"Th-That's… a Tailed Beast Bomb?!"
"Lady Yugito is finally getting serious!"
The experienced Kumo jōnin immediately shouted warnings.
"Everyone, withdraw! Don't get caught in the blast!"
Konoha reacted just as quickly.
"Danger ahead—fall back!"
Shinobi scattered at high speed.
The vacuum around Yugito and Yusuke widened further.
With no one interfering—
They had no more restraints.
The Tailed Beast Bomb
The fully transformed Two-Tails burned with blue-black flames, eyes filled with killing intent.
"'Flame Demon' Yusuke."
"Goodbye."
"It ends here."
Yusuke remained calm.
A faint smile lingered at the corner of his lips.
Yugito sneered.
Despite being pressured earlier, his attacks hadn't inflicted serious damage.
Tailed beast chakra possessed regenerative properties.
Minor wounds healed quickly.
Red and blue chakra swirled violently, compressing.
Her eyes sharpened.
Underestimate me?
Then learn the price.
Matatabi raised her head and flicked it forward.
A pale blue beam of annihilating energy roared forth.
"Tailed Beast Bomb!"
Sword and Silence
The wave of destruction bore down.
Yusuke closed his eyes.
In that instant—
He seemed to merge with nature itself.
Like a perfected sage, sensing the breath of the world.
A master swordsman felt the rhythm of heaven and earth.
He inhaled.
Calmed.
Focused.
Man and sword became one.
Slowly—
He drew.
A single, unadorned slash.
"One-Sword Style — Severing Wave."
A dark crimson arc tore across the battlefield.
Like Mihawk's world-splitting slash—
Like Ichigo's Getsuga Tenshō—
It cleaved forward with absolute intent.
Impact
BOOM—
The two forces collided.
Space itself seemed to tremble.
Then—
Unbelievably—
The crimson slash cut through the Tailed Beast Bomb.
Split it.
Cleanly.
Silence fell.
Kumo shinobi stood frozen.
"Lady Yugito's Tailed Beast Bomb…"
"Was cut… by a sword?"
Konoha shinobi were equally stunned.
"You can slice a tailed beast's attack?"
"Is that even humanly possible?"
Before anyone recovered—
The severing wave reached the Two-Tails.
Yugito had no time to dodge.
The slash struck her squarely.
BOOM!
Her massive body was blasted backward, crashing into the ground and carving a colossal crater.
Had the Tailed Beast Bomb not absorbed much of the force—
That strike might have split her in two.
Years later, Kisame's partner Jūzō would attempt to cleave a Tailed Beast Bomb—
And die for it.
But Yusuke had cut through one—
And stood unscathed.
A new record had been written in the shinobi world.
Shock and Realization
Another collective inhale echoed across the battlefield.
One sword strike—
Nearly killing a tailed beast?
Yusuke was monstrous.
Inside the crater—
Yugito struggled upright.
Her mind reeled.
The power of a Tailed Beast Bomb.
The durability of a tailed beast's body.
Both combined—
And she was still gravely injured.
His strength was unfathomable.
She stared at him, eyes blazing.
"That wasn't chakra."
"What was that?"
As a being composed of chakra, she could sense it clearly.
That slash—
Contained none.
In shinobi logic, chakra was the foundation of all power.
Techniques without chakra were taijutsu—
But that clearly wasn't taijutsu.
It was something else.
Something new.
And it had carried genuine killing intent.
If this continued—
She would lose.
"No…"
"I refuse to believe you're that strong!"
"I am Yugito of Kumogakure—the perfect jinchūriki!"
Her fighting spirit surged again.
"That kind of attack must cost you greatly."
"Can you use it again?"
Yusuke's gaze sharpened.
Sharp.
She had identified the flaw immediately.
That slash—
He could use it three times at most.
Push further—
And he would weaken severely.
Of course—
In her current state—
Whether she could survive another was equally uncertain.
She spoke deliberately—
To prevent him from attempting it again.
He might be strained—
But she was walking a razor's edge.
Yusuke sheathed his sword again and smiled.
"The Tailed Beast Bomb is strong."
"But how many can you fire now?"
The faint amusement in his tone pierced her pride.
You dare belittle me?
She roared and shifted into half-transformation.
"Try this—Rapid Mini Tailed Beast Bomb!"
Multiple compressed spheres launched in succession like artillery.
Yusuke drew again.
"One-Sword Style — Dancing Firelight."
His blade flashed.
Each swing deflected a Tailed Beast Bomb away.
Explosions erupted behind him as he advanced step by step.
He didn't retreat.
He pushed forward.
Through the barrage.
Yugito's eyes widened.
"This… is pure swordsmanship?"
Yusuke nodded faintly.
"You're right."
The next moment—
He vanished.
Silence.
Then—
Cold steel touched her throat.
Yusuke stood behind her.
Sword resting lightly against her neck.
A calm voice echoed.
"Two-Tails jinchūriki…"
"You've lost."
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