Chapter 131: Menma: I'm Charitable and Enjoy Helping Others Fulfill Their Wishes
"Ice Release: Black Dragon Blizzard!"
Kazahana Dotō fiercely swung his fist. The black dragon phantom also opened its great mouth and roared, assailing the direction of Menma and his group.
The surrounding air temperature plummeted, as if cold enough to freeze one's blood.
Feeling the intimidating cold air blowing towards them,
Menma stroked Koyuki's head, tilted his own slightly, and chuckled softly: "Remember to go easy on him."
"That chakra armor he's wearing still has some value."
The instant his voice fell,
Shisui's figure vanished in a flash, leaving only his black afterimage.
When he reappeared, he was already in front of the black dragon phantom.
Before the massive black dragon, Shisui's figure seemed exceptionally small.
The black dragon's gaping mouth looked as if it would swallow him whole.
Kazahana Dotō, who was originally somewhat cautious, couldn't help but reveal a disdainful smile upon seeing this.
"Fool! A rat who only knows how to hide in the shadows and sneak attack actually dares to face my ninjutsu head-on!"
The contemptuous thought had just formed when a sudden change occurred.
Crack crack crack!!
Green, tangible chakra rapidly condensed, forming a skeletal frame that protected Shisui's entire body.
But it wasn't over.
Building upon the skeletal frame, chakra-formed meridians and flesh spread over the body.
Finally, a green, half-bodied giant holding a weapon resembling a knight's lance appeared before everyone.
-- Susanoo - Second Form.
"Roar!"
Gazing at the black dragon, Shisui raised the knight's lance-like weapon in his hand.
Like a fearless knight facing a wicked dragon.
The next moment, the lance and the wicked dragon collided.
BOOM!!
Following a loud crash, the green half-bodied giant stood unmoving.
The black dragon, however, like a punctured snowman, shattered into fragments of ice and snow that scattered everywhere, leaving only a refreshing breeze.
"This..."
Before Kazahana Dotō could react,
The green half-bodied giant instantly vanished, and Shisui, with only the skeletal arms of his Susanoo remaining, appeared before him.
His scarlet pupils, as if gazing at an ant, met Kazahana Dotō's eyes, neither happy nor sad.
Kazahana Dotō snapped back to reality, his arms covered by the chakra shield subconsciously protecting his front.
The skeletal fist clenched and struck fiercely at the chakra shield on his chest.
BOOM!!
CRACK CRACK CRACK!!
The violent impact directly caused the chakra shield to tremble intensely, emitting an unbearable sound.
Kazahana Dotō, who took the blow head-on, was also not having an easy time.
The chakra shield, hailed as capable of blocking any physical attack, actually failed to block the full force of this punch.
A considerable force passed through the outer chakra shield and armor.
In an instant,
BOOM!!
The chakra shield shattered. Kazahana Dotō's body was instantly sent flying backwards.
He slammed violently into the wall, becoming directly embedded in it.
"Pfft!!"
Kazahana Dotō fell from the wall to the ground, his face flushed red as he spat out a mouthful of blood.
The aura on his body visibly weakened; his internal organs had clearly suffered heavy damage.
However, under Shisui's precise control, he immediately retracted the force after shattering the chakra shield.
His chakra armor only had a few scratches and suffered no damage.
"Not bad at all. Very familiar with the mastery of Susanoo."
Looking at Kazahana Dotō who had lost the ability to resist, Menma praised Shisui without reservation: "Tsukuyomi no Mikoto is still far behind you. In the future, when you two spar, remember to pass on your experience to her."
"Yes."
Shisui and Izumi nodded lightly.
The three paid no mind to Kazahana Dotō, who was lying on the ground as wretched as a dead dog.
Asama Sandayū, seeing this, also couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"Have I stayed in the Land of Snow for too long, thus becoming a frog in a well?"
This experience had truly shattered his long-held perception of ninja.
To him, those Grass Ninja were already considered experts.
And Kazahana Dotō and Nadare Rōga were the strongest existences in the Land of Snow.
Yet before "Crimson Moon," they were either effortlessly killed or defeated.
"Sigh! Forget it, forget it..."
Sandayū turned his head to look at Princess Koyuki, sighing inwardly: "Just let them do as they please. I just need to protect Princess Koyuki."
From beginning to end, what he cared about was not the Land of Snow, but the daughter of his lord Kazahana Sōsetsu, Kazahana Koyuki.
To date, "Crimson Moon" had not shown any malice towards Princess Koyuki.
"Ame-no-Minakanushi" was even trying to cultivate Princess Koyuki into a qualified ruler.
Then what reason did Sandayū have to remain wary of them?
Thinking this, he completely extinguished those cautious thoughts in his heart.
Just then.
"Cough cough... Haa! Did I... still fail?"
Kazahana Dotō coughed up a mouthful of blood, struggling to look up at Kazahana Koyuki, a bitter smile on his face: "I underestimated you. You still won."
With that, he suddenly paused, a pleading look appearing on his face.
"I know I will surely die, but before I die, I beg you to let me see what the treasure of the Land of Snow really is!"
As a former general, Kazahana Dotō knew he would certainly die.
But, if he couldn't see the treasure of the Land of Snow he had pursued his whole life before dying, he would not be able to rest in peace!
"The treasure of the Land of Snow?"
Kazahana Koyuki, her expression complex, couldn't help but be stunned upon hearing this.
She subconsciously looked down at her crystal accessory.
This was what her father, Kazahana Sōsetsu, had told her to keep safe, the Hexagonal Crystal that Kazahana Dotō had bitterly sought.
At the same time, it was also the key he claimed could open the treasure of the Land of Snow.
But...
"I have never heard my father say that the Land of Snow has any treasure, let alone any connection between the Hexagonal Crystal and a treasure."
Kazahana Koyuki frowned as she finished speaking, then looked towards Asama Sandayū with a questioning gaze.
Seeing Sandayū, who was once her father's close aide, also shake his head blankly, only then did she look back down at Kazahana Dotō.
"Impossible! Cough cough!!"
Kazahana Dotō, originally with a weak aura and pale face, heard this, his face instantly flushing red. Overcome by a fit of rage, he spat out more blood.
"Huff! I'm already dying! Stop lying to me!"
He gasped for breath, shouting with a twisted face: "I've heard my brother mention it many times! The supreme treasure of the Land of Snow is hidden by him in the Rainbow Ice Wall, and it can only be opened with the Hexagonal Crystal!"
With that, a pleading look appeared on his face again: "Koyuki, I beg you, take me there. Afterwards, I'll let you do with me as you please."
Kazahana Dotō's words were so certain, his manner so matter-of-fact, that Asama Sandayū and Kazahana Koyuki couldn't help but look at each other.
For a moment, they both saw doubt in each other's eyes.
Just as Koyuki was about to speak,
"Don't worry, a treasure does indeed exist."
Menma suddenly spoke with a smile, asking meaningfully: "My greatest virtue is that I am charitable and enjoy helping others fulfill their wishes."
"Since that's the case, on the day of Koyuki's enthronement, at the time of your execution, you can witness the treasure of the Land of Snow with your own eyes."
(End of Chapter)
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