Naruto: Kurotsuchi Mayuri

Righteous Thunder—Furious Thunder Axe!

Boom!

The Eight-Tails' head was struck with immense force, its jaw slamming uncontrollably into the ground. Its eight tails curled high into the air.

Roar!

Enraged, the Eight-Tails wrapped all eight of its tails around itself, enclosing its entire body within them. It now resembled a giant, round eggshell.

In the next moment, the "eggshell" began spinning rapidly in place. With its massive size and incredible speed, the air currents around it surged violently, forming a colossal storm.

The streak of lightning caught within the storm looked like a tiny boat in a raging sea, seemingly on the verge of being overturned at any moment.

Then, the swirling sand and debris from the storm completely engulfed the lightning and the Eight-Tails itself. From a distance, all that remained was a vast cloud of dust, swept toward the storm's center by the fierce winds.

"What a terrifying technique!"

From afar, the Two-Tails' Jinchūriki, Yugito Nii, watched the shocking scene, her eyes filled with astonishment. Though she was also a Jinchūriki, the sheer destructive power of the Eight-Tails was on an entirely different level.

A large-scale technique like this, if unleashed on a battlefield, could easily engulf everything in its path, sweeping all enemies into the storm and tearing them apart.

"Yeah, it's like a Tailed Beast version of the Hyūga Clan's Rotation."

The one who spoke was a dark-skinned kunoichi with white hair—Mabui, the Fourth Raikage A's secretary. 

Much like Dodai served the Third Raikage, she had been chosen and trained to be the Raikage's right hand.

"A Tailed Beast version of Rotation? That's a fitting comparison."

Yugito nodded. For Kumogakure, a village known for its prowess in taijutsu-based combat, there was no opponent more frustrating to face than the Byakugan users of the Hyūga Clan.

And the method of Rotation, Yugito Nii naturally knew and had seen this technique before.

The two people talking didn't show much concern for the two fighting in the field, even though the level of this battle had already exceeded the scope of a simple sparring match.

This was because their battle had already been going on for almost two days and nights, and their concerns had long been worn away by the passage of time.

Behind them was the Sealing Squad of the Hidden Cloud Village, always ready to step in at the last moment to handle any potential loss of control by the Tailed Beast.

Though the chance of that happening now was extremely low.

The dark sky began to drizzle, and after a brief swirling storm, it destroyed the surrounding terrain, vegetation, and environment before finally calming down.

The rain intensified, and from the black clouds, fierce lightning erupted, accompanied by thunder, crashing down.

A flash of lightning from the ground seemed to attract the thunder from the clouds, and a winding thunder dragon emerged from the thick clouds. Its massive head and body were not much smaller than the Eight-Tails below.

In the Eight-Tails' wide-open eyes, the bolt of lightning leaped high, pulling the thunder dragon, which then swung down towards the Eight-Tails.

As the thunder dragon roared, the world was momentarily blinded by the flash of light!

The thunder dragon crossed the distance at an indescribable speed and struck the ground in an instant.

The Eight-Tails' huge body was engulfed by the towering column of lightning, emitting an enraged and pained roar.

The smell of roasted meat spread from the Eight-Tails' body into the air. The lightning column vanished, but faint sparks still coiled around the Eight-Tails' body.

Steam rose from the Eight-Tails' body, but was quickly washed away by the constant rain. 

A large amount of chakra leaked from beneath the Eight-Tails' skin, rapidly repairing its damaged and injured body.

"Stop hitting! I admit defeat!"

Seeing the figure with lightning was about to continue, the Eight-Tails opened its mouth impatiently and roared loudly.

After the roar, its massive body quickly shrank, eventually revealing the Jinchuriki's form.

This is not how you treat a Tailed Beast!

Every few days, it's pulled out and beaten, called a sparring session, but in reality, it's just abuse!

In the past, it could use its own power to push the Fourth Raikage to the brink, and later, with its partner's cooperation, they could suppress the Fourth Raikage, winning more than losing.

But since the Fourth Raikage fully mastered the power of the mask, its days with him started to go downhill.

Sometimes, the Eight-Tails wonders who the real Tailed Beast is, it or the Fourth Raikage?

The rushing lightning suddenly stopped in front of Killer Bee.

The Fourth Raikage dispelled the lightning around him and punched the mask on his face. 

With a cracking sound, the mask became covered in cracks under the punch, then, in the next moment, the cracks widened and shattered into the air.

The mask's fragments fell off his face. Before they hit the ground, they burned like ashes and vanished into nothingness.

Rainwater flowed down A's skin, and A looked at Killer Bee, who was lying on the ground in a large letter "大" shape, his chest rising and falling violently as if he had been through intense exercise, and reached out his hand to him.

Killer Bee reached up and grabbed A's outstretched hand. With the Fourth Raikage's strong pull, he got back up from the ground.

"Bee, you're too lazy!" A's voice of reprimand rang out loudly in the rain.

"You're the one who's too much of a freak, big brother..."

"Talk properly to me!"

Ai slammed his fist into B's head, causing him to stagger and interrupting his habitual rapping.

"Big brother, you're improving too fast," B complained while rubbing the back of his head and straightening his posture. Over the past two years, he had become a true perfect Jinchuriki, and his strength was now incomparable to what it had been before.

But unfortunately, big brother is a freak!

"You should try the Hollowfication now," Ai said, patting Killer Bee's shoulder seriously. 

Ever since the Third Raikage died in battle and his body went missing, Killer Bee had become Ai's only remaining family. He was eager for his brother to grow stronger and faster.

Hollowfication was part of the results Ai had obtained after securing the position of Fourth Raikage. 

Using the full power of the Cloud Village, he searched for Kekkei Genkai, forbidden jutsu, and research-type ninjas, studying the power of the mask.

Though the secret of the mask was still not open to the Cloud Village, they had found ways to control and use its power.

Hollowfication was one of those methods!

It involved immersing oneself in the power of the mask, while keeping the mind awake. Through difficult training, one would break the mask and emerge from it.

It was similar to the Jinchuriki process, where a powerful, conscious force was added inside, and one couldn't let that force corrupt their mind. Instead, they had to form a bond and understanding with it.

This was a very difficult task, but the Cloud Village had a natural advantage in communicating with the spirit.

Falls of Truth!

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