Moku Kairen was just about to slit a throat when two Special Jōnin wielding kunai rushed forward — one left, one right — and chopped off Kairen's arms.
Another Special Jōnin puppeteer used his puppet and immediately bound Kairen.
The wind-using ninja exhaled sharply in relief.
"Finally we've got you under control."
Seeing that Kairen was no longer a threat, the other Sand ninjas converged on the bound figure.
Maire dragged a severed arm as he approached and tapped Moku Kairen's cheek with his silver kunai.
"Brat, we went through hell to catch you at last!"
Kairen was completely subdued. This time he had no chakra, and detonating the explosive tag required chakra flow — Kairen couldn't use it to explode and resurrect.
He immediately opened the System interface and searched for useful items.
A Konoha ninja who had been watching from a tree jumped down.
Shimura Masao loosened his grip on what he was holding.
"The Sand Village really came prepared! Come on, let's surround them, seize Moku Kairen's corpse, and eliminate the Sand Village while we're at it."
Sarutobi Shinnosuke sneered, "Let them take him — let them torture him forever!"
"I still need his kekkei genkai!"
"Don't make things worse. Wood Release isn't weak, is it? Didn't you see? That kekkei genkai's weakness is sealing!"
Kurenai's eyes brimmed with tears. "Papa, papa, go save Kairen!"
Shinku clenched his fists and took two steps forward, but the Shimura family's ninja suddenly blocked his path.
"Jōnin Shinku, I've got my eye on you — don't take any overreaching action!"
Kurenai glared at the silent adults.
"You grown-ups are all awful. You see a villager captured by the enemy and you do nothing."
"Kurenai — stop!" Shinku covered Kurenai's mouth.
"I…"
Akimichi Masataka was about to move, but hands from the Nara family grabbed his arm.
"Don't go. This is the Sarutobi and Shimura family's business — we shouldn't wade into their mess!"
Akimichi Masataka let go, his chubby face flushed with anger.
"So many of you ganging up on one kid — what's that about?"
Suddenly — a Hyūga clan jōnin called out.
"Th… that — what is that? Such a wicked chakra!"
White eyes from the Hyūga jōnin revealed a tint of red that deepened, immediately enveloping the surrounding blue chakra clusters.
"Let me have a look!"
An Uchiha jōnin activated his Sharingan; the Sharingan lets one see chakra flow.
He clearly saw, at the center of the ruins, a red chakra emerging from the smoke.
If you looked closely, that red chakra was constantly being emitted outward, and eventually formed a red fox head in the air.
The Uchiha jōnin had seen that crimson fox form in books and froze as he read aloud, "Nine-Tails?!"
Instantly a commotion broke out.
"Impossible!"
"Isn't the Nine-Tails still in the village?!"
A few seconds earlier, Kairen's chakra channels had been sealed, leaving him unable to use his own chakra.
Moku Kairen frantically flipped through the System exchange catalog and suddenly landed on the special chakra section.
His eyes fell on…
[Nine-Tails Chakra — One-Tail Form] — the required exchange points just happened to be 2500, which Moku Kairen had accumulated.
"Host successfully exchanged for Nine-Tails Chakra — One-Tail Form!"
Nine-Tails chakra instantly merged into Kairen's body and finally fused with his heart.
Although Kairen still couldn't use his original chakra, he now had an external form of chakra. He immediately erupted into the Nine-Tails' One-Tail Form.
"Nine-Tails Chakra — One-Tail Form, activate!"
Red chakra flowed endlessly from Kairen's heart, like blood-red chains lashing out into the surroundings.
The Sand ninjas stared at the change with puzzlement.
Tobioto, skilled in Wind Release, said gravely, "What kind of chakra is that? It feels extremely ominous."
Captain Maire felt dread rise in his chest and hurriedly ordered, "Fall back!"
"Too late — Fire Release: Ash Accumulation Burn!"
A massive black smoke erupted from Kairen's body; sparks flickered at the corner of his mouth.
"Rumble—"
Gunpowder detonations — balls of fire within the black smoke erupted one after another. The intense heat and continuous explosions made the two Special Jōnin trapped inside scream in agony.
"Ahhhhh—"
Those two Special Jōnin were blade specialists with no defensive jutsu; they couldn't escape in time and were engulfed by Kairen's Ash Accumulation Burn. In the blink of an eye they were no more.
When the smoke cleared, Kairen had fully resurrected. Dressed in white, calm as a breeze, he stood on the scorched plain.
I drifted through lightly; what remained were only noises.
At Kairen's feet lay two piles of charcoal, blacker than black — their features reduced beyond recognition.
Next to him was a large mound of earth — the Earth Release defense Daisuke had formed.
Twenty meters away, the Special Jōnin who had used a sealing talisman on Kairen had retreated at the moment of the explosion, taking Jōnin Maire with him.
"Boom, boom…"
The sound of falling stones rang out. The sudden mound of earth on the plain crumbled, and eight sand-colored Sand ninjas crawled out.
"Cough, cough…"
Maire coughed up blood, his face contorted as he glared at Moku Kairen.
"Damn it! What's going on? How could he possibly have extra chakra? Is that red chakra even human chakra?"
Maire kept firing questions, but no one answered. The Special Jōnin nearby was also silent; seeing Kairen's movement, he tightened his grip on his kunai.
Kairen performed a flourish with his blade, then a cold smile lifted one corner of his mouth.
"You think you can seal me? Your Sand Village sealing techniques are still amateurish."
Now that Kairen possessed Nine-Tails chakra, sealing his chakra to prevent jutsu use no longer worked.
The wind-user Special Jōnin beside Maire ground his teeth.
"Captain, what do we do now?"
Their squad had already lost two ninja, and their chakra was slowly being depleted.
Maire rapidly made a judgement.
"That chakra just now was very unusual — it's identical to the aura of a jinchūriki. Could their other identity be Konoha's Nine-Tails jinchūriki? If that's the case… it explains why his chakra seems endless!"
"If it is the Nine-Tails, even better. He's still just a child and can't fully control beast-level chakra. Take the rations, let's attack together and capture Konoha's Nine-Tails jinchūriki."
"Pull this off and we'll be straight into the village's administration."
Maire couldn't help checking off his own cleverness.
"Captain, well said!"
The Sand ninjas quickly pulled out ration pills from their tool bags and swallowed them, then moved into formation step by step to encircle Moku Kairen.
Kairen sheathed his kunai, loosened his bones, and twisted his waist.
"Let me show you my full strength!"
He bent his body slightly, gripped his hands tightly, and a low growl left his throat.
"Eight Gates Technique — First Gate, Open!"
"Second Gate, Rest, Open!"
"Third Gate, Life, Open!"
In an instant, a layer of green energy burst over Kairen. But that wasn't all — a fierce, bestial lust for violence suddenly saturated his body.
"Roaaar!"
A low howl issued from his throat; six lines of markings appeared on his face, like the markings Naruto once bore. His once black eyes turned blood-red; his pupils slit upright like those of a beast.
The green energy on his body gradually transformed into a red chakra cloak — the tailed-beast's outer form — radiating an ominous aura.
"Nine-Tails Chakra — One-Tail Form, activate!"
The chakra energy from the three Gates burning through his body, combined with the power of the Nine-Tails' One-Tail form, made Kairen's chakra seem inexhaustible. Even the entire Sand squad combined couldn't match him.
"Anyone who attacks me will pay a terrible price!"
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