Chapter 138: I Just Got Here and I See You Beating Up Shukaku!
"Oh no! Quick, hide behind me!"
Seeing his own Tailed Beast Ball rushing back at him, Burubi quickly assumed a defensive stance and ordered the others to hide behind him.
But a second later, a single sentence almost made him lose his composure.
"Captain, keep it up, we're retreating first."
Burubi: "???"
By the time Burubi turned around to check, the others had long since disappeared.
They had clearly all used Body Flicker to escape.
Burubi: [!!!]
[Crap, I'm the one left behind!]
Boom!
A violent explosion rang out across the desert, leaving a massive crater in the sand, though it was quickly half-filled back in by shifting sands.
In the middle of the crater, the Eight-Tails stood quietly.
Fortunately, he had fired a small Tailed Beast Ball earlier, so its power wasn't that great. The Eight-Tails didn't take much damage, though some burns on its body were unavoidable.
Swish!
Seven figures appeared at the feet of the Eight-Tails.
"Captain, you... smell really good!"
Burubi: [???]
Eight-Tails: [!!!]
After a brief moment of concern, everyone turned their attention to the newcomer, their faces inevitably showing expressions of gravity.
Except for a certain redhead, everyone else had witnessed the ultimate move the newcomer had performed before.
Although they had already guessed the newcomer would be Nagato, the tension didn't lessen one bit when they actually saw him.
"Everyone! What's the plan?"
Burubi's voice echoed across the desert, transmitted through the Eight-Tails.
"Plan B, of course!"
"Fine! Get ready then."
"Got it!"
In an instant, everyone assumed a combat stance.
Roar!
The full-form Eight-Tails was the first to let out a beastly roar.
Immediately, its Eight-Tails began to thrash wildly, whipping up sand from the ground everywhere.
Seeing the dust clouds raised by the Eight-Tails, Nagato, who was in the air, also showed a hint of gravity.
After all, their discussion just now was way too loud; he had heard every single word from the air, even if he didn't know exactly what they were planning.
However, he at least knew they had a complete plan, and the commotion the Eight-Tails was making wasn't small.
To prevent the other side from having some trump card, Nagato chose to wait and see from the air.
Then... he sensed that the Chakra of the eight people in the dust below had directly vanished.
Nagato: [???]
Upon sensing this, Nagato decisively used Shinra Tensei to blow away all the dust on the ground.
Sure enough, the people were gone.
Nagato: [...]
Wait, so Plan B was just running away... At a certain Flying Thunder God marker, eight figures suddenly appeared.
"Phew~ I didn't expect the Hidden Sand Village's reinforcements to arrive so quickly. We were so close to capturing the One tail."
"Indeed! Logically, the Hidden Sand Village shouldn't be this fast. It's only been half an hour since we entered the service area."
First, we were surrounded by a thousand Sand Ninja, then Nagato arrived. Clearly, our movements have been under the Hidden Sand Village's watch the entire time."
"So what now? Are we going to be surrounded by the Hidden Sand?"
"Isn't this part of our plan?"
"But the specifics depend on how many people the Hidden Sand sends from the battlefield later."
"True! If it's just Nagato alone, it's not like we can't fight. With the Chakra from our respective Tailed Beasts, we can wear him down!"
"Alright, everyone get ready. Nagato, recover your Chakra as quickly as possible."
"Yeah, I know."
...Ten minutes later.
In the distant desert, a cloud of dust approached rapidly, accompanied by Shukaku's arrogant shouting.
"Jie jie jie!"
"Red-haired little girl, I've brought your grandfather here. Let's see how This Great Master has someone deal with you."
Kushina: [???]
When there were about a few hundred meters between the two sides, Shukaku came to a steady halt. Subsequently, the five people on Shukaku's back also landed on the sand.
Then Uzumaki Ruming stepped forward as the representative.
On the Allied Forces' side, Burubi also stepped forward closely behind.
"Members of the Allied Forces, I heard from Nagato... that as soon as he got here, he saw you beating up Shukaku!"
Do you have no humanity left?
Shukaku is just a child!
How could you be so cruel!"
Allied Forces members: [???]
[A several-thousand-year-old child?]
"Grandpa Ruming, you..."
"Enough, Kushina!"
Shukaku told me everything. You were the one who hit him the hardest!
I can't believe such a well-behaved child turned out like this under Konoha's education.
It seems Konoha's education is a total failure!"
Kushina: [???]
"Grandpa Ruming, have you been bought off by Shukaku?"
Facing Uzumaki Ruming's scolding, Kushina, as a junior, could only choose to listen silently.
But she muttered to herself, speaking her thoughts out loud.
And it was this inadvertent and stray remark that Uzumaki Ruming heard perfectly.
"Nonsense!"
"Kushina, how can you say that!"
Shukaku is so kind. Even though you bullied him for so long, he never thought of hurting you. This shows how kind-hearted Shukaku's inner self is!"
"And as the big brother of the nine Tailed Beasts, Shukaku is not rebellious and evil like that fox inside you!"
"Shukaku... he is different!"
Uzumaki Ruming's string of arguments directly left everyone dumbfounded.
Wait? Is he really talking about Shukaku?
While everyone listened with confused faces, a certain beast listened with great delight.
"Ohoho... As the big brother of the Tailed Beasts, This Great Master is just that kind!"
Ohoho... A reward!"
As soon as the words fell, a large gold bar suddenly emerged from beneath the sand at Uzumaki Ruming's feet.
Then... a certain red-haired old man skillfully pulled out a sealing scroll and expertly stuffed the gold bar inside.
Everyone: [...]
Uzumaki Roka: [!!!]
[I was wondering why the clan suddenly wasn't short on money these past few years!]
[Turns out Ruming went and became a sycophant!]
Minato Namikaze: [What do I do? I've suddenly taken a liking to the big Tanuki. What should I do? Waiting online, it's pretty urgent!]
After accepting the reward from Shukaku, Uzumaki Ruming still looked at Kushina with a calm face, as if nothing had happened before.
"Kushina! Come over here and greet your Grandpa Shukaku!"
"Ahahaha, right!"
Come over and greet This Great Master. This Great Master is very kind!"
[Ohoho! That's it, as long as that stinking fox's Jinchuriki calls me 'Grandpa', it's the same as that stinking fox calling me 'Grandpa'!]
But clearly, Shukaku was oversimplifying things.
Although Kushina wasn't as wealthy as in the original story, she still had a considerable fortune in Konoha. Moreover, since Senju Nawaki was still around, the Senju Clan's assets weren't in Tsunade's hands.
So the Senju Clan was currently very wealthy. Adding to that, Kushina called Uzumaki Mito 'Grandmother', which made Kushina's standard of living even better.
Plus, she hadn't experienced a life of being a fugitive... So, money?
Kushina indicated she didn't care for it.
Furthermore, she directly launched the Adamantine Sealing Chains at the wildly laughing Shukaku in front of her, intending to teach that annoying Tanuki a lesson.
And this action by Kushina...
Once again became the fuse for the battle between the two sides.
The moment the chains flew out, the Allied Forces members, who were on high alert, immediately reacted and charged forward together.
In an instant, Lightning Release Chakra, Lava Release Chakra, steam, and Tailed Beast Chakra all surged from the Allied Forces' bodies.
"Shinra Tensei!"
An invisible repulsive force appeared, pushing back the incoming crowd and the chains.
"Banshō Tenin!"
Burubi, the Four-Tails Roshi, and the Five-Tails Han were forcibly pulled to one side of the battlefield by Nagato.
After the three were taken away by Nagato, Yahiko also went after the Two-Tails.
"Hehe, little kitty, do you want a painless sterilization?"
Yugito: [???]
"Kushina, you're not going anywhere. Let your Grandpa Ruming test your strength properly."
"So you're the one called the Yellow Flash! I heard you're short on money. It just so happens this old man has quite a bit of Iron Sand; let's see how much you can take!"
Minato: [???]
"Number Six, let This Great Master meet you."
"Hehe, Ninja of the Hidden Mist, are you going to release the Three-Tails in front of this old lady?"
Hidden Mist Ninja: [!!!]
Although the Allied Forces had initiated the attack, everyone on their side fell into a passive position.
The Two-Tails' flames were powerful, but they encountered Yahiko.
Although the power of Water Release wasn't as great in the desert, the Two-Tails' ability was ultimately just Fire Release, unlike the Four-Tails' Lava Release.
So Yahiko handled it quite easily.
The Three-Tails... no need to mention it. That Hidden Mist Ninja was running around with the Three-Tails' sealing container, dodging the attacks of the chains.
Of course, he could also directly release the Three-Tails, but given the current situation, releasing the Three-Tails now would be no different from handing a Tailed Beast over to the Hidden Sand Village.
It would be as simple as Kushina binding Shukaku just now.
And it would be a Tailed Beast without a Jinchuriki.
So the Hidden Mist Ninja could only choose to flee, waiting for an opportunity.
As for the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, although the corrosion was very strong...
The one thing the desert didn't lack was sand, and it was sand controlled by Shukaku. He was currently in a state of being completely toyed with.
As for the Four, Five, and Eight-Tails, they were also being suppressed hard by Nagato.
Specifically, the Four-Tails' Lava Release was completely countered by the Preta Path.
As for the Five-Tails, it used steam to increase its speed and damage.
But for the Rinnegan, that speed was still a bit lacking. As for damage... it could go head-to-head with the black receivers.
Among them, only the Eight-Tails' strength was slightly greater, requiring Nagato to deal with it seriously... In the Allied Forces camp, at that same meeting table.
"Everyone, news just came from the special squad. Nagato, Yahiko, Sunasuke, and the two elders of the Uzumaki Clan on the other side have left the Hidden Sand Village camp and headed into the Land of Wind to intercept."
Hearing the news from Yagura Karatachi, the expressions on the other four faces were as ugly as if they had eaten something foul.
The number of people the Hidden Sand Village sent... if you say it's many... it's only five people, but one has the Rinnegan.
If you say it's few... it's a full five powerful experts, and one has the Rinnegan.
If you say the Allied Forces have an advantage... they do, but it's not that large.
So everyone was feeling very uncomfortable.
"Everyone!"
While the four were still thinking, Yagura Karatachi's voice came again, drawing the attention of all four.
"Everyone!"
"We've all seen the power of the Rinnegan."
"And I believe none of you want the Hidden Sand Village, with the help of the Rinnegan, to possess the strength to destroy our four great villages."
Now... the Rinnegan is not here! This is an opportunity!
An opportunity to eliminate the Hidden Sand Village's vital forces!
Even if we have no way to deal with the Rinnegan, a severely weakened Hidden Sand Village will ultimately lose the chance to unify the Ninja World.
And as long as we defend steadily... as long as we wait for the Rinnegan to fade away, we can still make a comeback!"
"But!"
"If we don't seize the opportunity this time!"
Wait until the Hidden Sand Village is truly fully prepared, with the Rinnegan added to that... it's hard to say what the end will be."
As Yagura Karatachi spoke the naked reality directly, the previously hesitant looks on the other four faces were swept away.
After all, things had been stated so clearly. If you still didn't take a stand now, you might not even need to wait for the Hidden Sand Village to destroy you!
..."Quick, quick! All Earth Release Ninja, submerge through! You must be fast!"
On the battlefield, Kitsuchi was organizing all Ninja who knew Earth Release to travel underground, striving to quickly mix in with the Hidden Sand Village Ninja so that Konan wouldn't dare use her exploding tags on a large scale.
As for the front battlefield, mist, smoke, and dust were all deployed at once.
Striving to completely cover the battlefield, the Allied Forces Ninja then took the opportunity to rush into the Hidden Sand Village's camp.
Although this would limit the Allied Forces' vision and cause their combat power to suffer.
But once the dust spread to the Hidden Sand Village's base, wouldn't it be the same for both sides!
Moreover, the dust could effectively disrupt the Hidden Sand Village's formation, making it so they could only see figures but not who they specifically were. By the time they found out... they would either be grouped together or already in combat.
But the Allied Forces' numbers were always much greater than the Hidden Sand's.
So often, when the few people around saw who the newcomer was, it was usually multiple Allied Forces members dealing with a small number of Sand Ninja.
In this way, the battle situation gradually tilted towards the Allied Forces... "Crash!"
One of Uzumaki Roka's chains directly wrapped around the ankle of that fleeing Hidden Mist Ninja, making him no longer able to use the Body Flicker Technique to escape.
Facing the chain tightly bound around his ankle, the Hidden Mist Ninja also knew he could no longer escape.
Just as he was prepared to release the container sealing the Three-Tails and throw it to a random spot on the battlefield.
A violent Chakra surge came from afar.
This Chakra was filled with evil and hatred, and after the surge arrived, the volume and intensity of the Chakra continued to climb upward.
Instinctively, this Mist Ninja looked toward the direction the danger was coming from.
And he wasn't the only one; everyone else who was fighting looked in that direction.
Including Nagato.
Among them, a certain blond's face changed drastically after seeing who the Chakra was coming from, and then he teleported away without looking back.
"Kushina! Kushina! How are you doing?"
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