Chapter 195: Afraid That Deidara Will Turn into a Girl
Mōryō was completely stunned.
The sunlight at the Valley of the End was already blinding, but now with Hikari's Susanoo transformed into its radiant form, the light it emitted was even more dazzling.
Especially considering that just a second ago, it had been black, like an evil giant absorbing all light.
Now, in the next instant, it was as if a super flashbang had been detonated, impossible to look at directly.
Although Mōryō was a collection of negative energy, it had no inherent weakness to sunlight.
Yet it trembled fearfully before the overwhelming radiance.
The blinding light before it wasn't just sunlight; it carried the manifestation of violent, chaotic power.
Mōryō, as a monstrous being, was already enormous, perched in the underground magma.
But facing a Complete Susanoo, especially in radiant form, it had completely lost the will to resist.
"D-Don't kill me! I am one with the shrine maiden! If you kill me, she will die too!"
Mōryō's pleading voice came from below.
As Shiromo had mentioned earlier, Mōryō's aura wasn't exactly imposing: first, it could speak; second, its personality and emotions were just like any ordinary human.
Its current pleading had reduced its dignity to rock bottom.
Still, Mōryō's plea did make Hikari pause for a moment.
She suddenly remembered, she wasn't here to act as a righteous savior of the world. She was here to absorb Mōryō's chakra.
Now that Mōryō's soul and body had merged, this was precisely the moment to act.
Boom!
A massive beam erupted from Susanoo's chest, cutting across the sky like it was parting the Earth in half.
She had experienced the radiant form before, but she couldn't yet fully control this power, so she had to release it immediately.
With Susanoo filled with energy, using the Yachihoko to absorb it afterward would be extremely difficult.
Originally, this strike was meant for Mōryō, but that was to absorb chakra, wasn't it?
Regardless of whether Mōryō survived or not, even if it ended up half-dead, energy bars equal health bars are common in these energy beings. Wasting chakra like that would be a shame.
And to be honest, Mōryō's cry did serve a purpose.
Shiromo, controlling Kurotsuchi, also held back.
He had originally been preparing to try out the Precipice Blades on Mōryō, but thinking better of it, he decided not to stab it outright.
Instead, he opted for a more "disciplined" earth shattering strike.
In the Desolate Land mode, using these "ground-type" Earth Release techniques was ridiculously easy.
Easier than… well, just easier than you could imagine.
A massive platform rose from the underground magma, like an anvil, supporting the pitiful tentacle monster Mōryō, and brought it before Hikari's Complete Susanoo.
Hikari tapped Mōryō with Susanoo's finger, leaving the Yachihoko mark before immediately retracting her hand.
The next second, the tentacle monster on the giant rock platform twitched violently as if it had been sprinkled with salt, shrinking in size.
Mōryō's chakra was stripped away and thrown into the Gedo Statue.
The Gedo Statue was like a mobile toilet, you could throw anything in it.
After completing this, Shiromo, controlling Kurotsuchi, unleashed the previously restrained Precipice Blades.
A massive rock blade coated in magma shot up from the ground, shattering the giant rock platform of the Earthquake Core, and impaled the chakra-drained Mōryō.
Mōryō was blasted into fireworks again.
Strangely, why "again"?
The Precipice Blades wasn't just a simple Earth Release technique, it contained the power of the earth itself.
That final explosion was the earth's power detonating inside Mōryō.
Art is an explosion!
Hmm?
Something seemed off.
After finishing the final strike, Shiromo removed his hand from Kurotsuchi.
Once Kurotsuchi regained control of her body, her first instinct was to stretch her neck and move her joints, afraid of ending up like her grandfather Ōnoki with osteoporosis and arthritis.
After loosening her shoulders, she took advantage of still being in enhanced mode, recalled the feeling from earlier, and slammed her hand onto the ground.
Rocks shot up violently, forming massive blades.
Yes, the youth-version Precipice Blades.
Just like how Terumi Mei initially condensed water spheres for her youth-version Root Waves.
All ordinary attacks, without incorporating any fundamental laws.
Only the form matters.
After using this move, Kurotsuchi returned to normal, the stones falling back into her palm.
"What's wrong? Looking glum?"
Tsunade noticed Kurotsuchi's expression and found it odd.
Could it be that losing such immense power caused a sense of emptiness?
"That last move… you could say it was Earth Release, but Earth Release creating explosions gives me a bad feeling."
Kurotsuchi said quietly.
"A bad feeling about what?"
Tsunade still didn't understand.
"Oh, you mean Deidara? You're afraid he'll come looking to PK you with his artistic explosions?"
Shiromo understood whom Kurotsuchi was talking about, but her exact thought process? He hadn't read her mind, so he didn't know.
"No."
"I'm thinking… if Deidara saw you give me such an awesome form and moves, would he be jealous, envious, thinking I 'surpassed him' and got this advantage because of my gender…"
"..."
Kurotsuchi spoke bluntly, leaving Shiromo momentarily speechless.
If anything, yes, she did get priority because of her gender.
Currently, the only male who had experienced Shiromo's sage-mode version was Gaara.
As for stones infused with natural energy, only Nagato had them.
The gender ratio was definitely off.
But an unequal ratio makes sense.
After all, who wants to spend close contact time with men when you can be with a soft, fragrant girl?
Shiromo wasn't Senju Hashirama, Uchiha Madara, Uzumaki Naruto, or Sasuke Uchiha, ninjas tied together by bonds.
Kurotsuchi hadn't finished her sentence.
"I'm afraid that once Deidara learns this, he'll angrily try that technique from the Land of Demon guard to turn himself into a girl. And for the voice, he'll just add a fake tone."
"?"
Shiromo slowly typed a question mark, reached behind him, and took out a recording device, pressing the button expertly.
"Kurotsuchi, say that again."
"I said, I'm afraid Deidara will learn that jutsu and turn himself into a girl!"
"..."
Recording complete.
Shiromo put away the device.
Whether Deidara originally wanted to PK Kurotsuchi or not, now he definitely would.
And, he'd turn into a girl.
A girl who?
Judging by hair and color, it couldn't be Ino, right?
Indeed, that jutsu was inherently evil. Shiromo's decision to destroy it was definitely correct.
"Don't worry about that. Deidara is an artist, he won't let anyone else's ideas enter his art. He won't be jealous that you have my power."
Shiromo smiled, patting Kurotsuchi on the shoulder.
Only Tsunade, standing beside them, had witnessed Shiromo's recording actions and twitched at the corner of her mouth.
(End of this chapter)