Naruto: Nawaki was already dead, how could you bring him back to life?

"Wind Escape·Press!"

"Fire Escape·Tou Ke Ku!"

Kakuzu's wind and fire mask on his shoulder opened its mouth wide, spitting out an extremely dense high-pressure wind ball and fireball, which shot straight toward Chiba.

"Composite Ninja Technique: Flame Wind and Waves!"

Kakuzu unleashed his strongest attack right away. Propelled by a whirlpool-like storm, the fireball transformed into a vast sea of ​​fire the moment it hit the ground, surging towards Chiba.

"Combined ninjutsu? I can do that too!"

Chiba let out a low shout, showing no fear in the face of the incoming sea of ​​fire, and simultaneously channeled different types of chakra into his hands.

He will rely on his perfect control over chakra to unleash two different types of ninjutsu at the same time!

"Wind Release Rasengan!"

"Water Escape·Broken Current!"

Chiba held a spinning wind ball (infused with wind attributes) in one hand and a swirling stream of water in the other, and hurled it fiercely at the sea of ​​fire in front of him.

"Hurricane Water Vortex Technique!"

The two ninjutsu techniques converged in mid-air, and a water tornado, no less massive than a sea of ​​fire, rose from the ground and crashed violently into the fire.

Raging, raging, raging!

The red and blue vortexes clashed like two wild beasts, their scorching heat and icy cold colliding in a terrifying display. Finally, without the support of chakra, they vanished without a trace, leaving behind a large amount of white mist.

"Earth Grudge - Final Shot!"

Before Chiba could even catch his breath, Kakuzu's icy voice came from within the white mist.

The next instant, a beam of chakra, condensed with the three attributes of wind, fire, and lightning, carrying wisps of annihilation, pierced through the white mist and shot toward Chiba.

"How could he shoot so fast?!"

Chiba was suddenly startled.

His chakra hadn't even been adjusted yet, so how could Kakuzu release a new ninjutsu so quickly, especially such a deadly move with such concentrated chakra?!

"Kakuzu must have calculated the timing and started preparing this move the instant he unleashed the Flaming Wind Wave!"

Chiba instantly understood everything. Compared to the experienced Kakuzu, he was still too inexperienced!

"Ninjutsu: Needle Jizo!"

The chakra beam arrived in front of Chiba with lightning speed. He had no time to dodge and could only try to turn his body to the side while using his hair to extend and harden to protect his vitals.

Bang!

Faced with such a terrifying attack, Chiba was unsurprisingly sent flying. He forcibly stopped himself in mid-air with his paper wings, his blood surging, and he spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with bits of flesh.

"Cough cough, that was a really powerful blow, hahahaha."

Despite being seriously injured and in a sorry state, Chiba smiled, and her eyes were brighter than ever before.

"Did you hurt your brain with that move just now?"

As the white mist dissipated, Kakuzu's tall figure emerged from it, looking at Chiba, who had narrowly escaped death, with slight surprise, and spoke calmly.

"No, I've figured out a way to deal with you!"

Chiba shook his head confidently, dispersed his paper wings and landed on the ground, raising his hand to release the Bagua seal on his body.

He is inferior to Kakuzu in physical skills, and may not be a match for Kakuzu in escaping techniques either, but there is only one thing in which he is definitely superior to Kakuzu.

"Now, I'll show you the true power of Chiba! You know, I'm known as the 'Tailless Tailed Beast'! Hahahaha!"

A large amount of chakra surged out of his body, and feeling this powerful sensation, Chiba laughed wildly.

"Oh?"

Kakuzu frowned, realizing that things were not so simple.

Chiba's aura suddenly surged, and his chakra level increased several times over after the seal was broken, reaching a level that even made him somewhat alarmed.

"...What tailless tailed beast? This is clearly the chakra of the Eight-Tails!"

After a long silence, Kakuzu suddenly spoke softly.

Chiba: "...You're really boring, Yin Yu Shang Mie!"

Zizzi~

With the influx of a large amount of chakra, Chiba used the Yin Seal effect on Yin Healing and Destruction, and his injuries healed almost instantly.

"Is this the solution you came up with?" Kakuzu said calmly. "Even with more chakra, you are still no match for me."

"No, no, no." Chiba shook his head and said in a very irritating way, "It's not just about having a lot of chakra. I have a lot of chakra, a lot of it."

"Water Release: Great Explosive Water Wave (Who built the dam?)!"

Chiba formed hand seals, puffed out his cheeks, and forcefully sprayed water towards the ground.

Raging, raging, raging!

In just a moment, waves as high as three or four stories lifted Chiba's body, and then the surging water rushed in all directions, turning the surrounding area into a vast ocean in the blink of an eye.

"This guy……!"

Kakuzu leaped up the instant the raging waves crashed down, and for the first time, he showed a look of astonishment as he looked down at the scale of the ninjutsu below, a feat that could be described as earth-shattering.

The last time he saw a technique of this scale was when he fought the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, who clapped his hands together and turned the area where they were into a vast primeval forest.

This kid in front of me does have some of the flair of the First Hokage back then.

"Knowing they're no match for me, they're trying to limit my escape techniques and turn this into a war of attrition..."

Kakuzu, being an old hand, saw through Chiba's intentions at a glance. But this was an open scheme, and as long as he wanted to continue hunting Chiba, he had no choice but to get involved.

Under the restriction of this vast ocean, his Fiery Wind Chaos Waves lost its due power, which was equivalent to having a major killing move banned.

"Hmph, after all, he's not Hashirama Senju, just a brat."

Kakuzu pondered for only a moment before revealing a confident smirk once more. True powerhouses never complain about the environment.

歘!歘!歘!

Kakuzu's arms split open again, and thick clusters of black tentacles surged out of his body, connecting with the Wind and Fire masks as they left his body and transformed into two tall, black monsters.

Immediately afterwards, a water-attribute mask rose from his shoulder, standing alongside the lightning-attribute mask on either side, taking the place of the wind and fire masks.

"So you're planning to use lightning and water elemental escape techniques against me, while your main body and the masked monster will use physical techniques...?"

Chiba knew that Kakuzu's five masks with different chakra attributes were his five hearts, representing that he had a total of five lives.

Before destroying all five masks at the same time, Kakuzu was essentially immortal.

"You haven't given up on hunting me yet? Well then, I'm sorry, Master Kakuzu."

A smile flickered across the corner of Chiba's mouth beneath the mask.

Before acquiring the Crown Prince's ultimate move, he didn't really have any techniques that could harm Kakuzu, except for wearing him down. But now...

Chiba was still thinking about how to get close to Kakuzu, who was so powerful, and use Wind Release: Rasenshuriken to deal him a heavy blow.

Isn't this just perfect timing? I wanted something to eat, and the takeout just arrived at my door. I wanted to sleep, so I went to the store... *cough cough*

Chiba and Kakuzu stared intently at each other, not wanting to miss a single, subtle movement from the other.

Although Kakuzu wouldn't admit it, in his heart he already regarded Chiba as a strong person on the same level as himself.

Swish!

Kakuzu didn't move, but the two masked monsters suddenly circled around behind Chiba, and at the same time, the two masks on Kakuzu's shoulders opened their mouths.

"Thunder Escape·Pseudo Darkness!"

"Water Escape·Water Curtain!"

A terrifying thunderous spear and high-pressure water cannon roared in front, while two ferocious masked monsters surrounded them from behind. Chiba lifted his feet off the water and his fingers flew to complete the hand seals.

"Water Release: Multiple Water Barriers!"

A series of solid water walls suddenly rose in front of Chiba, keeping the Thunder Spear and the high-pressure water cannon out of reach, while also blocking Kakuzu's view.

"Why didn't he block those behind him as well... Oh no!" Kakuzu's mind raced, and he instantly realized something was wrong.

Tick-tick-tick~~

Just then, the water walls were torn apart by the Thunder Spear and the high-pressure water cannon, turning into streams of water that scattered back onto the surface. The sharp sound of something violently rubbing against the air became increasingly clear.

"Wind Release: Spiral Shuriken!"

Amidst the misty vapor, Chiba held up a shuriken formed entirely of whirlwind and hurled it fiercely at the two black-masked monsters before swiftly disappearing beneath the water's surface.

boom!

A terrifying storm suddenly erupted from the shuriken, instantly whipping up towering waves that snapped tree branches and swept them into the storm. Kakuzu's main body was forced to retreat.

At the center of this storm, wind-attribute chakra transformed into thousands of fine needles that spun and shot out, raining down on the two masked monsters like a sudden downpour.

call out!call out!call out!

Under the high-frequency piercing of the extremely fine needles, the two masked monsters instantly convulsed, their mouths opening uncontrollably, spewing out plumes of blood mist, clearly gradually losing their life force.

[Ding! Treatment successful. Congratulations, host, you have obtained...]

Chapter 84: Orochimaru Subdues Kakuzu, Blocking the Door

"Holy crap, what's going on?!"

The sudden system notification stunned Chiba. He had just stabbed the horn-wielding man in the heart, so how could he still receive a reward?

Is this a life-saving system or a murder and robbery system? If I could change the system, could I have one that grants many children and much happiness?

"Perhaps, according to the system's diagnosis, Kakuzu has multiple organ dysfunction syndrome?"

Chiba suddenly thought of a possibility: "I just 'removed' two of his duplicate organs, so it can also be considered a kind of saving lives?"

However, now is not the time to be distracted. Although he destroyed two of Kakuzu's masks in one blow, Kakuzu still has three resurrection coins!

Swish!

After the storm subsided, Chiba floated to the surface of the water, his gaze fixed on Kakuzu's true form not far away, while Kakuzu's beady green eyes were also staring back at him.