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"Cough, cough, cough..."
Killer Bee and the Eight-Tails slowly climbed out of the massive crater, their bodies battered, their spirits weighed down.
How did Uchiha Haru get behind them?
The Body Flicker Technique?
No, that couldn't be it.
There wasn't a single afterimage, and the distance was too far. The Body Flicker couldn't cover ground like that.
It definitely wasn't the Body Flicker Technique!
Then what kind of technique was this?
How did this Uchiha brat master so many advanced forms of ninjutsu?!
"Bee, do you remember the Yellow Flash of Konoha we encountered during the Third Great Ninja War?"
"The Yellow Flash of Konoha?"
The Eight-Tails' words sparked Killer Bee's memory.
It brought to mind a fearsome technique that had shaken the shinobi world during the war.
The Flying Thunder God Technique!
Could it be that?
Killer Bee frowned and glanced over his shoulder.
Sure enough, there it was—a kunai embedded in the ground, etched with a familiar formula.
Hiss!
The Flying Thunder God!
Compared to the Body Flicker Technique, he was far more familiar with this.
He hadn't just heard of it—he'd fought against it.
If the Flying Thunder God Formula was placed on a target, the user could teleport to it instantly.
No matter how great the distance.
He remembered it vividly.
He and his brother, the current Fourth Raikage, had crossed paths with the infamous "Yellow Flash" of Konoha—Minato Namikaze, the man who would become the Fourth Hokage.
They had clashed briefly.
Although it ended in a draw, the speed and deadliness of Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique had left a deep scar in his mind.
It had been two against one.
And they only managed a draw?
In truth, they had already lost.
Now, Killer Bee could tell at a glance.
Uchiha Haru had used the same technique!
His heart grew heavier by the second.
The Body Flicker Technique, the Flying Thunder God, the Sharingan, Wood Release, and monstrous taijutsu skills...
Could this really be a ninja only sixteen or seventeen years old?
No matter how gifted he was, how could someone so young have mastered so many high-level jutsu?
It was inhuman.
Across the entire history of the shinobi world—past and present—there might not be anyone who had achieved such power at his age.
"Gyuki, get ready. Continuous Tailed Beast Bombs!"
"Got it!"
The Eight-Tails began to gather chakra again.
But this time, it wasn't just a single Tailed Beast Bomb.
It was a barrage—a continuous volley.
As the name implied, these bombs would be prepared in rapid succession and fired one after another, laying waste to everything in their path.
Soon, they were ready.
As a perfect jinchūriki, Killer Bee could seamlessly merge with the Eight-Tails and unleash powerful attacks almost effortlessly.
Even something as massive as the continuous Tailed Beast Bombs took little time to prepare.
"Fire!"
Killer Bee bellowed, and the Eight-Tails unleashed a devastating barrage.
One after another, glowing black spheres burst from its mouth, aimed directly at Uchiha Haru.
This time, they deliberately varied the angle and trajectory, anticipating the possibility that Haru might use the Flying Thunder God Technique again.
They remained vigilant.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Explosions ripped through the landscape.
The colossal energy wiped out everything nearby.
Samui had been protected in advance by Killer Bee. Otherwise, she would have been turned to ash in an instant.
More than ten Tailed Beast Bombs were fired.
Even the Eight-Tails, with its nearly limitless chakra, was beginning to falter.
Killer Bee was panting hard.
The Eight-Tails looked exhausted.
But there was no hesitation.
They knew.
Even with such a bombardment, there was no guarantee that Uchiha Haru had been killed.
Their true goal wasn't to destroy him.
It was to buy time. To escape.
They turned.
"Let's move!"
Killer Bee barked, taking off with Samui.
They dashed across the battlefield, battered ground beneath their feet.
They didn't get far.
They had barely covered twenty meters when the razed terrain in front of them erupted.
A forest of trees burst from the scorched earth, entangling the Eight-Tails with ferocious speed!
These weren't ordinary trees. This was Wood Release.
The Eight-Tails roared and struggled, snapping the trees like twigs with brute force.
CRACK!
The first wave shattered.
But within seconds, a second wave surged from the earth, even denser, even tougher.
Despite being drained from the continuous Tailed Beast Bombs, the Eight-Tails' raw power was still terrifying.
CRACK!
It broke free again, roaring in fury.
"RRAAAAAHHH!!"
The Eight-Tails roared and charged forward. Along its path, trees rose up to block the way, but without exception, it tore through them one by one.
Nothing could stop it. It was an unstoppable force of destruction.
But just then, a massive wooden dragon descended from the sky, diving straight for the Eight-Tails.
"ROAR!"
The beast bellowed, the sound echoing through the shattered forest.
A dragon and a bull—two titanic forces—roared at once and charged.
Just before impact, the wooden dragon twisted midair, coiling around the Eight-Tails like a serpent.
The enormous wooden dragon, tens of meters long, wrapped itself tightly around the rampaging beast. The Eight-Tails, musclebound and brimming with violent chakra, struggled with all its might.
The wooden dragon glowed with a dark green energy. Though it looked like wood, its surface gleamed like steel, emanating immense power.
What followed was no longer a direct clash—it was a battle of raw strength.
"ROAR!"
The Eight-Tails strained, its massive muscles bulging under the pressure of the dragon's grip. But the more it struggled, the tighter the dragon coiled.
With a groan of splintering wood, the dragon began to crack—but each time it did, those cracks regenerated as if being healed.
"Gyuki, something's wrong! Chakra!"
"The Wood Dragon is absorbing our chakra!"
Killer Bee immediately sensed the abnormality.
Logically, the Eight-Tails should have torn the dragon apart within moments. But it had held out far longer than expected.
Not only were the previous cracks regenerating, but the grip was tightening further.
The truth became clear—the Wood Dragon was draining their chakra while reinforcing itself.
"Gyuki, we can't drag this out. Gather your strength and break free in one go!"
Killer Bee's voice sharpened with urgency.
The longer the struggle continued, the more chakra they would lose. The Eight-Tails' reserves would keep diminishing, while the Wood Dragon continued to grow stronger.
A one-time burst of power—that was their only option.
"Got it!"
The Eight-Tails grunted in acknowledgment, took a deep breath, and summoned all of its strength in one massive effort.
The groaning of bending wood intensified. Cracks spiderwebbed across the wooden dragon's body. Its dark green glow began to flicker.
It was on the verge of breaking.
"You've got this, Gyuki! Just a little more and—ah..."
Killer Bee's shout of encouragement trailed off abruptly.
Because from the distance, a figure was slowly approaching.
Uchiha Haru.
His blood-red eyes glowed ominously, and within them spun three tomoe—connected like curved blades, swirling with malevolent power.
"Those eyes..."
Killer Bee's breath caught in his throat.
"Mangekyō Sharingan!"
All his usual antics—the rap, the quips, the bravado—vanished. What replaced them was silent awe and dread.
The legendary eyes.
Eyes said to have been wielded only by Uchiha Madara in the days of old—the Mangekyō Sharingan.
And now they were staring them down.
Even the Eight-Tails' resistance began to falter.
Something primal inside it recoiled from those eyes.
It wanted to submit.
It couldn't resist.
Such power, such bloodlust—it wasn't something even a tailed beast could ignore.
Uchiha Haru stepped closer, his face devoid of emotion—cold and indifferent.
A hundred years ago, the God of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama, had used the Wood Dragon Technique to suppress the rampaging Nine-Tails.
And now, Haru had done the same—though his opponent was weakened, his control of Wood Release alone wasn't enough to subdue the Eight-Tails completely.
In the end, it was his Mangekyō Sharingan that sealed the battle.
It proved one thing—he still had a ways to go before matching Hashirama at his prime.
But he wasn't discouraged. Haru exhaled quietly, his gaze unwavering.
He was still young.
And his potential was limitless.
One day, he would surpass even Hashirama Senju.
He believed it.
Uchiha Haru walked toward the unconscious Killer Bee. The Eight-Tails had already withdrawn into Bee's body, completely drained of chakra and unable to manifest again any time soon.
Killer Bee had collapsed.
Beside him lay Samui.
With a flick of Haru's wrist, vines rose from the ground and bound the two tightly.
Then, with a blur, Haru vanished—his Body Flicker Technique far surpassing normal shinobi speed.
His movement was a level beyond comprehension.
By the time anyone could react, he had already disappeared into the horizon.
He reappeared at the true hidden stronghold of the Uchiha Clan.
The Hidden Cloud shinobi thought they had everything under control.
They thought they'd kept their distance to avoid the Sharingan's effects.
But they didn't know they were facing Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
That kind of distance could deceive an ordinary Sharingan—but not these eyes.
Uchiha Haru had seen through everything from the beginning. He had anticipated their movements.
And he had already prepared—evacuating everyone to this hidden location before the enemy even launched their attack.
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