By then, Genma and the others had reached the main command tent. However, the tent was still constantly heaving, though the movements had grown smaller.
While running there, Genma had been thinking up countermeasures. Thus, the moment they arrived before the command tent, he immediately gave everyone a special hand signal, telling them to surround it from all sides.
At Genma's Shadow Clone's reminder, Dieyewasi was the first to rapidly form hand seals and slam his palm onto the ground.
"Earth Release: Earth Flow Technique!"
In an instant, the main command tent became precarious.
"Aah!!" ×2
Two cries came from inside the tent, one somewhat youthful and the other rather deep. Before long, however, the main tent was torn open with a huge gash, exposing countless amounts of sand and soil within.
Everyone looked closely. Raiton was standing there with one arm hanging limply, a sword in one hand, and his lower body sunk into the sand.
On the other side, a somewhat overweight, dark-skinned man glared furiously, with half his body similarly trapped in the sand.
Just as the man was about to form hand seals and spring up, his wide eyes suddenly went blank, as though his soul had left his body.
This was the Genjutsu Kurenai had cast. No one knew exactly what Genjutsu it was, but it made Namiashi Raidō give her a thumbs-up through his tears.
"Wuwu... I thought I'd never get the chance to see you guys again. I'm so touched. So many people actually came to save me~"
"Ahem, it's because you're capable yourself. You actually held out against that fatty for so long~"
As Shiranui Genma spoke, he hurled two Kunai at the fat ninja, one aimed at his face and the other at his heart.
"Pssh~"
Without any surprises, the fat