The Tailed Beast Ball slammed into the Susanoo Wood Golem, and with a thunderous boom blasted a gaping fissure across its chest.
But the instant the Five-Tails appeared, Obito had already used Kamui, vanishing from atop the golem to reappear on the jinchūriki's head.
Feisty little thing, aren't you?
Obito said flatly, then formed hand seals: "Wood Release—Deep Forest Emergence!"
Countless thick trees burst from the ground and coiled around the Five-Tails jinchūriki. While it struggled, the Susanoo Wood Golem pressed a hand to its head and began madly draining its Chakra.
The jinchūriki's struggles weakened; the Tailed Beast itself shrank until only the human host remained.
Obito's Mangekyō spun, space twisted, and the entire jinchūriki was sucked into the Kamui Dimension.
Mission complete.
"So you're the one called Son Goku! Quite the ego on you! A four-tailed ape daring to claim the name of the Great Sage!"
On a cratered battlefield still glowing with molten rock, Vegapunk stood atop a colossal ape's skull, grumbling away.
The poor gorilla tried to resist—until Hancock at Vegapunk's side tapped it lightly with a fist. The beast howled, feeling its skull nearly crack.
Unable to bear it, the ape shrank back into its host. Vegapunk and Hancock hopped down to find an unconscious, bearded monk.
"All right, time to extract the Four-Tails."
"Killer Bee—run! Get as far away as you can!"
"Like hell, Eight-Tails! I'm not abandoning my brother or the Cloud Ninja!"
Konoha and Kumo were still at war, but tonight the Cloud camp burned, corpses piled high. Amid the rubble stood a white-haired, horned woman with Byakugan eyes.
Fourth Raikage, blood-soaked and swaying, faced her. Killer Bee, clutching his last blade, stood defiantly at his brother's side.
It's hopeless—we can't win… and if she recovers, the world ends. Humanity will be wiped out."
"Who is she?" Bee wiped blood from his face and spat. "Least let us die knowing!"
Eight-Tails saw he couldn't sway Bee and sighed.
"I never met her myself—by the time I was born, the progenitor of Chakra was already sealed. But the Six Paths Sage left us Tailed Beasts memories of her."
"She is the ancestor of all Chakra, the source of this planet's calamity, the legendary goddess of eternity—Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, mother of the Sage of Six Paths."
Their exchange ended; Kaguya casually swung her fist, sending endless blue Chakra fists raining down. The brothers roared and charged—only to be smashed aside in an instant.
Glancing at the fallen Fourth Raikage, Kaguya flicked a gray bone blade that pierced his chest. He began to crumble to ash.
The unconscious Eight-Tails jinchūriki, Killer Bee, was dragged by Kaguya into the Nether Crossing.
Kirigakure: Obito, revisiting old grounds, fought two jinchūriki in the village itself—uncaring that he no longer controlled the Mizukage. With his prizes in hand he strolled out, leaving Kirigakure in ruins to mourn and choose a new Mizukage.
Hidden Sand Village: Vegapunk lifted his hand from Rasa's head. "Let's go, Hancock. I know where they sealed Shukaku—an old temple outside the village."
Hancock nodded, ignoring the corpses and rubble of Sand Ninja Village, and left at his side.
Behind them Rasa toppled, eyes rolling back, life fading.
Takigakure… well, skip that.
"Excellent—all nine Tailed Beasts collected."
Vegapunk smiled as he turned to Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.
Having absorbed the Gedo Statue and the nine beasts, Kaguya's aura now surpassed even her prime. Sensing Vegapunk's gaze, her expression soured and she spoke reluctantly.
"Lord Vegapunk, shouldn't we reconsider this experiment?"
Hearing her, Vegapunk's smile curled. "So you're not keen, Kaguya?"
"I simply see no purpose in such an experiment—what use is it?"
"I don't care what you think; I care what I decide."
Vegapunk's grin faded as Kaguya's defiance showed. At his side, Hancock watched her coldly, awaiting a single order.
"But I will not become someone else!"
Kaguya clenched her teeth, eyes icy—ready to rebel. Yet the instant she moved, every trace of Chakra within her fell silent.
"What… my Chakra—"
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