'll kill you all!"
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