"Secret Technique: Earth Grudge Fear!"
Threads peeled away from his body one after another, and masked monsters appeared before the two women.
Kakuzu's body had long since been modified into something inhuman. His entire body was made of those black threads, which had also granted him an unnaturally long life.
Each mask possessed the strength of an elite jonin. All five masks detached from his body.
Combined with his powerful Wind Release attacks, they made Nakamori Akina, who had been flying through the air, stagger. Even the powder she had just sprayed was completely scattered by the wind.
Although the tailed beast's chakra would erode her body, that same layer of chakra gave Nakamori Akina formidable defense. She lowered her head and glanced at Fū. The girl was the village's only person capable of accepting a tailed beast. As long as the village chief transferred the tailed beast into Fū's body after her death, it would prevent the tailed beast from killing anyone through its rampage.
But with these two powerful enemies suddenly appearing, Nakamori Akina had to take Fū away.
"Be careful. That masked man hasn't attacked at all, but the chakra in his body feels like that of a tailed beast. I even suspect that he has a tailed beast sealed inside him too."
A tailed beast's senses were unquestionably among the greatest in the shinobi world. As the mild-tempered Seven-Tails, it knew that if it fell into the hands of people like these, its future would certainly be miserable. Thus, it did its utmost to keep its chakra from harming Nakamori Akina.
Nakamori Akina knew the state of her body. If she entered the half-tailed beast form one more time, her body likely would not withstand the erosion and would eventually collapse, killing her. Having already foreseen