Chapter 88: Tailed Beast Transformation
"Ah!"
Kinkaku's body shot backward.
After taking the Rasengan head on, he now had a fresh wound torn open across his body, blood pouring out without pause.
Without hesitating for even a moment, he immediately used a ninjutsu to temporarily seal the wound.
Then, in the next instant, he formed hand seals with both hands.
Summoning Jutsu!
A massive vessel appeared before him, materializing directly in front of his body.
Is that... the Amber Purifying Pot?
Looking at the huge bottle before Kinkaku, a thought flashed through Kei's mind.
He's planning to use the Amber Purifying Pot to seal me?
"Third Hokage, if I call your name, do you dare answer?"
Kinkaku roared loudly.
For a moment, the battlefield fell silent.
Then, in the next instant, Kei vanished forward and slashed down with his sword.
Bang!
The heavy blade came down in a fierce arc, forcing Kinkaku to flee in a panic, his face filled with unwillingness.
"Damn it!"
The enemy truly knew the abilities of the Six Paths tools.
The effect of the Amber Purifying Pot was simple and brutal.
As long as the target answered once, the condition was triggered, and the sealing power of the pot would activate.
But Kei had known this from the beginning, so naturally, he would never fall for it.
In fact, from the very moment he stepped onto the battlefield against the Kinkaku Brothers, he had already decided not to answer a single word to either of them, focusing only on ending the fight as quickly as possible.
Kinkaku retreated rapidly, looking extremely disheveled.
At this moment, he was barely managing to defend himself.
Then, in the next instant, he let out a furious roar.
A violent and terrifying aura spread through the battlefield, surging out in all directions.
"Hm?"
Kei stood in place and looked ahead.
A crimson chakra shroud suddenly exploded from Kinkaku's body.
As that abnormal chakra emerged, every wound on his body healed completely, recovering at a visible speed.
In the blink of an eye, his original form twisted and changed.
He became a huge red monster.
Behind him, two crimson tails extended outward, radiating an ominous and terrifying presence.
"This is the Nine Tails' chakra..."
Kei's expression turned grave.
"Tailed beast transformation?"
The Kinkaku Brothers were not ordinary people.
When they were young, they had been swallowed by the Nine Tails.
They somehow survived within its stomach for a period of time, and not only did they survive, they lived by consuming the flesh within its belly, thereby obtaining the Nine Tails' chakra.
Because of that, although they were not jinchūriki, they could still wield the Nine Tails' power, and in critical moments, they could even enter a tailed beast transformation.
Just like now.
"You damned bastard!"
After transforming, Kinkaku's voice became even more savage and terrifying.
He let out a low growl.
"Go die!"
As the words fell, a massive Tailed Beast Ball condensed in his mouth and fired straight ahead.
Bang!
The Tailed Beast Ball exploded, flattening the ground ahead into ruins.
Kei's figure disappeared from the spot, escaping instantly through Flying Thunder God.
He reappeared at a distance, staring at Kinkaku as his Sharingan spun into place.
"Ah!"
Under the dōjutsu influence of the Sharingan, Kinkaku's movements instinctively stalled for a moment.
For tailed beasts, the Sharingan was undoubtedly a natural enemy.
Even the full Nine Tails, without a jinchūriki host, could be controlled by the Sharingan.
But Kinkaku only froze for an instant.
In the next moment, clarity returned to his eyes, followed immediately by even greater violence.
Roar!
He let out a deep roar, and the number of tails behind him continued to increase.
In a blink, the two tails doubled into four.
"Damn it."
Kei could not help but frown.
"The tailed beast chakra is too violent."
It was true that tailed beasts were naturally weak against the Sharingan.
But Kinkaku was not actually a tailed beast.
He was merely a human who possessed tailed beast chakra.
And after entering this transformation, the chakra around him had become too violent and chaotic, making him even harder to control.
With only his current three tomoe Sharingan, fully dominating it was extremely difficult.
Bang!
The Tailed Beast Ball continued to wreak havoc.
After entering tailed beast transformation, Kinkaku was even more berserk, looking no different from a demon.
He crouched low on the ground, letting out a terrifying laugh, the monstrous aura of his chakra enough to chill the bone.
"Hahahaha!"
"Die!"
He charged straight toward Kei and slammed one palm down.
Bang!
The ground collapsed, shattering outward in every direction.
"Kei!"
In the distance, Kagami and the others watched the battle and were immediately horrified.
At that moment, facing the transformed Kinkaku and sensing that terrifying pressure, their bodies trembled.
"So this is the power of a tailed beast?"
"This is only a partial transformation. What would the real Nine Tails be like?"
The thought flashed through their minds.
"We need to help him."
Kagami spoke at once.
"We can't let Kei fight alone."
"No, we can't go."
Homura stopped him, shaking his head with a grave expression.
"This battlefield is already beyond something we can participate in. If we rush in, we may only become a burden to Kei."
"Trust him."
"Even if he can't win, with Flying Thunder God, at the very least he should still be able to leave."
They spoke like that and chose not to join the battle.
There was no helping it.
The battlefield in front of them was simply too terrifying.
Against a force like tailed beast transformation, something closer to a natural disaster than a human opponent, the power of ordinary shinobi was insignificant.
Even those at so called Kage level would feel powerless in such a place.
Swish!
Kei's figure flickered rapidly through the air.
The pale silver ninja sword in his hand came slashing down.
Bang!
Enhanced with Wind Release chakra, the blade became incomparably sharp, like a divine weapon able to cut through anything.
It gave off an absolutely terrifying feeling.
Yet even such a powerful strike, though it cut through Kinkaku's tailed beast cloak, failed to inflict deeper damage.
Kei could not help but feel troubled.
His abilities could be said to be comprehensive in every direction.
In movement and speed, he had Flying Thunder God, nearly untouchable.
In genjutsu and control, he had the Sharingan, leaving little weakness there either.
With those two as a base, plus top class medical ninjutsu and healing ability, he was close to having no blind spots at all.
Against ordinary enemies, no matter how strong, he could at least guarantee he would not lose.
But now, facing an opponent like Kinkaku, who could enter tailed beast transformation, his weakness in raw offensive power had been exposed.
A ninja sword could kill ordinary people.
Even the strongest shinobi would eventually die if pierced through by his blade.
But against an opponent with tailed beast transformation, it was not enough.
No, even against the Third Raikage, though the Raikage could not do much to Kei, Kei would also struggle to break through his defense.
That revealed his weakness.
He lacked a true decisive, one shot offensive ninjutsu.
"It seems after I return, I'll have to study techniques in this area."
Standing in place, Kei shook his head lightly.
"But in the original history... how exactly did the Third Raikage deal with these two?"
At this moment, Kei was genuinely puzzled.
The strength of the Kinkaku Brothers was undeniably terrifying.
Even setting aside the Six Paths tools, their own strength was firmly at the Kage level.
They possessed powerful taijutsu and physical strength, enormous chakra reserves, and enough ability to use high level ninjutsu.
Each one of them alone was already formidable.
On top of that, they had the Nine Tails' chakra and could transform into a tailed beast state.
Without a doubt, if Kage level shinobi were divided into tiers, these two firmly belonged among the strong.
With the Third Raikage's strength, facing one of them alone, he might be able to capture them.
But against both at once, he should inevitably be at a disadvantage.
Yet in the original history, the Third Raikage had taken them down by himself.
How had he done it?
Kei found it extremely strange.
It was just like how the Kinkaku Brothers had managed to pursue the elite Konoha unit led by Tobirama.
That was another mystery he could not solve.
Back when Tobirama and the Second Raikage were negotiating peace, Kinkaku killing the Second Raikage had been an ambush, so that could be set aside for now.
But chasing down Tobirama's team was harder to explain.
One had to remember that besides Tobirama himself, the Konoha side at that time included Hiruzen in his prime, Danzo, Koharu, Homura, Kagami, and others.
Among them, Hiruzen and Danzo were unquestionably Kage level.
Homura was only a step weaker than Hiruzen, still within the Kage level range.
Koharu and Kagami might have been somewhat weaker, but they were at least elite jōnin.
And beyond them, that team had also included guards like Torifu.
It could be said to have been the strongest team Konoha could assemble at the time.
Aside from Mito, who as the Nine Tails jinchūriki was not present, nearly all of Konoha's high end forces had been deployed.
And what was the final result?
Tobirama himself had to stay behind and buy time so Hiruzen and the others could escape.
Thinking of it, Kei could only shake his head.
No matter how the Third Raikage had once captured the Kinkaku Brothers, the one facing Kinkaku now was him, not the Raikage.
"This is going to be troublesome."
He spoke softly and let out a quiet sigh.
In the next moment, a diamond shaped mark appeared on his forehead.
A series of rune like markings spread from it, curling across his face.
The seal released.
Standing there, his originally handsome face gained an indescribable, dangerous charm.
Yin Seal, release!
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