Uchiha, Jinchuriki?

"Fire Style - Great Dragon Fire Technique!"

"Lava Style - Flowing Lava Rock Technique!"

BOOM!!!

The dragon fire and lava ball collided, erupting with intense heat waves!

"Brat, yours is just ordinary fire, but my Lava Style can even burn fire!!"

Even without Tailed Beast Chakra for the moment, Roshi was an extremely powerful ninja!

SWISH!!

Not good!!

Roshi's gaze was still fixed on the explosion site when an invisible slash attacked from the flank and rear.

The slash was formless, and Roshi relied on his intuition and danger sense to narrowly dodge the fatal blow.

Ssssh--

Bang!

Dozens of large trees crashed to the ground.

Roshi turned his head, and was met with the scarlet of the Sharingan and a flash of bright blade aura!

Without the Four-Tails' chakra, Roshi couldn't maintain Lava Release Chakra Mode with his own chakra reserves alone.

If he were in Lava Release Chakra Mode, this brat getting this close would be suicide!

CLANG!

Sode no Shirayuki struck Roshi's steel Forehead Protector, sending sparks flying.

BANG!

Roshi twisted, and with his other hand, punched towards Kagami Uchiha's chest, his fist burning with scorching lava.

Kagami Uchiha's expression was as calm as water, his eyes flashing with a sharp, cold light.

He sidestepped slightly, easily dodging Roshi's punch, and then kicked out with lightning speed.

Roshi blocked with both arms! The powerful impact forced him back slightly, but he immediately stabilized himself and attacked again.

"Too green! Brat!"

His fist smashed towards Kagami Uchiha like a meteor, creating waves of heat.

Kagami Uchiha certainly wouldn't be foolish enough to trade punches with him. His figure weaved through the fist shadows like a phantom, searching for an opportunity to counterattack.

Constant offense leads to vulnerability.

Finally, Kagami Uchiha found an opening. Using the reflection off the blade of Sode no Shirayuki, he met Roshi's gaze!

Kyōka Suigetsu!

Vast pupil power surged, instantly sketching black tomoe within Roshi's eyes!

Without a second thought, Kagami Uchiha slashed at Roshi's neck!

Bang!!

With his guard wide open, Kagami Uchiha was kicked flying by Roshi!

He hadn't had time to add Lava Release, so this kick didn't cause much damage.

But...

Looking at Roshi's eyes, Kagami Uchiha sneered, "Did you make a deal with that Gorilla?"

Roshi looked at Kagami Uchiha with complex emotions, "Only to deal with you, the Four-Tails is willing to help me break the genjutsu..."

"What exactly did you do to him?"

The Four-Tails, who never paid him any mind, only cursing a few times when snatching Chakra, was actually willing to help him...

Roshi even felt that if he killed Kagami Uchiha, perhaps the Four-Tails would completely obey him.

Stubborn, he didn't expect to reconcile with the Four-Tails; he didn't acknowledge it.

Gulp... Gulp...

Roshi's pupils constricted.

This sound, this posture...

He was all too familiar with it!

Kagami Uchiha looked down. A crimson Chakra cloak enveloped his body.

A giant Chakra tail also appeared behind him.

"This... How is this possible!"

"You're the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!!"

Roshi was utterly horrified.

As everyone knows, Konoha only has one Tailed Beast, and that is the Nine-Tails.

Even if they were unclear about the bad relationship between the Konoha higher-ups and the Uchiha, people in the Ninja World would still know about the battle of the century between Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara.

Has the Third Hokage gone mad!

To actually let an Uchiha become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!

Are you trying to create another Uchiha Madara!

The Second and Third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure were both severely beaten by Uchiha Madara and harbored extreme hatred for him.

They were also... extremely afraid.

Even Shibi on the Giant Eagle and Xuanhuo were stunned.

The fact that Kushina was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was a top-secret matter.

If it weren't for Minato's close relationship with her, and her identity as Jiraiya's disciple, even he wouldn't have been qualified to know.

With Roshi shouting like that, and Kagami Uchiha's obvious Tailed Beast Cloak...

This guy would definitely be influenced by the Nine-Tails! Konoha is finished! (This was Aburame Shibi's thought)

Not only does he possess the supreme Talent of the Uchiha, but with the Nine-Tails as well... The Uchiha are going to make it! (This was Xuanhuo's thought)

"Idiot! That's my Chakra! You can't even recognize this!"

The Four-Tails, having recovered some strength, yelled from within Roshi.

Uh...

Who could recognize this? A Chakra Cloak with one tail, they all look pretty much the same...

Before Roshi could respond, Kagami Uchiha, whose speed had greatly increased, moved so fast he left only an afterimage.

Boom!!

A heavy punch landed on Roshi's chest.

The fierce power, combined with the scorching attribute of the Tailed Beast Chakra, directly burned his clothes and seared a fist mark onto his skin.

Without letting him be blown away by the punch, the Chakra tail behind Kagami Uchiha extended, wrapped around his ankle, and slammed him hard onto the ground!

A real fight is about chaining combos to clear the HP bar, you don't just hit once and chat, do you!

Sode no Shirayuki had been put away at some point; in this state, it was more suitable for close-quarters combat.

The Ninja World isn't as durable as Orochimaru; without Tailed Beast Chakra protecting him, Roshi's body simply couldn't withstand such an attack.

His injuries grew worse, and his consciousness began to blur.

"Hey! Bastard! Idiot! Kill him for me!!"

The Four-Tails' roar was useless; the monkey itself was pinned down by chains and couldn't get up.

"Do we still need... help?"

Shibi swallowed, feeling a little guilty.

Because Kagami Uchiha looked to be in his teens, Roshi didn't find it particularly exaggerated for someone his age to have Three Tomoe. But they knew very well...

The guy fighting the Jinchuriki below... no, it should be said, the guy dominating the Jinchuriki, was only eight years old this year.

Xuanhuo was still immersed in his fantasy of Kagami Uchiha controlling the Nine-Tails, sweeping through Konohagakure, and establishing the Uchiha Clan's dominance. He didn't notice Shibi's words.

Just then, Shibi's peripheral vision caught a tiny black dot.

He didn't pay attention at first, but after a few seconds, the black dot gradually took on a human silhouette.

"No way..."

Shibi's voice trembled, more fearful than when facing a Jinchuriki.

He hurriedly stuck half his body out from the Giant Eagle and roared:

"Kagami! Retreat!"

"It's Ōnoki!"

"Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki is here!!"

Nearly sixty years old, Ōnoki was one of the few ninjas still alive who had experienced the Warring States Period. He was the longest-reigning Tsuchikage, holding the highest power in the Land of Earth, and had ushered in Iwagakure's golden age.

A Kekkei Tōta that surpassed Kekkei Genkai.

A battle-hardened absolute powerhouse known as "Ōnoki of Both Scales"!

Why would the Third Tsuchikage appear here!!

Minato had the same question.

Swish!

Kagami Uchiha carried Minato's Flying Thunder God Kunai. Upon sensing the massive chakra appearing on the battlefield, he decisively led his teammates away from the unit led by the Five-Tails and came to rendezvous.

"Kagami... you..."

Seeing Kagami Uchiha enveloped in Tailed Beast Chakra, Minato was deeply shocked.

"There's no time to explain."

Kagami Uchiha held the unconscious Roshi, hesitated, but still chose not to kill him.

A living Jinchuriki was more valuable than a dead one.

High above, a small old man floated with his arms crossed. Such a small figure made everyone below feel difficulty breathing.

The Giant Eagle also felt extreme pressure and flew towards Kagami Uchiha seeking a sense of security.

As it approached, Kagami Uchiha directly dispelled the Summoning Technique and looked up at Ōnoki with a solemn expression.

The Jinchuriki was understandable, but the Third Tsuchikage shouldn't have appeared now.

Normally, he would need to guard Iwagakure to deal with any potential surprise attack from Kumogakure.

So... someone leaked the intel.

It was Danzo!

Kagami Uchiha wouldn't doubt his luck. If an unreasonable situation occurred, it must be someone deliberately targeting him.

The Ninja World was such a small place with so few people. For ten bad things, at least eight could be blamed on Danzo.

Black Zetsu would take the remaining two upon himself.

"With my current chakra, I can only transfer five people at most..."

The number of people that the Flying Thunder God Technique could transfer depended not only on one's own chakra but also on the chakra amount of those being transferred.

If one could freely teleport people, the Second Hokage wouldn't have had to die covering the retreat back then.

Even Minato wouldn't dare to hope to fight the Third Tsuchikage now. Moreover, they hadn't defeated the Five-Tails, and that Iwagakure unit was rapidly approaching.

"There really is an outrageously strong Uchiha brat..."

"Roshi, that stubborn old man, was actually defeated..."

Ōnoki muttered softly, making eye contact with Kagami Uchiha below.

He saw the Tailed Beast Cloak on Kagami Uchiha, and his almost completely white eyebrows twitched fiercely.

Making an Uchiha a Jinchuriki...

What was Sarutobi Hiruzen doing!