"Tailed Beast Transformation—! "
The Five-Tails' jinchūriki, Han, sprang to his feet with a grim expression as Uchiha Fugaku closed in. He released the power of his beast.
A flood of blood-red chakra burst from his body, wrapping around him in a blazing shroud.
In the span of a heartbeat, he had transformed into a monstrous figure—five massive, crimson tails lashing behind him, his entire form radiating destructive might.
Whip-crack!One of the enormous tails lashed through the air, shrieking like a steel whip as it struck toward Fugaku.
Crash!Fugaku's body blurred, dodging aside as the massive tail slammed into the earth, splitting the ground into a fissure dozens of meters long.
More tails followed, faster this time—each moving at supersonic speed, striking from every angle to cut off every possible escape.
Even with his mastery of the Body Flicker Technique, Fugaku felt the pressure of their sheer speed. He stopped evading altogether.
"Susanoo—!"
A giant warrior of jet-black chakra erupted around him, clad in armor—the third stage of Susanoo.
For most Mangekyō Sharingan users, this third form was their ultimate power. For Fugaku, it was merely his standard state.
Boom, boom, boom!The supersonic tails hammered into Susanoo's armor, releasing destructive force that could flatten a fortress—yet the blows landed harmlessly, as though scratching at an unyielding shell.
Fugaku would not stand idle.
Snap!Susanoo's massive hand seized one tail mid-strike and wrenched it aside, hurling Han's colossal body through the forest.
Crash, crash, crash!He smashed through tree after tree before skidding to a stop.
Only the chakra cloak of the beast spared him from serious injury.
Han's eyes narrowed in dread. His jaws opened wide, drawing in both yin and yang chakra.
Within seconds, a massive black sphere formed between his teeth—then fired like a cannon.
The ultimate weapon of a tailed beast: the Tailed Beast Bomb.
Its destructive force far surpassed any S-rank jutsu—one blast could level half a village.
From the distance, the seven rescued Uchiha watched, pale with fear.
"That's… a Tailed Beast Bomb…" one woman whispered, her face drained of color. She remembered the night of the Nine-Tails' calamity, when a single blast had annihilated half of Konoha. That horror was etched into her soul—and now it was before her eyes once again.
"Clan Head…" she breathed, her worry for Fugaku heavy in her voice. However strong he was, his opponent was a living weapon of war.
Fugaku, though, showed no hesitation. "The Tailed Beast's strongest technique? Let's see just how powerful it really is."
Susanoo raised its black shield against the incoming sphere.
KABOOM!The Tailed Beast Bomb detonated like a warhead, releasing a cataclysmic shockwave.
Even Susanoo's armored shield cracked under the force, fissures spreading across its surface. But it held.
Fugaku lowered his gaze. "Impressive power," he admitted. If even Susanoo's third form had suffered damage, then Han's destructive ability already surpassed Shisui's.
With a motion, Susanoo hurled its massive spear.
Whistle—crash!The black weapon screamed through the air. Han whipped five tails up to shield himself, but the spear pierced through them and struck his body, exploding in a violent blast.
The crimson cloak rippled and broke apart in places, a massive crater tearing open the ground beneath him.
Han staggered to his feet, coughing blood. The chakra cloak that protected him could not withstand Susanoo's spear.
Fugaku closed the distance in a blur, Susanoo's fist slamming forward.
Thud!Han swung his tail to block, but the blow punched straight through, smashing him backward. He flew, battered and broken, blood spraying from his lips.
Desperate, he tried once more—clawing at the ground like a beast, forcing another Tailed Beast Bomb to gather in his jaws.
But Fugaku's body flickered aside, the sphere blazing past him, gouging a ravine hundreds of meters long through the forest.
And then he was there—right before Han.
Boom!Susanoo's right hand formed another colossal black spear and drove it forward.
Shhh!The weapon pierced through Han's chakra cloak, then his flesh, bursting out through his back.
Blood poured from the gaping wound, staining the earth beneath him crimson.
Han's lips parted, as though to speak—but no words came. He staggered, then collapsed lifelessly.
The Five-Tails' jinchūriki was dead.
A perfect jinchūriki—whose power not only rivaled but exceeded most Kage—slain outright.
Yet against Uchiha Fugaku, master of the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, he hadn't even forced his enemy to fight at full strength.
This was the terrifying reality of Fugaku's power.