Might Guy stepped forward. His green jumpsuit was torn in several places, his skin smeared with blood and rubble. But his grin was ferocious, blazing, unbreakable. It burned brighter than any wound on his body.
He spat out a mouthful of blood, wiped his chin, and declared with the fire of a man who refused to kneel:
"It's time… for the Blue Beast of Konoha to burn brighter!"
His hands snapped into position, veins bulging across his arms like writhing snakes.
The ground cracked beneath his feet.
And then, a pillar of blue aura erupted upward, blasting debris in every direction.
BOOM!
The wind whipped violently as Guy opened the Seventh Gate, steam bursting from every pore on his skin. His hair stood on end, dancing like flames against the wind of raw power.
Even Kakashi's Sharingan trembled.
"S-Seventh Gate…" Kakashi muttered, trying to steady his breath. "Guy… don't push too far…"
But there was no stopping him.
Guy shot forward with a sonic boom that shattered tiles beneath him. His fist rocketed toward Alex with enough speed to blur into nothingness.
Hssss!
The air itself ignited from friction, wrapping Guy's punch in roaring flames.
Alex didn't blink. He simply tilted his head by a hair's breadth.
Guy's flaming fist tore through the empty space where Alex's jaw had been.
"You're Fast," Alex admitted with a playful smirk. "But predictable."
Guy didn't retreat. He became a storm.
He launched punch after punch, blows that carried enough force to crush boulders, enough heat to scorch stone. Every strike came with a sonic crack, each one like a cannon fired at point-blank range.
Alex weaved through them effortlessly, his movements fluid, sharp, precise, more like dancing than fighting. He dipped under Guy's sweeping kick, leaned aside from a jab, and flicked his wrist to redirect an elbow strike that would have shattered steel.
"Your Taijutsu is beautiful," Alex said with a half-laugh. "But it's all form. and style with no real bite to it."
"THEN LET ME SHOW YOU THE TRUE FANGS OF YOUTH!"
Guy's eyes widened with fury and passion. He stepped back, sliding his foot across the shattered stone. The steam billowed violently from his arms. His hands formed a stance that Kakashi had only seen once before, once, in a story he wished never to relive.
Kakashi whispered, horrified. "Guy, no…!"
Guy planted one hand forward, palm open. His other hand curled into a tight fist and tapped the open palm.
FWOOM!!!
The air buckled, and the pressure spiked.
A gigantic tiger-shaped mass of compressed air tore into existence, its jaws open, its eyes burning with furious chakra.
"Hirudora!" Guy roared.
The tiger lunged.
The entire stadium shook violently as the technique detonated in front of Alex. The pressure wave ripped stone apart, blasted away half the arena wall, and vaporized everything caught in the blast.
A white pillar of destruction swallowed Alex whole.
Guy fell to one knee, panting heavily, steam rising from his skin like an overheating engine. Even his indomitable grin cracked with pain.
But he still forced a shaky smile.
"…That… should do it…"
The dust took a long moment to settle.
And then, a silhouette emerged from the smoke.
Alex was completely unharmed and untouched, with not even a scorch mark on his robe. He stepped forward, brushing imaginary dust off his shoulder.
"That was adorable," He said casually. "But we're finished playing now."
Guy's eyes widened, but it was too late.
Alex vanished and reappeared directly in front of Guy
BANG!!!
Guy barely managed to exhale before Alex's fist buried itself deep into his chest, not breaking ribs, not tearing flesh, crushing the force of the Seventh Gate in a single blow.
The shockwave blasted backward, carving a crater under Guy's feet.
Guy didn't scream. He simply gasped, eyes wide in pure, stunned disbelief as the world spun violently around him. His body flew like a broken doll, tumbling through the air before crashing into the far wall of the stadium, stone exploding on impact.
The entire arena was filled with a deadly silence.
Guy lay unconscious, steam leaking weakly from his body.
Kakashi trembled. He had seen Guy fight with many tough opponents, even defy fate with sheer stubborn will.
But this was no contest.
Alex lowered his hand and exhaled, almost disappointed.
"It's finished," He said, his voice carrying effortlessly across the stadium. "I don't have time for games anymore."
His gaze slid toward Kakashi, completely cold, steady, and unhurried.
Kakashi felt his pulse catch.
'This… this is the level of the monster we're facing…'
Just then, a thin, sharp whistle sliced through the battlefield's chaos.
Alex's eye twitched.
Shing—!!
A lone kunai tore through the air like a shooting star, spinning with vicious precision straight toward his neck. The metal gleam flashed for only a heartbeat, and Alex merely tilted his head a fraction.
The kunai brushed past his hair and embedded itself into the stone with a clang, quivering.
Alex's playful expression flattened. His head turned in the direction from which the kunai came.
But the real attack wasn't in front of him; it was behind him.
A flare of chakra exploded like a miniature supernova.
Alex felt it before he saw the storm of power roaring into existence behind his spine.
Kakashi's eye widened.
"No way… that's—!"
FWOOOSH!
Naruto appeared behind Alex, teleporting through space-time in a golden flicker, his body wrapped in an aura of raw, swirling chakra. T
It was the Flying Thunder God!
Kakashi's breath hitched.
"The Fourth's… Flying Thunder God… Naruto learned it…?" He stared, unable to believe what his Sharingan had just witnessed. "Minato-sensei… your son…"
But the moment of pride lasted only an instant because Naruto wasn't done.
In his right palm, the chakra spun with enough force to twist the air around it. A massive Rasengan bloomed like a roaring blue sun, buzzing violently, distorting the space with its intensity.
"RASENGAN!!!"
Naruto roared and thrust his arm forward with everything he had.
His body blurred, and his killing intent surged as his heart hammered with memories of broken buildings, screaming villagers, and shattered dreams.
He couldn't let this man rampage any further.
Naruto's feet skidded across broken tiles as he hurled the Rasengan toward Alex's spine.
Finally, Alex turned around, but he didn't panic or try to dodge the attack. He simply extended a hand.
Kakashi staggered back in disbelief. "No—Naruto, move!!"
Naruto screamed, pouring every drop of chakra into the attack, his eyes blazing with determination.
And Alex caught it with his bare hand.
The sphere of spiraling destruction slammed into Alex's palm with a shriek that tore the air apart. The wind exploded outward in violent twists. The ground beneath them cracked in spiderweb patterns.
Naruto's feet dug trenches through the stone from the recoil.
But Alex's expression didn't flicker. He just tightened his grip and twisted the Rasengan.
Naruto froze, eyes wide with disbelief.
"Wha—!?"
The Rasengan, an attack that tore through steel and shredded boulders, was being manhandled like this.
It was really shocking.
Alex's fingers curled into the spiraling mass, dragging the chakra streams into different directions.
"Not bad, kiddo," Alex murmured, eyeing the jutsu with disappointment. "But his power is simply not enough."
Naruto growled, pushing harder. His chakra burst forward, flaring violently.
BOOOOMMMMM!!!
The Rasengan detonated, and a pillar of swirling blue light swallowed both of them.
The shockwave ripped tiles from the arena, launched debris into the stands, and forced even Kakashi to shield his face with an arm.
The explosion roared like thunder, shaking the entire exam stadium.
For a moment, everything was noise, wind, and violence.
Sasuke covered his face and hissed, "Damn it—Naruto…!"
Even the ANBU had to brace themselves against the shock.
Kabuto, watching from the shadows, felt his pulse quicken. "This is… quite the show…"
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Spoilers for the next five chapters!
Chapter 286: Edo Tensei
Chapter 287: The Chaos Ends
Chapter 288: Rooftop Promise
Chapter 289: A Needed Comfort
Chapter 290: A Needed Comfort (2)
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