"Hey, hey, hey, this is practically... the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!"
Looking at Kinkaku in his Nine-Tails Jinchuriki form, Darui had never known that Kinkaku possessed such an ability.
But at this moment of crisis, a gentle voice came from behind Darui.
"Hello, hello! Are you all right? Captain, do you need our help?"
Darui spun around and saw Inori Yuzuriha clad in crystal blade armaments and Shinobu Kocho wearing a butterfly haori, with an iron plate engraved with the character for Shinobu at her waist.
The sight of the crystal blades on Inori Yuzuriha, in particular, with their futuristic technological appearance, left him at a loss for words.
But Darui quickly recovered and shouted to Shinobu Kocho and Inori Yuzuriha, "Hurry and tell the people behind us to retreat! And ask Headquarters how to deal with Kinkaku!"
Shinobu glanced at Kinkaku, who had already undergone Tailed Beast Transformation, and asked, "Captain, you mean this monster, right? Then let us hold him off for you."
"Poison Cloud! Poison Butterflies Playful Dance!"
A cloud of poison flew straight past Darui toward the transformed Kinkaku, enveloping him.
The Poison Cloud kept corroding the transformed Kinkaku's skin, but whenever it approached the Tailed Beast Cloak, the scorching Nine-Tails Chakra vaporized it.
Meanwhile, the Poison Butterflies born alongside the Poison Cloud fluttered constantly around the transformed Kinkaku, their alluring purple wings beating continuously and scattering invisible poisonous powder onto him.
Even with the poisonous mist merely drifting past him, Darui felt a little unwell.
This display from Shinobu Kocho also left Darui utterly shocked.
"Amazing! This person's skill with poison is incredible."
The butterflies flitting before his eyes and the poisonous mist obscuring his surroundings irritated Kinkaku endlessly, and he let out a furious roar.
His six tails lashed wildly, smashing all the Poison Butterflies, but