Asura Path!
Clack!
From Akira's right shoulder, two mechanical arms appeared one above the other.
Click!
The upper mechanical arm detached its fist from the wrist and fired it like a missile.
BOOM!
The exploding fist created a huge fireball that intercepted the Fire Release bullets coming from Ao's scientific ninja tool Gatling gun, buying Akira time to finish modifying the Asura Path weapon.
Click.
From the severed wrist socket, a six-barrel rotary cannon spun out to replace the missing fist.
Click! Click!
The forearm transformed into the barrel, while the rear arm became the stock and grip.
Clack!
Then the entire mechanical arm detached from Akira's shoulder and was caught by the second mechanical arm, which held it like a heavy weapon and aimed forward.
Meanwhile—
Akira's own hands still held the grocery bags he had just bought in town.
The curtain of flames between them dissipated.
Ao stared at Akira, who was now also carrying a Gatling gun.
Shock and disbelief flashed across his face.
Mr. Akira… so you're this versatile?
Not only were his eyes filled with terrifying dōjutsu—
He had also reached the level of advanced mechanical weapon engineering.
Good.
Using this obscure method was far better than exposing his eye abilities directly to Kara.
Ao said coldly,
"You refuse to put down those groceries even now. Uchiha Akira… I can see you're a family man."
Akira asked calmly,
"Don't you have a family?"
Ao snorted.
"Family? Hah."
"I'm just a stray dog."
"What family would I have?"
Akira replied flatly,
"That's unfortunate."
"If you die here, there won't even be someone to collect your body."
"We'll see about that!"
Ao slammed the Gatling gun into maximum fire mode.
"BRRRRT!"
Fire-style bullets poured out at one hundred rounds per second.
Akira's mechanical Gatling responded immediately.
Blue flame bullets burst from the barrel.
BOOM!
Asura Path vs Scientific Ninja Tool.
Gatling vs Gatling.
Red and blue explosions clashed violently.
After only a few seconds—
the blue flames overwhelmed the red.
Ao shouted in disbelief.
"Impossible! The organization's newest weapon is being suppressed with the same kind of technology!?"
He rolled away instantly.
BOOM! BOOM!
Akira's house behind him was reduced to a burning ruin.
Ao stood up and mocked loudly.
"Your house is gone!"
Then he sprinted across the open ground in erratic zigzags, firing the Gatling gun while running.
Akira remained standing still with two grocery bags.
His mechanical arm spun around, firing continuously in response.
Explosions bloomed across Ao's path like flaming mushrooms.
Ao jumped left and right, dodging frantically.
Finally he found an opening—
But when he tried to fire again, he realized something.
The Gatling barrel had melted from overload.
Blue chakra bullets rushed toward him.
"Damn it!"
Ao threw the gun away and activated his Byakugan.
The slot on his scientific ninja tool eye device opened.
A powerful vortex appeared in front of the white eye—
The incoming chakra bullets were absorbed completely.
Akira raised an eyebrow.
"A Byakugan that absorbs chakra projectiles."
"That's a first."
Ao thought silently.
So this is Amado's Byakugan amplification device.
When the Byakugan activates, the device automatically detects enemy chakra within ten meters and absorbs it.
But Ao knew something very clearly.
His strength alone wasn't enough.
Amado only valued him because he still possessed the mentality of a ninja—
A tool.
Someone who could complete a mission regardless of the enemy.
But tools could also be discarded.
If he wanted to accomplish the mission Akira had given him…
Simply becoming a Kara member wasn't enough.
He had to prove his value.
Even if it cost him his life.
Ao charged forward fearlessly.
Hands forming seals.
— Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!
Akira still stood there holding groceries.
As the massive water dragon surged toward him—
his right eye lifted slightly.
"Preta Path."
A sealing barrier appeared like an umbrella.
The entire water dragon was absorbed instantly.
"What!?"
Ao's face froze in shock.
At that moment—
Akira's mechanical arm split open again.
Eight cable-like mechanical tendrils shot out, wrapping Ao midair.
Akira hesitated slightly.
He knew Kara was watching this battle in real time.
He had to control the performance carefully.
Then—
Ao silently mouthed a message.
Mr. Akira… blast me.
Akira's heart skipped.
Ao… are you serious?
But Ao's eyes were firm.
Akira understood.
Ao must have some way to survive.
The Gatling arm reattached to Akira's shoulder.
The wrist rotated open—
revealing a purple energy cannon.
Before firing, Akira followed logical steps.
He had to ask a motive first.
Otherwise Kara would wonder why he didn't use his Sharingan or Rinnegan to read Ao's mind.
When would someone skip interrogation?
Only when consumed by anger.
Akira spoke coldly.
"Ao of the Byakugan."
"We have no grudge."
"Why ambush me?"
"If you explain clearly, I might let you live."
"But if you say something that really pisses me off…"
"…then that's another matter."
The hidden meaning was clear.
Provoke me.
Ao understood immediately.
He sneered.
"No grudge? Really?"
Akira narrowed his eyes.
"What are you getting at?"
Ao shouted loudly,
"You possess the Rinnegan! Power comparable to Nagato of the Akatsuki!"
"But what have you done with that power!?"
Akira's gaze turned icy.
"What are you implying?"
Ao continued,
"While you hid here enjoying your peaceful home life—"
"Do you know how many ninjas and civilians died in the Fourth Great Ninja War?"
"You had power great enough to change everything!"
"But you did nothing!"
"In my eyes, you're no different from the accomplices!"
Akira scoffed.
"That's why you came here?"
"With your pathetic strength?"
Ao smiled like a man ready to die.
"I know exactly how weak I am."
"I never intended to kill you."
"I've been waiting here for your family."
"For your wife and children."
"So I could blow them into pieces!"
"HAHAHAHA!"
"What a shame…"
"You showed up instead."
"I wanted you to taste what it feels like to lose your family."
"Is that reason enough!?"
Akira's voice became cold as ice.
"…Yes."
"That's enough."
"Enough for me to grind you into dust."
BOOM!
The Asura Path cannon fired.
A golden beam erupted directly into Ao's face.
The explosion flattened the entire forest beyond.
Akira watched silently.
Ao… don't die.
You're supposed to help me save the world.
Far away.
Inside Kara's base.
Amado watched the screen as the golden explosion swallowed Ao.
He extinguished his cigarette slowly.
"That speech…"
"He deliberately provoked Akira to kill him."
"If he had fallen under the Sharingan or Rinnegan, Kara's secrets would've been exposed."
"Former Hidden Mist Byakugan user… Ao."
Amado rested his chin on his hand.
"…He might become someone loyal to me."
"Ao-ya."
A girl with the Roman numeral VIII tattooed on her forehead responded cheerfully.
"Yes?"
"Go to the battlefield."
"If Ao is still alive…"
"Bring him back."
Kara Inner Member — Ao-ya.
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SORRY FOR THIS WRITING HERE BUT I SAW A NOVEL -Konoha: Preparing to defect, the system has arrived. BUT THE LAST AUTHOR HAD DROPPED IT AND I WAS THINKING OF TRANSLATING IT WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE SAY SHOULD I OR SHOULD I NOT I WANT YOUR OPINION PLEASE DO MENTION IN THE COMMENT SECTIONS.