Naruto : Sequence 0 Visionary

At this moment, Lu Mingfei suddenly remembered a commercial slogan.

Why are you always chasing me?

But unfortunately, the figure in yellow didn't intend to explain. With a graceful hand, it gripped the sword of nothingness and struck down.

In the area of judgment, the overwhelming pressure came like a landslide. The seemingly light strike created a huge storm in an instant.

Boom!

The space actually split apart, like a miracle, akin to Moses parting the sea.

The air cleared in a surge, like a tidal wave, rolling and scattering. The devastating strike caused the entire street to collapse and shatter.

By a hair's breadth, Lu Mingfei and the others dodged the slash. After exchanging glances, Chu Zihang threw the metal box he was carrying: "Use this!"

Lu Mingfei, stepping on the collapsing ground, used the force to leap high and catch the metal sword box that was thrown.

He let out a deep breath.

The hidden power under his muscles erupted like a volcano. His five fingers gripped the saber inside the metal box, and a flash of golden flame flickered in his pupils.

With a desolate and fierce dragon's roar, Lu Mingfei pulled out the saber named "Wrath"!

The thick, pitch-black blade was covered in intricate golden patterns, and with each flicker, it emitted a heavy heartbeat-like sound. 

The violent and ferocious aura swept through like a tsunami. 

Lu Mingfei gripped the sword's hilt, and the unmatched power dragged the saber, slashing upward at a sharp angle, sending out a gust of fierce wind.

Whoosh!

The raised, terrifying blade light forced the yellow figure back.

The fierce wind from the saber seemed like a tangible blade of energy, leaving a small crack on the pale mask of the yellow figure.

"Hmph."

The temperature around suddenly dropped. The yellow figure seemed very angry and directly raised a hand to grasp the void.

Then, that jade-like hand actually pulled a "sword" from the void.

No, rather than a sword, it was more like the bone of some creature. It was completely white like jade, the slender blade flat-edged, resembling a fine piece of artwork.

It didn't resemble a weapon of slaughtering like a 'sword.' Instead, it seemed more like a jade object forged from the essence of heaven and earth, crafted with divine skill, beyond the reach of human hands.

"I think I've seen this thing before," Caesar muttered, staring at the 'sword' in that person's hand, furrowing his brows and desperately trying to recall where he had seen it.

"Kusanagi. Its name is Kusanagi," 

At that moment, Lu Mingfei's gaze fixed on the 'sword,' and his voice became deep as he said, "In the legends, Susanoo killed the eight-headed serpent and found the divine sword named 'Kusanagi' inside its tail. It's the sharpest sword in the world. I should have realized it earlier; only you deserve to wield 'Kusanagi.'"

Suddenly, both Caesar and Chu Zihang recalled the origins of the 'sword' in their minds.

"Uesugi Erii."

Lu Mingfei's expression grew complicated as he looked up at the figure standing on the streetlamp, with the yellow robe fluttering: "I wasn't wrong, was I?"

Judgment, the girl, Kusanagi. When all the clues came together, even an idiot would have figured it out.

"But… why?" Chu Zihang's pupils shook, his mind going blank. "Uesugi Erii... wasn't she with the White King?"

This was a question Caesar wanted to know too.

After the mission in Japan, only a few of them knew about Adam = the White King.

As for Uesugi Erii and Adam, they had all seen their relationship back then. 

Even though Uesugi Erii had disappeared for a long time afterward, she was practically assumed to be with Adam by Cassell.

Wait, Adam?

Caesar and Chu Zihang suddenly locked eyes, both realizing the shocking possibility.

After the Japan mission, Adam had completely disappeared from the school, and no one knew where he went. But if they connected the dots now, with Uesugi Erii, dressed in yellow and joining the Secret Order, it could only mean one thing.

"The White King... could he have fallen?" Caesar swallowed nervously, voicing his guess.

Otherwise, it was hard to imagine why Uesugi Erii, once by the White King's side, would suddenly transform and join the Secret Order.

Could it be that the Secret Order was founded by the White King?

The thought flashed in his mind but was quickly snuffed out. He shook his head to deny it.

"Impossible, the goal of the Secret Order is to summon the 'King in Yellow,' the master of the deep space star sea in cosmos. He once saw him in a dream, and has no connection to the White King whatsoever!"

"So it must be that the White King encountered the 'Secret Order' somewhere and fell without a sound."

"As for Uesugi Erii, she must have been controlled by the Secret Order, becoming their puppet."

"Yes, it must be like that!"

Caesar thought through everything in his mind and then shared his thoughts with the two.

"Hiss—!"

Lu Mingfei gasped.

He wasn't like Caesar and Lu Mingfei, who had speculated that Adam from the academy might have some connection to the 'Adam' they were thinking of.

But now, everything was much clearer.

When they first met, 'Adam' told him and Lu Mingze that there were many terrifying unknown beings deep in the vast universe.

The ancient old gods, who had existed before the birth of the universe, were constantly eyeing this planet.

It was that 'Adam,' who, unseen by humans, was alone resisting the 'terror' from the depths of space. The Adam at the academy was a casualty in this conflict.

If sacrificing a 'Dragon King' couldn't stop the 'Secret Order's' progress, what would it take?

At that moment, Lu Mingfei felt an overwhelming sense of helplessness.

That 'Adam' was secretly protecting the world, even sacrificing a Dragon King for it, yet still couldn't stop the 'terror' from the depths of space. What kind of existence could that be?

Could it truly be something humanity could resist?!

Lu Mingfei couldn't help but deeply doubt it.

"If this is true, the Secret Order is too terrifying!" Chu Zihang, standing beside him, said with a heavy heart. "We must report this to the academy as soon as possible!"

"First, let's figure out how to get through the current situation!"

Caesar muttered to himself because he saw the person raise the pure white "Kusanagi."

Whom—

The sacred and inviolable domain suddenly expanded, immediately stirring up violent gusts of wind.

Centered around 'Uesugi Erii,' the air visible to the naked eye was pushed away, growing more intense, swallowing everything around like a tsunami.

In that instant, the world in the eyes of Lu Mingfei and the others seemed to turn into a dead, grayish-white.

The raindrops falling from the sky seemed to slow down by countless times, with clear, visible trails as they fell. The noise faded away, and the whole world seemed to be paused.

Only the girl, walking through the rain, appeared like a divine being.

Her delicate hand gripped the translucent, jade-like divine sword. In the eyes of the onlookers, her movements were light and slow, drawing a bright, clear arc as she swung the blade.

We're... going to die!

At that moment, the only thought left in Lu Mingfei and the others' minds was that.

The suffocating pressure, accompanied by the sharp sword intent, felt as if the world would be reset, making them feel like there was no escape.

However, at that moment.

The person wearing the pale mask, dressed in a long yellow robe, holding the "Kusanagi," suddenly stopped.

It was as if someone whispered softly in his ear, and the sacred, inviolable mental domain that enveloped Lu Mingfei and the others collapsed and disintegrated with a loud rumble.

The rain curtain that had been cut off by the slash suddenly resumed flowing.

The paused world seemed to have been pressed on the "start" button again. The rain fell fiercely, and water vapor rose like a curtain, with the noise slowly returning. They... were still alive!

For a moment, Lu Mingfei truly thought they were dead.

His heart, experiencing such drastic ups and downs, could not stop beating wildly. It was more thrilling than jumping out of an airplane without a parachute, by a hundred times!

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