One-Tail Shukaku

"Rasengan!"

A rapidly spinning sphere formed in Mirai's hand and slammed viciously toward Hashirama's chest.

With a thunderous boom, Hashirama's body was pierced through by the Rasengan.

"Spatial Imprisonment!"

The Eternal Mangekyo activated instantly, and a black spatial vortex appeared behind Hashirama's broken body.

The moment the black vortex appeared, it unleashed a tremendous pulling force.

Drawn by the black vortex, Senju Hashirama gradually sank into it.

In the end, his entire body was completely absorbed by the black vortex.

Rumble...

Without Senju Hashirama's chakra support, the giant wooden Buddha stopped moving.

Afterward, it slowly began to shatter and collapse onto the ground.

"Magnet Release—Gold Dust Shuriken!"

Rasa controlled the gold dust, transforming it into shuriken that filled the sky before firing them at Mirai.

Susanoo appeared, blocking the shuriken assault.

A series of clanging sounds rang out as the shuriken fell to the ground.

"Flying Thunder God!"

Mirai used a Flying Thunder God kunai once more. Through the Flying Thunder God kunai, he evaded the sky-full of shuriken and arrived beside Rasa.

"Spatial Imprisonment!"

The black vortex appeared again, but this time behind Rasa.

"Magnet Release—Gold Dust Defense!"

As though he had sensed the black vortex's pull, Rasa began to defend himself.

The gold dust gathered, forming an enormous defensive shield behind Rasa.

"Lightning Release—Dance of the Mad Dragon!"

The Second Hokage arrived at that moment as well.

A massive lightning dragon soared into the air and roared as it charged toward Mirai.

Mirai watched the lightning dragon rapidly approach. Rather than fleeing, he tightly gripped the Flying Thunder God kunai and waited for it to come closer.

The instant the lightning dragon fully closed in on Mirai, he escaped with a Flying Thunder God technique.

Yet the lightning dragon continued charging straight ahead.

With a thunderous boom, the lightning dragon crashed directly into Rasa.

Rasa's gold dust defense shattered instantly.

"Rasengan!"

Mirai appeared behind Rasa again, and a Rasengan likewise pulverized his body.

"Spatial Imprisonment!"

The black vortex appeared again, swallowing Rasa's shattered remains.

"This Second Hokage is a bit troublesome. Spatial ninjutsu will probably be greatly weakened against him!"

"Whatever, I'll deal with it first!"

Mirai shook his head and stopped dwelling on anything else.

Only the Second Hokage remained now. No matter how difficult he was to handle, it was still much easier than before.

"Wood Release—True Several Thousand Hands, Top Transformed Buddha!"

The wooden Buddha appeared again, and thousands of wooden palms crazily slammed down toward Senju Tobirama.

Rumble...

Under the bombardment of the wooden palms, the ground was smashed into ruin.

Yet they never managed to hit Senju Tobirama.

It turned out that Senju Tobirama had been continuously using the Flying Thunder God's spatial ninjutsu to evade every attack from the wooden palms.

Moreover, as Senju Tobirama kept dodging, he gradually escaped the wooden palms' attack range.

"Instant Kill!"

With a turn of the Eternal Mangekyo, the space around Senju Tobirama warped out of alignment.

The cutting force of the spatial distortion shredded Senju Tobirama's left arm.

"Spatial Imprisonment!"

The black vortex appeared and absorbed the fragments of his left arm.

"Water Style—Ocean Current Impact!"

"Lightning Style—Thunderclap!"

"Combination Ninjutsu—Thunder Dragon Storm Surge!"

An enormous expanse of water began to flood the Valley of the End.

At this point, it could no longer be called water—it had to be called a sea.

Lightning dragons churned within the sea, three of them in total.

The lightning dragons carried the sea as they surged straight toward Mirai.

"As expected of the man called the strongest in Water Style and Lightning Style. I give this ninjutsu full marks!"

With a turn of Mirai's Eternal Mangekyo, Susanoo appeared once more.

The true body of the wooden Buddha shattered and fell to the ground.

"Strongest Susanoo, activate!"

Blood began to flow from the corners of Mirai's eyes as a layer of samurai armor gradually appeared over Susanoo's body.

Boom!

A shockwave swept outward as two pairs of massive wings spread from Susanoo's back.

"Now it's my turn to strike back!"

Mirai controlled Susanoo, beating its wings as it flew into the sky.

"Yasaka Magatama!"

Three chakra spheres resembling Tailed Beast Bombs appeared before Susanoo.

With a flick of his hand, he hurled the spheres down at the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama.

Rumble...

The three Yasaka Magatama formed a triangle and exploded around Senju Tobirama in the blink of an eye.

The immense shockwave not only interrupted Tobirama's combination ninjutsu, but also blasted him to pieces.

"Space Imprisonment!"

A massive black vortex appeared in the sky above Senju Tobirama.

A tremendous suction force began pulling everything nearby into it.

Not only were the fragments of Senju Tobirama's body sucked in, but even shattered rocks and trees were drawn inside.

Everything was over!

Mirai dispelled Susanoo and used Flying Thunder God to arrive beside Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Mirai, you..."

The utterly stunned Third Hokage looked at Mirai, who had suddenly appeared at his side.

Seeing the blood at the corners of his eyes, he could not help asking with concern.

"Let's go back, old man."

Mirai wiped the blood from the corners of his eyes and helped the Third Hokage to his feet.

As though nothing had happened.

"Since the matter's settled, I'm heading back too, Hiruzen!"

With a poof, Enma disappeared.

Mirai then supported the one-armed Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the two vanished from the spot.

At the rooftop of the Hokage Building!

"Have you found Lord Hokage?"

An Anbu ninja wearing a cat-face mask asked the dozens of Anbu members before him.

"No!"

Everyone shook their heads. Clearly, they had not found him.

"Keep looking. You must find Lord Hokage!"

"Yes!"

Just as the Anbu members were about to head out once again to search for the Hokage, Mirai suddenly appeared with Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Lord Hokage!"

Tenzo hurried forward and supported the Hokage, who had only one arm left.

Seeing that the Hokage had lost an arm, Tenzo urgently asked, "Lord Hokage, I'll take you to the hospital!"

"I'm fine!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head.

With a thunderous boom, the ground trembled slightly.

"What's going on?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked toward Konoha, where the One-Tail Shukaku had appeared and was wreaking havoc.

"That's a tailed beast!" Hiruzen Sarutobi exclaimed in shock.

"More precisely, it's the One-Tail Shukaku!" Mirai stared at the yellow giant tanuki rampaging in the distance.

"The One-Tail Shukaku? Isn't that the Sand Hidden Village's tailed beast? Damn it!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi cursed furiously and was about to rush over.

Mirai raised a hand to stop him. "I'll go!"

With that, Mirai flung out a Flying Thunder God kunai, and his whole body vanished along with it.

"You go on ahead and provide support!"

Other than Tenzo, all the Anbu ninja left.

"We need to get there as quickly as possible too!"

Still unable to put his mind at ease, Hiruzen Sarutobi hurried toward the One-Tail Shukaku with Tenzo supporting him.