Clang!
Clang!
Sean jumped backward with a backflip, drove the blade into the ground, and formed several hand seals at high speed.
His chest swelled, he opened his mouth and spat out a fireball.
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique"
The fireball rapidly expanded into a massive sphere of flames like a small sun.
"Damn! …" The Cloud Village ninja's eyes widened upon seeing the enormous, unconventional fireball.
Ninjutsu differs from person to person when used; in some hands, a C-rank jutsu can be unleashed with the power of an A-rank or even stronger.
The difference lies in the amount of chakra used.
Boom!!
The ground exploded upon impact with the fireball, and the surrounding trees were blasted away by the shockwave.
The Cloud ninja barely managed to dodge the fireball. He quickly removed his burning vest and threw it aside, gritting his teeth in pain as he stared at his charred arm.
"Damn it, where did this monster come from? He's definitely not from the Uzumaki clan, his hair isn't the same color ... Is he from Konoha?"
Whoosh!!
He didn't have the luxury to think about the young man's identity. He quickly raised a kunai and blocked the blade aimed at his throat.
Clang!!
Shawn lifted his leg and kicked the Cloud ninja, sending him rolling backward several times before he quickly got up. He no longer had the courage to fight, escape was all he could think about.
Slash!
A short blade pierced his back and destroyed his heart in a single strike.
Poof!!
The Sean who had been standing at a distance exploded into a cloud of smoke, it was just a shadow clone created right after using the Great Fireball Technique.
Sean removed the blade from the dead Cloud ninja's body, wiped the blood off on the corpse's clothes, then sheathed it on his back.
"That's the 31st one. The weakest among them was a Chunin… It seems the Cloud Village is truly determined to destroy the Land of the Whirlpools…" Sean muttered with a frown.
Not even half a day had passed since he left the Land of the Whirlpools, yet he had already encountered many Cloud ninja, most of them were at the Jonin level.
The problem was that these were merely scouting units, not the main assault. Sean had interrogated several of them and obtained an estimate that the Cloud Village planned to launch a full-scale attack in about three days.
And that timeline might advance due to the disappearance of many of their ninja near the borders between the Land of the Whirlpools and the Land of Hot Water.
"I need to hurry and execute the plan… there's not much time left for the Land of the Whirlpools…"
He destroyed the Jonin's body and erased traces of the brief battle. He also eliminated the scent, ever since that day at the Konoha camp when an Inuzuka clan member exposed his disguise, he learned not to underestimate smell.
Whoosh!!
He activated the Body Flicker Technique and left. His next destination was the Land of Waterfalls, specifically, the Hidden Waterfall Village.
The Land of Waterfalls was somewhat far from the Land of the Whirlpools. Sean had to take a shorter route through the Land of Hot Water, then enter the Land of Fire via the Valley of the End.
This was Sean's first time visiting this place. He sat cross-legged atop Madara's statue, took out a soldier pill, and tossed it into his mouth.
He hadn't rested since setting out, he had been running at high speed for nine consecutive hours, pushing his body to its limits.
He stretched his stiff body; his limbs were numb from all the running. Although his chakra hadn't run out due to the continuous use of the Body Flicker Technique .
the technique didn't rely solely on chakra, it also strained the physical body.
Awakening the Mangekyo had enhanced his physical strength and chakra reserves, but compared to his chakra increase, the physical boost was negligible.
He took out a scroll from his side pouch and opened it. It contained instructions on training sealing techniques.
Sean ignored the other techniques , they were useless to him right now, and focused on the Four Symbols Seal.
It was a well-known technique capable of sealing things inside the body of the user or the target.
He had obtained it from Ashina, who did not hesitate to give it to him.
Under normal circumstances, Ashina would have refused, but now that the Land of the Whirlpools was on the brink of destruction, he decided to bet on Sean and gave him a small set of sealing techniques.
Sean devoted all his effort to understanding the technique. Despite the complexity of sealing arts, he found himself somewhat talented in this field.
"This better be enough to contain the Seven-Tails… otherwise, my trip to the Hidden Waterfall Village will be pointless…"
Yes, his goal in heading there was the Seven-Tails beast.
It was the only village outside the Five Great Ninja Villages that possessed a Tailed Beast.
When Hashirama Senju distributed the tailed beasts, the wealthy Hidden Waterfall Village had purchased the Seven-Tails.
What Sean didn't understand was why no village had attempted to steal it yet.
It wasn't as if the Hidden Waterfall Village was exceptionally powerful, it was only slightly stronger than small villages, comparable to a mid-tier village like the Hidden Rain Village or perhaps a bit stronger.
Sean also remembered that the people of the Land of Waterfalls possessed a liquid called Hero Water, which could enhance chakra but at the cost of the user's vitality.
He was somewhat interested in this miraculous liquid, not to use it, but to study it. As for his chakra shortage, he had turned his focus toward becoming a Jinchuriki.
He planned to seal the Seven-Tails beast within himself and become a Jinchuriki. With the aid of his Mangekyo illusion, he could become a perfect Jinchuriki immediately.
However, if possible, he preferred to gain the Seven-Tails' cooperation rather than forcibly control it.
"If the plan succeeds, chakra will no longer be an issue… the only remaining problem will be ocular power…"
"After dealing with the Land of the Whirlpools' crisis, I'll shift my focus to finding Uchiha Madara. For now, he's the only one who possesses the technique to implant Hashirama's cells…"
Sean touched his right eye, which clearly showed some vision loss, though not severe. It was an acceptable price for using the right eye technique "Omnivoidfield."
This technique was like a cheat he wasn't supposed to have. It consumed a terrifying amount of chakra, but that wouldn't be a problem once he became a Jinchuriki. The only remaining limitation would be his ocular power, which prevented him from fully unleashing its potential.
A domain that could expand infinitely given enough chakra, and within it, Sean could declare himself the ruler of space.
The teleportation and intangibility he had shown so far were merely the tip of the iceberg.
Even Obito's Mangekyo was just a beginner compared to his.
He snapped out of his daydream and wiped the smile off his face, closed the sealing scroll, placed it back in his bag, then stood up and jumped off Madara's statue.
Splash!!
He landed steadily on the water's surface without sinking, activated the Body Flicker Technique, and departed north toward the Land of Waterfalls.
...
"He chose to stand on my statue instead of Hashirama's…"
"Yes indeed, and it seems that Uchiha Wren is heading toward the Land of Waterfalls…"
"His name is Sean Uchiha not wren , I think he's heading toward the Land of Earth…"
"Sun, Wren, Sean, it's all the same but I wonder if he knows what it feels like to poop…"
"Of course he does, you idiot. after all He's a human…"
Madara ignored White Zetsu's strange and annoying bickering.
"Interesting… it seems this child is dissatisfied with Hashirama , or rather, with Konoha…"
Although Sean choosing to stand on Madara's statue was merely a coincidental act, in Madara's view it carried a deep indication of Sean's dissatisfaction with Konoha.
"He might be an excellent pawn to help me carry out the plan…"
"According to White Zetsu, this child may have awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan. If only I had known he was this talented…"
"But it doesn't matter , Konoha has already pushed him to the other side…"
He raised his head and looked at the still-chattering White Zetsu, then slammed his scythe, used as a support cane, onto the ground and shouted angrily:
"Enough…"
"Continue tracking Uchiha Sean. Focus on confirming whether he has truly awakened the Mangekyo…"
"If he has, find out what kind of abilities he awakened…"
White Zetsu gave an exaggerated military salute, then sank into the ground and headed toward Sean's location.
" ..."
Madara shook his head helplessly , he was powerless against White Zetsu's bizarre personalities.
"Another Mangekyo after me and Izuna… I'm curious to see what kind of abilities this child Sean has awakened."