Urashiki's words made the expressions of Mito, Hashirama, and Tobirama darken instantly.
At that moment, Uchiha Hikaru silently observed a three-second moment of silence for Urashiki in his heart.
Of all the people you could've provoked, why did you have to mess with these ancient monsters from Konoha? Seriously… sigh…
"Jiraiya," Hikaru said calmly, "take those two and get out of here."
"When this fight starts, it's going to shake everything. I don't want them getting caught up in it."
With that, Uchiha Hikaru activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. In a fluid motion, he summoned Sword—his Mangekyō ability—and gripped it tightly.
Jiraiya looked at Urashiki, then at the lineup in front of him—each person overflowing with deadly chakra, barely restrained—and nodded grimly.
"I understand."
He grabbed Naruto and Boruto and swiftly retreated from the battlefield.
Boruto, however, glanced back anxiously. His face was a mix of concern and confusion, clearly unaware of the true strength of the legendary figures now facing Urashiki.
"Those two… aren't they the First and Second Hokage from the Hokage Rock?" he muttered.
"Why are they here? And… can they really defeat Urashiki?"
Naruto, in contrast, was completely confident.
"Don't worry. Kurama just told me that Gramps once strangled him with one hand."
"He said he was too powerful to be left roaming around outside."
Boruto: "???"
"Relax," Naruto added with a grin. "Now that those three are here, there's no way we can lose."
…
Just after Jiraiya got Naruto and Boruto to safety, Urashiki moved to teleport away, intent on continuing his pursuit of the Nine-Tails' chakra.
But behind him, Mito slammed a golden chakra chain from the Adamantine Sealing Chains directly into the ground. She rapidly formed hand seals, and jet-black runes surged along the chain and spread across the earth like a spiderweb, enclosing an area nearly a kilometer wide.
A gray-black chakra barrier materialized around them.
"Four Symbols Seal – Modified: Spatial Boundary."
Urashiki's expression darkened. He tried to use his ocular jutsu to teleport, but the surrounding space had become dense and rigid—it was nearly impossible to tear open.
A flicker of black light tried to form in front of him, but it fizzled out immediately.
"A spatial sealing technique?"
"In that case… I'll just get rid of you pests before harvesting the Nine-Tails."
He reached into the basket at his waist and pulled out several multicolored chakra orbs, tossing them down toward Uchiha Hikaru and the others.
"Let me show you the power of the ninjutsu your kind developed!"
"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!"
"Lightning Style: Thunder Ball!"
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"
"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!"
"Earth Style: Earth Dragon Jutsu!"
The chakra spheres erupted into a storm of ninjutsu, each a different element, raining destruction from all directions.
Uchiha Hikaru stepped forward calmly and raised his left hand. A glowing pale-white barrier expanded outward, shielding everyone behind it.
"Sealing Technique: Absorbing Seal."
As the elemental jutsu crashed into the barrier, they were immediately compressed into threads of white light that flowed directly into Hikaru's palm and vanished.
"Urashiki, you're not the only one who can absorb ninjutsu."
"Your jutsu have decent power—but it's a shame."
"All that chakra now belongs to me."
"Sword: Third Form."
Hikaru released his right hand. His blade, Sword, slowly lowered to the ground. As it touched the earth, ripples spread like it had dipped into a mirror of water.
From beneath Hikaru's feet, an ocean of dense pink cherry blossoms bloomed and surged forward, racing directly toward Urashiki.
Meanwhile, Mito maintained her chakra output to stabilize the space-sealing barrier. She glanced at the men beside her and barked, "You two, go beat the hell out of your grandson-in-law already!"
Hashirama clapped his hands together with a grin.
"Tobirama, it's not often we get to fight side by side. Let's make it count."
"Wood Style: Wood Dragon Jutsu!"
Tobirama chuckled—a rare, genuine smile—and formed rapid seals, his hands a blur.
"If you insist, brother… I suppose I'll humor you."
"Water Style: Water Dragon Bite Explosion!"
A massive wooden dragon nearly a hundred meters long exploded from beneath Hashirama's feet. Its bark-covered body was adorned with blooming flowers that released a constant cloud of odorless, colorless pollen.
With a furious roar, it launched itself into the sky and dove at Urashiki from above.
Simultaneously, hundreds of water dragons—each over ten meters long—erupted from behind Tobirama and surged toward the edges of the sealing barrier. They circled, lurking like sharks in deep water, ready to pounce.
On the sidelines, Itachi and Sasuke exchanged a look.
"…Are we even needed right now?" Sasuke muttered.
"They're corpses. They can burn chakra like it's candy," Itachi replied with a sigh. "We still have to conserve ours."
"…And that guy, Hikaru—he's a freak. He's got more chakra than the Tailed Beasts combined."
Still, they didn't stand idle.
Without a word, the Uchiha brothers activated their Susanoo—one blazing orange-red, the other a dark, stormy purple.
Sasuke drew the bow of his Susanoo and nocked an arrow—the legendary Indra's Arrow, swirling with black flames.
Itachi, in turn, summoned a trio of Yasaka Magatama in his Susanoo's hand.
At the same moment, they launched their attacks. The flaming magatama swirled around Indra's Arrow as it screamed through the air toward Urashiki—faster than any other attack.
But Urashiki grinned cruelly and brought out his signature red fishing rod, intercepting the assault mid-air. The fishhook gleamed as it shot toward the incoming jutsu.
"Hmph. Pointless. I can absorb all chakra-based attacks."
But the moment his fishhook caught the magatama—
CRACK!
Hashirama's wooden dragon dropped directly from above, jaws wide, and chomped down on Urashiki's upper body.
At that same instant, Tobirama's waiting water dragons surged in from all directions, and Hikaru's cherry blossom blades whirled like a vortex around Urashiki, rotating tighter and tighter.
Every angle—above, below, side to side, front and back—was sealed off by the coordinated assault.
Urashiki's special fishing rod was pinned by Itachi and Sasuke.
His spatial jutsu was sealed by Mito's barrier.
And now, he was being buried alive under the combined force of Konoha's deadliest legends.
The attacks collided mid-air.
The wooden dragon exploded into splinters.
Hundreds of water dragons burst into steam and rain.
But the cherry blossom blades remained, wrapping Urashiki in a storm of delicate petals hiding the poisonous pollen from Hashirama's dragon. The blades spun and sliced, closing in like a killing cocoon.
Through the storm, the sound of flesh being shredded echoed.
And Urashiki's howls followed.
"AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHH!!"
"How dare you—ants—damage my perfect body!"
"I'LL KILL YOU ALL!! YOU BASTARDS!!!"
The elegant, sarcastic demeanor Urashiki had maintained was gone—shattered by the relentless assault.
Now, he was just screaming.
Writhing.
Bleeding.
Tobirama watched the cherry blossoms swirl overhead and smiled in satisfaction.
"…It's been a long time since I had a battle this satisfying."
"Nothing beats the thrill of ganging up on someone…"
But suddenly—
A blinding white light surged from within the cherry blossom storm.
And from inside came a wet, crunching sound…
…a sound like something chewing bone.
And it was getting louder.
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