"Find a chance to seize the Banana Palm Fan and take away their long-range attack capabilities."
Renya activated his Three Tomoe Sharingan and locked eyes on the Banana Palm Fan in Ginkaku's hand.
As long as they lost the Banana Palm Fan, Kinkaku and Ginkaku would no longer have any long-range offensive means.
With that, the team could coordinate and effectively pin the two brothers down.
Aside from the Banana Palm Fan, there were countermeasures for the other Six Paths ninja tools...
That would greatly increase their chances of victory.
"Understood!" No one objected.
They had already witnessed the power of the Banana Palm Fan earlier—it definitely needed to be prioritized.
"Be careful of their Tailed Beast Transformation..." Renya reminded them.
Tailed Beast transformations were still a rare occurrence at this point. Almost no one could control a Tailed Beast in combat.
Unless the seal was loose and the beast was trying to break free, Tailed Beast Mode wouldn't even appear.
And in such cases, the jinchūriki would have already lost their rationality and couldn't distinguish friend from foe.
Since the war began, no village had dared send a jinchūriki to the front lines.
Once transformed, a jinchūriki's body would be drastically enhanced with incredibly fast attack speed and immense regenerative capabilities.
As long as their chakra held out, they could rapidly heal in battle and maintain peak fighting condition.
Renya and the others clearly couldn't hope to kill the two—only the Six Paths ninja tools could seal them away.
For example, the Kohaku no Jōhei in Kinkaku's hand could perfectly seal both of them.
If it could seal even the Eight-Tails, then Kinkaku and Ginkaku were no exception.
"Try to stop them from entering Tailed Beast Mode. It's best to finish the fight before they transform!"
Renya drew the katana at his waist, and in a blur, he appeared on the battlefield.
Seeing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others immediately followed.
"Shff, shff, shff—"
The figures of six people suddenly emerged on the battlefield.
The rampaging Kinkaku and Ginkaku naturally noticed their arrival.
The brothers simultaneously stopped their slaughter, tilting their heads toward the approaching Renya.
"Brother, these guys seem pretty strong!" Ginkaku grinned savagely.
Compared to killing weaklings, they much preferred fighting the strong...
They loved torturing their enemies, relishing the fear and pain on their faces.
The more the enemy suffered, the more they enjoyed it.
"Hehehe, you're absolutely right." Kinkaku grinned wide.
Clearly, the arrival of Renya's group had stirred their bloodlust.
"Six of them, huh..." Kinkaku wrapped the Seven Stars Blade around his right arm and sneered. "Let's take three each!"
"Got it!" Ginkaku licked the corner of his mouth with excitement.
The two didn't take the six Konoha jōnin seriously at all—they had already slaughtered plenty before.
So what if there were six more?
They'd be just as easy to kill!
"Hope you don't die too quickly..." The brothers sneered as they launched their assault.
"Our squad will handle Kinkaku. You take Ginkaku," Renya said to Sarutobi Hiruzen. "Watch out for the Six Paths tools."
"Got it!"
Hiruzen used a summoning jutsu to call forth Enma, who transformed into the Adamantine Staff and engaged Ginkaku directly.
"Danzo, Koharu, be careful not to—"
Before he could finish, Kinkaku had already closed the distance, swinging his right arm directly at Renya.
The Seven Stars Blade's material was incredibly durable and infused with high-intensity chakra. It could withstand ninjutsu and was devastating in close combat.
As long as it touched a target, it would extract their "word soul," allowing his younger brother to seal them with the Seven Stars Blade and Crimson Gourd.
"Hehehe, die, brat!"
Kinkaku bared his teeth in a feral grin, already envisioning Renya getting struck by the rope.
The Konoha shinobi were unaware of how it worked—this move had succeeded countless times before. It never failed!
As the fist came crashing down, Renya swiftly stepped back to dodge, and with a crescent arc, slashed his katana toward Kinkaku's neck.
"Clang!"
With a clash of metal, Kinkaku easily raised his arm to block the strike.
"Hehehe, come on, brat—give me more!"
Renya's first attack missed, and he quickly distanced himself, his Three Tomoe Sharingan locked tightly onto Kinkaku, wary of any sudden assault.
Shimura Danzo flicked three shuriken from his sleeve, while Utatane Koharu gripped a kunai warily.
The three formed a triangular formation to encircle Kinkaku.
"You brats think you can beat me like this?" Kinkaku sneered. "Naïve fools!"
He didn't even take the formation seriously...
To him, this was just fun. Once he got bored, he'd start torturing them.
"Wind Style: Vacuum Wave!" Danzo formed hand seals and struck first.
As the sharp wind blade came at him, Kinkaku didn't even bother dodging—he suddenly whipped the Seven Stars Blade forward like a bolt of golden lightning.
Bang!
To their shock, the Vacuum Wave was torn apart mid-air by the rope!
Danzo's eyes widened in disbelief. He hadn't expected his attack to be neutralized so effortlessly.
The Seven Stars Blade's power was beyond his imagination—truly worthy of being one of the Six Paths tools...
Just as Danzo froze in surprise, the rope suddenly shot from Kinkaku's hand, snaking toward Danzo's neck like a viper.
"Don't let it touch you!" Koharu threw a kunai that knocked the rope aside.
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
A massive fireball spewed from Renya's mouth, roaring toward Kinkaku with blazing heat.
Renya's Sharingan spun wildly, predicting Kinkaku's next move.
He preemptively moved to where Kinkaku would land and slashed downward with his katana.
Kinkaku had just jumped to avoid the fireball and was still mid-air when he saw the blade descending toward him.
His pupils shrank—he hadn't expected Renya to read him.
With no footing to maneuver in the air, he quickly recalled the Seven Stars Blade to block.
But Renya had already predicted this. He shifted from a slash to a thrust, aiming straight for Kinkaku's right shoulder.
If it landed, the fight would be over.
"Damn it!" Kinkaku's face twisted in panic. He had no time to dodge.
Just as Renya thought the strike had landed, Kinkaku suddenly grinned.
"Hehehe, did you really think that sneak attack worked?!"
Before the words finished, a red chakra cloak flared around him, forcibly blocking the blow.
In a blink, he had completed a partial Tailed Beast Transformation!
The katana barely made a scratch.
Renya's pupils shrank—he hadn't expected Kinkaku to enter Tailed Beast Mode so quickly.
That caught him completely off guard...
"Die!!"
Kinkaku slammed a palm forward. Renya barely blocked with his blade but was sent flying over ten meters, smashing through two trees before he came to a stop, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
Wiping the blood away, he murmured quietly:
"The power of Tailed Beast Mode... is insane..."
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