[Akatsuchi: Ippan! Haitsu! Everyone!]
[Kurotsuchi: Damn it… were we wiped out completely?]
[Ōnoki: That cursed Jashin!]
[Fourth Raikage A: But you—Ōnoki! Were you trying to sabotage us on purpose?!]
[Dodai: Taking advantage of the chaos to ambush us might be understandable, but letting the Jashin slaughter your forces?! That's just making things worse! Ōnoki, you bastard!]
[Ōnoki: …]
Good grief—people from Iwagakure died, yet we're the ones getting scolded. Is there any justice in this?
[Gengetsu Hōzuki: Kid of the Two Scales, if you're going to launch a sneak attack, at least gather some intel first. How did you get so reckless in your old age?]
[Mei Terumī: This is bad. The Jashin just killed so many Iwagakure ninja… that means it's grown stronger.]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Sigh… Ōnoki, were you deliberately trying to cause trouble? The situation just became even worse.]
[Izuna Uchiha: Hmph. You little rock brat really know how to stir up trouble.]
[Ōnoki: …]
The shinobi of Iwagakure had nothing to say in response.
After all, taking advantage of the chaos was their idea, and making the situation more dangerous was also their doing.
[The screen continues…]
After the energy cannon annihilated the Iwagakure forces, the Jashin absorbed the 'evil' in their hearts.
Its aura surged once again.
"This is bad…"
Seeing the Jashin's power increase again, even Nagi felt the pressure.
The Jashin glared at the people who had repeatedly humiliated it.
Its anger demanded the lives of millions to be appeased.
And that was especially true for a being that embodied evil itself.
Once again, a gigantic blood-red energy sphere gathered in its mouth.
But Nagi immediately sensed that this attack was different from the previous ones.
The Jashin tilted its head upward and fired the sphere toward the sky.
The energy ball shot upward at extreme speed—
Then suddenly exploded midair.
But this time, the explosion produced dozens of smaller energy spheres.
"Blood Evil Meteors."
The dozens of spheres scattered in all directions.
Nagi instantly understood the Jashin's intention.
It intended to scatter the attacks across the entire shinobi world.
There would be no way for him to stop them all.
"Magnet Release: Gravity Point!"
At the center where the spheres had dispersed, Nagi condensed a black electromagnetic sphere dozens of meters wide.
Electromagnetic waves spread outward from the sphere in all directions.
No matter how fast the blood-red energy spheres were—
They could not outrun electromagnetic waves.
Very quickly, the waves enveloped them.
Nagi clenched his right hand.
The Gravity Point released an overwhelming gravitational pull.
Dragged by the electromagnetic waves, the blood-red spheres were pulled back along their original paths.
Finally—
BOOM!!!
Dozens of spheres collided simultaneously with the Gravity Point and detonated.
A massive explosion erupted, producing blazing flames and shockwaves.
Yet neither the Jashin nor Nagi paid it any attention.
They stared at each other.
And the battle began once more.
Meanwhile — Hidden Jashin Cultists Across the Shinobi World
"Damn it! What's going on?! How could someone stop Lord Jashin?!"
"It seems the hearts of hundreds—no, thousands—of children and infants used as catalysts still weren't enough."
"So what do we do now? We can't possibly capture more people. There isn't enough time!"
"…There's only one option left."
One of the cultists removed his black robe and pulled out a scythe.
Without hesitation, he stabbed it into his own abdomen, then twisted it violently.
"Hahaha! Glory to Lord Jashin!"
Blood poured from his mouth, yet his face was filled with manic laughter.
Moments later—
His body exploded into a cloud of blood mist.
The others followed his example.
"Glory to Lord Jashin!" ×N
Soon, a dense crimson blood mist drifted toward the direction of Cloud–Lightning Gorge, where the Jashin was fighting.
BOOM!!!
Half an hour passed.
The Jashin's body was covered in wounds.
Nagi was exhausted from forcefully drawing upon natural energy.
The Kumogakure forces had also suffered heavy casualties.
Suddenly—
Nagi sensed an overwhelming surge of malice approaching.
From the opposite side of Cloud–Lightning Gorge, a dense cloud of blood mist floated closer.
The Jashin was delighted.
It extended the tentacles on its back and absorbed the blood mist.
Its power surged yet again.
No—
Rather than a breakthrough…
"This thing's power is gradually recovering."
"The 'evil' of humanity accumulated over thousands of years… truly terrifying."
Nagi realized something.
The being before him was not the Jashin in its complete form.
Its power was still awakening.
Suddenly—
Black light began radiating from the Jashin's eyes.
"Not happening!"
"Lightning Release Genjutsu: Lightning Illusion — Lightning Flash Pillar!"
A brilliant white light erupted from Nagi's body.
The Jashin's black gaze collided with Nagi's blinding white radiance.
From afar, Cloud–Lightning Gorge looked like night and day existing simultaneously.
Just then—
One of the Kumogakure ninja suddenly clutched his head and screamed.
"Ahhh!!! Stay away! Don't come any closer!"
Soon, the same phenomenon spread through the others.
They all clutched their heads, their faces filled with terror—as if they were seeing the most horrifying things imaginable.
At the same time—
Black mist began rising from their bodies, drifting toward the Jashin.
"That thing is absorbing the fear in people's hearts!"
Nagi instantly understood what was happening.
[Tobirama Senju: I see. That technique must create illusions of a person's deepest fears and then absorb the resulting fear.]
[Mū: The Jashin cultists sacrificing themselves likely unlocked this ability for it.]
[Madara Uchiha: Using the negative energy of fear… this Jashin is truly troublesome.]
[Gengetsu Hōzuki: And that's not all. Nagi said the Jashin is still recovering its strength. That means this isn't even its full power yet.]
[Shamon: If it fully recovers… I can't even imagine what it would become.]
[Hidan: Hahaha! Glory to Lord Jashin! When Lord Jashin fully awakens, all of you should just join our Jashin Cult!]
[Kakuzu: Shut up, Hidan!]
[Shisui Uchiha: But if it's truly a genjutsu illusion, then there must be a way to break it.]
[Itachi Uchiha: Exactly.]
[The screen continues…]
Samui stepped forward to check on the others.
Suddenly—
Her vision blurred.
Then she saw the scene she feared most.
"Nagi?!"
Nagi stood before her, smiling gently.
Before Samui could react—
A claw from the Jashin suddenly pierced through Nagi's chest.
He collapsed to the ground.
Looking weak and pitiful, he gazed at her.
"Samui… save me… I think I'm not going to make it… I don't want to—ugh!"
Stab!
Nagi stared in disbelief at the short blade piercing his chest.
Samui spoke coldly:
"My lover is not someone as weak as you."
"And I would never allow you to insult him with genjutsu."
Crack.
The illusion shattered.
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