In the third match, Mirai Uzumaki faced A, the Third Raikage.
The two emerged from their respective contestant areas and stepped onto the arena. The entire stadium fell silent.
Even the maidservant pouring tea in the VIP seats stopped what she was doing, and every gaze converged on the center of the arena—
A red-haired youth and a pitch-black, burly man stood facing each other ten paces apart.
Mirai's expression was calm. A's expression was calm as well.
But the chakra gathering around them made that "calmness" feel exceptionally heavy.
A moved first.
He clenched both fists, and Lightning Release chakra erupted from his body. Blue lightning instantly covered him from head to toe, forming a flickering suit of armor.
The hair he had painstakingly grown stood on end, lightning gleamed in his pupils, and his aura surged to its peak in an instant.
"Lightning Release Chakra Mode!"
Mirai wasted no words. Golden light burst from his body as the Nine-Tails Chakra Cloak swiftly enveloped him.
A golden glow trailed behind him, forming the outline of nine tails, while waves of chakra rippled outward like the tide.
"Nine-Tails Chakra Mode!"
The next second, the two colors of chakra collided at the center of the arena, making even the air hum.
The four Jonin outside the Four Red Yang Formation swallowed simultaneously and tightened their grips on their hand seals.
"Begin!" referee Shinku Yuhi gave the order.
Two streaks of light vanished from where they stood at the same time.
A became a bolt of blue lightning, his fist blazing with electricity as it shot straight for Mirai's face!
Mirai became a golden streak, twisting aside to evade before swinging a claw at A's waist!
A blocked it with his arm and drove his knee upward. Mirai pressed it down with