"Gulp… Is that really Yuta, Neji?" Tenten asked, her throat dry, as she watched the beast-like Yuta below.
"…" Neji fell silent, feeling the suffocating, tyrannical aura.
This feeling, this pressure, it didn't seem like something a human could emit.
"Thud."
Nao lightly landed on a tree branch, looking at Yuta below, who had cleanly killed another person, and softly said, "It is Yuta."
Before Neji and Tenten could reply, Nao continued on her own, "The Nine-Tailed, which destroyed the Village twelve years ago, was split into two by the Fourth Hokage using a Sealing Technique and sealed inside Yuta and Naruto, the two brothers. This is what is known as a Jinchuriki."
"Jinchuriki?" Tenten cautiously tilted her head and asked, afraid that too much movement would attract the killing god below.
"Mm, a Jinchuriki can use the power of a Tailed Beast, but in return, when using Tailed Beast Chakra, they will be eroded by the Tailed Beast Chakra, becoming tyrannical and bloodthirsty. Of course, Yuta's current state is merely the basic power form of a Tailed Beast, far from the true Tailed Beast."
Nao had once seen Yuta use Nine-Tails Chakra when she was bringing him food at the training ground. Upon questioning, Yuta explained the general situation to Nao.
Looking at the completely unfamiliar Yuta, Nao prayed in her heart, "Please end quickly, please."
"Where are you trying to go?" Yuta didn't directly kill the last Otogakure Ninja, but rather slowly followed behind him.
Yosei was a bit confused: "What is Yuta doing?"
"Cat and mouse." Neji, who had been silent, spoke, "When a cat catches a mouse, it doesn't eat it directly. Instead, it plays with it until the cat gets tired of playing, or the mouse dies. Only then does the cat slowly eat its prey. Right now, Yuta is that cat, and the Otogakure Ninja is that mouse."
Tenten looked at the exhausted Kin with pity: "How cruel."
"Tenten, in the Ninja world, there is no cruelty, only the strong preying on the weak." Neji said coldly, "If it weren't for the support of Rock Lee and Shikamaru, Sasuke and the others would have been killed by these Otogakure Ninja long ago. That kind of attack didn't seem like a simple scroll snatch."
"Thud, thud, thud."
Yuta, enveloped in Nine-Tails Chakra, slowly approached. Kin gathered his last bit of strength and jumped towards the trees above again.
"I'm a bit tired." Yuta looked up at Kin's back, and a chain quickly shot out from behind him.
"Pfft."
"It's finally over." Tenten let out a long sigh of relief, preparing to jump off the branch.
"Wait." Neji reached out and stopped Tenten.
Tenten asked, "What's wrong?"
"Something's wrong with Sasuke." Neji frowned, sensing the evil Chakra emanating from Sasuke.
"Oh my, you're awake?" Yuta turned his head with an evil smile.
"Sasuke." Sasuke had seen a similar state on Naruto before, so he wasn't unfamiliar with it.
Yuta whispered, "Sasuke, after one night, something interesting seems to have appeared on your body."
Uchiha Sasuke's current state was very strange; large black Tattoo covered his entire body, and combined with his scarlet double tomoe Sharingan, he possessed a strong deterrent.
"This power…" Sasuke clenched his fists, covered in Tattoo. Sasuke, who had always desperately needed power, was somewhat lost in this wonderful feeling.
"I'm telling you, kid." Looking at the expression on Sasuke's face, Yuta walked up to Sasuke without a word, raised his fist, and slammed it into Sasuke's abdomen.
"Ugh… cough, cough… You…" Sasuke, suddenly hit hard, painfully knelt on the ground. He didn't understand why Yuta would suddenly attack him, but… this seemed like a good opportunity to test his combat power.
Thinking of this, Sasuke propped himself up with both hands and kicked Yuta with his right leg, drawing a graceful arc in the air.
"Bang!"
Yuta effortlessly blocked the attack, then grabbed Sasuke's right leg and forcefully threw him into the sky.
Sasuke, losing his balance, was not flustered at all. He inhaled deeply and quickly formed hand signs with both hands.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique."
"Boom!"
The fireball exploded, engulfing Yuta.
"It hit?" Sasuke looked at the black shadow in the fire, somewhat disbelieving. This seemed a bit too easy.
The next moment, the flames dispersed. Looking at the Ninja wearing an Otogakure headband in the flames, Sasuke's eyes widened: "Substitution Jutsu!"
"Is that all?" Yuta appeared behind Sasuke and quickly delivered a whip kick.
"Boom!"
Sasuke fell, smashing a deep crater into the ground.
"Thud!"
Yuta stepped on Sasuke, formed the 'Dragon' hand sign, and a water mirror appeared before Sasuke's eyes.
"Is this me?" Sasuke said blankly, looking at the image in the water mirror.
"Hey, I can understand your desire to become stronger, but can you not even control this kind of power? Relying on power you can't control? The Uchiha name is crying out! Sasuke!" Yuta provoked him.
"You don't need to tell me!" The tomoe in Sasuke's eyes spun rapidly, and the tattoo on his body quickly receded: "Don't underestimate the Uchiha!"
"Hmph, of course." Yuta dispersed the Nine-Tails Chakra and reached out to pull Sasuke up from the ground.
"Once I master that power, perhaps I can…" Sasuke recalled the power that had filled his entire body just now. Although he was easily beaten by Yuta in his Three-Tails cloak, Sasuke knew that he hadn't fully unleashed all of his power. Subconsciously, Sasuke knew that the Cursed Seal could evolve further.
"Sasuke, I know what you're thinking." Yuta placed his right hand on Sasuke's shoulder and advised, "That Cursed Seal is Orochimaru's Heaven's Cursed Seal. While it grants power, it severely damages the body. Of course, I won't stop you from using that power, but please don't use it until you are confident you can fully control it."
"Ah, I know." Sasuke lowered his head and replied, but who could know the truth of his words?
"The Evil Sealing Method can suppress the Heaven's Cursed Seal, and the Evil Release Method can remove the Cursed Seal. As for the Five Elements Seal on my brother, it needs the Five Elements Unseal to break it." Yuta looked at Sasuke and the still-sleeping Naruto with a headache.
It was embarrassing; Yuta didn't know either of these two Sealing Techniques or the one Unsealing Technique.
Since there was no solution, Yuta didn't dwell on it. He turned to look at Rock Lee, Shikamaru, and the others, who were covered in injuries, and bowed deeply: "Thank you all."
Shikamaru spoke, "If you really want to thank us, if we meet in the third exam, can you go a little easy on me? My dad might be watching from above, and losing too badly would be embarrassing."
"I was protecting someone I love, so Yuta doesn't need to thank me." Rock Lee looked at Sakura next to him, his heart filled with self-reproach: "Next time, I will never let you get hurt again. Konoha's Lotus will bloom again!"
"That's right, I just didn't want to lose to her in front of Sasuke, that's right, that's it." Ino said, a little red-faced, then grabbed Shikamaru and ran east: "Since it's over, we're leaving first. Choji, I can't carry you, hurry up and follow!"
"That's right, I'm leaving because they said I was fat." Choji waved his hand and followed the two: "Wait for me!"
"Since there's nothing wrong, we'll leave too, Tenten, Lee." Saying this, Neji turned and left.
"Bye-bye."
"They're a great bunch of people." Yuta straightened up.
"Mm." Sasuke was silent for a moment, then nodded: "But why do you look so bad?"
"Maybe I'm hungry." Yuta chuckled.
At the same time, a giant Nine-Tailed Fox slammed its paws on the bars: "Yuta, don't forget the five secret recipe cakes! I want different flavors! Remember, different! Five! Different! Give them to me as soon as we leave this exam!"