"Leave it to me," the Slug Sage nodded.
"Alright, then I'll return to the shinobi world first, Slug Sage." With that, Kai directly used the Summoning Technique and left the Shikkotsu Forest dimension.
It wasn't that Kai completely trusted the Slug Sage, but rather that he had covered the Gedo Statue's body with spiritual seals similar to Flying Thunder God markings!
If he sensed even the slightest disturbance from the Gedo Statue, Kai could return at any time.
Regarding the Gedo Statue, Kai absolutely couldn't allow any mistakes. After all, in this timeline, there existed only one Divine Tree, and thus only one Gedo Statue.
If this link went wrong, Kai's entire plan would crumble to nothing!
Land of Wind, Sunagakure.
At this time, Sunagakure had just experienced the Second Shinobi World War, but overall casualties were relatively small. Under the leadership of the Third Kazekage—known as the "Strongest Kazekage in History"—their overall strength was rapidly approaching that of the three strongest ninja villages: Konoha, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure!
Kai stood quietly a thousand meters above Sunagakure!
In the scorching heat of the Land of Wind, no one would think to look up at the sky. Moreover, at such a distance, even if someone looked carefully, they'd only see a tiny black dot.
Kazekage's Office.
"What is... that thing!"
Others might not notice, but that didn't mean the Third Kazekage couldn't detect it! As the leader of a village, the Third Kazekage was constantly using his Iron Sand Eye to monitor the entire village's movements.
"Whatever it is, I'll shoot you down first!" the Third Kazekage said coldly.
Magnet Release: Iron Sand World Method!
Completely ignoring chakra consumption, countless black iron sand particles gathered from the ground, reaching the strongest form of iron sand in terms of attack power, restriction range, and density!
Iron Sand World Method: Iron Sand Spear!
The overwhelming black iron sand gathered together, forming a massive pitch-black iron sand spear! Then it shot straight toward Kai in the sky!
However, this level of attack wouldn't cause Kai the slightest trouble.
Kai casually waved his hand backward, and the iron sand spear changed direction, shooting toward the Third Kazekage standing on the Kazekage office rooftop at even greater speed!
Originally, the Third Kazekage was somewhat dismissive—using his own iron sand to attack him? Ridiculous.
He formed a hand seal, intending to change the iron sand's form!
But the Third Kazekage was suddenly shocked to discover that no matter how much chakra he poured in, the iron sand's form didn't change even slightly!
The iron sand spear bound by Kai's powerful attractive and repulsive force field couldn't be altered by the Third Kazekage, who only had Kage-level strength.
"Impossible!!"
The Third Kazekage's eyes were full of wariness as he stared intently at the blurry figure in the sky.
However, Kai obviously wouldn't give the Third Kazekage time to think. The iron sand spear, carrying unmatched kinetic energy, thundered toward him.
The Third Kazekage tried using iron sand to block the spear's assault several times, but each attempt was futile. Gritting his teeth, he had no choice but to dodge aside.
Boom!
The entire Kazekage building was reduced to nothing, instantly alarming all of Sunagakure!!
"What happened at the Kazekage's location?"
Chiyo, currently holding the position of Sunagakure's chief elder, heard the commotion and rushed over without hesitation. Ebizō followed closely behind.
Seeing the Third Kazekage who had dodged aside, Kai couldn't muster even a trace of fighting spirit.
Kagura's Mind's Eye!
Instantly expanding his senses, the dense chakra signatures within Sunagakure flooded into Kai's consciousness.
"Found it!" Kai's lips curved slightly.
Shukaku in both timelines had identical chakra signatures, so finding Shukaku was incredibly easy for Kai.
In Kai's perception, located in a dilapidated temple at the westernmost edge of Sunagakure, there was a chakra signature that seemed as weak as a flickering candle. However, within this chakra signature, violence, unwillingness, and resentment were obscurely hidden!
The next moment, Kai appeared before the dilapidated temple.
Just entering the temple, Kai saw a bald monk in his forties—Bunpuku, the first jinchūriki of Shukaku the One-Tail. In his own timeline, Kai had seen Bunpuku on the battlefield in the Land of Rivers during the Third Shinobi World War, so he naturally recognized him.
"Who are you!?"
Bunpuku looked at Kai approaching him with complete wariness. The moment Kai appeared, Bunpuku could sense that Shukaku within his body had become much more docile.
Of course Shukaku would be docile. As a Tailed Beast, Shukaku was originally created by the Sage of Six Paths using Yin-Yang Release to divide and seal the power of the Ten-Tails within himself.
The moment Shukaku sensed Kai's presence, it thought the Sage of Six Paths had appeared.
Just then, a group of Sand shinobi arrived, led by Chiyo, followed by the Third Kazekage, Ebizō, and others.
"Who are you? What's your purpose in breaking into Sunagakure!" Chiyo demanded sternly.
Kai smiled slightly and said: "Mitarashi Kai. My purpose is simple—I hope you'll obediently hand over Shukaku. Of course, I'll guarantee this old monk's safety."
If possible, Kai didn't want to fight. As for extracting Tailed Beasts resulting in the jinchūriki's death, Kai found it simple—just a Self-Reincarnation Technique.
For a ninja village, a jinchūriki was a deterrent-level weapon, and Sunagakure was no exception—they naturally wouldn't hand him over.
"Mitarashi!? Someone from Konoha?"
Hearing Kai's words, Chiyo's expression turned fierce. Her son and daughter-in-law had all died at the hands of "Konoha's White Fang" not long ago. Chiyo wished she could devour the flesh of Konoha shinobi!
"Kill him!" Chiyo commanded.
Instantly...
Green Secret Technique: The Five Left Guards! White Secret Technique: The Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu! Iron Sand!... Countless puppets unique to Sunagakure, countless secret techniques exclusive to Sunagakure, attacked Kai!
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