Naruto: From Fake to Real, Deceiving the Ninja World

Chapter 576 "The Seven Deadly Sins" - The Last Sin

cold----

It's so cold!

In Hinata Aoi's ears, all the sounds grew farther and farther away, becoming increasingly indistinct.

Jiraiya's roar, Hinata's cries, Tsunade's gasps—

It all seemed as if there was a thick curtain of water between them, making them distant and unreal.

The world before her eyes gradually darkened, starting from the edges and inch by inch encroaching towards the center, as if someone were slowly extinguishing the lights in her vision.

The chill began to spread from my heart.

That's where the sword blade pierced through.

The cold blade left her body, but the coldness did not leave with it; instead, it seemed to come alive, spreading from the wound outwards.

Wherever it went, the blood cooled down inch by inch, the warm pulse weakened little by little, and the limbs gradually lost sensation, as if abandoned by the whole world.

That feeling is called "death".

Or perhaps, it is called "despair".

Why?

She was abandoned.

She was abandoned by that person.

Kumokawa, Hinata Kumokawa —

The person she was willing to trust with her life, the person she thought understood better than anyone else, the person she prayed would always be by her side on countless nights—

I thought I was special, I thought I was someone you needed.

Why?

Why do this?

Why did it turn out like this?

Clearly, everything is fine.

Just now, he was smiling at her and saying "thank you."

"Mingming, if you're willing, I can even—"

But why me of all people?

She wanted to ask, but no sound came out.

She wanted to open her eyes and look in that direction again, but her eyelids felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead.

Confusion, fear, resentment, despair —

All the negative emotions surged, crashed, and boiled in her chest like a tidal wave.

They intertwined, transforming into a powerful torrent that nearly burst through her body.

She wanted to scream, but no sound came out; she wanted to cry, but even the strength to open her eyes was slipping away.

Her incredibly turbulent and intense emotions became the final piece that Hinata Kumokawa needed.

"It's really lively."

Standing behind Hinata Kumokawa, "Kage" spoke in a relaxed tone, his crimson gaze slowly sweeping across everything present through the shadows obscuring his face.

The gaze swept over Isshiki Otsutsuki's twisted and ferocious face, over the Ten-Tails that was transforming and expanding in size, and over the terrified and bewildered Allied Shinobi.

Finally, his gaze settled on Hinata Hyuga, who was in Hinata Hyuga's arms.

Those scarlet eyes narrowed slightly as they sensed the intense, almost tangible, spiritual energy surging from Hyuga Aoi's body.

"Looks like I've arrived just in time?" he said with a smile.

Glug-glug-glug-glug

As soon as he finished speaking, "Shadow" reached out his hand, and from the shadow beneath his feet, a rectangular outline slowly emerged, rising little by little from the shadow.

It was a sword case.

It rose little by little from the shadows and hovered beside the shadow.

Click.

As "Shadow" raised her hand and placed it on the sword case, the originally upright sword case unfolded from the middle to both sides like a fan, emitting a crisp mechanical sound.

Inside the sword case that once held seven swords, seven grooves were arranged in sequence.

Six of them were empty, leaving only the last groove where a short dagger lay quietly.

Its entire body is an eerie pink, and its blade is slender and elegant, like the fangs of a viper or a faint smile on a lover's lips.

That is the last of the "Seven Deadly Sins".

—Lust.

Buzz!

The dagger was trembling violently, emitting a deep hum, as if it had come alive, exuding an aura that made one's heart tremble.

Then----

呲!

The "Lust" sword suddenly flew out of its case, transforming into a pink streak of light that trailed a long tail as it sliced ​​through the air and pierced straight towards Hinata Aoi.

Hinata Hyuga's slightly constricted pupils reflected that stream of light, and her body instantly tensed up, her muscles taut to the point of almost breaking.

But it was too fast.

The speed of that streak of light far exceeded the limits of her reaction time, and she had no time to stop it.

The next moment, a figure suddenly appeared in front of her.

"Lady Tsunade!"

Looking at the figure in the long robe with the word "gambling" on it, Hinata Hyuga felt a sense of relief almost subconsciously.

Tsunade faced the oncoming dagger head-on, her emerald green pupils reflecting the eerie pink light.

She was well aware of the strangeness and power of each of the seven swords of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Even if she didn't know what the last "Lust" weapon's power was, she would never hold back or underestimate it.

Her right fist was brimming with power; chakra coalesced within it, muscles bulged to their limit, and her waist and legs twisted, channeling all her weight and strength into this single punch.

Then, it was blasted out.

Bang!

The compressed air exploded with a loud bang as the fist met the long, narrow dagger head-on.

The force of the punch was so strong that it distorted the air. This punch was enough to shatter rocks, blast through iron walls, and crush anything that dared to take its head-on into pieces.

However, reflected in Tsunade's emerald green eyes...

hum.

The pink light, the "Lust" weapon, seemed like a phantom as it pierced straight through her fist, entered her body, and then emerged from her body.

It did not cause her any harm, as if she had passed through a projection without a physical form.

Then, it passed through Tsunade's body and went straight into Hyuga Aoi's body behind her.

Just like the hierarchy of love that Augustine constructed in "On Christian Doctrine".

The highest priority is, without a doubt, loving God; the next is loving one's neighbor as oneself; and the last is rationally loving one's creation.

The so-called depravity is loving oneself or one's senses above God.

That is, the so-called "sexual desire".

Hinata Aoi's boundless affection for Hinata Kumokawa undoubtedly fulfilled this requirement.

boom!!

In an instant, "Lust" resonated with the spiritual energy emanating from Hyuga Aoi, and the mutated chakra and aura transformed into a white and pink pillar of light that shot into the sky from her body.

"Varied----"

Hinata Hyuga felt a burning sensation in her arms, and the next second, a tremendous force slammed into her chest, sending her flying backward.

Within the pillar of light, Hinata Aoi's body slowly floated up, and the aura of "Lust" gradually merged with her own, as if the two were originally one.

Hinata Kumokawa watched that scene quietly, a faint light flashing in his eyes.

But the next moment, firelight was reflected in his eyes, and the air seemed to boil with heat.

"Toad Oil Bomb!"

"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"

Jiraiya's furious shout came from mid-air.

Gamabunta, wielding a giant wakizashi, suddenly leaped into the air, puffing out his cheeks and spitting out toad oil at Hyuga Kumokawa below.

On its head, Jiraiya also puffed out his cheeks, and the flames he spewed from his mouth condensed into a crimson beam of fire.