"Zetsu! Wood Release. Pinnacle X23US. These words sound familiar." Bound by Wood Release, Yugito frowned as she calmly thought it over. Then her eyes flashed sharply. "I remember now! You're the accomplice of Uchiha Madara, the Shinobi World criminal!"
More than a decade ago, Uchiha Madara and Zetsu had suddenly appeared on the battlefield in the Land of Rain and fought Skywalker, causing a huge uproar throughout the Shinobi World. Although the two had vanished afterward without another trace, Konoha's vigorous propaganda had made the entire Shinobi World aware that these two dangerous figures were plotting some grand conspiracy to overturn the Shinobi World. Both were wanted by every nation.
Compared to the widely renowned Madara, Zetsu was far more mysterious. Even though he was suspected of being a Wood Release user, he had been overshadowed by the former's fame. Furthermore, A Fei's usual appearance differed somewhat from Zetsu's, so Yugito had not immediately recognized who he was.
"Hehehe..." A Fei laughed in a low voice. "Shinobi World criminals? We merely want to reclaim what belongs to us, including the Two-Tails inside you! Its owner will take that power back today!"
"So that's it! Your target is the Two-Tails? But you think this half-baked Wood Release of yours can hold me?"
Yugito curled her lip disdainfully. Immediately afterward, a massive chakra aura surged from her body, while her face began to undergo a transformation. Furry whiskers sprouted, and her teeth sharpened. In the blink of an eye, she had completed a partial Tailed Beast Transformation. Her head was enveloped in nearly tangible chakra, becoming a cat's face.
"Creak, creak..." At the same time, the Wood Release wrapped around Yugito was slowly forced apart by the ever-condensing chakra cloak, letting out strained groans as though it might snap at any moment.