Chapter 286: The Situation (cont.)

At that moment, the group of Stone Ninja finally arrived, fashionably late.

After all, they were the side that had done something guilty.

They knew very well exactly what faction the people who had attacked the Four Heavenly Phenomena belonged to.

The reason they had not rushed over immediately was actually twofold. They knew that their partner faction was not weak.

And such a partner faction did not put them at ease in the slightest.

If they could use the Cloud Ninja's hands to weaken them a little, they would be more than happy to see it happen.

Secondly, although they had cooperated with the Akatsuki Organization, cooperation did not mean they were one and the same.

To truly understand this ally of theirs, using the Cloud Ninja to test them a little first was quite worthwhile.

Unfortunately, their calculations fell through completely. The Akatsuki Organization members had already vanished without a trace.

The situation was somewhat beyond their expectations. The only thing they knew now was that Yugito, Kumogakure's Two-Tails Jinchuriki, had fallen under the enemy's Genjutsu.

And there had been that final roar from Yugito.

Something about the atmosphere felt off. Yugito, who had been standing motionless, raised her head. A Three-Tomoe Sharingan belonging to the Uchiha slowly began to spin in her eyes.

Yugito's face was twisted in extreme pain.

Then everyone saw Yugito's skin begin to flake away like crumbling earth.

The more it peeled away, the more clearly they could see the scarlet skin streaked with black lines beneath it.

More and more of it appeared, until it eventually covered her entire body.

The curve of her lips widened further and further, and two tails the same color as her body emerged.

Then the monster, having revealed its form once more, raised its head and