Naruto: With the Right Pay, Kick Out the Five Kage

Sensing two terrifying auras rising into the sky in the distance, Rei's heart sank.

Looks like I'm still a step too late...

As a time traveler, he never imagined that the Rock Shinobi would lose their minds and throw both tailed beasts into battle.

But the first person he thought of wasn't Iwa—it was the true mastermind lurking behind the scenes:

Uchiha Madara.

Ordinary people couldn't possibly control two tailed beasts.

But Madara was no ordinary man.

He once toyed with the most powerful Tailed Beast, the Nine Tails, like it was a pet in the palm of his hand.

Even if he was extremely old now, with the help of Black Zetsu and White Zetsu, it wasn't impossible for him to snatch the two beasts from Rock Shinobi.

And Madara's target…

There was only one possibility.

Obito.

A surge of intense flame erupted across Rei's body as he blasted forward, heading to the battlefield at top speed.

Sensing the terrifying aura closing in, Minato's expression shifted again.

Hovering above the battlefield, a massive figure appeared in the sky.

The Konoha shinobi on the ground froze in shock.

Two tailed beasts weren't enough—what kind of monster was this now?!

"Is that... a dragon?" Kakashi muttered, staring up at the colossal beast in disbelief.

But Kokuō, the Five Tails, didn't care.

A jet of high-temperature steam burst from its mouth, shooting straight toward Kakashi and Rin.

But Rei's Observation Haki had already taken hold of the battlefield.

Seeing the attack, he opened his mouth instantly:

"Heat Ray!"

A blinding beam of scorching flame tore through the air like a blade, aimed directly at the Five Tails.

The beast sensed the danger and hastily shifted, spewing a massive wave of steam to block it.

Steam and flame collided midair, triggering a massive explosion.

Black smoke filled the battlefield.

But it was quickly ripped apart by the slicing force of Rei's incoming wind blades.

The devastating Air Blade struck Kokuō's body directly.

Even as a tailed beast with incredible physical resistance, the attack cut deep, sparks flying from the impact.

Rei twisted midair, his massive body tearing through the smoke.

He slammed a clawed paw down hard onto the Five Tails.

A burst of raw power exploded outward, pinning Kokuō to the ground with his overwhelming weight.

The impact left a massive crater as their bodies collided.

Rei opened his jaws wide, unleashing intense, white-hot flames that instantly engulfed the beast.

A raging sea of fire formed, burning so hot that even the ground beneath began to melt.

Then, from within the sea of flames, a familiar voice rang out:

"Leave the two Tailed Beasts to me! Everyone else, fall back!"

Kakashi's pupils contracted.

That voice was rough—but unmistakable.

"It's... it's Sensei Rei!" Rin cried out in disbelief.

Even Minato was stunned for a moment. He didn't understand why Rei had transformed into something like this.

But now wasn't the time to ask questions.

"Everyone—retreat immediately!" Minato shouted.

Hearing orders from both Rei and Minato, the Konoha shinobi didn't hesitate—they retreated without delay.

In the distance, the Four Tails, Son Gokū, locked his blood-red eyes on Rei.

"ROAR!!"

The beast beat its chest furiously with its thick fists, then unleashed a massive pillar of molten lava from its mouth, spewing it toward Rei.

Rei's body instantly shrank down into a hybrid human-beast form, still towering at seven or eight meters tall.

The lava blast from Four Tails narrowly missed, flying just past him.

Meanwhile, Kokuō was slowly getting back to its feet.

Rei spun and raised his spiked mace high.

"Conqueror's Wrath!"

A torrent of Armament Haki surged out, crackling with the force of thunder.

A violent shockwave erupted from his strike, sending the Five Tails flying.

The blast ripped a massive trench over ten meters deep into the earth.

Then Rei slammed his foot down.

BOOM!

He disappeared in a blur, reappearing instantly in front of the Four Tails.

Unlike the world of pirates, this one had no limitation on wielding two Devil Fruits.

Which meant—

Rei possessed not only the incredible physical might of the Dragon Zoan, but also the blinding speed of the Glint-Glint Fruit.

Four Tails swung its massive fist at Simu with quick reflexes.

But it happened to collide with the mace Simu had just swung.

Two colossal forces clashed at once, sending shockwaves through the ground, which cracked and crumbled beneath them.

Son Gokū's (Four Tails') thick, muscular tails immediately lashed out to entangle Simu.

Without hesitation, Simu transformed into a dragon.

Son Gokū clearly hadn't expected Simu's transformation to be that fast.

Caught off guard, it was bitten on the shoulder by Simu's massive, fang-filled jaws.

Terrifying power erupted at the point of impact.

The dragon's powerful fangs clamped down hard, crushing Son Gokū's shoulder.

His dark red flesh, filled with corrupted chakra, was torn away and vanished into the air.

The beast that was about to restrain Simu was now being grappled instead.

Against Simu in full beast form, Son Gokū was nothing more than a raging ape trying to fight a force of nature.

A cloud of blazing, writhing flame wrapped around Simu.

The flame lifted both him and Son Gokū into the air and shot them straight into the sky.

Meanwhile, the charging Kokuō (Five Tails) hit only empty air.

Propelled by its signature steam, it slammed into the ground, leaving a massive crater.

Above, Simu—fully transformed into a dragon—soared into the sky with Son Gokū in tow.

The Four Tails roared and struggled, throwing punch after magma-covered punch at Simu's body.

But Simu's hide was like steel.

Those blazing fists only struck flames from his scales.

Enduring the pain, Simu continued to ascend, dragging Son Gokū thousands of meters into the air.

Son Gokū seemed to realize what Simu intended.

It gripped Simu with both arms and tightly wrapped all four of its tails around him.

But Simu only smiled.

Then—without warning—he deactivated his Devil Fruit ability.

His colossal dragon form vanished, and he returned to his human-beast state, now just under two meters tall.

Son Gokū suddenly found itself without anything to hold onto—its massive arms grabbing only empty air.

High above the battlefield, it had no support.

Under the pull of gravity, the Four Tails plummeted like a meteor.

On the ground, Kokuō looked up.

All it could see was a dazzling red fireball falling fast.

Son Gokū's massive body grew larger and clearer as it descended.

Without hesitation, Kokuō activated its steam propulsion, and in a flash, it launched itself away from the area.

Son Gokū, meanwhile, blasted lava downward to soften the terrain below.

Even so, the sheer impact of a fall from that height was staggering.

His body slammed into the molten ground with a deafening explosion.

A wave of fire surged upward, lava trembled, and the battlefield was engulfed in black smoke and heat.

A suffocating stench of scorched earth filled the air.

Within the flames, the Four Tails staggered to its feet.

Its legs were twisted and deformed from the fall.

But the dark red chakra swirling around its body was quickly repairing the damage.

From a distance, Minato watched.

His gaze met the smoldering form of the Four Tails as it rose from the destruction.

A flicker of disappointment crossed his face.

"Not even that was enough to finish it off…"

Kato Dan stood beside him, disbelief written across his face.

Minato shook his head with a bitter smile.

"That's why tailed beasts are known as the most terrifying weapons in the world."

"And we've got two of them here today."

From the other side of the battlefield, Kokuō—the Five Tails—approached once again, steaming and furious.

Kato Dan looked at the Konoha shinobi retreating in the distance and finally exhaled in relief.

He chuckled wryly.

"But we've got a monster even scarier than a tailed beast."

Minato glanced at Simu, who was descending slowly from the sky.

"You're right."

"Even a fall from thousands of meters wasn't enough to kill him."

Simu landed quietly.

Even he was surprised that his monstrous body could withstand a freefall from ten thousand meters with no protection and still walk away unscathed.

"ROARRR!!"

Son Gokū was furious.

Since being split from the Sage of Six Paths, it had never been humiliated like this!

It pressed its hands against the ground and opened its mouth wide, fangs bared.

Massive chakra surged.

Yin and yang chakra intertwined and swirled, condensing in its throat.

Then it unleashed a pitch-black Tailed Beast Bomb.

With a terrifying roar, the bomb—filled with all of the Four Tails' fury—shot toward Simu at incredible speed.

Simu glanced back.

Behind him was the fleeing Rock Shinobi army.

Without hesitation, he turned around and sprinted toward them.

The Tailed Beast Bomb chased him closely.

Just as it was about to catch up, Simu vanished in a brilliant flash, soaring straight upward at a 90-degree angle.

The Tailed Beast Bomb couldn't change direction fast enough.

It rocketed straight into the Rock Shinobi forces and exploded in a flash of crimson light.

The entire area was vaporized.

Not a single shinobi survived.

And once more, Simu transformed into a majestic dragon coiled in the sky.

Kokuō's scarlet eyes flared with rage.

Letting out a piercing shriek like a steam engine, it propelled itself into the air like a missile, racing toward Simu.

This time, Simu didn't dodge.

Instead, flames wrapped around his body.

"Fire Dragon Torch!!"

He became a blazing fire dragon and dove from the sky.

The two collided mid-air.

Flames and steam exploded as they crashed into each other—

And the battlefield was swallowed by a blinding white light.

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