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Killer B unleashed his full Tailed Beast transformation, morphing into a massive single-horned ox with eight enormous octopus tentacles. Snorting plumes of air, it still bared its fangs and rapped in its twisted rhyme!
"Happy, new, year~! Happy New Year~! Kill, you~, next year~, this date next year… will be your memorial~!!!"
Whoosh!
The terrifying Tailed Beast chakra gathered with a tremoring hum to its song.
—A Tailed Beast Bomb!!
"IT'S GOING TO USE THAT MOVE INSIDE THIS SEALED BARRIER?!!!"
Suigetsu looked as if he'd been triggered by some deep-seated trauma, his entire demeanor crumbling!
At a time like this, the battle-hardened Kisame became the anchor of the group.
"Oh? A Tailed Beast Bomb, eh, octopus bastard? Your raps are annoyingly prolific, but your moves have zero originality!"
CLANG!
He planted Samehada beside him, shrugged off his Akatsuki cloak, and formed seals with steady, powerful hands.
BOOM!!!
Just as Killer B launched the Tailed Beast Bomb, Kisame brought his palms together, thumbs interlocked, fingers slightly cupped, and thrust them forward with a grand, oceanic motion!
—Water Style: Great Shark Bullet Technique!!!
BOOM…!!!
A colossal shark-shaped water bullet formed before his palms, its maw wide open as it roared forth…!!!
BOOM…!!!
The moment it collided with the pitch-black Tailed Beast Bomb, the Great Shark Bullet was instantly at a disadvantage. But as it absorbed the Bomb's chakra and swelled, it began to turn the tide!!
CRACK CRACK CRACK CRACK…!!
Yet, when the Great Shark Bullet grew to match the Bomb's size, it could absorb and expand no further.
Any jutsu that absorbed chakra had its limits. This was a law not even the Rinnegan's Preta Path could escape.
The Great Shark Bullet was no exception.
Kisame noted, "So that's the power of a Tailed Beast Bomb… it saturated the Great Shark Bullet. If it were the stronger Nine-Tails' Bomb… well, the Shark Bullet might not cut it."
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
As the Bomb and the Bullet clashed, sonic booms tore through the air.
Suigetsu stared at Kisame's rock-solid back, awestruck. "Hey… you were actually this strong?!!"
"Stupid fool, dumb tool~~ Watch me send you a double dragon chasing the moon~!!~"
The Eight-Tails opened its maw and spat out a miniature Tailed Beast Bomb, slamming it into the tail-end of the first and detonating it outright!
BOOOOOOM!!!
The explosion was cataclysmic. A tidal wave of fire and fury erupted, whipping up hurricane winds that churned the surging waters, blasting in all directions!!!
Kisame's hands flew through another set of seals, unfurling a massive 'Super Water Wall' capable of holding back a mudslide, blocking the explosive aftermath of the Bomb and Bullet.
During that entire exchange, Suigetsu and Jugo could only stand behind Kisame Hoshigaki and watch, utterly useless.
Jugo muttered, "So this is the man they call the 'Tailed Beast without a Tail'… infinitely more reliable than Sasuke ever was back then…"
Swoosh…!!
The monumental Water Wall collapsed, the ground groaning under the deluge. The water spreading through the barrier lapped at Kisame's ankles, rose to Suigetsu and Jugo's knees, and reached the Eight-Tails' hooves.
"No kidding… that guy wasn't even going all out last time we fought. Someone who can face down a Tailed Beast Bomb head-on… I've never seen anyone like that besides my brother!"
Even Killer B was, for a moment, stunned silent, his rapping forgotten.
Inside the mental landscape, the Eight-Tails rumbled. 'Calling it 'facing down' is generous. His jutsu absorbs chakra, so there's an element of trickery to it. Try to finish this with physical attacks.'
"Then let's chop that shark into bits with 'Tailed Beast Eight Twists: Slice'!!"
Its eight octopus tentacles coiled tightly around the bull-like torso—the same move B had used against Obito and the reanimated Jinchuriki to mow down entire forests. But B, a master swordsman, could even blend it with blade work!
Swish-swish-swish-swish…!!
The Eight-Tails began to spin violently. Its eight tentacles, whipping around its body, generated a continuous, indiscriminate storm of arcing slash-waves in all directions!!!
This was the Eight-Tails' ultimate physical assault!!
—Tailed Beast Eight Twists: Slice!!!
Crack-crack-crack…!!
The white slashes spreading backwards etched deep gouges into the fiery walls of the Uchiha Flame Formation barrier.
Obito watched from his perch, his gaze darkening. "That move… compared to the wide-area blast of a Tailed Beast Bomb, it's more focused. If it could concentrate all those slashes on a single point… it might actually break this barrier…"
BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM…!!
Facing the layered, surging tsunami of razor-sharp waves, Kisame's expression turned grim.
"The battle at Kumogakure's canyon proved it: my 'Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave' water prison can't hold a fully transformed octopus bastard. For now, the best I can do is use it for defense."
SLAP!!
Kisame's hands slammed together.
—Water Style: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave!!!
WHOOSH-H-H-H-H…!!!
Kisame spewed forth a deluge, instantly creating a colossal sphere of water that occupied half the small island. This time, it wasn't to imprison the enemy, but to use the water itself as a shield against the Eight-Tails' terrifying onslaught!
BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM…!!!
The raging torrent of slashes battered against the sphere of the Great Exploding Water, churning its surface into a frenzy!!
Suigetsu and Jugo, now adrift within the watery sphere, could only cling to the desperate hope that the ever-reliable Kisame would remain, as always, reliable.
As the standoff between attacker and defender played out in a war of attrition…
Within the dimension of Kamui, Nagato arrived before the 'hidden door'.
It was at a corner of the dimension—a chamber pieced together from over a hundred floating cubes.
Click-click-click-click! The mechanical arms of the Asura Path retracted into his back. He landed smoothly on a suspended cube, his eyes fixed on the sealed chamber. He reached out a hand, intent on using his force-field manipulation to shift the cubes aside.
But the tightly interlocked blocks refused to budge.
He lowered his hand, thoughtful.
"A sealing jutsu of some kind… how cautious."
He manipulated the cube beneath his feet, gliding closer to the 'door.' Placing his palm flat against the cube wall…
—Preta Path: Sealing Technique Absorption!
Whoosh!
Black, ink-like streams of sealing formulas seeped from the seams between the cubes, drawn into the absorption barrier in his palm… until the seal fizzled and died.
Nagato floated back a few paces, gave a casual wave of his hand, and whoosh! The wall of cubes disassembled itself…!!
The hidden chamber was revealed. Shelves upon shelves lining the walls, each one holding bottles containing Sharingan eyes.
"This is… quite the extravagant collection," Nagato murmured, his Rinnegan scanning the labels with unfamiliar names… until one name caught his eye: 'Fugaku.'
"Found it…"
He extended his hand. Universal Pull. The shelf containing the bottle tore free from the wall and flew into his grasp. He secured the container holding Fugaku's eyes.
'With this, my primary objective is complete. Now… it's up to you two, Suigetsu, Jugo.'
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