Uchiha Hikari

I'm not leaving!

Uchiha Hikari made her decision.

For their plan to succeed—for all humanity to fall under the Infinite Tsukuyomi, for everyone to find the happiness they desired, and for all wars to end—

The Ghost of Konoha before them had to die. There was no getting around him.

We have to fight!

Boom!

In the distance, the Nine-Tails crashed down, shattering the earth and leaving a crater dozens of yards deep in the battlefield.

Even his body had been torn apart by that blow, but he hadn't died. Instead, he channeled chakra to rapidly repair his injuries.

Much harder to kill than the other Tailed Beasts.

That was Kazan's thought at that moment.

"You really are powerful, Nine-Tails." Kazan hovered in the air, his back to the bloodred moonlight.

Then he plunged downward, terrifying pulses surging from his fist as his Haki took tangible form.

Crackle!

Amid flashes of lightning and peals of thunder, a dark red cross bloomed in the night sky.

Kazan locked his eyes on the Nine-Tails below and plummeted like a meteor, trailing the Red Cross.

"Fist Bone: Impact!"

He was blindingly fast. Excluding techniques like the Flying Thunder God and the Heavenly Transfer Technique, he was the Fastest in the Shinobi World.

In an instant, he reached the crater and swung his overwhelming iron fist.

"Should we go remind him?" Tsunade watched from afar, afraid Kazan might accidentally beat the Nine-Tails to death.

Probably only her eldest grandfather and Madara Uchiha could have accomplished such a feat.

They were the only two monsters Tsunade currently knew who could beat the Nine-Tails at will.

Kazan was the third.

"He should know how far to go..." Jiraiya didn't sound so sure.

That attack was simply too terrifying. Even from this far away, he could clearly