70: Chapter 70 Two-Tailed YukitoYunlei Gorge is a valley crevice where thunder and lightning strike all year round.
The Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yugito, is currently engaged in an unprecedented and arduous battle.
Her opponents are Hidan and Kakuzu from the Akatsuki organization.
Kakuzu is in a half-human, half-demon state, with the Earth Grudge Mask monster flying around him, bombarding him with ninjutsu of the five elements: wind, fire, lightning, water, and earth.
It was rapidly depleting Yugito's stamina and chakra.
"Damn it!" Yugito was enveloped in a blue cat-like chakra cloak, which increased her speed and power.With the power of her tailed beast transformation, she once smashed Hidan away and tore apart one of Kakuzu's heart-shaped mask monsters.
"Hahaha!That's satisfying!Now that's a proper offering!"
Hidan brandished the blood-stained three-month scythe, looking like a madman, his body covered with claw marks left by the wooden doll.
He became even more excited, licking the blood off his sickle.
As the saying goes, the soft fear the hard, the hard fear the ruthless, and the ruthless fear the reckless.
This kind of opponent, who goes against the understanding of ninjas, is somewhat terrifying!
Finally, with the help of Kakuzu's successful use of Lightning Release to paralyze him, Hidan managed to obtain Yugito's blood despite breaking his ribs.
He stood within the circle of cursed ritual he had drawn, a fanatical smile on his face, and plunged a weapon stained with the blood of the wooden figure into his own body.
"Ugh—!"
Yugito suddenly felt an unbearable pain, as if his body had been pierced through at the same time.His chakra flow became disordered, the flames around him flickered, and he could no longer maintain his half-tailed beast form, staggering and kneeling on the ground.
Kakuzu quickly dodged behind him and slammed Yugito's head into the pile of rubble.
"it's over."
A look of resentment flashed in Yugito's azure cat eyes.The massive Two-Tails chakra receded like a tide, and she collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
The border of the Land of Fields, the temporary camp of the Apocalypse Merchant Guild.
It was late at night, and most of the members were already resting.
Ah Fei quietly slipped out of the camp and arrived at an abandoned mine cave several miles away.
Obito shed his comical disguise as Tobi, his shadow stretching long and narrow in the moonlight.
The silhouette of the pitcher plant slowly rose from the ground.
"Oh my, Mr.Afei, no, Obito, how's it working at the Chamber of Commerce?" White Zetsu asked with a grin.
"Enough with the nonsense." Obito's voice was deep."Is the capture of the Two-Tails complete?"
"Of course~" White Zetsu laughed, "Hidan and Kakuzu may not be the brightest, but they're good at their jobs."
After a moment of silence, Obito's mind was once again filled with the image of the earth-shattering sword strike from the Iron Boat, the terrifying sword energy that spanned three hundred meters and tore through the earth.
"You seem a bit off?" Black Zetsu keenly sensed Obito's unusual emotional state.
".The Apocalypse Chamber of Commerce is more troublesome than we expected."
Obito slowly spoke, "That samurai named Tessho has reached the Kage level, and this is a new development that we didn't have in our intelligence."
He briefly recounted how Tie Zhou had forced back the combined forces of Yunyin and Iwayin with a single sword strike, as well as the invisible sense of surveillance and constraint he had felt.
After listening, Jue also fell into a brief silence.
"To be able to train samurai of this caliber, and to possess surveillance methods that we cannot comprehend."
Black Zetsu's tone also became somewhat emo, "This Naruto Uzumaki has indeed gone beyond the category of 'a little troublesome,' becoming a huge variable."
"Indeed." Obito didn't seem to be in the mood to say anything more.
He had initially thought he was a tiger infiltrating a flock of sheep, but now he realized that the Apocalypse Chamber of Commerce was like a huge fog.
Meanwhile, in Konoha Village, in the forest above the Hokage Rock.
Jiraiya furtively held a bunch of freshly picked, slightly wilted wildflowers, muttering to himself, "This.should be okay, right?Is it too tacky?"
Today, he mustered up his courage and wanted to ask Hongdou out to "discuss life" and, incidentally.express his not-so-pure thoughts.
Just then, a huge explosion and a strong chakra surge suddenly came from the edge of the village below, near the Death Forest!
"Huh?" Jiraiya's expression changed, and he instantly stuffed the wildflowers into his arms.In a flash, he sped off towards the direction of the explosion.
When he rushed to the scene, he saw that Hongdou was fighting fiercely with several rogue ninjas wearing Rainbow headbands and with fanatical eyes.
The opponent seemed to have used some forbidden technique, causing their strength to surge dramatically.They were completely disregarding their own casualties and were fighting insanely.
Although Anko is quite strong, she is struggling against these reckless fleeing ninjas, and has already suffered a cut on her arm.
"Red Bean!" Jiraiya shouted, immediately joining the battle.
He was, after all, one of the Three Legendary Sannin, and his strength far surpassed that of these grunts.
After a few rounds, he used the Lion's Mane Technique and powerful Fire Release to defeat most of the enemies.
Seeing the situation was dire, the last rogue ninja's eyes flashed with madness.He ripped open his shirt, revealing a chest covered in scars, and his chakra rapidly compressed—he was going to self-destruct!
"Watch out!" Jiraiya's pupils contracted, and without thinking, he flashed to Anko's side.
"boom!"
The explosion threw the two people into the air.
Jiraiya groaned, his back charred and covered in blood, but he held Anko tightly in his arms, preventing her from suffering further harm.
"Old man with white hair!Are you alright?"
Hongdou broke free from his embrace, looked at his 'somewhat weak' figure, and her voice trembled without her even realizing it.
"No.it's nothing."
Jiraiya grimaced as he tried to stand up, but the movement aggravated his wounds, causing him to gasp in pain.
Hongdou looked at his disheveled yet forced appearance, and then at the injuries he had sustained while protecting her.
The images of our previous banter and teasing flashed through my mind, and my heart skipped a beat.
She bit her lipShe stepped forward, grabbed his arm without a word, and said in a fierce voice, tinged with awkward concern, "Don't move!What are you trying to prove!You're injured like this and you think you can walk by yourself?I'll take you home!"
Jiraiya looked at her profile, so close to his own, and at the worry that couldn't be hidden in her tone.
He chuckled, then leaned most of his weight against her, muttering, "Well.then I'll have to trouble you.Red Bean."
Under the moonlight, Hongdou helped Jiraiya walk, stumbling along the path into the village.
Their shadows intertwined.
"Hey, White Hair."
"Um?"
"What were you wearing.just now?It's poking me."
"Ah?No.nothing!It's just manuscript paper!Manuscript paper for writing a book!"
"You're kidding me!It smells like flowers.Wait, you wouldn't happen to be."
"Cough cough cough!No!Absolutely not!Ouch, my back."
Shut up!
The sounds of their bickering faded into the night wind, carrying a sour stench that seemed completely out of place in the cruel world of ninjas.
A few days later, at Konoha Hospital.
Jiraiya lay on the hospital bed, his back wrapped in thick bandages.
The ward door was pushed open, and Hongdou walked in carrying a bowl of obviously burnt, dark medicinal porridge, her face flushed slightly.
"Here, this is for you."
She placed the bowl on the bedside table, her eyes darting around, "Don't say I don't take care of the wounded."
Jiraiya looked at the bowl of porridge, which looked rather unappetizing, but he felt a sense of satisfaction.He struggled to sit up.
"Don't move!" Hongdou held him down, hesitated for a moment, picked up a spoon, scooped up a spoonful, blew on it awkwardly, and held it to his mouth, ".open your mouth."
Jiraiya was stunned.Looking at Anko's shy yet trying-to-be-calm demeanor, his heart pounded wildly.
He obediently opened his mouth and swallowed the porridge, which tasted strange but made him feel incredibly sweet.
"Red Bean…" he called softly.
"What?" Hongdou replied irritably, but the tips of her ears turned red.
"Are we.officially together now?"
Jiraiya mustered his courage and looked at her expectantly.
Hongdou paused, her cheeks flushed red, and she threw the spoon into the bowl, yelling fiercely, "Nonsense!Otherwise, why would I feed you, you old lecher, porridge!Eat up!I still have to go on patrol after you finish!"
After saying that, she turned her head away, not daring to look at him.
Jiraiya looked at her and grinned foolishly, feeling no pain at all from the wound on his back.
"I thought I was destined to grow old alone, but then God turned around and gave me a fiery little firecracker?"
When the news reached Naruto in the Land of Waves, he was listening to Hibari's detailed report on the capture of the Two-Tails.
"Oh?Jiraiya-senpai and Anko-nee finally got together?" Naruto's eyebrows twitched slightly, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face.
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