Chapter 291: Interesting Technique
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Chapter 291: Interesting Technique
"Triple Rashomon!"
Three massive gates stood between Naruto's beam of energy and the two Hokages.
His attack pierced through the three gates, but even though it failed to stop the beam of energy, it did delay it just enough for the two Hokage puppets to move out of the way.
The yin-yang blast collided with the rotating ball of fire, creating a chaotic explosion.
"I won't let you win!. You still have to deal with me." Kabuto screamed at him. His skin began to crack and scales formed on its surface. His eyes turned yellow and his pupils transformed to resemble those of snakes.
Naruto sensed some of the natural energy in the surrounding area starting to circulate through Kabuto's body.
"He's a sage too?!" Killer B and his brother were obviously surprised by the transformation. Neither of them expected someone so young to achieve such a difficult feat.
"No matter! We should work together on this one," Roshi told them. The chakra from his bijū created a cloak around him. "I can only control the 'beast' for a few minutes. We must hurry."
The Raikage nodded. He hated to admit it, but Naruto was not an opponent they could defeat by acting on their own. Even with this new show of power, they didn't trust Kabuto to hold his own for long. "Wait until my signal... then we ambush him from all directions. Don't give him the chance to teleport away."
"Summoning Jutsu!" A massive cloud of smoke appeared beneath Kabuto.
A moment later, he was standing on the head of a colossal snake. "Manda."
"You dare call me, Kabuto?" The snake looked more than upset after being disturbed by someone he didn't deem worthy. "Only Orochimaru had been given that right."
"We can discuss my worthiness later... look who my opponent is."
The narrowed eyes of the snake scanned the battlefield until they found Naruto. "You?!"
"That's right," Kabuto told the current Lord of the Snake Clan. "That is Naruto Uzumaki. The one who killed Orochimaru. I thought you would be interested in getting some revenge for last time."
"Mmmm... you think calling that big worm would help you? I mean... be my guest," Naruto said. "But th-"
"Now!" the Raikage shouted.
The next instant, Naruto was surrounded by enemies from all sides.
Kabuto was attacking along with Manda.
The two remaining Hokages were assisting them from the sides.
Two jinchūriki and the Raikage were performing a joint assault from three points.
A smile crept onto Naruto's face. "Fools..." A golden wave of energy erupted from Naruto.
Everyone around him felt their bodies turning extremely heavy, forcing them to stop in their tracks.
At the same time, countless clones of Naruto began to appear out of nowhere, surrounding them completely across the entire battlefield.
"Kami! How many can he make?" Roshi exclaimed.
The clones created several layers. While the ones on the inside seemed to be merely observing, the ones further away began to grab each other's hands and muttered some sort of chant. Glowing symbols formed in the air one after another.
"What is that?" Killer B said.
"A formation? What are you up to?" Kabuto stood with difficulty on top of Manda.
"Don't worry about that," Naruto told them. "That's just to prevent you from leaving. The formation won't allow anyone to go in or out. Not even by teleportation. Of course... unless you kill me."
"That's funny, you brat. Because that's exactly what I was planning on doing!" The Raikage shouted as his body became cloaked by lightning chakra. "Lightning Armor!" He broke through Naruto's restrictions and vanished from the spot.
The next instant, the Raikage was already next to him. "Ahhh!" He sent a barrage of powerful attacks. "Die!"
"That is an interesting technique..." Naruto said calmly while blocking these attacks. As he did this, he was also analyzing the way his chakra was moving and being transformed.
They exchanged a few more attacks over the next minute. They seemed to be reaching a standstill.
"He can move as fast as my brother... that should be impossible..." Killer B had never seen anyone even close to that level before.
"No... pay attention. He's starting to gain more speed," Roshi pointed out.
"What the... that can't be!" The Raikage looked at Naruto in shock before receiving a fist to the face that sent him tumbling down.
"As I said... an interesting technique." On the surface of Naruto's body was a layer of lightning chakra, very similar to the 'Lightning Armor' of the Raikage.
"That's a secret jutsu from our clan. How can he..." Killer B now understood what shocked his brother so much.
"That's not right... let's try again," Naruto muttered as he changed the way the cloak of chakra was formed.
"You think you can imitate my jutsu just by seeing it once?" The Raikage stood up, filled with rage, and charged at him again. "Lightning Release... Piercing Fingers!" He attempted to stab Naruto using chakra-coated fingers.
"Imitate it? Not at all," Naruto answered as he grabbed hold of his hand. "But I can analyze it superficially and get the rest through practice. It takes a lot of time, but that's not something I lack."
"Practice? What practice?" The Raikage thought Naruto was insane.
"You really should pay more attention to your surroundings," Naruto commented. "I've been learning your jutsu for the past two minutes."
"Lightning Armor!"
"No, not like that!"
"Like this?"
"Hold on, I got this."
It was after Naruto's comment that the ninjas present realized what was going on around them.
The clones in the inner ring were no longer just staring at them... they were training. Some of them would disappear and be quickly replaced by new ones, who then continue to practice.
"What is going on?" Killer B asked.
"Are those clones out of control? They look crazy," Roshi said.
"No... they're not out of control," Kabuto's eyes were filled with fear. "He's... abusing the memory feedback from the shadow clones. He creates them, uses them, and dispels them to get their memories. But how many are..." His enhanced senses allowed him to perceive that Naruto had created a ridiculous number of clones.
It wasn't just around the area they were in, but he could feel his signature all over the forest. It extended around Konoha for miles and miles.
"How many clones can he make?"
"Oh, can you feel them?" Naruto glanced at Kabuto. "I suppose you are a Sage... somewhat. But the answer to your question would be... millions."
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