Uchiha Ryosuke narrowed his eyes as he realized his Sharingan genjutsu had failed to take hold. The enemy had a tailed beast within her—its chakra disrupting the illusion, preventing him from seizing control of her senses.
Without hesitation, Ryosuke stopped the genjutsu and quickly focused inward, drawing chakra toward the base of his spine, targeting the Fifth Gate—"Gate of Limit" (Dōmon).
Boom!
With a thunderous internal release, the gate burst open.
A torrent of violent energy exploded from Ryosuke's body. Blue-green steam began rising from his skin, a signature aura of unlocked Hachimon gates. His presence now radiated overwhelming power.
He stomped on the ground, and the earth beneath him cracked violently, forming a crater. Using the rebound force, he launched himself like a missile—blasting toward the Two-Tails Jinchūriki with terrifying speed.
Bang!
His fist crashed directly into the massive head of the Two-Tails. Yugito Nii's eyes widened in shock. She hadn't even registered his movement—he was simply there, all at once.
She had no time to dodge. The only thing left was to take the blow with her face.
The punch slammed her monstrous form into the ground. The beast's massive body skidded across the terrain, carving deep gouges into the battlefield with its weight. Inside the beast, Yugito was barely protected by the cloaked chakra of Matatabi.
Staggered and stunned, her face showed pure disbelief.
How is he even faster now?! This speed is on a whole different level!
Panic crept into her thoughts. Ryosuke wasn't done.
He surged forward again—ground cracking, body vanishing in a blur.
Yugito, still stabilizing her partially manifest tailed-beast form, braced herself. She frantically swung her two enormous claws, trying to force him back.
But Ryosuke halted just out of reach.
Watching the beast flail, he found the sight strangely pitiful. It looked less like a terrifying monster and more like a panicked housecat.
He was calculating now. Physical attacks alone wouldn't defeat a full tailed-beast manifestation—not unless he targeted the core: the Jinchūriki inside. That meant getting her out.
Inside the beast, Yugito steadied her breathing. Her mind raced.
Even after transforming... I'm still being overwhelmed? No... I can't let this continue.
Desperation flickered across her eyes.
She opened her massive feline maw. Her body bulged as she concentrated chakra toward her throat. A deep, black sphere began forming in her mouth—a Tailed Beast Ball (Bijūdama), the ultimate technique of a tailed beast. It pulsed with immense destructive energy.
Ryosuke's eyes sharpened.
There it is. The ace. But that thing takes time to charge...
He didn't wait.
He clenched his right fist and punched forward—not at the beast, but at the orb.
A shockwave of compressed air shot out from his punch, racing toward the unstable sphere.
BOOM!
The Bijūdama detonated—inside her mouth.
RUMBLE—!!
The explosion was cataclysmic.
The shockwave tore through the battlefield. Flares of black smoke erupted, shaking the ground beneath both armies. The explosion was so fierce, even the Konoha and Kumo shinobi paused their fight and turned their heads.
"What just happened?!"
From afar, they could see a massive plume of smoke rising from the area where the Two-Tails had stood. Through the smoke, only the silhouette of part of her body remained visible.
Cloud shinobi gasped.
"W-What?! That... that's the Two-Tails!?"
They retreated slightly, staggering backward.
The image of Matatabi—majestic and terrifying—now looked scorched and broken, her body partially collapsed on the battlefield.
Dread swept across the Kumogakure ranks.
She lost...? But that's impossible... No one can beat a tailed beast one-on-one...
Meanwhile, Ryosuke stood near the broken figure, scanning her from head to paw. His mind worked quickly.
The full transformation of a Jinchūriki is not a complete body merge—it's the user cloaked in the beast's chakra, forming a construct. If I can breach it...
He reached into his tool pouch and pulled out a kunai.
Without hesitation, he leapt forward.
The beast twitched, instinctively sensing danger. Yugito was barely conscious inside, the explosion having wrecked her internal chakra flow. Her breathing was ragged.
She could barely process what had happened—let alone prepare for what came next.
Suddenly, she felt it.
He was close—too close.
Matatabi's claw tried to rise—just one mangled arm remained. It weakly swung toward Ryosuke.
"Damn you...!"
But he spun his body, easily evading the limp strike.
With a swift motion, he brought the kunai down—slicing a clean gash through the beast's chakra construct. With that opening, he dove in, piercing through layers of chakra until—
Got her.
He grabbed Yugito by the collar and yanked her out of the tailed beast's form.
The giant blue feline vanished into mist.
Yugito's body flailed in the air, caught by Ryosuke's hand around her neck. Her eyes met his—filled with hatred and disbelief.
"You... bastard!"
She swung her fist toward his face.
Ryosuke caught her fist with his left hand, his right still clamped around her throat. With a cold stare, he lifted her higher, tightening just enough to stop her motion. Then, with a brutal jab to the stomach, he knocked the breath from her lungs.
Her vision went dark.
She passed out.
Silence followed.
Cloud shinobi froze in place, mouths agape.
What...? He actually... defeated her?!
Uchiha Ryosuke had just soloed a Jinchūriki—something few could claim, even among the strongest ninja in history.
The remaining Kumo forces began backing away instinctively.
This isn't a regular shinobi. This is someone who shifts the balance of war.
Across the field, the Hyūga and Uchiha clans felt their morale surge. They'd been holding on against superior numbers—but barely. Now everything changed.
He had done it.
The tide had turned.
And Uchiha Ryosuke, cloaked in steam and battle scars, stood tall like an avenging god.
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