Ten Kumogakure ninja were tangling with Miyamoto and the others.
Yugito, having entered half-Tailed Beast mode, was like a fish in water. Relying on her powerful Tailed Beast cloak, she smashed through all obstacles in her way, rushing towards Sasuke.
She wanted to quickly end the battle.
"Don't even think about touching my friend!"
Naruto shouted, holding a short kunai, launching a Don Quixote-like charge at Yugito.
He was knocked away, but the brief delay gave Sasuke time to form hand signs.
"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!"
Hundreds of fireballs spewed from Sasuke's mouth. A layer of ripples wrapped around the fireballs. Under the control of Ripple power, the hundreds of fireballs seemed to have a life of their own, attacking Yugito from all angles.
Bang—bang—
Yugito couldn't dodge in time and took a few hits. But instead of being annoyed, her eyes became even more excited:
"That's 'Ripple'! It can allow a kid, a beginner Ninjutsu, to exert several times the power!"
She broke through the fireballs' encirclement and stretched out her claws.
Sasuke didn't dodge at all. Instead, he drew the long sword from his waist. Ripple power surged into it. A very thin blade appeared on the unsharpened edge of the sword.
Yugito didn't understand. Didn't Sasuke know that she would control him with her claws first?
Just then, a whooshing sound came.
A long whip covered with tiny blades flew from afar, accurately wrapping around Yugito's wrist.
She turned her head and saw Little Momo, who was waving the long whip with one hand and desperately holding onto a telephone pole with the other.
Yugito's clawing motion paused for a moment.
And that moment—
Crap!
Sasuke's eyes became incredibly focused. He stared at Yugito.
"Ninjutsu Nullification: Activate!"
The Tailed Beast cloak on Yugito's body burst open, turning into blue light spots that dissipated.
She was completely exposed to Sasuke's gaze.
Even though the other party was just a kid not even ten years old, the moment she met his eyes, Yugito's mouth became dry, her heart pounded, and all she could see was the other party's raised long sword.
The long sword slashed down!
Just as the blade was about to touch Yugito's forehead, dozens of poisonous snakes suddenly burst out from the ground, blocking the blade. With the help of the snakes' obstruction, Yugito moved away from the blade's attack range at the last moment.
Patta, patta…
The snakes cut in two fell to the ground.
Yugito gasped for breath.
Too dangerous, and too scary!
This was Ninjutsu Nullification, completely negating a ninja's power.
According to intelligence, Sasuke couldn't use this ability continuously.
The Tailed Beast cloak reappeared.
"It's time to end this struggle."
Yugito said coldly, and pounced again.
"I said—don't touch—my—friends!"
A surging Chakra wave emerged, and it was the Tailed Beast Chakra that Yugito was very familiar with!
She glanced out of the corner of her eye and saw an orange figure roaring towards her. Behind the figure was a tall fox phantom with one, two, three… tails.
Nine Tails!
Yugito stared in shock at Naruto, who slammed into her chest.
It's the Nine Tails' Jinchuriki!
Wait, has Konoha gone mad?
Sending their own Jinchuriki to another ninja village to study?!
Yugito was carelessly blocked by the Nine Tails-transformed Naruto. When she looked at Sasuke again, an ice mirror appeared behind him. Haku stretched out a hand and pulled Sasuke into the ice mirror.
"Ice Release: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals!"
Sasuke, Little Momo, Haku, Naruto.
The dignified Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yugito, was actually blocked by four kids.
Although, given her some time, she could definitely take care of them, but what they lacked now was time.
On the other side, Kambara Hayato, wearing a velvet robe, was rummaging through boxes in the house.
"Damn it! Where did I put it!"
He glanced at the battle outside the window.
Naruto's Nine Tails transformation, plus Yugito and her group underestimating Miyamoto, who was a samurai, the battle seemed to be stuck.
But from Kambara Hayato's point of view, the so-called variable wouldn't last long.
This was a gap in raw strength.
They had to contact the outside world immediately!
"Found it!"
Kambara Hayato found a scroll, opened it, bit his finger, and slapped it.
Summoning Technique.
Three ninja rats appeared.
"Quick! Quickly pass the message! Kumogakure is here to kidnap kids!"
The ninja rats stood up straight, saluted Kambara Hayato, and disappeared with a poof.
Outside Kirigakure, ninja rats were running around in the sewers, spreading the news of the attack.
In less than ten minutes, the entire sleeping Kirigakure woke up.
Terumi Mei, still wearing a strawberry bear pajama, came to the outside of the barrier and shouted loudly:
"Ninjutsu squad! Prepare to cast a combined Ninjutsu!"
"Yes!"
Dozens of ninja stood in a row, forming hand signs at the same frequency, without the slightest difference. Chakra merged with each other at the same frequency, and finally twisted together like hemp rope—
"Water Release: Super Water Bullet Technique!"
A water bullet with a diameter of two meters, comparable to a missile, bombarded the barrier.
The invisible barrier that covered hundreds of meters suddenly shook violently, and cracks appeared.
"Again!" Terumi Mei shouted.
On the other side of the battlefield.
Asuma, Guy, and Ebisu were looking at the barrier in front of them.
"Are we going to make a move?" Asuma asked.
Ebisu shook his head slightly and said, "This is a conflict between Kumogakure and Kirigakure. As a third-party force, I don't recommend getting involved. Finding a way to rescue Naruto and then evacuating the battlefield as soon as possible is the best option."
Asuma understood that what he said was right, but—
"I'm going over."
Might Guy took a step forward and turned to his two companions and said:
"I'm not as smart as you guys. I don't understand politics or village principles. But I know that people from Kirigakure have been treating us as guests… no, as friends these days."
"If a friend is in trouble, and we don't even dare to help, is that even youth!"
After Guy finished speaking, he ignored his two companions and charged up with a loud roar.
Inside the barrier.
The relaxed expressions of the two snake priestesses finally changed.
Ichikishima-hime shouted at the top of her lungs: "Hurry up! Don't hold back, don't worry about being exposed!"
They had gone from a surprise attack to a full-on assault. If they dragged it out any longer, it would immediately turn into a war against Kirigakure.
Yugito turned her head and glanced at the barrier, which was about to shatter. There was no need to hide her Chakra anymore. No one expected that what she thought was "Linto's follower" would be so troublesome.
She took a deep breath—
"Roar!!!"
A cat demon tens of meters tall, with blue flames burning all over its body, and yellow and blue heterochromatic eyes appeared.
Two Tails: Matatabi, full burst!
Matatabi opened her mouth and condensed a scorching fireball in her mouth, which crashed down.
The shock wave spread outward, and the high temperature even melted all the ice release made by Haku.
The originally barely stalemate situation completely broke down with a single strike.
Crack!
The sound of the barrier shattering came.
Matatabi opened her mouth again.
"Konoha Strong Whirlwind Kick!"
A size 44 foot spun and whooshed, whacking Matatabi's nose. She immediately felt pain, roared, and her claws instinctively swung over.
Might Guy was like a nimble ape, flashing and dodging in the air, avoiding the claws.
Yugito scanned her surroundings.
Terumi Mei, Zabuza, Ao, and a crowd of Kirigakure ninja.
Might Guy, Asuma, and other Konoha ninja.
In addition, more people were rushing over.
They had to leave now, or they really wouldn't be able to leave!
She shouted to the two snake priestesses who were floating in the air and hiding their figures:
"Use Heavenly Transfer Technique with me as the target!"
Having said that, Yugito pounced on Sasuke.
This time it wasn't for attack, Tailed Beast Chakra flowed outward, like a large cloth about to wrap Sasuke.
Terumi Mei saw her intention.
Yugito wanted to wrap Sasuke in her own Chakra, abandon her companions, and escape alone!
"Stop her!"
But if a rampaging Tailed Beast could be easily stopped, how could Tailed Beasts be strategically important?
Yugito completely abandoned defense. Relying on her vast Chakra, she took all the attacks head-on, risking serious injuries, just to take Sasuke away.
Seeing that Sasuke was about to be covered by Tailed Beast Chakra, Amber, Little Momo, Naruto… everyone rushed towards him.
"Got it!"
Matatabi's Chakra covered Sasuke.
The two snake priestesses came to her side and opened a sealing scroll.
Heavenly Transfer Technique, activate!
Two snakes and a cat, their figures flickering, were about to disappear when—
A blue-green figure flashed like a ghost.
It was Might Guy!
"Morning Peacock!"
The fist wind spread out like a peacock spreading its tail feathers in an instant.
A sharp scream appeared.
At the same time, Amber, who was in the front, and a ninja rat carrying a scroll took the opportunity to rush up, grabbed Sasuke's hand, and were about to pull him out.
But it was too late!
The Heavenly Transfer Technique had already activated, their figures were flickering, and they were about to disappear.
"Catch!"
Mayuri shouted and pulled out Orochimaru's Ninjutsu disc from his chest, throwing it towards Amber.
Amber raised his hand to catch it.
The next second, a light flashed, two snakes and a cat disappeared with Sasuke, Amber, and the little ninja rat.
The center of the battlefield fell silent.
"Did we fail?"
Terumi Mei was a mess.
She didn't know how to face Linto when he came back.
"We haven't failed yet!!!"
A head poked out of the window on the second floor.
Kambara Hayato shouted: "My ninja rat was carrying a summoning scroll. At the last moment when they activated the transfer Ninjutsu, they released the Summoning Technique, interfering with the coordinates of the transfer Ninjutsu! I don't know where they were transferred to, but it's definitely not Kumogakure."
Zabuza scratched his head: "But… the enemy doesn't know, and we don't know either! How do we rescue them?"
Terumi Mei reacted: "Linto! He has a wonderful little vine. As long as he knows about this, he can find where they are. The problem now is how to contact Linto."
Guy, who had released the "Gate Opening" stance, said: "Linto… he should already know."
Guy and Kakashi were best friends. Just now, he contacted Kakashi's ninja dog, and Pakkun had already passed the news to Linto.
"We can't rely entirely on Linto," Terumi Mei said.
Linto was on his way back from the Land of Hot Water. Even if he knew what happened, it wouldn't take a moment for him to get back. They had to act in sync.
At the same time.
In a forest, Yugito appeared out of thin air, falling heavily to the ground. There were large wounds on the Tailed Beast cloak.
Sasuke and Amber, as well as a little ninja rat, fell down.
Yugito released her Tailed Beast transformation. Suffering Morning Peacock, the Heavenly Transfer Technique, and many Ninjutsus, she had used too much Chakra. If she didn't want to lose control, she couldn't enter Tailed Beast transformation in a short time.
But…
She slowly straightened up and rubbed her wrist.
It was enough to deal with Sasuke and an ordinary villager.
Sasuke held the sword and quickly scanned his surroundings.
Forests, large forests.
There was no trace of human habitation.
He quickly made a judgment: "The news that we were captured must have been passed to Brother Shou. With our strength, even if we join forces, we can't defeat a Tailed Beast Jinchuriki plus two snake sages from Ryuuchi Cave."
They couldn't win in a fight.
They couldn't run.
If they wanted to win, the only way was to bet on Linto appearing.
Hermit Purple could accurately determine the location of Akatsuki targets through psychography.
"But there are only trees around us. This won't work. Brother Shou can't find us."
"I'll hold them back, Amber. Try to go to a high place. As long as you find any landmark, so that Brother Shou can know our location, we'll win!"
This was the best tactic Sasuke could think of.
Amber shook his head, took a step forward, and put Orochimaru's disc into his chest.
"Their target is you. If you stay, you won't be able to delay them at all. If I stay, I can hold them back. Besides—"
Amber smiled.
"I'm an adult. There's no way I'll let a kid protect me."
Sasuke thought for half a second.
From a rational point of view, Amber was right. Sasuke was faster, and could find clues faster. And if Linto used Hermit Purple, he would definitely target him.
"I understand."
Sasuke turned around and quickly ran towards the top of the mountain.
Yugito's wounds were quickly healing under the treatment of the snake priestesses. She looked at Amber's fighting stance. It was rough and simple, but the black and white eyes were full of infinite fighting spirit.
"Heh—"
Yugito chuckled:
"You want to stop me with just you? Do you know who I am?"
Amber didn't know and didn't care.
Tailed Beasts, Jinchuriki, even Raikage wouldn't matter.
His life was picked up anyway. He had witnessed too many tragedies. Linto had given Amber new hope. He could live like a person again. He wouldn't allow anyone to destroy that hope!
Back in the Murata factory, he had taken a step forward and followed Linto out of fear.
But now Amber no longer needed to be led by others.
He took a step, clenched his fists, and Ripple power light appeared on his skin. The courage in his chest turned into strength—
"Come on!"
"Before I die, don't even think about stepping past me!"
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