Hatake Tatsuya in Naruto

"Ice Style: Thousand Killing Needles!"

The surrounding temperature plummeted abruptly. Water vapor in the air transformed into countless ice needles, all directed towards Tatsuya as the target.

"This level of mastery over Ice Ninjutsu," Tatsuya silently evaluated the Third Mizukage's power. However, there appeared to be many hidden secrets behind his old opponent's abilities.

In an instant, thousands of needles of ice descended which left no escape for Tatsuya.

"Master Tatsuya, be cautious!" Shikaku shouted.

Tatsuya swiftly swung his blade with a speed invisible to the naked eye. Due to the vacuum created due to the slash, space seemed to be severed as ripples isolated the endless barrage of ice needles.

"Is this all your weak ninjutsu achieve?" Tatsuya sneered with disdain.

With a sudden twist of his wrists, a second surge of chakra slash swept away the remaining ice needles, closing in on the Third Mizukage.

"Ice Style: Twin Ice Dragons!"

A pair of twin ice dragons surged from both sides, clamping onto the sword's slash and resisting its impact on their caster.

The clash between Sword Slash and ice dragons continued to rip the battlefield as icy debris mixed with Sword Slash scattered around, posing a deadly threat to any ninja within a hundred meters.

Rin had wisely retreated beyond this range. Suddenly, a shard of an ice dragon, deflected by the sword slash, flew back and cut into the waist of the Third Mizukage.

This scene caught Tatsuya's attention. He fixed his gaze on the severed waist, where no blood flowed.

"A class ninjutsu, one after another. Isn't he a few years older than Hokage why isn't his age and such intense battle affecting his chakra?" Akamichi Choza expressed his disbelief.

Mizukage was reminiscent of the old generation like Sarutobi Hiruzen. In the future Hiruzen's battle with Orochimaru was legendary, showcasing the first Kage-level showdown. However, upon closer scrutiny, Hiruzen didn't employ numerous advanced ninjutsu, while Third Mizukage used A-level ninjutsu consecutively, displaying no signs of Chakra overexertion.

Even Shikaku found this unbelievable. Could the Mizukage be older than Lord Hokage and the other elders and even then he was so strong?

"Unexpected strength," Madara thought to himself beneath the Mountains' Graveyard. His eyes glanced at a wooden bed not far away, where a boy lay unconscious. The most particular thing about the boy was his half-body was made up of Hashirama cells.

"I can only use that; there's no other way. If it weren't for Hatake brat's unimaginable strength, I wouldn't want to resort to it."

With a snap, the "Third Mizukage" swiftly weaved hand signs, and the cold breath lingering in the air condensed rapidly into a rectangular ice mirror.

"Ice Style: Crystal Ice Mirrors!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but exclaim from afar. He had faced the Third Mizukage several times, and this technique had deterred him repeatedly.

Without Naruto's unleashing of the Nine-Tail's chakra in the plot, both he and Sasuke might have fallen prey to this technique.

The power of the technique was a testament to Third Mizukage's overall strength.

However, it wasn't the same as Haku's "Crystal Ice Mirror." Its range was more extensive, the number of ice mirrors was higher, and there were no gaps like the Crystal Ice Mirrors used by Haku. It completely enveloped the entire area, spanning several hundred square meters around Tatsuya.

From the exterior, it appeared as a cuboid ice room, the size of a playground, which had completely enveloped Tatsuya, forming a massive ice chamber.

In the next moment, numerous reflections of the Third Mizukage manifested on the ice. While the original Crystal Ice Mirrors required the body to shuttle between different ice mirrors, this new version eliminated that weakness.

"Behold, Master Mizukage's feat," a girl of the same age as Rin, donning a Mist Shinobi forehead protector and having burgundy hair, spoke. "Rumor has it that no one can survive that technique."

Hiruzen found himself in a mixed emotional state. On one hand, he wished for Tatsuya's death within the ice chamber, as long as Tatsuya lived, life would remain challenging.

On the other hand, he couldn't allow Tatsuya to perish because his defeat in this battle would bring the enemy to Konoha's gates, and that would spell trouble for his life as the Third Hokage.

"Try to break it from the outside!" Akamichi Choza, in his enlarged state, turned into a colossal spinning ball while in mid-air, and he hurled himself against the ice wall.

However, after a booming impact, Akamichi Choza's whole body was repelled. The ice surface remained as smooth as before, seemingly impervious without a single crack.

"Why is it so tough?" Choza exclaimed in disbelief.

"Fatty, what can your fat techniques do?" one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, known as the Jinpachi, rushed forward with his blade, sneering and taunting.

"Ice style Crystal Ice Mirror Burial!" Third Mizukage declared coldly within the ice chamber.

Tatsuya's gaze shifted, his eyebrows arching slightly as he remarked, "Is this an enhanced version of the Crystal Ice Mirrors? Do you believe such a jutsu can defeat me?"

Tatsuya's hands overlapped as he gripped the sword's hilt, channeling all his chakra into the sword.

"Onibi!"

Yamamoto Genryūsai's Oni Fire: Tatsuya executed this technique, the same one that had split Killer B in half. The air trembled intensely as the sword impacted one end of the ice wall, causing the entire battlefield to shake.

"No, it can't be! There are signs of cracks in the ice!"

"The battle has started inside!"

"What's going to happen?" The ninjas from both villages wondered. But their battles did not pause.

"It's surprisingly sturdy. Old man, in the end..." Tatsuya examined the large, partially shattered rift where the sword energy had struck. He then turned his attention to the Third Mizukage, who cast infinite reflections of himself on the ice's walls.

To achieve this level of hardness, a substantial amount of chakra had to be infused. The Yuki Clan members were not like Senju and Uzumaki with vast chakra reserves. So ultimately, this guy...

The "Third Mizukage" was truly remarkable. By infusing a large amount of chakra into his Magic Mirror's Ice-burial and using it as a defense. He could even withstand Susanoo, even a complete one, and produce such a substantial feat.

"But it doesn't matter; I never intended to defeat you with my last attack."

Upon the ice, countless images of the Third Mizukage gradually appeared. He opened his eyes which revealed his left eye and displayed a shocking sight that sent shivers down Tatsuya's spine.

It was Sharingan!

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