\"Naruto, control it! Don't let the Kyuubi Chakra consume you!"
Kakashi-sensei dodged Kakuzu's attacks while shouting at Naruto, whose body was already being enveloped by the Kyuubi Chakra.
Outside the exchange office in this town, after discovering Hidan and Kakuzu wearing the red cloud cloaks, they didn't immediately attack. Instead, they ambushed Hidan when Kakuzu entered the exchange office and Hidan was waiting alone outside.
Originally, they planned for five of them to deal with Hidan first, then continue with five against one to take down Kakuzu.
However, they hadn't expected this Akatsuki member named Hidan to possess an unheard-of immortal body. His Lightning Release directly pierced through the opponent's heart, but it had no effect on him.
He even taunted him while swinging his scythe, attacking him. Fortunately, Kakashi-sensei had used a Shadow Clone to test him, so he wasn't injured.
Later, when the five of them ganged up on Hidan, they repeatedly hit his vital points with Ninjutsu and Taijutsu, but he still couldn't be killed.
And Hidan, relying on his immortal body, swung his scythe and used Taijutsu, fighting with a mad, all-out offensive style, making it difficult for them to take him down for a while.
But this was actually not a big deal. For an immortal body, with a bit more time, they could seal him with a Sealing Technique after taking him down and bring him back to Konoha for further study.
Unfortunately, their commotion still alerted Kakuzu, who came out in time to assist Hidan and push them back.
And Kakuzu was even more extraordinary, not like a normal Ninja. He was like a monster, able to extend countless tentacles, and his limbs could freely detach with the tentacles. He was very strong in Taijutsu.
At the same time, he could use five Chakra natures, each not inferior to an elite Jonin, and could even combine two Chakra natures to unleash incredibly powerful Ninjutsu.
And like Hidan, he was not easy to kill.
They had managed to defeat Kakuzu once with great effort and teamwork, but it only destroyed one of the hearts on his body that represented the Earth nature, and Kakuzu still had four such hearts.
The cost was that Kakashi-sensei's Chakra was almost depleted, and Yamato had also fallen victim to Hidan's self-mutilating Loki ritual, suffering a critical injury. She was barely kept alive by Sakura's superb medical Ninjutsu combined with her summoning slug.
Now, Kakashi-sensei and Sai were doing their best to hold off Kakuzu, Sakura was saving Yamato, and Naruto was confronting Hidan alone.
Naruto, who hadn't yet mastered the Wind Release: Rasengan Shuriken, was no match for the immortal Hidan. When he was exhausted from fighting, and without Yamato's Wood Release to suppress it, the Kyuubi Chakra within him began to act up again.
"Konoha Ninja, you'd better take care of yourself first!"
Kakuzu used his tentacles to try and capture Kakashi-sensei, while his Earth Grudge Fear: Fire Release mask monster and Earth Grudge Fear: Wind Release mask monster combined, unleashing a Ninjutsu of immense range and power:
"Blazing Wind Violent Wave!"
His other Earth Grudge Fear: Lightning Release mask monster and Earth Grudge Fear: Water Release mask monster were chasing Sai, continuously launching Ninjutsu attacks.
Kakuzu, a Ninja from the same era as the First Hokage, had extensive combat experience. His secret technique, Earth Grudge Fear, combined with his Taijutsu, was not inferior to that of a typical Taijutsu Ninja.
Each of the five masks possessed Ninjutsu power equivalent to a Jonin, and when combined, they could surpass a Jonin.
Coupled with his five-life sustainability, even with Kakashi-sensei and Sai working together, they were still at a disadvantage and likely couldn't last much longer.
"Hidan, hurry up and deal with the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Don't waste any more time."
"Got it! I didn't expect a Jinchuriki to deliver himself right to my doorstep. Let me offer you to the great Lord Loki!"
Hidan charged at Naruto with his scythe.
He only needed a drop of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's blood to activate the ritual, dealing with the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki just as he had dealt with that Wood Release Ninja. After defeating him, he would take him back to the Base, extract the Kyuubi, and complete the mission.
"Kid, what are you still hesitating for? Let me lend you my power. Only by using my power can you save your comrades.
Do you really want to watch them die before your eyes?"
Within Naruto's mental space, the red, maddening, and destructive Kyuubi Chakra surged frantically from the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style.
The Kyuubi also pressed its massive fox head against the sealing gate, trying its best to tempt Naruto with its words.
If Naruto was willing to accept its Chakra at this moment, it could use this to further break through the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style. The more Chakra Naruto used, the larger the cracks in the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style would become.
If he was lucky, perhaps this time, it could completely escape.
So how could it not be eager now?
"Captain Yamato, Sakura, Kakashi-sensei, Sai, I..."
Naruto, enveloped by the seeping Kyuubi Chakra, knelt before the prison gate of the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style. His consciousness was already becoming unclear, and the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style pattern on his stomach was faintly blurring.
He was about to be successfully tempted by the Kyuubi and was preparing to accept its Chakra.
Suddenly, the Kyuubi, whose eyes were already glowing within the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style, and the red Chakra it had painstakingly seeped out, instantly vanished without a trace. Naruto's will also cleared up.
"It's Adam!"
Naruto, whose mind had recovered, his eyes lit up. He used the Afterimage Clone to dodge Hidan's scythe attack and jumped back to Sakura and Yamato.
"Naruto, that's great! You suppressed the Kyuubi Chakra."
Sakura, who was busy keeping Yamato alive, saw Naruto regain consciousness, and the tension on her face eased slightly.
Kakashi-sensei had said that if Naruto were to use the Kyuubi's power again, it was very likely that the Kyuubi would completely escape the seal, and Naruto would surely die.
"What do we do now? The other squads probably won't arrive that quickly."
Yamato's heart had been pierced by a steel pipe during Hidan's ritual, which should have been fatal. Fortunately, her Wood Release itself possessed strong vitality, and with her and the slug's full treatment, and Naruto risking severe injury to destroy the ritual pattern, she was able to cling to life.
But this also meant she couldn't spare a hand to help Naruto fight.
"The other squads probably can't make it in time, but there's one person who can arrive immediately. With his strength, even if he can't defeat these two, he should be able to stall until the other squads arrive as reinforcements."
Naruto created a few more Shadow Clones to momentarily block Hidan and replied.
"Who?"
A hint of confusion appeared on Sakura's face.
Aside from the other squads, the Village hadn't mentioned sending anyone else to help.
"Adam!"
Biting his thumb, Naruto performed hand signs and slammed his hand on the ground:
"Ninjutsu: Summoning Adam!"
At Mount Myōboku, Adam, who had just been reverse-summoned after loading Naruto's template, hadn't even had time to greet the various toads when he sensed a wailing, ghost-like scream from his mental space:
"No!!!
Why now? Couldn't you have waited a bit longer?
I was almost successful, I was almost successful.
Adam, I hate you!!!"
"What's that fox raving about again?"
Shaking his head, Adam ignored the fox, whose mind was clearly deranged from being confined. As usual, he responded to Naruto's summoning and disappeared from Mount Myōboku.