Wisps of orange-red Chakra surged out from Yugito's body. The aura around her skyrocketed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Scorching energy coiled around her entire body, forming a cloak that enveloped her as the dense mist filling the forest was continuously vaporized.
The temperature in the woods rose sharply. The weeds beneath Yugito's feet instantly dried and carbonized upon touching the leaking Chakra, turning into ash that scattered through the air.
Mei Terumi's pupils trembled violently. At that moment, it felt as if all the blood in her body had frozen.
Only now did she finally react and understand what that heart-stopping pressure actually was.
A Tailed Beast!
This Cloud Hidden girl before her, who was around her age and somewhat carefree and easygoing, was actually a Jinchūriki!
Mei Terumi's heart was thrown into turmoil. She gritted her teeth inwardly and cursed Konoha furiously.
They were utterly useless, every last one of them!
The Chunin Ninja Exams had brought together the talented younger generation from all the major shinobi villages. It concerned the dignity of the Five Great Nations and required strict intelligence screening. Yet Konoha could not even identify a top-level strategic weapon like a Jinchūriki.
They had simply allowed her to enter the examination grounds and mingle among a group of Genin. It was utterly absurd!
And the Third Raikage had been even more reckless.
Knowing full well the terrifying power of a Tailed Beast within a Jinchūriki, as well as the danger that it could lose control at any moment, he had still dared to let a Jinchūriki enter Konoha and participate in the Chunin Ninja Exams.
Everyone knew exactly what it meant once a Jinchūriki was exposed.
At that point, the other four great nations would inevitably covet her frenziedly and resort to