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Chapter 107 Pay attention, I'll only teach you once (216)

"Hahahaha! I'm out again!!!"

Shukaku's shrill cry tore through the sky, each word carrying an explosive joy and liberation!
I've been suppressed for too long! Finally, I can see the light of day again!
Although I didn't get the revenge myself, the death of the golden retriever is just so satisfying!

Despite its arrogance, it still cautiously perceives its surroundings.

A thorough search of the surrounding area revealed no trace of that damned, nightmarish chakra fluctuation!

The final shackles are off!

"Haha! Little golden retriever! So what if you're strong? Can you outlive me, Grandpa Shouhe?"

The sense of superiority as a tailed beast instantly exploded!

Suddenly—

Its golden, star-like eyes suddenly locked onto Sasuke at the treetop! A gigantic claw, accompanied by a destructive gust of wind, crashed down:
"Little Uchiha? While I'm in a good mood—I'll tear you apart for fun!!!"

The claws were halfway down when a strange, familiar unease suddenly pierced my nerves. This scene... why does it feel so familiar?

But it immediately scoffed and chased them away: "Pah! The golden retriever is all ashes! I, Lord Shouhe, fear no one!"

"Just what I wanted!" Sasuke's eyes gleamed with a brilliant crimson light!
His purpose in coming here is to challenge the Tailed Beasts!
Although their bodies trembled slightly in the face of such a behemoth, how could they possibly back down?
However.
Sasuke's calm demeanor, however, was like a thorn piercing Shukaku's sensitive nerves, triggering its PTSD again.

Wait a minute, knowing about Grandpa Shouhe's reputation, this kid is so calm! Could he be another little golden retriever?

The ecstasy of just breaking free of shackles was instantly doused with a bucket of ice water!
The giant claw, carrying a fierce wind, seemed to have struck an invisible iron wall, and stood frozen in mid-air!

It decided: to play it safe for now!
At this moment, Sasuke's brows were furrowed—

As he looked up at the colossal sand beast that blotted out the sun, his mind involuntarily flashed back to the violent image of Naruto effortlessly crushing Shukaku as if it were a sandbag!
Naruto can do it, so why can't I?
Tailed beasts? Nothing special!
"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

Sasuke's hands moved in a blur as his chakra surged, unleashing his extremely confident Fireball Jutsu!
A torrent of scorching heat erupted—a fireball of lava ten meters in diameter roared as it hurtled toward Shukaku's face!

A ten-meter fireball is like divine punishment to humans!

However, it's rather tiny for a tailed beast.

Shukaku merely flicked its massive, mountain-like claws with an extremely "lazy" and casual motion.
laugh--

It was like popping a soap bubble!

That ferocious fireball vanished in an instant, without even a spark rising!
On Shukaku's enormous sandy face, a human-like astonishment and confusion twisted and intertwined.

The pupils, like cat's eye stones, were wide and confused.
That's it?

"Hey! Brat!"

Shukaku, filled with utter bewilderment and a hint of shame, anger, and irritation at being fooled, said, "Was that 'I'm invincible' act you just put on to fool your master Shukaku?"

Sasuke was completely stunned!

That ten-meter-diameter lava fireball—a powerful attack that consumed a massive amount of chakra and was a source of great pride! It was his declaration of challenging the Tailed Beasts!

It was wiped away as easily as brushing away a speck of dust by that mountain-like giant claw.

"How is this possible?" Sasuke's understanding was greatly shocked.

In his mind: Naruto's fist slammed into Shukaku's massive sand body with a loud bang, sand flying everywhere, and the huge monster was being hammered around like a helpless ball!

The reality before my eyes: my strongest fire jutsu is as fragile as a soap bubble!
The overwhelming sense of absurdity and the chilling disparity instantly gripped Sasuke's heart!

This defense, this power... is this really the punching bag that Naruto used to beat up?

Sasuke suppressed the absurd chill and the icy sense of disparity in his heart, his Sharingan spinning wildly, the scarlet tomoe almost leaping out of his pupils!

'Such a huge difference? I don't believe it!!!'

His hand seals were formed at an extremely fast pace.

"Fire Release: Impatiens Flower Claws Red!"

Dozens of blazing fireballs brimming with chakra enveloped Shukaku's eyes and joints like a meteor shower!

This is a feint!

His chakra surged violently, and his figure transformed into a blur of lightning!
"Chidori Sharp Spear!"

A piercing, sharp screech suddenly rang out, and a blue-white lightning spear tore through the air, aiming straight for Shukaku's throat!
"Break it for me!!!"

However, the ending was cruelly suffocating.

Shukaku's enormous, sandy-yellow beast-like eyes didn't even move. *Pfft—*

The spear that he was so proud of, the lightning-sharp spear, was silently swallowed up by a layer of sand that suddenly appeared, piercing a part of it but failing to penetrate the defense.

The roaring fireball crashed into another thick sand shield with a muffled "bang." The flames licked the sand in vain, but with limited success, leaving only patches of charred blackness before being covered by the swirling sand and extinguished silently.

Shukaku didn't even move, and the originally flat ground suddenly turned into a vortex of quicksand! A tremendous force surged upwards along the sand flow, and Sasuke, caught off guard, was instantly lifted into the air!
"Gagaga—Does it tickle you, Uchiha brat!"

Shukaku's maniacal laughter made the air buzz, and the enormous claw that blotted out the sky seemed slow, but in fact it swung down with lightning speed!
boom--

Sasuke felt as if he had been hit head-on by a mountain. The intense pain in his chest made his vision go black, and blood gushed out!

His body was slammed into the distant woods like a kite with a broken string, crashing through several large trees before finally coming to a stop. His bones felt like they were falling apart, his clothes were torn and stained with blood.

He struggled to stand up, but the sticky quicksand beneath his feet had firmly bound his legs.

More yellow sand, like living things, wrapped around his arms and waist, binding him and suspending him in mid-air like a sacrifice to be slaughtered, pulling him in front of Shukaku's huge pupils.

despair!

A chilling despair coiled around my heart like a venomous snake flicking its tongue!
His Sharingan, which he was so proud of, foresaw an insurmountable torrent of sand!
Speed? It's meaningless in the face of absolute power and defense!

Skill? Like a child's clumsy trick in front of a giant!

How did Naruto manage to summon such a powerful tailed beast? A question that made his very soul tremble exploded into his mind.

Looking down at Sasuke, who was struggling like an ant suspended in front of him, Shukaku's huge beast eyes flashed with cruel pleasure.

The frustration of being intimidated by "Little Golden Retriever No. 2" and the fear of being rubbed into the ground by Naruto were now transformed into a crazy outburst against the weak prey in front of him!

"Hahaha! Awesome! So awesome!"

Shukaku's gravelly vocal cords screeched out a piercing, maniacal laugh, "Is that all you've got? You dare to try and provoke me like that little blondie?!"

"Sharingan? Three-tomoe toy! Uchiha? Nothing special!!"

Shukaku's voice was full of disdain, "Compared to that little golden retriever's pure and unreasonable 'pain,' you're not even qualified to be my grit! Hahaha, trash!"

A massive amount of chakra gathered wildly in its enormous maw, compressing into a small, pitch-black sphere that shimmered with destructive light—the Tailed Beast Ball!

"It's over! Little bug!"

Shukaku's voice was like a death knell: "Use your shattered remains to celebrate my regained freedom with the most dazzling fireworks!!!"

The Tailed Beast Ball's light surged instantly, aimed directly at Sasuke, who was right next to it and had no way to dodge!

Just a moment before the light of destruction was about to engulf Sasuke—

A calm, almost indifferent voice clearly pierced through Shukaku's furious roar and the deep hum of the Tailed Beast Ball: "Hey, it's so noisy, the big tanuki's ears are going to go deaf."

The sound wasn't loud, but it was like a sharp sword, instantly piercing through every cell made of sand in Shukaku's body!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment!

Shukaku's Tailed Beast Ball, which had just reached its peak and was about to erupt, burst instantly like a bubble being punctured!
The chakra, compressed to its limit, lost control and transformed into chaotic energy turbulence that scattered and shot out in all directions, causing the surrounding trees to shake violently.

Its massive, mountain-like body suddenly stiffened.

The golden beast eyes, which had been brimming with savagery and killing intent just a moment ago, now contracted! Contracted even more! They shrank to almost the size of two pinpoints!
The pupils trembled violently!

"No, no, that's impossible!"

Shukaku's shrill voice instantly changed tone, filled with unimaginable terror and a cracking sound!

"Illusion! This is definitely an illusion! Gaara! The First and Second Hokage! They've made a fool of me?! No—"

Shukaku's enormous body, made of sand and gravel, began to tremble violently and uncontrollably!

Countless tiny grains of sand, like chaff, shed from all parts of its body, instantly forming a small sand dune on the ground!

It's just like the physical manifestation of "peeing your pants in fear" under extreme terror!

Naruto stood casually on a tree branch, raising his clear blue eyes to glance first at Shukaku, whose head was almost retracting into its belly.

He glanced again at Sasuke, who was covered in blood and looked miserable.

"Tsk, old pig, I've already shown you how to beat up Shukaku, but you didn't learn it. Now I'll show you again."

"Watch closely, I'll only teach you once!"

(End of this chapter)