"Dad!" Naruto yelled toward Minato.
"Naruto! Get ready!"
Minato flashed back using the Body Flicker Technique and addressed the group behind him in a calm voice. "I was hit, but I'm fine. I managed to escape using the Flying Raijin Technique."
Kanon picked at her ear with her pinky finger and looked at Minato.
"Take a look at your severed arm, Naruto's dad."
Minato gasped in shock. At the stump where his arm used to be, a Truth-Seeking Ball had actually followed him back!
Obito let out a cold snort, preparing to detonate it.
"Oh no!" Minato shouted.
The Truth-Seeking Ball was on the verge of exploding right in front of Naruto, Sasuke, and Minato.
"Die," Obito said coldly.
Minato had no choice but to teleport himself away, while Sasuke immediately began channeling his purple Susanoo to shield Naruto.
But in the next instant, Tobirama flashed directly in front of Minato using the Flying Raijin Technique, intercepting the Truth-Seeking Ball and teleporting it right back to Obito.
It turned out that during the earlier chaos of the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags, Tobirama had used the smoke screens to plant Flying Raijin formulas on both Obito and Kanon. However, because Kanon was using her intangibility, the formula failed to stick to her.
Only Obito had the mark, allowing the Second Hokage to clean up the mess at this absolute critical juncture.
Yet, at the exact split second Tobirama was about to teleport away, Kanon gripped his shoulder.
"What?!" Tobirama gasped in shock.
"What a coincidence. I happen to know the Flying Raijin Technique too," Kanon said smoothly. Re-routing the spatial coordinates of the Truth-Seeking Ball, she forcibly teleported Tobirama along with it, straight into the middle of the Allied Shinobi Forces.
"Damn it!" Tobirama barked, but it was already too late.
An ear-splitting blast erupted. At the final millisecond, Tobirama bet everything on one last desperate Flying Raijin, successfully redirecting the Truth-Seeking Ball to explode safely over the ocean.
Though he kept the blast away from the center of the battlefield, half of Tobirama's Reanimation body was completely obliterated.
Tobirama and Kanon flashed back onto the battlefield simultaneously.
"You bastard!" Tobirama roared.
Kanon didn't bother to reply. Instead, she and Obito leaped backward, creating distance from the group, as Obito prepared to launch their grand assault.
Seeing that no one was hurt, Naruto cheered loudly toward Tobirama, "That was awesome! You know my dad's jutsu too, Second Great Stone Face Guy!"
"The Fourth learned it from me."
"And you should address me as Lord Second," Tobirama muttered, a bead of cold sweat dropping from his brow.
Minato offered an awkward smile, while Naruto just scratched his head, looking completely clueless.
On the other side of the battlefield, Hashirama and Madara stood locked in a fierce standoff.
Madara unleashed his Susanoo right from the start, while Hashirama slammed his palms together.
"Wood Release: Wood Dragon!"
Madara and Hashirama collided, sending awe-inspiring shockwaves rippling across the other end of the battlefield.
It was a clash between the two strongest shinobi of the Warring States Period. Countless ninja watched with wide eyes, their jaws nearly dropping to the ground.
"Don't get in my way, Madara!" Hashirama roared.
"We may be running out of time, but there is something I must do!" Madara muttered to himself as his Susanoo manifested into its perfect, Complete Body form.
Staring up at the titanic entity, Hashirama clapped his hands together from a distance, invoking his Wood Release: Wood Human Technique.
A Complete Body Susanoo standing nearly a hundred meters tall and a hundred-meter-tall Wood Human materialized on the field.
Madara looked down at Hashirama and said flatly, "In just a moment, you will be mine!"
Hashirama frowned, his expression turning grave. Though he wasn't entirely sure what Madara meant, he had no choice but to brace himself and charge forward.
In front of the Wood Human, Madara instantly unsheathed his colossal Susanoo greatsword. The Wood Dragon ducked low just in time as the blade swept clean over Hashirama's head, utterly leveling the mountains and the battlefield behind them in a single stroke.
However, capitalizing on the lag from Madara's follow-through, the Wood Human lunged forward and locked its arms tightly around the Susanoo's waist. The massive frame of the Susanoo slammed violently into the ground, causing the entire earth to tremble.
But before the Wood Human could deliver a follow-up strike, it was kicked away by the Susanoo.
The battle between these two legendary figures was exactly like it had been in the past, leaving every single shinobi completely dumbfounded. The Allied Shinobi Forces didn't dare make a reckless move; stepping in would only create a nuisance for Hashirama.
The ninja of Konoha watched the tectonic clash between the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and Madara Uchiha, their hearts racing as every exchange caused the earth to shatter and the mountains to rock. Faced with a battle of this caliber, they couldn't offer any assistance at all.
Yet, rallied by Shikamaru's encouraging words, the Allied Shinobi Forces ultimately managed to bolster their morale. At a time when the Hokage of past generations were fighting on the front lines, no one could afford to stand by and watch.
Meanwhile, Nagato and the rest of Akatsuki launched a brutal assault against the Allied Shinobi Forces, cutting through the ranks like a hot knife through butter.
Nagato in particular caused devastating casualties across the field, unleashing his Asura Attack and Almighty Push with ruthless efficiency.
Following another explosive clash of blades, Madara and Hashirama backed away to create some distance.
"This is exactly like back then," Hashirama said softly.
"But the outcome will be different this time." Madara's Uchiha Fan trembled slightly in his grip as he locked eyes with Hashirama.
"Because this time, I am no longer alone! Hashirama!"
With a thunderous roar, Madara steered his Susanoo and charged straight at Hashirama once more.
Across the battlefield, Kanon caught the echo of Madara's roar, her face flushing slightly.
"That old man Madara! What is he blabbering about?! He's just an old geezer!" Kanon muttered, her face flushed red as she self-consciously twirled a lock of hair by her temple.
She then shifted her focus onto the four ninja and the toad standing before her.
With Obito and Kanon standing side by side, Minato and his allies felt a heavy weight pressing down on them.
"It looks like I'll have to rely on my Spiralling Flash Super Round Dance Howl Style Three... to create an opening."
Tobirama looked at Minato, thoroughly exasperated. "You are remarkably scatterbrained. Under normal circumstances, I would definitely be amused by your ridiculous jutsu names."
"But looking at those two, I can't bring myself to laugh."
Before they could plan further, Sasuke and Naruto lunged forward together.
Kanon gave a slight nod as she tracked Sasuke and Naruto's advance.
"What did you call that jutsu of yours earlier?"
"Scorch Release: Halo Hurricane Jet Black Arrow Style Zero?" Kanon mused aloud.
At her words, Naruto and Sasuke froze in their tracks. Even Tobirama and Minato went completely rigid.
There was no other reason. Kanon was currently holding a massive Wind Release: Rasenshuriken in her right hand, and swirling violently over it was the black flame of Amaterasu, perfectly controlled through Kagutsuchi!
It was an exact replication of Scorch Release: Halo Hurricane Jet Black Arrow Style Zero, the combined jutsu Naruto and Sasuke had just unleashed.
Kanon had pulled it off entirely on her own. With a casual flick of her wrist, she hurled the massive projectile directly at Naruto and Sasuke without a shred of mercy.
Seeing the titanic Rasenshuriken tearing toward them, Sasuke manifested a Susanoo arm and forcefully punched Naruto out of harm's way.
Sure enough, the Scorch Release: Halo Hurricane Jet Black Arrow Style Zero detonated prematurely.
Sasuke was sent flying backward alongside his crumbling Susanoo armor. Minato and Tobirama rushed to position themselves behind him, bracing his back to absorb the sheer momentum of the impact, while Sasuke quickly used Kagutsuchi to extinguish the Amaterasu embers clinging to his body.
Naruto, who had been shoved aside, now threw himself in front of the group, confronting Kanon alone.
Gleaming in his golden Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, a kunai suddenly materialized in Naruto's hand—it was the specially made kunai Kanon had gifted him long ago.
"I didn't expect you to still have that kunai," Kanon said coldly.
"This was a gift from the old you, along with all the hopes and blessings you once had for me."
"Even if the current you denies everything, I will never forget it."
"These are my most precious and cherished memories. That's why I'm going to stop you right here, Kanon!"
In response, Kanon simply unsheathed the Kusanagi Sword from her waist and spun it into a reverse grip. It had to be said that in terms of combat habits, Kanon and Sasuke were remarkably similar.
"The game is over."
Suddenly, a skeletal ribcage of Kanon's Susanoo slammed down toward Naruto from behind. Naruto flashed away to evade, but mid-dash, a beam of Dust Release shot directly toward his face.
The absolute precision of the strike left both Tobirama and Sasuke stunned. However, Naruto managed to forcibly alter his trajectory in mid-air using a massive Nine-Tails chakra arm, narrowly dodging the lethal beam.
"Then how about this one?" Watching Naruto fly off toward the opposite side, Kanon slammed both palms against the ground.
"Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation!"
Instantly, countless jagged stone spikes erupted from the earth, racing toward Naruto. But before they could skew him, Minato defused the threat using the Flying Raijin. A golden flash flickered right behind Naruto, scooping him up and carrying him to safety in an instant.
In this opening exchange, Naruto and Sasuke were completely outmatched by Kanon, not just in terms of combat intellect, but completely overwhelmed in jutsu versatility and technical execution.
Standing a short distance away, Obito lightly tapped his Six Paths Sage Staff against the ground with a soft thud. He locked his gaze onto Sasuke, who was already preparing for another assault.
"I can already see that you've been pooling chakra into your left eye. If you're planning a sneak attack, save your breath."
"To think he noticed..." Minato muttered, feeling a sense of helplessness.
Right then, Tobirama placed a firm hand on Minato's shoulder, imprinting a Flying Raijin formula onto him.
"Let's move, Fourth."
"As expected, a shadow clone using the Flying Raijin just isn't fast enough. The two of us will alternate using the Flying Raijin."
"Place a mark on me as well."
Minato understood Tobirama's strategy instantly upon feeling the mark. He reached out and placed a corresponding Flying Raijin formula onto Tobirama.
Since they possessed Reanimation bodies, they could move freely even if they sustained heavy damage. They could charge into the fray without a single shred of fear.
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