After taking the Red Chili Pill, Torifu's fat vanished visibly.
From a chubby kid to a handsome guy.
"Fat guys really are hidden gems." Kazuku blinked, noting Torifu's change.
He was like a different person.
Looks, aura.
Especially Torifu's chakra, qualitatively enhanced.
In every sense, Torifu was a hidden gem.
"Is that… Torifu?"
Koharu, Homura, and Danzo were dumbfounded.
Though Torifu had mentioned the three colored pills' power, this was their first time seeing him use the Red Chili Pill.
Tobirama, observing from a tree, hadn't expected Torifu's resolve.
"The Akimichi clan's secret Red Chili Pill boosts strength a hundredfold but heavily strains the body."
"One misstep risks death."
Tobirama narrowed his eyes, reevaluating Torifu's will.
He was also eager…
How would Kazuku handle this Torifu!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Pale blue chakra surged from Torifu's back, forming butterfly wings.
Kazuku, watching, recalled the Sasuke Retrieval Arc.
He'd thought Choji was the "pig" in Ino-Shika-Cho.
Until Choji's fight with Jirobo, erupting in Butterfly Chakra Mode.
Kazuku realized…
The fattest guy was the butterfly!
Ino was the pig!
Especially Choji's instant slim-down, Kazuku found him insanely cool!
"Multi-Size Technique!"
But Butterfly Chakra Mode wasn't enough.
Torifu further used the Akimichi's secret technique, enlarging his body to seven or eight meters.
Like a giant.
Next second.
Torifu vanished from his spot.
Koharu, Homura, and Danzo…
Couldn't react.
In looks and strength, Torifu was unrecognizable!
"Kazuku, I'm now…"
"A hundred times stronger!"
The vanished Torifu appeared behind Kazuku.
He clenched his fist, slamming down.
In a flash, Kazuku used Substitution, swapping with a log, dodging Torifu's attack.
Turning, Kazuku saw…
A fist larger than him crushing the log into the ground!
Rumble!
A massive crash echoed.
The sound deafening.
Like thunder!
The struck ground shattered, cracks spreading like a spiderweb.
Stones flew!
The impact rippled outward!
Sweeping the training field!
This strike rivaled Kazuku's Painful Heavenly Kick.
No…
"Stronger than my Painful Heavenly Kick."
Kazuku gasped, not expecting Torifu to be a hidden boss.
But it wasn't surprising.
Torifu appeared twice in the manga.
Once, when Tobirama named Hiruzen Hokage.
Another, during the Nine-Tails' attack.
Both times as a background figure, showing no strength.
So most saw him as forgettable.
But…
The Akimichi were never weak.
Their secret techniques used Yang Release to enlarge the body.
With the Red Chili Pill's boost…
His sudden strength wasn't absurd.
"Missed."
Torifu lifted his fist, seeing only flattened wood in the pit.
"I need to strike faster."
Torifu muttered, scanning for Kazuku.
But…
Kazuku hadn't hidden.
"If that's the case, I'll fight at full strength!"
Kazuku's lips curved confidently, clapping his hands with a crisp sound.
Then…
The ground shook!
Cracks spread beneath Kazuku, vines sprouting wildly, lifting him.
Countless vines converged, thickening, hardening.
But this time, they didn't form a lifelike wood dragon!
They gathered, forming a ferocious head.
Then a sturdy body, limbs, like a wrathful deity, glaring at Torifu.
It was…
Wood Human Technique!
Kazuku stood on the wood human's left shoulder, directing it to charge Torifu.
Koharu, Homura, and Danzo, seeing this, felt their scalps tingle.
Was Kazuku's chakra a bottomless pit?
After clashing ninjutsu with Hiruzen, he still had this much chakra for Wood Human Technique?
Too exaggerated!
"That's big brother's…" Tobirama, on the branch, was shocked again.
Not just Hashirama's wood dragon, but his wood human…
Kazuku mastered them so well.
He'd thought Torifu's Red Chili Pill boost would overpower Kazuku.
Now, this fight's outcome was uncertain!
Kazuku's performance today brought Tobirama immense joy!
"Come on, Kazuku!"
Torifu faced the wood human fearlessly, raising his right fist, smashing it.
Boom!
The wood human met it with a palm, blocking Torifu's attack.
But…
Torifu's power was immense, the collision unleashing a gust sweeping all directions.
It blew the downed Hiruzen further away.
Koharu, Homura, and Danzo…
Planned to rush for the bells.
But before taking a few steps, the gust forced them back.
Retreating over ten meters!
Snap!
The wood human's fingers curled, grabbing Torifu's fist, preventing escape, raising its other fist to smash his face.
Torifu mimicked the wood human's block, using a palm to stop it.
For a moment, the giant Torifu and wood human locked in a struggle.
But…
This was Kazuku's goal.
He clapped again, splitting two wood dragons from the wood human, clawing at Torifu.
In a critical moment, Torifu tried to pull back, but the wood human's hands followed.
Instantly, their fingers interlocked.
Roar!
Two wood dragons bit Torifu's collarbone and shoulder.
Pain surged, forcing Torifu to grit his teeth.
"I… won't give up."
Torifu growled, flapping his chakra butterfly wings, soaring, dragging Kazuku's wood human into the air.
Then…
Slamming it to the ground.
Rumble!
No draft, grinding it out, please understand.
(End of Chapter)