Chapter 58: Come Fight! Uchiha Hikari!
Uchiha Hikari is a war weapon of the Uchiha Clan from the Ninja World’s Warring States Period.
She was originally an ordinary girl of the Uchiha Clan, but after witnessing the tragic deaths of her parents, she awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan. Her unique “Eight Thousand Spears” dojutsu was too powerful, so the Uchiha Clan raised her as a war weapon.
Later, it was only through the combined efforts of the Senju Clan and the Sarutobi Clan that she was sealed away.
Originally, Menma had guessed that Uchiha Hikari’s seal location would be near the former clan territories of the Senju Clan and the Sarutobi Clan, but he never expected it to be deeply buried beneath the ruins of the Uzumaki Clan’s Uzu Village.
However, thinking about it, neither the Senju Clan nor the Sarutobi Clan were families skilled in sealing ninjutsu, so how did they manage to seal Uchiha Hikari away for hundreds of years?
Therefore, if the Uzumaki Clan was involved, everything made sense.
“You…” Uchiha Hikari slowly opened her eyes, with mottled sunlight piercing her pupils, and the hundreds of years of sealed time shattered in this moment.
She was still somewhat confused when she saw the surrounding ruins.
In those dark, sunless years of sealing, her consciousness was clear, yet she couldn’t even twitch her fingertips. She had endured such suffocating pain in that prison for centuries!
When Uchiha Hikari saw the red hair of the two women behind Uzumaki Menma, her Mangekyo Sharingan suddenly contracted, entering a combat stance!
Uzumaki Clan!
They were allies of the Senju Clan!
And among the ninjas who sealed her, besides the Senju Clan and the Sarutobi Clan, there were also elite ninjas from the Uzumaki Clan!
Uchiha Hikari naturally hated these enemies.
Or rather, she hated that war-torn, destitute Warring States Period!
“Fire Style: Dragon Flame Song Technique!” Uchiha Hikari formed hand seals with both hands and spat four fire dragons toward the ground, attacking the three people in front of her from four directions.
The Dragon Flame Song Technique is a B-rank ninjutsu that requires a lot of chakra to perform, with built-in tracking, and there’s no way to dodge it except by tanking it head-on.
Four ferocious fire dragons roared up from the ground, charging at the three with relentless tracking momentum.
Menma body flickered in front of the Uzumaki Kushina mother and daughter, with Dark Nine-Tails Chakra erupting, cloaking his skin in a dark red chakra cloak.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Menma shattered all four fire dragons with swinging fists and feet, the flames dissipating in the air.
If it were other ninjas, even a kage-level powerhouse like Tsunade would have to consume quite a bit of chakra to tank this move.
But for Menma, who possessed Dark Nine-Tails Chakra, this consumption was not even a drop in the bucket.
“You are ninjas of the Uzumaki Clan and the Senju Clan?” Uchiha Hikari stood atop the broken walls, killing intent surging in her Mangekyo Sharingan.
Raised as a war weapon from childhood, she had an almost instinctual killing intent toward ninjas of enemy ninja clans.
However, the chakra cloak on this black-haired boy in front of her was so volatile and dark, somewhat like Tails chakra, but Uchiha Hikari had never fought those Tails, so she wasn’t sure.
Menma didn’t answer, merely forming a hand seal with one hand.
“Nine-Face Sūvarṇa!”
Two arrays glowing with dark red light appeared beside him, and the masked White Tiger and Black Tortoise leaped out from the arrays.
“You two go to a safe place first.” Menma turned his head and said to Uzumaki Kushina and Little Karin.
A fight was likely next, and the entire island was very dangerous.
“Yes, Lord Menma!” Uzumaki Kushina knew they would only be a burden if they stayed, so she mounted the White Tiger and headed toward the seaside under the protection of the two summoned beasts.
Uchiha Hikari didn’t stop them, merely standing quietly in place, her eyebrows slightly furrowed as she surveyed the surrounding ruins.
She was somewhat surprised to see what appeared to be a Uzumaki Clan symbol, mostly obscured by vines, with the remainder blurred by years of sea wind erosion.
“The Warring States Period has already ended.” Menma wasn’t wearing the White Three-Eyed Fox Mask today and had also closed his Sharingan.
“How many years was I sealed?” Uchiha Hikari asked, her young face slightly stunned upon hearing that the Warring States Period had ended.
Menma shook his head: “I’m not sure either, but it should be several hundred years.”
“The Ninja World today is not the Warring States Period, yet it is still filled with wars everywhere. Ninja clans banded together, moving their clan territories to form villages centered on ninjas, called ‘ninja villages.’ Each country has a ninja village as its main military force, with the ninja villages of the Five Great Nations being the strongest.”
“With the establishment of the ninja village system, the Warring States Period ended, and it has been fifty-four years since then.”
“But the Ninja World has not achieved peace. In these fifty-four years, three large-scale wars have occurred. Compared to the previous clan-based wars, the three Ninja Wars covered a broader scope and caused more casualties, with even children as young as a few years old being sent to the battlefield.”
“Now is the fourth year after the end of the Third Great Ninja War, and while the Ninja World is temporarily at peace, small-scale and local wars are still happening.”
Menma gave Uchiha Hikari a brief introduction to the current Ninja World situation, giving her a general understanding of the modern world.
“Then, is the Uchiha Clan still around?” Uchiha Hikari asked somewhat gravely.
She was a war weapon of the Uchiha Clan, having fought for the Uchiha Clan for many years, and still retained some family emotions.
Yet after being sealed, centuries passed with no one inquiring about her.
“I forgot to tell you, the ninja village system was proposed by the clan head of the Senju Clan. The Uchiha Clan was the first to set aside their hatred and join forces with the Senju Clan to establish the first ninja village, after which the Sarutobi Clan, Hyuga Clan, and other ninja clans successively joined, founding Konohagakure.”
Menma’s soft words left Uchiha Hikari’s Sharingan somewhat confused.
The Uchiha Clan and Senju Clan had set aside centuries of hatred just like that.
For some reason, Uchiha Hikari felt a bit empty inside.
Even when treated as a weapon in the past, the young her still believed she belonged to the Uchiha Clan.
But now, the word “family” had lost its final meaning to her.
“The Senju Clan has now completely become commoners; that family has dispersed. As for the Uzumaki Clan, they were exterminated seventeen years ago. These ruins are what remains of the Uzu Village they once established.” Menma stood amid the ruins, opening his right hand to point at the surrounding broken walls and debris.
Upon hearing that the Senju Clan had dispersed and the Uzumaki Clan had been exterminated, Uchiha Hikari’s expression didn’t change much.
“And what about you?” She lowered her head with a bitter laugh, as if she had lost the meaning of life, her laughter soaked in centuries of loneliness and desolation.
“Did you unseal me to use my power?”
Uchiha Hikari knew her tragedy stemmed from this power. Even her own Uchiha Clan dreaded it, raising her as a weapon, depriving her of freedom and long confining her in a cell with sealing talismans.
They never seemed to treat her as a clan member.
And other ninja clans feared her power, joining forces to seal her away.
“Your power can indeed help me accomplish my great undertaking, but you seem very confused right now.” Menma raised his head, his black pupils looking at Uchiha Hikari standing on the wall, her face somewhat bewildered.
“I think what you need now is a thorough, exhilarating battle! Consider it a way to loosen up your muscles and bones!” With that, Menma’s right eye revealed a blood-red three-tomoe Sharingan.
Menma knew well that Uchiha Hikari was currently in a state of confusion. While he could make her serve him directly, her loyalty probably wasn’t at 60 yet. If she encountered a smooth-talker like Boruto, she might be persuaded by words alone.
So Menma planned to fight Uchiha Hikari with his strength, while also chatting with her about her heart.
“A battle, huh…” Uchiha Hikari raised her bewildered Mangekyo Sharingan, meeting Menma’s three-tomoe Sharingan!
In that instant, the negative emotions from her centuries of sealing seemed to find an outlet, and her battle intent reignited!
The Mangekyo Sharingan began to spin!
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