Pummeling the Two-Tails

The battle took a turn when Kazan returned from training on Mount Myōboku and shattered a Tailed Beast Bomb with one punch.

Then, without so much as raising an eyebrow, he knocked out an entire squad of Cloud Shinobi that had approached him.

The sheer force of his presence burned itself into everyone's mind.

"Kazan!"

"Kazan!"

"..."

Obito and the others shouted his name, their emotions running high, but he gave no response.

Kazan kept his eyes forward, looking past the main Cloud Shinobi force at Matatabi, who loomed like a mountain.

The two had fought before during the Chunin Ninja Exams.

Back then, Kazan had failed to kill her. He hadn't had the strength.

But now?

"Let's see who can save you this time!"

Boom!

Crimson Lightning descended from the sky again. The apocalyptic sight shook everyone to the core.

"I could say the same to you!" Yugito Nii's eyes blazed with anger as her voice rang out from Matatabi's mouth.

A moment later, Matatabi howled at the sky and charged straight at Kazan.

The ground shook beneath her paws. As the Demonic Beast advanced, the Cloud Shinobi hurriedly cleared a path.

"What's the rush?"

"Eager to die?"

Kazan planted his feet. After the briefest gathering of strength, he shot forward like a streak of Divine Radiance.

His speed was staggering. It wasn't Minato Namikaze's space-time movement or the Body Flicker Technique, but a burst of pure physical power.

Even without using any Secret Technique, the recoil from Shave alone gave him enough speed to match the Third Raikage at full tilt in Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

Whoosh!

Haki burned around Kazan like a raging fire. He streaked across the battlefield in a flash of red, ignoring the Cloud Shinobi as he headed straight for Matatabi.

"Fist Bone!"

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