Fū, the Jinchūriki of the Seven-Tails, was currently in Takigakure. She rarely left the village, but she would still go out on missions from time to time.
This was because very few ninja in Takigakure knew that Fū was a Jinchūriki. Also, since obtaining the Seven-Tails, Takigakure's Jinchūriki succession had been orderly, and it had never been stolen.
Having never been targeted, their vigilance was naturally not very high. When it was time to go on a mission, they went.
With White Zetsu infiltrating Takigakure to gather intelligence, Kakuzu and Hidan got their chance to strike a week after arriving.
Because the Seven-Tails had the ability to fly and could escape if it couldn't win, Kakuzu and Hidan's attack was very methodical.
The two of them launched a surprise attack together. Hidan acted as a meat shield to absorb damage, while Kakuzu went all out with a taijutsu assault, aiming to draw blood with his blades.
In terms of taijutsu, the young Fū was naturally no match for the experienced Kakuzu, and she received a small cut on her shoulder.
If Hidan had been the one to attack, it wouldn't have been so easy to draw Fū's blood.
Kakuzu threw the blood-stained kunai to Hidan and then used a large-scale ninjutsu to launch an indiscriminate attack on Fū's squad.
Fū's squad did their best to defend. While the target was occupied, Hidan used his Death Controlling Possessed Blood technique, self-harming to severely injure Fū with his ability.
Fū had just entered the first stage of her Tailed Beast transformation when she was heavily wounded, unable to transform any further.
Kakuzu attacked again, quickly killing the members of Fū's squad, then destroying the bodies to eliminate any traces, and finally, taking Fū and leaving.
The entire operation took only about a minute and was executed extremely cleanly.
Not long after Fū's disappearance, Takigakure discovered the abnormality and immediately sent people to search for her, as well as to Konoha for help.
Although the two villages did not have a formal alliance, their relationship was decent.
Kageyama Kogetsu dispatched two powerful squads, led by Jōnin with Chūnin as members, to provide support, which seemed quite generous.
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The capture of Rōshi, the Jinchūriki of the Four-Tails, also went relatively smoothly.
He didn't get along well with Ōnoki and often clashed with him, so after the war subsided, he spent most of his time wandering the ninja world.
As long as his whereabouts were confirmed, Itachi and Kisame didn't find it too difficult to deal with him.
Kisame, nicknamed the "Tailed Beast Without a Tail," was a good counter to Rōshi. Not only was his Water Release a counter, but his chakra-absorbing sword, Samehada, and his Great Shark Bullet Technique were also quite effective against Rōshi.
Since they weren't in the Land of Earth, there was no rush. Itachi didn't even make a move, just stood by, and Kisame defeated him.
Han, the Jinchūriki of the Five-Tails, had a decent relationship with Ōnoki, but he didn't always stay in Iwagakure either, occasionally leaving the village to carry out missions within the Land of Earth.
After receiving the intelligence, Pain, in his Deva Path, took care of Han, the "Steam Ninja" who specialized in taijutsu.
Han's taijutsu was not strong enough to break through the repulsive force of Shinra Tensei or the attractive force of Banshō Ten'in, and his ninjutsu was countered by the Preta Path. It didn't take long to deal with him.
When Han's squad didn't return to the village on time, it caught Iwagakure's attention. They quickly sent out search parties and found traces of a battle.
Realizing that their Jinchūriki had been abducted, Ōnoki immediately sent people to contact Rōshi, but it was too late. He was unreachable.
Having suffered a major setback, Ōnoki did not dare to announce the disappearance of the two Jinchūriki. He strictly sealed the information internally and secretly sent people to investigate.
The capture of Yugito Nii, the Jinchūriki of the Two-Tails, was even smoother. Among the captured Jinchūriki, Yugito suffered the least.
After gathering the intelligence, the shameless Obito Uchiha infiltrated her private chambers in the middle of the night to launch a sneak attack...
Yugito wouldn't have been able to react in time, but she had a good relationship with the Two-Tails, who warned her promptly.
However, Obito Uchiha was not easy to deal with. While blocking her attack, he grabbed her arm and quickly pulled Yugito into his Kamui dimension.
While Yugito was slightly dazed by the spatial transition, Obito Uchiha rushed over, found an opportunity, and hit her with a genjutsu.
An imperfect Jinchūriki needs time to break free from a genjutsu, unlike a perfect Jinchūriki who can break free almost instantly.
Obito Uchiha seized the opportunity and knocked Yugito out with a chop to the neck, then applied a curse mark to restrain her movements, and finally sealed her.
When Yugito disappeared, Kumogakure naturally took it very seriously, but their focus was in the wrong direction.
The high-ranking officials of Kumogakure thought that Yugito had snuck out of the village to wander around.
After all, with Killer B as a precedent, it wasn't too strange for Yugito to follow suit.
The Fourth Raikage, A, sent people to look for her, but not many, because he believed that Yugito would return to the village after she had had her fun.
Killer B was different. If they didn't send a lot of people to find him, he could wander outside indefinitely. They had to come down hard on him.
The Akatsuki, which had been dormant for over a decade, moved like lightning when it finally acted, capturing four Tailed Beasts in a very short period of time.
However, the Akatsuki's operations were not all smooth sailing. They ran into trouble when capturing Utakata, the Jinchūriki of the Six-Tails.
Although Utakata lived on the outskirts of Kirigakure, he was a homebody and never left the village, making it difficult to capture him without a sound.
After receiving a request for help from Konan, Nagato decided to send the Animal Path of Pain to assist.
However, Nagato's control over the Six Paths of Pain had a limited range. Konan had to leave Kirigakure and go to the Land of Lightning to meet him.
Traveling across the continent from north to south was both energy- and time-consuming. For the sake of secrecy and to avoid trouble, Konan handled the entire journey herself, which was quite exhausting.
After arriving in Kirigakure, she rested for three days before she fully recovered and returned to her peak condition.
Although Kirigakure's strength had fallen to the bottom of the five great ninja villages, it still had its foundation. The entire village was covered by an invisible barrier.
Because the barrier formula had been changed, Kisame Hoshigaki and Jūzō Biwa, who were from Kirigakure, could not help the three of them infiltrate silently.
With Obito's help, the three of them could certainly infiltrate silently, but Nagato would naturally not ask Obito for help.
The three of them simply went around to the point closest to Utakata and forced their way in. The Kirigakure barrier team immediately discovered the intruders.
Orders were passed down from the bottom up, and then from the top down, quickly reaching the ears of the nearby Kiri ninja, who immediately rushed over.
Pakura and Konan headed straight for Utakata's residence...
The Animal Path of Pain, wearing a black robe with red clouds, stood proudly on a misty rooftop, forming a series of hand seals to summon one giant beast after another to block the way.
A minute later, Pakura and Konan arrived at a wooden house by a mountain and a stream in the northwest corner of Kirigakure, where they encountered Utakata, who was about to go and support the village.
A single glance was enough to know they were enemies. Both sides immediately launched their attacks.
Konan, who had already transformed into her angel form, manipulated countless pieces of paper to form paper shuriken. A dense barrage of paper shuriken shot out, their speed completely on par with a machine gun.
Utakata quickly dodged, and the paper shuriken tore up the turf and sent mud flying.
Pakura used a similar technique, but her rain of orange-red arrows was more destructive than the paper shuriken. The grass turned to ash, the earth dried up, and cracks appeared on the ground.
Water Release: Water Formation Wall!
Having dodged to the small river, Utakata quickly formed hand seals. A clear but very thick wall of water rose up, temporarily blocking all incoming attacks.
Secret Technique: Rain Cutter!
Utakata quickly formed hand seals again, and a light, misty rain began to fall all around...
Under this misty rain, the paper shuriken lost their chakra and became harmless, fluttering to the ground.
The misty rain that should have been evaporated by the Scorch Release arrows did indeed evaporate, but it also caused the Scorch Release arrows to evaporate.
Having their ninjutsu simultaneously broken surprised Pakura and Konan a little. As expected of a Jinchūriki from one of the five great ninja villages, he was not to be underestimated.
Utakata quickly took out a bubble-blowing tool from his pocket, took a deep breath, and blew hard. A dense cloud of bubbles swept out...
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