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Chapter 246: The Death of A!
🕑 Added 2025-10-11 14:39:54 +0000 UTCChapter 246: The Death of A!
Samehada was angry, and the consequences were severe. Having been nearly burned to death by the Lava Release chakra, its handle-spikes flared, refusing to be held. Under normal circumstances, a ninja would never expect an attack from their own weapon's hilt, and Samehada's sudden "flare-up" was usually highly effective.
Unfortunately for it, Nara Keisuke's bag of tricks was far deeper than it could have anticipated. The instant the spikes shot out, a thin layer of chakra covered his palm, forming a buffer.
Aegis Release: Armament!
The first "enemy" his self-created Kekkei Genkai would face... was an intelligent sword. And it did not disappoint. The spikes, which could easily tear through a ninja's flesh, were stopped dead against the Aegis Release armor, unable to break through.
Keisuke decided the disobedient, picky-eater of a sword needed more... education. He pressed the Lava Release Mask against it again, this time right on the hilt.
Sizzzle—
The molten-hot magma instantly incinerated the spikes.
"SCREEE!!"
Samehada let out a piercing shriek... and immediately retracted all of its spikes, both on the hilt and the blade, and ceased all resistance. After its "education," it became much more docile.
"Tsk, tsk. Good sword, good sword," Keisuke marveled at its "bully the weak, fear the strong" attitude. He sealed it away in his Large Sealing Scroll. 'When I have the chance, I must study this sword. If I can use it as a template to forge a few of my own intelligent chakra pets, that would be excellent.'
Just as he finished, Nara Shikaku arrived. "Clan Head!" he said, but his mind was on the Kirin that had just shaken the heavens. That "unnatural thunderstorm"... was that also him?! First the Five-Tails, now the Three-Tails... the new Clan Head's ability to collect Tailed Beasts was starting to resemble the First Hokage's.
"Clan Head," Keisuke said, his voice bringing Shikaku back to the present. "Have the men clean up the battlefield. The fight is over."
Kumo was on standby. Iwa was in disarray. And Kiri, who had jumped in to fish in troubled waters, had not only lost their Anbu chief and the Seven Swordsmen, but also their Three-Tails. They had arguably lost more than Iwagakure in this one battle.
"Understood," Shikaku nodded. "But, Clan Head... what do we do with the Three-Tails?"
The unconscious beast was no immediate threat. But when it woke up... besides Keisuke, there was no one else here who could handle it.
"Leave it to Kagami-senpai," Keisuke said, and called him over. "Kagami-senpai, I'll leave the Three-Tails in your care."
"Yes!" Kagami nodded. He knew what was being asked of him: to use his Mangekyo Sharingan's visual genjutsu to keep it suppressed.
"Clan Head," Shikaku asked, "are we going to treat the Three-Tails the same way as the Five-Tails?" He had no objection to giving Kokuō its freedom. But the Three-Tails? It was ugly and had a bad temper. It was probably better to just seal it up.
"We'll discuss it later," Keisuke said, looking at Kokuō. "I still need to consult with Kokuō on the matter."
While Keisuke was discussing the disposition of Isobu, on the last remaining battlefield in the Land of Hot Water, the final battle was reaching its climax. A, wreathed in lightning, was relentlessly attacking the Yellow Flash. Killer B was using his chakra tentacles to support his brother. Minato, now armed with the Rasengan, was a whole new level of threat. But under the perfect coordination of the AB Combo, he couldn't find an opening.
But no ninja, no matter how strong, is a perfect machine.
After multiple exchanges, their coordination finally slipped.
Minato seized the opening.
Flying Thunder God Technique!
One second, he was dodging A's attack. The next, he had teleported behind him and slammed a Rasengan into his back.
BOOM!
A, having experienced the attack before, was prepared. He shifted his Lightning Armor to reinforce his back, successfully blocking the attack. Killer B's tentacle shot out to intercept Minato, but Minato's eyes glinted.
Flying Thunder God: Level Two!
He vanished again, this time reappearing in front of A. With A's chakra concentrated on his back, the rest of his body was vulnerable. Minato, as if he had practiced this a thousand times, smoothly swung his kunai.
Swish—
The three-pronged blade cut a long, deep gash from A's right waist to his left shoulder, nearly splitting him in two. The blood flowed a second later, gushing like a fountain.
"Yellow Flash..." A stared in disbelief, his own technique unable to heal such a grievous wound.
"Goodbye, A..." Minato said, a hint of regret in his voice as he raised his kunai one last time and, with a final, clean motion, finished the job.
"Big bro..." Killer B watched in horror. His brother, his lifelong partner... was dead.
"BIG BRO!"
A massive, violent wave of chakra exploded from B's body, and a torrential wind erupted from him. Minato, with his vast experience, knew instantly what had happened.
The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki... had gone berserk.
