Chapter 731: Illusion that can injure Jinchūriki

On the battlefield, Shisui and Yagura Karatachi assumed their fighting stances.

“I wonder if this guy has a hidden trump card like Might Guy.”

Yagura Karatachi’s purple eyes were filled with caution as he looked at Shisui.

Previously, Yagura Karatachi hadn’t been concerned about this battle; he was more focused on the quarter-finals.

If Yagura Karatachi advanced to the quarter-finals, his opponent would be Ōnoki.

Fourth Raikage Ay’s crushing defeat changed Yagura Karatachi’s mind.

The possibility of Shisui having a powerful trump card like Might Guy was small, but not impossible.

Yagura Karatachi didn’t want to lose to a junior due to a moment of carelessness.

“Such a powerful aura.”

As Shisui sensed, he recalled Yagura Karatachi’s intelligence and his own battle plan.

“Battle start!”

With the referee’s command, Shisui immediately channeled Chakra into his eyes, activating his Mangekyo Sharingan.

Yagura Karatachi’s strength might not be inferior to Fourth Raikage Ay’s. Facing such a strong opponent, a single mistake could lead to defeat, so he had to go all out from the start.

“Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique!”

Yagura Karatachi quickly formed hand signs and gathered Chakra. Under the effect of Yagura Karatachi’s massive water-style Chakra, the battlefield was almost instantly filled with dense fog.

Even with his Mangekyo Sharingan activated, Shisui still couldn’t see through the Chakra-filled dense fog to find Yagura Karatachi’s whereabouts.

“As expected of the Hidden Mist Village’s renowned secret Ninjutsu. Even Kenbunshoku Haki can’t pinpoint their location in this situation.”

Shisui tried to use Kenbunshoku Haki to sense Yagura Karatachi’s Chakra to determine his location, but he failed.

The entire dense fog was now filled with Yagura Karatachi’s Chakra, making it impossible to sense Yagura Karatachi’s location based on Chakra emissions.

However, Shisui didn’t panic. Kenbunshoku Haki was not an ordinary sensing Ninjutsu.

Even if he couldn’t sense the enemy’s location, he could use Kenbunshoku Haki to enhance his senses, making it harder for him to be ambushed.

Moreover, after learning about Yagura Karatachi’s intelligence, Shisui had already anticipated similar situations and thought of a way to break through.

“Summoning Technique!”

Shisui formed a hand sign and slammed his hand onto the ground, summoning Zoroark.

“Execute Plan A.”

After completing the Summoning Technique, Shisui immediately said.

Zoroark nodded and began to constantly speak throughout the battlefield using its telepathy.

“Yagura Karatachi, I heard you have children. Can you tell me your secret to maintaining your youthful appearance?”

“Or is your baby face inherited? Are your children as cute as you?”

Yagura Karatachi, who had just finished creating water clones and was preparing to attack:…

“Whose voice is that? And I can’t pinpoint the direction.”

Yagura Karatachi suppressed his displeasure and rapidly analyzed in his mind.

Voice alteration was not uncommon among Ninja, but what puzzled Yagura Karatachi was his inability to determine the opponent’s location from the voice.

This was highly illogical, considering he had undergone special training in the Hidden Mist, where sound was his eyes in the dense fog.

Then, Shisui and Zoroark began to move separately, and Zoroark continued to harass Yagura Karatachi, preventing him from making a correct judgment.

“Disperse!”

Annoyed beyond measure, Yagura Karatachi voluntarily dispelled the dense fog.

Using the Hidden Mist Technique was primarily intended to neutralize the opponent’s Sharingan and exert psychological pressure.

In the previous situation, he couldn’t even attack properly, so there was no need to waste the Hidden Mist Technique’s Chakra.

“Is it that Nin-Beast?”

Yagura Karatachi gripped his iron rod tightly, staring at Zoroark, which was not far from Shisui.

He knew Shisui had a Nin-Beast, but there wasn’t much specific information about it. He hadn’t expected it to have such a bizarre ability.

As the dense fog dissipated, the audience regained their view of the battlefield.

“Was there a battle just now?”

Some audience members questioned, looking at the unchanged battlefield.

Aside from the appearance of a large fox and a slight change in the positions of the two sides, the field had not suffered any damage. This was rare in battles between high-level Ninja.

After all, high-level Ninja could shatter rocks and collapse ground with a single punch or kick, making it difficult not to cause damage to the field.

“Of course, and it must have been an extremely dangerous confrontation!” A Ninja stepped forward and said.

“Shisui the Body Flicker has extremely high Genjutsu proficiency, and Sharingan Genjutsu requires eye contact to be effective. In the dense fog of the Hidden Mist, the Sharingan would be useless.

I wonder what terrifying method Shisui the Body Flicker used to make Yagura Karatachi himself dispel the dense fog and directly face the threat of Sharingan Genjutsu.”

“I see.”

With an expert explanation, the battle instantly became easier to understand.

Many Ninja watching the match sighed, feeling that the battles between strong individuals were too dangerous. Such a calm scene concealed a fierce confrontation.

“Fire Release: World-Destroying Flame!”

Zoroark’s voice echoed in Yagura Karatachi’s mind again.

Hearing such an exaggerated Ninjutsu name, Yagura Karatachi subconsciously converted the large amount of Chakra he had gathered into water-style Chakra.

The next moment, boundless black flames spewed from Zoroark’s mouth, rapidly forming a sea of black fire that quickly approached Yagura Karatachi.

Yagura Karatachi’s eyelids twitched.

What the hell, Uchiha Shisui’s Nin-Beast is actually so powerful?

Just as Yagura Karatachi was about to use his full power Water Release to resist this terrifying Fire Release, his Chakra was disturbed by the Three-Tails, and then the world in Yagura Karatachi’s eyes rapidly changed.

The black flames that were about to spread vanished, leaving only a Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique over three meters high leisurely smashing towards him.

“It’s Genjutsu again… How did he do that?”

Yagura Karatachi frowned tightly, secretly shocked in his heart.

Genjutsu was one of the three basic skills of a Ninja, and as a top expert of the Hidden Mist, Yagura Karatachi naturally understood it.

Generally, the wider the range of a Genjutsu, the easier it is to break. Even a wide-range Genjutsu released by a Jonin proficient in Genjutsu can be dispelled by a Chunin who has mastered Genjutsu release.

Just now, Zoroark and he were more than a hundred meters apart, yet he couldn’t dispel it himself, and had to rely on the Three-Tails for help.

“Fortunately, I am a Jinchuriki now, otherwise, facing two Genjutsu masters at the same time, no matter how strong I am, I wouldn’t be able to display my full power.”

Yagura Karatachi felt a bit fortunate in his heart.

A Ninja’s strength is not like a number, where two is always greater than one.

There are not only counter relationships between Ninja, but also different performances in single-person combat due to differences in mastered abilities.

Genjutsu masters will be very strong in one-on-one combat, because once caught in a Genjutsu in single-person combat, even if they don’t directly lose, they will suffer a great loss and fall into a disadvantage in the subsequent battle.

As the Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique was about to hit, Yagura Karatachi’s water clone used Water Release to block it.

“Too bad, you ran into me, a Jinchuriki.”

Yagura Karatachi’s main body gripped his iron rod and rushed towards Shisui.

Shisui’s trump card was good. If he hadn’t encountered him, who could perfectly control Tailed Beast Chakra, even the Third Mizukage might have been defeated by Shisui.

After all, the Third Mizukage was old, and not as good as he used to be in all aspects.

“As expected, it didn’t work. Then I can only try my Mangekyo ability.” Shisui was not surprised that Zoroark’s Genjutsu was broken.

Among the candidates Muzuki provided, there was a note: “Yagura Karatachi is suspected to have become the Three-Tails Jinchuriki.”

Shisui always planned battles based on the worst-case scenario. In his imagination, Yagura Karatachi was a perfect Jinchuriki who could receive help from a Tailed Beast.

Whoosh!

Shisui used the Body Flicker Technique to meet him. When the distance between them shortened to within five meters, Shisui’s left eye’s Chakra erupted.

Yagura Karatachi, who was running, suddenly stopped. In a daze, he arrived in a world with a blood-red sky.

“Genjutsu again?”

Yagura Karatachi wanted to move, but found himself tied to a cross, with countless Shisui holding long swords in front of him.

“Genjutsu doesn’t work on me.”

Yagura Karatachi wasn’t panicked. Even if he couldn’t dispel it himself, he still had the Three-Tails to help him.

Pfft!

One of the Shisui stabbed the long sword in his hand into Yagura Karatachi’s body, splattering blood.

When the first sword pierced his body, Yagura Karatachi only slightly frowned, his expression unchanged.

But when the second, third, and fourth swords pierced his body, Yagura Karatachi’s face underwent a drastic change.

“How is this possible? It wasn’t dispelled!”

Yagura Karatachi’s face was both pained and confused at this moment. As more and more swords pierced in and out, Yagura Karatachi’s expression became even more distorted.

He couldn’t understand what was happening.

No matter how strong a Genjutsu was, it was still Genjutsu. Logically, as long as someone helped disrupt the Chakra, even the strongest Genjutsu in the Ninja World would be dispelled instantly.

Just as Yagura Karatachi didn’t know how many times he had been stabbed, he suddenly felt the Three-Tails interfering with the Chakra in his body.

Immediately after, the blood-red sky rapidly faded, and the blue sky and white clouds returned to Yagura Karatachi’s sight.

“So painful.”

Yagura Karatachi’s pupils suddenly dilated, and an incredibly intense pain swept over him, almost making him unable to stand.

The Three-Tails’ help allowed him to end the Tsukuyomi early, but before it ended, he didn’t know how many times Shisui had stabbed him with a sword.

It was only because Yagura Karatachi’s spirit was strong. If it were a Ninja with slightly weaker strength, he would have already fainted.

“Can it only play a partial role? But that’s enough.” Shisui’s face was slightly pale, but overall he was fine.

Perhaps because this time the Tsukuyomi was broken due to external interference, he didn’t suffer a severe backlash like Uchiha Madara did that time.

“Fire Release: Azure Flame!”

Shisui didn’t let go of this rare opportunity. He immediately concentrated his breathing to the extreme, entered Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, and exhaled a fist-sized Azure Flame.

“Water Release: Round Mirror Technique!”

Yagura Karatachi gritted his teeth, stimulated his Chakra, and rapidly swung the iron rod in his hand, quickly drawing a large circle in front of him, creating a water mirror to protect himself.

Sizzle!!

But before Yagura Karatachi could make any further moves, the Azure Flame burned through the water mirror and scorched Yagura Karatachi’s body.

Even though Yagura Karatachi instantly produced a large amount of water-style Chakra, he couldn’t extinguish the Azure Flame immediately.

The pain of Tsukuyomi, coupled with the burning sensation of the Azure Flame, left Yagura Karatachi unable to fight Shisui. He was quickly defeated by Shisui, collapsing to the ground and losing his ability to fight.

“What exactly happened!”

Yagura Karatachi was frantic in his heart.

If he had lost after a hard-fought battle, he would have accepted it, but losing so confusedly truly frustrated him.

He still had so many Ninjutsu he hadn’t used, and the Tailed Beast Chakra he had painstakingly mastered hadn’t been unleashed yet.

But no matter how unwilling Yagura Karatachi was, he couldn’t change reality.

“Uchiha Shisui wins!” The Shinobi Sect referee announced Shisui’s victory upon seeing the situation.

The audience on the stage were all dumbfounded.

“Lord Yagura lost just like that?” The Mist Ninja were bewildered.

They couldn’t see Yagura Karatachi being caught in Tsukuyomi.

From their perspective, Yagura Karatachi charged forward, then suddenly stopped, and then inexplicably looked severely injured, and was quickly defeated.

In the eyes of most people, this was a senseless and uninteresting match.

“What kind of Genjutsu was that? It’s terrifying.” The Third Mizukage’s expression was a bit grim.

He could understand the battle; Yagura Karatachi lost because he was careless and fell into Genjutsu.

But the Third Mizukage couldn’t imagine what kind of Genjutsu it was that could cause such immense mental damage in such a short time, to the point where even the Tailed Beast inside the Jinchuriki couldn’t dispel it in time.

“Oh well, this lesson should make him more cautious in future battles.” The Third Mizukage sighed and thought.

This time, Yagura Karatachi couldn’t really be blamed for being careless. Even the Third Mizukage himself thought that a Jinchuriki who could communicate well with their Tailed Beast wouldn’t fear Genjutsu.

It could only be said that the Ninja World was still too deep; one couldn’t be careless in any situation.

The other Kage didn’t react as strongly as the Third Mizukage.

Firstly, there was Might Guy before, and secondly, they were unaware of Yagura Karatachi’s identity as a Jinchuriki.

If they had known that Yagura Karatachi had a Tailed Beast helping him dispel Genjutsu and was still defeated by Shisui’s Genjutsu, they would definitely have given it high importance.

This was no longer an ordinary Uchiha genius; he had to be vigilant.

“It’s a pity that Shisui’s life mission doesn’t require much fame, otherwise he could have gotten a settlement reward.” Muzuki glanced at Shisui’s life mission.

Shisui’s life mission had already settled 70% of its rewards two years ago, and now the progress was as high as 79%, making him the disciple with the highest life mission progress.

However, as the depth of the Uchiha problem’s resolution increased, the progress became more and more difficult. Muzuki estimated that the last 1% would take at least another two or three months.

“Match number 25: Lord Ōnoki vs…”

The competition quickly continued.

The fourth match was between Ōnoki and a Kumogakure expert.

Ōnoki didn’t use Dust Release; he easily defeated his opponent using only Earth Release to win.

“Match number 33: Lord Hiruzen Sarutobi vs…”

The fifth match was between Hiruzen Sarutobi and a Sunagakure expert.

Hiruzen Sarutobi cleanly defeated his opponent and secured victory in just one minute.

The audience didn’t feel much about the Kage’s victories, as these were the Five Kage, and it would be abnormal for them to lose.

After the competition began, there was a continuous stream of Ninja pouring into Six Paths City, specifically for the Five Kage.

Many people looked forward to the Five Kage showdowns in the later matches.

“Contestant number 41: Kakashi Hatake vs. Contestant number 48: Killer Bee!”