The Lariat (Rariatto).
This technique is a specific application of the Hidden Cloud Village's unique Lightning Style: Chakra Mode. By condensing a Lightning Style Armor around the entire body, the user charges at the enemy with extreme speed, utilizing immense arm strength to deliver a fatal blow. During this process, the user's speed is akin to a lightning bolt, and the destructive power is catastrophic.
In the original history, the Lightning Armor deployed by the Fourth Raikage, A, was so fast that even a Mangekyō Sharingan could not track it; it was a speed capable of dodging Amaterasu, which triggers instantaneously upon sight.
The pale lightning reflected off Ren Uchiha's small face, turning it ashen!
"Holy crap!"
Ren was genuinely stunned. Before this moment, he had never even met the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki, Killer Bee, let alone held a grudge against him. Yet now, not only did his system panel indicate that the other party harbored deep hatred toward him, but the man's very first move was a killing blow!
He had no idea how he had offended this "big brother" of the Cloud!
In an instant, like a lightning arrow piercing the night, the strike crossed hundreds of meters of mountain forest and slashed toward him.
Ren's pupils constricted. His Two-Tomoe Sharingan was completely unable to keep up with such extreme velocity! His scalp tingled with dread, but fortunately, his Battle Instinct triggered a sharp intuition, allowing him to begin dodging a fraction of a second early.
At the critical moment, he formed the Dragon seal with one hand, using Wind Style: Gale Palm to blast a sudden gust of wind against the ground. The recoil forced his body to shift just far enough. He tumbled across the dirt and performed a desperate "donkey roll," slamming his palms against the earth to spring back up!
Boom!
The lightning struck the ground like a massive sledgehammer. The earth exploded under the sheer weight of the elbow strike, and dense cracks webbed out across the soil instantly.
"Oh? A miss?"
Within the dust and smoke, Killer Bee frowned, his sunglasses tilting slightly. He looked to the side to see a black-haired, red-eyed boy patting the dust off his trousers. The boy looked back at him with a chilling indifference, as if nothing had happened.
"The Eight-Tails Jinchūriki of the Hidden Cloud?" Ren asked. "What a joke. As a Jinchūriki, you actually dare to launch a sneak attack on an Uchiha?"
"Tell me... do you, too, wish to dance?"
Hearing such arrogant words from a child, Bee's mouth curled into a grin, revealing two rows of white teeth against his dark skin.
"What a boastful brat. However, I'm in a very bad mood right now. I've been thinking about some cruel memories from the past!"
"So I'll play with you for a bit! Bakayaro, Konoyaro! Baby!"
The moment he finished speaking...
Voom!
A violent storm of chakra erupted around Bee. Crimson energy surged from his skin, forming a Tailed Beast Cloak bubbling with translucent orbs of power!
Donning the cloak, Bee straightened his back and reached behind him to grip a red hilt. His gaze turned icy. "The next move... will kill you!"
Unlike his later "playful" duel with Sasuke (who had just awakened the Mangekyō), Bee was currently fueled by a deep-seated hatred for Orochimaru—a hatred he had fully transferred onto Orochimaru's disciple, Ren.
He was being absolutely serious.
Ren narrowed his eyes. Seeing that stance and that overwhelming pressure, he recognized it immediately. Bee was preparing his signature Eight-Sword Style (Hachininriki).
This was the ultimate form: the A-rank Taijutsu Acrobat (Akurobatto), combined with Supervibrating Lightning Swords, the speed and strength of the Eight-Tails Cloak, and the "Head-Sword" formed by his transformation. In close-quarters combat, this state was even more dangerous than a full Tailed Beast transformation!
Ren also had a good guess as to why Bee hated him so much. He recalled from the original series that Orochimaru had once infiltrated the Cloud, caused an Eight-Tails rampage, stolen a horn sample, and used a Genjutsu pill that could control even a Tailed Beast on the previous Jinchūriki, Blue B.
It seemed that after Ren left the village, Orochimaru had undone the seals within those pills.
Ren let out a cold chuckle and muttered, "Is this part of your plan too, Lord Orochimaru?"
He looked at the poised Killer Bee, a fierce fighting spirit rising in his eyes. "Well then... you've certainly found me a worthy opponent!"
Ren took a deep breath. He stared at Bee, lifting his chin with arrogant indifference.
"Eight-Tails—it just so happens that I've learned a new sword style."
Ren slowly drew the Kusanagi Sword, pointing the tip directly at the bridge of Bee's nose. "Since that's the case, use your pathetic struggle to entertain me!"
Bee's face darkened. "You rude little brat!"
Originally, he just wanted to kill the boy efficiently to get revenge and finish his brother's mission. But after actually facing him, he realized that every gesture, every look, and every word from this kid stepped precisely on the lines that a Jinchūriki found intolerable.
Specifically, that contemptuous gaze—as if he viewed Tailed Beasts as mere playthings! It made an anger vein pop on Bee's forehead, and inside his mental world, the Eight-Tails, Gyūki, was already cursing at the top of its lungs.
"Last warning—Master Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails sting, is about to make your ears ring!"
With those words, Bee drew his blades!
The seven swords on his back flew into the air, landing precisely in different joints of his body: his mouth, behind his knees, his elbows, his armpits...
Holding seven longswords simultaneously with his body while keeping his hands free to react—this was the Acrobat style!
It was a high-difficulty, unpredictable sword dance. By swinging seven blades while moving rhythmically, the user could launch simultaneous strikes at all of an enemy's vitals. Even masters of the blade found it nearly impossible to read these movements.
In the original story, Sasuke (the "Sun-soaked Assistant") had tried to match Bee in swordsmanship and was turned into a human pincushion. If he hadn't brought three "healers" with him, he would have died right there in the Unraikyō!
But now... the Acrobat style, a handsome Uchiha, a dark-skinned warrior, and a duel of blades. All the elements were in place.
Ren glanced at the Kusanagi Sword in his hand—the same model Sasuke would later use—and couldn't help but smile.
"Sasuke only lost so miserably because he never learned the secret sword arts of our Uchiha clan!"
"As for me—right now, I shall reforge the glory of the Uchiha!"
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