Chapter 153: Chapter 46: A Clash of Temporal Dōjutsu
The wind howled as the wooden dragon spiraled into the heavens during their conversation, breaking through the sea of clouds.
"Come, unleash your next move," Kamihane said calmly.
Urashiki's face was contorted in a snarl. He was clamped tightly in the wooden dragon's jaws, the immense biting force threatening to crush his bones. Not only that, but his chakra was draining away like water from an opened dam, continuously absorbed by the dragon.
Kamihane's gaze was serene. He rested one hand on the hilt of his sword, looking down at Urashiki with a blank expression.
From the very start of the battle, he had activated "Makora" to adapt to Urashiki's "Yomotsu Hirasaka." In his view, that ultimate space-time ninjutsu, which could only be performed with Kekkei Mōra, was the most troublesome threat.
As time passed, the analysis progressed with each moment of the battle. But the technique was far too complex; even with the power of his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, he couldn't fully adapt to it in a short time.
For this reason, while the situation was still under control, he had intentionally prolonged the fight, forcing Urashiki to use "Yomotsu Hirasaka" with the Complete Body Susanoo to create more time and space for "Makora" to analyze.
But as the battle progressed, the power of Urashiki's blue Rinnegan had captured his attention.
Not only could it predict the future through "time rewinds," but it could also inexplicably nullify his ever-successful "Amaterasu"!
If this man were truly allowed to consume the Shinju no Mi, his techniques would inevitably be strengthened to an unimaginable degree.
Kamihane secretly wondered: since both Urashiki's technique and his own "Amaterasu" were theoretically space-time abilities, could there be some degree of overlap between them?
Therefore, he immediately switched his adaptation target, using "Makora's" analytical power to comprehensively deconstruct Urashiki's rewind ability.
The so-called "time rewind" was the process of repeatedly experiencing reality, gaining experience to deal with it, and then re-treading the path to avoid unfavorable outcomes, making the future develop in the direction one desired.
The truly terrifying aspect of Urashiki's technique was that he could repeatedly rewind the same timeline. Although the range was small, the number of uses was infinite, making it arguably the ultimate defense.
And the way to deal with such a defense was to restrain the urge to attack and bide one's time.
If the enemy doesn't move, I don't move. Meet all changes with constancy.
The wooden dragon, having absorbed Urashiki's chakra, continued to grow. Faced with such a crisis, he had to respond!
"Amatsumikaboshi: Tsuru no Sora!"
The wooden dragon's mouth went slack. Its jaws slammed shut with a boom, and from the seam of its lips, countless red-glowing paper cranes scattered into the wind, vanishing without a trace.
Kamihane immediately halted his charge and closed his eyes. Soul perception, magnetic field detection, and chakra hyper-frequency wave detection merged into one, pushing his resulting spatial awareness to its absolute maximum.
Above the wooden dragon, at a direct distance of about 80 meters, Urashiki's figure appeared without warning, glaring fiercely in his direction.
"Hmm, so this technique can teleport that far."
As the thought formed in his mind, Kamihane's Mikagami was already unsheathed. It transformed into a beam of chilling green light and shot outwards, its tip piercing through layers of air, reaching Urashiki in the blink of an eye.
Simultaneously, he once again activated "Amaterasu" to rewind his own state, setting the time point to half a second earlier.
A strange thing happened. His state was not successfully restored, but... the Mikagami, which had not been targeted, inexplicably returned to his hand.
"So that's how it works." Kamihane held his "Shimotsuki no Isshin" level and slowly opened his eyes, his pupils deep and profound.
"Time... has no intrinsic meaning."
A certain light danced in his gaze. "What we call 'time' is merely a parameter used by humans to describe the process of material movement and change. Time itself has no meaning. It has no concrete manifestation; it is just an abstract concept."
"To determine time, we rely on the laws of periodic changes in matter under macroscopic conditions, unaffected by external influences, such as... the Earth's rotation."
"Therefore, the concept of time is relative. With a different frame of reference, the flow of time is naturally different."
"My 'Amaterasu' didn't fail. On the contrary, it succeeded every time."
"The reason my state wasn't restored is that while I was rewinding myself, you used your Rinnegan to rewind the entire world's timeline, keeping my time point level with the world's time point. According to the concept of relativity, if the flow of time is the same, then reality remains unchanged."
Kamihane smiled faintly, his eyes shining brightly. "Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, I didn't expect you to bring me this kind of surprise."
"There is no clever way to break your technique. The greatest truths are the simplest. The only way is to overwhelm you with a longer timeline, to cover and surpass your rewind range!"
As he spoke, the Mangekyō in Kamihane's right eye spun gently. In an instant, he felt refreshed and invigorated. The previous exhaustion was swept away, his spirit was full, and his chakra was abundant. He looked no different than he had before the battle began.
"You!" Urashiki's face turned black.
In truth, the reason Kamihane's dōjutsu had been suppressed by Urashiki was entirely due to a habit he had formed long ago.
Previously, whenever he was injured, had consumed too much chakra, or was in a disadvantageous situation, he would choose the most recent time point to execute his rewind.
For example, if he were cut in half one second ago, he would immediately rewind to the moment just before being cut. If he were pierced two seconds ago, he would never rewind to three seconds ago.
The reason for this was to minimize the burden on his body. The moment the dōjutsu was activated, his cells would feel a刺痛感 of varying degrees. The longer the timeline was pulled, the more intense the fleeting pain would be.
In battle, this pain would distract him and slow his neural reaction speed.
Over time, he developed a "frugal" fighting habit. Even after upgrading to the undamaged Eternal Eyes, he still maintained this habit.
When he had first awakened his eyes, he hadn't cared about this at all, always prudently rewinding to the maximum limit of five minutes to ensure he had no losses.
The night he left Konoha proved everything.
It wasn't until the battle at the Valley of the End that he met Tobirama.
Because his reaction wasn't timely enough, that wicked old Senju demon was just a fraction of a second faster than him, leading to him being suppressed and beaten by a combination of the Hiraishin Kekkai and the Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tags...
Against a master, especially a "godspeed" ninja like him, any tiny mistake was fatal.
When facing Urashiki, if Kamihane had unhesitatingly pulled the timeline to its absolute limit of ten minutes, Urashiki's rewind interference would have been instantly nullified. After all, his range was at most a mere ten seconds.
Kamihane stretched his shoulders, letting the wooden dragon beneath his feet fall into the lake. "Well then... Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, can you keep dancing?"
Urashiki slowly descended until he was on the same level as Kamihane, their eyes meeting.
"Accept your fate, Uchiha Kamihane. As you are now, you can't even touch me!" he declared.
"'Give up, Uchiha Kamihane. In this era, all you can do is wait obediently for death...' That's what you said when we first met, wasn't it?" Kamihane's tone was light.
"I really do hate you, both in the future and now!"
Kamihane sneered and raised his Mikagami. His gaze was like that of a hunting python, coiled and ready to strike, sending a jolt of alarm through Urashiki's heart.
"Now that it's come to this, why don't you try calling yourself a 'god' in front of me again?"
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