"These inherently evil humans are always coveting the power of us Tailed Beasts, yet they turn around and call us evil."
"Kid, since you're one of them too, then regardless of whether you have anything to do with that Six Paths Old Man, you'll die here today."
As Shukaku gradually understood what had happened, his tone became much calmer, but his aura grew incomparably dangerous.
At the same time, large amounts of purple Yin Chakra and blue Yang Chakra rapidly gathered before Shukaku's huge mouth. At a two-to-eight Yin-Yang ratio, they gradually mixed and compressed into a terrifying Chakra sphere.
"Tailed Beast Bomb! It's a Tailed Beast Bomb!"
"Is it going to destroy the village?"
Chiba had yet to react, but the surrounding Sunagakure ninjas instantly panicked.
It couldn't be helped. To the vast majority of people in this world, the power of a Tailed Beast Bomb, capable of easily flattening mountain peaks, was simply too terrifying.
One careless mistake, and they—and even all of Sunagakure—would be finished.
"What are you panicking for? If something really goes wrong, I'll step in!"
Seeing the Sand Ninja's flustered expressions, Rasa spoke with an unhurried, composed look.
After all, he had suppressed rampaging Shukaku more than once before this.
Naturally, he had also blocked Tailed Beast Bombs before.
"Rise!"
To put Sunagakure more at ease, Rasa raised both hands. Massive amounts of Gold Sand flew into the air, forming slanted Gold Dust Giant Walls one after another.
Clearly, if Chiba could not deal with the Tailed Beast Bomb, Rasa would use these Gold Dust Giant Walls to deflect it into the sky.
"Still, the so-called Tenseigan shouldn't be incapable of dealing with a single Tailed Beast Bomb, right?"
After finishing all this, Rasa kept his gaze fixed on that green figure in the air, surrounded by the Sand Ninja's worshipful expressions of, "Great, it's the Kazekage! We're saved!"
"Orochimaru-sama, what should we do now?"
Kimimaro led the rather bedraggled Sound Four to Orochimaru, who had already released the Great Snake Summoning Technique and returned to his original appearance, then asked him.
At this point, the battle had already gone beyond their ability to participate in.
Even Kimimaro, the strongest among them, had no confidence in stopping a single Tailed Beast Bomb.
Even if a miracle occurred and he barely managed to block one, it would not mean much.
After all, for a Tailed Beast like Shukaku, a move like the Tailed Beast Bomb—which humans regarded as a natural disaster—was practically the equivalent of a basic attack.
"Since Chiba-kun dared to set his sights on Tailed Beast Chakra, he must have some confidence. There's no way a single Tailed Beast Bomb could stop him."
"To obtain those Tenseigan, I'll have to show some real skill."
"What a pity, Teacher Hiruzen. This move was originally prepared for you, but it seems I'll have to use it on someone else first."
"Summoning Technique: Impure World Reincarnation!"
With Orochimaru smoothly biting his finger, forming hand seals, and slamming his palm onto the ground in one fluid sequence, two coffins marked with the black characters "First" and "Second" rose from the earth.
A coffin marked with the character "Fourth" emerged only halfway before seemingly failing to meet certain conditions and sinking back underground.
Soon, as the coffins marked "First" and "Second" opened on their own, two figures stepped out.
"This is... the Land of Wind, Sunagakure?"
"That is... the One-Tail Shukaku I gave to Sunagakure back then. And who is that green figure standing opposite it?"
"The green Chakra Cloak on him looks pretty nice. It would be great if I could have one too."
One of them was a middle-aged man with long black hair, wearing a Black Tight Combat Suit beneath Red Layered Armor. He wore a Konoha Forehead Protector, and cracks covered his face. He swayed his head as he glanced around, his gaze finally settling on Shukaku, who was about to fire the Tailed Beast Bomb, and Chiba standing before him. His eyes were full of shock and confusion, with even a faint trace of longing.
"Isn't this my Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu? I never thought someone would learn it and then use it on me."
The other was a man who looked somewhat more "mature," with silver hair and red eyes. He wore a Black Tight Combat Suit beneath Blue Layered Armor, an iron forehead protector shaped like a face guard, three red markings on his cheeks, and a Konoha Forehead Protector atop his head. A White Down Collar connected to the back hung from his shoulders, and cracks likewise covered his face. After examining his current appearance, he spoke with an unpleasant expression.
"First Hokage, Second Hokage, welcome to the future Sunagakure."
Orochimaru took out two Kunai bearing Special Talismans and inserted them into the backs of the heads of the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, and the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama. With little genuine apology in his voice, he said, "I know you must have many questions, but I don't have much time to help you understand the current situation."
"All you need to do next is serve as my tools and help me obtain Hyuga Chiba's Tenseigan."
As the specially made Kunai were inserted, the cracks on Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama's faces gradually disappeared, making them look increasingly like living people.
Yet at the same time, all light vanished from their eyes, and they became puppets fully controlled by Orochimaru.
"Chiba-kun, let me see what dazzling performance you have in store next."
After making his preparations, Orochimaru turned his gaze back to Hyuga Chiba.
Boom!
In the blink of an eye, after a brief charge, Shukaku unhesitatingly fired the fully prepared Tailed Beast Bomb at Chiba.
Yet this Tailed Beast Bomb, which should have easily destroyed a mountain peak, stopped in midair just before hitting Chiba, as though someone had pressed pause.
Then, the Tailed Beast Bomb rapidly shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye.
A closer look revealed that, at some point, a Green Chakra Orb the size of a soccer ball had begun floating above Chiba's left palm.
Shukaku's Tailed Beast Bomb was being rapidly absorbed by the Green Chakra Orb and simultaneously converted into pure Chakra compatible with Chiba, pouring into his body.
As a result, the Chakra Chiba had expended was instantly replenished, and the duration of his Tenseigan Chakra Mode would be greatly extended.
"He can actually directly absorb the One-Tail Shukaku's Chakra?"
Rasa's expression abruptly changed at this sight, and he could no longer maintain his earlier calm.
No matter how confident he was in himself, after personally witnessing the Tenseigan's power, he had no choice but to admit that once Chiba truly acquired the Tailed Beast's nearly inexhaustible reserves of immense Chakra, he would no longer have any chance of defeating him!
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