Nine-Tails

At home, Shuichi stood in his room, silently adjusting his state, his combat suit ready to go.

He had already moved some important items away in advance to prevent the house from being destroyed by the Nine-Tails.

It was already evening, after dinner, and many villagers were leisurely strolling in the streets.

In the Uchiha Compound, Fugaku and his family were resting quietly inside their house. Because his wife's due date was approaching, Uchiha Fugaku had been leaving work much earlier recently.

"Mom, is my little brother about to be born?"

"Yes, probably in a few days." Mikoto Uchiha smiled and touched her belly. "You'll have to take good care of your little brother then!"

Itachi felt a sense of anticipation; if they were biological brothers, they might be even more compatible...

"You've been talking to Shuichi-kun a lot lately, what are your thoughts on that?" Uchiha Fugaku asked.

"You're a very good person, senpai," Itachi replied calmly. "I've truly learned a lot and discovered many interesting things..."

"Um?"

The conversation was interrupted as the father and son almost simultaneously sensed something: why did a cold, evil aura suddenly fill the air?

"Father, you also sensed it..."

"Yes!" Fugaku stood up with a grave expression. "I don't know what happened, but I have to get to the Security Department immediately. If anything unexpected happens, take your mother and hide. I'm leaving the family in your care."

Not only the two of them, but also the Sensory Ninja in Konoha with outstanding Mental Energy sensed that something was wrong.

Kakashi, who was still strolling on the street, changed his expression slightly. "What's with this ominous chakra?"

The Third Hokage, still working Hokage Building, suddenly changed color. "No way, this is the Nine-Tails' chakra! We were fully prepared, but we still failed...?"

The immense chakra in the distance couldn't be hidden at all. Shuichi the first in the village to sense the anomaly. "This distance... the place where the Barrier was set up is several kilometers away. No wonder it was so hard to find in such a short time. The Nine-Tails must have come out now."

"Brush!"

Shuichi jumped out of the house and onto the roof. After Hand Seals, two Shadow Clone appeared beside him.

He continued to work, and the Ink Monster that had been prepared on the large Scroll kept pouring out after being empowered by chakra. Two Shadow Clone disappeared from the spot with several small animals, while the Ink Bird that could fly on their own flew in all directions.

After completing these tasks, Shuichi himself jumped around on the surrounding rooftops, not knowing where Nine-Tails would appear, and could only rush over as soon as he saw it.

Not long after, or perhaps in the blink of an eye, a gigantic monster suddenly appeared on the outskirts of Konoha's central area.

With a deafening roar, all the houses were razed to the ground, while the giant fox swung its nine tails. Under the moonlight, its figure seemed to blot out the sky, and the rampant red chakra emanating from its body instilled fear in ordinary people.

"This... this is..." The Konoha below were stunned, but what greeted them was a roar. A powerful shockwave caused a cataclysmic event, blowing numerous houses and people directly into the air. "Aaaaaah..."

The Anbu, who had been on high alert, rushed frantically toward the Hokage's Office when they saw the Nine-Tails appear. Just as they arrived, the Third Hokage, fully armed, walked out to meet them.

"Third Lord, it was Nine-Tails) that suddenly appeared in the village!"

"Understood, leave it to me. The Anbu, quickly go and protect the non-combat personnel as they evacuate."

"Yes!"

"Hiruzen, what's going on?" Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, also dressed in battle suits, followed behind. The two advisors knew something was wrong when they saw the Nine-Tails appear. Mitokado Homura even brought various sealing Scroll with him.

"The situation is urgent. We can explain later if there are any problems. Gather all combat personnel immediately!" The Third Hokage rushed out first, and the surrounding Anbu also sprang into action.

At this moment, the Nine-Tails, having finished its roar, seemed to have noticed something. It immediately opened its mouth wide, and black and white chakra rapidly gathered into a sphere, which it then spat out towards the Hokage Rock.

Just as the attack was about to destroy the Hokage Faces, a large-scale Sealing Formula suddenly appeared in the air. When the Tailed Beast Ball hit the center, it did not explode, but was swallowed up as if by an invisible pocket.

"The Nine-Tails' attack was deflected; this is Minato's Space-Time Barrier!"

Newly appointed class leader Nara Shikaku led the forces of the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans towards Nine-Tails), and soon saw the Third Hokage and a group of Jonin rushing towards them from the other side.

"Third Lord!" Uchiha Fugaku also arrived with a large number of the Security Department. Many of them were on duty at night to maintain order in the village, so the group was quite large.

"Assign manpower to evacuate the civilians!" In this Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately gave the order, "Jonin, follow me!"

After releasing the Tailed Beast Ball, Nine-Tails changed its modus operandi, slashing its claws and destroying large areas of the surrounding houses.

Many Konoha Ninja had already arrived around it. Faced with such a giant beast, they could only desperately attack with ninja tools and Ninjutsu, but hitting the Nine-Tails was like tickling it.

The Nine-Tails noticed the annoying flies and immediately raised its upper body, ready to swat them all to death.

Earth Release: Heavenly Cover!

At the critical moment, a huge dome appeared in the sky and smashed right onto the Nine-Tails Fox's head, interrupting its arrogant actions.

After finishing his technique, Shuichi lightly stepped twice on the rooftop and landed in front of the many Konoha Ninja, the closest place to the Nine-Tails.

"It's Lord Shuichi!"

Many Konoha Ninja showed joy, but Shuichi's expression remained unchanged. Black Cursed Seal marks had covered half of his face, his left eye's pupil was pale yellow, and his eye socket was pitch black. "You all leave immediately. I can handle this."

"But..."

Before anyone else could say anything, Shuichi saw that Nine-Tails had already lifted the Earth Release: Falling Cover aside, and he continued to rapidly manipulate his hands, "Earth Release: Yellow Springs Swamp!"

The giant fox, who had just gotten up, found itself sinking again. A large area around it had turned into soft mud, and with nowhere to hold on, it rolled around in it, causing black mud rain to fall from the sky. Ninjas from all directions were affected to varying degrees.

Although the Earth Release restricted the Nine-Tails' movements over a wide area, it couldn't last long. So Shuichi's attack didn't stop. He leaped to the opponent's side and shouted, "Wind Release: Vacuum Wave!"

Several Wind Blade, each tens of meters long, slashed down on the Nine-Tails, cutting its upper body more than halfway through. The intense pain caused it to roar loudly, "Roar!"

"As expected of the Nine-Tails, its chakra strength is quite high." Shuichi stared intently at the scratch on its chest and found that the healing speed was equally astonishing. No wonder ordinary ninjas had no way to deal with Tailed Beast.

"Brush!"

The series of Ninjutsu releases didn't take much time. Shuichi's main body remained calm and waited in place, while a figure instantly appeared beside him—his Shadow Clone.

"Here we are, let's try a different spot." The Shadow Clone held a giant sword wrapped in bandages, threw it, and then the main body easily caught it in its hand.

After releasing the Ink Monster, he headed straight for Konoha's archives, bringing back Samehada, which hadn't yet been returned to Kirigakure. "Now that I have the divine weapon, let's have a three-hundred-round battle with the Nine-Tails!"

Shuichi also spared no chakra, creating two more Shadow Clone that jumped towards the Nine-Tails. The Shadow Clone that remained in place immediately used their remaining chakra to enhance their Earth Release, creating an opportunity for them.

Just as the Nine-Tails Fox's two claws touched the edge of the mud, it found the ground soften and its body sank uncontrollably. At that moment, the three Shuichi landed on its back.

With Samehada hanging on his back, he and the other two formed a triangle formation, hand in hand, and shouted, "Flying Thunder God Technique!"

"Brush!"