Departure

Seeing Yamamoto Satoshi rush over anxiously, Uzumaki Hane called out, "Careful, there could be danger ahead." He immediately followed with Hyuga Tanaka and Yamano Koromo. Before long, they saw a girl wrapped in a wall of flesh.

When Yamamoto Satoshi saw the girl, he cried anxiously, "Ou..." He ran to her, but the girl was already unconscious. Yamamoto Satoshi said, "Ou, what's wrong?" He gripped her hand tightly and tried to pull her out, but she wouldn't budge.

Uzumaki Hane came up to them and said, "Let me." He pulled Yamamoto Satoshi aside, swiftly turned his right hand into magma, and pressed it directly against the wall of flesh. The wall sizzled and burned away, and the screams of some creature began to echo through the air. Countless tentacles then emerged from the wall and reached for Uzumaki Hane.

Hyuga Tanaka and Yamano Koromo rushed in front of Uzumaki Hane and cut down every incoming tentacle.

Seeing that it couldn't do anything to them, the summoned beast howled, and even more tentacles reached out from the walls. Hyuga Tanaka and Yamano Koromo cut down every incoming tentacle once again, but they kept coming without end, and the two gradually began to struggle. Uzumaki Hane had no choice but to stop and shout, "Magma Wall!" A wall of magma rose in front of him, and the tentacles that struck it were burned away.

After deploying Magma Barrier, Uzumaki Hane ignored the tentacles and carefully burned away the wall of flesh wrapped around the girl, freeing her.

Uzumaki Hane gently picked up the girl and handed her to Yamamoto. Then he said to Hyuga Tanaka, "Tanaka, sorry for the trouble. Find a weak point. We're leaving right away."

Hyuga Tanaka shouted, "Byakugan!" He began surveying the area, while Uzumaki Hane and Yamano Koromo fended off every incoming tentacle, keeping them from interfering with his search. After a while, Hyuga Tanaka pointed at a section of the flesh wall and said, "Hane, there. That should be a weak point."

Uzumaki Hane said to the others, "Follow behind me." Looking at the weak point, he shouted, "Canine Red Lotus!" He brought his hands together, transforming them into a two-headed magma hound that slammed into the wall of flesh and blasted a huge hole through it. The summoned beast let out a piercing scream, and the entire ground began to shake. They rushed through the hole, escaped from the summoned beast's belly, and landed steadily on the ground.

The castle before them transformed into a giant lizard. Its blood-red eyes stared at Uzumaki Hane and the others, filled with rage. The lizard howled at them, then shouted, "Eat them. On Lord Gōsa's orders, eat everyone who enters the castle."

Uzumaki Hane shouted, "Tanaka, Koromo, take Yamamoto Satoshi and Yamamoto Naka and go on ahead. I'll hold it off." Hyuga Tanaka also knew the situation was urgent. "Koromo, let's go first," he said. Hyuga Tanaka hoisted Yamamoto Satoshi onto his back, while Yamano Koromo carried Yamamoto Naka, and they quickly left.

Uzumaki Hane stood before the lizard, brimming with fighting spirit, and shouted, "Magma Spear!" His right hand rapidly swelled to ten times its original size, gripping a magma javelin ten times its original size. He hurled it fiercely at the giant lizard.

The magma javelin shot forward like a bolt of red lightning, reaching the lizard in the blink of an eye. The lizard was so huge that it couldn't dodge, and the javelin pierced its body.

The lizard screamed wildly. The attack had clearly caused him immense pain, but the lizard was so large that it didn't seem to have suffered a fatal injury. Instead, it looked even angrier.

Uzumaki Hane leaped into the air and shouted, "Canine Red Lotus!" He brought his hands together, transforming them into a two-headed hound that slammed into the lizard's belly and blasted a huge hole through it. The lizard roared and shot its tongue from its mouth as fast as lightning. It wrapped directly around Uzumaki Hane in midair, trying to swallow him again.

Uzumaki Hane was caught, but he didn't panic. His body rapidly turned to magma, burning the lizard's tongue away and making it scream again. Uzumaki Hane shouted, "Magma Spear!" He seized the chance to fire a magma javelin ten times its normal size into the lizard's chest. After firing it, Uzumaki Hane still felt it wasn't enough and sent another magma javelin into the lizard's belly. Though the lizard screamed repeatedly, it didn't seem to have been badly hurt.

Uzumaki Hane watched the lizard grimly. He hadn't expected it to be so difficult to deal with. Killing it would be hard, but he was unwilling to leave just like that. Besides, if it followed them, Hyuga Tanaka and Yamano Koromo might be in danger.

Uzumaki Hane murmured, "Looks like I can only use that move, even though I haven't completely mastered it yet." His feet rapidly turned to magma, melting the ground directly into lava. Then he shouted, "Great Eruption!" His hands drew up the lava from the ground, forming a gigantic lava fist that swept forward and slammed into the lizard.

After using the move, Uzumaki Hane felt that he had used up nearly all his Chakra. But he was very dissatisfied with its power, estimating that it hadn't even reached a tenth of Akainu's.

Uzumaki Hane looked toward the lizard, wondering how it had fared. Just then, the lizard suddenly sprang out and took him into its mouth. Uzumaki Hane thought, Damn, I let my guard down. He was swallowed straight into its belly.

Uzumaki Hane hadn't expected the lizard to swallow him again. As soon as he landed on a wall of flesh, countless tentacles reached for him. With little Chakra left, he gripped a Kunai and cut down the incoming tentacles, but they seemed endless as they attacked him. Uzumaki Hane severed several tentacles and headed off in one direction.

As Uzumaki Hane moved on, cutting down tentacles along the way, his mind raced through possible solutions. He had originally wanted to find the lizard's summoning contract scroll, like Naruto had, but he didn't know where it was kept.

Uzumaki Hane kept fleeing, but he was inside the lizard, and tentacles emerged from everywhere. More and more appeared, and several times they caught him, only for Uzumaki Hane to turn into magma and burn them away. Feeling that he had used up a great deal of Chakra and stamina and was nearing his limit, Uzumaki Hane shouted, "Canine Red Lotus!" He blasted a huge hole in the wall of flesh.

Uzumaki Hane stepped through, only to find that there were still nothing but walls of flesh here. Countless tentacles reached for him, and he could only keep moving.

Uzumaki Hane didn't know how long he had been walking inside when he suddenly smelled the aroma of meat ahead. The smell of stomach acid was everywhere, so the aroma was very distinct. Uzumaki Hane carefully identified it, then rushed in the direction it was coming from.

Before long, Uzumaki Hane saw a large expanse of scorched flesh wall. He knew this was damage caused by his Great Eruption, and that this should be a weak point.

Uzumaki Hane immediately shouted, "Canine Red Lotus!" A two-headed hound of magma blasted a huge hole in the wall of flesh, and clear moonlight shone through it. Uzumaki Hane rushed straight at the hole, escaped from inside the lizard, and quickly left.

After running for a while, Uzumaki Hane stopped. The lizard's furious roars kept sounding behind him, but something seemed to be holding it back, and it didn't pursue him. Uzumaki Hane murmured, "Looks like I need to hurry and regroup with Tanaka and Koromo." He quickly followed the marks Yamano Koromo had left behind.