Tsunade could feel every cell in her body roaring with exhilaration. That overwhelming surge of strength—she hadn't felt anything like it in years.
Dust and smoke rolled across the battlefield. Kumogakure shinobi stared, wide-eyed and pale. Killer Bee instantly abandoned his clash with Naruto, sprinting toward the shattered ground where the Raikage had disappeared.
Within a hundred-meter radius, nothing remained—no structures, no shinobi—just a cratered landscape split open like a broken earth shell.
"Big bro!!"
Bee shifted into a partial Tailed Beast transformation, Eight-Tails' tentacles sprouting from his back to heave away the tons of rock burying the Raikage. Desperation lined his face.
"Bee, calm yourself. I can still sense Ay's chakra—he's alive," Gyūki murmured in his mind.
But Bee didn't slow for a moment.
BOOM!!
Lightning cracked the air as rocks exploded outward. The Raikage stood there—blood coating his chin, breath rugged—but still on his feet.
"Big Brother! You okay?!"
Ay's expression softened for just a second at Bee's voice. He spat out a dark clump of blood and forced his posture straight.
"…I'm fine!!"
Despite multiple visible injuries, the fact that he was standing after Tsunade's enhanced strikes was proof of his inhuman physique.
Ay's glare locked onto Tsunade.
What was that power? How did she suddenly surpass him so drastically?
It felt like the rules of strength he once understood no longer applied.
"DAMMIT—!!"
Lightning burst from his body, deep blue and crackling like a thunderstorm given form. Ay vanished in a streak of lightning—already upon Tsunade.
Tsunade only scoffed. Vital energy surged across her fists, a dense, controlled aura that deflected the paralyzing shock of his Lightning Release Chakra Mode entirely.
Ay's advantage had always been more than raw power—his speed and lightning-borne paralysis could cripple any opponent.
But against Tsunade's refined vitality control, all of those edges were stripped away—leaving only pure strength against pure strength.
They collided again—
BOOM!!!
A hurricane of force rippled outward. Any shinobi beneath Kage-level would have been pulverized instantly by the shockwave alone.
Ay flew back once more—blood spraying from his mouth—before Killer Bee caught him midair.
"Big Brother!"
But Ay's eyes had already rolled shut—unconscious. Blood dripped from the corners of his lips as Killer Bee's expression twisted into pure fury.
"Bee—calm yourself."
Gyūki's deep voice echoed in the quiet of Bee's mindscape.
But anger drowned out everything.
"How can I calm down?! I'll make her PAY!"
"Gyūki—lend me your power!!"
Gyūki sighed heavily, helpless. But chakra surged regardless—massive, ominous, and wild. Cloaks of bubbling, violent chakra erupted around Bee.
Tsunade braced herself to continue—but a flash of gold blurred past her.
Naruto stepped forward, calm and steady.
"Tsunade—rest for now. I'll handle him."
She hesitated only a heartbeat—then nodded. After all, her fight with Ay had already consumed most of her strength and chakra. Facing a raging Eight-Tails jinchūriki now could push her beyond exhaustion.
She stepped aside, trusting Naruto completely.
"Move!!" Killer Bee roared—voice distorted by the Tailed Beast's chakra.
Naruto smirked lightly.
"You think this is all I've got? If you want me gone—show me strength worthy of that demand."
FWOOM—
A radiant golden aura surged up around Naruto—dense, divine, and incomparably calm.
Killer Bee's eyes widened.
This was no ordinary cloak—
This was Perfect Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
Even facing a Perfect Jinchūriki, Naruto didn't dare grow careless. Killer Bee's chakra surged violently as he entered a complete Tailed Beast Chakra Mode—his body glowing a deep, feral red. This wasn't something highlighted in the original timeline, but in truth, every Perfect Jinchūriki could manifest a form like this.
Bee roared forward—body blurring, the air cracking behind him as dust and debris burst upward in his wake.
Their fists collided—shockwaves booming outward like rolling thunder. Naruto's golden chakra cloaked him completely. At will, enormous Kurama-like arms manifested to strengthen his blows.
Meanwhile, multiple octopus tentacles erupted from Killer Bee's back, whipping forward in relentless assault.
"Rasengan!"
Naruto's spiraling sphere of chakra smashed through one of the tentacles—severing it cleanly. The enormous chunk of chakra flesh dissolved into smoke moments later.
Naruto couldn't help a small laugh.
Killer Bee really does look like a shinobi version of Doctor Octopus…
To be fair—Bee in this state was a fierce opponent.
But still—only to that extent.
Bee and Gyūki attacked in perfect synchronization. Bee drew his seven swords, dual-wielding and switching styles mid-combo with blinding speed—fast enough to be invisible to most shinobi.
To Naruto, though? It was all moving in slow motion.
He blocked every strike. Every kick. Every desperate tentacle thrust.
"Is that all?"
Naruto grinned as he asked—and in Bee's eyes, that expression crossed the line from confidence to pure mockery.
"Heh! Yo, yo! Don't look down, bro! You're gonna taste defeat—fo' sho!!!"
His rhyme was rougher than usual—rage distorting his timing. Gyūki didn't need additional orders—their minds were already connected. Chakra exploded outward.
In an instant, Bee's form expanded—skin dissolving into chakra as Gyūki fully emerged. The gigantic Eight-Tails loomed—towering as high as a fortress, its tails lashing the ground like colossal whips.
A full Tailed Beast Transformation.
"So you're going with that, huh?"
Naruto remained unimpressed.
"Hahahaha! He's clueless! That giant octopus of yours is far more terrifying than he thinks!!"
Kurama's voice echoed smugly through Naruto's inner world—clearly enjoying the moment.
Naruto didn't need Kurama's power anymore—not really. But letting Kurama supplement him made the spectacle more dramatic. And if anything—Naruto was enjoying putting on a show.
Gyūki's titanic presence alone struck terror into the surrounding shinobi. But what came next tightened their hearts like a vice:
"That's—! A Tailed Beast Bomb! Everyone, retreat!!"
The veterans cried out in panic.
Even Tsunade's eyes sharpened—ready to intervene.
But when she glanced at Naruto's expression—calm, unbothered—she eased slightly.
A spiraling sphere of pure destruction condensed in Gyūki's jaws—black and crushingly dense.
It fired—ripping the earth apart in its path, a gully forming from the sheer pressure of its passage.
"Die!!"
Gyūki's roar shook the battlefield.
Naruto's cloak fluttered violently from the storm of energy as the Tailed Beast Bomb barreled toward him.
Tsunade shouted reflexively:
"Naruto—move!!"
But—
He didn't budge.
Instead, Naruto simply lifted his hand—
CLANG—THOOM—!!!
The Tailed Beast Bomb halted.
Frozen.
Suspended inches from the palm of his hand.
The world fell silent.
Dust hung motionless.
Every shinobi who witnessed it—
—stood completely stunned.
Naruto Uzumaki had just caught a Tailed Beast Bomb with one hand.
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