Rokuro infused chakra into the soles of his feet and sprinted across the ocean surface, rapidly closing in on the Two-Tails' jinchūriki, Nii Yugito.
By now Yugito had already transformed into a small, partial version of the Two-Tails, Matatabi—only one step away from full Tailed-Beast Mode.
Two long chakra tails swayed behind her, and with every swing, clusters of blue flames scattered outward, instantly morphing into tiny blue fire-mice that darted through the air at high speed.
"Water Release: Great Jet Stream Technique!"
Forming several hand seals, Rokuro drew upon the seawater around him and sent torrents toward the blue fire-mice.
With the advantage of the terrain, the technique consumed almost no chakra. Yugito, on the other hand, found her attacks inherently countered—the blue fire-mice were her unique jutsu, Fire Rat Jade.
With intense heat and tracking capability, the technique was extremely destructive—on land.
Unfortunately for her, they were currently fighting on the open sea. Any fire-based jutsu was hopelessly suppressed.
Seeing that ninjutsu wasn't working, Yugito's hands sprouted claws thirty to forty centimeters long, formed from Two-Tails chakra—burning with intense heat yet as sharp as forged steel. A clear example of both shape and nature transformation.
"Ninja Art: Cat Claw!"
A simple name, but incredibly powerful—one swipe shattered a Water Dragon Bullet.
"Leave her to me!"
Hyūga Taiki charged in, worried Rokuro might get hurt. He struck with Gentle Fist, engaging Yugito at close range—territory where the Hyūga excelled against anyone.
Rokuro watched from the side and noticed that a jinchūriki's Tailed-Beast Cloak heavily resisted Gentle Fist.
Internal damage and chakra-point strikes were nearly useless.
"No wonder the Hyūga barely got any spotlight in the final war. Late-game everyone's either in giant mechs or wrapped in Tailed-Beast Cloaks. Gentle Fist can't even break through the defense. I wonder if the Hyūga clan has Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack as a secret technique… If it's only Eight Trigrams 108 Palms and Air Palm, that's way too weak."
"Watch out! Another ship is rushing in!"
A Hyūga jōnin yelled. Rokuro turned—and indeed, another ship was barreling toward them at full speed. Something was very wrong.
"How many Cloud shinobi on it?"
"Only ten. One jōnin. But the bottom of the ship is also impossible to see through!"
Rokuro's expression hardened.
"Don't tell me… Cloud Village sent two jinchūriki?"
"ROOOOAAAAAR!"
A deafening roar erupted nearby. Rokuro turned just in time to see Yugito, seemingly enraged by something, recklessly force herself into full Tailed-Beast Mode—manifesting the true form of the Two-Tails.
A colossal, several-dozen-meter-tall flaming demon-cat slammed a massive paw downward, swatting Hyūga Taiki like a fly.
"Uncle Taiki!"
"I—I'm fine!"
Taiki resurfaced from the ocean, breathing heavily but uninjured. At the moment of impact he had used Rotation to deflect most of the damage.
Rokuro prepared to use the Adamantine Sealing Chains from his sealing bracers to bind Matatabi, but the Two-Tails clearly sensed Rokuro was dangerous—it immediately turned and attacked the others instead.
"Running? You think you can escape?"
Rokuro unleashed the Adamantine Sealing Chains. Four chains shot out, thickening and lengthening mid-air like serpents, lunging toward Matatabi.
The Two-Tails ignored them and continued rampaging through the Konoha forces, forcing them to dodge retreat, while the Cloud shinobi used the chaos to widen the distance—some even fleeing at full speed.
Rokuro's eyes narrowed.
"Don't tell me… F**k. Their tactics are this dirty?"
Before he could warn the others, the second ship shattered
And the Eight-Tails, Gyūki, appeared directly on the sea in full form.
Not only that, it immediately began forming a Tailed Beast Bomb, vast amounts of chakra spiraling into its mouth.
"All Hyūga shinobi—charge with me!!"
Hyūga Taiki knew exactly what was coming. He didn't hesitate, leading the charge toward the Eight-Tails.
All remaining Hyūga followed—except the few still pinned down by the Two-Tails.
Gyūki's Tailed Beast Bomb launched with a thunderous boom, a massive sphere over ten meters wide shooting toward the Konoha forces.
"Rotation!"
Over a dozen Hyūga activated Rotation simultaneously, forming a barrier in front of the attack.
Two massive chakra forces collided, shrieking with deafening friction. Faces flushed red; several mid-ranking chūnin spewed blood instantly as their Rotations shattered, dropping into the ocean.
Luckily, they were only struck by the outer edges—otherwise they would have died instantly.
"Hold the line!!"
Taiki roared, veins bulging, body threatening to burst apart.
At last, with the combined effort of the Hyūga elite, the Tailed Beast Bomb was deflected, shooting far into the distance—
"BOOOOOOM!!"
A terrifying explosion erupted hundreds of meters away, its light outshining the sun and blasting a crater hundreds of meters wide into the sea. Towering waves over ten meters high rose in its wake.
"Retreat to shore!!"
Taiki barked — but the moment he took a step, his legs gave out and he collapsed onto the water.
The veins around his eyes faded—he'd exhausted so much chakra he couldn't even activate the Byakugan.
"Get them out!"
Several Uchiha rushed in, hoisting every Hyūga onto their backs as they sprinted toward the shore.
But the Uchiha soon felt warm liquid dripping down their necks. Touching it—they found blood.
Nearly every Hyūga shinobi was bleeding profusely, their clothes soaked red.
"This is the backlash from overusing Rotation… We can't fight anymore. Leave us behind—you won't escape carrying us."
"Bullshit! Uchiha NEVER abandon comrades on the battlefield! Not today, not ever!"
Except for one particular "dutiful son," the rest of the squad belonged to Uchiha Setsuna's faction.
Meaning: they all had fully matured three-tomoe Sharingan and, with the help of eye-training tools, were honed to the brink of awakening the Mangekyō.
They seemed arrogant and aloof, looking down on other clans—but anyone who truly understood them knew:
They were just tsundere idiots.
Once they acknowledged someone as a comrade, they'd die for them without hesitation.
After living and fighting together for so long, they had already become life-and-death brothers. Watching the Hyūga risk everything to block the Tailed Beast Bomb moved them deeply.
There was no universe in which they would abandon them now.
One Tailed Beast Bomb had thrown the entire Konoha team into crisis. Rokuro stood calmly on the water, observing.
"First they used the Two-Tails and the Cloud troops at the harbor as bait. Then, once we were all grouped up, they planned to finish us with a single Tailed Beast Bomb. Honestly… pretty good tactics. Counting the two factories earlier, Cloud must have a tactical genius in their ranks. But…"
Four chakra chains tightened, fully binding Matatabi.
The Two-Tails thrashed wildly, trying to revert back to a smaller form, but it was useless.
"Don't waste your strength. If Adamantine Sealing Chains were just tough chakra ropes, they wouldn't be exclusive to the Uzumaki clan. Anything bound by them—Tailed Beasts or summons—has its chakra sealed. You won't be able to do anything."
The technique resembled the Demonic Statue's Nine Dragon Sealing, capable of restraining all nine Tailed Beasts. Adamantine Sealing Chains weren't that strong, but one Tailed Beast was well within its limits.
Yugito, having forced full transformation for the sake of the plan, had walked right into a trap.
"Chakra—into the seal!"
Rokuro pulled hard. Chakra flooded into the chains like a collapsing dam.
He opened the sealing space in his armored bracer and funneled the vast energy inside.
This was the same bracer used to seal the Nine-Tails. He hadn't used it much since Kurama's suicide, but now he had a brand-new power bank.
"ROOOOAR!!"
Matatabi ripped one forepaw free and swiped at him—but Rokuro smirked and released two more chains, binding every limb and even wrapping its jaws shut.
"Boom!"
The fully bound Two-Tails toppled onto the water, unable even to roar.
"Rokuro!! Fall back! The Eight-Tails is charging another Tailed Beast Bomb!!"
An Uchiha shouted. Rokuro looked toward the waves a kilometer away—
Gyūki was indeed lifting its head, gathering chakra again.
This one looked even bigger than before.
Most Hyūga were completely drained; even the few left could not block another attack.
"No need to retreat. Leave it to me. You go handle those Cloud shinobi."
Rokuro raised his right hand. The ring-shaped sealing tool flashed—
Sixteen chakra chains burst forth, diving into the sea and streaking toward Gyūki.
With the Two-Tails' chakra absorbed, Rokuro had entered a full "chakra-ton" state—
And Tailed Beasts were his specialty.
Cloud shinobi, seeing Yugito captured, rushed back into the fight. Rokuro sent his squad to deal with them while he faced Killer B alone.
"B! Watch out!"
Sixteen chains erupted from beneath Gyūki, coiling around one tail.
Gyūki felt its chakra being drained at a terrifying rate—one-tenth gone in seconds.
Panicking, it used its signature escape technique:
Tail shedding.
An entire tentacle severed itself, dissolving into chakra as the chains consumed it.
Gyūki immediately canceled full Tailed-Beast Mode, reverting to Killer B.
"Yo~ that was close~ I was almost done for~ yo yo yo~~~"
"B, that's the Uzumaki clan's Adamantine Sealing Chains. They're extremely effective against Tailed Beasts and large summons. I heard even the Nine-Tails once fell to that technique."
"Then I'll fight in Tailed-Beast Cloak mode! Yō, dattebayo—wait that's Naruto's line—(You damn fool!!")
By now Matatabi's chakra had been completely drained. Yugito reverted and collapsed weakly on the water.
"Take her prisoner. She's a valuable capture!"
A Hyūga swiftly sealed her chakra points—something normally impossible on a jinchūriki.
But with Matatabi's chakra exhausted, she couldn't break free for at least a day or two.
Rokuro flash-stepped toward B.
B pulled out two swords and rushed in.
CLANG!
Steel clashed, sparks flying as they pushed against each other.
"Kid, you're strong—but not as strong as me!"
Lightning surged along B's blades.
Rokuro slid back several steps—then seven-colored light flared around his body and blade.
One swing
CRACK!
B was blasted away, both swords broken.
"What technique is this? Damn hard to deal with—"you fool!!"
"B, be careful! It resembles the Sage of Six Paths' Truth-Seeking Orbs!"
"What?! The power of the Sage?!"
Even B stopped rapping.
"It only resembles them—much weaker. A degraded imitation. But it contains all seven chakra nature transformations. Don't take it head-on."
"Tch! If normal taijutsu won't cut it, I'll use not-normal taijutsu! V~~~"
B drew all seven swords and began his famous technique.
But Rokuro knew the truth—Even a Mangekyō couldn't keep up with that style.
Their clash began, blades shredding the air. B's speed overwhelmed Rokuro at first.
B launched his Eight-Tails: Lariat Stab, thrusting three swords into Rokuro's vitals—
But all three swords snapped.
Rokuro appeared uninjured, wrapped in rainbow-colored chakra armor.
The Eight-Tails warned B again:
"That pseudo-Truth-Seeking state can't be pierced by conventional attacks."
"Damn it—fine! Going full power!"
B activated full Tailed-Beast Cloak Level 2—eight chakra tails unfolding behind him.
A skeletal bull-head formed around his left arm.
"Lightning Ox-Cleave!"
B vanished from sight.
Rokuro also disappeared.
They collided
A massive crater blasted open in the sea.
B flew nearly a kilometer, his ox-head arm shattered.
Coming to a stop, he panted in disbelief.
"That brat… isn't dead?!"
"He's not even injured."
B looked—Rokuro stood atop the waves, glowing, utterly unharmed.
"Damn it! Where does he get all that chakra?!"
"It's the Two-Tails. Adamantine Sealing Chains drain Tailed Beasts."
"Damn, I should've been the bait!"
"B… we have to retreat. The Cloud troops at the harbor are all dead—the Uchiha are coming."
B looked—Konoha's squad was advancing rapidly.
The Eight-Tails spoke again:
"Your intel says those Uchiha can use a large-scale genjutsu when gathered. Even I might be caught. If they control you and me… We're finished."
"Damn it! How do I explain this to big bro?!"
Cursing loudly, B turned and bolted, refusing to be surrounded.
Rokuro could chase, but he understood: unless he used Flying Thunder God or Shinra Tensei, his pseudo-Truth-Seeking form could only match B—not overpower him indefinitely. And once the absorbed Two-Tails chakra ran out, the advantage would vanish.
"Fine. Greed kills. Capturing one jinchūriki is already a massive victory. Trying to take both would cost lives—not worth it."
"Rokuro! Are you hurt?!"
The Uchiha arrived, stunned by the seven-colored cloak surrounding him.
The dutiful prodigy among them trembled.
"Five chakra natures… plus Yin–Yang Release… Rokuro has mastered them all… No wonder he can use those sealing scrolls so effortlessly…"
Though he refused to admit it aloud, he had long recognized Rokuro as his rival.
Seeing this now filled him with frustration… and burning determination.
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