Chapter 55: Fighting Shukaku

"You old fool, hurry up and die!"

Orochimaru cursed him, trying to break free, but Hiruzen wouldn’t let go of that little soul he had captured.

With great difficulty, Hiruzen managed to cut a portion of his soul that was connected to his arms.

"Argh!"

Orochimaru screamed in pain. This pain was different. As an experienced shinobi, he wouldn’t scream so easily.

But this time, he was feeling pain throughout his soul.

Losing an arm for the death of an old man who was half a foot into his grave was probably the worst decision he could’ve made.

Especially since Leaf wasn’t damaged even a bit.

The Shinobi of the enemy villagers were destroyed the moment they started their battle.

One-Tailed Shukaku, who was supposed to be their trump card, was held off- no, almost defeated by a twelve-year-old kid.

And he just lost his arms.

"Damn it, you old fool!"

Orochimaru roared.

At this moment, Hiruzen had fallen to the ground, but he died with a smile on his face.

Seeing Naruto defeat the Shukaku, without even using the Nine-Tails Chakra, filled his heart with warmth.

He believed even after his death, Konoha would continue to thrive.

No, it would be better after his death.

That was his last thought as he closed his eyes.

At this moment, Orochimaru shouted.

"Damn it! Let’s leave this damn village!"

Hearing his command, the shinobi of his village immediately opened the barrier. Because of Naruto and Shukaku’s battle, all the Anbu were sent out.

"Lord Orochimaru, we won’t be able to bypass this barrier!"

One of the Sound Four spoke with a grave expression on his face.

Although he was powerful, he didn’t think he had the strength to fight a shinobi who defeated a Tailed Beast.

"It doesn’t matter. As long as we deal with him, those shadow clones will disappear."

"This formation requires four shinobi with Kage-level chakra to use. He is using Kyubi’s Chakra, which gives him an incredibly high Chakra Reserve."

"But he is still just a kid. As long as we kill him, the barriers will disappear!"

Orochimaru, despite losing an arm and seeing Naruto’s strength, didn’t believe Naruto could defeat him.

Because Naruto didn’t beat Shukaku head-on but rather pulled Gaara from his sleep.

Though he did make one mistake.

Assuming that Naruto used his full strength in his previous battle.

As he saw Orochimaru and his team coming towards him, Naruto cracked his knuckles and said.

"Finally, I can take my revenge for that attack on the Forest of Death!"

A few minutes before the end of Orochimaru and Hiruzen’s battle;

Naruto was having a blast while fighting Shukaku. As an adult, he had gone through many things, but those were just memories.

Right now, he was fighting a Tailed Beast without any support from Gamabunta. That being said, he wasn’t alone.

Kurama was preparing Senjutsu Chakra for him while he was fighting Shukaku, or else he would run out of Senjutsu Chakra in just a few minutes.

After all, he didn’t have a clone creating Senjutsu Chakra for him on the side.

Senjutsu Chakra didn’t just boost his physical and ninjutsu stats. They also boosted his sensory capabilities.

Every time Shukaku made a move, Naruto would know where he was attacking beforehand.

This scene was so shocking that Sasuke, who was hiding far away from the battle, couldn’t help but feel confused.

’Does Naruto have Sharingan? No, he definitely doesn’t have one. So, is this also the power granted by Sage Mode?’

At this moment, Sasuke couldn’t help but feel speechless. He touched the three tomoe on his shoulder and muttered.

"No wonder he called Curse Mark an inferior version of Sage Mode. At the first stage, it doesn’t even grant the user any kind of sensory capabilities."

"Even if it does grant something in the second stage, it wouldn’t surpass the precognitive vision of the Sharingan."

"But with Sage Mode, it feels like Naruto’s precognition ability has improved beyond my three-tomoe Sharingan."

He clenched his fist.

"No, I need to learn Sage Mode. I can’t simply rely on this mark. According to Naruto, all three Sage Lands have Sage Mode."

"I need to find a way to get to Ryuchi Cave and get their summoning technique. Hmm! I could get it from Orochimaru."

Just as he was talking about getting the summoning scroll from Orochimaru, he heard a loud explosion.

When he raised his head, he saw the body of Shukaku crashing into the ground.

"Tailed Beasts should be powerful, right? At least, they should be equal to a Kage of the village."

"That means Naruto with Sage Mode can easily reach a similar level of strength. And on base, I should be close to equal to Naruto using three tomoe."

"That means Sage Mode alone helped Naruto reach Kage Level from Special Jonin. Such an increase in strength is so incredible."

At this moment, Naruto raised both of his hands and formed a cross seal.

[Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu]

"Shukaku, it’s time to end this battle!"

Naruto shouted from all directions, and nearly dozens of his clones appeared around Shukaku.

Before he could stand up, Naruto started gathering Chakra into his palm. Each of them produced a massive Rasengan and charged towards Shukaku.

"Enough!"

[Sand Desert Formation]

Shukaku roared, turning the ground beneath them into sand as he slapped it around him, forming a huge tornado of sand.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Naruto’s shadow clones kept getting destroyed by the sand, but some of the Rasengan managed to break apart the sand, running towards Shukaku.

At the same time, Shukaku, angered by his previous fall, opened his mouth. A large amount of white and black energy started gathering in front of his mouth.

"Oh, no! It’s a Tailed Beast Ball."

Naruto shouted, and one of his clones immediately rushed towards Sasuke. As for the others, there was no one inside the formation.

"Die, you brat!"

[Tailed Beast Ball]

Shukaku roared, shooting the Tailed Beast Ball towards Naruto. It rushed towards Naruto at an extraordinary speed.

Facing an attack of this caliber, Naruto couldn’t reflect it without revealing his Tailed Beast state.

But right now, he wanted to keep it down.

"Alright, let’s do this!"

[Super Massive Rasengan]*2

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