Swish...
A slender blood line swept across, cutting countless black threads simultaneously. Along with the black threads, a mask was also cut apart.
Glancing at the shattered mask on the ground, Kakuzu's expression was incredibly solemn.
During the fierce battle with Asuma's sniper squad earlier, he had already lost two masks consecutively, severely damaging his vitality.
He thought he could get rid of Ryuzetsu and Chino, temporarily replenishing two fresh hearts.
Unexpectedly, these two brats dressed as Grass Ninja were ridiculously strong.
One could actually fight back and forth with a monster like 'Satori', even knocking 'Satori' to the ground several times. The other directly disabled Hidan, leaving Hidan's head still screaming on the ground.
What surprised Kakuzu even more was that Chino actually claimed to be Akatsuki 'K'!
"Is this brat really 'A's person?"
"Isn't it only A, B, C, D, E, F, G?"
"Does 'A' want to use the power of the Ninja Village Alliance to deal with us?"
Instantly, questions flooded Kakuzu's mind one by one.
But in an instant, he suppressed these doubts to the bottom of his heart, because the situation before him really didn't allow him to be distracted.
Chino approached Kakuzu again while counting on her fingers: "Let me calculate, the mask just shattered was Fire attribute, right! You also used Wind attribute ninjutsu and Water attribute ninjutsu, meaning the masks shattered before were Earth attribute and Lightning attribute?"
Kakuzu's face turned dark.
Chino smiled: "Just need to shatter two more of your hearts, right!"
Kakuzu said angrily: "Brat!"
Whoosh...
As soon as Chino finished speaking, she launched a surprise attack on Kakuzu. It was still a surprise attack under the full operation of 'Twelve Palaces', faster than ordinary 'Body Flicker Technique'.
Having suffered losses before, Kakuzu hurriedly blocked with a kunai.
However, just as the blood blade was about to collide with his kunai, the blood blade suddenly scattered into blood drops again, splashing all over him.
"Bad!"
He thought to himself, hurriedly activating 'Water Prison Technique', trying to wash away Chino's blood stained on his body with Water Release.
Rumble...
In the next instant, the firelight of explosion shone in the water prison, emitting a burst of muffled explosion sound.
Kakuzu was blown out of the water prison, falling heavily to the ground. However, the Water Release he cast in time indeed weakened the power of the explosion, allowing him to avoid the doom of being completely blown to pieces by the blood bomb.
Before Kakuzu could recover, with a 'swish', Chino rushed in front of him, the blood blade in her hand stabbing down fiercely, instantly piercing his heart.
Pfft...
Kakuzu coughed up a mouthful of blood, his face full of hideousness: "Da... Damn brat!"
At this time, a gust of wind blades attacked Chino, forcing Chino to leap high.
And Kakuzu's mask clone that cast Wind Release ninjutsu to force back Chino quickly darted to Kakuzu's side, then drilled entirely into Kakuzu's body, replacing the heart just pierced by Chino's blood blade.
Climbing up from the ground, Kakuzu panted heavily.
Including the main body's Water attribute heart, four of his five hearts had shattered, leaving only the Wind attribute heart just integrated into his body.
If this one was shattered again, he, who had lingered on from the Warring States period until now, would really be completely finished!
Swish...
Just then, a figure suddenly flashed to Kakuzu's side, asking in an incredulous tone: "What happened?"
Obviously, this one rushing over was none other than Ranmaru following behind Yakumo and others.
His Red Eye, like the Hyuga clan's Byakugan, was a see-through eye with long-distance observation capability. Plus, his Red Eye was strengthened by the Kekkei Genkai Fusion Ceremony, becoming a unique mutated Red Eye in the Ninja World. So he discovered from afar that Kakuzu and Hidan were in a desperate situation here, and immediately activated 'Swift Release' to surpass Yakumo and others to rush over.
Swish swish swish...
Immediately after, amidst the sound of breaking wind, Yakumo, Ameyuri Ringo, Chojuro, and Darui also arrived at the scene.
They looked at Ryuzetsu soloing 'Satori' in the distance, and Chino who blew Hidan's head off and forced Kakuzu into a desperate situation, looking at each other in dismay.
On the way here, they were extremely worried about Ryuzetsu and Chino's safety.
Although Ryuzetsu and Chino were ninjas from a small village like Grass Ninja Village, after several operations, they had long recognized Ryuzetsu and Chino's strength, regarding them as companions.
It was precisely such a bond that made them rush to support regardless of danger.
But who would have thought the scene would be like this, completely beyond their expectations. Even if they came a little later, Ryuzetsu and Chino might have solved all enemies.
Chojuro couldn't help asking Chino: "Did... did you do all this alone?"
Chino nodded, her gaze still locked on Kakuzu.
Kakuzu, having recovered slightly, said: "Be careful, that guy is..."
Bang...
Before Kakuzu could finish speaking, a small explosion occurred inside his body. Although the power of the explosion wasn't great, it blew his body apart.
"!?"
Ranmaru was shocked, the wariness on his face became heavier.
Undoubtedly.
This explosion was caused by a little bit of Chino's own blood left in Kakuzu's body when she pierced Kakuzu's heart just now.
Originally prepared to coordinate with a surprise attack to solve Kakuzu in one wave, Ranmaru's arrival interrupted her plan. She could only activate the explosion first to shut Kakuzu up.
And the blown-apart Kakuzu didn't die immediately.
Countless black threads extended from his broken body. These threads connected and entangled with each other, reassembling his blown-apart body together. It was just that during this process, he obviously couldn't speak any words.
On the other side, Hidan's head with a blown-up mouth was still muttering constantly on the ground, but no one could hear clearly what he was muttering incoherently.
Yakumo, who possessed the same ability, naturally saw through Chino's move at a glance.
But Ameyuri Ringo, Chojuro, and Darui felt baffled, even faintly creeped out.
They really couldn't imagine that powerhouses like Akatsuki's Kakuzu and Hidan would lose so miserably in Chino's hands!
Just as the two sides were in a stalemate, more and more people arrived at this battlefield.
First Deidara and Kurotsuchi arrived in the air, circling above. Then, the ninja army sent by Kakashi for support arrived on the ground.
Subsequently, a squad sent by the Grass Ninja Village for support also arrived in time from another direction.
The squad captain was Ryuzetsu's brother Ryuran. And in the accompanying team, there was also an elite Jonin of the Grass Ninja Village, Mui.
And he was exactly Muku's father!
Their purpose for this trip was simple: to quell the storm caused by the 'Box of Ultimate Bliss' and correct the mistakes made by the Grass Ninja Village in the past!