"Mm-hmm my ass!"
Jiraiya jumped onto Gamaken's head and released a powerful Wind Release.
"Wind Release: Gale Palm!"
Jiraiya condensed all his chakra into his hands, releasing a large-scale gale.
Below him, Gamaken also performed a Water Release Ninjutsu to coordinate with Jiraiya.
Jiraiya's gale combined with Gamaken's water cannon to form the collaboration Ninjutsu, Wind Release: Toad Gun.
Ryou's Susanoo raised the Gunbai and released a powerful Wind Release.
"Susanoo: Hurricane!"
The powerful Wind Release used by the Susanoo was a repulsive Wind Release, rebounding external attacks just like Shinra Tensei.
However, the Ninjutsu stats of Jiraiya and Gamaken were very high; the Hurricane and the Toad Gun collided directly in mid-air, exploding into a mess.
It was like two high-speed trains colliding head-on.
A thunderous sonic boom of air pressure erupted. Neither of the two gales could push the other back, creating a massive tornado on the spot that swept everything around it into the chaos.
The wind rubbed against the water, turning it into gas that diffused into the air, forming a thick mist.
Gamaken charged out of the mist wielding his iron fork, striking toward Ryou's Susanoo.
Ryou's Susanoo blocked Gamaken's iron fork by holding the Gunbai horizontally.
Jiraiya took the opportunity to leap into the air, condensing a large Rasengan in his hand.
Big Ball Rasengan!
The Rasengan technique didn't actually have much technical complexity; it was either a Big Ball version or an even larger Ultra-Big Ball version.
In the original work, Naruto trained with Jiraiya for three years just to make the Rasengan bigger.
Jiraiya's Big Ball Rasengan slammed into Ryou's Susanoo.
If it were Senjutsu level, it would have been easily destroyed, but Jiraiya didn't have time to condense Senjutsu chakra.
However, the Big Ball Rasengan is a high-density rotating chakra sphere. As it hit Ryou's Susanoo, it split into countless miniature wind blades that damaged the Susanoo.
A hole was torn into the Susanoo.
Jiraiya poured oil inside while Kakuzu didn't stay idle either; his Fire Release mask flew up and released Fire Release: Intelligent Hard Work.
Oil and fire—it was like using the Susanoo as a wood-burning stove.
It looked as if temperatures of several thousand degrees were about to explode within it.
Ryou shouted, "Candy... Ultimate Evolution!"
"Meow—"
Ryou and Candy performed the Inuzuka-style mixed transformation they had practiced before.
However, after Ryou and Candy's modifications, the Secret Technique now was—Uchiha-style Human Beast Mixture Transformation: Futamata-no-O-no-Mikoto!
Boom, boom, boom—
An indescribably massive aura suddenly exploded, with chakra like that of a Tailed Beast sweeping across the battlefield like a tsunami.
The ground cracked violently, and the air was compressed into distorted tremors.
That power was violent, ancient, and boundless. The mere aftershocks made the distant Takigakure Shinobi feel as if they were suffocating.
"What on earth is this power?"
Gamaken said he was clumsy, but that was just modesty; his reactions were very fast. The moment Futamata-no-O-no-Mikoto was born, he retreated with Jiraiya.
But Kakuzu's fire-attribute Earth Grudge Fear mask didn't have such a reaction.
The massive chakra erupting from Ryou and Candy's Futamata-no-O-no-Mikoto transformation created powerful air currents in the surrounding area.
Kakuzu's fire-attribute mask was directly crushed and exploded by this pressure.
Finally, that terrifying figure charged out from the explosion.
It was a giant beast like the Seven-Tails, its entire body a grayish-brown like wood, with leaf and vine-like patterns appearing between its back and limbs.
Behind it were two tails covered in tiny green leaves, and it had a pair of giant three tomoe Sharingan, looking like a Cat God stepping out of Takamagahara.
Kakuzu stared in horror at the giant beast, which was twice as tall as Jiraiya's Gamaken: "What... what is this thing?"
Just the Tailed Beast-like chakra made people feel as if an invisible giant hand were tightly clutching their throats, making even breathing difficult and painful.
Although they were still standing, they felt as uncomfortable as if they were suffocating.
If just the aura was this terrifying, one could only imagine how fearsome the power of this giant beast was.
The elites of the Konoha Anbu clutched their chests one after another. Their Shinobi stats were only at the Jonin level, and they were overwhelmed by the chakra of this two-tailed giant cat.
They all felt like they were suffering from motion sickness and were about to vomit.
This chakra was too terrifying!
This was simply not an enemy that a human could deal with.
The Seven-Tails flew from the sky to Shisui's side and said to him, "Shisui, this guy's chakra is already close to Kurama's! I am no match for it."
The Seven-Tails had its will forcibly rewritten by Shisui's Kotoamatsukami to become Shisui's Summoned Beast. It wasn't a puppet; its intelligence remained.
It just had an extra segment of memory of living and becoming partners with Shisui, and the Seven-Tails didn't feel any dissonance with such memories.
"Kurama?!"
Shisui was startled; he didn't know such a person, or beast, at all.
The Seven-Tails explained, "It's the Nine-Tails!"
Except for One-Tail Shukaku, the true names of the other Tailed Beasts were mostly top secret.
Only the Jinchuriki trusted by the Tailed Beasts knew their true names.
In shippuden, when the Akatsuki captured Tailed Beasts, they were all referred to by their names and tails, like Three-Tails or Eight-Tails.
However, the Tailed Beasts referred to each other by their true names; they were all siblings, so it was impossible for them not to know each other's true names.
Shisui realized, "So it's the Nine-Tails!"
With the Seven-Tails' voice being so loud, it was impossible for others not to hear.
"Kurama?! So the Nine-Tails is named Kurama!"
The people from the Konoha Anbu all realized the Nine-Tails was named Kurama, but then they immediately came to another realization.
The Seven-Tails didn't look like it was under the control of a Genjutsu; instead, it seemed as if its will had been completely changed.
The Anbu members were no fools; they immediately thought that the super Genjutsu Shisui had performed earlier might be some kind of super Genjutsu that forcibly changed one's will.
This was very terrifying.
The Anbu members quietly moved a bit further away from Shisui.
Shisui didn't notice the Anbu's wariness toward him; he curiously asked the Seven-Tails, "Seven-Tails, what is your name?"
The Seven-Tails was somewhat puzzled: "Shisui, didn't I tell you before?"
Shisui rubbed his head and smiled sheepishly, "Sorry, I forgot."
The Seven-Tails was somewhat speechless and then said, "Shisui, my name is Chomei, Seven-Tails Chomei. Seven is my lucky number, so you must say them together."
Shisui nodded, "I understand, Seven-Tails Chomei."
Ryou laughed in his heart: "That silly boy Shisui has already used Kotoamatsukami once on the Seven-Tails. Now, I only need to guard against his other Mangekyo."
Ryou looked at Shisui's eyes with his giant Sharingan; Shisui's right eye still had traces of bloody tears.
This proved that his right eye had already cast the Kotoamatsukami that permanently changes one's will. Without Hashirama cells, Shisui would need ten years to cool down.
It was hard to say if his Mangekyo eyes could even last for another year.
Moreover, because of controlling the Seven-Tails, Shisui's chakra was already exhausted.
As a result, he wouldn't be able to use his remaining eye to control Ryou.
So what was there to fear?
However, Ryou still played it safe: "Candy, keep an eye on Shisui's left eye. If he activates his Mangekyo or if a large amount of chakra condenses in his eye, notify me immediately."
Ryou was also afraid Shisui might go all out, risking his life to release Kotoamatsukami to make him protect Konoha.
"Understood!"
Shisui's Kotoamatsukami could control someone silently.
But when released, it also required chakra to condense in the eyes. Genjutsu also needed chakra to support it, let alone a Mangekyo-level Genjutsu.