Seeing Yuuki agree, Darui quickly asked.
"Is Lord Hokage here in this sea area for the Eight-Tails?"
After asking, Darui looked at Yuuki nervously, and Yuuki directly nodded in admission.
"Lord Raikage, the only thing that could make me appear here is, of course, the Eight-Tails."
Although Yuuki's attitude was kind and a smile was on his face, it made Darui's heart sink.
Is the Hidden Cloud Village going to lose the Eight-Tails?
Not only Darui, but the faces of the other Cloud Ninja on the ship also turned ugly.
To be backward means to be beaten; to be weak means to be bullied.
Looking at Darui, who was trying his best to control his emotions but still looked like he had swallowed a dead fly, the other Cloud Ninja also looked angry but dared not speak.
Yuuki felt it was better to remind them not to give up too quickly.
"Lord Raikage, I am merely seeing a Tailed Beast revive for the first time; it feels very unique, and I just came to observe. Now that I've seen it, it's time for me to go."
Yuuki's explanation cleared the clouds in Darui's heart, and light returned to his eyes.
At the same time, Yuuki's hint also made Darui guess the Eight-Tails' location, and he looked up and asked Yuuki.
"Lord Hokage, is the Eight-Tails in the sea area ahead?"
Upon hearing the question, Yuuki immediately flew rapidly into the sky, and a gradually fading voice reached the ears of the Cloud Ninja.
"It should be not far ahead of you now!"
Almost at the same time as hearing Yuuki's words, a dark Tailed Beast Ball streaked across the sky above the Kumogakure ship.
If Yuuki hadn't dodged in time, he would probably have had another head-on clash with a Tailed Beast Ball.
It was possible, but unnecessary. This time, there was no Konoha camp behind Yuuki.
More importantly, there were no reporters present!
After one Tailed Beast Ball missed, several more Tailed Beast Balls came at Yuuki.
This type of attack, with its huge wind-up, simply couldn't hit Yuuki. A few agile dodges in the air made all of the Eight-Tails' Tailed Beast Balls useless.
As Yuuki dodged the Tailed Beast Ball attacks in the sky, C came to Darui's ear and said.
"Lord Raikage, we must quickly stop Lord Eight Tails Gyūki's actions. Kumogakure cannot withstand too many storms right now!"
C's idea coincided with Darui's. Without responding to C, Darui immediately commanded loudly.
"Kumogakure, full speed ahead!"
He then took the lead, jumping off the ship and rushing towards the direction from which the Tailed Beast Ball had come. The Eight-Tails was already in everyone's sight.
Darui responded to C's suggestion with action.
Seeing Darui's movements, C, as the deputy officer for this operation, immediately added.
"Except for the personnel controlling the ship and the medical team, all other teams will follow Lord Raikage into battle!"
The Kumogakure people rushed towards the Eight-Tails with full confidence.
The Cloud Ninja, unaware of the truth, simply trusted their superiors.
And more Cloud Ninja, including C and Darui, thought that stopping the Eight-Tails would be very simple.
They could play the emotional card!
The Eight-Tails' current relentless pursuit of Yuuki was easy to understand, as everyone knew about the relationship between the Eight-Tails and Killer Bee.
Darui, who arrived first in front of the Eight-Tails, shouted loudly.
"Lord Gyūki, it's me, Darui! I am now the Fifth Raikage of Hidden Cloud Village. Many things have happened during your resurrection. Kumogakure and Konoha have already shaken hands and made peace. Lord Gyūki, could you please stop attacking for now!"
The newly reborn Gyūki was very wary of the shouting figure not far in front of him.
In Gyūki's short beast life, he had seen weak civilians like ants, and had just witnessed Yuuki, who could inflict great pain upon him.
Seeing humans again, he had learned to maintain due vigilance.
Looking at the Eight-Tails, who was full of defenses against him, Darui felt he had said the wrong thing.
Gyūki seemed to not really care for Hidden Cloud Village, except for Killer Bee.
C, who arrived shortly after, felt something was wrong after Darui spoke. Seeing Gyūki's reaction, his mind raced, and he confidently stepped forward.
"Lord Gyūki, it's me, C! Could you please calm down for a while, for the sake of Lord Killer Bee? After all, Lord Killer Bee also sacrificed himself to protect Kumogakure!"
Eight Tails Gyūki didn't understand many of the words, but at least he could tell that the two people in front of him, and the humans standing behind them, seemed very respectful towards him.
Stopping the continued condensation of the Tailed Beast Ball, Gyūki extended his right hand, pointed remotely at Yuuki in the sky, and said.
"Kill him!"
Originally, C was very excited to see his words make the Eight-Tails stop attacking, but the Eight-Tails' subsequent words...
Made the faces of all Cloud Ninja, including Darui and C, change.
Lord Gyūki, we can't afford to provoke that person!
You wouldn't want to enter the resurrection phase again, would you!
Darui might appear lazy and easygoing on the surface, but being able to become Raikage in a place like Hidden Cloud Village meant he possessed all the necessary decisiveness and courage.
"If that's the case, then Lord Gyūki, I'm sorry, but for the sake of Hidden Cloud Village, I must stop you from continuing this nonsense!"
He loudly declared his stance, mainly so Yuuki could hear it. Then, Darui glanced at Yuuki, who was still smiling in the sky, and said in a deep voice.
"Recovery operation, commence!"
Although Yuuki was still watching from the side, capturing the Eight-Tails now would reveal many things. However, between two evils, one chooses the lesser.
Compared to continuing to provoke Yuuki, leaking some combat intelligence was insignificant.
At the same time, when picking persimmons, you pick the soft ones. Eight Tails Gyūki, in Darui's eyes, was the softer persimmon!
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