A Deal That Couldn't Lose

Meanwhile, Kushina and Rin had already charged into the crowd.

A golden Nine-Tails Chakra Cloak erupted around Kushina, while a dark red Three-Tails cloak rose over Rin's body.

The pressure of two different Tailed Beasts swept across the docks at once.

"Rin, don't go for the head! Leave a few alive!"

Kushina crushed the wooden planks underfoot and punched the barrier of the nearest Snow Ninja dead center.

The absorption formula on his armor activated instantly, greedily draining the Chakra she released.

Kushina grinned and didn't let up. She let the machine drink its fill.

In less than two breaths, the absorption seal burned from blue to bright red.

Against the sheer volume of Nine-Tails Chakra, that heap of scrap was no better than a cup held under a waterfall.

With a muffled bang, metal pipes inside its core melted one after another, and the entire suit of armor exploded from within.

The Snow Ninja flew over ten meters away, screaming and trailing black smoke.

Shrill alarms sounded around Rin as well.

Three-Tails Chakra tentacles wrapped around three Snow Ninja trying to surround her, and their armor fought to absorb the Chakra.

"I told you not to touch me."

Rin withdrew her tentacles, her tone still gentle and polite, even as she knocked all three smoking Snow Ninja off their feet.

Kakashi refused to fall behind. Blue-white lightning flared in his palm.

A piercing thunderclap cut through the wind and snow as he used the Body Flicker Technique to slip into the last few enemies' ranks.

Against the high-frequency thrust of his Lightning Cutter, their barriers and breastplates offered less resistance than tofu.

His arm punched through a breastplate, and lightning burst out the back with a spray of charred fragments.

From the first Ninja Sword leaving its sheath to