The General Trend is Gone

"Still trying to sneak attack?"

Yugito was in the thick of it, cutting down enemies like vegetables, when suddenly an unfamiliar figure attacked her. Without a second thought, she materialized her cat claws with Chakra and swung.

The longsword, covered in Wind Style Chakra, struck the cat claws heavily, producing a metallic clang.

Danzo remained unfazed as his strike was blocked; he never expected to kill her with a single blow.

He unleashed several more slashes in quick succession, almost all of which were blocked.

Fortunately, his final strike triggered a Critical Hit passive, dealing 20% additional force, directly severing Yugito's cat claws and sending her flying.

"Jonin!"

Yugito frowned. Protected by the Tailed Beast cloak, the strike, though powerful, didn't cause her much damage thanks to the cat claws' buffer.

The Konoha ninjas around her were mostly Genin or Chunin, acting like fearless suicide squads. She hadn't expected a Jonin to be among them.

Is he the leader of this squad? she wondered.

"Is that all Cloud Ninja are capable of?"

Before Yugito could react, Danzo reappeared in front of her, wielding his longsword as he spoke.

Clang—

The longsword struck Yugito's Chakra-reconstructed cat claws once more.

"Are Cloud Ninja only good at taking hits?" Danzo didn't press his attack this time, instead, he grinned and moved closer to Yugito, taunting her.

"Do Konoha people always talk so much nonsense?" Yugito's expression remained calm, as if Danzo's words didn't affect her.

However, her actions betrayed her indifference as she gradually shifted from defense to offense, continuously swinging her cat claws at Danzo.

Clang, clang, clang—the metallic sounds echoed incessantly, and with a slight lapse in Danzo's guard, he was sent flying.

Seeing Danzo being knocked back, a hint of joy flashed in Yugito's eyes. She quickly formed hand seals and spat out several light blue fireballs.

"Mouse Ball Jade!"

The blue flames transformed into agile little mice in the air, darting towards Danzo erratically.

Danzo flipped in the air, landing steadily, but coughed up blood, his face pale.

Facing the oncoming fire mice, Danzo dragged his heavy body, dodging and fleeing into the bushes.

"Don't run!"

Having finally caught a high-level Konoha ninja, Yugito wouldn't let him escape so easily. A layer of light blue flames enveloped her body as she quickly pursued Danzo's escape route.

"Don't chase after him!"

Darui, who had been in the center of the battle, grew anxious and tried to stop Yugito, but was held back by others.

Although he was engaged in combat, he had been keeping an eye on Yugito.

As the Cloud Village's Jinchuriki, Yugito was the most important treasure in the entire team. Even if he, Darui, died, he couldn't allow the Two-Tails to leave Cloud Village.

But the more anxious Darui became, the more the surrounding Konoha ninjas entangled him, using their lives to hold him back.

"Get out!"

Roaring and forcing back several Konoha ninjas, Darui shouted to the others, "Everyone, withdraw from the battle and bring Yugito back."

He had a faint feeling that something was wrong, whether it was these Konoha ninjas who were disregarding their lives, or that Konoha Jonin who had just left.

Single-mindedly wanting to capture a ninja of Danzo's level, Yugito didn't pay attention to other sounds, and didn't even hear Darui's warning.

Danzo's expression was calm as he maintained his speed, quietly running forward.

He could clearly sense Yugito's speed increasing little by little, slowly approaching him.

A hundred steps.

Ten steps.

One step!

Danzo felt the increasingly clear breathing and footsteps behind him, suddenly stopping, retreating with endless killing intent in his eyes, turning around and slashing out with his blade.

This slash was wrapped in a rich Wind Style Chakra, carrying the will to cut through everything, the strongest strike in the original body's swordsmanship.

"I was waiting for you to turn around!"

Yugito's face lit up with joy, she had been waiting for this guy to turn around.

Injured and unable to run fast, the Konoha Jonin in front of her could only turn around and fight to the death.

Prepared in advance, Yugito lightly leaped, like a nimble cat dodging the fierce slash, but before she could reach out to grab Danzo.

An inexplicable will transmitted from the blade, directly causing Yugito's spirit to be momentarily dazed, and when she felt the stinging pain and regained her senses, the blade had already pierced her body.

The fierce Wind Style Chakra stirred within her body, destroying her internal organs.

Danzo calmly looked at Yugito's disbelieving eyes, this slash was not only amazing in terms of power and speed, but also used extremely exquisite genjutsu, capable of trapping those who faced it in an illusion.

If it was someone facing this slash for the first time, they would most likely fall for it.

The original body didn't use this slash often when he was young, but each time he used it, he had to kill the enemy to erase the secret, and as time passed, Danzo's physical functions couldn't keep up, and this slash disappeared with all the dead.

But now, with his physical fitness improved once again, and his control over his body increased, Danzo reproduced this slash.

Yugito looked at Danzo in disbelief, not only because of this slash, but also because Danzo's face was rosy, completely unlike the pale appearance after being injured.

She fell for it!

Yugito only had this thought in her mind, the rich Tailed Beast Chakra instantly surged, within her body, the Two-Tails Matatabi constantly poured Chakra into her body.

Although the blade had pierced her body, this small injury was nothing to a Jinchuriki.

Yugito was worried that since Danzo had lured her here, he must have a backup plan.

Although she hadn't fully mastered Tailed Beast Transformation, she couldn't worry about losing control now, she had to carry out a complete Tailed Beast Transformation and return to the Cloud Ninja's team.

The surging Tailed Beast Chakra formed a substantial air pressure that spread to the surroundings, in Yugito's crimson beast eyes, reason had long disappeared, replaced by madness and tyranny.

"Roar!"

Completely covered in Chakra, Yugito, whose human form was no longer discernible, opened her massive, blood-red mouth and roared, the sound echoing throughout the area.

Her eyes, filled only with madness, stared directly at Danzo, who was gripping his longsword tightly.

Danzo frowned and urged, "Hurry, the Cloud Ninja should be here soon."

As his words fell, a massive force descended from the sky, easily pinning Yugito to the ground.

Fugaku, enveloped in a light purple giant, looking as if he was wearing a layer of armor, slowly walked out of the bushes, somewhat embarrassed, and said, "This is my first time using this ability, and I'm still a bit clumsy."