Ten seconds... seven... five...
At that moment, as if panic had seized you, you abruptly unleashed three fire dragons, each a different color, charging straight toward Kisame Hoshigaki.
Kisame remained calm. He raised Samehada, clearly preparing to absorb the incoming fire dragons entirely.
But just as the dragons were about to strike Samehada, they suddenly swerved at a sharp angle, completely dodging the absorption and darted straight toward Sasori of the Red Sand, who was battling in the distance.
"Damn it!"
Water Style: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave!
After warning Sasori to defend himself, Kisame finally fell for your feint. Focused entirely on you, he unleashed a powerful Water Style jutsu.
A massive surge of water slammed into you, sending you flying in a miserable state. Then, drawing on his immense chakra reserves, Kisame conjured an enormous water dome in the middle of the desert.
Thousand Hungry Sharks!
Over a thousand sharks—along with Kisame, now partially merged with Samehada in a shark-like transformation—rushed at you with blinding speed.
Three seconds... two... one—
"Perfect timing!"
Not even White Zetsu knew this: you had long since mastered the Sage Mode of the ninja cats. Even without relying on your eyes, your senses could pick up the faintest shifts in wind and battle.
You ended your countdown. The chakra within Deidara surged with activity—just as planned. You triggered the Flame of the Infested you had gifted him earlier.
Tsukuyomi: Release!
The illusion shattered.
Trained under your genjutsu for so long, Deidara instantly snapped out of it, furious. Without hesitation, he hurled his masterpiece at Uchiha Itachi—
C3.
Click.
BOOM!
A puppet powerful enough to annihilate a village exploded in midair.
Itachi had no time to dodge. He was forced to activate Susanoo and brace for the blast head-on.
The tremendous shockwave from the explosion shattered Kisame's water dome instantly.
Fire Dragons, return!
The fire dragons you had sent out earlier circled back. Seizing the opening, they dove into the fractured water dome, and just as Kisame prepared to absorb them—
They exploded.
The intense heat and concussive force weren't chakra-based—thus, not something Kisame could suppress. His water dome, which allowed him to fight at full strength, collapsed completely.
You activated your Lava Release Chakra Mode to shield yourself. Using the shockwave, you tore through the remaining waves and landed solidly on the ground.
Lava Style: Wave.
Magnitude 5 earthquake!
In an instant, the previously flat desert ground rippled violently. The shifting sands amplified the tremors even further.
Both Sasori and Kisame—having just emerged from the heatwave—had to divert significant focus just to maintain their footing.
But of course, that alone wasn't enough to harm shinobi of their level.
You weren't done.
You slammed your fist into the ground again—
Phase Two: Lava Style!
BOOM!
A massive tremor erupted from below. A blast of molten lava surged from beneath both you and Kisame, forming a lotus-shaped eruption that gradually closed around him.
Lava Release, possessing some of Earth Style's solidifying traits, could not be absorbed like a regular Fire Style attack. Even if Kisame managed to absorb all the fire chakra, the remaining Earth chakra quickly hardened into layers of obsidian, locking him in place like a sealing technique.
In the blink of an eye, Kisame was completely submerged in a sea of lava, thrashing in agony.
With one last desperate Water Style attack, the lava surrounding him rapidly cooled and hardened into an obsidian prison, sealing him completely.
You burrowed underground, while Kisame attempted a subterranean escape as well.
But you had anticipated this—his underground movement couldn't fully liquefy lava constructs...
The next second, your figure emerged inside Susanoo!
Uchiha Itachi was fully focused, raining down Yasaka Magatama at Deidara, who was now barely keeping himself airborne. The moment Deidara fell, his advantage would vanish.
"Die!"
You burst from the sand, landing a solid punch to Itachi's abdomen.
He grunted in pain, sent flying.
But as you rushed in to finish him, a piece of white paper silently slipped from his sleeve—
Slice!
Your carotid artery was slashed clean open.
But not a single drop of blood spilled.
"Heh... I didn't expect a fifth person hiding nearby. You people really went all out. But the one I came to kill— You can't stop me!!!"
You didn't slow for a second. Lava spread across your body, and under the Light-Weight Rock Technique, you closed the distance with lightning speed.
This time, you wouldn't hold back!
Fist—Magnitude 5!
This punch contained the full power of a magnitude 5 earthquake. The instant it touched Itachi's body, it completely ignored the protective paper tags and obliterated his torso into a mangled mess of blood and flesh.
Absorb!
Activating your eyes, you quickly absorbed and refined the potent blood into your body.
Splurt!
In that instant, Susanoo collapsed.
Sasori, who had been lurking on the sidelines, saw his opportunity. He launched a poisoned spear at you.
It pierced straight through.
"You think... that's going to hurt me?"
A dark green toxic flame erupted on your skin, melting the spear into liquid. The wound rapidly healed.
The next moment, blood poured from your eyes as a hazy red chakra wall rose in front of you, blocking a barrage of hidden weapons.
Then, the chakra wall transformed into a fist and punched Sasori away.
You stomped the ground again.
The trembling earth split open, and molten lava surged forth, striking Sasori's puppet midair and shattering it.
But from the wreckage, another puppet sprang forth.
You didn't give it a chance to move.
Pouring what remained of your chakra into the earth, you unleashed a devastating area-of-effect assault. One rupture after another erupted with lava, pulverizing all nearby puppets...
Boom!
Kisame broke free from the obsidian prison and charged once more.
"Itachi-san!"
"Heh... say goodbye to your dear Itachi."
Your goal was complete. No reason to keep fighting.
You shoved a handful of soldier pills into your mouth and rapidly restored your chakra.
Killing a few meddling White Zetsu in the process. Then, you sealed Itachi's remaining head and limbs into a scroll.
Using the Ultralight-Weight Rock Technique, you slowly floated upward.
After patching up your wounds, you and Deidara mounted his clay bird. Together, you unleashed Fire Style and Explosive Clay to drive back Konan, who had attempted to pursue.
"All right. Release C4..."
Over a month ago, before you even entered the heart of the desert, Deidara had been inspired by your use of dispersed flame particles. Under your guidance, he developed a prototype for the C4 bomb—not yet perfected, but already reduced to the scale of nanoparticles.
With the boost from your Lava Release, its power was even more terrifying.
Click.
As you gently exhaled a Wind Style breath, Deidara detonated his greatest masterpiece.
The remaining members of the Akatsuki, flying atop paper birds, were shredded into nothingness by the silent explosion. Aside from a few fluttering scraps, all else vanished without a trace...
And so, your first battle with the Akatsuki ended in complete victory.
Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki—killed on the spot.
Dozens of White Zetsu—reduced to ashes.
Sasori's puppets—destroyed. His real body—missing in action.
Konan—severely wounded, chakra depleted while fleeing from the nano-bomb, and eventually found unconscious in the desert by White Zetsu...
The Akatsuki were decisively defeated and forced to retreat.
Even if they sought revenge, having lost so many elite members, they couldn't recover any time soon. The likes of Kakuzu and Hidan were no longer enough—especially against Ōnoki... or Deidara.
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