After a series of compressed Rasengan shots and interspersed attacks from Shadow Clones using Swift Release, although Tsunade had not yet suffered any serious substantial damage, her breathing rhythm had begun to become disordered.
Scanning the Shadow Clones that were still moving at high speed out of the corner of her eye, a judgment she was reluctant to admit began to surface in her mind.
If the fight continued like this, a war of attrition would be disadvantageous for her.
Seeing that it was enough, Naruto raised his right hand, signaling all the Shadow Clones to stop.
"Granny Tsunade, that should be enough, right? If we keep fighting like this, sooner or later you won't be able to keep up due to stamina consumption."
"I acknowledge that you are a Kage-level powerhouse, but even Kage-level has its limits."
"Hmph. Brat, I admit you are very talented. In the entire Ninja World, there isn't a second person who could push me to this point at your age. But you're still far from defeating me. The trump cards of a Kage-level powerhouse are not something a Genin like you can imagine."
Naruto looked at Tsunade for a moment in silence, then sighed.
"Since that's the case, let me make you give up completely, Granny Tsunade."
After speaking, he raised his right hand, palm facing up. A blue Rasengan formed in his palm at an extremely fast speed.
Immediately afterward, he channeled Wind Release Nature Transformation into the Rasengan. Visible wind blades began to emerge on the surface of the Rasengan, rotating and contracting at high speed on the surface of the sphere, emitting an increasingly sharp cutting sound.
Then the Rasengan began to deform, radiating several curved blades outward from the center as an axis, each blade rotating at high speed and emitting a piercing buzz.
The Chakra fluctuations emanating from the Rasenshuriken made Naruto's white windbreaker flap wildly.
Jiraiya's expression changed abruptly the moment he saw the Rasenshuriken take shape.
He finally saw the move Naruto had mentioned before, where Wind Chakra was infused into the Rasengan.
This was not just infusion, this was pushing both shape transformation and nature transformation to the extreme.
The density and rotation frequency of the wind blades inside the shuriken had reached a dangerously extreme value. If it went out of control, the first thing to be shredded would not be the enemy, but the user himself.
"Naruto, don't do anything reckless!" Jiraiya roared.
Naruto held the two-meter Rasenshuriken with one hand and glanced at a Kunai that had been thrown behind Tsunade during the fight.
Then, under everyone's gaze, his figure disappeared from the spot.
Tsunade's heart skipped a beat, she was all too familiar with this fluctuation. It was the Flying Thunder God Technique.
This Nine-Tails Jinchuriki brat had not only learned the Rasengan, but he had also learned the Flying Thunder God Technique, and he was already mature enough to switch and use it at will during combat.
Naruto appeared behind Tsunade, the Rasenshuriken in his hand raised high, pressing straight down toward Tsunade's back.
"Naruto, don't be impulsive!"
Jiraiya quickly made the hand seal for the Body Flicker Technique. But before he could finish, Naruto's Rasenshuriken was already at Tsunade's back.
"Tsunade-sama!" Shizune screamed.
Tsunade felt this terrifying Chakra fluctuation behind her, and the hairs on the back of her neck stood up.
Through the corner of her eye, she could see the approaching Rasenshuriken. She could even clearly hear the hissing sound of the high-speed rotating wind blades inside.
Then she closed her eyes.
Just as Jiraiya's Body Flicker Technique was about to activate, and Shizune was ready to pounce and use her body to block in front of Tsunade, the Rasenshuriken stopped five centimeters above Tsunade's back.
Tsunade opened her eyes.
Jiraiya patted his chest and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve. "Phew... That scared the hell out of me. This brat is practically making a joke of my heart on purpose. He actually dares to stop such a terrifying move at this distance, not even afraid of a slip of the hand causing a disaster."
"You brat..."
Tsunade turned to look at Naruto's calm eyes, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"You are my future Fifth Hokage. How could I let you die in a place like this?"
Naruto turned around, facing the distant mountain that was a bit away from Tanzaku Quarters. Then, he threw the Rasenshuriken toward that barren mountain.
Buzz, buzz, buzz...
The moment it hit the mountain, an area of the entire small mountain was swallowed by a white light.
Everything in the center of the storm was shredded by the wind blades in an instant. After the light dissipated, nothing remained where the storm had passed.
"Orochimaru-sama!"
A scream came from the storm, then was instantly drowned out.
"What terrifying power. If hit head-on, one would definitely die. No, that's not right. There wouldn't even be a single complete cell left."
Shizune looked at the mountain in the distance with half of it completely vanished, unable to help covering her mouth with her hand.
Jiraiya was more concerned about the scream that came from the storm.
He frowned. "That was Orochimaru. He was actually hiding there, secretly observing this place."
Tsunade also realized it, and her way of addressing Naruto changed. "Naruto, did you discover that Orochimaru was hiding there early on, which is why you deliberately threw the Rasenshuriken in that direction?"
Naruto nodded. "Correct, Orochimaru's concealment ability is very good, even Pervy Sage didn't discover him at first."
"But his malice is as obvious as a torch in the middle of the night to me. From the moment he started hiding in that direction and secretly observing here, I had been waiting for an opportunity to catch him off guard and blast him out."
"Granny Tsunade, your seriousness just now had a very good restraining effect. Thanks for the cooperation."
"You brat, you even included me in your plan?" Tsunade's voice suddenly rose, her fists clenching until they cracked.