In a desote mountain of the Land of Lightning, Kamihane was leading the Gold and Silver Brothers on their jourhe wind howled, and the sery on both sides rapidly receded as they moved forward.

  Along the way, the two brothers chatted itently.

  "That beast sure talks a lot, doesn't it?"

  "Yeah, st time we didn't get to use our ninja tools, but this time we ."

  "Gold, my Tailed Beast transformation isn't very profit yet."

  "Then, I'll take the lead iack. A partial Tailed Beast transformation will cause loss of sciousness, so you hahe ninja tools."

  As he spoke, Gold spat out a miniaturized version of the Bashōsen and the Shichiseiken from his mouth, handing them to Silver.

  A brief and simple exge of words sufficed to establish the bat strategy against the ails, a testament to the profound synergy betweewo brothers.

  Several times, Kamihane was almost tempted to activate astral proje, directly invading the mental world of either Gold or Silver to extraformation through interrogation.

  But after careful sideration, he suppressed this impulse.

  After all, these two were desdants of the Sage of Six Paths. They had been swallowed by the ails without being digested and had even ended up dev the ails' flesh. If their souls possessed any special properties, he would have o cry.

  In the inal timelihey had the impressive feat of killing the Sed Raikage and the Sed Hokage. If he attacked recklessly, there was a high probability of failure.

  For safety's sake, he decided to stick to the inal pn.

  Soon, the three of them crossed several mountains and arrived at a mist-shrouded valley.

  "Gentlemen, this is where we entered the ails!" Kamihane called out, turning back.

  Gold and Silver immediately halted, spotting the scattered corpses of Cloud ninjas. Frowning deeply, they stepped forward to iigate.

  The ninjas had died gruesomely, their bodies torn apart as if by sharp cws. Silver couldn't help but wrinkle his he air was thick with the stench of blood.

  "Yūki Sora, so this is where you died," Silver discovered a pale head.

  Gold furrowed his brow slightly. "Strange, I don't sehe ails' presence…"

  "Omui, when was the st time you saw the ails? At this distance, we should be able to se."

  "Pfft!"

  Silver instinctively looked down, his vision blurring as a gleaming blue bde pierced through his chest, hot blood gushing down.

  "Ah, I wao ask you the same question," Kamihane whispered softly into his ear, pressing against his back.

  "Omui, you…" Silver was stunned, coughing up a mouthful of blood. His heart had already been pierced.

  Kamihane swiftly withdrew his hand, as if pulling something out of a bag.

  In the instant, an enraged Gold lunged forward with a roar that echoed like thunder!

  "You dare harm Silver? Whether you're Omui or not, you're dead!"

  His hair bristled like a pore's, and his two thick arms seized Kamihane's left and right hands. With a sudden burst of immerength, Kamihane—or rather, Omui—was torn in half, shattered ans scattering in all dires, raining down in a bloody shower!

  "Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

  A series of explosioed at his feet, white smoke filling the valley in an instant. Kamihane had thrown all his smoke bombs at the st moment.

  "Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! I'll kill you! I'll… kill everyone!"

  Gold panted like a beast, his body surging with chakra. Deep red Tailed Beast chakra tore through his skin, seeping out from the cracks and enveloping his entire body.

  The dragon's reverse scale—touch it, and you die. Silver was his reverse scale. Now, witnessing his brother's death, he could no longer suppress the hatred in his heart!

  The desire to kill surged overwhelmingly!

  The chakra of the Tailed Beasts is ily votile and difficult to trol, a fact that holds true even for the desdants of the Sage of Six Paths. At this moment, he has been pletely enraged, and the st vestiges of his rationality have been devoured by the will of the Tailed Beasts!

  As his chakra erupted, the surging wind dispersed most of the smoke, and the grouh him couldn't withstand the immense force, crag inch by inch.

  "Roar!!!"

  Gold howled at the sky, now in a semi-Tailed Beast form, with six red tails writhing menagly.

  With a swipe of his cws, the smoke split in two. But as he charged out of the smoke, he was met with a pair of crimson Mangekyō Sharingan eyes. A fully prepared, bug-level genjutsu had been waiting for him.

  "Tsukuyomi!"

  The ued move caught the frenzied Gold off guard. His eyes instantly gzed over, and he colpsed limply, sliding to the feet of Uchiha Hikari like a puppet with its strings cut.

  Hikari staggered, her delicate fastantly turning pale. Subduing Gold had drained her greatly, and blood trickled down her cheek.

  The sciousness of Kinkaku had long since fallen into the illusionary space of "Tsukuyomi," uo extricate himself.

  "Surprisingly smooth," came the voice of Kamihane from the side. He patted Uchiha Hikari's shoulder, "Are you alright?"

  When Kinkaku killed Omui with his bare hands, his spirit had already detached a moment earlier auro his own body.

  "Yeah, I didn't expect this guy to drain so muy chakra," Uchiha Hikari covered her left eye, breathing slightly heavily.

  "Without dey, let's interrogate for information now."

  Suddenly, a white light fshed through the thin smoke. Kamihane's pupils slightly tracted as he pulled Uchiha Hikari's body aside, simultaneously activating the Mangekyō Sharingan in an instant. A pitch-bck skeleton enveloped his entire body.

  "g!!!"

  A sharp metallic g sound rang in their ears. Kamihane, the unmovable Susanoo, watched as a silver bde, shaped like a door panel, was sent flying into the air, spinning before nding bato someone's hand.

  Ginkaku!

  At this moment, a wiailed beast chakra surfaced on his body, with six long tails swaying freely. Unlike Kinkaku, his chakra appeared semi-transparent, and his eyes were lively and ing, showing no signs of losing his sanity.

  "Tailed Beast Chakra Cloak?" Kamihane narrowed his eyes, smiling mogly, "So betweewo brothers, you are the oruly adept at maniputing the ails' chakra."

  The Tailed Beast Chakra Cloak is a refieique that borrows the tailed beast's chakra without fully transf into the beast.

  At this stage, the ninja retains their personal sciousness, with all abilities enhahe tailed beast chakra also heals the ninja's wounds, leaving almost no scars, granting formidable bat capabilities.

  In the inal timelihis was the signature move of Killer Bee, known as the "Perfect Jinchūriki."

  "Because of this, I mao save my life, didn't I?" Ginkaku tilted his head with a sinister charm, pointing at his chest, "Ah, so it was you who sneak-attacked me, huh? That ssh... really hurt!"

  The grouh his feet cracked instantly as he transformed into a red shadow, lunging forward with such speed that the Seven-Star Sword turned into a blurry silver light!

  But Kamihached his speed. A massive skeletal hand appeared out of nowhere, pung Ginkaku into the adjat stone wall.

  "Boom!"

  Bergy surged and coiled as another skeletal hand grew from the dark ribs outside Kamihane's body. Both fists pounded relentlessly, shattering the stone wall and sending dust flying into the air.

  This was the initial stage of Susanoo, usable for attack, defense, prote, and trol. Besides its renowned defensive capabilities, the strength of Susanoo's arms alone was immense!

  With just a few punches, Kamihane had excavated a small cave on the spot.

  Hikari was utterly stunned, envious of this power. Yet, for some reasoe awakening her Sharingan earlier than Kamihane, she had yet to awaken Susanoo.