Fujima's One-on-One with Three-Tails

"Do you need my help?"

Kurama stood on Senju Fujima's shoulder, smiling slightly.

"Hmph, it? Does it really need your help?"

"Wouldn't that make me too useless?"

Senju Fujima curled his lip and shrugged dismissively.

"It's just that its strength is too poor; it was so scared by the sight of the Three-Tails that it couldn't even move."

Senju Fujima then saw Tie Kui, who was beside him, shake her head.

"Water Body Flicker."

Senju Fujima grabbed Tie Kui's hand and vanished from the spot instantly, reappearing behind the Three-Tails.

Having inherited the powerful Water Release of Tobirama Senju, Senju Fujima was an invincible existence in the ocean, unless he encountered his second uncle, who was the 'Sea God'.

"Big Ball Rasengan."

Appearing behind the Three-Tails, Senju Fujima instantly condensed a massive Rasengan in his right hand and pressed it directly toward the beast.

"So... so powerful?"

"Just how strong is he? When he fought me before, he clearly wasn't using his full strength."

"Against a monster like this, I have absolutely no power to fight back."

"Yet he is able to battle it head-on."

Tie Kui's trembling body seemed to settle down after witnessing Senju Fujima's might; seeing him so powerful, her heart was filled with indescribable shock.

"Roar...!"

After being struck by Senju Fujima's Big Ball Rasengan, the Three-Tails let out an angry roar, and its three tails thrashed incessantly, instantly whipping up a tsunami hundreds of meters high across the sea.

"Water Release has no effect on me."

"Water Release: Water Dragon Biting Explosion."

He formed seals in an instant; since he was on the ocean, casting Water Release required almost no chakra consumption.

"Pfft...!"

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

In a flash, a towering pillar of water erupted from beneath the Three-Tails, blasting the beast into the air.

The water column then transformed into a massive water dragon, diving straight toward the Three-Tails.

"Roar...!"

The Three-Tails instantly retracted its entire body into its turtle shell, forming a massive Human Bullet Tank, and flew directly toward the water dragon.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The Three-Tails utilized its hard shell and high-speed rotation to collide with the water dragon, smashing it back into the sea.

"Water Release: Large Water Prison Technique."

Seeing the Three-Tails knocked into the depths, Senju Fujima immediately cast a large-scale Water Prison Technique, trapping the beast within.

"Hokuan Nitten Suishu."

A 'Seat' kanji appeared on Senju Fujima's right hand, and he reached into the water prison, pressing his palm against the head of the Three-Tails.

"Roar...!"

Soon, the Three-Tails quieted down, its chakra completely suppressed by Senju Fujima.

"Subdued? He subdued it?"

"This? How is this possible?"

"His strength is even greater than I had imagined; he subdued this monster with such ease."

"He is truly powerful. When will I ever be able to surpass him?"

"Can I really ever break free from him?"

Tie Kui was deeply shocked as she watched Senju Fujima subdue the Three-Tails with such effortless grace.

"Done."

"Store."

After subduing the Three-Tails, Senju Fujima tossed it directly into his system space.

Ding, host has successfully made a choice and completed the mission. Reward: Earth Release Mastery.

The system's reward arrived quickly, and all knowledge regarding Earth Release flooded into Senju Fujima's mind.

"This is not bad. The Third Tsuchikage's Earth Release: Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique."

"Before I obtain the Rinnegan, this flight ability is quite useful!"

"It saves me from having to activate Susanoo; being able to fly without it is just wonderful."

Senju Fujima flipped through the Earth Release techniques in his mind, instantly bringing his Earth Release mastery on par with his Water Release and strengthening his power once again.

He had also acquired the Third Tsuchikage's Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique, which allowed him to reduce his own weight and fly freely through the air.

"One Three-Tails subdued, seven more Tailed Beasts to go, hehe!"

"Take it slow, take it slow!"

"Time to go soak in a hot spring first."

After subduing the Three-Tails, gaining Earth Release mastery was quite a significant harvest.

But the greatest gain of all was the ability to fly; who hasn't fantasized about flight? Flying under one's own power felt completely different from relying on other birds.

"What's wrong?"

"Why are you looking at me with such a strange expression?"

After subduing the Three-Tails, Senju Fujima turned his head to see Tie Kui staring at him with a look of shock mixed with a hint of resentment, and he asked, feeling somewhat bewildered.

"It's nothing."

Tie Kui said coldly, her inner thoughts unreadable.

"Let's go!"

"Back to soak in the hot springs; how can you not enjoy yourself when you're out?"

"We can even grab a drink. I'm kept on a tight leash at home, haven't had a drink in ages, hehe!"

Seeing the icy Tie Kui, Senju Fujima didn't pay it any mind; he was already used to her demeanor.

"Wood Release: Wood Bird Technique."

Soon, a wooden bird sprouted from Senju Fujima's hand, growing steadily until it was large enough to carry two people before he stopped.

This Wood Release bird was something Senju Fujima had researched himself. If people could make drawings fly, why couldn't Wood Release do the same?

Just like Lu Ban's Wooden Magpie, which could fly through the air, there was no reason Wood Release couldn't do the same.

"Wood? Wood Release?"

"Him? Could he be the young clan leader of the Senju Clan?"

"Hiss...!"

Tie Kui had been thinking that the name Senju Fujima sounded familiar, but she hadn't been able to place who he was.

Now, seeing Senju Fujima use Wood Release, she instantly remembered. Only two people in the Ninja World could use Wood Release: the head of the Senju Clan and his son, Senju Fujima.

Both of their names had long since spread throughout the Ninja World, though everyone tended to remember only one name: Hashirama Senju.

As for Senju Fujima, many people tended to overlook him, as he hadn't been active for very long.

"Let's go!"

Seeing Tie Kui in a daze, Senju Fujima took her hand, stepped into the air, and leaped onto the flying wooden bird before heading straight toward the Land of Hot Water.

"So you are the young clan leader of the Senju Clan. I truly didn't expect that!"

"I was indeed overestimating myself earlier."

Sitting on the wooden bird, Tie Kui looked at Senju Fujima before her and gave a bitter smile.

"Oh? You actually know who I am?"

"That is truly incredible."

"I thought that even if I told you my name, you wouldn't know who I was—or more likely, you wouldn't have any idea."

"I didn't expect you to figure it out now."

Senju Fujima looked at Tie Kui and smiled slightly.

"Hmph."

Tie Kui snorted coldly and turned her head away, refusing to look at Senju Fujima.

"When I first met you, you seemed to harbor some hatred toward our Konoha?"

"Did something happen?"

"Konoha hasn't been established for very long; we shouldn't have offended you, should we?"