Cloud of dust filled the atmosphere, Goku dropped to the ground landing on his feet, the ground cracked opened like spiderwebbs on his impact, eyes widened in shock, "what will it take to kill this guy," Tobirama said, clenching his fist harder.
"Everyone—get as far away from here as you can! **Now!**" Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage, barked the order as he surged forward. His blue eyes burned with unyielding resolve. For the briefest moment, his gaze locked with Naruto's across the chaos—father and son sharing a silent understanding, a promise that this fight wasn't over yet.
Tobirama appeared at Minato's side in a flicker of yellow light, both Hokages moving in perfect synchronization born of battlefield instinct. They charged Goku together, a blur of yellow and white against the dark terrain.
Goku simply stood there, arms loose at his sides, a wide, almost boyish grin spreading across his face. He didn't dodge. He didn't block. He just watched.
Minato struck first. His fists became a storm—hundreds of punches in the span of heartbeats, each one empowered by the Flying Thunder God's instantaneous repositioning. He teleported around Goku in a dizzying array: left flank, right flank, overhead, behind—hammering pressure points, ribs, solar plexus. The air cracked with sonic booms from the sheer speed. Yet Goku's body absorbed the blows like a mountain weathering rain. He didn't even stagger. His grin only widened.
Tobirama followed up without missing a beat. Seals flashed in his hands. "Water Style: **Great Waterfall Technique**—enhanced!" From the fractured earth erupted a towering wall of ice-infused water, frozen into jagged spikes the size of a small mountain. It crashed down on Goku with cataclysmic force, burying him under thousands of tons of crystalline pressure. The ground buckled, new ravines opening as the impact reshaped the landscape yet again.
Dust and shards of ice exploded outward. When the cloud cleared, Goku emerged from the rubble unscathed, dusting off his shoulders casually. "Whoa! That was cold!" he laughed, his voice carrying over the wind like he was commenting on the weather.
Minato and Tobirama exchanged a single nod—no words needed. Minato vanished in a flash, reappearing with a marked kunai already in hand. He hurled it past Goku's ear, then teleported to it in the same instant, launching a spinning kick aimed at the Saiyan's neck. Tobirama mirrored the maneuver from the opposite side, their combined assault a deadly pincer.
Goku's head tilted slightly. He caught Minato's leg mid-kick with one hand and Tobirama's incoming sword strike with the other—effortlessly. "You guys are really fast," he said admiringly. "Faster than most people I've fought!"
He released them gently, almost politely, and the two Hokages leaped back, breathing hard.
Behind them, the evacuation continued in grim silence. Injured shinobi were dragged away on stretchers or carried over shoulders. Kakashi Hatake, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Might Guy remained rooted in place, watching the impossible unfold. Sakura Haruno had started rushing back toward the front lines—determined to heal whoever she could—but Sasuke's hand shot out, a precise chop to the neck dropping her instantly. He caught her before she hit the ground and signaled the medic team with a sharp gesture. They carried her away without protest.
The remaining fighters formed a loose perimeter, chakra flaring as they prepared to join if needed.
Tobirama's hands blurred through seals once more. "Water Style: **Twin Nuclear Dragons!**" From fissures in the earth rose two colossal dragons of pitch-black water, each larger than the surrounding peaks. Their bodies crackled with condensed explosive chakra, mouths open in silent roars as they spiraled toward Goku at blinding speed.
At the same instant, Minato called out, "Lightning Flash: **God Rasenshuriken!**" He vanished and reappeared in rapid succession, each teleport building momentum until he launched forward in a final, screaming charge. The Rasenshuriken in his palm glowed with white-hot wind chakra laced with lightning, spinning so violently it distorted the air around it.
Goku's eyes narrowed—not in fear, but excitement. He thrust both hands forward. "Here we go!" A brilliant sphere of **ki** erupted from his palms—pure, golden energy that howled like a living storm.
The three attacks collided in mid-air.
Chakra and ki fused in a violent maelstrom. The dragons detonated on impact, the Rasenshuriken shredded into blinding light, and Goku's ki blast pushed back with unrelenting force. The resulting explosion birthed a white void—a sphere of nothingness that erased color, sound, and matter in a growing radius. Trees vaporized. Rocks disintegrated. The shockwave hurled Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, and Guy backward; they barely anchored themselves with chakra to the ground, skin burning from the raw energy wash.
When the light faded, Goku walked forward calmly through the cracked, glowing earth. Smoke rose from his gi, but his smile remained.
Minato appeared behind him in a yellow flash—blood trickling from his ears, nose, and the corners of his eyes from the strain. "Lightning Flash: **Twin God Rasenshuriken!**" he roared, voice raw. Two massive Rasenshurikens formed in his hands, one wind, one lightning. He drove them into Goku's back with everything he had left.
The impact thundered. Goku was launched downward, burrowing deep into the earth in a plume of dirt and rock. The ground shook violently as the subterranean explosion resonated, sending tremors across the valley.
Minato dropped to one knee, gasping. "That… should hold him for a while."
Tobirama was at his side in an instant, placing a hand on Minato's shoulder. "Hold on. Take some of my chakra." A faint blue glow transferred between them—Senju vitality flowing into the exhausted Yellow Flash.
"Dad! Are you okay?!" Naruto sprinted forward, Sasuke, Kakashi, and Guy right behind him.
"Second Hokage! Lord Fourth—are you alright?" Tsunade Senju and the other Kage—Gaara, the Raikage, Mei Terumi, and Chojuro—rushed up, faces pale with shock.
The Raikage crossed his massive arms, staring at the crater. "What the hell happened here? This doesn't look like any battlefield I've ever seen."
Minato pushed himself to his feet with a grunt. "This guy… he killed Madara in an instant. All our attacks—nothing touches him."
Gaara's sand shifted uneasily around him. "We heard the reports. It's hard to believe there's power like this in our world… aside from the Sage of Six Paths himself."
Tobirama's expression darkened. "He obliterated Hashirama too. Normally the Edo Tensei would have reformed him by now, but… nothing. This energy isn't chakra. It's something entirely different—foreign, overwhelming."
A low rumble began beneath their feet. Pebbles vibrated. Cracks widened.
"What's happening?" the Raikage demanded, lightning crackling along his skin.
"He's coming back," Naruto whispered, eyes widening. Six Paths chakra flared around him—orange cloak igniting, Truth-Seeking Orbs materializing. Sasuke's Rinnegan glowed purple, Susanoo ribs already forming protectively.
The ground erupted.
Goku burst upward in a shower of earth and stone, landing lightly once more. Dust settled around him. His gi was shredded in places, a few shallow cuts on his arms that were already healing—but his grin was bigger than ever.
"Man… you guys don't hold back, do you?" he said cheerfully, cracking his knuckles. "This is getting fun! Now come at me."