The clear wine dripped down Uchiha Ryo's hair, soaking his shoulder clothes and making his usually unruly hair lie down smoothly.
Madara's eyes narrowed sharply. He raised his hand to hold the Tantō at his waist and was about to stand up, but Uchiha Masaki pushed him back down with one hand. "Just watch quietly."
"You—" Doesn't he have any backbone at all?!
That's what Madara wanted to say.
But the moment he saw Uchiha Masaki, his voice suddenly stopped. What kind of expression was that?
His eyebrows were drooped, and his eyelids were half - closed. It was clearly a compassionate expression, but there was a lewd look in his slightly upward Tong. The faint smile on the corner of his mouth more implicitly revealed the pleasure and anticipation in his heart.
As a result, Madara only uttered one syllable before being forced to stop. He even involuntarily moved his body away.
This little episode didn't catch the attention of the people in the room. As the mellow aroma of the wine spread in the silent space, the atmosphere between the two sides became even more solemn.
After a brief moment of intense gaze, The Rise of the Radiant Moon quickly regained his composure. His voice was cold. "Yatsuki Jigen, do you really think that just because the Fang Daimyō married his princess to your clan, you can turn from a nobody into a somebody?"
"Heh, it's still much better than you lower - class nobles who want everything but get nothing."
The Rise of the Radiant Moon squinted his eyes and was about to say something else when Uchiha Ryo raised his hand to stop him. He just gently shook his head, shaking off a few drops of wine. "Oh dear... It's really a waste of this fine wine."
Kagetsu Valley squinted his eyes, but there was more interest in them. He reached out to pick up the wine pot again. "Indeed, it's my fault. Let me offer you another toast, okay?"
Hearing this, Uchiha Ryo just let out a soft laugh. "Sure, but I think there's one thing you can improve on."
"What?"
"If you want to provoke someone, you'd better be more blatant about it."
"Ha—" Kagetsu Valley dragged out his voice and leaned forward voluntarily, getting closer to Uchiha Ryo sitting at the table. "What are you talking about? That wasn't provoking. It was just a slip of the hand. You understand—"
Bam!
The clear wine trickled down Kagetsu Valley's cheek. Unlike Uchiha Ryo, there were still some shards of the broken wine pot scattered on Kagetsu Valley's head. Coupled with his stunned expression, it looked extremely comical in the dead silence.
Madara on the side also stared with wide eyes and involuntarily opened his mouth. He only came to his senses when he heard Uchiha Masaki's stifled laughter and got on the alert. But his mind couldn't stop replaying the scene just now again and again—his elder brother had swung the wine pot and smashed it on him, swung the wine pot and smashed it on him, smashed it on him...
[...Sure enough, big brother is awesome. It's so satisfying.]
Uchiha Ryo, who was the focus of everyone's attention, leisurely put down the wine pot with only the mouth left in his hand. He inserted his fingers into his forehead hair soaked with wine and brushed it back. His voice was gentle and there was a smile on his lips. "Learn this. This is what a slip of the hand is."
The eyes of The Rise of the Radiant Moon, Kagetsu, shone even brighter. Before he could utter a word, Uchiha Ryo grabbed him by the collar and yanked him over. While enjoying the visual impact of Uchiha Ryo's handsome appearance, he also felt a chill on the back of his head. A pale bone blade, which seemed to have emerged out of nowhere, grazed the back of his head and, accompanied by the resounding clash of metal on metal, struck Uchiha Ryo's staff - sword, which was already half - drawn from its scabbard.
"Hey, that's the spirit! If you wanna start a fight, no need to be so shy," Uchiha Ryo still had a smile on his face. "We're both ninja clans that often produce crazy people. Let's be more straightforward with each other."
The face of the Hyuga clan ninja from Kagetsu Valley twisted into a hideous smile, and he pressed down on the pale bone blade in his hand again. "Well then, I'll really take your advice!"
"Ah, you're welcome."
Uchiha Ryo didn't insist on pitting his strength against the Hyuga clan ninja from Kagetsu Valley. Instead, he pressed his wrist forward. Instantly, cyan wind - attribute chakra spread across the blade. If the Hyuga clan ninja hadn't retreated quickly enough, he would have lost two fingers.
After forcing the Hyuga clan ninja back, Uchiha Ryo casually pushed The Rise of the Radiant Moon, Kagetsu, towards the rear. Instead of retreating, he advanced. As he moved forward, he flipped his right hand and passed the scabbard to his left hand. After grasping the scabbard, he smoothly drew out his sword with his right hand and slashed diagonally upwards at the Hyuga clan ninja from Kagetsu Valley.
Uchiha Masaki, who had been prepared, reached out to support The Rise of the Radiant Moon, Kagetsu, who almost fell. However, his eyes were always fixed on the two people who had started a chaotic fight. "Sure enough, they're fighting..."
Madara swung his sword to split a piece of the broken table flying towards him. He looked quite shocked. "Big brother's Gitai is so amazing..."
"Hey, being the best among his peers isn't just empty talk..." Uchiha Masaki pulled The Rise of the Radiant Moon, Kagetsu, who was still a bit dazed, behind him. A scarlet color quietly appeared in his eyes as he took in every move of the two fighting people. But more importantly, he was observing another Hyuga clan ninja who was accompanying them. "Just watch. The best part is yet to come."
As Uchiha Masaki's words faded, the fight between the two in the arena became even more intense. At this time, the Hyuga clan ninja from Kagetsu Valley had changed his appearance. Pale bone spurs grew from all over his body. It was more appropriate to say he was a monster than a human.
Compared to the hideous - looking Hyuga clan ninja from Kagetsu Valley, Uchiha Ryo, who was clashing swords with him, seemed much more vulnerable. However, in this fight where one could lose their life if they weren't careful, it was the seemingly weaker Uchiha Ryo who had the upper hand.
The blade Coiling Around wind - attribute chakra cut off the pale bone blades several times and then struck the body of the Hyuga clan ninja. However, it was blocked by the bone membrane formed beneath the opponent's skin.
"What's wrong - what's wrong?" Uchiha Ryo lightly laughed and elongated his voice, but his swordsmanship became even more ruthless. "Isn't your Hyuga clan always boasting about being the best in Gitai? Why are you just on the defensive under my hands as a blind man now?"
The Hyuga clan ninja from Kagetsu Valley had his own difficulties. Although Uchiha Ryo was using a one - handed sword technique, his Strength was increasing with each strike. He had to allocate some of his Strength to form a bone membrane under his skin for defense. As his Strength was dispersed, the bone blades he created in his hand became more and more fragile, which gradually put him at a disadvantage.
At first, he didn't expect his first slash to achieve much. Naturally, he didn't condense the sharpest bone blade. However, to his surprise, Uchiha Ryo had no intention of dodging at all. Instead, he directly drew his sword to confront the attack, and from that moment on, he kept making mistakes one after another.
For the warrior from Kagetsu Valley, it's not a disgrace to be at a disadvantage in a fight, and it's normal to be out - argued. After all, he always ends up slaying his opponent. Only those who survive to the end are the winners.
But he had never seen anyone outside his clan be crazier than him. Look at that Uchiha! He doesn't even bother to defend!
[What the fuck?! Is this really an Uchiha? Aren't you guys supposed to be masters of genjutsu? Oh, he's blind. Well, forget it... No way! It's even weirder that his Gitai is so good after going blind, for god's sake?!]
The glare in the warrior from Kagetsu Valley grew more and more intense. Since that's the case, he had no choice but to...