Naruto: Scourge of the Ninja World

Each of the nine Tailed Beasts has its own color.

One-Tail: Yellow

Two-Tails: Blue

Three-Tails: Gray

Four-Tails: Red

Five-Tails: Pure white

Six-Tails: Milky white

Seven-Tails: Green

Eight-Tails: Dark red

Nine-Tails: Orange

Now, the massive creature appearing in the line of sight of the two was a pure white beast, a fusion of dolphin and horse.

Its five tails whipped violently—it was none other than the Five-Tails, Kokuō, the embodiment of absolute strength!

"Damn it! I knew something was off—he really is a Jinchūriki!"

"Five tails! The Five-Tails?!"

Uchiha Fugaku gritted his teeth through the searing pain, staring at the beast in the distance.

"Then why didn't you say so earlier? We could've retreated sooner!"

Minato rolled his eyes helplessly. The guy had five tails sticking out—obviously he's a Jinchūriki with a Tailed Beast! Did that really need spelling out?

"ROAR!"

The Five-Tails Kokuō, with crimson eyes, immediately entered a rampaging state upon emergence.

The Iwagakure shinobi at his feet were instantly terrified out of their minds.

"F-Five-Tails... Impossible!"

"Where's Han-sama?!"

The remaining four Iwagakure shinobi were gravely wounded, but no amount of pain could override the terror consuming them now.

The Five-Tails hadn't appeared in ages—Han-sama had been suppressing it well.

And yet now, the Five-Tails was rampaging.

"Run! Quick, go get Rōshi-sama! Only Rōshi-sama can suppress the Five-Tails now!"

Just as they were about to flee, they realized their bodies wouldn't move. A terrifying numbness instantly brought them all crashing to the ground.

"N-No... Impossible..."

Even their tongues felt numb.

Let alone trying to move...

Hovering in the sky and witnessing Kokuō's emergence, Gekko Chizan finally heard that familiar notification chime.

[Ding! Detected that the host's scheme led to heavy injury to Jinchūriki Han, resulting in the Five-Tails Kokuō going berserk. Special reward: Strength +10.]

Huh? That's it? Only 10 points in strength? Kokuō is the symbol of absolute strength... isn't 10 points kinda stingy?

Just as Gekko Chizan began to feel disappointed and wanted to complain, a series of system notifications followed one after another.

[Ding! Because the host caused Jinchūriki Han to explode, resulting in injuries to Uchiha Fugaku (broken ribs, fractured left leg), special reward: Genjutsu +1.]

[Ding! Because the host caused Jinchūriki Han to explode, resulting in injuries to Namikaze Minato (fractured right arm, moderate concussion), special reward: Ninjutsu +1.]

[Ding! Because the host caused Jinchūriki Han to explode, resulting in the deaths of 29 Iwagakure shinobi (blown to bits, no remains), special reward: Strength +3.]

[Ding! Because the host caused Jinchūriki Han to explode, residual scale powder in the air paralyzed 4 Iwagakure shinobi, who then failed to evade and were stomped to death by the Five-Tails Kokuō. Special reward: Physique +2.]

Gekko Chizan: …..Was the impact that huge? All 33 Iwagakure shinobi dead... and both of my pursuers injured...

Wow, this operation was a total success!

"Hahahaha! Kokuō's gone berserk!"

"Chizan, our plan worked perfectly!"

"Look at those crimson eyes on Kokuō... tsk tsk tsk!"

Chōmei watched the rampaging Kokuō with glee.

"Alright, let's get out of here too. We need to grab Minato and Fugaku, those two poor bastards—if Kokuō kills them, I'm screwed!"

Gekko Chizan maintained Transparent Release mode and soared a kilometer away. He needed to get those two who came to arrest him out of here first.

After all, a rampaging Tailed Beast is terrifying enough, and both of them were severely injured now.

"ROAR!"

In full rampage, Kokuō began charging forward, his massive body kicking up clouds of dust as he ran.

Worst of all, the direction he was running in—was straight toward Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Fugaku.

Seeing this, Gekko Chizan couldn't help but feel he must've done too many bad things in his life—why did things always spiral downward like this?

Out of all directions, why that one?

"Chōmei! Time to sprint!"

"Lend me strength!"

"Sure! Take it! Don't be fooled by Kokuō's size—he's not that fast. With my help, you'll outrun him easily!"

Feeling chakra surging within, Gekko Chizan flapped his wings hard the next second.

He shot off faster than Kokuō, charging straight toward Minato and Fugaku.

"Damn it, Minato—can you still use Flying Thunder God?"

Faced with Fugaku's question, Minato shook his head grimly.

The explosion had blown all the kunai with formulae into dust. Only one had gotten them out of the blast zone.

Staring at the fast-approaching Five-Tails, the two young elites exchanged glances, both seeing the hopelessness in each other's eyes.

"Damn! I'd be fine dying on the battlefield, but getting stomped by a Tailed Beast?!"

"This sucks!"

Uchiha Fugaku roared in frustration.

Beside him, Minato's expression was equally bleak. Wasn't he thinking the same thing?

Just as the Five-Tails closed in, a voice suddenly rang out beside them:

"Hmph. Why the hell did you have to come to the Land of Grass to find me?"

"Bet you feel dumb now, huh?"

"You're not gonna die. Just go back to the village and wait for me to come home in glory."

That slightly annoyed, but unmistakably familiar voice struck them like a bolt from the blue.

They couldn't see him, but they knew—Gekko Chizan was here.

At that moment, Uchiha Fugaku felt he didn't want to cut Chizan down anymore—as long as he saved him, of course.

At that moment, Namikaze Minato started thinking—maybe everything Chizan-kun had done before wasn't intentional... if he could be saved, that is.

"Let's go!"

"Flying Thunder God Technique!"

Gekko Chizan deliberately shouted the jutsu's name, so they'd know exactly who was saving them.

The very man they wanted to chop down.

The next second, the two figures vanished instantly.

As the scenery changed before their eyes, Fugaku and Minato realized they'd left the battlefield, far from the Five-Tails' range.

They were now atop a distant mountaintop, where they could still see Kokuō charging in the distance.

"It really was him... that bastard..."

"Shit!"

Fugaku cursed in excitement, while Minato nodded enthusiastically beside him.

At that moment, forget pursuit. Forget scheming.

From now on, Gekko Chizan was their brother, period!

"Chizan! You bastard!"

"Chizan? Gekko Chizan? Huh? Where is he?"

Fugaku shouted joyfully for Gekko Chizan's name—but no one answered for a while.

"What the hell?!"

The next second, some unknown strength surged up from within their injured bodies. The two suddenly stood and looked toward the Five-Tails.

Because they realized—Gekko Chizan hadn't fled with them!

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