Chapter 149: Tailed Beast Mount
"Dream on!"
"The great Shukaku won't bow to a mere human!"
Shukaku struggled with all his might, spitting wind spheres continuously, wildly bombarding everywhere inside the village. His massive tail swung in all directions. But now his entire body was bound by dense steel wire nets. His movements grew increasingly sluggish until gradually he couldn't even swing his tail, pinned dead to the ground.
"Sealing squad standby! Forbidden technique users, take the field! Target: Uchiha Yasushi!"
To prevent Uchiha Yasushi from interfering with sealing the One-Tail, the leading jonin issued a single command. A squad of shinobi ran up along Shukaku's tail, covering each other as they rushed to Yasushi's side. The leader at the front suddenly tore open his outer coat, revealing a body covered in sealing arrays beneath.
"Forbidden Technique: Sand Dune Pyramid!"
With his roar, his head suddenly exploded. Yellow sand gushed from his neck like a fountain, lunging toward Yasushi's body and enveloping him. In an instant, a small pyramid appeared atop Shukaku's head.
Once the pyramid formed, immediately flame-like runes formed at the peak, spreading downward to seal the entire pyramid completely airtight.
"Did it work?" Those below stared tensely at that pyramid.
"Of course it worked!" The leading jonin called out with extreme confidence. "This was developed from researching One-Tail sealing techniques! Sealing an ordinary human definitely presents no problems!"
"If not for that troublesome Susanoo, a mere Uchiha would have been sealed long ago!"
"Quickly seal the Tailed Beast too! The village has been chaotic enough today!"
"Right!" Seeing Yasushi subdued, the sealing squad no longer hesitated. They rushed rapidly toward the One-Tail, forming hand seals and slapping the ground. Sealing runes spread toward Shukaku's body.
"No! I don't want to go back..."
Shukaku struggled and roared desperately, but was completely powerless to resist. He could only watch his body shrink bit by bit, once again being injected into that small child's body.
At this critical moment, the ground beneath his feet suddenly fluctuated. Uchiha Yasushi's figure reappeared from a vortex, smiling at him without saying a word.
"Save me!"
"I don't want to be sealed!"
"Please!"
At the crucial moment, Shukaku finally lowered his head, sending a request toward the only lifeline before his eyes.
"Haha... I received your request!"
Yasushi laughed loudly, extending his left hand and snapping his fingers with a crisp "snap."
After the crisp sound, the originally stilled Wood Release forest once more grew violently. Branches swept horizontally.
Those sealing squad shinobi concentrating intensely on sealing the Tailed Beast bore the brunt. In an instant, they were completely annihilated, once more becoming a pile of human skewers strung up.
Blood flowed down the branches in streams. The air filled with the bloody stench everywhere.
Without the sealing squad's maintenance, the sealing runes immediately collapsed. The original compression process instantly reversed. Shukaku's body inflated like a balloon, transforming back into that massive tanuki.
This single compression and expansion also caused the steel wire nets originally binding Shukaku to fall away.
Freed from restraints, Shukaku was overjoyed. Without lingering for battle, he immediately bolted toward outside the village again.
Sand Village had now become Shukaku's psychological trauma. He wanted to run as far as possible—never wanting to return.
Yasushi's figure flickered, reappearing atop Shukaku's head.
Shukaku's massive face twitched. He snorted twice but ultimately said nothing, allowing Yasushi to stand on his head.
"Quickly stop it! Don't let it escape!"
A group of Sand shinobi anxiously gave chase, once more activating puppets, wanting to replicate previous success.
But this time Yasushi intervened. He hooked his finger—the sky immediately darkened again. The familiar thunder dragon once more leaped from above, charging toward the sky full of puppets.
Instantly, lightning filled the sky. Arc after arc bounced through the puppets, illuminating the entire sky.
Sand Village had the strange metal cage to deal with thunder dragons, but this thing required advance preparation. Now they'd come to seal the Tailed Beast—how could they timely use corresponding methods?
Unable to counter resulted in those ordinary puppets being completely helpless before the violent thunder dragon. Under lightning's impact, they exploded one after another.
Shattered puppet components fell from the sky like hail with clattering sounds, piling on the ground.
After destroying the puppets, the thunder dragon's energy hadn't depleted completely. Its momentum undiminished, it plunged toward the Sand shinobi forces.
"Quickly scatter!" The Sand shinobi were scared witless, hastily fleeing in all directions.
The violent thunder dragon plunged into the sand, exploding suddenly. Splashing lightning coursed everywhere across the sand—seeing a person, it rapidly absorbed toward them with automatic tracking.
Those with quick reactions hastily threw metal items from their bodies ahead, conducting the lightning away. Those with slow reactions were immediately electrocuted into charcoal, forced to quickly respawn and play the revival match.
"Haha... Well killed!" Seeing Sand Village shinobi fall in droves, Shukaku was the happiest. While taking massive strides outward to escape, he laughed uproariously.
"Alright, that laugh sounds terrible." Yasushi stomped his foot on Shukaku's head, commanding: "Hurry and release another Tailed Beast Ball. I'll cover you."
"Great!" Hearing such good fortune, Shukaku's resistance immediately diminished considerably. He immediately raised his head, beginning to condense another Tailed Beast Ball.
"Quickly stop it! Can't let it use another Tailed Beast Ball!"
The Sand shinobi charged forward frantically, aiming at Shukaku's head and neck with a barrage of attacks, wanting to force him to interrupt the Tailed Beast Ball.
But an energy hand suddenly extended from the side, protecting Shukaku's head completely airtight.
This time Yasushi didn't activate full Susanoo, only condensing two arms—one protecting Shukaku, the other aimed at those charging puppets, wildly striking to shatter all puppets in midair, thoroughly clearing all obstacles before Shukaku.
Now Sand Village people also noticed Yasushi's previous intangibility situation, knowing before resolving this point, piling up human lives was meaningless.
Sand Village's numerous elders gathered together, discussing countermeasures with everyone talking at once.
But they currently lacked sufficient intelligence, completely ignorant of this technique's weaknesses, fundamentally unable to design targeted tactics.
"Damn it!" Everyone couldn't help complaining. "How does this guy produce new tricks every time we meet?"
"Just how many trump cards can he use?"
"Wasn't the Mangekyo Sharingan supposed to be extremely rare?"
"How does this guy have as many as six?!"
"Are his Mangekyo Sharingan wholesale?!"