Nine-Tails: Hashirama Senju Is Just a Small Fry!

"Wow~ What a huge Wood Release Hand?"

Naruto stood beneath the tree, his eyes full of shock and disbelief, his mouth hanging wide open. He simply couldn't compare!

Was this even a ninjutsu a ninja could perform?

The massive hand held a Meteorite in its palm.

"What a powerful ability!" Second Pillar nodded as well, shocked by the enormous hand before him. It was simply terrifying. If that hand were used to attack Itachi, would Itachi be able to withstand it?

"What a huge hand!" Compared to Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke's shock, Sakura was much calmer.

She did not seem to feel much about the Wood Release Hand. Most of her attention was on Second Pillar. Whatever Sasuke did, she followed along.

As for that massive Wood Release Hand, she did not particularly care.

"It really is powerful." Kakashi nodded as well, but the shock in his heart was even greater than Sasuke's and Naruto's. Stormy waves had already risen within him.

Using a massive Wood Release Hand to hold up that Meteorite was relatively easy.

But when the Meteorite fell, its tremendous kinetic force, terrifying speed, and the weight added by its descent were utterly different from simply lifting a Meteorite.

Yet—

It had still been caught.

That was the most terrifying part.

Just how powerful were the members of the Akatsuki Organization?

Even the Nine-Tails in Naruto's Spiritual World could not help swallowing when it saw that scene. But in order to preserve the dignity of a Tailed Beast, it forced itself to speak proudly. "It's just so-so~ Back when the First Hokage ambushed and captured me, his Wood Release Hand was only a tiny bit bigger than this one!"

"Really?" Little Xing Xing sparkled in Naruto's eyes.

"Of course it's true!" the Nine-Tails said arrogantly. "And that