Chapter 1004

The Raikage had once suspected the plan was exposed, but Konoha appeared completely unaware; after weighing things for a long time, he still ordered the plan to continue, only he had failed to account for Uzumaki Young Yuanzi.

In his view, although the other party had outstanding personal strength and had even left Konoha to establish some Moon Ninja Village, they were not worth paying attention to. When launching the attack, Young Yuanzi and the Third Hokage would inevitably be in the same place; his side only needed to employ delaying tactics, so by the time the other was running around Konoha acting as a fire-fighter, his objective should have long been achieved.

Venting aside, in truth the Raikage knew he had miscalculated Hyuga Lin Cheng's position in Young Yuanzi's heart. He truly hadn't expected Young Yuanzi to ignore the battlefield spread across all of Konoha and head with clear purpose for the Hyuga clan's compound.

Somewhere on the outer perimeter of the Great Leaf Barrier.

"Yugito, what are you doing?" The Cloud ninja's rendezvous and reserve unit was at this moment anxiously watching the flames rising in Konoha village as they waited; a sharp-eyed ninja saw the Two-Tails jinchūriki Yugito pacing back and forth not far away.

"Shut up, don't bother me!" Yugito's reply was extremely curt; in truth, her mood at this moment was very bad.

She didn't know what was going on, but she could clearly sense the unease of the Matatabi inside her, and this abnormality severely affected Yugito as a jinchūriki.

Unthinkable — is there really an existence that can make a tailed beast feel uneasy?

One must know that when the Cloud ninja performed the Two-Tails jinchūriki creation on her, they used the same sealing technique as for the Eight-Tails. For the Eight-Tails the sealing's effectiveness might not be quite sufficient, but because she and the Two-Tails got along quite well, in fact her seal was ~more successful.

Normally Matatabi wouldn't pop out and cause trouble on a whim, and was even willing to lend her its power.

It would quietly hide inside Yugito's body, seemingly able to even stop thinking.

And now Matatabi was actually afraid; Yugito had never imagined tailed beasts could have such an emotion, so she also clearly understood how difficult the road ahead would be.

"Mm, so you were hiding here? You've really made this concubine search for a good while." A female voice that did not belong to Yugito or any other ninja member suddenly appeared, instantly putting the entire unit on edge.

They had completely failed to notice when the other party had gotten to their side!

What on earth was going on?

Although they only reacted after the other spoke, Yugito and her teammates gritted their teeth and formed a dispersed formation; they had to let this confident ambusher know that not finishing them off before speaking would be her biggest mistake!

Yugito's hands ignited with Matatabi's soul flame, but when she clearly saw the appearance of the person before her, she couldn't help but freeze just like her companions.

"You're Hyuga Lin Cheng?"

The reason it was phrased as a question was because everyone present did not believe this person half-floating in the air was their target; wasn't he supposed to be a genin who only relied on his eyes and a little Gentle Fist?

"Don't be nervous, it's not your turn to fight this concubine yet." In Kaguya-hime's eyes there was only Yugito, or rather only Matatabi; everyone else was as if they didn't exist.

Although none of those present had detected how "Hyuga Lin Cheng" had appeared here without a sound, this manner of not taking them seriously at all did indeed make them overlook that point.

"What kind of joke is this, a mere — what is this?"

· ·······Seeking fresh flowers····· ······

Kaguya-hime paid them no heed at all. After lightly drifting down to the ground, the shadow at her feet began to spread, and Black Zetsu's most classic black split-body surfaced in a most welcome fashion.

"Mother, my main body's side still needs to prepare the venue, so please just treat yourself as a house cat playing for a little while." Black Zetsu let out a strange "hehehe" laugh; before Mother, tailed beasts had no possibility of resistance, so these boring fellows could just be treated as a nutritious fast-food meal.

"As for the rest, let me accompany you all for a little play."

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"Don't get too ar—."

"Puchi!"

A Cloud ninja watched helplessly as a sharp wooden spike pierced his own chest at an imperceptible speed; because it was too fast, he couldn't even perform the Body Flicker Technique.

"Fall back quickly! What on earth— ugh!" The other Cloud ninja next to this unlucky fellow likewise failed to notice; upon seeing this scene he loudly warned the others to retreat, but at that moment he himself was suddenly bound tight by vines as thick as a wrist that shot out, then dragged into the dense forest beside them.

Everything happened too fast; because Black Zetsu had no hand seals at all, only at this point did the remaining few Cloud ninja truly react, but they had already lost two members.

Over there Black Zetsu single-handedly encircling all the Cloud ninja was playing out splendidly, but here Yugito was completely unmoved; in truth, the moment her eyes met Kaguya-hime's eyes just now, she could no longer suppress the fear of the Matatabi inside her.

It wasn't that Yugito was leaving her companions to die without lifting a finger; rather, the current her had already been drained of all strength in her body, nothing more than a stray cat ripe for the slaughter. End.

GLOSSARY:

【Lin Cheng, Young Yuanzi, Yugito, Matatabi, Two-Tails, Eight-Tails, Kaguya-hime, Black Zetsu, Great Leaf Barrier, Konoha, Cloud ninja, Hyuga, Moon Ninja Village, Third Hokage, Raikage, Body Flicker Technique, Gentle Fist】