"Shut it!!"
Kisame glowered at Jinbe, teeth grinding. "I'm no Fish-Man. I'm a proper human."
Truth be told, he didn't mind Jinbe himself—at least that one looked human-shaped.
But the freak show behind Jinbe?
Calling those things his "kin" felt like an insult to his parents' graves.
Jinbe sighed helplessly. "Look—our skin color's the same, our teeth are the same, we both have gills. Doesn't that show we're the same people?"
"I'm of the Whale Shark Tribe, you're of the Shark Tribe—but we're both Fish-Man!"
"Kisame…" Itachi flickered to his side, giving the two a once-over, then asked in surprise,
"Don't tell me you're actually not human?"
"How could I not be human, sir—" Kisame's face went from green to purple.
Who could've guessed that facing down an invading army of monsters, before a single blow was traded, he'd already lost all face?
"Hahaha…" Hidan's laugh rang out as he sauntered over, triple-bladed scythe slung across his shoulder.
"Kisame, you finally found your own people. Don't waste it—go catch fish in the ocean with 'em."
Kakuzu came up too, voice low. "Fish-Man, huh? A whole new species. Wonder how much they'd fetch if we bagged a few."
"The enemy's already on us?!" Crocodile scowled at them, then slashed his hand—golden sand lion's blade howling out:
"Just die already…!"
"Jiton: Satetsu Kyodaitō (Magnet Release: Iron Sand Giant Blade)!"
Black iron sand billowed out of the yellow sand, condensing into a massive sword. In the blink of an eye, it cleaved Crocodile's body in two.
"What!?"
Crocodile's pupils blew wide.
"Black… sand!?"
A Sand-Sand Logia cut by sand—unthinkable.
Sasori approached—bulky frame wrapped in a black cloud cloak, a puppet tail swaying behind him—voice rasping:
"How interesting—so you can manipulate sand too. If I make you into a human puppet, you might rival my Third Kazekage—an artwork worthy of the name."
The pirates' faces turned uniformly grim.
Just seeing these Akatsuki figures told them the opposition was anything but easy prey.
"Start with the one on the giant's shoulder." Kakuzu looked toward Naruto, recalling Pain's order. He wove seals without hesitation.
"Jiongu: Kaihō (Earth Grudge Fear: Release)!"
His cloak swelled at both shoulders, taking shape as two masked monsters—maws gaping.
One spewed wind, one spewed fire, while his true body surged with lightning.
In an instant, wind, fire, and lightning fused into a single terrifying beam—bright as Kizaru's light.
"Jiongu: Saishū Shageki (Earth Grudge Fear: Final Shot)!!!"
"You're going for our captain right off the bat?!" A brawny pirate roared and charged straight at the beam.
"Like hell we'll let you—!"
"Wait—" Naruto started to warn him, only to watch the man get blasted away.
He palmed his forehead. "Idiot. How many times did I tell you—don't underestimate shinobi."
Facing the oncoming beam, he exhaled, eyes cooling as he drew back his fist.
"Hiken (Fire Fist)!!!"
Raging flames compacted into a tangible titan of a fist. With a thunderous boom, it smashed the composite jutsu's laser to pieces.
Under stunned shinobi stares and the pirates' rising cheers, the giant fire fist came crashing down like a meteor.
Air boiled in its wake; the temperature spiked as if the world had turned into a steamer.
"Doton: Doryūheki (Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall)!"
Kakuzu barked low.
Another mask-beast of Jiongu flared behind him; chakra surged; the ground heaved.
A thick barricade of earth rumbled up—
—and was blasted apart to the heavens by the flaming fist.
"This power…" Kakuzu's eyes went pin-wide as the fire smashed into him.
"BOOM!!!"
The detonation rattled the sky. [014709320飞卢053561361]
He hurtled back like a cannonball, obliterating everything in his path.
The other Akatsuki froze.
"Just a Katon (Fire Release)—how can the impact be that insane?" Kisame stared, then quickly asked Itachi,
"Itachi-san, do the Uchiha have fire jutsu with that kind of force?"
Itachi said mildly, "Rather than a Katon, it's more accurate to call it a giant of flame throwing a straight punch. They're not on the same plane."
Normal Katon kills with shock and burn.
What Naruto launched, in Itachi's eyes, was a solid, flame-bodied giant's hook—pure overwhelming force.
"How do we even deal with that…" Sasori puppeteered the Third Kazekage, voice dark. "His flames hard-counter my art…"
He was a puppet master; to stay light and maneuverable, most of his puppets were wood.
Fire counters wood—if he sent his collection against Menma, one sweep of those flames might burn his whole trove to ash.
Kakuzu's tumbling body finally stopped. He'd cratered into rock and was coughing blood in great heaves.
"This monster… one punch broke two of my hearts…"
"If not for your Doton and the Jiongu grafts in your body, that punch would've killed you," Naruto said coldly.
A chill crawled up Kakuzu's spine.
Was he dying here today?
But Naruto only glanced at him—then looked away, body igniting as he shot into the air:
"Pain. Konan. Long time no see!"
He stepped across the sky, eyes on the Deva Path and the Paper Angel. After a quick sweep of the area, he said lightly,
"Where's that guy—Madara?"
Pain and Konan's faces tightened. Pain's voice was cold. "None of your concern. Are you declaring war on Akatsuki?"
"Of course. For peace, I have to eliminate your blight first," Naruto replied without a beat.
"Peace? Your goal is peace as well?" The two actually froze.
It had never crossed their minds that this constant adversary was chasing peace.
Naruto's lips quirked as flames rolled off him, swelling into a sea of fire in an instant.
"Wipe out every nation and forge a single empire. Isn't that peace?"
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