The arena was utterly silent...
A moment later...
"Aaaah!!!"
"Quick, quick! Get him to the hospital!" Kakuzu hurriedly called out to the nine little tailed beasts.
"Ahem, that concludes today's competition. Tomorrow will be the final round. I hope you all enjoyed yourselves. Goodbye." With Tsukimi's announcement, the day's competition came to an end.
At the hospital...
"How is he?" Kakuzu asked the attending physician as he emerged from the operating room.
"...They're shattered beyond recognition... There's no way to restore them... If you ask me... just cut them off. There's no point keeping them..." After a moment of silence, the attending physician spoke with a violent shudder...
The sight of that patient was still vivid in the attending physician's mind. Who had done it...? What a vicious attack... They couldn't possibly have been smashed any finer...
"...Is there really nothing you can do?" the Mizukage's assistant asked urgently.
"Nothing." The attending physician sighed and shook his head helplessly...
All that remained down there was a tube. His balls had burst. How was he supposed to treat that...?
And so, today, Gu, male, became Gu, female.
After surgery, in the hospital room.
"Where's that bastard?! I'm going to kill him!!" Gu raised his hand shakily, his pinkie sticking out, and roared in fury.
"Lord Mizukage, please don't be angry! Your health comes first!" His assistant rushed to soothe him.
"My health? This lady's... this man's body is already ruined! How do you expect me to calm down?!" Gu snarled through gritted teeth.
"Lord Mizukage! Even if you're no longer a man, at least you're still a woman!"
"Get out!!!"
Hearing the shrill roar from inside the hospital room... the other four Kage outside shuddered violently...
The four Kage shakily turned their heads toward Dave, who was sitting nearby picking