"It looks like there still aren't enough explosive tags..."
Konan glanced at the ferocious Wood Dragon below as she evaded it with Paper Release. It looks like there still aren't enough explosive tags...
With her mastery of Paper Release, she was immune to most ninjutsu, even Water Release ninjutsu. Only Fire Release, which countered Paper Release, could threaten her.
But although Wood Release could not hurt her, it could drain a considerable amount of her chakra.
Chakra was energy refined from the mind and body. Losing too much of it could lead directly to death.
That had been the case for Kakashi, who had died of exhaustion, and for jinchūriki whose tailed beasts had been extracted.
Compared to their tailed beasts, jinchūriki did not have much chakra. During extraction, the chakra belonging to the jinchūriki was forcibly stripped away as well, indirectly causing their deaths.
A Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, whose own power already surpassed that of the tailed beast, would not suffer that fate.
Despite being at a disadvantage, Konan was not worried about her safety at all. It was not merely that her ability to fly let her come and go freely. She had appeared to lure the enemy out and rescue the trapped Akatsuki members.
Hiruko, Shinnō, and Kakuzu looked somewhat battered, but none had suffered fatal injuries.
Powerful missing-nin who had roamed the shinobi world for over a decade would not go down so easily.
Once Konan drew Danzo's attention, they began dealing with his Root subordinates and closed in on Fū's position.
After using Sharingan Genjutsu to make Konan freeze for a moment, Danzo shredded the explosive tags in the "clouds" with Wind Release. Then he sneered. "I recognize you. Once I capture you, all of Akatsuki's secrets will be laid bare. Perhaps I can even arrange