Chapter 315

315. Chapter 310: Nine-Tails, You Have Already Become a Cute Female Fox

After experiencing the rampage incident two years ago, Kinkaku, concerned for his younger brother's safety, chose to take a desperate gamble and challenge the Eight-Tails in the village. After three days and three nights of fierce fighting, he finally succeeded in defeating Gyuki with a narrow advantage and sealed it into a Tailed Beast Card.

Since then, the two brothers, in order to further master the tyrannical power of the Tailed Beasts, began an indefinite period of intensive training in the Cloud-Thunder Gorge within the Cloud Village.

Until not long ago, the Cloud Village learned that a ferocious beast had suddenly appeared within the borders of the Land of Lightning. Wherever it went, not a blade of grass grew, countless towns were destroyed, and none of the ninjas who went to drive it away or subdue it survived.

Upon receiving the intelligence, the Raikage immediately notified the Kinkaku brothers, who were in seclusion, and handed the task of subduing the rampaging beast to the two of them.

"This is a ferocious beast, very likely the Nine-Tails released by Konoha before. Are you confident?"

In the Raikage's office, the First A, now showing signs of age, looked at the muscular brothers with his tiger-like eyes slightly narrowed and spoke the intelligence he had received in a low voice.

"Hmph~ A mere masterless Tailed Beast is not even a match for us brothers."

Having mastered the Knight's power, Kinkaku was now brimming with confidence and didn't put the Nine-Tails in his eyes at all. He had previously taken down the Eight-Tails relying solely on his own strength, and now, possessing the power of the Eight-Tails, how could he fear a free-roaming Nine-Tails?

"I think Big Brother is right."

Ginkaku stood to the side, acting as a competent straight man.

"Sigh~ Regardless, be extra careful. If you are not a match, just retreat."

The First A rubbed his swollen temples with helplessness. In recent years, the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers had become less and less aware of how to write the word 'humility'. If they were too stubborn and something went wrong, how would he answer to the Gin brothers?

"Let the Shadow Guard go with you!"

Standing beside the First Raikage, young A, flipping through the documents in his hand, felt uneasy and decided to send more people to go with Kinkaku and the others to provide support.

"Don't look down on us. I only need to take my own subordinates. When we capture the Nine-Tails and bring it back, shouldn't it be our turn to sit in the position of the Second?"

Kinkaku turned his head to look at young A, a flash of sharpness in his eyes. Ever since he obtained the power of the Tailed Beast Knight, he suddenly felt he could do it again, and immediately aimed his next target at the position of the Second Raikage, which had already been earmarked for young A.

This time, he would use his strength to prove that the two of them were the best candidates for the Second Raikage.

"You guys~"

Young A was somewhat amused. He had watched the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers grow up. Although there was no name of master and apprentice, there was already the reality of it, so he did not feel angry at Kinkaku's rebellious remarks.

"Your qualifications are still shallow. If you want to be Raikage, you still have to wait a few years."

The First A just shook his head slightly. The personalities of the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers were too eccentric and needed to be tempered well before they could be entrusted with heavy responsibilities.

"Qualifications? We can't even fight a war now, where do the qualifications come from! Relying on grinding missions, how long will this grinding take?"

It would have been fine if he hadn't mentioned qualifications, but once he did, Kinkaku became furious. Their Hagoromo clan had been almost wiped out by the Senju brothers, and after enduring humiliation in the Land of Lightning for so many years, they had finally honed their strength to a point where they thought they could take revenge.

As it turned out, the world was suddenly at peace, and it was achieved under the advocacy of Senju Hashirama, whom he hated the most. How could this not make the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers furious?

"Alright, you go do the mission first. If you succeed, I will consider promoting you two to the position of Raikage candidates."

Somewhat weary, the First A had to stall them first, indicating that the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers should capture the Nine-Tails first as a token of their loyalty.

"It's a deal!"

The simple-minded Kinkaku received the Raikage's promise and was instantly full of energy. He turned and left with his brother, heading off to gather men without looking back.

"Raikage-sama, is it really okay to lie to them like this?"

Standing beside the First Raikage, young A looked at the appointment document spread out on the Raikage's desk and asked with a wry smile.

"I only said I would promote them to the position of Raikage candidates, but I didn't say which generation~"

The First Raikage blinked awkwardly, picked up a pen, and signed his name on the appointment document in front of him.

"Sigh~ Starting tomorrow, this position will be handed over to you, A."

After signing, the First Raikage let out a long sigh of relief. He was already nearly sixty years old, and the hidden injuries left from developing the Lightning Armor technique in his early years had tortured his body to pieces. Now, he could no longer support the name of Raikage.

"Yes, Raikage-sama."

Young A—no, he should be called the Second Raikage now—his eyes shimmered as he looked at the somewhat hunched First Raikage, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

Since his debut, the Second Raikage had been following the First Raikage, witnessing his rise step by step, and in the Land of Lightning, where the strong were numerous, he had fought his way to establish the Cloud Village with a pair of iron fists.

"Finally, I can relax a bit. Little A, can I still get reimbursed for my foot-washing receipts in the future?"

Thinking he had completely retired, the First Raikage stood up with a smile, patted the Second Raikage's broad shoulders, and asked with a grin.

"Sigh~ If you leave the system, I'm afraid you won't be able to get reimbursed."

The Second Raikage, who would not easily let go of the First Raikage, this precious labor force, immediately showed a look of difficulty.

"I remember it wasn't like this, right?"

The First Raikage frowned, looking up and down at the seemingly honest Second Raikage with suspicious eyes.

"It was changed a while ago, and you were the one who signed it, but..."

"But what?"

"If you continue to serve as an advisor, it's not impossible to get reimbursed."

The Second Raikage revealed his true colors, catching the First Raikage off guard.

"You brat..."

The old man, realizing he had been played, pointed tremblingly at the culprit, almost unleashing a Lightning Neck-Chop.

What happened to the promised retirement and health maintenance? He had already bought the annual pass!

"Hehe~"

Although heroes always have their twilight, even if he couldn't give the First Raikage a decent exit, retreating to the second line to teach newcomers was not a bad thing.

Does anyone really think that dying in battle is the best destination for a Shadow?

Retirement has been delayed, you old guys, hurry up and exert your remaining heat for me!

"Big Brother, do you think the old man A said is true?"

Ginkaku, running behind Kinkaku, couldn't help but ask his brother on the way to capture the Nine-Tails.

"Whether it's true or false, as long as we can capture the Nine-Tails and bring it back, everyone in the village will look at us with high regard. When we gain power, the fake will become real."

Kinkaku answered without looking back. In his view, only by letting everyone in the village recognize the strength of the two brothers could he sit firmly in the position of Raikage.

"My lord! The Nine-Tails is here!"

Just as the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers were discussing the future, a Blackie with a terrified expression in front of them waved his hands vigorously at them.

After landing beside him with his men, Kinkaku smelled the mixture of blood and barbecue in the air, frowned immediately, and scolded,

"You are here to execute a mission, not to have a wild BBQ. Hurry up and call the others over!"

The only survivor, Blackie, was now trembling like a cicada in winter, pointing at the canyon behind him with a trembling finger, and said in a shaky voice,

"Kin-Kinkaku-sama, the others... were all... roasted and eaten by the Nine-Tails..."

"Nani!"

Hearing this, Kinkaku's tiger eyes widened. He grabbed the ashen-faced Blackie in front of him in disbelief and questioned him coldly,

"They were the most elite squad in the Cloud Village, how could they be completely wiped out?"

"Kinkaku-sama, the Nine-Tails is too terrifying. Just by glaring at us, many brothers fainted on the spot..."

Blackie looked like he had been scared to the point of wetting himself, his eyes filled with deep fear.

"Ginkaku, it seems this is a tough nut to crack."

Letting go of the mentally shattered Blackie, Kinkaku turned his head and said to his brother with a heavy expression.

"When brothers are of one mind, their strength can cut through metal."

Ginkaku frowned, slowly pulled out a card glowing with silver light from his bosom, his face full of determination.

"Haha! Good!"

Feeling his brother's determination, Kinkaku laughed heroically and also pulled out a card glowing with silver light from his bosom. On it was Gyuki tied up with turtle-shell binding, but from its bull eyes, there was no resentment of the Two-Tails, but rather a hint of mockery.

"Ahem!"

The two brothers looked at each other and smiled, leaping into the canyon. As soon as they landed, they felt the surrounding air was scorching hot. A huge, fat fox was calmly picking its teeth.

Seeing the arrival of the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers, a look of human-like disappointment appeared on the Nine-Tails' face.

"Only two? Not even enough to fill the gaps between my teeth~"

"If you want to eat us, be careful of getting a stomachache."

Facing the Nine-Tails, which emitted an aura far exceeding that of the Eight-Tails, Kinkaku's heart sank slightly, but he had no fear. He touched the belt in his bosom, and the warm aura on it gave him enough confidence. He immediately shouted at the tyrannical Nine-Tails.

"Oh? Two brats, why do you look a bit familiar~"

Not expecting the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers to not only not be scared by its aura but instead spout nonsense at it, the Nine-Tails looked at the two brothers squarely. As a result, it didn't know until it looked, and it was shocked when it did.

The six whisker marks on the faces of Kinkaku and Ginkaku couldn't help but make the Nine-Tails daze. After sensing their aura carefully, it confirmed the identity of the other party.

"So it's the old man's descendants too, really not obedient at all~"

"Roar~!"

As long as they weren't the descendants of the red-eye disease and the wooden-man rider, the Nine-Tails wouldn't be afraid. It opened its big mouth, and its foul breath blew towards the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers.

"Whoosh~"

The two brothers, quick-witted and fast-handed, instantly activated their Lightning Armor and jumped to both sides, dodging the Nine-Tails' bad-breath technique.

"Humans, obediently become my food!"

Even though it recognized that these two humans in front of it were the old man's descendants, the Nine-Tails did not choose to show mercy. You know, in the entire Ninja World, the old man's descendants were everywhere. If it had to carefully identify each one, would it still want its name as a ferocious beast?

"Only transformation."

Knowing that their physical bodies couldn't match the Nine-Tails, the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers looked at each other, simultaneously and tacitly pulled out a gray transformation device from their bosoms, and then each struck a strange pose.

Ginkaku still tilted his head like before, showing a gloomy smile, and slowly buckled the transformation device onto his waist. The sharp fangs that grew out of thin air pierced into his flesh, and the intense pain caused his eyes to be stained with a faint tyranny.

As for Kinkaku, he was not as chuunibyou as his brother, just plainly placing the transformation device on his waist, and the gray belt instantly fixed it in place.

"What kind of plane are these two humans playing?"

A wave of operations that the two brothers had never seen before made the Nine-Tails scratch its face in confusion, muttering to itself in a strange tone.

However, until Kinkaku and Ginkaku slowly pulled out two cards, the Nine-Tails' two huge beast pupils were almost shocked to the point of falling to the ground.

"Why are you here?"

Looking at the two cards emitting a familiar aura, the Nine-Tails reached out its claws to stuff its eyeballs back into their sockets, swallowed hard, and questioned in a voice that was almost a roar.

"Hum~"

The Tailed Beast Cards in the hands of the two brothers seemed to sense the existence of the Nine-Tails and began to tremble violently. Kinkaku and Ginkaku, who had never seen the Tailed Beast Cards so restless, looked at each other, and the confusion in their eyes only increased.

"Uh, Big Brother, why is the card moving by itself!"

Just as the two brothers were confused, Ginkaku discovered in horror that the Tailed Beast Card in his hand suddenly slipped out of his hand and fled. He was so scared that he hurriedly went to grab it, but ended up grabbing empty air.

"How could... Ah! Mine flew away too!"

Just as Kinkaku turned his head, he felt his hand empty. The Tailed Beast Card that he had just been pinching tightly between his fingertips had also run away, making him hurriedly raise his hand to chase it.

The two Tailed Beast Cards spun a few times in the air, as if confirming something, and then, in the surprised eyes of the two people and one beast, they actively flew into the card slots of the two brothers' transformation devices.

"Yugito! Two-Tails Yugito! The deadly wild tiger!"

Ginkaku, who hadn't recovered yet, only felt a chill on his waist, and then a familiar electronic sound came to his ears. With a feeling in his heart, he subconsciously shouted the transformation.

"Henshin!"

With a flash of blue light, the Two-Tails Knight appeared again.

"Why is this transformation so smooth?"

Ginkaku, who had successfully transformed in a daze, raised his hands and found that his arms, which had been as heavy as a thousand jun during previous transformations, were now extremely flexible. He was surprised and hadn't had time to think deeply when a gentle female voice suddenly came into his mind.

"Human, just this once, burn the fur of this traitor for me!"

"Huh?"

Kinkaku was in the same situation. After the Eight-Tails card was inserted, Kinkaku subconsciously struck his transformation pose, his body slightly sideways, his left hand raised in the air at his chest, and his palm made a gesture of the number six.

"Gyuki! Eight-Tails Gyuki! The overbearing water buffalo!"

Accompanied by the electronic sound on the belt, Kinkaku moved his left hand to his face, made a claw shape, and shouted in a very mature voice,

"Henshin!"

"Zombie! ReadyFight!"

Only to see a thick ink pouring out from the belt. Kinkaku's eyes narrowed, his right foot lifted slightly and then stomped down fiercely. The splashed ink turned into deep purple armor and instantly wrapped him up.

The next moment, a deep purple knight with bull horns on his head appeared on the spot. The fingertips of his left hand were wriggling tentacles, and his right hand held a thick, serrated broadsword.

"This is?"

Examining the broadsword in his hand, Kinkaku, who had successfully transformed into the Eight-Tails Knight, had eyes full of the same confusion as Ginkaku under his mask. When he transformed before, it wasn't this smooth, and there was no weapon included?

"Brat, shave off the tail of this stinky fox for me!"

"Who?"

A violent roar sounded in Kinkaku's mind, scaring him into a shiver.

"Lord Eight-Tails told you to do it, so do it!"

Gyuki didn't play tricks either, directly exposing its identity, just wanting to borrow Kinkaku's hand to punish the Nine-Tails, the shame of the Tailed Beasts.

"Why should I listen to you, you loser."

When had Kinkaku ever been ordered around like this? He immediately retorted in his mind. He had sealed the Eight-Tails with his own hands, so he wouldn't listen to the words of a loser.

"Hmph~ I let you off before for the sake of the old man, don't push your luck."

The Eight-Tails snorted coldly, shaking Kinkaku's consciousness into a turmoil, and the terrifying aura that escaped made his heart tighten.

Could it be that the Eight-Tails was intentionally sealed by him?

"You two, what exactly are you?"

Witnessing their gorgeous transformation, the dumbfounded Nine-Tails was stunned for a long time before asking in surprise, its beast pupils filled with inexplicable colors.

"Hmph~ We are the avengers!"

Feeling their bodies full of power, the two brothers temporarily suppressed the confusion in their hearts, locked onto the Nine-Tails' aura, struck a fighting pose, and answered in a deep voice.

"Playing gods and ghosts!"

The Nine-Tails, which couldn't figure out what the Tailed Beast Knights were, simply stopped thinking about it and directly waved its sharp claws to grab at them.

"FreezeVent!"

Facing the Nine-Tails' giant claws, which were as big as a small mountain, Ginkaku gently tapped his belt. Accompanied by an electronic sound, everyone felt a cold and obscure power fill the entire field.

"Ah?"

The Nine-Tails was also affected by this power. It felt as if the chakra in its body was frozen, and the claws it swung stopped straight in mid-air.

"Big Brother!"

After Ginkaku released his skill, he reminded Kinkaku to follow up.

"Alright!"

The two brothers, who cooperated tacitly, only needed one look to instantly understand each other's meaning. Kinkaku, receiving his brother's reminder, directly raised the serrated broadsword in his hand and slashed at the controlled Nine-Tails.

"Ah!!!"

The Nine-Tails, which was bound due to carelessness, could only watch helplessly as the broadsword slashed at its head, causing it to let out a miserable roar in pain.

"We can win!"

Seeing that his attack was effective, Kinkaku's eyes lit up. He flicked the claw-like tentacles on his left hand, and thick ink immediately gushed out, pouring into the Nine-Tails' eyes, earning it even more miserable screams.

"Ah! My eyes!"

Under the intense pain, the Nine-Tails broke free from the shackles of the Freeze Vent, but its eyes had been infiltrated by the ink produced by Gyuki. Unable to see at all, it could only wave its claws wildly like a mad dog, trying to put the two to death.

Seeing the Nine-Tails break free from his shackles, Yugito jumped up and down in the Tailed Beast Card in annoyance.

"Quick! Scratch him to death for me!"

As Yugito's thought arose, a card suddenly condensed in front of Ginkaku. Too late to think, he grabbed it and stuffed it into his belt without even looking.

"StrikeVent!"

Accompanied by a strange electronic sound, Ginkaku was surprised to find that his hands were suddenly covered with a pair of giant claws glowing with cold light. As if helped by a god, he no longer hesitated, directly transformed into a sneak-attack tiger, and silently drilled towards the Nine-Tails' crotch.

"Yes! Castrate it for me!"

Seeing this scene, Yugito raised its tail excitedly and couldn't help but urge in Ginkaku's mind.

Ginkaku:...

Although Tailed Beasts were creations of chakra, like living beings, they had reproductive organs. Ginkaku, touching the Nine-Tails' crotch, raised his head and saw a furry, drooping stick-like object. He immediately waved his sharp claws and launched a castration operation on the Nine-Tails.

The Nine-Tails, which had just wiped the ink off its eyes, hadn't had time to open them when it felt a chill in its crotch. Looking down in confusion, it saw a blue figure rushing towards its important parts.

"Uh ah! Ah! Ahhhhh~"

The next moment, the bone-deep tearing sensation made it gasp. Then, realizing it was missing an object, the Nine-Tails let out the most aggrieved scream in thousands of years.

It seemed it was about to become a female~

"Well done! We can't lose face either!"

Watching the "feat" performed by Ginkaku, Gyuki didn't fall behind either, pouring its power into the dumbfounded Kinkaku's body.

"ZombieStrike!"

Only to see the tentacles on Kinkaku's left hand swell violently, turning into giant tentacles, instantly binding the Nine-Tails, which was rolling in pain, tightly. Not only that, these tentacles seemed to have their own consciousness, drilling towards the gaps in the Nine-Tails' body with clear division of labor.

"Ah? Ah!!!"

The Nine-Tails was still immersed in the grief of castration. Caught off guard, it was bound by Gyuki's tentacles. Seeing that its last few eyes were also about to be taken, it was so anxious that it opened its big mouth, and a black Tailed Beast Bomb quickly condensed, and then it sprayed Tailed Beast Barrage towards the surroundings in an indiscriminate attack.

"Boom~"

"Boom!"

Facing such a dense attack, Kinkaku, having no choice, had to retract his tentacles and play a barrage-dodging game with Ginkaku, who had successfully slashed the goods.

A moment later, the terrain of the entire canyon had changed under the bombardment of the Tailed Beast Bomb. In the sky full of smoke and dust, the two brothers, covered in embarrassment, climbed up from the rubble, looking at the battlefield that had turned from a canyon into a basin with lingering fear.

"Is this the true power of the Nine-Tails?"

It wasn't that the two hadn't seen Tailed Beast Bombs. In the battles with the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails, they had also witnessed the destructive power of Tailed Beast Bombs, but this was the first time they had seen one release large Tailed Beast Bombs at such a high frequency like the Nine-Tails.

"Careful! Below!"

Just as the two brothers were vigilantly searching for the Nine-Tails, the reminder of the Tailed Beasts sounded in their minds at the same time.

"Roar!"

The next moment, the Nine-Tails' ferocious big mouth emerged from the ground, and the two brothers, unable to dodge in time, were swallowed into its mouth just like that.

"Crunch!"

"Crunch!!"

The Nine-Tails, filled with anger in its heart, used its sharp teeth to the extreme, chewing on the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers who had made it so embarrassed like eating soybeans, swearing to make them die without a burial place.

"Crunch! Crunch! Gulp~"

Accompanied by a crisp cracking sound, the Nine-Tails, sensing that the Tailed Beast aura on the two people in its mouth had dissipated, raised its beast head high, swallowed the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers, who were dead or alive, into its belly, and then licked its lips with satisfaction.

The Nine-Tails, which had eaten the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers raw, felt a sense of emptiness after a brief excitement. Turning its head to look at the goods slowly dissipating in the world on the ground, tears of sadness left its eyes.

"Damn Yugito! My goods! Return my goods!" (End of chapter)