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Fugaku's face was a mix of shock and surprise as he looked up at Uchiha Shi.
What happened to our bond, man?
This is a freaking 400-meter cliff down there!
You want me to jump down like this?
Without waiting for Fugaku's expression to change, Uchiha Shi's eyes hardened, and he kicked Fugaku's butt, sending him tumbling over the edge of the cliff!
"Damn you, Uchiha Shi, I f***ing f***! F***! F***!"
Fugaku, holding his sore butt, cursed loudly as he plummeted down the cliff, and soon, there was no sound at all.
Only then did Uchiha Shi turn around to face Terumi Mei, who was both baffled and shocked.
He turned to Kakuzu, flashing a bright smile.
"Mr. Kakuzu, as you can see, the person is gone now."
"Your mission is complete."
"Actually, I brought this kid here with the intention of killing him."
"Since our goals align, I don't mind giving you a little help."
Uchiha Shi paused, spreading his hands, "Look,"
"We have no grudges, and no recent enmity. Since the matter is settled, why don't you pretend you didn't see us today, and we'll go our separate ways?"
Kakuzu was taken aback by Uchiha Shi's audacity.
The moment Fugaku fell off the cliff, his eerie green eyes widened in shock, and he stared at Uchiha Shi for a long moment.
What kind of person is this guy?
What grudge does he have against that kid?
That kick was way too decisive.
But soon, Kakuzu's face darkened, and a stormy expression clouded his features.
"Who asked you to meddle?" Kakuzu's teeth were grinding, his eyes cold as he glared at Uchiha Shi.
"My mission is to bring that kid back alive!"
"What?!"
Hearing this, Uchiha Shi frowned slightly, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes.
But on the surface, he was trembling, his face pale.
He shivered, waving his hands in protest, "I, I really didn't know about this, sir. Look, the kid is already dead."
However, Kakuzu, enraged by the sudden loss of a large sum of money, was not in the mood to listen to Uchiha Shi's explanations.
He raised his right hand, his eyes cold and merciless, his palm outstretched.
"Then you die!"
As he spoke, the sutures on Kakuzu's palm began to split, and thin threads of Earth Grudge Fear emerged.
Then, he twisted his waist and swung his arm back, before slamming it forward!
Swoosh!
His right hand stretched through the air, covering a distance of over ten meters in an instant, shooting towards Uchiha Shi.
This was the Secret Technique: Earth Grudge Fear!
Black, writhing tentacles that could hide life beneath the battlefield.
The tentacles were made of countless fine threads, so delicate they could even stitch human blood vessels and meridians.
The palm smashing through the air made Uchiha Shi's eyes widen with envy. If he had such a power, he wouldn't need to buy those ridiculously expensive ninja threads anymore.
However, seeing the palm and the resilient tentacles connected to it, Uchiha Shi's eyes narrowed.
When it comes to playing with threads, the Uchiha are the true experts!
He drew a kunai with his other hand, and in an instant, his black eyes turned crimson.
"What are you standing there for!"
Terumi Mei, seeing Uchiha Shi standing still, frowned and swung her foot, launching a fully formed water blade from her hand.
Swoosh!
The Water Release: Water Fang Blade spun in an arc, slicing through the tentacles behind Kakuzu's palm.
The blade, with its spiraling pressure, cut through the tentacles, sending fine droplets of water flying, but only a few tentacles were severed, quickly replaced by more.
Seeing the water blade turn back into a kunai and fall to the ground, Terumi Mei's eyes narrowed.
"So hard, these tentacles have a resilience that even the Water Fang Blade can't cut through..."
"I can only use this technique!"
She positioned herself in front of Uchiha Shi, her feet planted firmly on the ground, shoulder-width apart, then formed the hand seals—
Dog-Hog-Tiger-Ox-Rat-Dog!
"Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique!" Terumi Mei's fingers touched, forming the Dog seal as she took a deep breath.
Then, her lips parted, and a stream of lava, with a temperature so high it could melt even a Susanoo, erupted from her mouth!
"What is this?"
Kakuzu's pupils constricted, and he instinctively felt a chill upon seeing Terumi Mei's lava.
He immediately used part of the Earth Grudge Fear tentacles to block the lava, preventing it from destroying his extended hand.
The lava hit the tentacles, and they crumbled like dry twigs, being completely melted!
Sizzle, sizzle—
The scene resembled hot oil being poured over cheese, with smoke and steam rising into the air!
Kakuzu retracted his hand, his eyes narrowing, and he looked at Uchiha Shi and Terumi Mei with a slightly more serious expression, as if re-evaluating them. He nodded, "Sharingan and Lava Release Bloodline, not bad, this can make up for some of my losses."
"I'll try to keep your bodies intact."
"So, die in peace."
As he spoke, a line of text appeared in front of Uchiha Shi.
[Kakuzu thinks you're worth a little money.]
Terumi Mei, hearing Kakuzu's disdainful words, her face turned cold as ice.
She immediately retorted coldly, "Your tentacles are useless against me!"
"If you continue, I will kill you!"
Kakuzu shook his head slightly, his calm green eyes looking at the two of them indifferently.
He twisted his neck, and the black robe beneath him stirred, then he asked calmly, "What about this move, how will you deal with it?"
As he spoke, Kakuzu pulled open his black robe, revealing the blue-patterned bird mask on his chest.
The mask opened its black, hollow mouth, and the surrounding grass, insects, and stones were all sucked in, condensing into a ball of whistling wind!
Bang!
It shot out with a screech!
Wind Release: Pressing Harm!
This technique, known as the strongest wind jutsu in its standard form in the entire Naruto universe, revealed its might before the two squad members!
Under the cutting power of the Wind Release: Pressing Harm's wind bullets, the river of lava Terumi Mei had spewed out
was pushed back and pierced through!
After piercing through the lava, the wind bullet whizzed past Terumi Mei's ear, shooting five hundred meters away!
It slammed into the mountain on the opposite side!
Boom!
A violent storm raged!
Large chunks of rock fell, and the refugees of the Land of Hot Springs immediately screamed in terror.
The noise instantly broke the silence of the night!
Terumi Mei's eyes widened, her face stiff, her mind blank, and blood flowed from her ears, which had been ruptured by the sonic boom, slowly dripping down.
"Ah, almost killed you, too weak. Maybe I should try a different approach?"
Kakuzu exhaled, frowning in difficulty, then clapped his hands, and the mask on his chest climbed up his shoulder, replaced by a yellow-patterned dog mask.
He slowly approached the two, step, step, his feet crushing dust, rocks, and lava chunks, and stirring up a cloud of ash that obscured the sky.
In the next moment—
Dense Earth Grudge Fear tentacles sprouted from behind Kakuzu, forming eight massive black lines!
Like eight black spears!
Kakuzu's cold, indifferent voice slowly echoed, revealing the name of the technique:
"Secret Technique: Earth Grudge Fear Mode!"
A bead of sweat trickled down Terumi Mei's forehead, and she looked up in fear.
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