"Hmph, is this also a kekkei genkai?"
"A brat who only knows how to talk."
"Huh… your face looks kind of familiar…"
Kakuzu's pupils suddenly shrank as he suddenly recognized the kid before him.
He abruptly stopped attacking, pulled a small notebook out of his pocket, and began flipping through it.
Gekko Chizan's mouth twitched as he instantly realized what Kakuzu was doing.
He was checking whether his head was worth any money…
Kakuzu flipped quickly, and after only a few seconds, his eyes lit up with greed as he looked at Gekko Chizan.
"Didn't expect it… your head is actually worth this much."
"Clearly just some brat, yet you're called Konoha's Ghost, standing alongside the Yellow Flash, the so-called Twin Stars of Konoha."
"Fifty-five million ryō… tsk tsk, that's no small profit."
Gekko Chizan's face immediately darkened with countless black lines.
He thought to himself: Great, at least I'm worth more than Asuma.
But that's not the point! Who was the idiot that put a bounty on his head?!
And surely he wasn't the only one on the list, right?
"How much is Namikaze Minato worth?"
"Hmm… sixty million ryō."
Gekko Chizan: …
What the hell?! Why is that flashy show-off worth five million more than him?!
This made no sense!
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got, his entire being radiating rare fury.
He attacked the moment he spoke, no warning whatsoever.
The ground was instantly covered with water as a dozen waterspouts shot up, tearing trees to shreds and sweeping a storm of splinters toward Kakuzu.
Kakuzu and the masked monsters leapt backward.
But suddenly, a wild gale rose.
"You traitor!"
"Yahiko, help me take him down!"
"Wind Style: Pressure Damage!"
The spiraling storm exploded in an instant, and the trees behind Kakuzu were shredded to powder. Even Kakuzu's face darkened.
This level of jutsu was a real threat to him.
Gekko Chizan's waterspouts raged in the front, while the violent storm vortex surged behind.
At that moment, Kakuzu revealed his terrifying power, as two more black creatures appeared beside him.
"Wind Style: Pressure Damage."
"Lightning Style: False Darkness."
"Earth Style: Earth Spear."
"Water Style: Watern Prison."
Kakuzu's body turned jet black—this was Earth Style's strengthening jutsu, hardening his body to steel-like toughness. This was the same jutsu that had blocked Kakashi's sword earlier.
The raging wind met the storm.
Water cannons and lightning fused with Gekko Chizan's waterspouts.
"Impossible!"
"Four different elemental jutsu at once?!"
"Is he even human?!"
Obito's eyes widened. Even with the Sharingan, he couldn't suppress his shock.
It wasn't just him—Kakashi, Rin, even Pakura were all stunned.
They all possessed different chakra natures, but could only release one nature at a time.
Yet this stitched-up monster could unleash four natures simultaneously. It shattered their understanding of ninjutsu.
"Fall back. Don't be shocked."
"Even our Hokage-sama, or the Sannin, can do this. It's nothing surprising."
"Pakura, take Kakashi and the others and retreat toward the Land of Fire."
Seeing his Water Style about to break, Gekko Chizan increased the water's output while ordering Pakura and the others to retreat.
His Water Style was pure water, but Kakuzu's was water mixed with lightning. It was normal that he couldn't hold out. He just needed to buy time.
"Understood. Be careful."
Pakura saw Takigakure's ninja pursuing from behind and knew staying would only make things worse.
"Move! Fall back!"
Kakashi and the others wanted to protest, but seeing Pakura's serious expression, they swallowed their words and followed her toward the Land of Fire.
Kakuzu watched his bounty slipping away and grew angry.
"Don't run!"
With a roar, he unleashed his jutsu again—another combined elemental attack, even stronger this time.
"Don't chase them. You won't get through!"
"Crystal Release:!"
The massive crystalline defense enclosed Gekko Chizan, taking the full brunt of the water-and-lightning combo.
Meanwhile, Takigakure's pursuers launched another Wind Style jutsu, canceling out Kakuzu's attack before landing behind him.
It was Saibon and Yahiko.
Saibon's face was full of suppressed rage, while Yahiko's was deadly serious.
The three of them surrounded Kakuzu.
But facing the encirclement, Kakuzu showed no fear. He just glanced at Saibon.
"Hmph, the current leader of Takigakure, huh?"
"What? Here to avenge the village elders? How laughable. Do you even have the strength?"
Saibon's face darkened, his voice deep as thunder.
"You traitorous bastard, killing comrades and stealing forbidden jutsu."
"And you dare set foot here again."
"After all these years of freedom, it's long past time you paid the price."
Kakuzu sneered, summoning his masked monsters.
His aura grew terrifying as black tendrils writhed in the air, chilling to the bone.
"Forbidden Jutsu: Earth Grudge Fear."
"To leave such powerful jutsu gathering dust in the village… I'll never understand those old fools."
"I only regret not taking it sooner."
"Saibon, was it? If you want revenge, you'd better have the strength for it!"
Another mask emerged behind Kakuzu, the last one.
Including his true body, there were now five in total.
"You're worthless, but I don't mind sending you to hell."
"And that little kid over there too. I'll kill you both together!"
Black tendrils erupted from Kakuzu's body.
To Gekko Chizan, this was Kakuzu going all-out from the start, holding nothing back.
No wonder he'd survived so many years—he was a monster.
"Hmph! Monster!"
"Wind Style: Pressure Damage!"
The storm rose again, but this time the Wind Style was more controlled, forming tornadoes that crashed down toward Kakuzu.
In front of Saibon, the compressed storm created a massive air cannon.
"Impressive jutsu power."
"But too bad, you've chosen the wrong—"
"Hmm???"
Kakuzu never finished his words, because a figure appeared behind him.
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