Konoha: Mangekyo Awakens

With the strength of an average Jōnin on the frontlines, a distance of merely twenty miles was no more than a blink of an eye.

From afar, Uchiha Yue could already make out a formation of Cloud Shinobi stationed atop the black stone walls of Black Rock City—already assembled in a battle-ready stance. It was clear that Cloud Shinobi, no longer bothering with concealment, had already discovered Konoha's vanguard led by Yue and had swiftly responded.

"Oh? Ready already? Then allow me to deliver a proper welcome gift," Yue muttered coldly.

His gaze swept across the battlements, narrowing as he locked eyes on a shinobi in dark sunglasses—his silhouette overlapping with a certain figure engraved in his memory. A sharp, knowing smile curled on Yue's lips. In the next instant, a dazzling orb of chakra began forming in his hand, quickly taking the shape of a rotating, bladed sphere.

"Sage Art: Wind Style—Rasenshuriken!"

With a crisp declaration, Yue hurled the perfected Rasenshuriken directly toward Killer Bee, without an ounce of hesitation.

Hum…

A shrill, high-frequency hum filled the air as the glowing white Rasenshuriken tore through the sky, rocketing toward Black Rock City at breakneck speed—almost instantaneously arriving at the city's edge.

"Everyone, scatter!" Killer Bee's expression twisted from careless ease to sudden alarm. With a roar, he flared his chakra, and octopus-like tails exploded from his back, whipping around to protect his comrades.

Boom!!!

The Rasenshuriken detonated on impact, and in a blinding flash of white, the upper battlements of Black Rock City vanished within a sphere of spiraling chakra.

Hum…

The hum intensified as the resulting shockwave rippled in all directions. Entire swathes of buildings crumbled beneath the invisible force, leaving behind twisted rubble and a mushroom cloud of dust. The destruction was catastrophic.

The Konoha vanguard, which had been advancing in formation, instinctively froze mid-step. Staring ahead, their eyes widened in disbelief at the sheer scale of devastation. None could fathom the level of ninjutsu they had just witnessed.

"Tch… the enhancement from natural energy exceeded expectations. That Rasenshuriken was nearly twice as powerful as I intended," Yue muttered under his breath, brow furrowing as he watched the obliterated cityscape ahead.

He wasn't pleased. Having only recently mastered permanent Sage Mode, the leap in power had been too drastic. And with the Fourth Great Ninja War erupting before he could fine-tune his control, the margin for error remained alarmingly wide. This miscalculation, while not disastrous today, could have been fatal in a melee involving Konoha's forces.

"I'll need dedicated training to restrain this output… I can't risk injuring allies because I misjudged my strength," he reflected silently, then narrowed his eyes toward the rubble. "Still… did Killer Bee survive that?"

Roar!!!

A guttural, beastly bellow echoed from the crumbling remains of the city.

From beneath the ruined stone and dust, a massive figure erupted with a thunderous crash. The Eight-Tails—Gyūki—emerged in full tailed beast form, its monstrous frame towering dozens of meters high, tentacles lashing furiously through the debris.

"Lord Hokage!"

The sudden emergence of Gyūki snapped Konoha's shinobi out of their stupor. One after another, they turned to Yue, voices raised in alarm and reverence.

"I'll handle the Eight-Tails," Yue ordered calmly, his voice unwavering. "You focus on suppressing the remaining Cloud Shinobi. Leave no one behind."

As he walked forward with casual confidence, an overwhelming pressure radiated from his body, causing Gyūki's crimson eyes to lock immediately onto him.

"Roar!"

With no hesitation, Gyūki inhaled, a massive orb of violet-black chakra forming between his fangs. In a heartbeat, it launched a full-sized Tailed Beast Bomb straight at Yue.

"Hmph, a Tailed Beast Bomb?" Yue scoffed. "Not enough."

Eyes glinting with battle hunger, Yue activated his Mangekyō Sharingan. In the next instant, Susanoo flared into existence, its glowing skeletal form extending a massive chakra arm that smacked the Tailed Beast Bomb aside with a thunderous blow.

Bang!

The explosion sounded miles away as the deflected bomb crashed into a distant mountain, obliterating half the peak in a blinding detonation.

Boom!!!

All who witnessed it—Konoha and Cloud shinobi alike—swallowed hard.

Even hardened veterans found themselves stunned. How could so much power come from one man?

"Roar!!!"

Fury painted Gyūki's face. He had never been treated so contemptuously in full form. His chakra surged again, this time more concentrated and violent than before. A new Tailed Beast Bomb, larger and denser, spun rapidly in his throat.

But this time, instead of launching it, Gyūki reared his head back—and swallowed the bomb whole.

In the next instant—

Zzzz… BOOM!!!

A concentrated tailed beast laser cannon erupted from Gyūki's mouth—an advanced variation of the standard bomb. The beam ripped across the battlefield, slicing the earth apart as it zeroed in on Yue.

"Now that's more like it!" Yue shouted, eyes flashing with thrill. Within Susanoo's arms, a giant shield of chakra instantly formed.

Boom!! Boom!!

The beam crashed into the shield like thunder on steel, the reverberations shaking the entire area. Yue slid backward several steps from the force before planting his feet firmly and stabilizing Susanoo's form.

"Hah… now that's the kind of power I've been looking for. But even this won't be enough!"

He burst forward, legs igniting with chakra as he advanced under the barrage, his colossal Susanoo shield pushing through the tailed beast cannon like a titan wading through a storm.

The spectacle was unimaginable. Even seasoned shinobi on both sides could hardly believe their eyes. The sheer magnitude of the clash made reality feel distant—like a scene from a dream.

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