The jinchuriki's voice, which sounded more like a roar than something human, resounded throughout the area, but it wasn't that that made me cringe, it was the second tail that rose from the kunoichi's ass and made the cover almost opaque.
Chance!
- Yugito, get a hold of yourself! - For a moment the future Raikage, who was clearly getting nervous, turned towards his client, but suddenly, he threw a crushing blow under his feet, literally splitting the ground with a two-meter-wide crater that snaked in different directions.
And in the depths, several shattered gold chains melted away, but Ai couldn't get all the ones I'd fired.
Seven of the original two dozen burst out of the ground around Nii's almost completely transformed biju form and entangled her from all sides, overwhelming her despite her desperate kicking.
I folded the seal of concentration and at the same moment, dozens of golden needles grew from the links, piercing through the cover and piercing the vulnerable flesh beneath.
- Oooooh!
The dark-skinned kumovian reacted quickly, coming around and with a single sweep of his arm, severing all Congo Fusa (Adamant Chains), but a lightning-fast paw strike, much faster than Nii had been able to do before, knocked him back. Control was finally lost and the biju broke free, taking the form of a huge cat.
And I... I was already there, concentrating most of the chakra on my sole into a short spike, taking the jonin to the ground with a mighty foot strike, seemingly even managing to break through Raiton no Yoroi with a surprise attack.
Unfortunately, I didn't manage to develop my advantage - the two-tailed one chose me as his next target, so I had to jump aside to avoid being buried under the mass of feline rage, but my enemy didn't have such an opportunity.
Ai showed that it was too early to write him off - in one movement he rolled aside and missed the snow-white claws by a hair and found himself under the creature's belly, leaning on his hands, he delivered a crushing blow to the side of the biju, throwing him a few meters away and causing an angry hiss, more like a roar of flame.
A ball of chakra began to gather in front of Niibi's wide-open mouth, and I decided to change the target of my attack - I had already received a weakened biju-dama in the face, and I didn't want to get hit by a full-fledged one!
Before the giant flaming cat with two tails had time to pump a decent volume into the technique, I formed and sent three golden spears at him, quickly overcoming the ten meters that separated us.
There were explosions, and the biju was thrown back with an angry yelp, but I was already there and slashed a two-handed sword formed from golden chakra at the insolent moustached face, putting all my strength into the blow.
Bee twisted and caught the blade with his mouth, which should have taken off half of his head, but despite the hiccup, it was even better for me - before he could bite down on the weapon, the pin that had grown on the sword pierced the bijou's palate and blossomed with spikes, turning the cat's head into a kind of dandelion.
Without wasting time, I kicked at the body of the two-tailed cat and tore the weapon at myself, literally decapitating him.
But I didn't get a chance to assess the result of the attack and whether it would be enough to stop the niibi or if it would be able to recover, as the next moment, a powerful blow to the side knocked me off my feet and sent me flying, forcing me into a trench before I managed to push off with my hand and land on my feet, dampening the momentum.
While dealing with the cat, I'd somehow lost sight of Ai, and for that I was hurt - even with the construct's protection, the bone armor had cracked in several places, along with a couple of ribs nearby. A normal shinobi would have been torn in half by such a blow.
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