Uchiha Ryun and Danzō Shimura headed towards the border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind.
The two moved very quickly, especially Danzō, whose speed was actually almost on par with Ryun's, which made Ryun pause.
Damn, this era's Danzō has pretty good stamina and chakra reserves.
Danzō noticed Ryun's gaze and couldn't help but pause. "Hokage-sama, is there something dirty on my face?"
Ryun shook his head. "No, I just wanted to remind you, we are almost there."
They both looked forward and saw a huge, fat sandy tanuki roaring there.
Its sharp voice made countless shinobi below cover their ears.
"Kill you. Kill you all. A bunch of ants. How dare you imprison me, Lord Shukaku, for so long. Today, Lord Shukaku will destroy your Sunagakure." The One-Tail roared and raged.
Then it reached out a claw to attack a Sunagakure town. At that moment, a red fireball shot up and shattered Shukaku's claw.
"Scorch Release: Overwhelming Steam Kill." Pakura waved her right hand and shouted loudly.
"It's Lady Pakura."
"Lady Pakura has come to save us."
"Long live Lady Pakura."
The shinobi and villagers in the town cheered. Shukaku was stunned. Scorch Release. It didn't expect Sunagakure to have such a Kekkei Genkai.
This couldn't be blamed on Shukaku's ignorance. It usually practiced with the master inside the house and rarely went out, so it didn't know much about Sunagakure's strength. But this only made it pause for a moment.
Although Scorch Release is strong, how much chakra can you have? We Tailed Beasts can extract chakra infinitely.
"Hahahahaha, are you tickling me, Lord Shukaku?" Although the One-Tail Shukaku's arm was blown apart, the sand quickly gathered, and its arm was restored to perfect condition.
"Wind Release: Air Bullet." Shukaku spat a huge wind ball containing a large amount of chakra from its mouth, fiercely attacking Pakura. It was fast and powerful.
Pakura's pupils constricted. She hadn't expected Shukaku's attack to be so fast. So fast that she had no time to use substitution or body flicker techniques to save herself.
Watching the Air Bullet about to hit her, Pakura's heart tightened. Just then, the Ten White Soldiers appeared. "Three Treasures Absorption Collapse." Chiyo's vigorous voice came through.
The Ten White Soldiers arranged in positions 1, 2, 3, and 4, then released a powerful suction force, pulling the Air Bullet into their bodies. Pakura looked at Granny Chiyo, who smiled at her. "Well done, Pakura."
Pakura felt warmth in her heart, then extracted her chakra. Immediately, over twenty small sun-like Overwhelming Steam Kills appeared.
Shukaku was stunned. It hadn't expected this human female to burst out with such power in a short time. However, Shukaku still wanted to say, you are too young.
In an instant, Shukaku's body turned into a pile of loose sand, merging with the ground. All the Overwhelming Steam Kills missed. Pakura was now panting heavily; that last move had consumed half of her chakra.
Granny Chiyo's face was gloomy. Who knew when the Konoha reinforcements would arrive. This cunning beast.
After Shukaku saw the Overwhelming Steam Kills disappear, it reformed. "Gah gah gah gah, is that all? You are far inferior to the Third Kazekage."
As it spoke, Shukaku released another technique. "Wind Release: Sand Shotgun." It uses wind power to strengthen sand bullets' attack power to pierce the opponent's body, but beyond the damage caused.
The real purpose is to inhibit the opponent's mobility by burying sand into their body. Similar to a piercing curse.
"Scatter, quickly. Pakura, this move has a control effect. Once hit, the battle is basically decided." Chiyo had seen the scene where the Second Kazekage sealed Shukaku.
She still had some impression of this move. Then she formed hand signs, increasing the power of the Three Treasures Absorption Collapse. Absorbing the sand bullets.
"Oh? You're that little girl from back then. To think you've become an old woman now. Good, good, good. Suck it up. Let's see how much you can absorb." Shukaku mobilized natural chakra, creating endless sand bullets.
Pakura hid behind Chiyo, watching as Granny Chiyo's hair was already soaked with sweat. She felt distressed, so she placed her hands on Chiyo's back and injected her chakra.
Granny Chiyo relaxed a bit, but soon she roared angrily. "Pakura, get out of here. You must survive. Sunagakure can do without this old woman, but it cannot do without you, Pakura of the Scorch Release."
"Granny, I cannot obey. Since I was little, you taught me to practice chakra, took me on missions, taught me principles. If I leave, I will feel guilty for life." Pakura said.
"You... Fine. If we reach the limit later, please retreat. Consider it my plea as an old woman. Leave hope for our Sunagakure." Granny Chiyo murmured now.
Pakura did not answer, just kept transferring her chakra.
Just as the two were desperately resisting Shukaku, Chiron appeared. He manipulated three puppets with his ten fingers and roared. "Three Treasures Absorption Collapse."
The three puppets opened their mouths simultaneously, standing with the Ten White Soldiers to absorb the sand bullets.
"Son, who told you to come? Do you all want to anger me to death?" Granny Chiyo looked at her biological son, the red-haired puppeteer Chiron, anxiously.
"Sasori has just been born. Chiron, you can't only think about the village. Think more about your son, your wife." Granny Chiyo's mind was a bit chaotic now.
"Mother, you said that as a shinobi of Sunagakure, one must always be prepared to sacrifice. Why does it change when it comes to your son?"
"Your son is not someone who fears death. Today, at this critical moment for Sunagakure's survival, if I abandon you, that would be unfilial. If I retreat now, that would be disloyal to Sunagakure. So, Mother, let us fight side by side." Chiron smiled, increasing the power of the Three Treasures Absorption Collapse.
"My son, Chiron..." Although Granny Chiyo worried about her son's safety, with the addition of Chiron, a recently promoted Kage-level powerhouse, her pressure indeed lessened considerably.
"My son, if we can't hold on later, remember to take Pakura and escape. You are the hope of Sunagakure, bearing the future of the village. You cannot fall here." Granny Chiyo said with tearful eyes.
"I cannot obey." Chiron said coldly. What a joke, asking him to abandon his mother and run away. Impossible. Although in his mother's eyes, Sunagakure was the supreme priority, in his eyes, his mother's safety was the most important.
His mother gave him life. If his mother died, what meaning would anything else have.
Chiron was very strong-willed, just like his father, the First Kazekage. Once he made up his mind, not even ten bulls could pull him back.
The three had been resisting Shukaku's technique for a quarter of an hour. Their chakra was almost depleted. Just as the three prepared to burn their physical potential to forcibly absorb chakra.
A great Buddha rose from the ground and flew towards them. Two people stood on the Buddha's head.
One of them jumped down. Wind attribute chakra was injected into both Chiyo and Chiron's bodies. They immediately felt refreshed, and the range of the Three Treasures Absorption Collapse increased.
They looked back. It was actually Danzō Shimura.
"You two, please do not lose focus. Continue to perform your technique. Block the One-Tail's technique. Otherwise, we are all finished." Danzō Shimura's voice was serious, but it sounded very reliable to the three.
"Thank you." Chiron and Chiyo nodded, focusing on controlling the puppets.
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