The wind raged violently, sweeping through.
Yellow sand and dust filled the sky, swirling endlessly.
Below Shukaku,
Two completely different figures stood facing each other.
Rasa used his Magnet Release to control gold dust, forming a gold dust shield behind himself, firmly securing it behind his back to prevent being blown away.
Kyo on this side remained unmoved, as if doing nothing.
But strangely,
Not a single trace of wind affected him.
Whether his hair or the hem of his clothes, none were affected by the violent wind.
Seeing this, Rasa's gaze sharpened.
But just then, a sharp roar suddenly came from above the two!
"Roar―!!!"
"I'm finally... finally out, woo hoo!!!"
An excited, tremendous voice came from Shukaku's mouth, deafening!
That powerful sound wave instantly created layer upon layer of sonic ripples in the air!
Even the Sunagakure's Shinobi who had been blown far away couldn't help but cover their ears.
Everyone's expressions were horrified.
Even having seen it once or twice before, seeing this monster named Shukaku again, everyone still couldn't suppress their fear.
After all, back in the day, it had destroyed countless families in Sunagakure...
All the Sunagakure's Shinobi only dared to watch from afar and converse as if praying.
"I hope Kazekage-sama can suppress it again this time!"
"He definitely... definitely will! And that enemy from Amegakure! Kazekage-sama will definitely defeat them!"
"Yeah! Everyone, don't worry!"
"In this desert, it's Rasa-sama's home ground! He's even sealed the monster several times, so how could he be afraid of that enemy?!"
All the Sunagakure's Shinobi were cheering each other on.
Although some among them were relatively strong, they still couldn't intervene in a battle of this level.
They could only reluctantly be onlookers, hoping for Rasa's victory.
...
At this moment, on this side,
Having finished screeching, Shukaku seemed very pleased and let out a comfortable grunt.
Then, it suddenly lowered its fat, huge head, looked down below, grinned, and said:
"Oh my, oh my..."
"I didn't expect that as soon as I came out, I'd see a hateful old acquaintance... Rasa, it's you, right?!"
"I've wanted to beat the crap out of you for a long time―"
Shukaku said with a cruel smile.
Back when Gaara was practicing controlling his Tailed Beast Power, Shukaku had taken the opportunity to seize consciousness and slip out twice.
However, both times it ultimately lost to this Fourth Kazekage.
So now, seeing Rasa, it naturally saw its enemy and was especially hostile.
However,
Hearing this, Rasa's gaze merely slightly darkened, and he said firmly:
"Shukaku."
"I don't have time to deal with you right now. Suna has an enemy. As Kazekage, I must prioritize eliminating him."
"Then, it will be your turn."
"Huh―?!"
Hearing Rasa's words, Shukaku let out a surprised strange cry.
Then, its gaze instantly shifted to Kyo standing opposite Rasa.
After seeing clearly, Shukaku immediately curled its lip, seeming very displeased, and said:
"Tch... what the hell..."
"The enemy you're talking about... is this brown-haired brat?"
"Tsk! Watch me blast him flat!"
Before the words even faded, Shukaku, without another word, suddenly took a deep breath, and its entire belly became round and bulging.
The next moment, it mercilessly opened its mouth wide towards Kyo below―
"Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet!!!"
Boom!!!
Mighty Wind Release Chakra instantly condensed at extreme speed in Shukaku's mouth, forming an infinitely compressed wind ball, then fiercely spewed towards Kyo!!
The intense storm's screech was like countless explosions combined, its force vast!
In the blink of an eye,
The huge wind cannon instantly covered Kyo!
However,
Just as it was about to touch Kyo,
His figure suddenly, with a "whoosh", directly turned into an afterimage and vanished from the spot!
Bam!!!!
The Drilling Air Bullet struck the sand surface, instantly spreading an incredibly powerful shockwave, the earth trembling!
A huge crater was blasted into the sand.
Kyo had long used Shunpo to quickly distance himself, arriving on the other side of Shukaku.
Seeing this,
Shukaku immediately let out a "tsk", then muttered to itself:
"The brat has some skills..."
"Interesting."
However, Rasa's expression on the side remained indifferent, fixedly watching Kyo and saying coldly:
"Person from Amegakure,"
"Although I don't understand why you suddenly attacked Sunagakure."
"However―"
"Today, I'll let you witness the gap between a small country and a great nation!"
"Suna's Tailed Beast Power is an existence you cannot surpass!"
As the Kage of a great nation's Shinobi Village,
Rasa had his own pride, unquestionably.
And he also believed that, by successfully taking advantage of this period of Konoha's decline to capture Amegakure, Sunagakure would inevitably rise with the momentum and become the strongest Shinobi Village!
However,
Just after he said this,
Kyo opposite him suddenly revealed a light smile on his face.
He looked up at Rasa and said with a smile:
"Since you don't understand,"
"Then I'll just have to make you understand a little."
"After all, this time I came specifically representing Amegakure to exert military deterrence against your Suna."
"If I don't completely crush you with overwhelming power, I'm afraid it won't be very effective."
"...?!"
'Huh?'
'Military deterrence...?'
Hearing this, Rasa's gaze paused, dumbfounded.
'What's going on...?'
'Sending just one person to exert military deterrence against our entire Sunagakure...???'
'And you want to completely crush us with overwhelming power?!?!'
'Damn it! Is there some mistake?!'
'Do the Shinobi of Amegakure look down on our Suna this much?!?!'
'Do they really think we're the weakest Shinobi Village?!'
Rasa's expression instantly darkened to the extreme, and he said coldly:
"Hmph, since when has Amegakure... become this arrogant?!"
"You think just you alone can crush our Suna?!"
As the words fell,
Rasa, with a dark expression, instantly manipulated his gold dust to fly, already wanting to start attacking directly.
However,
Kyo on this side, instead of paying him any attention, suddenly raised his hand.
On his palm, a mysterious black cursed seal array clearly appeared, extremely eerie.
Even Rasa had never seen anything like it.
At this moment, Kyo calmly looked at Rasa and chuckled lightly:
"Rasa, you talk too much."
"Let's stop here."
"Next, let me show you the 'Tailed Beast' belonging to our Amegakure."
Saying this, Kyo suddenly bent down,
Pressing the palm of his right hand directly onto the ground, the cursed seal clearly spread.
Kyo actually assumed the posture of a Summoning Technique at this time!
The Rasa opposite him, seeing this scene and hearing these words, was once again dumbfounded.
'Huh?'
'Wait...'
'What did he just say?'
'He wants to show me... Amegakure's Tailed Beast??!'
'Huh????'
'Whoa?!'
'When the hell does Amegakure have a Tailed Beast?!'
Rasa looked at Kyo with an extremely strange expression, completely incredulous at his words.
He even began to suspect whether this person's mind was broken.
And Shukaku beside him naturally also heard these words, but unlike Rasa, its expression was somewhat strange.
Perhaps out of curiosity, at this moment, it also chose not to act.
At this moment, in the distance.
Juzo and Itachi, in the quiet night, naturally also caught what Kyo said.
But after hearing it, the two were instantly dumbfounded.
After exchanging a glance, both looked completely bewildered.
"Huh? Amegakure has a Tailed Beast?"
"I... don't know. Does... it?"
"N-no, it doesn't."
"Then... what does he mean?"
The two were also confused by Kyo's words, completely unable to make heads or tails of it.
Then, they looked again towards Kyo over there.
...
Just then,
A gentle breeze blew, lifting Kyo's hair.
Suddenly, the mysterious cursed seal beneath Kyo's hand began to emit a faint purple light.
Seeing this, Kyo's eyes gleamed, and then he lightly grinned, saying with a smile:
"Perfect timing."
"Well then, next, please don't blink, everyone."
"Summoning Technique..."
"Kokujo Tengen Myo'o!"
"!!"