Fallacy (Continued)

Then he began gathering breath in his mouth. In an instant, his cheeks swelled.

He tilted his head back, then spat it out.

A blazing stream of fire burst from Asuma's mouth, instantly forming an utterly terrifying wall of flames before him.

As Asuma continued exerting himself, the wall of fire swept horizontally toward Matatabi.

Meanwhile, Fukawa Masashige made his move without hesitation.

As an elite jonin, he could naturally coordinate with others with great speed.

So, as he formed hand seals as well, he coordinated with Asuma's Great Fire Annihilation and hurled a Water Dragon Bullet Technique at Matatabi.

Although Matatabi was under control and her intelligence seemed to be in arrears at the moment, she still reacted when she saw two ninjutsu of such tremendous force.

She moved.

Standing where she was, she opened her mouth wide. Yet she was not gathering a Tailed Beast Bomb as expected. The instant she opened her jaws—

A blaze the same color as her body erupted from her mouth, charging straight into the two ninjutsu.

The collision began in an instant. Naturally, neither side could retreat, so Asuma and Fukawa Masashige continued pouring in their strength.

They seemed to want to overwhelm her outright, but unfortunately, a problem soon arose.

They might have had plenty of Chakra, but there was always a limit. A Tailed Beast, however, was a collection of Chakra itself. Competing with a Tailed Beast in Chakra was simply impossible.

Thus, they could only maintain a temporary stalemate. Fukawa Masashige was the first to falter. While maintaining his ninjutsu, he said to Asuma, "Asuma, pull back. I can't hold on any longer."

Pulling back here did not mean running away. It meant no longer wasting Chakra in a meaningless contest. Clearly, he had realized that even a hundred