Chapter 148: Want Freedom? Beg Me!
"No!"
Shukaku roared desperately, opening his mouth to condense a Tailed Beast Ball. Even if ultimately sealed, he'd give Sand Village something vicious.
But Sand Village people had long guarded against him. Seeing him open his mouth, immediately powerful puppets charged forward, delivering heavy strikes toward his jaw, planning to make him close it.
But space suddenly fluctuated. A human figure suddenly appeared on Shukaku's head, kicking that puppet flying with one foot.
"Hey, you lot—what are you planning to do to my adorable little kitty?"
"You want to seal Shukaku? Did you ask my permission?"
"Fuck! It's Uchiha Yasushi! How'd he get on the Tailed Beast's head?!"
But the next moment, all Sand shinobi became excited.
"He canceled Susanoo! While he's vulnerable, quickly kill him!"
Everyone shouted loudly, unleashing their most skilled jutsu toward Yasushi and Shukaku.
Moreover, many forbidden technique users, under comrade cover, began stepping on the Tailed Beast's body, quietly approaching Yasushi, planning to die together with him.
Yasushi stood on Shukaku's head, pushing Kamui eyes to their limit. His entire body entered intangible state, allowing all jutsu attacks to pass freely through his body. Only when jutsu disturbed Shukaku gathering his Tailed Beast Ball did he intervene.
"Haha... So intangibility is this satisfying! No wonder Obito always used it! Feels even better than Susanoo!"
Yasushi laughed uproariously. Clapping both hands, Wood Release forest bloomed again beneath Shukaku's feet.
However, this time's Wood Release didn't attack the Tailed Beast. Instead it formed a defensive net, crushing all approaching puppets, isolating Sand shinobi outside.
Those nearby sealing squad shinobi working hard trying to seal Shukaku all received Wood Release's special attention—not one escaped.
Amid continuous screams, Wood Release branches stabbed from those shinobi's backs, emerging from chests. Like stringing skewers, all were connected in a row, hung on one branch and displayed outside the forest defensive net like public execution.
"Damn it! That bastard's provoking us!"
Sand shinobi immediately erupted in fury, manipulating puppets to charge forward even more frantically.
But Wood Release's power was truly too exaggerated. Those thick tentacle-like branches wildly flailed, sending all approaching puppets flying.
This showed puppet techniques' safety—original masters stood far away, giving Wood Release branches no one to drain.
The Tailed Beast Ball finally condensed successfully. Shukaku's eyes revealed excited expression. Aiming toward the Kazekage office direction, he sprayed the Tailed Beast Ball out.
After releasing the Tailed Beast Ball, Shukaku clutched his belly and laughed uproariously.
"Haha... Finally! I finally succeeded!"
"Sand Village bastards, feel my rage!"
One-Tail's Tailed Beast Ball wasn't as powerful as Nine-Tails', but it was still a Tailed Beast Ball. Its power was at minimum forbidden technique level.
That purple-black sphere dropped to the ground, immediately rapidly expanding. In an instant it transformed from a small ball into a black sphere house-sized, then exploded outward, releasing the tremendous energy inside.
Under everyone's horrified gazes, a mushroom cloud rose from nothing, shooting straight into the clouds.
"No!" All Sand Village shinobi simultaneously screamed miserably, their hearts nearly stopping.
That was Sand Village's most core location. Besides the Kazekage office, many institutions and facilities were located there. Moreover, countless precious materials and supplies were in nearby warehouses and merchant houses.
This single Tailed Beast Ball destroyed everything.
"Haha..."
After releasing the Tailed Beast Ball, Shukaku saw the sealing formula on his body recede. Immediately he bolted.
He refused to continue staying in this terrible place! His destination should be the boundless desert, not some human's body.
While running, he still swung his tail, viciously whipping toward that guy on his head.
"Die, human!"
"No one can stand on the great Shukaku's head!"
"Hehe, what a disobedient little kitty!"
Yasushi smiled slightly. The Kamui Mangekyo rotated. Spatial fluctuations manifested ahead.
With a whoosh, Shukaku's massive tail severed at the root, crashing heavily to the ground.
The next moment, another spatial fluctuation—that severed tail was absorbed by the vortex, disappearing.
"Ah!" Shukaku cried out in alarm, beginning to feel genuinely frightened.
Tailed Beasts were originally chakra creatures. Losing one tail wouldn't cause any harm. In moments his tail regenerated. But this level of attack could easily kill him—he couldn't help but fear.
Though not true death, waiting for revival itself still wasn't anything making Tailed Beasts feel pleasant.
But refusing to lose face, Shukaku ran while shouting loudly:
"Damn thing! Quickly get off my head! Otherwise I'll make you regret it!"
"Oh? How will you make me regret it?" Yasushi smiled teasingly.
Before Shukaku could respond, Sand Village's attacks caught up. Under chakra thread control, the sky filled with flying puppets. Various kunai and steel needles with attached wires rained down like droplets toward Yasushi and Shukaku.
Yasushi only needed one intangibility to easily avoid damage, allowing these attacks to fall on Shukaku's body.
Individual attacks were quite feeble, but once numbers increased, Shukaku's body was enveloped by dense steel wire nets. Wires beneath were deeply anchored into the ground, making even Shukaku's massive body struggle to move.
"Lightning Release: Lightning Whip!"
"Fire Release: Flame Execution!"
Following Sand shinobi attacks, from left and right ends a lightning bolt and fire line burned straight up along the steel wire net. Wherever they passed, Shukaku's sandy body immediately crystallized and charred, becoming hard and brittle.
Shukaku took a deep breath, then forcefully pressed his abdomen, spraying an enormous wind sphere from his mouth, counterattacking toward the Sand shinobi.
"Wind Release: Air Bullet!"
Though this wind sphere wasn't as powerful as a Tailed Beast Ball, it excelled in extreme speed—activated between one breath—and possessed tremendous power.
But Sand Village had too much experience dealing with Shukaku. Over a dozen puppets jumped forward, abdominal mechanisms opening, easily absorbing this wind sphere completely.
Shukaku's counterattack proved ineffective, while Sand shinobi attacks continuously fell on his body, making his speed slower and slower until he was nearly pinned in place, unable to move.
What remained was merely the procedure of the sealing squad approaching.
Yasushi had been watching from the side with a smile all along, not intervening. Only when Shukaku reached a dead end did he smile and ask:
"Shukaku, want freedom?"
"Beg me!"
"Let me take you away from Sand Village, tour various places throughout the shinobi world!"
"Then you can kill whoever you want, release Tailed Beast Balls whenever you want."
"With my help, no one can stop or seal you."
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