The Sound Four

A few days earlier.

A shark under Su Yu's control had accidentally swum into a corner of the sea.

As a result, something had eaten the shark.

That was how Su Yu discovered that a monster was hiding there. And it was definitely enormous.

As for whether it was the Three-Tails, he would have to investigate in person.

Su Yu looked at the quiet sea before him.

The shark under his control was swimming toward the seabed.

As soon as it reached the depths, Su Yu lost contact with it.

Su Yu immediately activated his Byakugan and looked down into the sea.

The next second,

he saw an enormous monster.

The chakra surrounding it was the Tailed Beast Chakra he knew so well.

"So it really is the Three-Tails. Looks like this trip wasn't for nothing."

A smile appeared on Su Yu's face.

He took out a scroll he carried with him. It was packed with Explosive Tags.

Several sharks swam over from the sea.

Su Yu took out the Explosive Tags and began setting them up.

Once he had placed them all, he ordered the sharks to swim toward the seabed.

A few seconds later,

Su Yu began to lose contact with the sharks.

The surviving sharks fled desperately, and the Three-Tails chased them up from the seabed.

Just as it was about to reach the surface,

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

A series of explosions rang out.

The sea was stained red with the Three-Tails' blood.

The wounded Three-Tails froze in confusion at first. Then it sensed the Nine-Tails' aura Su Yu had released.

Enraged, the Three-Tails burst out of the sea in an instant.

Su Yu disappeared at the same time.

The next second,

he appeared above the Three-Tails' head, with a Wind Style: Rasenshuriken already formed.

The Three-Tails sensed him overhead and swung its tail at Su Yu.

Whoosh!

The Wind Style: Rasenshuriken sliced through the Three-Tails' tail.

A small section was cut off.

Su Yu used the Body Flicker Technique again, caught the severed tail, and stored it in a sealing scroll.

Wounded again, the Three-Tails grew even angrier.

Its injured tail quickly grew back, and it attacked Su Yu again with all three tails.

The Three-Tails wasn't stupid.

It knew that the technique he had just used was extremely powerful and definitely no ordinary ninjutsu. That meant Su Yu couldn't use it a second time so soon.

Unfortunately, it underestimated Su Yu's Body Flicker Technique.

Su Yu activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and Tailed Beast Cloak.

He dodged the Three-Tails' attacks as if he were playing dodgeball.

And he was even counterattacking.

The Wind Power Su Yu had developed was like Chakra Enhanced Strength. He could instantly wrap chakra around his fist to deliver a more powerful blow.

Even the Three-Tails could feel the pain of those attacks.

It was like being stung by a bee.

If not for its layer of scales, it wouldn't have been able to withstand those blows at all.

The longer it fought with Su Yu, the more it realized how troublesome this human was.

Su Yu was a jōnin, which wasn't especially impressive to it.

But Su Yu's Body Flicker Technique and Tailed Beast Cloak made it impossible for the Three-Tails to hit him.

Just as the Three-Tails hesitated over whether to retreat,

Su Yu finally found a chance to get behind it.

It happened in an instant.

The Three-Tails saw Su Yu disappear and immediately sensed that something was wrong.

Before it could react,

Su Yu's Wind Style: Rasenshuriken sliced through its three tails and severed two of them.

Before the two tails could hit the ground, Su Yu formed hand seals and summoned a water dragon.

The water dragon sent the two tails flying into the air, and Su Yu caught them just in time.

The Three-Tails looked up and saw the water dragon vanish, with Su Yu soaring into the sky above it.

Its eyes widened in disbelief.

A ninja who could fly?

In the forest,

Su Yu used his Wind Wings to fly above the forest, but by then he had nearly run out of chakra.

Two S-rank techniques, fewer than ten uses of the Body Flicker Technique, plus his Sharingan and the Water Dragon Bullet Technique—

even with Uzumaki blood, he couldn't handle that level of consumption.

Along the way,

he had also eaten a Military Ration Pill.

"Looks like I need to upgrade my Uzumaki bloodline," Su Yu thought.

He was still halfway from reaching jōnin level.

It would take at least three more months to become a jōnin.

By then, he should have gathered enough for ten ability draws.

To upgrade his Sharingan, Su Yu had used up the Ice Release bloodline he'd drawn.

That meant that next time, if he was near Yuki Haku, he might be able to draw the Ice Release bloodline again.

He was already close to developing ice-style chakra, so the Ice Release bloodline was no use to him at all. Upgrading his Uzumaki bloodline would be a better choice.

As for the Mangekyō Sharingan, he needed more time to prepare.

He didn't want to upgrade it only to go blind from overusing it.

Su Yu rested in place for two hours before leaving the forest.

Besides collecting Three-Tails Chakra, he had another reason for coming here.

He wanted to use Impure World Reincarnation on a few powerful people.

And on that person.

Otogakure.

Ever since the Konoha Crush, the entire village had been evacuated, and most of its members had moved to various hideouts.

But as the saying went, a cunning rabbit had three burrows; the most dangerous place was also the safest.

Orochimaru's hideout was still in Otogakure.

Su Yu arrived in Otogakure and used the Mind's Eye of the Kagura to locate Orochimaru's new hideout.

As he approached, two people blocked his way.

They were members of the Sound Four:

Jirobo, who specialized in Taijutsu and Earth Release, and Tayuya, who specialized in genjutsu and the Summoning Technique.

There was no doubt that both of them were jōnin-level shinobi.

"If you want to see Lord Orochimaru, you'll have to get past us first," Tayuya said coolly.

Jirobo assumed a Taijutsu stance.

"You two are pretty strong, but I'm just a little stronger." As soon as Su Yu finished speaking, he disappeared.

The next second,

Tayuya found Su Yu right in front of her. Before she could react, she was already caught in a genjutsu.

Even without the boost from the Sharingan, the S-rank Hell Viewing Technique was enough to ensnare Tayuya.

Su Yu's fist, wrapped in Wind Power, sent Tayuya flying with a single punch.

The blow left her seriously injured.

Seeing this, Jirobo hurriedly formed hand seals, trying to trap Su Yu with an Earth Release Barrier.

Su Yu didn't dodge or move. A hint of disdain crossed his face.

The Earth Release Barrier was complete!

Jirobo controlled the barrier with one hand and looked at Tayuya as she came to.

"Tayuya, are you all right?"

Pfft!

Tayuya spat out a mouthful of blood.

Su Yu's punch hadn't just injured her. It had also driven chakra into her body, preventing her from circulating her own chakra properly.

"Jirobo, watch out for this—"

Before Tayuya could finish speaking, the Earth Release Barrier shattered in an instant.

The Wind Style: Rasenshuriken shot straight toward Jirobo.

At the critical moment,

Jirobo activated his Cursed Seal and used his Earth Release to the fullest.

Unfortunately, ordinary ninjutsu couldn't stop an S-rank Wind Style: Rasenshuriken.

Jirobo managed to neutralize ninety percent of its chakra. The remaining ten percent struck him, leaving him seriously injured and covered in wounds.

Only then did Yakushi Kabuto appear.

He pushed up his glasses and smiled at Su Yu, paying no attention to Jirobo and Tayuya.