As everyone knows, when people are killed, they die.
Except for movie-version Naruto.
The Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison nearly killed him for real.
In the climax of that movie, Satori not only dodged every attack but also impaled Naruto straight through the chest.
What's utterly absurd about that plotline is that despite both being fatally impaled by the exact same attack, Naruto—the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, the literal reincarnation of Asura Otsutsuki's and a pure-blooded Uzumaki descendant—collapsed first, appearing completely dead.
The Nine-Tails didn't even bother to come out and heal him.
Meanwhile, Ryuzetsu—an ordinary Anbu from the Hidden Grass—was completely unfazed by having a massive hole in her chest.
She casually performed the Dragon Life Reincarnation jutsu, sacrificing her own remaining life force to revive the "dead" Naruto.
Damn.
Ryuzetsu wasn't just resembling a cross-dressing Nagato—she basically was Nagato, right?
Where the hell did she get such powerful life force?
Even Karin, a pure Uzumaki, needed to violently bite herself to keep moving after suffering a fatal impalement from Sasuke.
Chiyo, a powerful Kage-level puppet master, had to interrupt her Life Reincarnation Jutsu halfway due to insufficient chakra, needing Naruto's assistance just to finish reviving Gaara.
So what absurd, Kage-level tier were Ryuzetsu's life force and chakra actually at in that movie?
Could there be another "white-haired" genetic anomaly—like Minato's "blond" trait that overwrote Kushina's Uzumaki red hair gene?
Why mention all this confusing movie lore?
Because by the time Uchiha Hikari actually took action, the battle situation against the Complete Form Satori had already undergone dramatic changes.
As mentioned before, Yugito Nii is deeply influenced by her Tailed Beast's feline nature.
In the original timeline, her brutal capture by the Akatsuki zombies was largely due to her sheer overconfidence in her own abilities—just like how a cat often chooses to arrogantly toy with its prey before securing the kill.
So she ended up playing herself to death.
The current Yugito naturally had no chance to toy with Satori.
But she had unlocked another feline characteristic: Hissing.
Hissing so intensely she was almost chanting nonsense spells out of pure frustration!
Having all her attacks effortlessly dodged made her lose her temper in a very un-ninja-like way.
The Two-Tails is a speed-type Tailed Beast, and Yugito is a speed-type ninja.
But she was currently ignoring the fact that even the Raikage—a speed-type ninja significantly faster than her—couldn't land a single hit on Satori either.
In a desperate gamble, Yugito suddenly canceled her massive Tailed Beast Transformation at the exact moment of her attack, swiftly shrinking down and charging at Satori in her true human form.
It seemed she wanted to catch the monster off guard.
After all, Matatabi had been the size of a building just moments before.
The sudden, drastic size reduction would likely leave most normal ninja visually disoriented, unable to locate her tiny human body immediately.
But Satori wasn't an ordinary ninja.
It didn't even have eyes to be visually tricked.
Squelch.
Satori effortlessly twisted its massive body and delivered a blind backhand stab, impaling Yugito straight through the abdomen with a razor-sharp, hardened feather spike.
"Urgh...!"
Yugito coughed up a massive mouthful of blood, her eyes widening in shock.
This could easily be considered another defeat due to a lack of tactical intelligence.
However, Yugito didn't immediately lose her combat capability.
The moment after being impaled, Tailed Beast Chakra violently surged from within her body again, transforming her back into Matatabi.
The sheer explosive expansion of chakra broke her free from Satori's spike, allowing her to crash heavily onto the ground.
But the current Matatabi clearly showed signs of critical weakness.
The roaring blue flames covering its skeletal body had diminished significantly, flickering like a dying candle.
"YUGITO!"
The Raikage watched this scene with roaring anxiety.
That had clearly been a fatal attack.
Yugito was now surviving solely through the Two-Tails' chakra aggressively stitching her organs together.
They needed to end the battle immediately so Tsunade could treat her.
Embracing the predatory philosophy of striking while the iron is hot, Satori shrieked and launched a diving finisher attack at the downed Matatabi.
With the Jinchuriki near death and her chakra being entirely consumed to sustain her life, the normally agile flaming cat could only struggle weakly on the ground.
There was absolutely no way for her to dodge.
Seeing this, the Raikage immediately leaped into action, transforming into a desperate bolt of lightning as he attacked Satori mid-air in a frantic attempt to intercept the monster.
Swoosh.
Satori still easily, mockingly dodged the Raikage's full-speed, desperate assault.
This brief exchange revealed two glaring psychological problems.
First: Yugito's position in the Raikage's heart hadn't reached the level of "Extreme Emotional Importance."
At least, far below his brother Killer B.
In other words, if Killer B had suffered a fatal injury, the Raikage's rage and grief would have reached a state of pure thoughtless focus, which might have actually allowed him to hit the mind-reading Satori.
But since Satori still sensed his intent and dodged, it proved Yugito's near-death wasn't enough to make the Raikage completely lose his rationality.
Second: While the Raikage had tactical intelligence, the international evaluation of him being a "Muscle-Brained Brute" wasn't entirely wrong.
If it were Makoto in that exact situation, how would he maximize the chances of stopping the attack and saving Yugito when he knew he couldn't hit or block Satori?
Ah, right.
Satori could dodge... but Yugito couldn't.
Makoto would have just shoulder-tackled Yugito out of the way instead of trying to punch the untouchable bird.
From the previous battle, it was clear that Satori's own movement speed wasn't actually that fast—not even matching Matatabi's top speed.
It only gave the illusion of speed when dodging because it moved preemptively.
Otherwise, Satori wouldn't have only landed its first significant hit when Yugito deliberately revealed an opening.
Earlier, the three Cloud ninjas had been like dancers, fighting for a long time without causing any real harm to the monster. Instead, they had just randomly spammed flashy ninjutsu, destroying most of the buildings in Hozuki Castle in the process.
The Raikage's desperate interception missed completely, leaving him to watch in horror as Satori's massive spike thrust downward toward the helpless Matatabi's skull.
This was when Hikari, prompted by Makoto's earlier words, finally made her move from the sidelines.
The weakened Tailed Beast Cloak couldn't possibly block Satori's execution strike.
Clang!
But as Satori's spike struck down, a massive layer of glowing crimson armor suddenly materialized out of thin air, covering the Two-Tails completely.
The spike sparked harmlessly against the spectral ribcage.
Even Yugito was stunned, sensing an immense power washing over her.
'What is this?'
"I've always wanted to play with a big cat."
Uchiha Hikari's Mangekyo Sharingan gleamed with dark excitement in the shadows.
When Hikari was first unsealed, Makoto had shown her many historical events within his Tsukuyomi illusionary world to catch her up on current events.
Among those visions was the legendary battle at the Valley of the End between the gay founders, Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.
Although Hikari deeply looked down upon those two naturally gifted ninjas who had established the complicated, hypocritical bonds of the modern ninja world, she had long been eager to try out Madara's signature ultimate technique: Majestic Attire: Susanoo (Susanoo Armor equipped onto a Tailed Beast).
Unfortunately, the Tailed Beast kept at home in Amegakure (Chomei) was a giant rhinoceros beetle, and Hikari strongly disliked giant insects, so she had never attempted to armor it.
The other beast (Isobu) was a giant turtle that was still mastering its power and couldn't properly transform yet.
But a giant, flaming blue cat? Perfect.
"Relax your body and mind. Leave the control to me."
Once the Susanoo fully enveloped the Two-Tails in samurai armor, Yugito was suddenly pulled up into the glowing "cockpit" jewel in the forehead of the Susanoo, arriving right beside Hikari.
Yugito stared blankly, clutching her bleeding stomach, at this strange girl who was considerably younger than herself.
'What the hell was this?'
'The Uchiha clan's Sharingan?!'
'To possess such terrifying, god-like strength?'
'And she can perfectly coordinate with my Tailed Beast without any resistance?!'
"Hmph."
Watching Satori's spike bounce harmlessly off her Susanoo ribcage, Hikari snorted coldly.
"Amaterasu."
Black flames instantly erupted, covering the entire exterior of the Susanoo armor.
Matatabi's originally roaring blue flames were entirely replaced and swallowed by the jet-black fires of hell.
Simultaneously, the Susanoo's massive glowing long blade materialized, held firmly in the armored Matatabi's mouth like a demonic greatsword.
"ROAR—!" The armored Two-Tails let out a world-shaking roar.
Burned severely by the Amaterasu flames coating the armor upon contact, Satori shrieked, hastily retracting its smoking arm and taking a massive step backward.
Actually, this brief exchange demonstrated a crucial tactical point.
Even without conquering fear to bypass the mind-reading, there was another, much simpler way to defeat Satori: Let Satori attack you first, and just activate a lethal counter-damage aura!