320. Shinnō vs Team Three Part-1

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Hmm…

Izuna quickly traces the chakra of the Zero-tails. He flickers through the chamber of the Ancor Vantian and arrives in a closed chamber.

"The Zero-tails is somewhere around here. I can sense its chakra."

He carefully looks around.

"Looks like it's hidden behind a secret room."

Swirl…

"Wind Release: Rasengan"

Izuna throws a spiraling Rasengan infused with wind chakra towards the walls of the chamber.

BOOM…

The Rasengan smashes into the wall.

Fwoosh…

The runes around the walls light up and absorb the chakra of the Rasengan.

"Oh? A chakra absorbing sealing formation!"

"Izuna, the Zero-tails is behind that wall. I can sense its malice."

Nine-tails points towards the right wall of the room.

Izuna clenches his fist and opens six gates in sync with the Power release.

BOOM…

He punches the wall and shatters it.

Huh?!

The second-in-command is startled at Izuna's sudden intrusion.

"Enemy attack!"

He hurriedly takes out a blade and attacks Izuna's blind spot while Izuna is distracted from the dust and the debris.

BAM…

Izuna punches him and sends him flying.

BOOM…

The captain slams into a wall and passes out. He turns towards the center of the room and notices the zero-tails pinned to the stone stele.

"It's time to get rid of this malevolent spirit Reibi once and for all."

Izuna stretches his palm.

"Shinra Banshō"

Eight purple floats appear in his palm.

Swoosh…

He wills the orbs to combine and morph into a spear.

Haah…

Izuna directs the spear towards Zero-tails and launches it.

Swoosh…

The spear quickly approaches Zero-tails. It shatters the barrier around the zero-tails and clashes with the various sealing talismans.

Grr…

The commotion causes Zero-tails to wake up from its slumber. It makes some incoherent noises and releases a large amount of dark chakra.

Swoosh… swoosh…

The dark chakra infuses with the sealing talisman and reinforces the surrounding barrier.

Crack… crack…

Multiple cracks appear in the sealing formation as the spear continues to penetrate through its defenses. The sealing formation shatters like a sheet of glass as the sealing talismans turn into ashes.

Grrr…

The Zero-tails screeches in anger and releases multiple tan-colored tentacles to resist the attack.

Boom… Boom…

The tentacles crumble under Izuna's relentless attack.

BOOM…

The spear pierces through the large net of tubular structures, strikes a zero-tails cocoon.

Crack… Boom…

A large amount of dark chakra escapes from the cocoon as it slowly crumbles away.

ROAR…

A serpentine creature wearing a Noh mask with Kanji 'Reibi' imprinted on it slithers out of the cocoon. Five red hair-like strands sprout from the mask. The Noh mask distorts to reveal a gloomy expression as Zero-tails glares at Izuna.

"Human?! How dare you?!"

The mask slowly opens its mouth as the Zero-tails release a telepathic message to Izuna.

"A spiritual attack?!"

Izuna frowns as Zero-tails voice makes him dizzy.

Hmph…

"You think you are the only one who can do so!"

Shiing…

Izuna right eye changes into Mangekyo Sharingan.

"Tsukiyomi"

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Through the hallways of the fortress,

Phew…

"That's the third group!"

Hanabi dusts her hand as she deals with another group of Sky shinobis.

"Yes, with our teamwork even Jounins aren't a match against us." Yakumo nods in agreement.

"Let's get going, you guys! We have to stop these people from attacking another nation." Ayaka reminds them.

"But… wouldn't it be dangerous with only us four of us?"

Hanabi asks in trepidation.

"Have you forgotten about Sensei? He is fighting against the more powerful enemies, so the rest of the group are just a bunch of weaklings!" Yakumo assures her.

"I… I just want to meet, Shinnō sensei. I want to him say that everything you people told me was a lie, and he is still the kind and generous doctor who is loved by everyone." Amaru resolutely stares deeper into the chamber.

Whoosh… whoosh…

She dashes deeper into the chamber.

"After her!"

Ayaka and the group follow her.

Swoosh…

Another group of shinobis walks out of the nearby room.

"Get out of our way!"

Hanabi clutches her fists and infuses chakra into them.

"Eighty Gods Vacuum Fist"

She releases the infused chakra in form of a giant fist.

BOOM…

The giant fist sends the incoming Sky Ninjas flying.

"Wow! Incredible Hanabi-chan! You mastered the jutsu sensei taught you in such a short amount of time." Ayaka praises her.

"No, it's not like that. I have yet to master it. I only modified the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Fist slightly." Hanabi shakes her head as the group flickers towards the center of the temple.

They arrive in a giant open hall.

There is a giant throne in the center of the room and a person is sitting on it.

"Sensei, you are alive!"

Tears flow through Amaru's eyes as she notices Shinnō sitting on the throne.

She quickly dashes towards Shinnō.

"Amaru, wait!" Hanabi warns her, but Amaru ignores her warning.

Swoosh…

Amaru dives into Shinnō's embrace and hugs him.

"I knew it! You didn't die."

Haha… Ahaha…

Shinnō clutches his forehead and laughs hysterically.

"I thought I was able to fool you people with my death and my subordinate was able to get rid of you. But it looks like I was mistaken. Haha…"

Shinnō clutches Amaru's head with his other hand.

"Se-Sensei?! It hurts!"

"Fine, I will do it myself."

He lifts Amaru like a rag doll and hurls her towards the nearby wall.

Whoosh…

Ayaka quickly flickers towards the wall and grabs Amaru before she could slam into the wall.

"You stinky old man!"

Hanabi glares at Shinnō as she takes a taijutsu stance.

Haha…

Shinnō sits down on the throne and places his arm on the armrest.

Swirl…

A large amount of dark chakra rises from the throne as he channels the chakra through his body.

"I've obtained the Reibi's power. The Dark chakra!"

Swish… swish…

Shinnō slowly removes the bandages around his body.

Shoom…

Dark purple chakra rises from his body as his body becomes muscular.

"Sensei! Something is wrong with him. He is not acting like himself! We have to fix him, please!"

Amaru desperately shakes Ayaka.

Ayaka raises her head and stares at the sinister expression of Shinnō.

'It looks like a Monday hangover to me!'

"There's nothing wrong with me!"

Slash…

Shinnō rips his upper garment to expose his compact muscles.

Swish… swish…

He makes some hand signs and circulates the dark chakra through his body.

"Body Revival Technique"

Shoom…

Shinnō riles up the dark chakra in his body. His hair floats in the air as the muscle mass and the proportion of his body increases.

"With this perfect body, I will be able to open all eight gates, including the Death Gate."

Shinnō inspects his body and nods in satisfaction.

Whoosh…

Ayaka flickers behind his blind spot to land a sneak attack on him.

"Too slow! Your movements are too slow."

Shinnō shakes his head.

Whoosh…

He disappears from his place and reappears behind Ayaka.

Tch…

Ayaka clicks her tongue.

Swoosh…

Shinnō performs a roundhouse kick and attacks her.

Haaah…

Ayaka crosses her arm to block the attack.

Bang…

She is sent flying by the attack.

Argh…

Ayaka slams into a wall and coughs some saliva.

Poof…

She disappears in a puff of smoke.

"Oh?! A shadow clone!"

Shinnō lowers his leg and stares at his surroundings.

"Fire Release: Pheonix Flower Jutsu"

Ayaka makes some hand signs and releases a barrage of fireball at Shinnō.

"It's futile!"

Swoosh…

Shinnō waves his hand and releases a black, widespread wave of dark chakra.

BOOM…

The dark chakra wave easily dispels the fireballs and slams into Ayaka.

Poof…

"Another clone?!"

Shinnō raises an eyebrow.

"Eat this!"

Whoosh… whoosh…

Ayaka and Hanabi appear on each side of Shinnō.

"Chidori!"

Ayaka has a Chidori in her right hand while Hanabi's right hand is clenched into a fist.

"Eighty Gods Vacuum Fist"

Whoosh…

Shinnō rotates his body and jumps in the air. While mid-air, he performs a downward chop with legs and hands.

Bang…

He easily dodges Ayaka's and Hanabi's attacks while attacking them at the same time.

BOOM…

A large amount of dust and debris rise from the impact.

Whoosh…

Shinnō swings his arms to dispel the fog. He looks around to search for a trace of the girls.

"These girls forced me to open three gates out of the Eight!"

Behind a giant pillar,

Huff… Huff…

Ayaka and Hanabi breathe heavily as they warily stare at Shinnō.

"That was a close call! I thought I almost died for a second."

Hanabi catches her breath.

"He is too fast. I can follow his movements with my eyes but I am unable to react to them."

Ayaka shakes her head.

"After this mission, I have to train my speed."

The girls turn towards Yakumo, who is beside an unconscious Amaru.

"She was causing such a ruckus, so I had to put her under a genjutsu!"

"I… I see!" Hanabi and Ayaka sweat at her remark.

"We have to think of a plan to deal with him. If we are somehow able to restrain his movements, then I can land a killing blow on him."

Ayaka formulates a plan.

"Leave it to me!"

Yakumo nods her head.

"Then I will act as a distraction. Since he is using Taijutsu to fight against us, I can repel his attacks using rotation to some degree." Hanabi clenches her fist.

"Then let's get him!"