Curse Mark State Two

Hidden Shadow Snake Limbs

A giant python suddenly coiled around his waist and yanked him backward. In an instant!

The blood-red One Tomoe Sharingan only caught sight of that red figure brushing past him, but the gust of wind she kicked up made his cheeks sting.

He swore! He had never felt that venomous snakes could be so endearing.

"Kushina!"

At that moment, Tsunade roared, punched a massive boulder into the air, and sent it hurtling straight at Kushina.

Boom!

Only then did Uchiha Yoru's mind and body react. He turned his head, and fury immediately appeared on his face as he looked at Uzumaki Kushina in the distance.

That gust of wind had nearly grazed his cheek. He had almost been smashed to pieces!

That powerless feeling, that shudder of death brushing past him, stirred a savage ferocity within Uchiha Yoru for no reason at all.

As the tomoe in his pupils spun rapidly, a second tomoe slowly emerged!

"Kushina!"

Uchiha Yoru stared at the red figure in the distance and ground out her name word by word.

So close! He had nearly been smashed to pieces by that little fox girl!

It was not as though he had never faced death since becoming a shinobi, but that kind of terrifying, helpless power had only existed in his previous life!

In this life, he would seize absolute power!

Boom!

The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, after releasing Four-Tails, could directly contend with one of the Legendary Sannin at their peak. Even her current Three-Tails state still surpassed most ordinary jonin.

Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade had not yet become the Legendary Sannin of their future prime.

"Damn it!"

On the battlefield, Jiraiya cursed inwardly.

Though Jinchuriki were terrifying, they had many weaknesses. They had no intelligence and relied entirely on instinct, but their opponent was Uzumaki Kushina, forcing them to hold back.

If they truly went all out, the three of them would not necessarily be in such a sorry state.

"Tsunade, seal her quickly!"

The terrifying aftershocks of battle had already flattened this stretch of forest. The Konoha Shinobi had retreated in fear to a safe distance, ready to provide support at any moment.

A battle of this level was no longer something they could participate in.

Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall

A wall of earth suddenly rose before Tsunade, blocking the incoming attack.

Tsunade looked back and, upon seeing that it was Uchiha Yoru who had cast the ninjutsu, snapped angrily:

"Brat, do you have a death wish?!"

"Captain Tsunade, keep preparing the Fuinjutsu!"

Uchiha Yoru appeared, his body likewise radiating terrifying Chakra. At the same time, horrifying Curse Mark patterns visibly spread across his face.

At that moment, he released the restrictions imposed by the Cursed Seal on his body. The mark spread from half his face to cover his entire face, while unprecedented power surged from within Uchiha Yoru's body.

This time, facing Tsunade's angry rebuke, Uchiha Yoru showed a grave smile.

"Three minutes! Captain Tsunade, you said it yourself—my body's limit is three minutes!"

Under the sunlight, his face was covered in bewitching Curse Mark patterns, originally brimming with wickedness. Yet when Tsunade saw it this time, she froze.

"Jiraiya, Lord Orochimaru, three minutes! I'll take Captain Tsunade's place for three minutes!"

Uchiha Yoru shouted resolutely, completely releasing the restraints on the power within his body. His Chakra instantly surged!

The three of them had positioned themselves this way to restrain Kushina here and wait for the sealing.

"This brat!"

Jiraiya's eyes widened in shock. Wasn't this brat only a chunin? What was with this enormous Chakra?

Meanwhile, Orochimaru, who was restraining the Jinchuriki from the side, panted heavily. His golden snake eyes swept a glance over Yoru, revealing a desire to explore the unknown.

This was an unknown power!

"Brat, don't you dare die!"

Behind him, Tsunade took a deep breath, gripped the Sealing Scroll in her palm, and began forming hand seals.

Lightning Style: False Darkness

In an instant, terrifying Lightning Style shot forth, aimed directly at Uzumaki Kushina. Jiraiya cried out in alarm at the sight.

"Is this brat a monster too?!"

In the original story, the Sound Four were only at the elite chunin level during the Chunin Exam. In Curse Mark State One, they were no weaker than Special Jonin, while in Curse Mark State Two, they could temporarily stand shoulder to shoulder with jonin.

As Uchiha Yoru released the restraints on his body, black patterns gradually spread across him. His skin darkened, his muscles swelled, and his body grew noticeably taller. At the same time, the black patterns on his face began to change, and his hair grew dramatically longer.

Curse Mark: State Two (Youthful Sage Body)

His nails sharpened. Beneath his powerful dark-gray skin, even the whites of the Two Tomoe Sharingan in Uchiha Yoru's eye sockets turned completely black.

"Kushina! Wake up!"

After fully unleashing the Curse Mark Sage Body, Uchiha Yoru felt power unlike anything he had ever known. Yet it also stirred the violent urge in his heart, making him roar uncontrollably.

In an instant, he charged straight at her. Seeing this, the heavily Chakra-depleted Jiraiya and Orochimaru panted as they coordinated in tacit cooperation.

Three minutes!

They had heard what Uchiha Yoru said earlier. In other words, he could only maintain this state of power for three minutes.

Yet this state had caused Uchiha Yoru's strength to soar, granting him combat power that could temporarily rival a jonin.

Boom!

The two clashed in an instant. The difference was that Uchiha Yoru was sent flying with a punch.

Uchiha Yoru's Two Tomoe Sharingan filled with bewilderment. What the hell?

He had clearly seen Uzumaki Kushina's third tail gradually dissipating just now, which meant her power was fading.

How were more than two and a half tails still this absurd?!

"Brat, don't let your guard down!"

Seeing Uchiha Yoru get punched away at once, Jiraiya's eye twitched. This brat was really bold!

He actually wanted to fight a Jinchuriki in taijutsu!

Earth Style: Earth Dragon Bullet

With Jiraiya's support, Uzumaki Kushina was forced back. At the same time, Uchiha Yoru seized the chance and roared. He no longer dared to recklessly charge in for close combat, instead choosing to exploit his speed advantage and attack with ninjutsu.

Boom!

Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Uchiha Yoru confined the rampaging Jinchuriki within a limited area, while the surrounding Konoha Shinobi had long since scattered and retreated to safety.

Yet even from afar, countless eyes revealed shock at a battle of this level.

"What kind of monster is that?! Can we fight monsters like that?!"

"So this is a Jinchuriki?!"

While countless people were stunned by that terrifying power, Minato Namikaze, who had come from a civilian shinobi background, witnessed such power for the first time. His eyes were blank with shock.

Looking at Uzumaki Kushina in the distance, he felt only terror!

"This power!"

Watching a vast forest vanish beneath the Tailed Beast Ball, as though a portion of the map had been erased, Minato realized that such terrifying, world-destroying power had to remain under the village's control. Otherwise, it would only bring disaster to the village!

The shock in Minato Namikaze's eyes gradually turned into resolve.

"Kushina!"

At that moment, Minato Namikaze's expression became resolute. He finally understood what Third Hokage-sama had meant.

This was not merely for power, but for the village!

The terrifying power of Jinchuriki had to be held in the Hokage's hands. Otherwise, it would only bring disaster to the village.

His Will of Fire completely accepted the Third Hokage's ideals!

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