"Sensei… what should we do now?"
At this moment, only Yagami, Naruko, and Kakashi remained on the battlefield.
With no hesitation, Kakashi addressed him properly.
"Delay him… buy time…"
Yagami's reply was brief and decisive—but there was an unmistakable weight behind his voice.
The situation had already gone far beyond what happened in the movie version.
Mukade back then had never been pushed to such a miserable state.
Right now, dragging this out and waiting for the Ryūmyaku vein to be severed was the only rational choice.
"Dad, you don't sound confident at all, do you?"
Naruko clicked her tongue from the side.
"You've never said something like that before."
"..."
Yagami felt a faint sting of embarrassment.
Was his future self really that confident?
"…Do it. Don't let him merge any further."
He answered Kakashi, gripping the black blade Shisui as he burst forward.
Kakashi tightened his hold on his own blade and followed immediately.
As for Naruko—stubborn as she could be, she wasn't foolish.
With her current strength, stepping in now would only get her killed.
So she obediently stayed back, reduced to watching the chaos like a bystander watching a good show...
Clang—! ×2
Yagami and Kakashi reached the giant puppet at the same time, slashing simultaneously.
Two blade waves, each five to six meters long, tore through the air one after another.
BOOM!
The slashes struck the puppet, blasting apart several surrounding components that hadn't fully fused yet.
But compared to a monster already forty to fifty meters tall, that damage was insignificant.
"Useless!"
Mukade roared in fury as he noticed them trying to stop him.
In the next instant, an overwhelming surge of chakra erupted from the giant puppet's body.
The fusion rate spiked dramatically.
The price, however, was obvious—the Ryūmyaku erosion gnawed into him even faster.
Swoosh! ×8
Yagami and Kakashi split apart, circling the puppet as continuous slashes rained down.
Under their relentless assault, chunks of the giant puppet were hacked apart again and again.
Yet no matter how fast they destroyed it, the regeneration and fusion kept pace.
The puppet continued to grow—larger, denser, more grotesque by the second.
"Katon: Great Fireball Jutsu!!"
Driven to desperation, Mukade ignored the damage tearing through his body and forced the technique out.
BOOM! ×3
A massive fireball—over ten meters in diameter—erupted from the puppet's mouth, screaming toward Yagami and Kakashi.
"Armament Haki!"
Black energy surged from Yagami's hands, spreading rapidly over Shisui.
In the blink of an eye, the blade turned pitch-black, its edge sharp enough to cut the air itself.
WOOSH—
A towering slash, over ten meters high, cleaved forward like a crashing tsunami.
RUMBLE—!
The collision was violent.
The fireball exploded—then split cleanly in half.
Two blazing torrents tore past Yagami and Kakashi on either side, warping the air with unbearable heat.
BOOM—!!
The remaining force of the slash slammed straight into the giant puppet, forcing it back more than ten meters.
"It's useless! I can still regenerate!"
Clutching the shattered remains of a nearby tower to steady himself, Mukade's voice twisted with rage.
Even at this stage, he was still being beaten back.
"Katon: Fire Dragon Jutsu!!"
This time, the scale of the attack escalated even further.
Two colossal fire dragons erupted forth, spiraling like flaming tornadoes as they surged across the battlefield.
"Fall back!!"
Yagami shouted instantly.
He and Kakashi retreated at full speed.
Right now, evasion was the only option.
BOOM! ×3
The fire dragons smashed into their previous position.
The explosion shook the heavens.
The ground cracked and burned, trembling for minutes afterward as scorching shockwaves spread outward.
Flames rolled across the area in expanding circles, instantly forming a sea of fire.
"…What a terrifying sight."
Kakashi exhaled slowly.
If a technique like this were unleashed on a battlefield, it would wipe out entire units in an instant.
"Hahahahahahaha—!"
Seeing them forced back, Mukade burst into hysterical laughter.
Under the relentless erosion of the Ryūmyaku, he felt unstoppable—invincible.
"Tch!"
Blocked by the sea of fire, Yagami and Kakashi were temporarily unable to press their attack.
As a result, the fusion speed of the giant puppet accelerated once more.
Mukade's figure climbed higher—seventy… eighty meters…
"…Is Sārah still not done?!"
Yagami's expression tightened.
Without severing the Ryūmyaku, this battle had no end.
The continuous slashing barrage had already begun to wear both him and Kakashi down.
And if this continued—
They would be the ones who collapsed first.
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