The land of silence, like any other land, was ruled by a Daimyo. It was a land of samurai similar to the land of iron, so they were a bit isolated from the other lands that mainly relied on ninjas, so It always had problems with its economy resulting in a lot of poverty in the land. As a result, many currents started circulating under the surface and a rebellion was slowly brewing…

However, did Bakorio care at all about any of this as he set foot on this land filled with mountains? Not at all… In fact, he was moving at a rapid pace and didn't care at all about the suffering he passed by… After all, this scene was the norm in most villages in the world nowadays after the world economy took a huge hit…

The emergence of beasts and the dead made it hard to exchange resources between two villages in the same land, not to mention exchanging them between two lands… So, all he could do was slaughter any beasts that occasionally attack him and leave them for any lucky villagers to pick them…

'What a pity… This place probably wouldn't have lasted even if the world didn't fall into all of this chaos…' Thought Bakorio silently as he made his way into the mountains away from the civilization of this land, this was the same path Mukai led, and it was here that any last traces of his were completely eradicated.

After landing in a small clearing, Bakorio closed his eyes and tried to sense his surroundings to the best of his ability…

'No traces remain at all… were the Anbu mistaken or what?' Wondered Bakorio coldly as something didn't feel right, but suddenly he opened his eyes and stared at someone that appeared right in front of him while almost evading his detection which was an unhuman feat in itself…

"You actually detected me before I revealed myself, It seems like a big fish took the bait…" Spoke the unknown man calmly while staring at Bakorio's eyes in intrigue.

Bakorio observed the man silently and instantly made the most logical judgment' MONSTER RUN!' but logic wasn't always the way to go, especially when you are a monster as well! So, he calmly spoke "Who are you?"

"Me? You can call me Jigen, don't worry, we will have plenty of time to talk… I'm quite interested in you, Bakorio Uchiha"

Jigen was a fairly tall man of light complexion. He sported a shaved head, apart from a long mohawk of black hair tied in a long ponytail style reaching his lower back, pronounced eye ridges void of brows, a broad nose, and large black eyes. He sported a diamond-shaped mark on his chin and a Roman numeral "Ⅳ" tattooed below his left eye.

He also wore black nail polish on his fingernails and toenails, five red earrings on the top of each ear, and an additional one at the bottom of each ear.

"Interesting, it seems like you knew what you were doing when you captured Mukai… You were probably the one behind clearing this area out of beasts as well… Let's see if you can capture me" Right as Bakorio's words ended, he disappeared and rushed at Jigen at full speed!

"Foolish human" Spoke Jigen calmly without moving at all and easily blocked Bakorio's punch that was heading to his head

'Hmm?' Bakorio's eyes narrowed slightly as he felt as if he was punching a giant mountain instead of a normal human, but he didn't hesitate to spin and kick Jigen on the stomach while focusing all of his chakra into it Tsunade-style, and the impact created a terrifying shockwave as expected that even cracked the ground under them and shook the hearts of the beasts that were eyeing them secretly in the distance!

However, despite all of this, to Bakorio's shock, his kick didn't seem to have any effect on Jigen who casually dusted the white robe he was wearing and said "It seems like you won't go down without a fight just like the other one, it's fine by me…"

Then, Bakorio watched in shock as Jigen moved with such an unhuman speed and sent a punch directly at his stomach… 'My reaction speed is there, but my body can't keep up… Who's this monster?' Wondered Bakorio in shock!

His current clone was in no way weak, in fact, Bakorio only had two clones like it since he spent so much of his soul and body creating it to the point that it took him 6 months to recuperate but thanks to that, it retained all of his talents! meaning that this clone is as strong as his main body before it got the talent upgrade.

However, it didn't seem like it would be enough to face the monster in front of him… But Bakorio's wasn't weak either, and before that punch could connect with his stomach, he calmly thought 'INSTANT BIND!'

Then, countless seals started to emerge from Jigen's hands and stomach and stretched to cover all of his body! This was the skill Bakorio gained after his Seal arts reached level 100!

"This is… You put these seals when you punched and kicked me? How sneaky…" Jigen's eyes widened slightly as he found himself restrained.

And Bakorio immediately smirked and said "Let me show you another interesting seal" before he punched Jigen in the head quickly since he knew the seal won't hold him in place for long, and this time, Jigen felt a chill as Bakorio's hand was completely black and covered in an aura of death…

"Dark Touch + Death Touch!"

Jigen's pupils constricted until they became two small dots before he unleashed his superhuman strength to break the instant bind seals and tilted his head to dodge Bakorio's destructive punch… However, as fast as he was, he still got grazed by it causing curse marks to start emerging on his cheeks, but he somehow destroyed them easily…

"It seems like I underestimated you… You have seen through my condition didn't you?" Spoke Jigen calmly as he made some distance away from Bakorio who was unleashing death energy in all directions…

"Not completely, I still need to know who you truly are, although knowing that your body is barely holding up from your immense power isn't that hard to figure out with my eyes…"

"I see, you are special indeed, now I'm sure those dead hunters are related to you… I can't wait to research you later for all you know!"

Then Jigen attacked Bakorio again, and this time he was serious… Meanwhile, Bakorio simply took out two kunais and threw one at him, but it simply deflected off of Jigen's body as if it was some sort of armor while he unleashed his energy to dispel Bakorio's death energy and prepared to immobilize him.

In the last frame of this action, Bakorio's hand let go of his other Kunai before he disappeared from Jigen's view…

'This is… Space Jutsu?' Wondered Jigen before he quickly turned around to the Kunai Bakorio first attacked him with and noticed that this time, his hand was covered in dark flames and was heading for his head so he quickly turned around with his extreme speed preparing to kick Bakorio away.

However, again, right before his kick could connect, Bakorio suddenly appeared behind him thanks to the Kunai he let go of earlier, and directly punched him on the back setting his robe on fire and sending him flying through many trees into the distance…

"Tsk… I really didn't want to reveal this Jutsu, but now you forced me… Let me show you the terror of the Flying Thunder God Jutsu!" Spoke Bakorio with a cold look on his face while staring at Jigen who was trying to put off his blaze release!