Distort, distort! (4k)

"The Four-Tails' jinchuriki isn't much after all." Uchiha Mai smiled and tossed out a taunt, seemingly paying Roshi no mind at all.

Although furious, Roshi kept feeling that something was wrong.

The greatest strength of a perfect jinchuriki lay in being able to freely borrow a tailed beast's power and enter Complete Tailed Beast Transformation.

In that state, both strength and regeneration would skyrocket severalfold.

In gaming terms, these were a boss's first, second, and third phases. Roshi, who was currently getting beaten like a dog, was only in phase one.

Roshi sensed something amiss but couldn't pinpoint it. Orochimaru, on the other hand, saw exactly what was wrong.

Uchiha Mai seemed to be deliberately provoking Roshi, trying to make him enter Tailed Beast Transformation as quickly as possible.

That was highly unusual. Once transformed, Roshi could overwhelm the main force led by Orochimaru, and Uchiha Mai knew that perfectly well.

Yet he kept provoking Roshi anyway. He must have some trump card.

Orochimaru looked at Uchiha Mai's purple Sharingan. Was it those eyes?

Just how powerful was the hidden ability of those eyes, if it let Uchiha Mai face a transformed jinchuriki without fear?

Orochimaru extended his long tongue to lick his cheek and waited to see.

"Don't get too cocky, brat."

Naturally, Roshi wouldn't tolerate a boy like Uchiha Mai showing off in front of him. He snapped, "You're nothing but a coward who used to run at the mere sight of me.

"You teamed up with Orochimaru and got lucky enough to win an exchange or two, and now you're this arrogant? How laughable.

"All you defeated was me, not the Four-Tails' jinchuriki. Now I'll let you experience the despair-inducing power of a jinchuriki!"

As he spoke, Roshi clenched his fists, flipped the forbidden switch within his