Chapter 12: Eight Tails

Two minutes later, Zabuza was on the ground immobilized, a snake coiled around him.

"Predator!" I murmured, holding Kubikiribōchō in my left hand.

[ Analyzing... complete analysis ]

[ Seal [Cannibalism] Acquired ]

"Great Sage, didn't I gain a mimicry?" I asked curiously.

[ Only objects or beings with a soul can grant mimicry ]

"Oh! Well, that makes sense," I said dismissively, I don't want to have mimicry from everything I devour.

"But doesn't that mean if I trap a soul inside an object, like a pickle, I could turn into Orochipickle?" I asked, frowning.

[ Affirmative ]

"Hey, what the hell are you talking about? Just kill me already!" shouted the young Zabuza, struggling.

"Don't move, kid, if you anger this beast, it'll blow you to pieces," I said as the snake took the opportunity to display the seal on its tongue, Zabuza's face darkened, and he shut his mouth.

I turned toward the others fighting in the distance, holding Samehada, I walked away from Zabuza, who wanted to protest but shut his mouth again as the snake opened its mouth once more.

'Does he want to extract information from me? I'd rather die than talk,' Zabuza thought, about to bite his tongue when an electric current enveloped him.

It was the snake, specially designed to handle hostages, obviously trained not to eat them, I still remember the two poor prisoners who suffered its gluttony, well, that was the old Orochimaru's doing.

After confirming that Zabuza had passed out, I activated Body Flicker Jutsu, yes, I could have captured him with Predator, but he's still too weak and lacks value.

On my way, I encountered several Kumo ninjas and decapitated them in an instant, devouring them with Predator, I didn't even have to use the Death Kiss seal.

After three minutes, I arrived at my destination, the battlefield of Inoichi and Choza, who were dealing with Killer Bee and Yugito Nii, my target was obviously the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Killer Bee.

Only the main combatants were present, the other ninjas dared not intervene to avoid accidental death.

"Lariat!" Killer Bee shouted, using his chakra cloak and colliding with Choza, who was in his maximum expansion form.

Boom!

A sonic boom echoed, sending him flying, the painful blow forced him to undo the body expansion, leaving him unable to get up for a while, breathing heavily.

I quickly approached, "Choza, go support Inoichi, deal with Matatabi, and hold out as long as you can," I said, stepping in front of him.

"Yes, Orochimaru-sama!" Choza replied, pulling out a seal and sticking it on his arm.

That was a healing tag, he'd used at least four so far, otherwise, he would've been turned to pulp under Killer Bee's intense blows.

As Choza ran to support Inoichi, Killer Bee looked at me, "You're Orochimaru, the Sannin of Konoha," Bee said, staring at me, "Hmm, why are you holding that fat guy's sword?" he asked with a frown.

"It doesn't matter, let me show you the power of the great Killer Bee, yeah!" Bee continued, pulling out swords from a sealing scroll.

In an instant, he struck a strange pose that somehow allowed him to wield seven swords on his body, maintaining a delicate balance.

"Raiton: Super Vibrating Sword!" he shouted, charging toward me.

I held Samehada and shifted my stance, wanting to test something, if my assumption was correct, then Bee had just met his nemesis.

"Kenjutsu: Lightning Rod Sword!" I said, executing the kenjutsu I obtained from that Uchiha boy, Isamu.

The technique consists of absorbing all lightning-based attacks in the vicinity, storing them, and releasing them in a devastating burst.

As Killer Bee approached, his Raiton resonated through his swords, creating a spectacle of sparks, when he was just a meter away, I swung Samehada, and the lightning surrounding Bee's swords flew toward me, being absorbed by Samehada.

Bee closed in, attacking me with his kenjutsu style, the guy was too fast, and I barely managed to dodge, fortunately, his swords were no longer imbued with lightning chakra, or I would've been hurt.

I swung Samehada, slamming it against the Jinchuriki cloak, in a matter of seconds, the original eight tails were reduced to just two, Samehada seemed to have devoured an entire supermarket, swelling and growing, wrapped in Eight-Tails chakra.

I controlled the sword, using it like a whip, striking Killer Bee and sending him flying like a projectile, with a loud crash, he landed in the distance, rising from the ground with a frown, he had already lost his swords, and his chakra cloak was barely holding up.

Meanwhile, I recovered the chakra I had lost, an important detail being that I can't gain more chakra than my maximum reserves, meaning even though I absorbed about six thousand points of chakra, I can't inject all that chakra into myself.

"Bee, let me help, go into bijuu mode," said Hachibi, for some reason feeling a deep fear as he looked at Orochimaru, sensing that he would truly die if they didn't defeat me.

I smiled, seeing him paralyzed for a moment, "You're thinking of transforming into the Eight-Tails, aren't you?" I asked, seeing through him, "Don't even dream of it!" I said, forming seals after storing Samehada with Predator.

"Ninjutsu: Multi Shadow Clones!" Four shadow clones appeared with a puff of smoke around me.

Suddenly, a Samehada appeared in each clone's hands, the Samehadas opened their maws, sticking out their tongues like excited dogs, obviously controlled by the clones.

I pulled Samehada out again after storing it to recover my chakra and took out my dear Akame.. oops, I mean, Murasame.

'Wood clones would've been great...' I thought, feeling slightly depressed, I must get my hands on the Forbidden Scroll when I return to Konoha.

The clones wielded their respective Samehadas and rushed at Killer Bee, who let out a nervous laugh: "Oi, Hachibi, you're right, and I think it's a good idea to go for it now, you know the drill, oh yeah!" Bee said, dancing to the rhythm of his voice, though the nervousness in his tone was evident.

"I can't, I haven't fully recovered my chakra yet," Hachibi replied as a new chakra tail formed every ten seconds.

"Alright, this will be tough, but it doesn't matter because I'm Killer Bee, baby!" Bee shouted, charging into battle.

My clones advanced with perfect synchronization, attacking while others defended, Bee pulled out another set of swords, defending and attacking simultaneously, each time a new tail formed, a clone appeared and absorbed two in a split second.

"Hey, Bee, where did that guy go?" Hachibi asked, realizing that the original Orochimaru had disappeared.

"I don't know, these guys are super annoying, I need to get rid of them fast!" Bee replied, beginning to form seals.

"Ninjutsu: Ink Clones!" After finishing the seals, four ink clones leaped toward the shadow clones, immobilizing them.

This is the ink clone's ability, they can immobilize enemies, a combination of Hachibi's abilities and Fuinjutsu.

"Raiton: Senbon perforators!" Dozens of small needles enveloped in lightning were hurled at the shadow clones, destroying them, the Samehadas fell to the ground.

When Bee was about to relax, another newly created clone appeared in front of him, wielding Samehada and smashing it against him, a sonic boom erupted, sending him flying like a projectile into a hill, the chakra cloak covering him was destroyed, and blood began to flow from his body due to the strong impact.

"Bee!" In the distance, the future Fourth Raikage, A, shouted after striking Fugaku.

Killer Bee stood up once more, glaring at the shadow clone in front of him with anger, "Is that all? I thought the Sannin were better than this, seems like Konoha only knows how to use cheap tricks, including all this farce, like that tree guy said."

The clone frowned at his words, it seemed the plan worked, Danzo really leaked the plan, but it seems he was stupid enough not to verify the rumor that had actually been leaked to the civilian population.

Besides, he didn't even attend the meeting the day the "defection" of Kushina and Minato was announced, it seems old age has made him careless.

"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?" Bee asked upon seeing the clone remain silent.

The clone simply shook its head and whispered, "Killer Bee, you've lost," it said, pointing behind him.

At some point, a figure materialized behind him, holding a completely black sword against his neck.

"What...?" Bee's eyes widened in surprise, a sensation of death radiated from the sword, suddenly, the sword disappeared, Bee attempted to flee immediately.

"Kenjutsu: Lightning Dragon Claw!" The sword struck his back, which he tried to protect once more with the chakra cloak, but it failed, Bee landed on the ground raising a cloud of smoke as he rolled away from me, an oblique line of blood appeared on his back.

"Haha... you missed, you can't defeat the great Killer Bee so easily, stupid, idiot!" Bee taunted, unaware of the strange symbols crawling across his body until they fully covered his heart.

Suddenly, Killer Bee felt a stabbing pain in his chest, as if something was crushing him from the inside, he fell to his knees, his breathing ragged, and his face filled with confusion.

"What... what's happening?" he asked, clutching his heart, looking at Hachibi within his mind, "Hachibi! What's going on? Do something!"

"I can't do anything!" Hachibi replied tensely, observing the same symbols now spreading across his own representation within Bee's subconscious.

"It's a seal, it looks too complex, it would take at least three days just to begin deciphering it, let alone stopping it!" Hachibi said.

Killer Bee suddenly understood, he was about to die, he glanced at his brother, who was running toward him with all his might, and smiled faintly, "I hope at least you survive..."

With those words, the seals finished covering his entire body, and he collapsed onto the ground, completely lifeless.

"Bee!" A approached and held his brother in his arms, tears streaming down his cheeks, burying his face into Bee's chest, trying to hear even a single heartbeat, but it was in vain.

After a while, the future Fourth Raikage lifted his head, his eyes red with fury and grief, his gaze fixed on me as I silently observed the scene.

Suddenly, I appeared beside him, "Taijutsu: Konoha Whirlwind!"

I launched a kick that forced him to retreat, as this happened, I created two clones to continue attacking in my place, then grabbed Killer Bee.

"Predator!" The mass of dark chakra surged from my palm and engulfed him.

[ Analyzing... complete analysis ]

[ Affinities [Water](Duplicate) [Fire](Duplicate) [Lightning](Duplicate] Acquired ]

[ Ninjutsu [Ink Clone][Ink Bomb][Ink Cage][Ink Tracking] Acquired ]

[ Taijutsu [Lariat][Acrobatic Style] Acquired ]

[ Kenjutsu [Seven Swords Style][Super Vibrating Sword] Acquired ]

[ Jinchuriki Techniques [Tailed Beast Cloak][Partial Transformation][Complete Transformation][Sealing Jutsu: Octopus Hold][Octopus Rotation] Acquired ]

[ Eight-Tails Chakra [Hachibi] Acquired ]

[ Racial Abilities [Ink][Regeneration][Chakra Conversion] Acquired ]

[ Jutsu [Tailed Beast Bomb] Acquired ]

[ Human Mimicry [B] Acquired ]

[ Special Mimicry [Hachibi] Acquired ]

I instantly felt my chakra reserves increase, a massive amount of knowledge flooding my mind.

After digesting everything, one ability caught my attention, Chakra Conversion, a skill used by all tailed beasts to convert natural energy into normal chakra.

'This explains why tailed beasts sometimes seem exhausted and other times have infinite energy!' I thought, feeling as though I had uncovered a great mystery, but my happiness didn't last long.

"You bastard, give me back my brother! Where did you take him?" A shouted, not waiting for an answer, activating his Lightning Armor, I held Murasame tightly, ready for the next fight.

"Stop, A!" Suddenly, the Third Raikage appeared in front of his son, halting him.

"Old man..." A murmured, looking at his father.

"Let your old man handle this, go back to the troops and prepare for retreat," said the Raikage, looking at his son with a gentle smile.

"But I want to..." A began to argue but stopped when he saw his father shaking his head.

Understanding, he nodded, "I understand, old man, be careful with that sword, I think it's a cursed blade like the ones from the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist," A said, pointing at my Murasame.

After saying that, A withdrew from the area, leaving only the two of us, the Raikage turned toward me, his smile replaced by a blank expression, with icy determination in his eyes.

"You're dead, boy," said the Raikage, enveloping himself in his lightning armor.