Perfect Jinchuriki

Yugito Nii's first impression of Kazan was bad. Very bad!

He didn't carry himself like a genius at all. He looked like a reckless troublemaker.

Yugito Nii was a few years older than Kazan, but she was smaller than him.

Kazan had inherited the Garp Template and reached 20% integration. His body had developed rapidly, and he was already 1.6 meters tall.

Though still young, years of grueling training had kept him from looking scrawny. He had short black hair, and his bright eyes shone with energy.

A, the future Fourth Raikage, frowned when he saw him.

There was a demonic air about this kid from Konoha. A couldn't help giving him a second look.

Yugito wasn't afraid. She took a deep breath, and her expression returned to normal.

"I've seen you fight. You're a pure Taijutsu Ninja. You can't beat me, so surrender."

She carried herself like a little queen. Despite her young age, she wore carefully applied makeup, and her long tan hair was braided to keep it out of the way in battle.

"Minato, this child..."

A strange sensation stirred in Kushina's chest as she watched from the stands.

She sensed something unusual about Yugito.

Minato Namikaze said nothing. He just watched.

"If anyone's surrendering, it's you. So what if you've got a mother cat living inside you?"

"It's like being possessed by a ghost. What are you so smug about?"

"You..."

Now it wasn't just Yugito who was angry. Matatabi was furious too.

This Konoha brat had no manners.

"Yugito, teach him a lesson."

Matatabi spoke to Yugito through their shared consciousness, and she had no intention of refusing.

The vast Training Ground held nothing but bare earth. Over the years, countless Genin had come here for Konoha's Chunin Ninja Exams. Some had even died here.

And now, another battle was about to begin!

Yugito struck, moving with a cat's agility.

She crossed her hands. Ten sharp blades extended from her fingers and slashed through the air toward him.

Kazan stood still. Tekkai activated without a sound, turning his body as hard as steel.

Screech!

The piercing sound rang out as Yugito's claws struck Kazan. They didn't leave a single wound.

"Cat claws might be good for scratching an itch. If you want to kill someone, they're not enough."

Kazan was unharmed. Only his shirt had been torn.

"How is that possible?!"

Yugito's heart jolted. He was flesh and blood—how could her claws hit him without leaving a mark?

Kazan swung his fist. It shot toward Yugito's face so fast it seemed to cut through space and time.

She saw it coming and retreated at top speed, twisting away with agile movements. But Kazan's fist stayed on her. Yugito had no choice but to channel Chakra to defend herself.

Like a thunderbolt striking out of nowhere, Kazan's punch slammed into Yugito and sent her flying like a kite.

She twisted in midair to bleed off the force, but even after her feet touched down, she slid several meters before stopping.

So heavy!

The force of that punch was absurd. Coupled with his seemingly indestructible body, it almost made her think she was facing another Third Raikage.

Kazan had crushed her in their first exchange, showing everyone a glimpse of the Konoha Princess's prowess.

"Princess Tsunade of the Sannin's Cherry Blossom Impact?" A's eyes blazed.

Tsunade was renowned throughout the Shinobi World as a master healer. Her Medical Ninjutsu was second to none.

But she was more than a Medical Ninja. She had inherited her grandfather Hashirama Senju's immense strength and was one of the strongest female Ninja in the Shinobi World today.

"To think Konoha was hiding another genius besides Kakashi Hatake." Ebizo's expression was grim.

At the mention of Kakashi, he couldn't hide the murderous intent in his eyes.

His sister's child had died at the hands of Kakashi's father, Hatake Sakumo.

Grandma Chiyo had never been able to forget that pain. She had since withdrawn from public life to research a Forbidden Secret Technique that could bring the dead back to life.

Hiruzen Sarutobi said nothing. The battle had only just begun.

Kazan didn't pause after throwing that punch. He stomped hard enough to crack the ground, surged straight ahead, and rained punches down on Yugito.

Yugito kept dodging, searching for a chance to counterattack.

But...

She discovered that his senses were astonishingly sharp. He kept evading her attacks, driving her back until she was completely on the defensive.

Boom!

Kazan's fist struck the ground. It burst apart in an instant, throwing dust high into the air.

Yugito leaped aside.

But in the next second, Kazan burst through the dust and threw a punch while airborne.

Bang!

Yugito went flying again. Disbelief flashed across her cold, beautiful face.

I'm no match for him!

In her current state, she couldn't stand against him.

The Konoha genius before her was comparable to a young Raikage. He might not have mastered Ninjutsu, but his body was his strongest technique.

"Yugito!"

"I know. I'm counting on you, Matatabi!"

She didn't dare hold back. She drew directly on the Two-Tails' Power.

Hum...

Ominous Chakra poured from Yugito's body. Its vastness was like an ocean, and countless onlookers went pale.

"A Jinchūriki!"

Kushina finally understood the source of that strange feeling.

This Genin from Kumogakure was a Jinchūriki, just like her.

Yugito Nii still looked human, except for the tail that had appeared behind her. It was blue-black from end to end and looked deeply unsettling.

But Kushina wasn't the most shocked. That distinction belonged to the powerful figures in the stands.

"The Two-Tails Jinchūriki? Kumogakure, have you lost your minds?!"

Many of them couldn't stay calm.

They still remembered the destruction caused when Tailed Beasts ran wild. Yet the lunatics of Kumogakure had slipped a Jinchūriki into their Chunin Ninja Exams team.

A, however, remained utterly calm and unmoved.

"Has Kumogakure finished its research on Jinchūriki?" Ebizo stared at him.

This was a major development.

Everyone in the Shinobi World knew Kumogakure had never given up trying to make its Jinchūriki control the power of Tailed Beasts and deploy them in war.

Kumogakure had failed in both the First and Second Shinobi World Wars.

Who would have thought they would succeed now, on the eve of the Third Shinobi World War?

Representatives of smaller Shinobi Villages, including Kusagakure, immediately began weighing the implications.

"Hokage."

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire turned to Hiruzen Sarutobi. Hiruzen remained unruffled and merely asked the daimyo to keep watching.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had never seen a Jinchūriki who could fully control a Tailed Beast.

Neither the First's wife, Mito Uzumaki, nor her descendant Kushina Uzumaki could do more than borrow the Nine-Tails' Chakra.

Today, perhaps, he would finally see what a Perfect Jinchuriki was capable of.