Naruto: Lost to Hinata on Purpose, and Now Everything's a Mess Chapter 58 58 : Killing B, The First Kage-Level Powerhouse K

This was the first ti Riku had faced a Kage-level powerhouse—and he might have to face two, possibly even three.

He frowned as he observed the battle between Guy and C. Although Guy had opened the Sixth Gate, he still couldn't suppress C, who had fully ignited his chakra. In fact, Guy seed slightly at a disadvantage.

If Guy had opened the Seventh Gate, he would've been able to defeat C. But right now, Guy had only just unlocked the Seventh Gate and hadn't yet mastered its stability.

Kakashi and Yamato were seriously injured and couldn't help.

That left Riku to face at least A and B—both of whom were potentially Kage-level after igniting their chakra.

Riku's expression turned grim. At that mont, B, who bore deep hatred toward Riku, let out a roar and charged straight at him.

"RAAHH—!"

With chakra burning through his body, B's speed exploded—more than ten tis faster than before.

He vanished, and in the next instant, Riku sensed his chakra materialize beside him.

BOOM!

Riku turned and threw a punch.

CRACK!

B's figure appeared mid-strike from the side.

The force of their clash was monstrous. The ground beneath them collapsed, and dozens of stone slabs shattered and scattered like shrapnel.

Riku's fist collided with B's leg.

Eyes burning with fury, B scread, "DIE! DIE! DIE FOR !"

Unleashing his full strength, B launched hundreds of punches in rapid succession. The air around them ignited from the sheer speed and friction of his attacks.

But Riku remained calm and countered each strike, his own fists eting B's head-on.

Even though B had released all his restraints, he still couldn't overpower Riku.

Watching from the side, A was stunned.

"This guy… he's a monster," A muttered. "B has already ignited his chakra! His physical strength could pulverize a mountain with a single punch, but this brat… he's holding him off like it's nothing."

"Horrifying… absolutely terrifying."

"But that's exactly why he must die. As long as he lives, I'll never escape."

B and Riku exchanged hundreds of blows, both bodies battered and bruised.

Uzuki Yugao stood over a hundred ters away, avoiding the devastation of the battlefield. Gripping her sword, she watched anxiously.

"Riku… you have to win. If you lose, there's no hope left."

"I should've fought harder against the Hokage's decision… You shouldn't have co on this mission. If anything happens to you, I'll never forgive myself."

Both Kakashi and Yugao held deep respect and concern for Riku.

Yugao had witnessed his true strength. Even Kakashi had been defeated, yet Riku was not only holding his own but gradually overwhelming B.

For soone only twelve years old, this was unprecedented. Not even the Fourth Hokage, once hailed as the most perfect ninja, had reached this level at Riku's age.

Part of her was proud of him. But another part was terrified—terrified that a genius like him might die here.

Riku launched another hundred punches in rapid succession. The final strike condensed into a jagged, crackling serpent of lightning.

"ROAAAR!"

BOOOOM!

He and B unleashed their strongest punches simultaneously.

Riku's blow cracked the air itself, as though the space around it had fractured. While actual space couldn't be torn so easily, the sheer force distorted the atmosphere.

B countered with everything he had.

Their fists collided again, and the ruined battlefield collapsed even further. Cracks dozens of ters deep spread like spiderwebs across the ground. An energy shockwave burst outward, obliterating buildings within a few hundred ters.

It was pure taijutsu.

And Riku hadn't lost ground.

BOOM!

The impact sent B flying like a cannonball. He smashed through a hill tens of ters tall before slamming into the rock and embedding there.

But he wasn't dead.

Bloodied and broken, B still struggled to rise.

Riku narrowed his eyes.

A red gleam flashed in his Mangekyō Sharingan.

He vanished.

Instantly, he reappeared in front of B, Chidori flashing in his hand.

Without rcy, Riku drove the Chidori straight through B's chest.

Electric arcs crackled and tore through flesh, but B didn't fall.

As long as he still had chakra, he could keep regenerating.

Riku frowned. "If Chidori can't kill you, then I'll destroy your chakra altogether."

Without hesitation, Riku poured his chakra into B through the wound.

ZzzZZTTT!

Sparks exploded as countless thin arcs of lightning shot through B's body.

Riku's expression was rciless.

He activated a technique that sent microscopic electric currents through B's cells, instantly inactivating them.

Chakra was tied to the vitality of cells. With those cells deadened, B's chakra began to destabilize.

And then—Riku detonated it.

BOOOOM!

B's eyes went lifeless.

His body beca a living bomb, and the resulting explosion obliterated the hill entirely.

But Riku had already used his Mangekyō Sharingan to teleport away.

Even so, the explosion's energy spread for hundreds of ters, demolishing everything in its path—including buildings that had already been turned to rubble.

Riku reappeared at the edge of the blast zone, Uzuki Yugao standing beside him.

The two of them watched in silence as the devastated landscape stretched before them.

Yugao finally broke the quiet. "Riku… you mastered space-ti ninjutsu?"

Riku simply smiled and said nothing.

She didn't press further—it was clearly his secret.

In the middle of the flattened crater, A appeared.

He couldn't sense B's chakra at all.

His face twisted in disbelief. "No… B was actually killed? That's impossible…"

In his mory, B should've been nearly impossible to kill once he burned his chakra.

But now, there wasn't a trace of chakra left.

anwhile, C and Guy had both been thrown back by the force of the explosion. Guy was panting heavily, the Sixth Gate pushed to its limit. He still hadn't fully mastered the Seventh Gate and didn't dare risk opening it.

Kakashi, dragging Yamato with him, had retreated several hundred ters.

Both were still seriously injured.

Kakashi pulled out one of Riku's healing pills.

He looked down at Yamato and shoved the pill into his mouth.

"I'm not as badly injured as you. When you recover, go help Riku. He's already taken down one of their Jōnin. At this point, only he has the strength to kill the rest."

"Once they ignite their chakra, they reach Kage-level. We can't take them on."

He exhaled slowly, pain evident in his voice.

"This kid… he's really grown strong over the past six years."

"He actually killed a Kage-level powerhouse."

Kakashi felt both pride and awe. At the sa ti, a question lingered in his mind.

What bloodline limit did Riku awaken?

He hadn't revealed it yet…