"What kind of ability is this?"
Yugito stood up, gasping for breath. Her injuries had healed, but the bizarre abilities of Hidan and Kakuzu made her feel dread.
She suddenly had a bad feeling.
It seemed like she was going to die here.
"How unwilling..."
She bit her lip tightly. Having finally escaped Kumogakure, she hadn't even seen Takumi yet. Dying here was just too frustrating.
But the situation was now very clear.
She couldn't escape from these two.
"Since I can't escape, I'll go all out!"
Yugito didn't care about the consequences anymore.
She directly released all the power of the Tailed Beast within her.
The Chakra on her body began to expand, as if she would transform into Matatabi in the next moment.
But the next moment,
An intense pain shot through her chest.
Yugito spat out a mouthful of blood, and her vision went dark.
The expanding Chakra instantly deflated like a punctured balloon.
"..."
Her injuries healed quickly, but her vital signs inevitably weakened.
"Hey, hey!"
Kakuzu dissatisfiedly said to Hidan, "Don't kill her."
"Don't worry, her healing ability is so strong. Having her heart pierced once or twice won't matter."
Pulling his scythe out of his own chest, Hidan didn't care about his own injury at all; in fact, the pain excited him even more.
"..."
Yugito knew she had no strength left to resist.
Under the enemy's unfathomable abilities, she couldn't even unleash her full power.
'I want so much to see you, Takumi-kun...'
In a daze, she seemed to see Takumi's smile appearing before her.
Unfortunately, she knew it was just her fantasy.
Because her heart desperately wanted to see Takumi, wanted Takumi to come and save her.
Although her reason told her that Takumi, far away in Konoha, could not possibly come to save her.
'Goodbye, Takumi-kun.'
Yugito slowly closed her eyes and fell to the ground.
"She fainted already?"
Hidan pouted, uninterested. He immediately stabbed his scythe into himself, ignoring the blood also spraying from Yugito, and lay down on the ground.
This was his respect for Jashin.
After sacrificing to Jashin, whether successful or not, he had to do this to express his reverence.
"So troublesome..."
Kakuzu had seen this many times; he knew Hidan wouldn't get up for at least half an hour.
"It's done?"
At this moment, Black Zetsu emerged from the ground. He looked at Yugito and Hidan lying on the ground, then looked up at Kakuzu. "What is he doing?"
"Never mind him."
Kakuzu hoisted Yugito onto his shoulder and said, "Let's start first, to avoid any more delays."
"Fine."
Black Zetsu led Kakuzu to a pre-prepared cavern, where Pain and the others were already ready.
"Where's Hidan?"
Pain didn't see Hidan and couldn't help frowning.
The Akatsuki had already lost Sasori; if they lost another member, he would doubt their ability to collect all the Tailed Beasts.
"He's worshipping his Jashin-sama."
Kakuzu said briefly. "No need to wait for him; we can start directly."
"As long as he's not dead."
Pain understood. After Kakuzu placed Yugito on the ground and stood on his finger, he began the extraction Sealing Technique.
Sealing Technique: Phantom Dragons Nine Consuming Seals.
Several dragon-head-like Chakra emerged from the Outer Path Statue's mouth and then pounced on Yugito on the ground.
Then began the lengthy extraction process.
"I suggest speeding it up."
Kakuzu spoke up. "I have a persistent bad feeling."
"What's wrong?"
Pain looked at Kakuzu.
If possible, he wanted to proceed at the normal pace, so that after extraction, there would be more residual Chakra for them.
Not like last time, where members with less Chakra were completely drained.
Like Deidara.
"It's just a feeling; I can't explain it specifically."
Kakuzu said.
"Indeed, we should speed up."
Black Zetsu echoed Kakuzu's words. "Although Takumi is still in Konoha for now and probably won't make it, Kumogakure has already discovered and the Fourth Raikage is personally leading a team."
"Although I set up some obstacles, I'm afraid they won't stop that man for long."
Black Zetsu's words made Kakuzu's heart tighten. "What about Hidan? He can't move right now."
"Don't worry, they won't find this place for at least five hours."
Black Zetsu said. "I lured them elsewhere, but they'll probably notice soon."
"In that case, speed it up."
Pain also knew this wasn't the time to be sparing.
If the Fourth Raikage really burst in and disrupted them, they would lose their best chance to extract Two-Tails.
If that happened, getting another opportunity like this would be basically impossible.
So, he took the lead in accelerating the extraction of the Tailed Beast's Chakra.
This also intensified everyone else's Chakra consumption.
But no one complained.
It was an unavoidable necessity.
Half an hour passed.
Hidan, having returned to normal, walked back.
As soon as he entered, he started shouting, "Kakuzu-san, help me out. This wound is a bit big."
"Shut up!"
If his hands weren't forming seals, Kakuzu would have wanted to cover his face. It was just too embarrassing.
"Idiot, if you can't handle your own injuries, don't mess your body up like that."
Deidara couldn't help but mock. "In the end, you still have to trouble others."
"Huh?"
Hidan's gaze immediately darkened. "Looks like you're very unconvinced about the result of our last fight."
"As if you won."
Deidara's gaze also turned hostile.
"Enough."
Pain stopped them from continuing their argument and looked at Hidan. "Stop your nonsense. Get in position and help extract the Tailed Beast quickly, then you and Kakuzu evacuate from there as soon as possible."
"Tch!"
Hidan pouted, jumped into the empty spot next to Kakuzu, formed seals, and stood ready.
But he deliberately exposed the wound area.
Kakuzu understood his meaning and extended black tentacles from his body, quickly stitching Hidan's wound.
Only Hidan's immortal body could adapt to this.
Otherwise, anyone else would be in agony from Kakuzu's stitching without anesthesia; they would die from the pain.
"Now that everyone is here, let's speed up."
Pain looked at everyone, including Obito. "Aim to finish within three hours."
Everyone's expression tightened.
Only Kisame, whose Chakra rivaled a Tailed Beast, felt nothing.
It was just extracting a bit more Chakra; it was nothing to him.
"Hey, Tobi!"
Deidara's eyes swept towards Obito. "Don't hold us back."
"I'll definitely do my best, Senpai!"
Obito immediately said in Tobi's spirited, energetic voice.
"Mm, good. Keep up that spirit."
Deidara nodded satisfied.
Although he had lost his best partner, Sasori,
Having such a young Akatsuki's member like Tobi, he could completely enjoy the feeling of being a senior.