Naruto: The Sage Body of Konoha

Among the rugged mountains of the Land of Lightning, where steep terrain and dense forests prevailed...

Whoosh! Whoosh!

From above, two figures shot through the dense forest at blinding speed—one hot on the other's trail.

"Still chasing me?" Heiyan glanced back. The Two-Tails Jinchuriki was still hot on his trail, while far behind them, the Third Raikage and others had long since disappeared from sight.

In truth, this was exactly Heiyan's plan—to lure his opponent deeper in.

If he truly wanted to escape, he had a thousand different options—using the Flying Thunder God technique, summoning Guagua, performing the Reverse Summoning, or even simply riding away on his Natural-born Thundercloud.

But he didn't. Instead, he kept a steady pace—just fast enough to lead the Two-Tails Jinchuriki deeper without her realizing it, drawing her deep into a remote part of the wilds far from the Kasuga Shrine.

Then, he stopped and turned around.

"Realized you can't run anymore, so you're choosing to make a final stand? Is that it?"

Seeing this, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki smirked coldly. Confident in her advantage, she charged forward fearlessly.

Swish! Swish!

Her fingers extended into sharp, lengthy cat claws that sliced violently through the air with piercing howls, aiming straight for Heiyan.

Perfect.

This would be an excellent chance to test the combat effectiveness of the Demon-Subduing Celestial Binding Chain using this very opponent.

With such thoughts in mind, Heiyan stood his ground without dodging as the attack approached. Calmly, his left hand flicked outward—

[Whoosh!]

A red chakra chain shot out lightning-fast from his palm, twisting and turning like a furious dragon.

Go!

He clenched his fist, yanking hard on the Demon-Subduing Chain. Accompanied by a loud "crack" as the air split apart, the red chain lashed violently toward the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.

Caught completely off guard, she could only cross her arms in front of her body to block—an effort as futile as trying to stop a speeding chariot with just one's hands.

Boom!

The Two-Tails Jinchuriki was struck head-on, flung backward like a cannonball, snapping more than a dozen trees along the way before finally crashing into a mountain wall hundreds of meters away, leaving a body-shaped crater behind.

One single whip strike—its power was terrifying.

"Cough... cough..."

Blood dripping from her mouth, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki crawled out of the crater, her face twisted in agony and fury. At this moment, her entire body was left almost immobile due to multiple fractures. Even the Two-Tails' chakra couldn't heal her injuries quickly enough.

She hadn't even managed to withstand a single blow before being crippled.

How did it come to this?

Helpless, the woman stared as Heiyan strode closer from afar, approaching her like the Shinigami himself, step by heavy step. Hopelessness and madness started taking over her thoughts.

Roar!

She let out a monstrous roar, her body rapidly transforming partially into a tailed beast form in a desperate attempt to summon Matatabi's full power and turn the battle around.

Yet at that exact moment, Heiyan raised the other hand toward the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.

[Whoosh!]

Another red chain shot forth from his right hand, covered entirely in sealing runes, whistling through the air as it flew toward its target. It wrapped tightly around the transforming Jinchuriki, binding her up completely.

Buzzzzz.

The sealing power quickly took effect, suppressing the Two-Tails who struggled fiercely, leaving it completely immobilized and plunging it directly into unconsciousness.

Didn't expect it to go down this easily.

Heiyan muttered under his breath. Manipulating the Celestial Binding Chain in his hand, he pulled the Two-Tails Jinchuriki toward him from a distance.

This blue-haired woman could not only harness the Two-Tails' chakra within her at will but also transform into the beast itself. Among Jinchuriki, she already belonged to the stronger category. Compared with Tashigi, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki Heiyan had fought before, her strength was practically equal.

However, his earlier battle against Tashigi had cost him dearly—he'd even been wounded by her Self-Destruction technique.

But now, using his own developed Kekkei Tota—[Heavenly Release: Demon-Subduing Celestial Binding Chain]—he effortlessly subdued a Tailed Beast Jinchuriki.

This showed how much stronger Heiyan had become compared to a year ago; they were light-years apart.

After capturing the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Heiyan swiftly fled the battlefield and found a secluded cave. Then, channeling the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques, he erected a barrier that blocked Sensor-type detection and vanished within.

Zsshh... zsshhh...

Inside the cave, beneath Heiyan's feet, the Tailed Beast chakra within the Two-Tails Jinchuriki's body was being continuously drawn out through the Celestial Binding Chain, flowing along the chains into his palm, then entering his body.

Heiyan gradually furrowed his brows.

Tailed Beasts possessed an immense amount of chakra. For most ninja, tapping into such chakra was the stuff of dreams.

But Heiyan wasn't among them.

Because he possessed the constantly evolving Sage Transformation, essentially making him a human-like Tailed Beast himself. He never had to worry about running out of chakra.

To him, the Two-Tails' chakra was merely the icing on the cake.

Moreover, what troubled Heiyan was that the Two-Tail's power, once entering his body, might interfere with the flow of his own chakra and could even cause impurities within his Sage Transformation.

For Heiyan, this kind of problem would be the most fatal.

So… how could he perfectly deal with this Two-Tails Jinchuriki?

Frowning deeply, Heiyan contemplated until a brilliant idea suddenly flashed across his mind like lightning.

Got it.

He then retrieved from his Storage Scroll a full set of living armor. He had only shaped its basic form without designing specific details—it looked just like an ordinary White Zetsu.

Then, manipulating the Celestial Binding Chain, he split off a second chain and inserted it into the mouth opening of the armor's faceplate.

Thus, the blue-colored chakra extracted from the Two-Tails' body traveled through the Celestial Binding Chain and conducted into the interior of the living armor.

As time passed, interesting changes began appearing.

Under Heiyan's watchful gaze, the surface of the living armor slowly changed from white to blue. Even more curiously, its figure gradually became voluptuous, developing cat ears, cat paws, and a cat tail.

Seeing this, Heiyan immediately increased the extraction intensity.

Zsshh... zsshhh...

Chakra was rapidly pulled from the Two-Tails Jinchuriki through the Celestial Binding Chain, flooding into the living armor like a river breaking free from a dam.

Even so, the extraction still promised to be a long process. After all, there was simply too much chakra inside a Tailed Beast.

One hour, two hours, three hours.

One day, two days, three days.

It wasn't until three full days and nights had passed.

Heiyan finally ceased extracting the Two-Tails' chakra—half of Matatabi's total chakra had already been drawn out.

It wasn't out of compassion that he left half behind—the living armor had simply reached its limit; pushing further would have caused it to burst.

At this moment, the living armor before him appeared even more lifelike. The chest area gently rose and fell as if breathing. It looked just like a tall, beautiful cat girl in deep sleep, ready to awaken at any moment.

Could this really be what Matatabi looked like in human form?

Heiyan rubbed his chin, studying the cat-like humanoid armor as doubt crept into his thoughts.

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