I Am Uzumaki Menma

Chapter 360 360 Beating Up A

On the ground, B and A, along with the Kumogakure's Jonin behind them, all looked warily up at the golden-glowing figure in the air.

That Chakra Cloak enveloping the youth emitted a heart-palpitating, vast, and divine feeling. Not to mention that flight ability, rare in the entire Ninja World, all proclaimed this youth's extraordinariness.

However, A's temper was as direct as his Lightning Release.

Suppressing the shock in his heart, the veins on his thick neck twitched slightly. He roared towards the sky, "Hey! You coward hiding in the sky! Who are you?!"

His voice thundered, echoing through the woodland.

Simultaneously, in B's mental world, the originally somewhat careless Eight-Tails, Gyuki, through B's vision 'saw' Menma, especially sensing that chakra aura which, though different in nature, vaguely reminded it of an ancient existence, trembled violently.

Gyuki let out a startled exclamation only B could hear:

'This... this Chakra?! Although it feels different... how can it be so similar to the old man?! Impossible!'

Menma ignored A's roar.

The golden Chakra around him rippled slightly. His body descended gently like a feather, landing precisely on the open ground between the Konoha and Kumogakure's groups, as if an invisible boundary.

He landed soundlessly, even somewhat leisurely placing a hand on his hip, slightly tilting his head. His gaze passed over the fully prepared Kumogakure trio, landing directly on Minato, his tone relaxed as if meeting an acquaintance:

"Yo, I didn't expect to meet again so soon, Minato."

He originally thought their next meeting might be in Roran.

Because his next targets were Madara and Isshiki, which would inevitably further stir this world's fate line.

He had even thought that before leaving, he might leave some key information for this young, vibrant Minato to avoid certain tragedies that happened in his world.

After all, what's changed is already plenty, and a bit more doesn't matter.

This familiar greeting made the atmosphere instantly peculiar.

Doto and Gaku subconsciously exchanged a glance, looking questioningly at Minato.

Across, A and B immediately turned their vigilant gazes towards Minato.

'This mysterious person was Namikaze Minato's acquaintance?'

'Then, was he Konoha's ally?'

Minato's blue eyes were filled with gravity and puzzlement.

He tightly gripped his special kunai, looking at Menma's appearance, so different yet powerful and mysterious compared to a few days ago, especially those peculiar horns on his forehead and that Tailed-Beast-Cloak-like golden Chakra.

Minato asked gravely, "Menma... why are you here?"

'This mysterious person's timing and location were too critical.'

A, hearing this, snorted, interrupting Minato's inquiry. His arm muscles bulged, lightning faintly reappearing. "Hmph! So it's reinforcements Konoha called? Mysterious and secretive! But since you're here, stay forever!"

Before the words faded, he repeated his trick!

"Lightning Release Chakra Mode!"

Boom!

Blue lightning erupted again! A transformed into a bolt of blue lightning tearing through the air. This time, the target was Menma, who had just landed and seemed completely unguarded!

He focused all his power into his right fist, intending to blast this mysterious guy away in one strike!

Facing this thunderous strike capable of splitting mountains and rocks, Menma didn't even turn to face it.

He merely slightly turned his head, glancing at the approaching blue lightning with the corner of his eye.

Simultaneously, the tightly closed seam directly above the center of his brows abruptly opened!

A single golden Tenseigan eye, brimming with vast pressure and power, coldly 'gazed' at the charging A.

Menma didn't even raise a finger, just as if swatting a fly, softly uttered four words:

"Shinra Tensei."

Hum—!

An invisible yet unimaginably terrifying repulsive force, with Menma as the center, suddenly erupted forward in a fan shape!

"What?!" A felt as if he had crashed head-on into an invisible, high-speed moving mountain range!

No, even worse than that!

The violent Lightning Attribute Chakra covering his body scattered like paper before this force!

Boom—!!!

A dull, heavy roar rang!

A's forward momentum abruptly stopped. His entire body flew backward uncontrollably faster than his approach, smashing hard against a massive tree behind that would take several people to embrace!

"Big Bro!" B exclaimed in shock. Reacting extremely quickly, he leaped up, barely catching A mid-air. But the huge impact force sent him sliding backward over a dozen meters too, plowing two deep grooves in the ground before barely stabilizing.

"Cough..." A felt as if his internal organs were displaced, his chest churning. He forcefully suppressed vomiting blood, but his face was full of shock and disbelief.

He stared fixedly at the youth in the distance, who still had a hand on his hip as if nothing happened. His voice carried a hint of hoarseness. "Just now... I seemed to hit an invisible wall..."

"More accurately, like being charged head-on by Eight-Tails in full rampage mode! But I couldn't see what attacked me at all! I was just... just attacked by the air!"

B supported A, his eyes behind the sunglasses also filled with doubt and suspicion.

On Konoha's side, Doto and Gaku were also dumbfounded.

"Wh-what just happened?" Doto gripped his iron rod tightly, asking in a gruff voice. "I saw A suddenly fly backward by himself?"

Gaku crouched, calming the trembling Omaru who felt the terrifying force, his expression extremely grave. "No hand seals, no movements, not even signs of Chakra usage... What kind of Ninjutsu or... Kekkei Genkai is this?"

Minato frowned deeply. He noticed that the grass in the fan-shaped area in front of Menma wasn't blown down by wind but was pressed flat in an orderly manner, as if crushed by an invisible heavy object in an instant.

'Some kind of ranged repulsive force? The intensity is absurdly high. And that eye on his forehead...' He analyzed rapidly in his mind.

Being able to repel the speed-specialized A so easily raised his danger assessment of this youth to the highest level instantly.

Menma slowly turned around, facing the Kumogakure trio directly. The golden Tenseigan at the center of his brow swept coolly over the shaken A and the fully tense B.

He took a step forward, his pace relaxed, as if strolling in a park.

This simple step made A and B react as if facing a great enemy. Cold sweat instantly soaked their backs!

The other's abilities were too bizarre, the attack method completely incomprehensible. This unknown oppressive feeling was even more suffocating than facing an army!

However, Menma stopped after just one step.

He tilted his head slightly, as if listening to something, then showed a somewhat helpless smile, murmuring to himself in a low voice:

"What? You want to eat the Eight-Tails? Forget it. Gyuki's Chakra, while not insignificant, is barely a mosquito leg for you now, not much use. Don't be impatient. When I find the Ten-Tails, I'll let you eat your fill."

He was communicating with Kokyu, who was getting restless sensing the Eight-Tails' Chakra.

Of course, Menma also intended for those present to hear.

Revealing some information beyond their understanding could sometimes stir things up more than direct action.

Though spoken softly, everyone present had sharp ears and heard it clearly.

'Eat the Eight-Tails?!'

The Kumogakure trio's expressions changed drastically instantly. A's gaze towards Menma filled with killing intent, 'How dare he covet our Kumogakure's Tailed Beast!'

On Konoha's side, Doto and Gaku exchanged glances, 'Eat a Tailed Beast?'

'What kind of insane talk was that?'

What confused them more was… Ten-Tails?

'What was that?'

'The tailed beasts circulating in the Ninja World were from One-Tail to Nine-Tails, right?'

'When did a Ten-Tails appear?'

Just as everyone was stunned by this absurd statement, as B was about to mock this arrogant guy in his mental world to Gyuki...

'B! Run! Run now!' He suddenly heard Gyuki inside him let out a roar unprecedented, filled with terror and panicked shouting, even carrying a tremor:

'Immediately! Get away from here! The farther the better!!!'

B froze completely!

He was connected to Gyuki, clearly feeling his partner's current fear that seemed about to break through the heavens!

This level of panic was something he had never felt from Gyuki before!

Even when Gyuki went on a rampage years ago and was suppressed with all his might by the Third Raikage, Gyuki was only angry and resentful, never like this now.

Right now, it's as if he encountered a natural predator, feeling utter despair!

'Gyuki~! You~ this guy~' B subconsciously responded in his mind, his voice even carrying a hint of dryness.

'Don't ask! Just go!!'

However, Gyuki's voice was urgent, even carrying a tremor.

In B's mental world, that lonely space rendered like an ink wash painting.

Gyuki's massive, mountain-like octopus body was currently trembling uncontrollably. Its eight thick tentacles unconsciously curled and stretched, revealing the extreme turmoil within its heart.

Its eyes, through B's perspective, were fixed on the outside world, on that youth enveloped in golden Chakra, especially the majestic golden eye on his forehead.

"B! No time to explain! Run!" Gyuki's voice echoed in B's mind, carrying a deep-rooted instinctual fear: "Leave this place immediately! That guy... his form, and that eye... that's no ordinary Dojutsu! Flee! Now! Immediately!"

It even used the word 'flee'. It was hard to imagine this coming from the mouth of the second strongest of the Nine Tailed Beasts.

Its vague memories of the Sage of Six Paths and his mother, Otsutsuki Kaguya, were now faintly triggered by the youth's form, turning into the most primal warning and fear.

"Gyuki, what are you even saying? That kid..." B urgently questioned within his mind. He couldn't understand why his partner was so terrified.

'The opponent's strange repulsive force attack and flight ability were somewhat troublesome, but they shouldn't make Gyuki lose composure to this extent, right?'

However, just as B tried to sort out his thoughts, Menma on the outside moved!

With the enhancement of the Tenseigan Chakra Mode, Menma's speed had already surpassed the limits of an ordinary Ninja's dynamic vision!

No afterimages, no warning!

A only felt the golden light before his eyes flicker slightly. The youth who was standing over ten meters away suddenly appeared right in front of him!

The distance between them instantly became zero. He could even clearly see the indifference in that golden Tenseigan eye on the other party's forehead!

"What?! So fast!!" A's pupils constricted to the size of pinpoints. The hair all over his body stood on end in that instant!

This pure speed even made his famed Lightning Release Chakra Mode seem sluggish!

The Lightning Attribute Chakra within him instinctively wanted to erupt and accelerate, but his brain's commands were far from keeping up with the other's movements!

Menma's movements were simple and fluid. He didn't even bother to use his hands, just seemingly casually lifted his right foot. A swift, lightning-like spinning kick, carrying the shriek of tearing air, viciously slammed into the chest of A, who was covered in his Lightning Release Armor!

Thump—!!!

A muffled, heart-palpitating loud impact exploded!

A felt an utterly irresistible tremendous force, like a mountain torrent bursting forth, surge into his chest from the point of impact. The blue lightning covering his body shattered into pieces and annihilated like fragile glass before this power!

His prideful defense seemed so vulnerable before this casually delivered kick!

"Ugh!"

A let out a short cry of pain. His burly figure flew backward uncontrollably like a kite with its string cut!

The speed was so fast it even produced a piercing sonic boom!

"Big Bro!!" It was only then that B reacted, letting out a roar of shock and anger. But he didn't even have time to make a move to rescue, could only watch helplessly as A's figure shot backward like a cannonball, smashing through seven or eight giant ancient trees that would require several people to encircle along the way!

Rumble rumble rumble—!

A series of loud crashes of trees breaking accompanied by billowing smoke and wood chips shooting into the sky. A finally crashed heavily deep into the devastated forest area, smoke swirling, his condition unknown.

"Big Bro—! Damn bastard~! Unforgivable~!" Killer B looked in the direction where A disappeared. His eyes behind the sunglasses instantly filled with bloodshot veins. He roared with a crying-tinged rap, the anger in his heart intertwining with his partner's fear, making him instantly lose his reason!

"Gyuki~~ Yo~ Even though I don't know~ why you're so scared! Yo~ But we have to fight now~ Give me your power~ Yo~ All of it!" B roared in the mental world.

Gyuki also knew retreat was impossible now. Suppressing the fear in its heart, it unreservedly channeled its surging Tailed Beast Chakra to B: "B! Be careful!"

Boom—!

Fierce, violent dark red Tailed Beast Chakra erupted from B's body like a volcanic eruption!

His body began to undergo obvious changes: his skin turned deep red, his teeth sharpened, and with a poof sound, eight tails made of pure Chakra unfurled behind him, wildly flailing!

He had entered a partial Tailed Beast transformation state. Both his Chakra amount and physical abilities had received terrifying enhancement!

"Roar—!"B let out a bestial roar that didn't sound human. He dropped to all fours, like a frenzied savage beast, carrying an aura of destroying everything, and fiercely pounced towards Menma!

The speed was so fast it left a red afterimage in its original spot!