'Wait!?'
'He... he can still move?!?!'
'Even with the Shinigami's arm already touching his soul, he can still... move...?!'
The moment they saw Kyo raise his hand to draw his blade,
Orochimaru and Hiruzen were simultaneously dumbfounded!
And immediately after,
When they saw Kyo swing the blade,
Cutting towards the Shinigami's arm that had reached into his own body...
The two shuddered violently, utterly stunned on the spot!
Especially Hiruzen, who stared with disbelief, as if he had seen a ghost.
'Wait!'
'Wh-What's going on?!'
'This guy is using the sword in his hand... to cut the ethereal Shinigami...?!'
'He's... crazy?!'
'Even if he could move while his soul was being touched, he absolutely... absolutely could not do this!!'
Hiruzen widened his eyes, his heart sinking!
'An instant!'
'Just one instant!'
'Next,'
'I just had to wait for the Shinigami to successfully drag out his soul, and I would win...!!'
Hiruzen endured the pain, gritting his teeth in thought.
But in the next moment,
The scene unfolding before him completely shattered his illusions.
In an instant, he was completely frozen.
Ahead,
Kyo's golden eyes flickered slightly, his expression blank as he swung the blade in his hand, striking down at tremendous speed!
On the silver blade, a moonlight-like aura emerged, seemingly gathered into substantial Sword Pressure, enveloping the entire blade!
In the blink of an eye!
Whoosh!
A flash of lightning-fast blade light passed!
Like a crescent moon falling, a dying rainbow abruptly appearing, brilliant beyond measure!
And that Shinigami arm that had reached into Kyo's abdomen, at this moment, was... severed directly!!
Boom!!
The next moment, the severed Shinigami arm instantly dissolved into countless streams of air and Spiritual Energy, exploding and scattering!!
Disappearing without a trace!
The blade light simultaneously blew apart Hiruzen's Shadow Clone!
Boom!!!
Even the ground now bore a... deep crevice!!
"-?!"
"!!"
Seeing this bizarre scene, Hiruzen's aged face stiffened sharply, as if choked, his breath completely stopped!!
His pupils began to contract, finally shrinking to their smallest!!
'H-How...'
'How is this possible...?!'
'Wait!'
'Th-This... impossible!!!'
'The Shinigami summoned by the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, its arm was severed by a sword...!?!'
At this moment, Hiruzen's mind was almost blank, his thoughts completely interrupted in an instant!!
He couldn't help but recall Kyo's words from just moments ago...
'What's going on...?!'
'This guy, his weakness... wasn't it supposed to be his soul?!'
'He himself said so just now...'
'But why?'
'Why does he have the power to cut the Shinigami...?!'
'Is it that sword!?'
'The sword in his hand... is strange??!'
Hiruzen stared incredulously at the blade in Kyo's hand, his mind completely dumbfounded, unable to think properly.
And on this side,
Seeing this scene, Orochimaru first shuddered violently, then in the next instant, his heart surged with ecstasy!!
'He did it!!'
'This guy Kyo... just as he had severed the souls of the Impure World Reincarnation summons back then, he also severed the Shinigami of the Dead Demon Consuming Seal!'
'Strong!!'
'Truly... too strong!!'
'This way, I don't have to worry about the Dead Demon Consuming Seal either!!'
'I'm... saved!!'
Thinking this,
Orochimaru immediately looked towards Kyo, and with all his might, shouted hoarsely:
"Ky...Kyo-san!!"
"Quick... help me... help me cut off this Shinigami arm!!"
"Plea...please, ah!!"
At this moment,
Orochimaru shouted loudly, pleading, his expression still extremely pained.
He no longer had his previous composure; all that remained in his heart was panic and a faint glimmer of hope!
After all, although the Shinigami arm over there had been cut off, it didn't affect his situation here at all!
The Shinigami had already pulled out a large part of his soul!
Panic!!
The great scientist, Orochimaru,
At this moment, was panicking like crazy!
And he clearly knew,
The only one who could save him now... was Kyo over there!
Only him!!
Therefore, Orochimaru, even using all his strength, desperately gritting his teeth, for the first time, sent him a most earnest plea!!
Even Hiruzen, overhearing this, couldn't help but be startled.
And then,
Upon hearing these words,
Kyo's gaze slowly turned, and then, a faint smile actually appeared on his face.
The next moment, he suddenly turned the blade in his hand slightly and sheathed it.
Then,
He lifted his foot and walked towards Orochimaru.
Seeing this scene,
Orochimaru's pupils abruptly contracted, his heart trembling violently!
'Wait!'
'What's going on?!'
'He... he sheathed his sword!?!'
'No...'
'No way...!!'
'Could it be that Kyo-san... doesn't plan to save me...??!!'
Thinking this,
A chill ran down Orochimaru's spine,
His complexion abruptly turned pale to the extreme, completely frozen!
He never imagined...
It would come to this!!
And then,
Hiruzen, in the midst of performing the technique ahead, seeing this scene, was also suddenly stunned!
Then, he suddenly coughed violently twice and spoke weakly:
"Cough, cough, cough, cough..."
"I never imagined... that you... would possess a blade capable of cutting the Shinigami..."
"This time, I underestimated you... Amegakure's Shinobi..."
"However..."
"I also... overestimated your character..."
"Clearly, you cooperated with Orochimaru to attack Konoha, and now... at the moment of his life or death, you don't plan to save him either... heh heh..."
"In the end... you are just a despicable person of the shadows..."
Hiruzen's aged eyes drooped slightly.
As if using his last bit of strength, he trembled reluctantly as he sneered.
The Dead Demon Consuming Seal,
Had almost exhausted his stamina and Chakra,
Barring accidents, after Orochimaru's soul was sealed, his own soul would also die...
Hiruzen's eyes drooped.
He knew,
This time, he had completely lost to this Amegakure's Shinobi with golden eyes...
However,
At least he had dragged Orochimaru down with him,
'It's not a complete... failure...'
Thinking this,
Hiruzen suddenly looked up slightly towards the sky above, murmuring almost to himself:
"To have such an ending..."
"I suppose I can be considered... a decent Hokage, right..."
Hiruzen muttered quietly, his gaze blurring.
But just then,
Suddenly,
Kyo's voice came calmly from ahead.
"Heh, a decent Hokage?"
"Don't kid yourself, old bastard Sarutobi."
"Among all of Konoha's successive Hokage, you alone... are the worst."
"...?!"
'Huh...?!'
As these words fell,
Hiruzen's thoughts were instantly interrupted, his previously blurry gaze couldn't help but cleared again,
Then, he stiffly turned his head to look at Kyo over there.
And at this moment,
Kyo stood beside Orochimaru, his expression blank, and said calmly:
"Also,"
"Sarutobi Hiruzen..."
"Don't think everyone is as dark as you are."
As he spoke,
Kyo suddenly raised his hand, expressionless,
Without even looking, he casually waved his hand towards the Shinigami arm restraining Orochimaru beside him!
Shink!
On his palm, the same moonlight-like white aura appeared, just like on the blade moments ago!
The next moment-
Boom!!!
The moment his hand swept down, the Shinigami's arm was severed!
It exploded directly and disappeared rapidly!!
And Orochimaru's soul, in that instant, immediately returned to his body!!
"?!"
This scene appeared, in an instant!
Orochimaru and Hiruzen both felt their hearts clench!!
"!!"
'Wh-What...?!'
'What's going on... he severed it again...?!'
'With just his hand?!'
'This...'
'Severing the Shinigami's arm doesn't require that sword at all?!?'
'Could it be...'
'That the power sufficient to cut the Shinigami was never the sword in his hand, but... him personally?!?'
Realizing this, Hiruzen, at this moment, was completely stunned.
His eyes wide, his gaze vacant!
And at that very moment, without him knowing,
The Shinigami behind him seemed to sense that the target's consumption had failed,
It suddenly opened its fang-filled mouth and, in an instant, devoured Hiruzen's soul before it!
"Ugh...!"
Hiruzen's heart abruptly stopped, his pupils involuntarily dilated.
The next moment,
Thud.
His body fell unconsciously to the ground.
There was no longer any consciousness.
Until his death,
He could no longer make a sound.
"!"
And immediately after,
Above his body, the Shinigami's form also began to slowly fade into the air.
Even at the end, its two arms did not regenerate...
A breeze passed by.
As if nothing had happened.
But,
Hiruzen's body lay cold on the ground.
And on this side,
After seeing this scene,
Orochimaru, as if suddenly drained of all strength, instantly collapsed onto the ground!!
"Haah... haah... hah..."
Sweat poured down his forehead like rain!
He couldn't stop gasping for breath, his expression extremely grim!
The lingering fear in his heart had not yet subsided!
After a long while,
He stiffly raised his head, still gasping, and looked with a complicated gaze at Kyo's figure ahead!
'Everything was... over, right...?'
'This guy,'
Chose to... save me...?'
'Heh...'
'So,'
'From the very beginning... I had underestimated him!'
'This man named Kyo, not only possesses immense power, but his character... is also so noble that it makes one feel ashamed!'
Realizing this,
Orochimaru gritted his teeth slightly.
Thinking of how he had just misunderstood Kyo, he couldn't help but feel somewhat ashamed...
"..."
However,
At this moment, what he didn't know,
Was that behind his back, a series of continuous prompt tones were appearing in Kyo's mind.
[Ding!]
[Congratulations Host! Main mission [Participate in Major Event - Konoha Crush Plan] has been successfully completed!]
[Ding!]
[Congratulations Host! All main branch missions have been successfully completed!]