50Sage Art: Super Giant RasenshurikenAI Model: kimi-k2-instruct-0905Chapter 50 – Sage Art: Super Giant Ball Rasenshuriken
All of it?
Hearing this, Jiraiya froze for a moment.
But the next thought that flashed through his mind was: I've got nothing to lose!
He'd been agonizing over how he could possibly guide Naruto's training.
Never imagined the kid would deliver himself right to his doorstep.
He's roamed the Ninja World for decades; this brat wants to swallow every ace I've got in one greedy gulp?
Heh-heh-heh… you asked for it.
Mm." Naruto nodded. "Let's change venues—there's no room to move here.
…Soon the two stood in a vast clearing outside Konoha Village.
Ebisu tagged along behind.
Still dizzy from being beaten by Naruto while the boy fought with both hands tucked behind his back, he could hardly believe what had happened.
Jiraiya casually kicked his wooden sandals aside and stood barefoot on the hard rock.
In that instant every last trace of the lecherous old perv vanished from his bearing.
What replaced it was the majestic aura of a true Grandmaster.
Bell-snatching.
A trial passed down through Konoha's generations.
This time, though, it was a straight contest between Naruto and Jiraiya.
Let's get one thing clear—I won't hold back.
Jiraiya rolled his shoulders and grinned. "Kid, time you saw what a Kage-level Expert can really do!"
Ebisu, keep the time for us, would you?
Huh? Y-yes, sir!"
Ebisu fumbled out his pocket-watch, palms slick with sweat.
Naruto paid Jiraiya's words no mind.
He slowly closed his eyes.
His consciousness slipped into the world within.
The sewer.
In front of the cage.
The Nine-Tails saw its host again—this irritating Blond-haired Youth.
…What do you want?
Lend it to me.
Naruto spoke flatly.
No.
The Nine-Tails refused outright.
Last time, on the Rooftop, Naruto had forcibly seized its Chakra and entered Tailed Beast Transformation.
Not only had the boy kept perfect control and loosened the Seal, he'd used every scrap of its power with pinpoint precision, leaving it to do all the work for nothing.
The brat's Chakra control was terrifying.
Once it reached that conclusion it abandoned any thought of tempting Naruto with power again.
Even if you don't hand it over, I can still take your Chakra.
But we can make a deal.
A deal?
The Nine-Tails' massive fox head dropped low, eyes boring into the boy.
Brat, you dare speak to me like that?
You think a few Chakra tricks let you toy with my power as you please?
Naruto remained unmoved. "An upheaval unseen in a hundred years is coming.
Work with me. One day I'll find a way to free you.
The Nine-Tails' strength wasn't just vast Chakra.
Its ability to sense malice was exactly what Narutovalued.
If, as in the original story, they could fight side by side, all the better.
If not, he didn't mind turning the fox into a living battery and wringing out every last drop of value.
Hmph.
The Nine-Tails gave a cold laugh. "You expect me to believe such sweet words?
Long years of imprisonment and exploitation had left its trust of humans at absolute zero.
Believe what you like. You have one month to decide.
Naruto said calmly.
As for right now… hand it over.
…The next second.
Naruto opened his eyes.
A cloak of crimson Chakra flared into being; three tails solidified behind him.
H-he's gone Tailed Beast?!
The composure Jiraiya had worn while planning how to counter the Flying Thunder God shattered in an instant.
Then, under his stunned gaze.
Black diamond markings spread from the corners of Naruto's eyes, and jet flame-like streaks crawled across his cheeks.
Cursed Seal Sage Mode.
Where crimson and black intertwined, his Chakraswelled several times over.
Strength, reaction, speed—all leapt to a whole new level.
Let's begin.
Naruto spoke quietly, eyeing Jiraiya. "You'd better be careful—I'm not joking.
Three minutes.
That was the limit of this Peak state he could maintain.
After three minutes the natural energy brought in by every Cursed Seal Shadow Clone would be exhausted.
If not for Jiraiya, he couldn't think of anyone else in Konoha who could give him a chance to go all-out.
The next instant hundreds of Shadow Clones appeared.
Every clone could leave a Flying Thunder God Marking.
Thanks to Sage Mode and Tailed Beast Transformation, the number of Flying Thunder God Markings he could sustain at once exploded from a few dozen to nearly a thousand.
To Jiraiya's despair, hundreds of yellow flashes streaked straight at him.
Almost a thousand Flying Thunder Godcoordinates carpeted the ground like a deadly spider's web.
Once he was tagged with a Flying Thunder God Mark it would all be over.
Without the slightest hesitation.
Jiraiya had to play his trump card at the very start.
Summoning Jutsu!
Smoke cleared; Fukasaku Sage and Shima Sage perched on his left and right shoulders.
Little Jiraiya… what in the world is this?!
Fukasaku had barely appeared when the wall of yellow light slammed toward them, shock filling his ancient eyes.
No time to explain, bosses—use that technique!
Jiraiya's hands flew through seals; years of tacit agreement let the two Sages instantly grasp his intent.
Ninja Art: Goemon!
In an instant Jiraiya spewed a tide of oil, Fukasaku fanned it with a tempestuous Wind Release, and Shima ignited a blazing Fire Release.
A sky-covering sea of flames roared forth.
At the edge of the clearing Ebisu had collapsed to the ground in terror.
The heat seemed set the very air alight; breathing felt like inhaling knives.
Watching countless Shadow Clones vanish into white smoke under the thousand-degree inferno, Jiraiya secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Goemon powered by Sage Art would be even stronger, there was no time left to draw in natural energy now.
He should have entered Sage Mode before the match started.
Damn it… Jiraiya gritted his teeth in frustration.
Never imagined a mere kid could push him this hard.
Before he could catch his breath Shima's sharp scream rang out above him:
Little Jiraiya, watch the sky—that's no ordinary jutsu!
Jiraiya jerked his head up, pupils shrinking to pinpricks.
Above the sea of Goemon flames the rising white steam was violently torn apart by an overwhelming force.
Naruto himself, high in the air, was already in sight.
One arm raised high, he was forging a colossal sphere of blinding white light.
It was the ultimate Fusion of Wind-nature change, Nine-Tails Chakra, and Sage Chakra.
The next instant Naruto vanished.
Via Flying Thunder God he reappeared on the nearest mark, closing the distance to Jiraiya in a heartbeat.
"Sage Art: Super Giant Ball Rasenshuriken!"