Chapter 147: Shukaku, I'll Take You Out to Play
"Mere puppets—what can they do?"
Yasushi roared loudly, manipulating Susanoo to stride forward with massive steps, raising his staff and striking toward that puppet squad.
Simultaneously he removed his left sleeve, once more using Thunder God Takemikazuchi, summoning the thunder dragon howling downward from the sky.
But the Sand shinobi laughed heartily.
"Uchiha Yasushi, the village completely understands your intelligence! Thinking you can rampage in Sand Village with just these tricks—you're gravely mistaken!"
"Earth Release: Quicksand Trap!"
A group of shinobi suddenly appeared, slapping both hands to the ground, recreating the jutsu Ebizo had once used.
However, this time's caster numbers were too numerous. Under combined jutsu effects, the quicksand trap's formation speed increased many times, its coverage area expanded vastly.
Susanoo's massive body was immediately caught by the quicksand trap, sinking into the earth.
Simultaneously another squad threw scrolls skyward. Ten-finger chakra threads hooked, unfurling scrolls and rapidly assembling components inside into a massive iron cage that descended directly over Susanoo.
Exactly the puppet tool Sand forces previously used against the thunder dragon.
Then several more squads appeared, forming arrays around Yasushi's perimeter, using different jutsu to attack Susanoo within the quicksand.
Previously Ebizo had designed dozens of jutsu plans targeting Susanoo. Only the Uchiha Impure World army's appearance made him realize the situation was hopeless. To preserve strength, he'd proactively withdrawn Sand forces.
Now with Yasushi delivering himself, these plans needed no modification—directly reused against Yasushi.
A row of puppets opened their mouths, releasing piercing sonic attacks that bypassed Susanoo's defense, directly vibrating Yasushi's body.
Countless poison needles were thrown at Susanoo's feet and exploded. Poisonous gas steamed upward, likewise ignoring Susanoo's defense, surging into Yasushi's nose in waves.
Though under Yasushi's healing ability these attacks couldn't cause him massive damage, their delaying effect was extremely obvious.
Having fought Ebizo previously, Yasushi had anticipated this day, so he wasn't surprised.
For him, what could truly bring danger were each village's forbidden techniques—like Dead Demon Consuming Seal and such.
As for ordinary conventional damage, instantaneous killing power was insufficient—all within his tolerance range.
As long as he couldn't be killed instantly, for him that equaled ineffective.
While using eye technique power to heal bodily injuries, he calmly removed his upper body clothing, revealing his strong, bare torso.
Besides the Mangekyo Sharingan in each shoulder, his left and right chest likewise now held additional Mangekyo Sharingan.
He aimed his chest eyes toward that distant squad frantically cutting trees. With a chakra surge, Kamui activated.
Kamui's attack was spatial distortion—an attacking ability that ignored distance and defense.
If not for Obito splitting his eyes, giving one to Kakashi, relying on these dual eyes' powerful offensive-defensive capabilities, he could probably even dominate Nagato.
These dual eyes on Obito's body were purely wasted. Now used by Yasushi, they were just right.
A spatial vortex appeared from nowhere before the puppet division. With a light rotation, the entire space where the puppet division stood immediately twisted like rubber, warped and bent into a strange shape.
The next instant, the vortex disappeared. All puppets simultaneously made cracking sounds before thoroughly shattering and breaking. Various scattered components clattered everywhere across the ground.
Without the puppet division's blocking, violent branches immediately broke through Sand shinobi defensive lines, charging into rear shinobi forces, sweeping left and right.
All shinobi touched by branches were immediately hung upside-down, all body chakra drained completely clean, making tree branches grow even faster.
Amid continuous screams, this batch of Sand shinobi nearly completely annihilated.
"First squad rear guard! All other forces retreat! Reestablish positions in the rear!"
Following a single command, Sand forces immediately retreated. Another squad, harboring death-defying resolve, charged toward Yasushi.
"Hehe..."
Yasushi sneered coldly. With a staff swing, he struck heavily, like whack-a-mole, turning the leading shinobi into meat paste with one blow.
The subsequent self-detonation couldn't even make Susanoo's surface chakra fluctuate.
He swung his staff, killing the remaining Sand shinobi one by one clean before methodically pressing both hands to the ground, extracting Susanoo's body from the quicksand.
One staff strike shattered the metal cage absorbing the thunder dragon. Yasushi continued striding forward.
But just then, suddenly a high-pitched roar rang through the village. A massive tanuki appeared. It swung its huge yellow-and-black tail—one light whip collapsed an entire row of houses.
"No good! The Tailed Beast lost control!"
"Sealing squad! Quickly call the sealing squad!"
"There's still an enemy here! Where's the spare capacity to seal the Tailed Beast?!"
Originally orderly Sand shinobi immediately descended into chaos. Some wanted to seal the Tailed Beast first. Others shouted to first seal the external enemy before solving the Tailed Beast problem.
The village's lack of Kazekage disadvantages showed clearly at this moment.
Without a decision-making core, various faction interests misaligned. Facing major problems, everyone instinctively considered their own faction's interests—no one could convince anyone.
Seeing the One-Tail suddenly appear, Yasushi's mouth corners immediately curved into a smile.
He suddenly had a very interesting idea. So he waved his arms toward Shukaku, shouting loudly:
"Hey, Shukaku! I'll take you out to play?"
Shukaku turned his head for a glance but ignored him, immediately running toward outside the village.
Having been sealed in Sand Village for years, he deeply knew Sand Village's fearfulness. He knew he couldn't possibly defeat so many Sand Village people. If he rampaged here, the final result would definitely be the same as before—sealed again.
So discovering Sand Village currently encountered enemies, he made an immediate decision—seize the opportunity to flee.
Sand Village shinobi definitely couldn't agree. Immediately a large group pounced forward, using various jutsu to restrict Shukaku's movements.
They had years of One-Tail sealing experience. Tactics were already mature. Piling on practiced routines immediately restricted Shukaku.
Then sealing squad members jogged over, planning to begin sealing.