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Chapter 276: The Two-Tails, Matatabi's, Tailed Beast Power!
🕑 Added 2025-10-26 10:08:30 +0000 UTCChapter 276: The Two-Tails, Matatabi's, Tailed Beast Power!
You're not right in the head!
Wait... this is my clone. So... I'm not right in the head?
Keisuke looked at his clone, which seemed to be developing a bizarre personality, and his eye twitched. He had, of course, planned to kill the Third Raikage, just as he had Ōnoki. He'd even briefly considered having his "Raikage" and "Tsuchikage" clones fight to the death on the battlefield, then dispelling the Shadow Manipulation at the last second so both Kage would die in combat. But that was too much trouble.
But now, seeing his clone actively begging for death... he almost regretted not just having his Ōnoki clone do the deed.
Dust Release: Detachment from the Primitive World Technique!
Before the muscle-bound idiot could spout any more nonsense, Keisuke raised his hands, flew through the seals, and unleashed Iwagakure's ultimate jutsu. A white cube of Dust Release chakra enveloped "Nara-Raikage." With a faint flash of light, the Third Raikage was erased, becoming nothing but history. His defense, forged by his Lightning Armor, was impervious to most attacks, but not this. Disintegration at the atomic level was the perfect "clean-up" tool.
With the "Third Raikage's" death, a massive flood of memories poured into Keisuke's mind—all the intel his clone had gathered while running Kumogakure.
"Hiss..." Keisuke rubbed his temples as he processed the memories, his gaze falling on the unconscious Samui. He now knew what her real mission was. She wasn't his student; she was a spy.
"To place a Kumo Jinchuriki by my side, under the guise of an apprentice... you really thought of everything, didn't you, my clone?" he muttered, wishing he could pull that clone back and disintegrate him a second time. "It's a good thing this kid is too young to understand the real game... if she were any older, this would be a lot more troublesome."
Well, the die was cast. Matatabi was sealed in Samui, and he had accepted her as his "student" in front of the "Third Raikage."
'Forget it. Student, spy... I'll just raise her according to the plan for now.' He glanced at her bright golden hair. It wasn't like he wasn't already raising a ninja from another village. He already had his "little wildcat" from Suna. What was one more "golden silk cat" from Kumo?
He looked at Samui, then at the Amber Purifying Pot, and frowned. Even with his new Flying Thunder God, his chakra reserves weren't deep enough to teleport himself, a new Jinchuriki, and an SS-rank Sage Tool all the way back to the Konoha camp in one go.
"I guess I'll have to fly back the old-fashioned way..."
He created a Shadow Creature, which gently lifted Samui and the pot, and then activated his Shadow Invisibility Jutsu. Under its perfect cover, he flew out of the Unraikyō, completely undetected by the Kumo ninja waiting outside, who would soon discover their leader and their new Jinchuriki had mysteriously vanished.
On the way back, he did a quick medical check on Samui. She was just unconscious from the strain, nothing serious. 'I can't bring her back to the camp publicly... I'll just have to raise her in secret for now. When I get back to Kikyo Castle, I can just 'accidentally' find her and take her in... As for what to teach my new 'apprentice'... we'll see how sincere she is.'
With Samui unconscious, he finally had time to check his panel. After he had "beaten" Matatabi, it had "surrendered," and he had been rewarded with a new S-rank scroll.
"Even for a Tailed Beast, there aren't many S-rank abilities," he mused. "Matatabi's specialty is Fire Style. Don't tell me it's going to give me a pseudo-Sage Art for fire, just like Isobu did for water..."
He glanced at Samui and, for good luck, stroked her golden hair. 'This counts as touching a European, right? Open!'
[Opening...]
[Contents of this S-Rank Shinobi Secret Scroll: Technique]
[S-Rank Technique: Prowling Flame Cat Fire]
[Description: The special talent of the Two-Tails, Matatabi! The Tailed Beast power to control fire!]
[Effect: Creates fire from nothingness using one's own Yin Release chakra. This special fire, created from Yin Release, has the ability to automatically track an enemy. It can also be fused with other Fire Style ninjutsu to amplify their power.]
[Evaluation: The dancing sparks of the blaze shall mete out divine punishment to the heretics!]
"What? Fire Style? Yin Release?" Keisuke frowned. "This 'Tailed Beast Power' is too weird."
He knew that Yin Release was the "creation of form from nothingness." It was the basis for everything from Tailed Beasts to his own shadows. But... "Yin Release can create fire?"
He was genuinely stunned. But as he thought about it, Matatabi was different. All the other Tailed Beasts had stable, physical forms. Matatabi, on the other hand, was a giant cat made of blue fire. The fire was its body.
"After all, the Tailed Beasts are chakra lifeforms created by the Sage of Six Paths using Yin-Yang Release. Their essence is Yin-Yang chakra." He rubbed his chin. "So Matatabi can convert its innate Yin chakra into Fire Style... is that why it's always on fire?"
He was of two minds about this new technique. The ability to create fire from Yin chakra was a paradigm-shifting concept. "Let me see just what this is..."
He immersed his mind in the scroll. A moment later, he opened his eyes.
"I've really hit the jackpot!"
