Once again the kicks and punches began raining on the fox.
...
"Damn! You make a good punching bag! Especially these artificial bones!!"
Reko grinned, this was fun. He could use his max stats and the opponent did not seem to be getting overwhelmed.
This was a fun fight.
The fox could take his punches head on without dying and even kept recovering from the injuries.
He was wondering where the limits lay. Six tails was easy for him. Seven tails? Eight tails? He was not sure.
But it did not seem that the fox would have anything special after this except for the increase in size.
As for the tailed beast bombs, it was pretty easy for Reko to deal with them, just teleport it away.
If he can not? Just teleport himself away, easy.
But for the moment, it did not seem like the fox was planning to go all out. Its energy kept dissipating as Reko kept bashing it.
'It is probably the effect of restraint put on by Jiraya.'
Reko thought as he decided it was time to end it. His space power in the Sage Mode was not just limited to teleportation.
Pointing his hands at one of the tails, Reko made a slash.
The tails got cut, falling away from Naruto's body. He had separated the space in between them.
It would not have been possible normally, but the Nine-Tails was pretty beat up and it was only chakra that Reko was cutting, not a real body.
"Let me!"
Jiraya instantly reached Naruto and pressed his hands against the seal, reinforcing it.
The violent chakra around Naruto became submissive, dissipating slowly.
"Hahh!"
Jiraya sighed, the chaotic chakra from Naruto's body began to disappear. The Nine-Tails was under control.
As the chakra finally receded back into Naruto's body, contained inside his seal, he finally opened his haggard eyes.
"Haa! Thanks, Pervy Sage."
Laughing weakly, he thanked Jiraya for the help. He was not able to control his body but he was still able to watch what was happening.
The nine tails was not able to take full control of his body this time.
"You should take a rest for now boy."
Jiraya patted Naruto, letting him lay down on the ground for longer.
There were many bruises, blisters, and injuries on his body which needed healing or would eventually heal because of the nine tails.
It did not take much convincing for Naruto to slip into deep sleep. He was exhausted and injured. His body instantly went into deep sleep for recovery.
Reko went forward, putting his medical skills to use as he checked up on Naruto's body.
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A few kilometres away from the valley, the white figure of Zetsu was hiding under the ground.
The clone that he had sent forward to monitor Reko and Jiraya was destroyed mid battle.
He had not expected them to be training with nine tails, much less to actually push the tailed beast to use a tailed beast bomb.
He had not placed many clones because Jiraya was not so easy to monitor. But still, what he found out was groundbreaking.
"No way!!! He beat up nine tails like some random beast."
He had lived for so long, seen too many prodigies and many excellent shinobis. But this was a surprise.
It was not that Reko was the strongest he had seen. No, he had seen some even stronger than Reko.
There were the likes of Hashirama, Tobirama, and Madara with Rinnegan. Each of them were capable of the same thing, even more.
The point was that none of them were as young and full of potential as Reko.
"I need to report it to him. This is the reason why Hidan and Kakuzu could not return. More than Jiraya, it was this guy."
The white figure of Zetsu disappeared into the ground. It rushed to the place where Nagato and Obito were staying. This information was very important and needed to be passed on to them.
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"What do you think of it?"
Jiraya asked as he saw that Reko was done healing the injuries on Naruto's body.
The injuries were nothing serious. He was curious about Reko's opinion on Jinchuriki and nine tails.
From his knowledge, this was Reko's first time dealing with a tailed beast.
"It? I assume you are referring to the nine tails, pretty strong."
Reko glanced at Naruto, his abdomen, the part where the seal for the tailed beast was placed.
"I would not have been able to dominate it and beat it up like the way it happened without the help of Senjutsu."
Reko honestly replied. He didn't think that without Sage Mode he could have defeated the Jinchuriki with such ease.
It could be a close call or he would've lost too. That is, if he decided to not run away with Flying Raijin and continued to battle.
Still, Difficult!
"When he manages to have full control over it, he will be at the top."
Reko took a deep breath as he looked at Naruto, lying peacefully as he answered.
He had some memories of how overpowered KCM Naruto was, and that was with just half of Kurama.
"I did not know you had such a high opinion of this kid."
Jiraya looked surprised that Reko held such a high opinion of Naruto.
He had expected Reko to be proud of himself, a narcissistic individual from how the young man operated.
It was a big surprise for Jiraya that Reko decided to compliment Naruto.
"I have seen him around the village, pretty bad. If I were in his place, I would have long left."
Reko shook his head as he answered. It was not just about power. It was about principles and kindness within oneself.
He did not have such high morals.
"Pretty big ego, no? Haha!"
He pointed at himself as he chuckled. He knew he had a big ego, and he was aware of how people perceived him, but he did not care.
He could not be a selfless person like Naruto.
"Anyways, he has kindness. No idea how, but he is very kind. Perhaps it's the desire for attention? To be loved?
He will be the best Hokage we ever had."
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