Zap!

  The Raikage charged at Naruto, his two lightning-cd fingers aiming straight for Naruto's face!

  "Hmm?" Naruto's eyes narrowed. "This move... It's the Third Raikage's stro spear."

  "*Shinra Tensei!*"

  Whoosh!

  The Raikage's charge came to an abrupt halt as the lightning at his fiips cshed with the repulsive force, scattering arcs of electricity. Yet, he failed to break through!

  Smack!

  After a few seds of stalemate, the Raikage pnted his feet firmly on the ground areated swiftly, stopping at the opening in the wall.

  Boom!

  All four walls colpsed simultaneously. The force scattered rubble and dust, turning the Raikage's resideo an open-air pza!

  "Damn it! That repulsive force again!" the Raikage cursed.

  Naruto thought to himself, "If that had been the One-Finger Nukite, things could've gone really bad."

  Whoosh!

  The air swirled at Naruto's feet as he asded into the sky!

  "Are y to run away?!" the Raikage shouted at him.

  Naruto looked down from above. "If you want to fight me at full strength, you'd better be prepared for your vilge to be leveled. Tell me, are you ready for that?"

  "Hmph!" the Raikage replied firmly. "I've roamed the ninja world for half my life! I didn't fear your father, the Yellow Fsh, and I won't fear his son, especially not a petty thief!"

  "A petty thief, huh?" Naruto's Rinnegan glimmered coldly as he said in a low voice, "Back then, Kumogakure coveted the Byakugan of the Hyūga . Uhe guise of the in Exams, you attempted to abduct the young Hyūga heiress. Even after your pn failed, you refused to give up, ultimately leading to Hizashi's tragic death. Tell me, how noble were your as?"

  The Raikage sneered arrogantly. "Hmph! It's survival of the fittest. The Third Hokage didn't dare risk war by opposing us, which is why Hizashi died. Don't bme me for that!"

  Naruto closed his eyes and said coldly, "Hmph, fair enough."

  The Raikage attempted to taunt him. "What now? Are you, a rogue ninja from Konoha, pnning to stand up for your old vilge?"

  Naruto opened his eyes. "Yes, I am a rogue ninja. And precisely because I'm a rogue ninja, everything I do is based on my own principles!"

  Smack! As he finished speaking, he cpped his hands together.

  Sizzle! Between his palms, a pitch-bck sphere began to form!

  The sphere was only an in diameter, yet it emanated a dark, oppressive chakra. Staring at it felt like being sucked into a void, leaving oh a sense of dread.

  The Raikage's pupils shrank. "What is that?!"

  Naruto lifted the bck sphere with his left hand and tossed it into the sky.

  Buzz!

  The sphere merged with the night, resonating with the moon's light and radiating tless beams of white light.

  "This is my farewell gift," Naruto said softly.

  Smack! He csped his hands together, his left eye shining with a dazzling light!

  "*Chibaku Tensei!*"

  Boom!

  The Raikage's residence disied first. Rubble and debris carried the Raikage into the sky!

  "Damn it! Is this some kind of gravitational force?!" he roared.

  As he asded, the Raikage stepped on the rubble, trying to escape the gravitational pull. When that failed, he resorted to smashing the rocks with his fists a.

  Crack! Crack!

  But as the ground below fractured, more and more boulders rose into the sky. Overwhelmed, the Raikage could only struggle futilely. Exhausted, he was finally smmed into a massive stone, buried uhe subsequent debris.

  "I will have the Lightning Release Chakra Mode. I will return for it," Naruto said.

  Whoosh! Activating the *Flying Raijin Jutsu*, Naruto disappeared into the sky.

  Whoosh! Moments ter, Naruto reappeared with his team on a ridge outside Kumogakure.

  Panting heavily, Suigetsu leaned on his Decapitating Carving Knife for support. "Good thing you showed up in time. Those Kumogakure ninja and their Lightning Release really ter my Hydrification Teique! If you'd been a mier, I might've been done for!"

  Whoosh! As the cursed seal receded, Jūgo's chest and back were covered in deep cuts. "Kumogakure's swordsmanship is truly exceptional. To think they could easily wound my cursed-seal-enhanced body... I nearly lost trol of my killing i."

  Kisame, with Samehada slung over his shoulder, grinned. "I enjoy fighting oppos with massive chakra reserves. Too bad there aren't any others like the Eight-Tails or the Raikage in Kumogakure."

  Orochimaru, his body coiled by a white snake, chuckled hoarsely. "As for me, I'm more ied in unique Kekkei Genkai and teiques. This little excursion has yielded quite a few valuable samples. Heh heh."

  The *Chibaku Tensei* hung in the night sky, a moal spectacle!

  Konan's cold eyes showed a rare hint of admiration. "So you've mastered *Chibaku Tensei* without us realizing it. Who's been sealed inside?"

  "Raikage," Naruto said ftly.

  The group was visibly surprised.

  Konan, after a brief moment of astonishment, specuted, "Are you pnning to use the Raikage's death to decre Akatsuki's dominance?"

  "No." Naruto shook his head lightly. "I simply wahe Raikage to experience what it's like to be a caged bird. I have no iion of taking his life."

  Sizzle!

  e markings appeared around his eyes as he entered Sage Mode.

  "*Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken!*"

  Boom! Boom! Boom!

  The wind bdes tore through the air, unleashing unparalleled destru!

  When the dust settled, a gap had been bsted into the side of the *Chibaku Tensei*, creating an escape route for the Raikage.

  "The *Flying Raijin* mark has already been pced. From now on, this pce will be like my sed home."

  Whoosh! Naruto's Akatsuki cloak billowed as he turned gracefully. "Let's go. Baegakure!"

  The group vanished, heading baegakure.

  Boom!

  Mier, apanied by a thunderous roar, a streak of lightning burst out from the gap in the *Chibaku Tensei*.

  The lightning dissipated, revealing the Raikage, exhausted and plummeting to the ground. "Damn you, Uzumaki Naruto. From now on, you are my—no, Kumogakure's—number one enemy!"

  Thud!

  He crashed into the ruins below.

  "It's the Raikage-sama!"

  "Quick, call the medical team!"

  ---

  Elsewhere, another battle had cluded.

  Crack!

  A blood-soaked tree branapped off Obitht shoulder.

  Behind his mask, his Mangekyō Sharingan gazed coldly at the gravely injured and incapacitated Killer Bee.

  "Don't bme me. This ninja world is already rotten to the core. Only the Tailed Beast within you build the Infisukuyomi—the symbol of hope."

  Whoosh!

  The *Kamui* vortex swallowed Killer Bee.

  The Eight-Tails—captured.

  As the vortex closed, Obito turo face the figure that had silently appeared behind him. "You're here."

  This greeting oken not in Madara's voice, but in his own.

  "I was worried you'd actally kill the Eight-Tails and jeopardize our pns," said Tobi.

  Obito looked away. "I'm no longer a child. Even my vengeance has its limits. With the Eight-Tails captured, everything is in pce."

  "Should we seal the Eight-Tails into the Demonic Statue immediately? Holy, with our current manpower, it could take over ten days," Tobi remarked.

  Obito's gaze was distant. "Even if the Demonic Statue bees stronger with the Eight-Tails, it won't matter if we 't trol it."

  Tobi shrugged. "True. Without the Rinnegan, that thing is impossible to and."

  Obito pondered. "Until we recim the Rinnegan, I'll extract the Eight-Tails from its Jinchūriki and use it temporarily as a summon—just like I did with the ails back then."

  Tobi cpped his hands. "Not a bad idea! If you could trol the stro, the ails, for a time, handling the Eight-Tails should be a piece of cake."

  Obito pced a hand on Tobi's shoulder, his right eye f a vortex.

  "Let's go. Sasuke's eyes should be ready by now. Our move will revolve around him."

  Annou

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