'Flying Chicken' and the Honey Trap
The enormous, bizarre stone statue was still continuously drawing Tailed Beast Chakra.
Shinki, controlling the Susanoo Warrior God, once again unleashed the Spiral Sword, this time thrusting it straight at the strange stone statue behind him that was absorbing the Tailed Beast Chakra!
The Spiral Sword collided with the stone statue, producing a loud "clang!"
To Shinki's surprise, Susanoo's full-force attack as the Warrior God of war failed to break the stone statue!
"Strange, what is this thing made of? It's so tough!"
As he spoke, the unconvinced Shinki once again thrust out the Spiral Sword...
"Clang clang clang..."
Several attempts failed to leave a single scratch on the stone statue.
"How could you possibly break through the Demonic Statue so easily?" The so-called Masked Man phantom sneered.
Shinki didn't bother arguing with him; his priority was to stop the strange stone statue from extracting the Tailed Beast Chakra from Han's body.
The Shinki dispersed its Susanoo and reached into the Summoning Scroll behind it, pulling out several Gelel Stones.
After scattering several pieces of Grey Stone in various corners of the cave, Shinki formed a hand seal and shouted, "Seal!"
"Splash!"
A transparent barrier opened, forming a closed cube. Within this space, all Chakra was blocked, and the Akatsuki member phantoms on the finger statue vanished without a trace, while Han's Tailed Beast extraction stopped accordingly!
With a "thud," Han's body fell to the ground.
Akatsuchi and Kurotsuchi quickly stepped forward.
Kurotsuchi carefully checked Han's breath, almost crying with anxiety, "He's almost stopped breathing, is there any way to save him?"
Akatsuchi: "Jinchūriki is certain to die if the Tailed Beast is extracted from his body... Although the Five-Tails wasn't completely extracted from Han-senpai's body, it's almost gone..."
Kurotsuchi said discontentedly, "Senior brother, don't Crow it..."
Shinki stepped forward, examined Han's body using Medical Ninjutsu, and finally uttered only two words: "He can be saved..."
For a period of time afterward, Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi were on guard, while Shinki used Wood Release to set up a makeshift operating table inside the cave and began the surgery...
A dozen minutes later, Shinki put away the Chakra Scalpel, a slight smile playing on his lips, "All done."
Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi, who were on guard outside, exchanged a glance: (⊙o⊙)
Alright?!
So fast! How long has it been?!
When she checked Senior Han's breathing just now, he was clearly on the verge of death...
Kurotsuchi entered the cave in disbelief and found that Han's breathing had become even and his complexion had become rosy, as if he were asleep, showing no signs of weakness whatsoever.
After a while, Han woke up from his coma.
"Am I... in hell?"
He had barely finished speaking when he saw Kurotsuchi standing beside him, "Hmm, Kurotsuchi? What are you doing here? Were you captured by Akatsuki too?"
Kurotsuchi: "We've come to rescue you, senior. -_-||"
Afterwards, Kurotsuchi and Han recounted in detail everything that had happened in the past few days.
After listening, Han scratched his head somewhat sheepishly. "So, I really do have to thank the three of you."
Akatsuchi humbly said, "We didn't do much; all the credit goes to Shinki."
Kurotsuchi nodded in agreement.
Upon hearing this, Han looked at the Shinki, his eyes gleaming. "I've long heard of the young genius of Konoha; seeing him today, the rumors are indeed true."
Shinki: "You flatter me, senior. Without further ado, I'll take you back to Iwagakure."
After Shinki finished speaking, without waiting for the others to reply, he pulled them along and used the Flying Thunder God to get to the Iwagakure Office...
Inside the Tsuchikage Office, Ōnoki was handling recent government affairs.
Halfway through reviewing the documents, he said with some frustration, "The communications Ninja hasn't sent any information back yet, and I wonder how Kurotsuchi and the others are doing in the Land of Rain..."
However, no sooner had he finished speaking than Shinki dragged the three of them into the Office!
Han was still lying on the ground at this time...
The moment his gaze met Ōnoki's, Han lowered his head in shame. "Lord Tsuchikage, as Jinchūriki, I failed to protect the Tailed Beasts..."
Upon hearing this, Onoki turned his gaze to the Ōnoki Shinki. He felt that the Five-Tails Beast on Han's body had probably been extracted by the Shinki as well!
Kurotsuchi noticed the old man's change in mood and defended Shinki, saying, "When we arrived, the Akatsuki's Tailed Beast extraction was already nearing its end."
"Most of the Tailed Beast Chakra within Senior Han's body has been extracted..."
Akatsuchi nodded. "That's true. At that time, Senior Han was in critical condition. If it weren't for the Shinki, he probably would have already..."
Akatsuchi left the rest of his sentence unfinished; those were unlucky words, inappropriate for this occasion, but everyone knew the implication.
After listening, Ōnoki understood.
Since the Tailed Beast wasn't extracted by that kid Shinki, then the due reward must be paid in full.
So, he put on a smiling face and patted Shinki on the shoulder kindly, "I knew I hadn't misjudged you, you haven't let me down. ^_^"
"Kitsuchi, bring the money up."
After Ōnoki finished giving his instructions, a while later, Kitsuchi appeared in the Tsuchikage Office carrying a tray of silver notes.
Shinki welcomes all comers, accepting them all!
That's 150 million!
After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Ōnoki said, "Last time you came, you were injured and spent most of the time lying in the village. This time, why don't you stay a few more days and let Kurotsuchi show you around?"
Shinki had other plans in mind, so he didn't refuse and readily agreed with a smile, "Since Grandpa Tsuchikage has said so, there's naturally no reason for this junior to refuse."
Ōnoki was surprised that Shinki actually agreed.
(°ー°)
He was just being polite...
Afterwards, Shinki followed Akatsuchi out of the Tsuchikage Office and headed to the guest room that Ōnoki had prepared for him.
Inside the Tsuchikage Office, Kurotsuchi mysteriously pulled out a piece of paper.
Grandpa, look what this is! (´◊ω◊`)
Ōnoki glanced at the drawing on the paper, then scoffed, "A painting? It's quite exquisite, though. My granddaughter's painting skills have improved... Alright, you can go out now, Grandpa has things to do..."
Kurotsuchi:Ծ‸ Ծ
"Grandpa, you're being way too perfunctory!"
"If it were just a simple painting, would I show it to you?!"
Ōnoki sensed his granddaughter's dissatisfaction and could only patiently continue, "Then tell me what's in this picture? An ugly bird?"
A smug expression appeared on Kurotsuchi's face. "This kind of painting is called Steel Super Beast Imitating Drawing. The thing in the painting, Shinki says, is called a 'Flying Chicken,' a vehicle that's extremely fast."
"By infusing Chakra into this painting, the 'Flying Chicken' inside can be brought to life."
Upon hearing this, Ōnoki realized what he meant and said, "This is the 'Flying Chicken'?"
"I heard it was developed by Shinki. The Ninja from Konoha mentioned it, but this is the first time I've seen it."
"You travel around the Land of Rain riding on these things, right?"
"No wonder the Ninja squad I sent to follow you said you rode some kind of flying iron bird and were impossible to catch..."
"Hey, Kurotsuchi, how did you get your hands on this stuff? (๑‾ ꇴ ‾๑)"
"You don't know how to use a honey trap, do you?! Σ(っ°Д °;)っ"
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