Surgical Fruit in the American Comics Universe

Boom!

With a loud crash and the clear sound of bones breaking, the Fourth Raikage, Ay, was sent flying backward even faster than he had charged at Daniel Davis. 

"Big Brother!" yelled Killer B, catching his brother mid-flight with two of the Eight-Tails' massive tentacles. Ay's right arm dangled, shattered beyond repair, with bits of his steel-reinforced armor embedded in his injured limb. His chest was caved in, and his breathing was faint.

Daniel's right leg and arm, still cloaked in the dark sheen of Armament Haki, slowly returned to normal. He had met Ay's charge with a direct punch and kick, each infused with concentrated Haki, and decisively incapacitated him. Among the Five Kage, Daniel would prioritize eliminating the Raikage if forced to choose.

If the Akatsuki sought to make an example of one of the Great Shinobi Villages, Kumogakure was the clear choice, primarily because it was the only village without any rogue ninjas in the Akatsuki's ranks. The other Akatsuki members represented Kirigakure, Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and, with Sasuke's participation, Konohagakure. This absence marked Kumogakure as a prime target.

Among the Five Great Villages, Konohagakure held a special status. Figures like Madara Uchiha and the Fourth Hokage couple hailed from Konoha, shielding it from serving as an example.

"Who… who are you?" asked the Third Kazekage, his expression filled with disbelief. He had watched Ay charge in with immense Lightning Chakra, only for Daniel to counter with a black, gleaming punch, shattering Ay's arm and then breaking through the Lightning Armor with a powerful kick.

As the Third Kazekage, he had once faced the Raikage and knew firsthand the incredible strength of the Lightning Armor. All five Kage had their unique strengths, and the battle's outcome could often hinge on each Kage's abilities and the battlefield's conditions.

"Big Brother!" Killer B, filled with rage at seeing Ay so severely injured, opened his mouth wide, rapidly concentrating a massive amount of chakra that coalesced into a one-meter-wide black sphere: a Tailed Beast Bomb.

Killer B's relationship with Ay was incredibly close, forged through years of training together. When B was shunned as a child because of the Eight-Tails, Ay had stood by him, offering comfort and friendship. This bond, however, was unique to Killer B; Kumogakure's other Jinchuriki, Yugito Nii, never received the same treatment. B was closely monitored, while Yugito was left vulnerable to Akatsuki's attack.

"A Tailed Beast Bomb, huh?" Daniel smirked as he watched the bomb take shape. In a blur, he appeared in front of the Eight-Tails, unleashing a massive Rasengan, about three meters wide, onto its body.

Boom!

The Rasengan's immense power sent the Eight-Tails flying backward, creating shockwaves that split the water on either side, sending up waves several meters high.

Boom!

The Eight-Tails was then hit by a secondary explosion as the unstable Tailed Beast Bomb detonated, creating a massive crater nearly ten meters deep in the water's surface and sending waves crashing all around.

"You're not escaping," Daniel said, watching as the shockwaves launched the Eight-Tails into the air. He raised his left hand, instantly freezing the water in a vast area below, turning it into a solid ice field. As an amphibious creature, the Eight-Tails could have easily escaped into the water if given the chance, as it did in its original battle against Sasuke's team.

"Minato's combat tactics really were something," Daniel murmured, recalling the insights he had gained from studying the Fourth Hokage's Flying Thunder God Technique. Minato's unique kunai, marked with the Flying Thunder God seal, served to distract opponents while Minato planted the teleportation seal with subtle touches mid-fight.

This deceptive use of marked kunai made it seem as though they were his primary teleportation markers, but in reality, Minato could place seals anywhere on his opponent's weapons or clothing during combat. The technique left his opponents constantly vulnerable to his teleportation attacks, though the seals only remained active for a limited time in combat, except for those embedded more permanently, like in Obito's muscle tissue.

"Compared to Minato, most people just aren't up to par," remarked Jiraiya, who once called Minato's skill unmatched. Minato's only major limitation had been his chakra reserves, which were significantly smaller than Hashirama's or Madara's, but the addition of half of the Nine-Tails' power had closed that gap, raising him to their level.

After delivering his shattering blow to Ay, Daniel had marked him with a Flying Thunder God seal, the very technique he had mastered. Embedding the mark via a Rasengan like Minato's would have required exceptional precision over chakra flow, something Daniel was still perfecting but continued practicing for finer control.

As Daniel trained his control with techniques like Rasengan-seal embedding, he also refined his broader skill set by testing techniques like molding earth and crystal styles to mimic Wood Style's capabilities, similar to how Nen techniques in the world of Hunter x Hunter could replicate others' powers with intense focus and refinement.

"Amazing recovery rate." Daniel watched the Eight-Tails rise back up from the ice, all eight tails regenerated, and nodded approvingly. He swiftly formed hand seals, unleashing a powerful jutsu.

"Wood Style: Myojin Gate."

Nine colossal torii gates descended from the sky, pinning down the Eight-Tails' body, its tails, and even its head, rendering it immobile. The Myojin Gate was one of the most effective techniques against Tailed Beasts and had even restrained the Ten-Tails in the original series.

When the Sage of the Six Paths divided the Ten-Tails' chakra to create the nine Tailed Beasts, it had not been an even split. The Nine-Tails, in particular, was disproportionately powerful and could likely overpower many of the others.

"Lord Raikage! Lord Killer B!" The waves of previous attacks had kept the Kumogakure reinforcements at bay, but as they reached the scene, they saw the overwhelming power Daniel displayed, leaving them stunned.

"Such loyalty," Daniel observed as he noticed around a hundred shinobi, each preparing to fight. With a soft chuckle, he snapped his fingers.

A massive, ten-meter-wide ice sphere materialized in the sky, plummeting toward the Kumogakure reinforcements. Daniel stepped back as the Third Kazekage, having freed the Fourth Kazekage, also began to retreat.

"Still too slow," Daniel noted as the ice sphere descended. Quick-footed shinobi managed to dodge in time, but six elite jonin wielding lightning-charged blades continued their charge toward him.

With a slight shake of his head, Daniel tapped his foot against the ice, summoning a massive wall of ice over seven meters tall and a meter thick to rise in front of him.

The six Kumogakure jonin crashed into the ice wall at full speed, unable to stop in time, their weapons shattering, and bodies pressed against the wall, leaving bloodstains that tinted the wall a deep red.

Kumogakure ninjas typically specialized in Lightning Style and taijutsu, and this heavy reliance on close-quarters combat made them vulnerable. Their swift, direct style made it difficult to stop or change direction once in motion, similar to a cavalry charge. This flaw in Lightning Style was even seen in Kakashi's Chidori technique, which he only overcame after gaining the Sharingan from Obito.

"Take them down," Daniel ordered the reanimated Third and Fourth Kazekage, who moved to eliminate the remaining shinobi that had escaped the ice sphere's impact. Daniel then reappeared beside the Eight-Tails and the Fourth Raikage, whom the Eight-Tails had been shielding with one of its tails.

"The Heavenly Transfer Technique, is it?" Daniel's mind quickly analyzed the situation as he sensed space distortions in the area. With his experience from studying the Space Stone and his spatial sensitivity, his perception was beyond even Minato's.

"Almost forgot about her," Daniel muttered, knocking out Mabui, the Fourth Raikage's secretary, and strategist. The Heavenly Transfer Technique could transport only durable items like the Raikage's Lightning Armor, or powerful regenerative shinobi like Tsunade, due to the extreme physical strain it imposed.

Mabui had intended to use the technique to teleport both Killer B and Ay to safety. Given the Eight-Tails' resilience, it could have withstood the journey's intensity, but now that option was gone.

Daniel looked at the Third Raikage with a cool smile. "You, of all people, should understand the nature of war. Victory goes to the strong, and in this war, Kumogakure has lost."

In the past, the three Great Ninja Wars had been means for the Five Great Villages to maintain dominance by exploiting the smaller villages. Many small villages had been wiped out, including the Whirlpool Village of the Uzumaki Clan. Even the legendary Craftsmen Village, known for producing elite weapons, was overrun after its craftsman elite fell.

During a recent uprising, the Craftsmen Village had tried to resurrect their founder with a Tailed Beast, only to be crushed by a coalition of Konoha and Suna forces, which included Naruto.

"Victory goes to the strong. Send those three to the battle at Kirigakure," Daniel said, ordering the Third Raikage and the two Kaz

ekage to another front. He paid no mind to the Third Raikage's simmering rage.

"If you're that strong, break free from Edo Tensei's control," he added dismissively.

Daniel then walked to the immobilized Eight-Tails. Activating the Flying Thunder God Technique, he transported both the Eight-Tails and the unconscious Fourth Raikage.

Back at the Allied Shinobi Forces' headquarters, Inoichi Yamanaka turned to Shikaku Nara, his voice low and somber. "What should we do next?"

Through their sensory ninja, they had seen Daniel's power firsthand—a display so overwhelming it left everyone in the room silent, realizing the crushing strength he had over even the Kage and the Tailed Beasts.

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