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Chapter 247: The Eight-Tails Rampages!
🕑 Added 2025-10-12 11:25:30 +0000 UTCChapter 247: The Eight-Tails Rampages!
Minato crossed his arms in front of his face, bracing against the gale of wind and rock. Through the gap, he stared grimly at Killer B. A rampaging Jinchuriki was no easy opponent. Worse, his own chakra was already severely depleted from the previous fight; he couldn't sustain a battle against a berserk Eight-Tails.
"This power... it's almost on par with Kushina's..."
He gripped his kunai, his feet planted firmly on the ground like a steadfast reef. 'No matter what, I cannot let him reach the other battlefields. I have to hold him here!' His mind raced, searching for a strategy.
At that moment, Killer B began to move. Unlike a controlled transformation, his rage had caused the Eight-Tails' chakra to leak out from the gaps in his Iron Armor Seal, wrapping around his body. Four or five dark red tentacles formed behind him and, following his furious will, lashed out at Minato.
Whoosh—
The thick tentacles tore through the air and were on him in an instant. But Minato didn't use the Flying Thunder God. He simply used a standard, chakra-efficient Body Flicker to leap backward, easily dodging the blow.
BAM!
The tentacle slammed into the ground where he had been standing, carving a deep trench in the earth. But B wasn't finished. He used the tentacle as an anchor and launched his body forward like a cannonball. Minato dodged again.
CRASH!
B landed like a meteor, creating a crater ten meters in diameter. From within the dust cloud, Minato could see the shape of a bull-headed octopus. Wrapped in a cloak of red chakra, B glared at him with pure hatred and began to gather his chakra. A small but potent Tailed Beast Bomb rapidly formed in front of his mouth.
Minato's pupils contracted. He could dodge the tentacles, but a massive, explosive attack like this... a simple Body Flicker wouldn't be enough. But just as the thought crossed his mind, the rampaging B fired.
The black sphere shot through the night sky like a meteor. Minato, with his incredible nerve, waited until the very last second before activating the Flying Thunder God, vanishing an instant before the Tailed Beast Bomb struck.
BOOM!
Another giant mushroom cloud rose into the sky over the Land of Hot Water.
Back on the Kiri battlefield, Keisuke was about to discuss the disposition of the Three-Tails with Kokuō when the massive spike of B's berserk chakra lit up his senses like a giant red warning light. The subsequent explosion was visible even from this great distance. He instantly identified the signature.
"The Eight-Tails!"
He was confused. He had thought Minato, now armed with the Rasengan, could handle the AB Combo. For things to have reached this point... something must have gone wrong.
"That is indeed Gyūki's chakra," Kokuō confirmed. "Keisuke, shall I go with you?"
"No, I'll handle this alone for now," Keisuke replied. "If the situation gets out of hand, I'll summon you."
"Understood."
Keisuke's figure vanished.
Flying Thunder God Technique!
Using a marker he had left behind, he instantly teleported from the Kiri front to the new battlefield. He arrived to see B in a partial Tailed Beast state, his tentacles burrowing through the ground to attack Minato.
"What are these weird moves... did he go berserk?" Keisuke wondered, looking around. "And where's A? I don't sense his chakra... Why is B here alone?"
"Keisuke! Be careful!" Minato, sensing his arrival, shouted a warning. "I took care of A! The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki has gone berserk!"
Took care of... the future Fourth Raikage? Master Minato, isn't your grass-cutting speed a little too fast?! How long has it even been since you learned the Rasengan?!
Keisuke pushed forward. The berserk B instinctively lashed out at him with a barrage of tentacles. But Keisuke's expression didn't change.
Yin Seal: Release!
A massive surge of Yin chakra erupted from his shadow, forming a solid, demonic face-shield above his head.
Shadow Transformation Jutsu - Rashōmon!
BAM! BAM! BAM!
The tentacles slammed uselessly against the "absolute defense" of the Rashōmon. As they did, Keisuke changed its form from a solid shield to a mass of binding, steel-like cables.
Shadow Vise Technique!
The black shadow-cables snaked along the tentacles, instantly enveloping B's main body. He struggled madly, but Keisuke wasn't trying to hold him for long. This was just to create an opening.
While maintaining the binding with one hand, he prepared his real trump card against the Eight-Tails.
"Come forth! The Great Sword, Samehada!"
