Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha is not motivated.

Border of the Land of Fire
"Boom! Boom! Boom!—"

Listen, this is the earth's painful lament.
"Hoo-ha. Hoo-ha."

Suddenly, three panting figures darted out from afar, their legs pounding the ground as they raced through the vast, dense forest, each trying to outpace the other.
"Oonoki! Can't you be a little more reliable with your information?!"

Hii, her body crackling with lightning, wanted nothing more than to devour Onoki, who was flying in front of her, alive.
"You have the nerve to talk back to me? Your intelligence work in Kumogakure isn't much better!"

Onoki, who was flying at low altitude, gritted his teeth and said without turning back,
Intelligence isn't solely provided by Iwagakure; the other two villages also have a responsibility to share information.
"Stop arguing, escaping is the priority."

Glancing at the two fighting amongst themselves, Gui, whose feet were gliding across the ice, coldly reminded them,
Rumble——!
"I know without you saying it!" *2
Hearing the approaching rumbling sound behind them, the two wisely stopped arguing, subconsciously glancing at the colossal giant that blotted out the sky behind them, their faces filled with fear.
"HA!"

"Uchiha Kagami is still chasing me, damn it!"

The three of them ran even faster, as if their feet had been added to spinning tops.
"Hey, why are you running away before we even fought?"

Uchiha Kagami, transformed into the Earth Guardian (Destroyer), looked down at the three fleeing figures below and shook his head with a hint of helplessness.
If this drags on any longer, the lights will be flashing.

"Shh!"

So he aimed at his target, raised his hand, and fired several swallow-shaped light darts.

"boom!"

The red light dart, which shot out rapidly, landed less than ten meters in front of the three people, blasting a crater tens of meters deep into the ground.
"what?"

The three of them immediately slammed on the brakes, staring with lingering fear at the deep pit billowing thick smoke before them.
Isn't this bullying?
Turning around and looking up at the towering red giant, the three felt a profound sense of powerlessness. Such a difference in size couldn't be bridged with simple methods.
Having never suffered such humiliation in his life, Xi was the first to explode. He was, after all, the next leader appointed by Kumogakure; how could he disgrace the village?

"Damn it, I'll fight him to the death!"

Dragging the buzzing chainsaw, Xi leaped up, transforming into a streak of lightning as he charged towards the clearly formidable red giant.
"Bah~"

A series of metallic clangs rang out, and Xi, who had just passed the red giant, was dismayed to find that his all-out attack hadn't even broken through the giant's defenses, only leaving a shallow white mark on the red giant's ankle.

"what!!!"

Unconvinced by the danger, Xi went completely mad, brandishing a chainsaw and offering free skin removal services, the buzzing of which filled the air.
Even under Hilary's relentless attacks, the red giant remained unmoved, showing no reaction whatsoever to his ineffective attacks.

"What exactly is he?"

Witnessing this scene, Onoki secretly swallowed. The mysterious red giant's defense was terrifying.
"Third Mizukage, you mean this... huh? You actually dared to sneak away?"

Turning his head in astonishment, Onoki was about to discuss the red giant's identity with Katsura, who had run away with him, when he discovered that the blue turtle knight, who had just been beside him, had already dashed a hundred meters away.

"Are you an idiot? With that muscle-bound moron buying us time, why aren't we running?"

Gui turned around, speaking in a matter-of-fact tone.
Xi's selfless spirit is worthy of everyone's emulation. He chose to sacrifice himself to help his allies retreat. I won't watch this year's list of the ten most touching figures in the ninja world without him.
"Wait for me~"

"Don't even think about leaving."

Uchiha Kagami, who was enjoying a massage from Hiyori, suddenly narrowed his eyes, raised his hand, and threw several light shuriken, which accurately hit the fleeing Katsura, blasting him to pieces.

If it weren't for the powerful defensive capabilities of his armor, he would have been blown to pieces long ago.
Seeing the billowing smoke rising, Onoki stopped abruptly, his eyes darting around rapidly.
No, if we don't run now, we'll only face certain death.

Feeling the pressure, he steeled himself and unleashed the Light and Heavy Rock Technique with all his might, instantly propelling himself a hundred meters into the air. He glanced at the red giant below, spotted a safe direction, and took off running.

"Hmph~ Didn't expect that, did you? I can fly!"

Taking advantage of the air, Ōnoki managed to create some distance between himself and the red giant, and couldn't help but let out a smug hum.
The next second, a dark shadow, obscuring the sky, loomed overhead, blocking out all the scorching sunlight.

"Who's so rude?"

"You like to fly, huh? Then you'd better fly!"

Snapped!
With a sharp crack, before Onoki could even raise his head, he was sent flying by a hand as large as a small mountain.
"Boom!"

Struck by the sudden heavy blow, Onoki felt a violent dizziness and could no longer maintain the Light-Heavy Rock Technique. He fell freely through the air, arcing through the air, and crashed heavily next to the dusty blue turtle knight.
"Hehe, you managed to sneak away."

Katsura, leaning on his spear, stood up, looking disdainfully at the little red potato lying upside down beside him. Out of consideration for their fragile alliance, he thrust his spear at Onoki, who was seeing stars.
"Cough cough cough, what's the point of playing this game?"

Recovering from his dizziness, Onoki coughed violently a few times, his eyes filled with despair as he looked at the red giant who had crashed to the ground.

This guy not only has amazing defense, but also powerful ranged attack methods. What's even more terrifying is that he can actually fly!

Taking advantage of the brief moment when the red giant ascended, Xi gained a moment to catch her breath, and her eyes regained some clarity, the previous madness gone.

"Now that things have come to this, stop holding back and come at me all at once!"

He glanced at Onoki and the other two, then suddenly said in a serious tone,

"What nonsense are you talking about? How can I hit you like that?"

Onoki raised his fist, somewhat breathless. He was only 1.4 meters tall, while this giant was at least a hundred meters tall, almost the size of a tailed beast. They were fighting each other head to head.

Gui, standing to the side, looked at Xi, who had just uttered such outrageous words, with a puzzled expression. Was this child perhaps too traumatized and had something wrong with his brain?

"Don't you guys know how to combine beast fist techniques?"

Xi frowned upon hearing this. The two men's words and expressions didn't seem fake. Could it be that their understanding of the Tailed Beast Rider system was inferior to his, a second-generation rider?
"Well, this is it."

Upon hearing this, Onoki and Katsura were taken aback, and a look of embarrassment quickly appeared on their faces.
As former participants in the First Knights War, how could they not know about the amazing skill of Beast Fist Fusion?
The Gold and Silver Brothers, who made it to the finals, were able to fight Madara Uchiha to a standstill only thanks to their gigantic powers resulting from the combination of their Beast Fist techniques.

After the game, other knights tried various methods to develop this ability, but all ended in failure. Gradually, they forgot about it.
"Wait, you haven't had any in-depth exchanges with the Tailed Beasts yet, have you?"

"What's the point of talking to them? They're just a bunch of mindless beasts."

When the topic of tailed beasts came up, Onoki, whose brows were furrowed, immediately showed a hint of disdain.

In his view, the tailed beasts were merely energy reserves that provided power for his transformations, and not worth his time to communicate with.
“Isobu and I don’t get along very well; it ignores my voice.”

Gui did try to communicate with the Three-Tails, but every time the Three-Tails saw him, it would immediately retract its head into its shell, and no matter how much he called out to it, it was to no avail.

"No wonder, hehe, then you two can just watch my performance here!"

Upon learning the truth about the two, Xi grinned. Amidst the envious and jealous gazes of Onoki and the others, he stepped forward, tossed aside the chainsaw in his hand, and pulled out a Supreme Tailed Beast Card with gold trim from the card slot at his waist.

"Old Eight, please!" Xi shouted respectfully, holding up the Supreme Eight-Tailed Card. The card, which had only emitted a faint golden light, instantly burst into a dazzling brilliance, as if responding to his call.

"I just can't do anything with you, little Xixi~"

The Eight-Tails in the Tailed Beast Card shook its head slightly in resignation, but still considerately sent out its primordial chakra.

"Eight Tails, loading"

Xi, delighted to receive the promise, slowly pushed the Prestige Eight-Tailed Card into the slot.

The next moment, a powerful background music started playing, and jelly-like chakra burst out of Xi's body, transforming into a roaring, ferocious bull's head, howling to the sky.
"Roaring Bull Demon, Beast Fist Fusion!"

As the electronic sound of the driver faded, the chakra shot straight into the sky, rapidly condensing in mid-air and finally transforming into a running mechanical behemoth.

Full of fighting spirit, Xi leaped into the air, merging into the ferocious mechanical eight-tailed beast.
"Boom!"

With the landing of the mechanical behemoth, the long-awaited battle of gigantification officially began.
"Long time no see, why have you changed color?"

The Eight-Tails held a degree of control over the Mechanical Gyuki. Looking at the towering red giant in the distance, it instantly saw through its true nature.

It remembered that the last time the other party transformed into a powerful blue giant.

“Upgraded.”

Staring gravely at the mechanical Gyu-oni covered in gears, Uchiha Kagami dared not be careless. After briefly answering the other's questions, he held his breath and assumed a fighting stance.
"If I had a choice, I really wouldn't want to fight you."

The Eight-Tails glanced deeply at the fluffy curly hair atop the Uchiha lens, let out a long sigh, and then handed over full control to the eager Hii.

"I hope you'll go easy on me."

"Don't worry, Lao Ba is in a tough spot, I won't hurt him."

Xi rubbed his hands together excitedly, his whole body trembling with excitement.

Idiot, I'm talking to him.
Rolling its eyes in exasperation, the Eight-Tails, not wanting to explain any further, retracted its Tailed Beast Card. If it had participated in this battle, it might have been noted down by some elusive curly-haired guy.

"Hey, let's have a real, hand-to-hand fight!"

Hiki clenched his fist in the cockpit, and the booming mechanical eight-tailed beast mirrored his movements.
"Oh!"

Eight drill-like tentacles stretched across the ground, and the mechanical behemoth, propelled by the reaction force, charged towards the fully alert red giant.

"as you wish."

Uchiha Kagami tensed his massive muscles, and a fierce fighting spirit ignited in his eyes.
"HA!"

Facing the oncoming steel behemoth, he unleashed his most classic skill, a sideways Iron Mountain Lean, and rammed into it.

"boom!"

War is imminent.

"Da da da!"

Just as the two enormous creatures were locked in fierce combat, three figures shrouded in cloaks silently landed on the treetops not far away.
"Target located, request recovery."

Hidden beneath the cloak were three identical, handsome faces.

"License authorization".

After receiving their master's permission, a subtle glint flashed in the clone's wooden eyes. The three of them simultaneously threw off their cloaks, revealing their menacing bellies.
"Initiate recycling."

As they spoke, the three of them pulled out a gummy candy that looked exactly like the ones children love.

Upon seeing the opening at the waist, it immediately opened its mouth greedily, thick saliva even dripping from its sharp teeth.

"Bah!"

Just as the three were about to swallow the pills, a shuriken, appearing out of nowhere, grazed their hands in a perfect arc, forcibly interrupting their transformation.

"who are you?"

The clones instinctively retreated several meters, their eyes filled with wariness as they looked at the tall figure standing above them. The person who had approached them so silently was clearly no ordinary individual.
"I?"

Upon hearing this, the figure standing with his back to the sun slowly lowered his scarlet eyes, a haughty smile appearing on his wicked and arrogant face.

"That's a good question."

despair!
Having said that, he leaped to the ground. The clones, who were now able to see the newcomer's face clearly, narrowed their eyes, obviously recognizing him.
"It is the second collectible that the master requested to be captured alive."

Upon hearing the words "collectibles," a faint killing intent flashed in Madara Uchiha's eyes, who had been wandering for a long time. Looking at the three familiar faces before him, he slightly pursed his lips.

"Right now, I'm just a Tailed Beast Rider passing by."

The clones didn't care about Madara Uchiha's current identity; in their eyes, capturing the man before them was a far higher priority than capturing their corresponding tailed beasts.
The three clones didn't dare to delay and immediately stuffed the QQ gummies into their greedy bellies.
“EAT Gummy!”

With a chilling chewing sound, three distinct streams of tailed beast chakra instantly devoured the clones.

As the jelly-like chakra exploded, three imposter riders, identical to the genuine Tailed Beast Riders, appeared vividly before Madara Uchiha.

"on!"

"Don't remember? It's okay, you'll remember."

Madara Uchiha shook his head. Facing the three menacing clones, he remained remarkably calm, slowly pulling out a strangely shaped white camera and a matching white card case from behind his back.
"Crack!"

With practiced ease, he placed the white camera at his waist, and a silver belt that had been wrapped around his waist appeared out of thin air. Madara Uchiha opened the card case and pulled out a card depicting a magenta knight.

"henshin."

After glancing at the Crimson Knight, with whom he had a strange connection, Madara Uchiha didn't hesitate and directly inserted it into the card slot on top of the white camera.
"Kamen Ride! De~De~De~Decade" (End of this chapter)