Boom!
A fist clad in a black fingerless glove slammed head-on into a fist blazing with golden light!
The shockwave bursting from their collision rippled outward, shaking the surrounding grass and trees violently.
Facing Kyūsei, whose entire body was wrapped in radiant Nine-Tails chakra, Menma dared not be careless. He whipped out a fierce roundhouse kick, slicing through the air toward Kyūsei's side!
Kyūsei didn't even glance at it.
He raised his leg and blocked it effortlessly—then kicked back just as fast!
"Is this… the difference between worlds?"
Menma stared at Kyūsei, his body overflowing with Kurama's chakra, and spoke with venomous amusement.
"How interesting!"
"No matter how many differences there are,"
Kyūsei replied coldly,
"there's one thing that will never change."
"And what's that?"
Menma asked while exchanging blows.
At this moment, Kyūsei was in Kurama Mode.
Yet Menma was able to keep up with him in close combat—clearly, he too was drawing on the Nine-Tails' power.
"That I'll always be your dad!"
With those words, Kyūsei's fist tore through the air and smashed straight into Menma's chest!
Bang!
Menma was sent flying like a cannonball!
"You bastard!"
Menma wanted to retort, but for a moment, he couldn't even find the words.
Kyūsei, however, had no intention of giving him time to breathe.
Strike while the iron is hot—that was his creed.
Menma barely managed to block Kyūsei's relentless assault.
One misstep led to another.
After losing the initiative, he was forced into a purely defensive position, growing increasingly battered.
With a powerful strike, Kyūsei forced Menma back.
Then he clenched one hand in midair.
A golden-red spear instantly formed!
Without hesitation, he thrust it forward!
"Spiral Dragon Lance!"
Seeing the familiar weapon, Menma's pupils shrank.
He dared not underestimate it.
A black-and-red chakra sphere wrapped in transparent spirals rapidly formed in his palm!
Kyūsei's eyes narrowed.
That was—
A Tailed Beast Bomb!
Menma's Spiral Wheel and Kyūsei's golden spear collided violently!
Boom!!!
A terrifying shockwave erupted between them!
But to Kyūsei's surprise—
Their techniques didn't repel each other.
They merged.
Both attacks contained Kurama's chakra.
Their chakra signatures were almost identical.
By sheer coincidence, the two powers fused together.
By bloodline, these two should have been the closest of kin.
Yet now—
They were locked in mortal combat.
The intertwined chakra swelled rapidly, engulfing them both.
Menma's mask and black robe dissolved under the pressure.
Kyūsei finally saw his face clearly.
Black hair. Black eyes.
A face identical to Naruto's.
And on it—
An arrogant, unrestrained grin.
"Hahaha! This is amazing!"
"Just thinking that there's another Nine-Tails in this world…"
"Makes my whole body tremble with excitement!"
Menma laughed wildly.
"If you want my Nine-Tails,"
Kyūsei shot back,
"then let your dad test your worth!"
When it came to trash talk, Kyūsei had never lost to anyone.
And since this guy was his son's counterpart, the insults came even more naturally.
"You bastard!"
"Shut up!"
Boom!
A massive explosion sent both of them flying apart!
They rolled across the ground, then sprang up almost simultaneously.
Once again, they clashed in brutal hand-to-hand combat.
Kyūsei's taijutsu came from Hatake Sakumo.
Menma's came from Minato.
Both styles emphasized overwhelming speed.
With Kurama's power surging inside them, the two became streaks of light.
In mere seconds, they exchanged dozens of blows!
Fists and kicks overlapped.
Weapons formed from chakra appeared endlessly—spears, blades, axes, hammers.
Yet Menma seemed extremely familiar with Kyūsei's techniques derived from Adamantine Sealing Chains.
Again and again, he narrowly escaped danger.
After all, this style had been taught to Kyūsei by Kushina—
Menma's mother.
Of course he knew it well.
They fought from the shore to the beach.
From the beach onto the ocean's surface.
Every clash sent massive waves of destruction outward.
Wherever they passed, nothing remained intact.
On the surface, they seemed evenly matched.
In truth—
Menma was slowly gaining the upper hand.
Not only was he suppressing Kyūsei,
His Nine Masks beasts were also holding Kaoru back.
Menma's eyes darkened.
As Kyūsei summoned a massive warhammer and smashed it down toward him—
Menma formed a golden-red hammer of his own and met it head-on!
Boom!!!
Kyūsei's pupils shrank.
He had expected Menma to know this technique.
But not to counter it so perfectly.
Golden shockwaves tore across the sea's surface.
"Again… and again… and again…"
Menma's low voice echoed in Kyūsei's ears.
A golden-red blade appeared in his hand and slashed straight for Kyūsei's neck!
Kyūsei instantly formed his own blade and blocked it!
Clang!
"Why do you keep stopping me?!"
Menma roared.
Kyūsei showed no emotion.
He forced Menma back with his blade—
And at the same time, a gigantic crimson Rasengan formed in his other hand!
Super: Scarlet Lotus Rasengan!
Menma grinned savagely.
The Spiral Wheel formed again.
He charged straight in!
Boom!!!!!
Two supreme techniques collided on the ocean's surface!
A colossal tsunami erupted!
Towering waves swallowed the entire shoreline!
"Die!"
Menma poured chakra into his attack without restraint.
He actually forced his way through Kyūsei's Scarlet Lotus Rasengan—
And blasted Kyūsei backward!
"AAAAAAHHHHH!!!"
Seeing the counterpart of his mother sent flying, Menma roared in fury.
The nine beasts fighting the toads instantly turned into streaks of light and rushed into his body!
"ROAR!!!"
A gigantic shadow rose from the sea.
The Nine-Tails.
With a thunderous roar, it shook the heavens and the ocean!
The sea exploded into chaos.
Countless marine creatures were killed instantly, floating lifelessly on the surface.
"Tch… Kaoru , next time pick an opponent we can actually handle…"
A battered Gamabunta muttered bitterly while staring at the massive fox.
"Bunta, you can go back."
"Leave the rest to Kyūsei and me."
Facing the monstrous silhouette in the night, Kaoru did not hesitate.
She flashed to Kyūsei's side with Flying Thunder God.
Round Two—
Begins.
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