Chapter 62

Akira stood in front of the nine tails, her eyes fixating the giant figure full of malicious chakra.

Although Akira's chakra is also malicious, the malice and killing intent that she could emit was weaker than it.

Akira found another figure in her location, Kushina was guarding the nine tails, and deep worry reflected in her eyes as she found the intruder in her mindscape.

Akira wasn't surprised that Kushina's spirit would be awake. The Genjutsu that she casted focused on severing the connection between her body and her mind, while she took the library to use her ocular ability to read all her memories.

" Who are you, and why are you attacking me. " Kushina asked the black cloaked figure in front of her with a pair of weird Sharingan, the Uzumaki sealing chains being deployed in the surrounding area.

" Uzumaki Kushina, the last surviving heir of the Uzumaki clan and owner of the vast knowledge of the Uzumaki sealing art, you are quite... pitiful."

Akira didn't answer her question but chose to have a small talk with her.

The good thing about the mindscape is that time here isn't synchronized with the outside, an hour can pass here and merely a second will follow outside as long as she doesn't use more spiritual energy than she could handle.

Akira's plan is to drift her from Konoha, and her memories and information that she had about her were the key.

Kushina didn't fully understand her situation, but she knew the person before her was a problem.

Deciding to attack first and talk later, Kushina blasted her chains toward her assailant while questioning her again. " Who are you, and why are you attacking me. "

" Who I'm isn't important. All you need to understand is that I'm an avenger and that I live for the sake of those who departed, and you are simply my younger self. "

Akira calmly dodged the incoming attacks while answering her questions, but Kushina didn't understand what he was talking about. All she heard was Avenger.

" An Avenger, so you want to use the kyubi, don't you, seeing your weird Sharingan, I judge that you want to harm Konoha. Hmm, give up, you will never reach your evil goals. "

Kushina snorted at him and focused even more chains to capture him.

Akira let a visible sight while still dodging her attacks.

" That's why I said that you are my younger self, I also once given the same answer as you. Ohh, how naive was I. By the time I sow the truth, it was already too late, and prices were paid. "

As Akira began her performance, she closed in fully dodging her attacks and kicked her on the guts, making her bend down and catch her stomach, Kushina was confused about her words and the pain that she felt.

" Cought, what are you, cought, talking about. "

" Well dire, I'm talking about you, your clan, your life, your dreams, your trust, and above everything, the illusion you call life. "

Kushina was completely dumbfounded about the words that she was hearing, not understanding what he was talking about.

Unfortunately for her, Akira didn't need her to understand. She had a whole plan just for herself.

In her time as Anbu, one of the reasons Akira was hated is her ways of assassination and the main reason why she disdain working with others.

Akira was a professional in making profiles of her target through collected information. She then uses her own understanding of her target to make countermeasures for her mission.

For Akira, reading her whole life gives her insight into all the buttons that she pushes to make her completely distrust Konoha.

Kushina's emotional turmoil was overwhelming as she faced the enigmatic figure known as Akira. The mindscape felt like a surreal landscape, with chains and malice surrounding them, mirroring the chaos within her heart. Confusion and fear gripped her as she tried to comprehend the truth behind Akira's cryptic words.

The mention of being an avenger and living for the sake of those who departed struck a chord deep within Kushina. She had lost loved ones in the past, and the pain of those losses still haunted her. But she couldn't fathom how this mysterious figure could be connected to her in any way. Akira's claim of being her younger self left her bewildered, and she couldn't understand how they could share any resemblance.

As Akira expertly dodged her attacks and calmly responded to her questions, Kushina's frustration grew. The pain from the kick she received only added to her emotional turmoil. She desperately wanted to understand what Akira meant, to grasp the truth behind her words, but it felt like an impossible puzzle to solve.

Kushina's heart was torn between defending Konoha and trying to uncover the hidden truths that Akira spoke of. She had always been fiercely protective of her village, and the idea of someone wanting to harm it using the Nine Tails was unbearable. But at the same time, the nagging feeling that there was more to this encounter than met the eye gnawed at her conscience.