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Chapter 170: Shadow Gundam Stands Upon the Earth!
🕑 Added 2025-09-03 14:06:00 +0000 UTCChapter 170: Shadow Gundam Stands Upon the Earth!
"There's no need for me to fight anymore?"
Minato was slightly taken aback by Keisuke's plan, but in the next moment, he felt an immense and astonishing amount of chakra erupt from the young man's slender frame. Faintly, Minato thought he could see the image of a colossal black giant standing behind him, so vast it seemed to touch the sky. The feeling was just like facing an enraged Kushina Uzumaki.
Minato subconsciously took a step back. The oppressive chakra radiating from that black giant was no less than that of the Nine-Tails.
It wasn't just Minato. Uchiha Kagami, who had been knocked back to a distance, also felt the extremely powerful "high-energy reaction." Though he didn't know what new trick the two Konoha ninja were pulling, he decisively increased the power output of his Mangekyo Sharingan. After taking that explosive punch from Keisuke, the upper body of his Susanoo had been blown wide open. But now, with the near-limitless dōjutsu supplied by the Edo Tensei, the Susanoo instantly regenerated from its damaged state, the entire construct shining as if it were brand new.
"My ninja way is very simple, all for the sake of a peaceful and happy life," Nara Keisuke said, slowly removing his tactical sunglasses to reveal a pair of deep, black eyes. He stared at the fully restored Susanoo, his expression as calm as still water.
"Victory, and then, domination!"
Shadows surged beneath his feet like a tidal wave, climbing up his legs. The astonishing amount of chakra now radiating from his shadow was terrifying to behold.
"Let me see it, the power of the Uchiha!"
Kagami piloted the Susanoo, beating its wings and flying at high speed towards Keisuke and Minato. The strange spiral spear in its right hand was raised again, and it shot towards them like an arrow loosed from a bow. The calm water below was split by the gale force of its charge. In just a few breaths, the Susanoo was upon them, its high-speed movement bringing with it an overwhelming aura of death.
But at that critical moment, a giant arm made of pure, dark shadow shot out from beneath Keisuke. In its lifelike hand, it held a pitch-black shield nearly half the size of the Susanoo itself, meeting the charge head-on.
Shadow Armor Technique!
The Susanoo's spiral spear slammed into the massive black shield. The violent impact produced a deafening, earth-shattering boom.
BOOM!!
The air between the two colossal forces could not withstand the pressure and exploded into a visible, ring-shaped shockwave that expanded in all directions. The flat, wide surface of the water was thrown up into a raging torrent several meters high. Minato threw his arms up to shield his face, forced back by the blast. Through the gap in his arms, he could just barely see the center of the clash, and a low groan escaped his lips.
"What... is that now?!"
Where Keisuke had been standing, there was now a mighty, pitch-black giant. It wore a helmet adorned with deer antlers, held a shield in its left hand and a sword in its right. Its powerful frame was clad in ornate, complex black armor, with a hexagonal, honeycomb-like pattern of light and shadow giving it a sublime and mysterious aura. From a distance, it looked like a black samurai stepping out of the river of history, yet it was inexplicably mixed with a futuristic, cyber-tech aesthetic.
[S-Rank Technique: Shadow Transformation Technique: Black Samurai]
[Description: An ultimate transformation ninjutsu created based on [Shadow Secret Art] and the [Yin Seal].]
[Effect: 1. Uses the user's Yin Release chakra to create the [Black Samurai], which can shift between a tangible and intangible shadow state. Its physical form is durable enough to withstand most physical attacks. 2. The [Black Samurai] resonates with the user's chakra and can perform all of the user's mastered Yin Release secret techniques. It can also serve as a temporary vessel for the user's consciousness.]
[Evaluation: I am Gundam!]
The Black Samurai, Keisuke's new form, used the shadow shield in its left hand to steadily block the high-speed charge from Kagami's Susanoo, its massive body not even trembling in the slightest.
This sudden appearance of a second giant sent a massive shock through the two masterminds hiding in the shadows.
"A Susanoo? That's impossible!" Madara, who was controlling Kagami, was stunned. "This is an exclusive dōjutsu of the Uchiha clan! The ultimate power that can only be wielded by an Uchiha who has awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan!"
And hidden even deeper, the ninja world's "most devoted son" was equally shaken by the jutsu this Nara genius had unleashed.
But Keisuke had no time to worry about what his secret audience was thinking. The amount of chakra stored in his Yin Seal was finite; he couldn't afford to waste a single moment.
He transferred his consciousness into the Black Samurai, becoming a colossal black Gundam, and swung the shadow longsword in his right hand at the nearby Susanoo. The seemingly unstoppable blade was, in reality, just a product of shape transformation and had no special properties. But even so, when wielded by the massive Black Samurai, the simplest of weapons could produce the most threatening effect.
Kagami snapped out of his shock and quickly had the Susanoo raise its left arm to block the sword. But with a mere thought from Keisuke, the rigid sword instantly went limp, transforming into a shadow whip that coiled around the Susanoo's arm like a venomous snake.
Shadow Vise Technique!
The thick shadow exerted the incredible strength of a steel cable, locking down the Susanoo's arm. In his Black Samurai form, Keisuke could use all of his mastered Yin-style techniques at once. Kagami immediately tried to twist his arm free, but a continuous stream of chakra flowed from Keisuke's Yin Seal. The shadow binding instantly spread from the arm to the rest of the giant's body.
In a single exchange, the Black Samurai had used the Shadow Vise to completely immobilize Kagami's Susanoo.
In the next moment, Keisuke calmly raised his left hand. The giant shield dissolved into the shadows below, and from the Black Samurai's palm, a volley of Yin Release chakra spheres shot out, slamming into the Susanoo's head.
Spiraling Shadow Killing Cannon!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Each consecutive blast that struck the Susanoo's head produced a heart-stopping roar. Deep within that head was where Kagami himself was located. Keisuke hoped to use this method to forcibly break the Susanoo's defense and blast him out.
Faced with Keisuke's "unconventional" fighting style of binding with one hand and shooting with the other, Kagami struggled desperately. The seemingly unbreakable Shadow Vise began to tremble with the giant's thrashing. Keisuke noticed this and, without hesitation, increased his chakra output, tightening the binding to another level.
The Yin Seal was located within Keisuke's own shadow. In this state, the chakra he released could completely bypass the limits of his own chakra pathway system, meaning he didn't have to worry about any physical backlash. In other words, the level of Yin Release chakra he could now unleash was S-rank.
And although Kagami was an Edo Tensei, the amount of dōjutsu he could output at any given time was still limited to the A-rank level of his living self. Under these circumstances, it was impossible for him to break free.
But Keisuke didn't have time to celebrate. His Yin Seal's reserves were finite, while the Edo Tensei's were infinite. If he couldn't break the Susanoo quickly, all that chakra would be wasted. Realizing this, he increased the firing rate of his cannon. Several more blasts struck the Susanoo's head directly. As the Yin Release chakra from both sides canceled each other out, the giant's defense steadily weakened. Even with Kagami constantly replenishing his dōjutsu from within, the color of the Susanoo's head visibly faded.
After the relentless bombardment, its armor was nearly transparent.
"Spiraling Shadow Killing Cannon!"
Keisuke fired one last shot, completely shattering the Susanoo's head like a watermelon. Fragments of chakra scattered and dissolved into the air. Without its head, the rest of the giant began to fade away. Kagami's true body was exposed.
The Black Samurai's thick shadow fell over him, and a basic Shadow Binding Technique locked him in place. The Mangekyo Sharingan in Kagami's eyes spun wildly. He was about to use his Yatagarasu ability to fly out of the giant's control, but at that moment, the Black Samurai raised its left hand again and fired one last black projectile at his head.
"Spiraling Shadow Killing Cannon!"
THOOM!
The projectile flashed through the air like lightning. Kagami's head exploded, leaving only a headless body behind. The Black Samurai then used its shadow vise and, like a yo-yo, flung the headless corpse towards Minato.
Particles of dust were already gathering at Kagami's neck, about to regenerate his head. But Minato, who had been preparing this whole time, flashed forward and delivered the final blow—
"Four Symbols Seal!"
