The Historical Reason Amegakure Ninja Wear Gas Masks Has Been Found!

"Zzzrt... zzzrt."

Within the thick, bubbling Venom in Ibuse's stomach, the enormous body of the Mechanical Four-Tails was visibly shrinking.

Just as Hanzo knew, in a few more minutes, that arrogant mechanical gorilla would become Ibuse's nourishment.

"Xiao Zi, wake up."

As the highly corrosive Venom was about to flood into the Mechanical Tailed Beast's core—the place where Xiao Zi was located—Son Gokū could only use his mental power to Call Out to Xiao Zi, who had been detoxified but had yet to awaken.

"Mm?"

After becoming one with the Four-Tails, the toxins in Xiao Zi's body had largely been cleared. At Son Gokū's call, his sleeping consciousness gradually returned.

"Where is this?"

Rubbing his aching temples, Xiao Zi, whose eyes still carried a hint of faint purple, wrinkled his nose in confusion. It could not be helped; the stench here was simply too overpowering.

"You got swallowed into someone's belly~"

The Four-Tails' teasing voice sounded again. Xiao Zi immediately jolted upright and realized that he was inside the Mechanical Tailed Beast's cockpit, while outside was a purple sea billowing with poisonous smoke.

"Thanks, Son Goku."

Touching his still-stinging waist, Xiao Zi spoke with a grateful expression, knowing that the Four-Tails had saved him.

"If you really want to thank me, get the hell out of here. You have no idea how badly that guy beat up Kokuō just now."

Even amid battle, Son Gokū had found time to connect with Kokuō. Learning that Kokuō and Han had been viciously torn apart by Uchiha Madara's great halberd, he could not help feeling fortunate.

Compared to Uchiha Madara, Son Gokū would rather face Hanzo and Ibuse. At least he would not be subjected to such utterly humiliating one-sided beating.

"But the mission?"

Xiao Zi frowned at that.

Honestly, aside from the