"Big bro! He's using us?!"
Killer B's voice rang out. Though the massive tentacle had been diverted from its original landing point by Kakuzu's Earth Release and slammed into the sand, kicking up a towering cloud of dust, it had successfully avoided the Allied Forces' ninja.
Killer B angrily tried to control the tentacle to intercept Kakuzu, but Kakuzu had already plunged headfirst into the dense crowd!
"Not good! His target is..."
Nara Shikaku, watching from afar, instantly saw through Kakuzu's intentions. His expression changed drastically as his urgent voice rang out through Inoichi Yamanaka's mental link.
"Target area! Everyone scatter! Defend yourselves! Don't let his tentacles make contact!!!"
Yet transmitting the order took an instant, and Kakuzu's killing move was even faster!
Still in midair, his body enduring the immense agony of his shattered left shoulder and the rampaging Lightning Release, Kakuzu's eyes held nothing but greed and madness!
"Earth Grudge Fear: Tentacle Hunt!!!"
Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop!
Countless pitch-black Earth Grudge Fear tentacles covered in stitching burst wildly from Kakuzu's back, beneath his ribs, and even from the severed end of his wounded left arm!
They shot forth like lightning, shrieking as they tore through the air.
Precise and merciless, they stabbed toward the ninja around him, who had been thrown into terrified chaos by Kakuzu's sudden intrusion!
Their targets were the hearts!
Rip! Rip! Rip!
The horrifying sound of flesh being torn apart rang out without end!
"Argh—!"
"Save—!"
"My heart—!"
Cries of alarm and agony instantly drowned out the entire area!
Several ninja who reacted a moment too slowly had no time to mount any effective defense before those horrific black tentacles pierced through their chests!
The tentacle tips clung tightly to their still-beating hearts like suction cups, greedily draining their life force!
"Urgh... urgh..."
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