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Chapter 174: Amenotokotachi!
In the shadows of the tree canopy, Black Zetsu's yellow eye narrowed into a slit.
"We can't wait."
If this continued, Tsubasa Uchiha, a pawn that was hard to come by, might really be beaten to death.
How could such a monster appear in that backwater corner of Kumogakure?
"Are you going to help him?" White Zetsu tilted his head, his tone frivolous. "That dark-skinned kid is fierce; he'll tear us apart too."
"Hmph, idiot."
Black Zetsu sneered, his body beginning to sink slowly, melting into the grain of the tree trunk. "The source of the Uchiha clan's power is 'Love,' which is to say, extreme emotional fluctuation. When love transforms into hate, or when a certain obsession reaches its peak, special chakra surges in the brain, stimulating the optic nerves..."
"The current him is like a barrel filled with gunpowder, needing only a single spark."
Black Zetsu's figure vanished completely into the darkness, leaving only a sinister whisper.
"I will be the one to light that fire."
...
Center of the battlefield.
The rain was still falling, but when it landed on Garp, it was instantly vaporized by that layer of dark purple lightning armor, turning into curling white smoke.
"Hey, Shiki."
Garp rolled his wrist, walking step by step toward the Golden Lion leaning against the tree trunk. Every step stomped a deep pit into the muddy ground. "That genjutsu just now wasn't bad; it almost made this old man fall for it. However..."
Garp grinned, revealing ghastly white teeth, that smile more terrifying than a demon's. "To deal with this old man, you're still far too green."
Garp, channeling Ryuma, taunted the Golden Lion.
Dozens of meters away, Golden Lion Shiki panted wretchedly.
His left foot looked completely ruined; bone fragments pierced the skin, and blood dyed the ground red. The severe pain impacted his nerves like a tide, but the expression on his face wasn't pain, but a twisted excitement reaching its peak.
Pain only makes a pirate more excited!
"Jihahahaha..."
Shiki threw his head back, letting the rain wash away the blood on his face, his laughter hoarse and arrogant. "Garp! You bastard... sure enough, you're the best!"
This feeling of being driven into a desperate corner!
This thrill of the fire of life teetering in the wild wind!
Since Roger died, since being thrown into Impel Down, since cutting off his legs to break out... how long had it been since he experienced this pleasure that made his heart feel like exploding?
"Not enough... It's not enough!!"
Shiki's eyes suddenly widened, the scarlet three tomoe spinning frantically, appearing as if they would drip blood.
Just then, an extremely cold aura silently drilled out from the ground, following his broken leg and boring into his meridian system like a venomous snake.
That was the Yin Release chakra belonging to Kaguya Otsutsuki's will on Black Zetsu.
This power was extremely covert; it didn't directly interfere with Shiki's body but shot straight to his brain, instantly amplifying the emotions named "Ambition" and "Humiliation" in his mind by ten times, a hundred times!
Boom!
Something seemed to explode in Shiki's mind.
It was the storm of the Battle of Edd War twenty years ago.
It was Roger saying, "I have no interest in ruling the world."
It was the collapsing ruins of Marineford.
It was his life of proving himself to the world, even with a steering wheel stuck in his head!
"I am the Golden Lion!!"
" mere Garp... a mere Ninja World... how can they make me lie on the ground and look up?"
"I am the King... who will dominate everything!!"
An unprecedentedly cold chakra surged from the depths of his brain, instantly rushing into his eyes.
The world changed.
The originally clear trajectory of raindrops became slow, stagnant, and even... movable in Shiki's eyes at this moment.
Those scarlet three-tomoe Sharingan constricted violently in this instant. The tomoe connected head to tail, transforming into a pitch-black, strange pattern resembling a ship's steering wheel!
Mangekyo Sharingan, Awakened!
"Hmph?"
Garp, who was preparing to rush up and give Shiki the final punch, suddenly stopped.
The intuition of a beast alarmed frantically in his mind.
The surrounding air had changed.
The originally violent curtain of rain suddenly stood still in mid-air. Not because time stopped, but because some more domineering power forcibly canceled out gravity.
"Garp..."
Shiki slowly raised his head.
His left foot recovered as if new, and his entire person floated up slowly, defying common sense.
Those newborn Mangekyo Sharingan turned faintly, radiating a pupil power that made one's heart palpitate. He opened his arms, as if embracing this heaven and earth, the corners of his mouth splitting into an exaggerated arc.
"Welcome to... my world."
Mangekyo Pupil Technique: Amenotokotachi!
Rumble rumble rumble—!
The earth began to wail.
Centered on Shiki, the ground within a five-hundred-meter radius cracked and shattered without warning. Countless tons of heavy rock, mud, trees, and even the standing water on the ground lost the bind of gravity in this moment, slowly rising into the sky.
"What is this ghost stuff?"
Garp raised an eyebrow. He felt his body becoming lighter too, his feet actually beginning to leave the ground involuntarily. He had to explode with Lightning Release chakra, sucking firmly to the ground like a thousand-pound weight.
"This isn't ordinary ninjutsu."
Garp looked at the giant rocks suspended around him, a trace of surprise flashing in his eyes.
Float-Float Fruit?
No, abilities are sealed in the dungeon!
What is up with this old thing?
In the ninja world, Earth Release utilized chakra to change the properties of mud. But what Shiki was doing now was granting objects "freedom"—or rather, through pupil power, forcibly tampering with the laws of gravity acting on the objects!
This was like perfectly replicating the Float-Float Fruit's ability through the medium of the Mangekyo Sharingan in this world without Devil Fruits, in the form of chakra, and perhaps... even stronger!
Because here, there was no curse of the sea!
"Jihahahaha! Can you feel it? This beautiful power!"
Shiki hovered in mid-air, his broken left leg stopping its bleeding under the wrapping of chakra. He looked down at Garp from above, his right hand slamming violently.
"Earth Control: Lion's Authority!" (Shishi Odoshi: Chijuan)
Roar—!!
Those countless rocks and mud suspended in the air instantly converged and reorganized.
In just the blink of an eye, hundreds of tons of earth and stone transformed into five massive rock lions. They were lifelike, every bristle of their manes composed of sharp rock. They opened their giant mouths, emitting deafening roars, and lunged to kill Garp from all directions!
"Since this is the Ninja World, simply follow the local customs..."
The steering wheel pattern in Shiki's eyes spun madly as he laughed wildly: "Taste this! The funeral I prepared especially for you!"
Five rock lions, wrapped in the force of ten thousand tons, smashed down, blotting out the sky and sun.
That pressure was like five small mountains collapsing simultaneously.
Dodge?
Nowhere to dodge!
All surrounding space was sealed off, and even the air was squeezed until it popped.
The joy in Shiki's eyes was overflowing; this power was even handier to control than the Float-Float Fruit!
"Now this is interesting!"
Facing this certain-kill desperate situation, Garp not only showed no fear but trembled with excitement. The dark purple lightning on his body surged instantly, making him look like an ignited supernova.
"This kind of flashy stuff, this old man can shatter it all with one punch!!"
Garp didn't take a half-step back.
His right foot stomped the ground fiercely, and the already overburdened earth instantly collapsed into a massive crater. Borrowing this reaction force, he shot straight toward the largest rock lion directly above like a purple nuclear warhead.
"Nintaijutsu: Bone Spirit: Galaxy Impact!!"
Dong—!!!
Heaven and earth lost their sound.
A white shockwave visible to the naked eye exploded frantically outward in a ring shape, centered on Garp's fist.
That rock lion, massive enough to crush a city wall, couldn't persist for even a second upon contacting Garp's fist. It cracked inch by inch starting from the head, turning into sky-filling dust!
But it wasn't over.
The terrifying fist force pierced through the rock lion, its remaining power undiminished, forcefully blasting a massive hole in the rain clouds in the sky.
Sunlight poured down through that hole, illuminating this messy battlefield.
"It's not over yet! Garp!"
Shiki's voice came from high altitude.
His fingers moved slightly, and the remaining four rock lions twisted their direction strangely in the air. They didn't continue attacking but instantly disassembled, transforming into countless sharp rock spears.
Hum!
Gravity reversal.
The gravity that was originally downwards instantly turned horizontal under the effect of Shiki's pupil power.
Those countless rock spears were like someone hit the fast-forward button, blasting toward Garp—who was in mid-air with no leverage—from the side at a terrifying speed exceeding sound.
"This kind of control..."
In the distance, Black Zetsu, hiding underground with only one eye exposed, was thoroughly shaken at this moment.
"Is this really a freshly opened Mangekyo? This kind of fine manipulation of pupil power, even Madara back then..."
Black Zetsu felt an inexplicable chill.
"Jihahahaha! Dance! Garp!"
Shiki laughed wildly, slamming his palms together.
The earth of the entire battlefield was forcefully pulled up by him, forming a massive sphere of earth and stone, sealing Garp tightly within the core.
This was Golden Lion Shiki's fighting style.
Even if he changed worlds, even if he changed bodies.
He was still that—Flying Pirate—who made the seas tremble!
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