章 160: Chapter 160 - First Clash

Shinigami doesn't answer Ren's question and quickly uses Sonido to disappear and reappear behind Ren, and he quickly swings his tanto aiming at Ren's neck, Jiraiya seeing this has only the time to say "Ren!!", but Ren, without turning, calmly raises his right arm as if he wants to block the tanto with it and says "Bakudō #8. Seki (Repulsion)" generating an orb of light blue energy in front of his arm, which repels Shinigami's strike.

Then Ren quickly turns his body and throws a powerful punch hitting Shinigami in the stomach sending him flying back and says "Damn! Your Hierro sure is strong! If a normal Hollow, or even a Vasto Lorde, is hit by a full-power Ikkotsu (Single Bone), he would come out of it half dead but you just tanked it...".

At the same time, Shinigami touches his stomach and says "Those techniques are the real Hakuda and Kido... You really are a shinigami! But how is possible!? Thanks to Kaguya all the shinigami became extinct, and you also have a living body how is this possible!?" but Ren shaking his hand replies "Simple... After a thousand years, the world found a way to adapt the shinigami powers to Chakra and so here I'm!".

Then he uses Shunpo to quickly moves behind Shinigami, so fast that Shinigami has only the time to turn his head and look a Ren's outstretched hand and he chants "Hadō #43. Kongōbaku (Adamantine Blast)" shooting from it a blast of spherical red energy that hits Shinigami in face blasting him a few kilometers in the distance.

Meanwhile, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Konan, and Yahiko look in disbelief, at how easily Ren is keeping up with that monster that a few moments before was toying with the 5 Kages and 3 other ninjas that are more or less at their level, Jiraiya is the first to break the silence as he let out a sigh and says "To think that he hid this much strength... With him, Sasuke, Naruto, and the others, I'm really starting to feel old, maybe it's time to think about retirement...".

While Tsunade looking at the back of Ren in the sky says "When Shinigami still had his mask, we were more or less able to keep up with him and even wound him... But as soon as his mask broke we didn't stand a chance anymore, the only hit we were able to do were the one he allowed us, and even then we didn't even scratch him..." but she didn't finish as Ren's figure in the sky disappeared and he reappears behind her with a green glow coming out of his hand a sign that he is using Kaido to quickly make Tsunade recover her Chakra and heals her injuries.

Tsunade, who wants him to stop wasting energy on healing her and conserve his Chakra for fighting that monster yells "Ren! Sto..." but she stopped when she felt and a huge surge of Chakra that quickly filled her reserves, making her recover her youthful look, and even helped reform her Byakugō no In (Strength of a Hundred Seal) then looking at a bright violet light in the distance coming closer, he says in a serious tone "Tsunade-san, quickly give first aid to the other Kages, then joins with the medical division... He is too much for you, it is better that you guys leave him to me".

And as Tsunade moves to rescue her fellow Kages, Ren walks forward and says "Hadō #73. Sōren Sōkatsui (Twin Lotus Blue Fire, Crash Down)" generating blue energy with his index and middle fingers, makes a pushing motion with both of his palms to push the gathered energy toward the coming Cero in the distance, and soon the pale blue energy blast clash with the concentrated violet one, causing a huge explosion that formed a mixed pale blue and violet tornado of energy that destroys the surroundings and leaves behind only molten earth.

After the tornado dissipates, Ren uses a Shunpo to reach Shinigami, who is calmly waiting for him totally unharmed, and hears Shinigami say "Not bad... You are this strong and didn't even release your Zanpakuto, It seems that I have to get a bit more serious now" and Shinigami let his Chakra flow through his body then he released it in the form of Reiatsu (Spiritual Pressure) as his body is enveloped in a column of violet aura that can be seen in the distance as the nearby rocks start crumbling under the pressure he releases.

But Ren is still calm under the pressure of his opponent Reiatsu and says "You aren't the only one that can do this you know?", and soon he does the same and a bright white aura surrounds his body, then he too lets go of his restrains and creates and bright white column of energy, and both of their Reiatsu are so strong that is causing all the surroundings 100 km to shake under their pressure.

The pressure released by the two is so strong that Jiraiya, Konan, Yahiko, and Tsunade, who just finished giving first aid to the other Kages, almost fell flat on the ground, and Jiraiya quickly says "It's better we hurry and move the Kages to the Medical Division, then we'll go and help Naruto's side, I'm pretty sure that standing here we'll be only burdens..." then he turns to Konan and says "Konan can you do it?", she nods then from her body countless pieces of papers come out, and starts gathering under them forming a platform that starts floating the next seconds and quickly moves toward their destination.

Meanwhile, in the Alliance HQ, Ao is looking in shock at the Kanchi Suikyū (Sensing Water Sphere), the Chakra released by Ren and Shinigami is so strong that created a second sphere as big as the original one "R-report! It seems that someone or something came to the rescue of Jiraiya-sama and the Kages and started fighting with that monster... My god... Their Chakra is immensurable...Ah! Now the Kages are safely retreating toward the Medical Division, while the rest of the army is slowly coming together and moving toward Naruto's position!".

Hearing that Shikaku quickly commands "Inoichi! Quickly warn the Medic Division! Tell them to get ready to receive the Kages, while Tsunade-sama is there with them, we can't let her expend too much chakra if not absolutely necessary!" and Inoichi quickly says "Got it!".

At the same time, on Naruto's battlefield, Kakashi looks in shock at Obito's figure and says "So... You survived, if you were alive, then why up until now..." but Obito interrupts and says "Whether or not 'I' survived is irrelevant... But, of course, if I had to say why... It would be because... You let Rin die".