Chapter 440: Summoning Again
Just as the Fourth Raikage was filled with remorse, a sensory ninja who was on duty suddenly shouted, "Who's there?"
Hearing this, everyone tensed. What now?
Soon, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, a white figure poked its head out of the ground.
It was a White Zetsu clone. He looked at the three Kage, waved his hand in a very exaggerated manner, and said in a deliberately strange tone, "Which one of you is the Fourth Raikage? I have been ordered to come and make a trade."
A thought stirred in the Raikage's heart. He stood out and asked impassively, "Where is Yugito?"
This White Zetsu's intelligence was clearly substandard. He said, "Right here at my hand."
As he spoke, his entire body drilled out of the earth, and he also pulled Yugito out with him.
Seeing that Yugito was still alive, the Raikage breathed a sigh of relief, which was then followed by a surge of anger.
The next moment, lightning flashed. The Fourth Raikage had already charged in front of the White Zetsu clone, directly finishing it with one punch. He then flashed back to Tsunade's group with Yugito in his arms.
Not long after, the Zetsu clone melted into a tree.
Tsunade and the others all breathed a sigh of relief. Especially Rasa; if Yugito was back, then the Gedo Statue no longer needed to be traded.
But just at that moment, another person drilled out from the ground.
It was Obito Uchiha. After emerging, he immediately formed a Tiger seal with both hands and shouted, "Wake up!"
The next moment, Yugito, in the Raikage's arms, abruptly opened her eyes.
This was immediately followed by a massive amount of Tailed Beast chakra, which surged rapidly from her body, forming two giant blue tails. The two tails whipped back and forth, directly swatting the Fourth Raikage and the others away.
At this moment, Obito, who had only formed one seal and hadn't said another word, drilled directly into the ground and disappeared. After sinking into the ground, he quickly used Earth Release to leave the area.
It was just that as he fled, his appearance was also slowly changing, finally turning into a pure white body.
That's right, this was also a White Zetsu clone. He had come here with only one purpose: to let Tsunade and the others see the ring on his left hand. As for waking up the genjutsu-controlled Yugito, that was just an incidental task. Obito's genjutsu was well-controlled; even if this clone hadn't shouted, she would have woken up soon anyway.
And this Zetsu clone was sure that his mission was complete, because when Tsunade and Rasa were looking at him just now, their gazes were focused more on the ring on his left hand.
This White Zetsu clone left immediately after completing its mission, but its actions had thrown the Land of Hot Water into chaos.
The rampaging Yugito, after sending the several Kage flying, had a clear goal and went straight for the sealed Gedo Statue.
Seeing this, everyone immediately understood Obito's intention. That guy hadn't traded Yugito back at all; he was using her to forcibly break the seal on the statue.
As she charged, the slowly transforming Yugito actually began to condense a Tailed Beast Bomb.
Tsunade, who had just been knocked back, was horrified. She immediately bit her thumb and performed a summoning. There were still a dozen Konoha sealing elites maintaining the seal over there.
The Fourth Raikage's reaction was even faster. He hadn't even dispelled his Lightning Chakra Mode from killing the Zetsu. He knew of Obito's intangibility ability, which could ignore his taijutsu, so he had forcibly held back from attacking him just now. But this time, he did not hesitate.
With just one sprint, he was beside the half-transformed Yugito. He came up and delivered a powerful punch.
She was sent flying, and the Tailed Beast Bomb she was condensing immediately dissipated.
However, the matter was not over. Her Tailed Beast transformation process was still accelerating. By the time she landed, she no longer had a human form.
At this time, Rasa's attack also arrived. A large amount of Gold Sand directly began to block her steps as she tried to approach the statue again.
And the Katsuyu that Tsunade had summoned also quickly moved between her and the Gedo Statue.
But soon, Yugito directly completed her transformation.
The giant Two-Tails let out a roar, then leaped over all the obstructions and landed directly beside the statue.
And the Konoha ninja who were maintaining the seal met with disaster.
No one had expected that even with three Kage and two other Kage-level experts, Kakashi and Ryosuke, standing guard, they would still be attacked.
These sealing ninja didn't even last one round against the attack of the complete Tailed Beast.
No, the Two-Tails didn't attack at all. It just walked past, and more than half of the sealing ninja were killed or injured. Only a few on the other side of the statue, who were not affected, were left.
They all stared at the crimson-eyed Two-Tails with pale faces, frozen in place, at a loss. They didn't even have the thought of maintaining the seal. In truth, there was no need to. Under the attack, with more than half of the sealing personnel gone, the seal had long ceased to exist.
Far away, on a high mountain, a White Zetsu clone was poking its head out, looking in this direction.
The next moment, it rejoiced and quickly dived underground.
Not long after, Obito, who was in his new base, received the report. He hurriedly performed the Summoning Jutsu again.
This time, there were no accidents. The Gedo Statue was successfully summoned by him.
However, the next moment, he collapsed directly on top of the statue's head and passed out.
He had summoned the massive statue twice in a row, and had briefly controlled it in battle. His life force had long been overdrawn. The Uchiha clan's life force was not outstanding. After such massive consumption, Obito could no longer hold on.
And the White Zetsu attached to his body, which had been supplying him with life force without regard for the cost, quickly withered and then died directly.
Seeing this, the main White Zetsu body, on the one hand, connected Obito to the pipes of the Gedo Statue, and on the other, had another clone attach itself to him.
Under this dual action, Obito's rapidly depleting life force finally began to be replenished. But this replenishment could, at most, alleviate his consumption; it was impossible to fully recover the loss.
Black Zetsu, seeing this, grinned. The Gedo Statue was finally back.
And at this time, seeing the Ten-Tails' body that he had just managed to get his hands on being summoned away again, the Fourth Raikage went mad with rage. He directly used his Hell Stab: Four-Pronged Spear.
Boom!
With a full-power strike, the Two-Tails' body was directly pierced by the blue Hell Stab.
Even though Tailed Beasts were immortal, after suffering this heavy blow, the Two-Tails couldn't help but cry out in pain, and its aura weakened a lot.
One must know that when his village was being besieged by Ishiro, the Raikage hadn't even used this move. This showed just how furious he was now.
With the Two-Tails suddenly hit hard and its movements restricted, Katsuyu and Rasa immediately moved in to follow up. Katsuyu pressed down on it, and Rasa controlled a large amount of Gold Sand to wrap around it tightly.
Then, the sealing specialists from the three hidden villages all came forward and, in a flurry, re-sealed the Two-Tails. They had no choice; after being disrupted by Obito twice, the number of sealing ninja in their three villages was not large. They could only cooperate to perform the seal.
Only after the complete Two-Tails disappeared, revealing Yugito's body, did everyone breathe a slight sigh of relief.
Kakashi and Ryosuke had not joined the battle against the Two-Tails. They, along with Tsunade, were on the perimeter, guarding against another sneak attack from Obito. Now that the Two-Tails was re-sealed and Obito hadn't reappeared, they also relaxed a little.
Tsunade walked over to the Fourth Raikage and Rasa. Looking at the badly wounded Yugito, she said, "Raikage, let me treat her."
A nodded, his expression grave.
Tsunade stepped forward and first infused her own chakra into Yugito's body, helping her, who might not have escaped the genjutsu, to disrupt her chakra. Only then did she begin to treat her injuries.
The injuries of a Jinchuriki were often like this: they looked scary, but with the help of the Tailed Beast's chakra, their recovery power was also far beyond that of an ordinary person. So, with the help of a medical sage like Tsunade, Yugito quickly regained consciousness.
Seeing the Raikage and the others, she said with some shame, "Lord Raikage, I have failed you."
He shook his head. "Space-time ninjutsu is too broken. It's not your fault."
After a pause, he asked again, "You and the Two-Tails were both caught in a genjutsu. How are you now?"
Yugito quickly said, "Rest assured, Lord Raikage, I'm fine. I've also helped Matatabi break its genjutsu."
Hesitating for a moment, she added, "Lord Raikage, when I was helping Matatabi break the genjutsu, I found that the genjutsu controlling us seemed to have weakened. I don't know if it was my imagination."
Not far away, Shikaku Nara, who was walking over, had a thought. He looked at the spot where the Gedo Statue had disappeared, lost in thought.
Kakashi, seeing this, asked, "Senior Shikaku, did you discover something?"
Shikaku explained to Kakashi, as well as Tsunade and the others who had turned their heads at the question, "I suspect it's because the ninja who cast the genjutsu summoned the Ten-Tails' body."
"The Ten-Tails is huge. Summoning it probably also consumes an enormous amount of chakra. That person was likely overburdened and in a bad state, so he couldn't maintain the genjutsu at full power."
Rasa nodded upon hearing this, feeling that this explanation was very logical.
The gaze he cast at Shikaku became even more complex. This Konoha ninja's intellect was too high.
Why doesn't our Suna have such a person?
After thinking about it, Rasa felt that he could take this opportunity to get closer to this person.
I should ask if his family has any children of the right age. Since the two villages have a good relationship now, why not arrange a childhood engagement?
This thought only flashed through Rasa's mind for a moment. Right now, he should think about what to do next.
This time, everyone had come for the Gedo Statue, but in reality, they had come to build relationships and form an alliance to counter Iwagakure.
Now that the statue was impossible to get, and the preliminary alliance of the three parties against Iwa had been reached, it was time to disperse.
(End of Chapter)
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