"The clan leader... that's really Lady Kagero's true body?!"
"After all these years, I never thought we'd get to see Lady Kagero's true body again!"
Cries of disbelief erupted from the Fūma Clan crowd.
The woman slowly rising out of that ruined shell of flesh began to overlap with the familiar figure in their memories.
Who else could she be but the original Kagero?!
The Fūma Clan members weren't the only ones shocked. Even Kakuzu looked dumbfounded.
That hideous, hunchbacked giant had turned into a breathtaking beauty right before his eyes?
It was simply unbelievable!
Guy was equally surprised.
As he remembered it, Kagero's true form should have had two pairs of energy wings extending from her back.
He hadn't expected the guidance and nourishment of his Yang Release energy to produce three pairs of translucent, emerald-green wings of light!
Those three pairs of wings shimmered in the sunlight, as light and clear as a dragonfly's delicate wings.
Kagero hovered in midair, the dark-purple diamond marking between her brows slowly lighting up in harmony with the luminous wings behind her.
She radiated an indescribable, mysterious beauty.
She slowly closed her eyes, sensing the changes in her body.
A moment later, she opened her eyes and looked down at her hands and body, her gaze filled with conflicting emotions.
She knew the man before her hadn't lied.
Although she had used the power of the Mayfly Technique, she could clearly feel that she wasn't going to die!
The three pairs of energy wings gathered behind her could be withdrawn into her body.
Once withdrawn, that power would gather in the marking between her brows and be stored there.
She could release it again next time.
The price was no longer her life.
Instead, she would need to build up energy again