Contradiction

Naruto's effort to shape a Tailed Beast Ball falls apart and knocks him out of his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode. Realizing he needs guidance, he tells Dodai he must reach Killer B and the Eight-Tails. When the reanimated Raikage lunges at them, Dodai conjures a lava rubber ball as a decoy to win Naruto a few seconds, then links him through Inoichi Yamanaka to B. The Eight-Tails recalls that its old fight with the Raikage ended with both of them collapsing, each technique still in hand.

The Raikage slices the decoy in two, finds it empty, and charges toward the real Naruto. Slipping into Sage Mode, Naruto relies on Frog Kata to read the incoming strike. As the Raikage thrusts with a single-finger spear-hand, Naruto evades and drives a Rasengan into his arm, turning the blow back into his own chest so the sealing team can lock him away. Far off, the Second Mizukage looms over a spent Gaara and asks whether that is the limit of his strength.

Dodai's decoy and Inoichi's mental link let Naruto consult the Eight-Tails, and Naruto's Sage Mode counter redirects the Raikage's own attack into himself, clearing the way for the sealing team.

This 555th chapter reached Japan on October 3, 2011, and sits in volume 58 under the Fourth Shinobi World War: Confrontation arc. Its title plays on the Japanese word for paradox, built from the characters for spear and shield. Viz Media titled it Paradox.