The sudden appearance of Mirai sent a wave of shock through everyone present.
No one had noticed when he arrived. They only knew that the moment he appeared, he took down that arrogant ninja with a single strike.
No… something was off!
Realizing this, everyone turned their gaze toward Sasori of the Red Sand.
From a pile of shattered mechanical parts, a red-haired boy climbed out.
A gaping hole had pierced through his shoulder—clear from one side to the other.
Yet, strangely enough, not a single drop of blood spilled.
Seeing this, Kisame Hoshigaki chuckled in surprise. "So this is your real body?"
"I thought you were some old veteran, but turns out you're just a kid. What a bizarre sense of taste…"
Hearing Kisame's jab, Sasori coldly replied, "I merely transformed my body into a form of eternal art. In truth, I'm much older than you."
After explaining, Sasori continued, "Kisame, I suggest you shift your attention to Uchiha Mirai."
"That guy just shattered my masterpiece in a single blow. His strength is terrifying."
At his words, Kisame merely smiled. "Haven't we already known that Mirai is strong?"
Seeing Kisame's casual attitude, Sasori snorted and pulled out a scroll, summoning the Third Kazekage puppet.
He was well aware of Hiruko's durability.
For Uchiha Mirai to destroy it so easily… he needed to take this seriously.
Meanwhile, the Takigakure ninja nervously asked, "Are you the reinforcements our leader requested?"
Mirai responded indifferently, "That's right."
Hearing this, the Takigakure ninjas exchanged glances, a glimmer of hope appearing in their eyes as they exhaled in relief.
Thank goodness. If reinforcements had arrived, maybe they still had a chance.
One of them asked, "Besides you… when will the other reinforcements arrive?"
Mirai raised an eyebrow and said calmly, "There are no others. I'm the only one sent for this mission."
"What?!"
The Takigakure ninjas were dumbfounded, their expressions turning to disbelief.
Their leader had gone to request aid, and all they got was… one ninja?
Sure, the young man before them had shown an impressive move just now, but that was a sneak attack.
Could he really handle those two monstrous enemies alone?
Hesitating, one of the Takigakure ninjas asked, "Um… those two are incredibly strong. Can you really take them on by yourself?"
Rather than being offended by their doubt, Uchiha Mirai simply responded, "My strength is far beyond theirs."
"Just sit back and watch."
Seeing his unwavering confidence, the Takigakure ninjas had no choice but to trust him and quietly retreated.
Sasori, on the other hand, scoffed. "Uchiha Mirai, you think your strength surpasses ours?"
"Making such arrogant claims—do you even understand our power?"
As one of Sunagakure's greatest puppet masters, Sasori carried his own pride.
Uchiha Mirai was strong, but he didn't believe he was that much weaker.
After all, he had slain the so-called strongest Kazekage in history.
Hearing Sasori's challenge, Mirai rubbed his chin thoughtfully before speaking slowly.
"If I had to measure the gap between us…"
"Let's say an average person's combat strength is a one, and yours is around a thousand."
Then, with a smirk, he raised a single finger. "Mine would be… five hundred and thirty thousand."
"...?!"
Kisame and Sasori's eyes widened in sheer disbelief.
At first, the idea of using numbers to quantify battle power seemed amusing to them.
Then, hearing that their own strength was rated at a thousand, they found it reasonable.
But when Uchiha Mirai declared his own power to be 530,000… both were left utterly speechless.
Come on…
Even if he was strong, did he really have to be this arrogant?
Kisame chuckled. "Sasori, how about you deal with this lunatic?"
"I'll turn him into a human puppet," Sasori declared. "Let the world witness his foolishness."
With that, Sasori's chakra threads connected to the Third Kazekage puppet, and black iron sand poured from its mouth, hovering ominously in the air.
"Magnet Release: Iron Sand Drizzle!"
Countless magnetic iron needles formed, gathering into sharp senbon that shot toward Uchiha Mirai in a dense barrage.
In response, Mirai simply raised an arm.
"Shinra Tensei!"
Boom!
A powerful repulsive force erupted, sending Sasori's attack scattering in all directions.
"Rinnegan?!"
"You have those eyes too?!"
Both Sasori and Kisame were shaken.
The legendary eyes of the Sage…
Weren't they exclusive to the Akatsuki's leader?
Why did this Uchiha have them as well?!
"This isn't the time for idle thoughts."
Mirai smirked and clapped his hands together.
A surge of terrifying chakra erupted from him.
Sensing imminent danger, Sasori swiftly commanded his puppet to amass all of its iron sand into a dense shield.
"Magnet Release: Iron Sand Wall!"
Just as the thick iron sand defense took form, Uchiha Mirai unleashed his next attack.
"Sage Art: Storm Release – Light Fang!"
A streak of radiant purple chakra shot forth.
Like a laser slicing through steel, it cut through everything in its path.
Sasori's iron sand wall—utterly useless.
In an instant, both the Third Kazekage puppet and Sasori's body were cleaved clean in half.
"...?!"
The Takigakure ninjas gulped in terror.
So powerful…
Where in the world had their leader found such a monstrous ally?
Compared to him, the ninja that had devastated their forces earlier now seemed as fragile as clay.
As Uchiha Mirai stepped forward, Sasori—his bisected body lying motionless—suddenly opened his mouth.
From within, a barrage of poisoned senbon fired straight at Mirai.
At the same time, his detached arms spewed flames and hurricane-like gusts, engulfing Uchiha Mirai in a roaring inferno.
It all happened so fast that no one had time to react.
Even the Takigakure ninjas gasped, faces turning pale.
A direct hit at such close range—there was no way he could have survived that!
Damn it!
Had they lost after all?!
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