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JST Chapter 243: To Make the World Still, I Must First Break It
🕑 Added 2025-04-10 14:59:59 +0000 UTCAnother one…
Kazuki’s voice was casual, almost indifferent—but it was that very nonchalance that sent a bone-deep chill down the spine.
[Detected emotional resonance from the group: Sunagakure. Targeting designation confirmed!]
[From the target group Sunagakure, you have obtained a special talent—'Calamity of Wind'!]
Calamity of Wind: When you instill fear, terror, or a sense of helplessness in shinobi affiliated with the Sunagakure faction, your proficiency in Wind Release ninjutsu and its power will increase.
The amplification effect scales with the intensity of their fear.
This talent can initiate a Final Bond. Completing it will reward you with the exclusive contract—Pact of the Gale.
[Detected emotional resonance from the group: Kumogakure. Targeting designation confirmed!]
[From the target group Kumogakure, you have obtained a special talent—'Rage of Thunder'!]
Rage of Thunder: When you instill fear, terror, or a sense of helplessness in shinobi affiliated with the Kumogakure faction, your proficiency in Lightning Release ninjutsu and its power will increase.
The amplification effect scales with the intensity of their fear.
This talent can initiate a Final Bond. Completing it will reward you with the exclusive contract—Pact of the Storm.
With a single Tailed Beast Bomb, Kazuki had unlocked two Final Bond trigger talents.
Now, the earth, sea, lightning, and wind—four forces of nature—stood before him as pacts waiting to be claimed...
Like ripe fruit on a branch.
Still, one thing piqued Kazuki’s curiosity—why hadn’t Konoha, the heart of the shinobi world, triggered any similar talents?
Was it because they already expected this?
“…If that’s the case, then so be it,” Kazuki murmured. “I’m looking forward to seeing Tsunade and the others’ faces when they think they’ve sealed me away…”
Watching the shifting expressions of his enemies, Kazuki thought to himself:
A Uchiha who appears to have lost his mind in bloodlust… yet his true goal is to eliminate the unpredictable variables of this world—so that the real danger can be sealed away.
Is that evil? No. It’s simply… a different kind of love.
[From the target Uchiha Izuna, you have acquired the Mangekyo Sharingan Technique: Kanrō!]
[From the target Uchiha Madara, you have acquired Kekkei Genkai: Wood Release!]
[From the target Uchiha Obito, your ocular power has been enhanced!]
Following the major shinobi villages, Kazuki now reaped the spoils from three Uchiha clansmen.
“Well, well… who’s watching from the shadows this time?”
Kazuki slowly formed a hand seal, activating Kagura's Mind Eye to scan the vast landscape.
“…Pretty good at hiding, aren’t you?”
His gaze drifted toward a nearby mountain range—he had sensed the trio was lurking there.
And at that moment—
All nine Kage-level enemies in front of him tensed up instinctively, dropping into combat stances the moment he raised his hand slightly.
But they didn’t attack.
Because behind them, the Allied Shinobi Forces—already devastated by Kazuki’s ultra-condensed Tailed Beast Bomb—were doing everything they could to retreat.
Among them...
Kazuki spotted many familiar faces.
The Fourth Raikage and Dodai from Kumogakure; Akatsuchi and Kitsuchi from Iwagakure; Rasa, Pakura, and Sasori from Sunagakure…
These second-generation heirs to the Kage mantles, all barely managing to evade the bomb’s aftermath, were doing their utmost to regroup the troops and withdraw.
At this point in the war, without understanding Kazuki’s methods, ordinary shinobi were no longer of any use.
A numbers advantage meant nothing.
Not even sacrificing lives could slow Kazuki down.
“…Trying to retreat, are you?”
Kazuki glanced at the battle-ready Third Raikage and said softly, “I could let those rank-and-file shinobi go home…”
“But some of you… are staying.”
The Third Raikage’s eyes were filled with both fury and dread. This iron-willed man now regarded Kazuki as the greatest threat the shinobi world had ever known.
In this moment, he even felt a flicker of respect for Ōnoki.
He’d once thought Iwagakure’s loss of ten thousand men and two Jinchūriki in an instant was a failure of command.
But seeing Kazuki’s might firsthand... maybe Ōnoki had done as well as anyone could have under the circumstances?
To hold out against such an ambush from just one man… the fact that any Iwa shinobi survived was a feat in itself.
The battlefield fell into silence.
The Third Raikage and the others weren’t looking to spark another bloodbath before their forces could retreat.
And Kazuki, surprisingly, played along—his sharp gaze simply scanned the Jinchūriki one by one, making hearts tremble under the weight of his stare.
When his eyes landed on him—
Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails’ Jinchūriki, gripped his blade tightly. A sudden chill ran down his spine, as if he were being locked onto by an unstoppable demon.
The usual playful rhythm and rhymes were gone from his voice. In a serious tone, he spoke to the Eight-Tails within: “Yo, Hachibi… how the hell was that Tailed Beast Bomb so powerful?”
“Can you do that? And why the hell can he use it?!”
Through Bee’s eyes, the Eight-Tails locked onto Kazuki’s white hair, a grim sense of foreboding creeping into his thoughts.
“Bee… from that hair color and the way he used the Tailed Beast Bomb… I think he might come for you next…”
“There’s no time to explain. I’ll give you everything I’ve got. Be careful—he’s dangerous!”
Similar conversations echoed within the minds of other Jinchūriki as well.
In the understanding of the Tailed Beasts, no human should be able to manipulate the Tailed Beast Bomb—it was their unique ability.
And yet Kazuki had done it.
Not only that, but his Tailed Beast Bomb had unleashed a force several times stronger than normal.
Combine that with his white hair—eerily reminiscent of the Ōtsutsuki clan—and the Beasts couldn’t help but connect the dots…
To them, Kazuki might very well be the human form of the Ten Tails.
Or… perhaps the incarnation of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
Just like the Tailed Beasts, the Uchiha — who had just finished showering Kazuki with gold coins — shared the same unsettling thought...
At this moment—
Uchiha Obito held his forehead, staring at the mountains of corpses and the battlefield ravaged as if by a natural disaster. A disturbing thought rose in his mind.
He once believed that the death of Rin was the most brutal scene he had ever witnessed in his life.
But after seeing this enhanced version of a Tailed Beast Bomb obliterate crowds...
Obito had no choice but to admit — this was true hell.
He had envisioned it countless times. Even though he was already set on bringing peace to the Shinobi World through the Infinite Tsukuyomi...
Before that, he still planned to exact cold and merciless revenge on Iwagakure — to vent the anger festering inside him.
Just like in the original timeline, after seizing control of Kirigakure, Obito had turned it into a 'Village of the Bloody Mist', tormenting it in madness.
But never, never did he expect that before he could even act—
Kazuki had already unleashed a far more ferocious form of vengeance upon Iwagakure… and the entire Shinobi World!
Obito was extreme, yes. But even in his darkest plans, nothing was as extreme as what Kazuki had just done.
This war had barely lasted a few minutes...
And Kazuki had already killed over ten thousand people. If this continued, would there be any ninja left in the Shinobi World?
This couldn’t go on!
The peace Rin had dreamed of… was about people letting go of hatred — not eliminating everyone who held hate in their hearts.
...
Meanwhile—
Uchiha Madara could no longer sit still. His gaze locked tightly onto Kazuki as he muttered gravely: “Something’s wrong, Izuna… Kazuki’s behavior is off. From what I know of him, he’s never been the type to slaughter ninjas like this…”
“If he had killed the enemy leaders and tried to persuade the others to surrender — that would be more like the Kazuki I know.”
“But right now, he’s clearly trying to kill everyone… not even offering them a chance to surrender!”
Suddenly, Uchiha Izuna clamped down on both Obito’s and Madara’s shoulders.
“Hold on!”
“Let me think… just give me a second…”
Izuna’s mind raced, cycling through the Ten Tails, the Eye of the Moon Plan, Kazuki’s Tailed Beast Bombs — something in the depths of his thoughts began to stir.
Then, after a brief pause, he spoke with gravity: “If Kazuki starts going after ordinary ninjas again, we’ll definitely need to stop him — that would mean he’s truly trying to destroy the Shinobi World.”
“But… if he’s targeting the Jinchūriki instead…”
Izuna glanced toward the battlefield, eyeing the Jinchūriki among the chaos, then lowered his voice.
“Then maybe… Kazuki’s one step ahead of us. He might’ve already read what’s written on the Uchiha Stone Tablet — and he’s starting to act on it!”
“According to your ocular records, brother, Kazuki has already gathered the chakra of the Four-Tails and Five-Tails. And with Kirigakure under his control, he has access to the Three-Tails and Six-Tails as well. Konoha still has the Nine-Tails…”
“And right now, the other four Tailed Beasts are all here on this battlefield!”
“To me, it doesn’t look like Kazuki’s out to massacre… He just wants to force the Jinchūriki into the open. I don’t know why he’s in such a hurry, though — as if he won’t wait even fifteen minutes…”
Izuna’s normally composed tone carried a trace of unease as he stared at Kazuki: “Look. He’s not attacking anymore — he’s letting the remaining ninjas escape.”
Obito and Madara exchanged glances.
If Kazuki were to become the one who completes the Eye of the Moon Plan...
Maybe that wouldn’t be such a bad thing after all.
But there was still one major problem — Kazuki didn’t have the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path!
So how was he sealing all that Tailed Beast chakra into himself? And how did he plan to execute the Moon’s Eye Plan without it?
Under Izuna’s reasoning, Madara and Obito reluctantly calmed themselves, choosing, for now, to remain as silent observers.
...
In Konoha’s military formation—
Uchiha Itachi stared into the hellscape before him. A single tomoe flickered in his eye, spinning frantically in his panic.
Uchiha Fugaku took a deep breath — cold sweat soaking his back.
There was a time when Fugaku still believed he could be a match for Kazuki.
With his gift of foresight, he could predict Kazuki’s movements. And though there was a gap in physical ability, with enough effort and cunning, he thought he might stand a chance.
He even had Susanoo — a weapon of both offense and defense.
After all, Kazuki was just a Three Tomoe Sharingan user, not blessed with the divine power of a Mangekyō.
But now, after witnessing the sheer destructive force of Kazuki’s Tailed Beast Bomb…
Fugaku had abandoned all such thoughts.
His Susanoo would surely be reduced to ash in front of that attack.
No amount of foresight could save him from such a wide-scale bombardment.
...
A few steps away, Shimura Danzo quietly backed away, step by step, making no sound.
He had to run.
He had to flee from Konoha — before Kazuki, this harbinger of death, noticed him. He had to find somewhere to hide and lay low.
“Only if I live,” Danzo thought to himself, “can I steer Konoha — and this Shinobi World — back onto the right path…”
His pace quickened, even stumbling at one point in his desperate retreat.
"Sensei, is it really necessary to go this far?"
Hiruzen frowned and muttered to himself, "You're not like Hashirama-sama, striving for mutual understanding among villages—I understand that... But even if you were more like Uchiha Madara, demanding their submission, that would still be better!"
"A massacre like this… does it really align with the Will of Fire? You've gone too far!"
Hiruzen, who had always shown absolute obedience to Tobirama, couldn’t help but question him at this moment.
With power like this…
Why resort to slaughter?
Just a display of strength might be enough to make the villages surrender. Wouldn’t that be a win-win outcome?
It’s not like Kazuki wouldn’t be able to fight anymore after this one battle. So why push things to this point of no return?
"The Child of Prophecy, who brings calamity and destruction..."
Jiraiya gazed upon the battlefield, now a living hell, and collapsed to the ground.
"The Great Toad Sage's prophecy... it never misses!"
"What should I do...? Should I stop Kazuki? But he’s fighting for Konoha!"
Jiraiya was deeply torn.
"But if this keeps up, he’ll tear the entire shinobi world apart..."
And while he was stuck in this painful dilemma...
The retreating ninja coalition had nearly completed their withdrawal.
Surrounding Kazuki, nine elite fighters slowly moved into position, adjusting their formation.
They were preparing to kill Kazuki.
It had to be said—this lineup was luxurious.
Four Jinchūriki: tanky, powerful, relentless.
Chiyo and Hanzo, both masters of poison, specialized in control and attrition.
The Third Kazekage, with his Magnet Release, was a jack-of-all-trades for both offense and defense.
The Third Raikage stood as the most indomitable frontline, while Ōnoki handled heavy firepower.
Tank, crowd control, support, DPS—they had it all.
These nine top-tier shinobi had gathered as if preparing to challenge the final boss...
The Third Kazekage, Ōnoki, and the Jinchūriki of the Seven-Tails—three who could fly—secured aerial dominance.
Chiyo and Hanzo took the flanks, ready to strike with poison techniques at any moment.
The remaining Jinchūriki of the One-Tail, Two-Tails, and Three-Tails quickly activated Version Two of their Tailed Beast transformations. Thick crimson chakra cloaked their bodies, even forming pale skeletal armor, granting them powerful defenses.
At the front, the Third Raikage roared as he activated his fearsome Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
Sparks crackled violently around him, his hair and beard standing on end, as he charged ahead without hesitation.
"For the sake of our loved ones—kill this demon from Konoha!" he bellowed.
"Demon?"
Kazuki gave a slight shake of his head.
"I'm clearly the savior…"
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Zero Speed
Thanks for all the chapters
