Trapped with No Way Out

The five Cloud Hidden shinobi rushed to Yugito's side, no longer caring about surrounding Nara Tsukimi.

As soon as they landed, they noticed something was wrong.

Tsukimi's punch had severely injured Yugito, and his shadow blades had sealed her chakra pathways. The Tailed Beast Chakra inside her had grown unstable and scattered, but she had suffered almost no external injuries.

The puppet blades and mechanisms Sasori had used to ambush Tsukimi, however, had all struck Yugito after Tsukimi dodged them.

Her body was now covered in hideous wounds, with flesh torn open and potent poison coursing through her. Any ordinary ninja would have met the Sage of Six Paths by now.

But the Tailed Beast Chakra flowing through her was visibly washing through her body.

One by one, it crushed the shadow blades sealing her chakra pathways. Its heat burned the poison away.

The wounds on her body rapidly healed, and even her exhausted strength surged back.

The healing power of Tailed Beast Chakra was simply absurd.

"Shi!"

Darui's expression darkened. The joy of seeing Nara Tsukimi run out of chakra and become trapped had faded, and he called out at once.

Shi pressed his lips together and stepped forward. Following the plan he had proposed, he formed Hand Seals and carefully sent his sensory chakra deep into Yugito's consciousness.

He tried to awaken the mind suppressed by her Tailed Beast Chakra.

Her earlier Partial Tailed Beast Transformation had thrown her mind into chaos, letting violent emotions consume her. If she continued rampaging, even regaining control of the Tailed Beast Chakra would not spare her body serious harm.

Fortunately, Yugito did not have much Tailed Beast Chakra inside her to begin with. Two battles had depleted most of it, and what remained was focused on healing its Jinchūriki. Shi faced