Space tore open, and a man dressed in white tumbled out, scrambling as he fell.
"Hiss... damn, that hurts. Good thing I ran fast."
The man rubbed the badly swollen half of his face. With a tooth missing, he felt as though air leaked out whenever he spoke.
Remembering the beating he had just taken, he shuddered. He had never even had a chance to fight back, and that man had not been using his full strength. If he had actually wanted to kill him... the thought alone was terrifying.
Fortunately, he had desperately pulled out the last lump of chakra from his glowing red fish basket and swallowed it, giving him a chance to escape.
The powerful chakra surged against the sealed chakra points inside Urashiki's body, allowing him to successfully use Yomotsu Hirasaka and open a spatial vortex.
"Hiss... that guy was seriously dangerous. I nearly died at his hands. He had the face of a 'traitor,' yet he was even stronger than me."
Urashiki no longer dared to go after the Tailed Beasts. Uzumaki Meihui was simply too powerful, leaving him utterly unable to resist.
But their mission was to collect chakra. If he failed to complete it, he would not dare return just like that.
"Aaargh, this is driving me crazy! What am I supposed to do? How can I possibly beat Uzumaki Meihui?"
Urashiki gave up and lay on the ground. Looking up, he saw a flock of wild geese. The lead goose flew at the very front, blazing a trail for its flock, while the old, weak, sick, and injured followed slowly behind under its guidance.
Wait, the old, weak, sick, and injured? Old? Weak?
Urashiki seemed to remember something.
"That's right! If I can't beat Uzumaki Meihui as he is now, surely I