"Lord Hokage, they're coming up!"
The Hyūga ninja reported anxiously, paying no mind to how his address of "Lord Hokage" had dragged down the prestige of the village's Fourth Hokage, Minato, another notch.
"No!"
"They've gone around our ship..."
"There's only one person..."
Sarutobi hurriedly summoned Enma, who transformed into a thick staff in his hands, and watched ahead warily.
The patter of footsteps on water came from within the thick white mist, putting everyone aboard on even higher alert.
Mei Terumi slowly approached their main ship, the warship carrying Sarutobi and Chiyo.
Her steps were steady, her bearing graceful, betraying none of the nervousness of facing two veterans of the Shinobi World.
Her abdomen began to warm slightly, drawing a startled cry from the Hyūga ninja.
Indeed, Six-Tails Saiken, who had narrowly survived Takahashi Yū's Instant Strikes thanks to the unique structure of his mollusk body, had been sealed inside Mei Terumi by Danzo and his men.
Saiken's concentrated acidic poison mist was a perfect match for Mei Terumi, who possessed both the Lava Release and Boil Release kekkei genkai!
The highly viscous liquid inside Saiken made Mei Terumi's Lava Release like white phosphorus munitions. Once it stuck, there was no getting it off without losing a layer of skin.
Moreover, Mei Terumi's Boil Release already combined the fire- and water-nature chakra inside her body to release boiling, intensely hot mist from her mouth, its acidity freely adjustable!
Saiken's concentrated acidic poison mist was nothing short of a massive enhancement to Boil Release!
The seal on her abdomen began to loosen slightly, and streams of scarlet chakra flowed toward Mei Terumi's throat.
Seeing that the Land of Water's ninja had left her a large combat area clear of allies, Mei Terumi raised her hands and formed several hand seals.