Toroi's intentions

Inside the cave.

"Damn humans!"

As more and more black chakra rods pierced his body, Moryo's struggles weakened, and he let out unwilling roars.

Time slowly passed.

The sealing formation laid out by the priestess finally activated.

Whoosh.

As the sealing formula in the lava pool emitted a blinding light, countless chains crawled toward Moryo like snakes and bound him tightly.

Sensing the threat of death, Moryo struggled even more violently, his body even tearing and twisting into unnatural angles.

In an instant, enormous rocks fell from the ceiling.

This was his final counterattack before death.

Douyang gritted his teeth.

He poured the chakra within his body into his right eye as though his life no longer mattered.

Densely packed iron rods pierced Moryo's body like a torrential downpour.

The priestess finished all her preparations and gave a sharp cry: "Demon suppression!"

The sealing formula radiated brilliant light, enveloping Moryo like a small sun.

"Stop."

Moryo wailed in despair.

Then Moryo's enormous body began shriveling at a rate visible to the naked eye.

The priestess cast several more sealing formulas.

A dark purple phantom separated from the small sun.

This was Moryo's soul.

Already prepared, the priestess took out a black bottle and shouted, "Moryo, meet your final resting place."

"No!"

Moryo's soul was powerless against the priestess's sealing jutsu. With a shrill scream, he was sucked into the bottle.

After finishing all this, the priestess was nearly drained. She slumped onto the ground, gasping for breath.

She was no ninja, after all. Casting sealing jutsu in succession had exhausted nearly all her strength.

"Splendid!"

Just as Shisui thought everything had been settled, an indifferent voice rang out.

The three turned to look and saw Toroi bounding toward them from the distance with three Cloud Ninja.

Whoosh!

Toroi stood before the enormous cocoon formed after Moryo's body was sealed, clicking his tongue in wonder. "Tsk, tsk. So this is Moryo's body?"

Shisui asked in confusion, "Toroi, aren't you supposed to be guarding outside? What are you doing here?"

"Hmph."

Toroi snorted and said with a smile, "Naturally, I came here to take Moryo away."

At those words, surprise appeared on the faces of Douyang, Shisui, and the priestess.

They had considered that Toroi might have come to help, or even to stop them from sealing Moryo.

But taking Moryo away?

Although Moryo was similar to a tailed beast,

his chakra was evil and violent. Capturing him alive and taking him back would be far harder than with an ordinary tailed beast.

Douyang seemed to think of something and blurted out, "Don't tell me Kumogakure plans to subdue Moryo and create a new generation of jinchūriki?"

Hearing this, Toroi looked at Douyang with some surprise.

"You're very clever. You saw through Kumogakure's objective right away.

Kumogakure already has an Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and a Two-Tails Jinchūriki. If we gain a Moryo Jinchūriki as well, our strength will surely grow enormously. Becoming the number one ninja village wouldn't be impossible."

"..."

Listening to Toroi's insane rambling, Uchiha Douyang's mouth twitched.

Jinchūriki were not so easy to cultivate.

The Five Great Nations had possessed jinchūriki for more than fifty years.

But the only perfect jinchuriki in the true sense was Kirigakure's Fourth Mizukage.

At this point, Killer B of the Eight-Tails was not yet a perfect jinchuriki.

Moreover, becoming a perfect jinchuriki required mutual understanding with the tailed beast.

Compared with ordinary tailed beasts, Moryo had an evil, violent aura. The possibility of a jinchūriki and Moryo understanding each other was practically zero.

Uchiha Douyang sneered. "What a lunatic."

The priestess also realized that Toroi's intentions were not innocent. Forcing herself to stand despite her weakness, she spoke coldly.

"If you take Moryo away, you will certainly bring disaster upon the world. As a priestess, I must stop you."

"Hahaha!"

Toroi roared with laughter. "Stop me? How much chakra do you have left now? Huh?"

The priestess's expression changed drastically.

Her bold words just now had only been a bluff.

Sealing Moryo had consumed nearly all her priestess power. Simply standing was already her limit.

Shisui's condition was not much better than the priestess's.

Keeping his Mangekyō Sharingan active for so long was already a severe burden. On top of that, he had controlled Susanoo in a bitter battle against Moryo for so long that he could no longer use his Mangekyō Sharingan in the short term.

But Toroi was still too confident. Most fatally, he lacked information.

He did not know that even Shisui with three tomoe was beyond his ability to defeat.

Moreover, although Uchiha Douyang had fought a bitter battle against Moryo alone for more than ten minutes,

not only had he consumed little chakra, but chakra kept surging endlessly from within his body, as though his strength were inexhaustible.

"Attack."

Uchiha Douyang shouted sharply and lunged toward Toroi.

While moving, he used Sukunahikona to shrink himself, creating the visual illusion that he had vanished into thin air.

On the other side, Shisui Uchiha, who was already prepared, drew a deep breath. The three tomoe in his scarlet eyes spun rapidly.

The next instant, Shisui abruptly split into seven.

All seven Shisuis charged forward together.

They were not physical bodies, yet all of them were physical bodies.

Before awakening his Mangekyo, Shisui had already become renowned throughout the shinobi world for his extraordinary Body Flicker Technique. After awakening his Mangekyo, his Body Flicker Technique became even more refined.

Toroi's expression changed drastically as he watched Shisui charge at him.

After sealing Moryo, the three of them still had the strength to fight?

The situation was completely different from what he had imagined.

But at this point, there was no room to retreat.

Toroi formed hand seals and summoned two enormous square shuriken.

"Magnet Release: Magnetization Technique."

As he infused the square shuriken with Magnet Release chakra, Toroi hurled them out.

His target was not Shisui, but the priestess, who was slumped on the ground and unable to move.

Toroi was a veteran jonin, after all. Clashing head-on with Shisui at this point was clearly not a wise move.

Besides, Uchiha Douyang had vanished using some bizarre, unknown ability.

The situation was unfavorable to him.

He could therefore only win through an unexpected move.

A little underhandedness was nothing if it meant securing the final victory.

Watching the two square shuriken fly rapidly toward the priestess, Shisui's expression changed drastically.

The Konoha team's mission was to seal Moryo.

Moryo had already been sealed. Whether the priestess lived or died was none of their concern.

But Shisui could not stand by and watch Toroi kill the priestess.

Whoosh!

Shisui drew a deep breath, gathered chakra in his palm, and forcefully hurled the short sword in his hand toward the square shuriken.

However, to Shisui's surprise, the two square shuriken suddenly paused for an instant in midair.

In that almost negligible instant, the square shuriken narrowly avoided the short sword.

The next instant, the square shuriken flew toward the priestess even faster.

Toroi laughed inwardly. Magnet Release lets me freely control magnetized shuriken. You're far too naive, Shisui.

Just then, Uchiha Douyang suddenly appeared behind Toroi...