Within the Flower Realm.
The heads of Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane had fallen before the coffin on the ground, joining Danzo. Their headless bodies remained in a kneeling position.
Kanon stood there, but her expression was far from triumphant. No matter what she did, her father and mother would never return. Had Hiruzen not already been dead, there would have been one more corpse added to the grim collection.
With this, Kanon had eliminated all the Konoha high-ranking officials who had originally ordered the extermination of the Uchiha clan.
The next step was to prepare for the Fourth Shinobi World War. However, before that, Konin stood behind her, the twenty-four-tomoe Rinnegan slowly spinning.
"Is the turning point you mentioned finally arriving?"
"Yes. If we encounter it, please hand your body over to me."
"Understood."
Kanon understood Konin's implication perfectly. With her current strength, she wouldn't be able to achieve a perfect outcome on her own.
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"Rest for now. It takes time to adapt to the Mangekyō," the masked man said to the waking Sasuke.
"Does it hurt?"
"No... it feels perfect!" Sasuke said flatly. "I can feel Itachi's ocular power! I can feel myself becoming stronger!"
"We really have Kanon to thank for this," Sasuke added with a cold smile. For him, the pursuit of power was an absolute, unchanging law.
Just as the masked man stepped out, Kanon emerged from her space.
"It is time to retrieve the Rinnegan," the masked man suggested.
"No rush. I still have things to do. Wait for me here for a moment."
As Kanon spoke, her silhouette vanished into a space-time vortex. When she reappeared, she was in the middle of a primeval forest within the Land of Hot Water.
"Is it really here?" Kanon asked, puzzled.
"Yes," Konin's voice replied.
Suddenly, behind Kanon, a red glowing fishing rod hooked toward her heart.
"Ameno Subaruboshinomikoto!"
In an instant, Kanon's body entered a state of intangibility. The hook passed straight through her chest. She grabbed the line with one hand and forcibly hurled a white-skinned man to the ground.
Boom!
A massive explosion sent dust and debris flying.
"After crossing multiple world lines, I have finally found the world where you exist! Kanon Uchiha!" The man's expression was murderous, and the red fishing rod in his hand glowed ominously.
"Who are you?" Kanon looked at the man's Byakugan, confused. "Someone from the Hyuga clan?"
Hearing Kanon's confusion, the man grew even more enraged.
"Inferior species! To think you dared to do such things! You dared... you dared!" His expression grew increasingly twisted as he glared at her. "I, Urashiki Otsutsuki, will stake my pride on killing you before you have the chance to grow!"
"Urashiki Otsutsuki? Never heard the name," Kanon muttered.
"Of course you haven't, because in that bloody future, your shadow will no longer exist!" Urashiki's Byakugan instantly transformed into the Rinnegan.
Kanon's brow furrowed grimly at the sight of the Rinnegan. With a grab of his hand, a black portal appeared behind her. As he stepped out, he launched a kick toward her.
Kanon's intangibility activated again. As the attack passed through her, her Kusanagi Sword slashed toward Urashiki. However, for reasons Kanon didn't understand, Urashiki tilted his body at the last second, narrowly dodging her strike.
Kanon shifted from offense to defense. As the Kusanagi Sword swept out, her Chidori Blade began to hum, sending a massive electric current directly into Urashiki. In a flash, his body transformed into several glowing red paper cranes and vanished. He reappeared before her, holding his red fishing rod once more.
"I didn't expect you to be this troublesome even in this era."
Before Urashiki could react further, a massive red Susanoo hand smashed down from the sky. He once again turned into red paper cranes and blinked away.
Predicting where he would land, Kanon spun around and rapidly wove hand signs.
"Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame!"
A sea of flames that blotted out the sun enveloped Urashiki. But in the next moment, Kanon's expression shifted, the flames were being absorbed into Urashiki.
"What?! Is that the power of the Rinnegan?"
"You don't need to know. Die." A black chakra receiver formed in Urashiki's hand as he thrust it toward her. The speed was so great that Kanon had no time to react.
Because of this, the passive ability of her Flower Realm triggered. Her body turned intangible, letting the rod pass through. Kanon then activated her second skill with a heavy expression.
"Apocalypse: Flower Burial!"
Amaterasu-infused cherry blossoms erupted from Kanon's eyes. Thousands of petals homed in on Urashiki.
"What?!" Urashiki was shocked. Seeing the petals that seemed to tear through space-time chasing him, he activated his six-tomoe Rinnegan. Almighty Push erupted from his palms.
The Flower Burial was blasted back by the terrifying repulsive force, and the forest was instantly carved into a crater nearly a hundred meters deep.
The sheer power of Urashiki Otsutsuki was evident. Kanon was fortunate to have used her Flower Realm to negate the damage just in time; otherwise, she would have been forced to manifest her Susanoo.
In the center of the crater, a terrifying gravitational pull erupted, a move Kanon had seen used by Pain.
"Universal Pull?! But the range is massive!"
Kanon's body was pulled toward Urashiki, along with the surrounding trees and earth. As she flew toward him, a cold smirk curled onto Urashiki's lips.
"Finally... I can make the person who slaughtered our entire clan feel the touch of death!"
"Then you're destined to be disappointed!" Kanon's voice rang out. Pink eyeshadow had appeared around her eyes. Though she was being pulled through the air, a brilliant blue Rasengan appeared in her hand.
Urashiki realized Kanon intended to use the pull of the Universal Pull to close the distance rapidly. But would it work? He raised his chakra receiver, waiting for her to strike; he would simply be faster.
However, the moment Kanon reached him, he froze. What happened next was beyond his imagination.
As Kanon closed in, she slammed her Rasengan into the ground. The massive impact caused her to flip, shifting her trajectory right in front of Urashiki. The deviation sent her flying to his side.
"Impossible! To change moves at such high speed?!" Urashiki gasped.
"Don't underestimate the Uchiha!" Kanon's Mangekyō Sharingan flashed. The eyeshadow at the corners of her eyes accentuated her refined profile and the slight curve of her lips.
A sudden flash of blue light erupted at Urashiki's waist. In an instant, Urashiki staggered and was sent flying.
The force of the Rasengan sent Urashiki spinning through the air before he slammed into the earth, carving a deep trench in the ground.
But Kanon's relentless assault was not over. While Urashiki was still reeling, a Sage Art: Ultra-Big Ball Rasenshuriken appeared in each of her hands.
Boom!
A terrifying explosion of energy echoed through the region. The moment the chakra detonated, Kanon moved again. Facing a man with the Rinnegan, she would not give him a second to breathe. This time, she infused her Kusanagi Sword with Dust Release. This strike was meant to end him permanently!
But as Kanon stepped forward, she noticed something was wrong. The chakra from the Rasenshuriken was weakening; Urashiki was absorbing all the energy into his Rinnegan.
Suddenly, a black box appeared beneath Kanon's feet, emitting a white mist. Kanon felt her body being rapidly frozen. She tried to use the Flower Realm to escape, but the range was too vast. For miles in every direction, the world turned into a colossal block of ice, with massive glaciers erupting from the earth.
"Inferior creature... what does it matter how strong you are in the future?!" Urashiki laughed with fury, looking at the frozen mountains. "What does it matter if the future version of you slaughters my entire race?!"
"As long as I alone escape through time, you will have no future!"
Atop the glacier, Urashiki laughed hysterically. It was the thrill of vengeance. In the future, a single woman had charged into the stars of the Otsutsuki, erasing everything they were from existence. Had he not traveled back in time, he surely would have fallen in that war.
Yes... just one woman!