Shukaku raised its thick arm and blocked the two shurikens infused with Wind Release Chakra thrown by Tanzo.
Although Shukaku was large in size, its attack speed was extremely astonishing. Its fat and thick tail instantly smashed down on Tanzo Shimura's head.
Shukaku felt that it had hit its target, but also felt that the guy wasn't dead.
Sure enough, in a dilapidated block not far away, Tanzo Shimura walked out again, without a single scratch on his body.
"Huh? How weird! Why can't I kill this guy?" One-Tailed Shukaku began to doubt its own tail. Had its tail become weaker? It couldn't even kill a single human.
On the other side, in the safe area far away, Naruto, who was watching the battle, quickly asked, "Hinata, what did you see?"
Hinata had been keeping her Byakugan activated, and then she told everything she saw, "The moment he was hit by the tail, a large amount of his Chakra was consumed, and then he disappeared."
"When he came out again, Chakra quickly rushed to his right arm, and at the same time, one of his eyes became dull."
Naruto then asked, "During this process, was Tanzo's Chakra always connected to the Sharingan in his right arm?"
"For a very short period of time, the Chakra would disconnect from his right - arm Sharingan," Hinata said. "It's a very short moment when he disappears and then reappears."
"Is it really that tough?" Naruto started to feel troubled. Izanagi was really a tricky jutsu.
On Tanzo Shimura's right arm, there were ten Sharingan inlaid. These Sharingan were all dug out from the Uchiha clan, and Tanzo had transplanted them all onto his right arm.
Each Sharingan on Tanzo's right arm could activate Izanagi once. Once Izanagi is used, that Sharingan will be permanently closed.
That is to say, Tanzo Shimura could activate the effect of Izanagi up to ten times.
Izanagi is a miraculous Dojutsu that has to be used in conjunction with the Sharingan. Once Izanagi is activated, one can record one's own state.
Record your state before a battle. Even if you die in the battle, as long as you activate the effect of Izanagi, you can make your physical body return to the state recorded before the battle.
To put it simply, you can save your state before a battle. Whether you're injured or die in the battle, when the effect of Izanagi kicks in, you can return to the state when you saved and be resurrected.
The state of the physical body can return to the previous state, but the Chakra can't. The Chakra will continue to be consumed.
Naruto stared at Tanzo Shimura, who had been resurrected, and envied him for having Izanagi. If he could cut off his arm, that would be wonderful.
Naruto said with a gloomy face, "Cutting off his arm after he activates Izanagi is useless because he can activate the effect of Izanagi to restore himself to a complete state."
"Unless, after he deactivates the Izanagi Dojutsu. Or with the help of the Byakugan, at the moment when the Chakra disconnects from his right - arm Sharingan. Only at these times will it be useful to cut off his arm."
On the other side, Tanzo Shimura was equally frustrated. Although he had fought a great battle and didn't have a speck of dust on his body, his heart was already bleeding with pain.
Every time he activated Izanagi, it was a waste.
"Why hasn't the support arrived yet!" Tanzo Shimura roared in his heart. Where were those members of the Root organization he had nurtured before? Many of them had been incorporated into the Anbu. Now that their master was in trouble, they should have come to his rescue.
So much time had passed, yet not a single person had come to support him. Were all the people in Konoha Village dead?
Tanzo Shimura never expected that the One - Tailed Shukaku would appear as a roadblock on his path to becoming the Hokage.
At this time, several batches of Anbu ninjas had arrived one after another to support Tanzo Shimura in the outer area.
However, they were all sent back by Naruto's Shadow Clones. Naruto's Shadow Clones transformed into the appearance of Root members and guarded the outer area.
When they noticed the approaching support ninjas from Konoha, Naruto's Shadow Clones would appear to stop them.
Naruto's Shadow Clone said, "No closer!"
When the supporting ninjas from Konoha saw that they were members of the Root organization, they explained, "We're here to support Lord Tanzo."
"You dumb idiots. Don't you know what you should do at this time?" Naruto's Shadow Clone scolded.
The support ninjas from Konoha were completely confused. They had come with good intentions to rescue, but somehow they were being scolded instead.
Naruto's Shadow Clone explained, "Do you know what the Will of Fire is? The young are the hope of the future. The older generation should trust and protect them. The sacrifices of the older generation are not meaningless. Instead, they will inspire the young to become the pillars of the future."
"This is what the Will of Fire is all about!" Naruto's Shadow Clone started to lecture, "The ones you should really rescue are the younger generation like Konohamaru."
"..." The support ninjas from Konoha were stunned and then said, "Are we just going to watch Lord Tanzo get attacked?"
"Don't be stupid." Naruto's Shadow Clone said firmly, "He's the leader of the Root, our most respected Lord Tanzo. His strength is no less than that of The Third Hokage."
"When Konoha is in a life - and - death situation, Lord Tanzo becomes a leaf. He burns himself to light the way for you and the next generation of Konoha, so that you can take root and grow better."
Fortunately, all the Konoha ninjas present were wearing masks because they were either members of the Root organization or the Anbu.
After hearing Naruto's Shadow Clone deliver such an impassioned speech, some of the support ninjas from Konoha even secretly shed tears.
Oh!
Everyone present was infected by Tanzo Shimura's noble character and moved by his spirit of self - sacrifice.
While everyone was being moved to tears, Naruto's Shadow Clone quickly added, "As long as the Will of Fire endures, Konoha will never be defeated."
"We understand what Lord Tanzo means. We'll go evacuate the other civilians and protect the next generation of Konoha." The support ninjas left one after another.
"Phew!" Naruto's Shadow Clone let out a sigh of relief. It wasn't easy to deceive these fools.
Let's get back to the battle between Tanzo Shimura and Shukaku. Shukaku glared angrily at Tanzo Shimura, who remained calm on the surface but was in a complete mess inside.
"I don't believe I can't kill you!" Shukaku roared in a fury. It seemed that Tanzo Shimura, who had survived two assassination attempts, had completely enraged it.
Shukaku opened its huge mouth and gathered a large amount of Chakra. A black Chakra ball was formed.
"The Tailed Beast Ball!" Naruto exclaimed in shock and quickly picked up Hinata and ran.
"Naruto-kun, what's going on?" It seemed that Hinata had gotten used to being picked up by Naruto without a word.
"Well... Just watch the fireworks show later." Naruto tried to make a joke in this dire situation.
With a deafening roar, the entire southwest corner of Konoha Village was flattened.
At this moment, in a mountain area, Zabuza Momochi showed up with Haku.
Haku looked at the huge explosion in shock and said, "Is this the commotion caused by Naruto? What kind of Ninjutsu could produce such an amazing explosion!"
"Hehe..." Zabuza Momochi said, "I'm starting to regret it. I fell for Naruto's trick. It's not easy to hitch a ride on his boat."
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