The site of the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron lay in ruins.
BOOM!!
The heavy round conference table exploded into a storm of splinters.
The Fourth Raikage A's fist, wrapped in Lightning Release Armor, was caught fast by a massive golden chakra hand and stopped in midair.
Lightning leaped wildly across his fist, but he could not drive it forward another inch.
Naruto stood with one hand in his pocket, his expression cold. The golden beast's claw formed from Nine-Tails Chakra behind him had caught the Raikage's blow—one powerful enough to shatter rock—with ease. Now it slowly lifted Kumogakure's furious powerhouse off the ground like a noisy chick.
"A, you've gotten slower." Naruto's gaze did not waver. "Are you afraid of me?"
On the other side of the room—
Ōnoki, the Tsuchikage, hovered in the air. His wrinkled hands had just come together, and the light of Dust Release was about to flare.
In the next instant, a purple skeletal ribcage swept through the air, radiating destruction. Its chilling pressure locked down his every movement.
"Don't move, old man."
Sasuke stood at the center of Susanoo's purple-flamed skeleton. The light in his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan was colder than ice at the northernmost reaches.
"Make another hand sign, and I guarantee I'll snap that old back of yours in two."
The air in the hall was no longer merely tense. It had been crushed beneath sheer power.
Naruto and Sasuke only had to stand there. The chakra spilling from them became palpable pressure, and the Land of Iron samurai around them were losing even the courage to grip their swords.
Mei Terumi, the Mizukage, watched from a corner. Seeing the Raikage and Tsuchikage pinned down without any chance to fight back sent a cold shiver down her neck.