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Was he really just bluffing the kid earlier, borrowing someone else's might?
Hatake Kuroshi had a tongue that could talk the dead back to life; it wouldn't be strange if Mangetsu Hozuki fell for his tricks.
"Go."
After Genji agreed, Ao quickly lowered his head, knelt briefly beside Genji, and then vanished from the spot.
Hatake Kuroshi flicked the eye patch on his face, looking towards Yagura Karatachi, whose expression was twisted and body constantly changing.
With this happening, Obito would definitely sense it and come over, but the exact time is unknown.
"Letting it out is fine with me too!"
Just as Hatake Kuroshi's light voice fell, someone eagerly jumped in.
Ao had just prepared to come down and discuss countermeasures with Shisui when he heard Hatake Kuroshi's nonchalant remark.
He immediately frowned, looking towards Hatake Kuroshi beside him. From the beginning in the Mizukage Tower, his impression of this kid wasn't great.
Clearly young, yet speaking so flippantly and erratically. Though not obvious, one could vaguely sense this kid looked down on everyone.
Too uncomfortable.
"Tailed Beasts aren't something you can solve just by talking."
"I don't know how they trust you, but Tailed Beasts aren't moved just by words either."
From start to finish, Ao had never seen Hatake Kuroshi make a single move. Even just now, this kid came down looking relaxed, like watching a show.
It was precisely this stress-free attitude that made people angry!
Besides, did this kid even understand what a Tailed Beast was!?
How dare he comment so casually.
"You haven't even fought a person, yet you want to take on a Tailed Beast?"
Ao's dissatisfaction with Hatake Kuroshi almost reached its peak. Even Shisui found it difficult; they all felt that if something went wrong, handling this matter would be very hard.
Why could this person still remain composed and joke around so easily even now?
Shisui and Mangetsu Hozuki both looked at Ao as if seeing a ghost. Shisui opened his mouth, seemed unable to find the right words, and closed it again.
The two fell into an unusually strange silence, simultaneously averting their gazes.
Before truly witnessing Hatake Kuroshi's abilities, they too had similar thoughts.
However, due to age and status, no one had ever stated it so bluntly.
"Pfft!" Hatake Kuroshi let out a laugh at a very inappropriate moment.
Before he could say anything else, a low roar suddenly came from behind them.
"ROAR!!!!"
Accompanying this deep roar, Yagura Karatachi's face had completely disappeared.
His face and body had fully transformed into a large, shelled turtle enveloped in orange-red chakra. Three spiky tails swayed constantly behind him.
Orange-red chakra surrounded him, flickering continuously like flames.
Ao heard the sound and turned his head in fear.
Careless! In just the short time he came down, Yagura was already completely consumed!?
He thought the full Tailed Beast transformation would take some time, but it was already complete!
Too late, can't leave now!
The fully transformed Yagura Karatachi rushed rapidly towards the few people. Two tails sped alongside him.
Sweeping up the ANBU and Kaguya clansmen who hadn't managed to scatter, a slight curl directly crushed people into bursts.
Scattered blood bloomed instantly. Clearly, this thing was now just an irrational killing machine!
That huge, spiky tail was about to fall onto the heads of the few people.
"—"
Ao's eyes snapped wide open; several options flashed through his mind.
The safest method was to have Shisui teleport them away.
Otherwise, they would likely perish here!
Just as Ao turned and reached out towards Shisui, he forcibly swallowed.
A piercing wind grazed past Ao's cheek, instantly leaving several bloody scratches.
Hatake Kuroshi blocked the Tailed Beast tail carrying the wind blade with one hand. There was no sound, no collision.
The tail continued to press downwards, but was clearly blocked by some extremely strong resistance, only able to advance at an imperceptibly slow speed.
A mocking yet pitying smile appeared on Hatake Kuroshi's face as he looked down condescendingly at Ao.
A voice carrying some amusement, yet light and airy, sounded out.
"Didn't expect you to have such an impression of me—? But I don't mind at all how you see me~"
"Because you guys are simply too weak. I... have absolutely no interest in you~"
This guy... is he serious?!
Ao couldn't help swallowing, turning to look at Hatake Kuroshi's raised hand beside him.
This guy doesn't seem serious at all, yet he just blocked a tail like that?!
He still had some scratches from the wind blades on his face, while Hatake Kuroshi didn't even have a speck of dust on him.
Although mocked face-to-face by a junior, who would care about such things at this moment?
"How is that possible!? You clearly look like just an ordinary person?!"
"Catching the Tailed Beast's tail with one hand..."
Ao murmured, lacking confidence.
Is there anything more shameful than being proven wrong right after lecturing someone!?
But even shame had to wait. It was impossible to tell what power this person used.
Ao's Byakugan repeatedly scanned Hatake Kuroshi's entire body, up and down. He could almost see the bone distribution, yet failed to find even a trace of chakra-like substance in this person's body.
If he's this kind of person, being Mangetsu Hozuki's teacher is more than sufficient.
Scenes of Hatake Kuroshi speaking with them earlier instantly flashed through Ao's mind.
This guy genuinely looked down on them, but he also had the strength to look down on them!
Hatake Kuroshi couldn't be bothered listening to his mutterings. After the mockery, he turned his head back, focusing intently on the descending Tailed Beast tail.
Although the Limitless technique can block this falling tail, it's probably only for a short while.
Hatake Kuroshi rarely felt such a rapid drain on his Cursed Energy.
Previously, using those techniques, even Reverse Cursed Technique for self-healing, he wouldn't feel any noticeable drain.
"Although I knew your ability was terrifying, Kuroshi..."
"Isn't this a bit too much?!"
Shisui's voice sounded from nearby. He was still holding Mangetsu Hozuki.
Despite being mentally prepared for Hatake Kuroshi's strength, being able to contend with a Tailed Beast still far exceeded his cognition!
Shisui's face already showed astonishment, looking dumbfounded at Hatake Kuroshi.
The moment Hatake Kuroshi blocked the Tailed Beast tail gave him the chance to leave. He directly grabbed Mangetsu Hozuki and leaped outside the Tailed Beast's attack range.
Looking up, he saw Hatake Kuroshi blocking the Tailed Beast's tail with one hand.
Even though this Tailed Beast was in a rampaging state with leaking chakra, not yet fully released and materialized... catching the Tailed Beast's chakra attack with his hand!?
Being able to match a Tailed Beast evenly... this kind of person's strength is beyond Kage level, right!?
If not witnessed firsthand, Shisui would think he was daydreaming.
"Let's hold the appreciation meeting after dealing with this guy~"
Hatake Kuroshi tilted his head somewhat helplessly, then suddenly released his hand, leaped backward abruptly, and instantly vanished in mid-air.
He teleported far away onto a nearby tree branch, creating distance from the Three-Tails.
"DONG!!"
After a loud bang, the Three-Tails' middle tail instantly smashed an uneven deep pit into the ground.
And the other two tails beside it also thrashed about wildly. Wooden houses in the Kaguya clan grounds splintered, collapsing in droves.
Although not yet its full form, the destructive power was already astonishing.
The three tails stirred chaotically together, suddenly raising an overwhelming cloud of dust. Everyone covered their faces and scattered towards the vicinity.
No one knew if Yagura would restrain himself at this point or completely release the Three-Tails. Best to run as far as possible while there was still time.
The current situation was controllable, yet also uncontrollable.
At least, besides Hatake Kuroshi, none of them could stop Yagura Karatachi in this state.
Previously, Kirigakure's ANBU were prepared for sealing Tailed Beasts.
But Yagura Karatachi was a rare perfect Jinchuriki. Over these years, they had grown accustomed to Lord Mizukage controlling the Tailed Beast himself.
Thus, they were almost completely unprepared for sealing.
Hatake Kuroshi leaped straight up, breaking through the dust cloud high into the air.
Mei Terumi, preparing to leave with a group of ANBU, glanced back slightly. Though an unintentional act, she still saw Hatake Kuroshi in his black clothes standing paused in mid-air.
An eye patch covered the upper half of his face, yet couldn't conceal his condescending aura.
Messy silver hair flew wildly in mid-air. Well-defined fingers rested thoughtfully against his chin as he looked down.
Flamboyant and arrogant, even carrying a faint smile.....
The so-called serious man is most attractive.
"So handsome...!"
Mei Terumi inevitably stared entranced at that face for a moment. Can someone really be this handsome showing only half their face!?
"Hey, what are you looking at? Let's go quickly."
Before Mei Terumi could look a couple more times, a masked teammate in front turned and called out.
Mei Terumi quickly turned her head back, shaking it left and right, an unavoidable flush rising on her cheeks.
Really! How could I be captivated by a man under such circumstances.
Hatake Kuroshi was completely unaware of the admiration he had caused in that instant.
He merely felt the dust below was too thick, preventing accurate observation of Yagura's movements.
After all, that guy was practically a Tailed Beast now; dealing with him wasn't as simple as dealing with a person.
Although unable to sense chakra, Hatake Kuroshi could clearly see below from mid-air.
The dust around Yagura had gradually dissipated. That spiky, orange-red large turtle head was tilting upwards.
The chakra Yagura carried gradually gathered, forming a constantly rotating small sphere.
The space near the sphere visibly exerted some indescribable suction force; even the space around the sphere seemed to be swallowed, faintly turning black.
The sphere was grayish-black, vaguely mixed with specks of something.
"Tailed Beast Bomb?!"
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