Watching the ship race toward him, Gaara merely frowned slightly. A moment later, he used Complete Tailed Beast Transformation, his enormous body blocking the ship's path.
Haido looked up. Even the sun had been blotted out by the One-Tail's body.
"Hmph, just a bluff..."
Drawing on the power of three Gelel Stones, Haido flew straight off the ship. A beam of energy several meters wide formed in his hands, and he fired it directly at Shukaku.
The next instant-Bam!
With a sharp crack, a single slap knocked Haido out of the air.
He couldn't even beat Naruto with one tail. Three Gelel Stones gave him a greater boost than before, but not three times as much power. His attacks still had spectacular effects and pathetically weak damage.
Elsewhere.
Miki Yūya slowly released his grip on He Yan's collar and brushed the dust off his palms in disgust. He looked coldly down at the old man curled up among the rubble, his voice brimming with hostility and icy contempt.
"Are you deaf? Didn't you hear what I just said?"
"Haido escaped. He got away clean."
"In all that chaos, everyone was fighting for their lives. You kept Sakura tied down, so she had to watch you like a hawk. She had no time to keep an eye on Haido out on the perimeter."
"To put it bluntly, that old bastard Haido got away safely entirely because of you, you old fool."
He Yan immediately bristled at that. What the fuck? Are you people even being reasonable?
Ignoring the pain in his body, he waved his hands repeatedly in protest, his wrinkled face full of grievance and indignation.
"How is that my fault?! You're inventing charges against me!"
"You lot had me surrounded the entire time! I didn't dare move a muscle,