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Alright, before the chapter begins, I just want everyone to know that I'm writing this not even 5 hours after uploading chapter 78, and you can thank the prick who decided to be a little condescending asshole.
Who is this asshole? Just someone who wrote out a long list of some things he believed were forced, and I'll be honest, didn't read all that shit; it was annoying after the first two, so I'll address those and leave out the others.
1. You mentioned the space-locking seal as something Obito wouldn't allow. So I ask you, 'Oh, so powerful Omnipotent being.' Who said Obito even knows about this seal? Who said it would even work on him? Kakashi plainly states… and I know, reading comprehension is 'big hard', but Kakashi states that he can't feel his markers, no, not the kind your mother sniffed while you were a little potion in her snug cauldron, but his Flying Raijin markers. Now, anyone with a working brain would say Kamui and Flying Raijin are different, no? Guess what Obito can do while inside his own personal dimension? If you guessed travel to other places, then you're right. If outside his own dimension inside a spatial lock, then Obito likely couldn't go out. (Your argument, not mine; all-mighty ROB, don't shoot the mortal) But that doesn't apply if he's in his own dimension; thus the 'rules' of this fuinjutsu don't apply to him….. Not that they ever did, but 'Forced Plot', right? Now, only a few more things, maybe more or less. Tobirama Senju spent his entire life working on ways to counter the Sharingan. He came up with many. One of them was Flying Raijin, the very technique that allowed him to kill Izuna, Madara's little brother. Now, given that information, who would likely find a way to deal with said technique? Also, back to the seal. Kakashi didn't fully analyze the seal because, I'm not sure if you noticed, but he was fighting. The reason he called it a 'Space locking seal' is because that's what it did at the time: 'Locked him from leaving'. This is akin to looking at a can of Pepsi and saying it's a caffeinated drink no shit, it is but what are the ingredients? How is it made?
2. Black Zetsu is afraid of Fuinjutsu? Fucking obviously, but you know what else he's afraid of? Literally everything; he's a pussy, but most Fuinjutsu wouldn't do anything to him, especially one that locks space. He becomes one with the matter in the ground and goes wherever he wants; you'd need seals specifically for him, which Kakashi made for his base, and a seal for Obito as well… Like an actual seal just for him, I know, mind-bending stuff from the morty (Slur for Mortal)
I encourage questions and opinions, but if the first two sentences of your comment are annoying, no one will be excited to read further, like being spoiled on the ending of a book and no longer wanting to read it; I already know where it's going.
Now, back to your regularly scheduled program.
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- With Naruto -
Naruto watched the man with no little amount of confusion and earnest admiration as he unsheathed 7 swords and stood there in a stance that looked simultaneously ridiculous and somehow graceful.
"That looks like it took forever to train."
"Not really, I have an affinity for it, you see. The rappin' jinchūriki Killer Bee is me! The Eight-Tails is with me; we are a perfect team. Gonna slice you up and make you scream! Wheee!"
Killer Bee shouted and launched himself forward, spinning toward Naruto like a crazed, high-speed buzzsaw. Without a Sharingan to predict the erratic trajectories of the blades, Naruto had to rely entirely on his raw, honed instincts just to stay alive. The chaotic slashes blurred past, tearing small gashes into his sleeves. Seizing a tactical opening, Naruto intentionally exposed a gap in his defense and smirked as Bee took the bait completely, Rasengan meeting the tips of 7 blades at once and rapidly expanding to be nearly as big as the Tailed Beast Bomb Bee shot earlier.
Lightning sprang to life along each blade, destabilising the Rasengan right in front of Bee's face. The massive chakra sphere exploded violently, instantly flash-frying the surrounding snow into a thick cloud of steam that completely covered all vision. Naruto jumped back just in time; the force of the blast sent him skidding across the ice and snow for a few feet, but he remained completely unharmed.
Naruto took this opportunity to stand completely still, rapidly gathering natural energy to enter Sage Mode. Just as the orange pigments flared around his eyes, the dense steam finally cleared to reveal Killer Bee. A thick, bubbling shroud of blood-red Version 1 Tailed Beast chakra completely shrouded him, his superficial burns already steaming and knitting back together from the rapid healing of the Eight-Tails. His seven swords were now neatly sheathed back onto his body, the Kumo ninja abandoning his blades to prepare for a taijutsu fight, both getting into a standoff for what seemed like 5 minutes.
On some unseen signal, the two charged, Bee's chakra cloak vaporizing the snow and ice around them as the two of them exchanged blows, Bee noticing that Naruto's physical strength was more than his, but what made it really tricky is the perception that he seemed to have gained, the Little Flash was fast before, but now it appeared like he was being read like a book.
Bee tilted his head back as a sharp kick nearly connected with his chin, except something did, because he was launched up into the air.
Looking down just in time to see a Kunai fly past his head, tentacles sprouted to block a Naruto that appeared and slammed another large Rasengan into his back, tensing and looking down once more upon being warned by Gyuki, seeing another Rasengan from another Naruto slam into his chest.
'"A shadow clone, I see; you tricked my eyes when you kicked me way up high."
What Bee failed to notice was the true nature of the attack behind him. The Rasengan at his back suddenly morphed, its spinning chakra turning into a solid shadow clone. Slipping past the tentacles, the clone slapped its open palm onto the back of Bee's head, showing a fistful of active explosive tags that detonated in a brilliant blast.
The raw force of the explosion violently threw Bee forward, slamming his chest directly into the real Naruto's waiting Rasengan. Bee's Version 1 cloak sparked erratically as the Rasengan was not only sustained, but made stronger as Naruto's chakra was just fuel to the fire.
With a shove, Naruto flung the Rasengan and Bee to the ground, the mass of chakra grinding down his cloak and tearing through his defenses. It was a force that would've killed him if not for the sudden, dark eruption of his Version 2 cloak.
The bubbling crimson energy quickly turned into a thick, jet-black chakra skin as Gyūki's skeletal bone armor formed over his body. Trapped beneath the spinning sphere, Bee threw his hands upward, using his reinforced, bone-clad palms to catch the grinding Rasengan directly. With a raw flood of brute Tailed Beast strength, he violently crushed and dispersed the dense chakra mass right above his chest, the shockwave tearing a massive trench into the frozen ground.
Naruto narrowed his eyes, holding out his right hand as a standard Rasengan spun to life in his palm. Suddenly, a high-pitched screech sounded like a thousand whistling blades tearing through the air. The sphere rapidly expanded, expanding into a massive, star-like shuriken.
Inside Bee's mindscape, Gyūki tensed, his eyes growing wider in alarm.
"Bee, look out! That jutsu is dangerous. Don't try to take it directly!"
Bee ignored Gyūki's warning. He let out a loud roar, dropping down into a three-point stance. The dark, bone-armored Version 2 cloak boiled over his skin with pure chakra. Pumping all that power into his legs, Bee dug his feet into the ground and launched forward. He charged up a massive Lariat, tearing a deep trench through the dirt and snow as he blitzed straight toward Naruto.
Everything slowed down.
In Sage Mode, Naruto watched the attack creep closer. He tracked the rough edges of the dark chakra and the displaced air. The heavy, bone-armored forearm closed the distance, ten centimeters, five, one, until it was mere millimeters from his neck.
Right before impact, Naruto vanished.
The Lariat tore through unoccupied air, the kinetic force kicking up a violent shockwave. But Naruto was already gone. He appeared directly behind Bee, right on the Flying Raijin formula his shadow clone had left on the back of Bee's head earlier when it also placed the explosive tags.
The screeching Rasenshuriken ground straight into the dark chakra armor.
"He's behind us!" Gyūki roared, pulling every ounce of his power to the surface.
Instantly, all eight octopus tentacles burst from Bee's back, winding into a fleshy dome to shield him. The force of the Rasenshuriken ripped through the defense. The pressure blasted Bee off his feet, sending him flying hundreds of meters away across the frozen landscape, completely clearing the area.
In the far distance, the Rasenshuriken expanded into a massive dome of wind chakra, tearing deep into the frozen earth.
When the snow settled, a large crater was left in the ruined landscape. At the center was Killer Bee. His Version 2 cloak was completely gone, and the tentacles that had covered him were entirely shredded by the wind blades.
He was severely injured, covered in deep cuts and burns. Lying completely still and unconscious in the dirt, he breathed shallowly, saved only by his Version 2 cloak and Gyuki's quick thinking.
- With Kakashi and Sasuke -
Kakashi and Sasuke stood amid the tens of thousands of white Zetsu. The constant flow of them had been severely cut down to much more manageable levels. They were near the 100,000 mark, currently sitting at 85,000 kills.
"Only 15,000 more. You ok, Sasuke?" Kakashi asked with concern. He could see his student sweating from the exertion of controlling all the chakra weapons, without always refilling his own reserves.
Still in decent shape himself, Kakashi started to help more actively. His sword slashes cut the Zetsu down before they could fully leave their hiding spots.
With a single thought, Sasuke directed his four thousand chakra kunai. The storm of blades whirled through the cavern, raining down in overlapping waves. The weapons pinned the remaining Zetsu to the dirt floors and stone walls the second they tried to burrow upward.
Beside him, Kakashi was a silver blur. He handled anything that slipped past Sasuke's mental grid. His blade cut clean through pale limbs and torsos. He mixed his swordplay with quick jolts of lightning chakra, sending currents through the ground to paralyze small groups of five or six Zetsu before executing them with simple slashes.
The horde shrank fast. Ten thousand left. Five thousand.
The dark cavern, which had been deafening with the scuttling sounds of an endless army, grew quiet as the final groups were destroyed.
Kakashi looked toward a solid cavern wall.
"Come on out. You've watched long enough," Kakashi said, his tone entirely neutral.
A form appeared right through the stone, their face completely hidden under a dark cloak. This person didn't look like a Zetsu at all.
'That chakra amount isn't anything to scoff at', Kakashi thought. He gave Sasuke a sharp look, signaling him to stay ready.
The cloaked individual brought his hands together with a heavy clap.
Two wood clones sprouted straight from his sides. Without missing a beat, each clone molded its own massive wooden golem, the wooden giants towering over the cavern floor. At the exact same time, the original user directed his chakra into the ground below him, a massive wooden dragon erupting from the ground and roaring into the dark cavern.
- Chapter End -
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