Chōmei seemed unaffected, but he could clearly sense that Fū's mental energy was unstable.
"Her vital signs are clearly stable, but her mental energy is fluctuating wildly...
What kind of poison does that?"
There was nothing he could do. Fū had already begun wailing in agony, clutching her head with her small hands.
Chōmei hurriedly took partial control of her body and guided her slowly downward.
Fū's body swayed through the air, and the world spun before her eyes!
"It hurts... no!"
"Damn it!"
There was no one in Takigakure who could help, either...
"Shukaku! Shukaku!"
"Chōmei? Why do you sound so frantic?"
"Get your jinchūriki to come back and help us! Someone's targeting my jinchūriki!"
Hearing Chōmei's plea, Shukaku immediately understood.
This must be the Akatsuki's doing, right?
Chōmei doesn't know yet. Should I lie to him?
Wait, why don't I just send Gaara along too?
"Gaara, tell the people with you that Fū's in danger. Hurry back to Takigakure and help her."
"Fū's in danger?"
"Chōmei just told me."
"Then we need to hurry back!"
With no time to explain, Gaara wrapped the jonin accompanying him in sand.
"Gaara? What are you doing?"
The jonin were completely bewildered.
"Something's happened in Takigakure. We have to go back and help!"
"Something's happened in Takigakure?"
"Kakuzu, hurry up. Sunagakure's One-Tail Jinchuriki, Gaara, is coming back with reinforcements."
"What?"
Kakuzu looked at Zetsu, his brows drawn tightly together.
Do jinchūriki have some way of contacting one another?
It was too late to think about that now. They could only press on...
"Hidan, hurry up. They've already gone a long way, but the One-Tail Jinchuriki can fly too."
"Got it."
Weapon in hand, Hidan headed toward where Fū had landed.
An idea struck Kakuzu, and he turned to Zetsu.
"Zetsu, tell