Chapter 361

361. Chapter 354: This move doesn't do much damage, but it's extremely insulting.

"Grandson! Come over here~"

Shukaku was very angry now. As a Tailed Beast that was "speed-running," it was actually played around by a human, and the other party even kept making various mocking gestures at it.

"Despicable bald head!"

The anger in its heart turned into huge Air Bullets. Shukaku opened its big mouth and sprayed frantically at the flexible Sha Men. The wind bombs smashed onto the sand dunes, stirring up sand and dust, setting off a sandstorm that dyed the whole sky yellow.

"Is it really too much?"

Sha Men dodged a Vacuum Bullet narrowly, but the anxious emotion in his heart grew heavier. Just to lure Shukaku away, he had already consumed most of his chakra, and the yellow sand under his feet faintly showed signs of collapse.

"Baldy, do you think my Magnet Release is so easy to master?"

As if sensing Sha Men's weakness, Shukaku grinned cruelly, shouting with a sharp voice, its tone unable to hide its schadenfreude.

"Hoo... hoo..."

Sha Men, panting slightly, had his eyebrows furrowed into a "chuan" shape. He clenched his fists, trying his best to refine the remaining chakra in his body.

The only way now is to escape. I hope Mr. Gin can evacuate safely, and I don't know if Chiyo protected them well.

"Go to hell! Baldy!"

"Hmph!"

Facing the pressing Shukaku, Sha Men gritted his teeth and raised his hand. The sand under his feet began to stir again.

"Teacher!"

Just at this moment, a pretty figure ran over from not far away. It was Chiyo, full of worry. After seeing that Sha Men was safe, she obviously let out a sigh of relief, and a smile hung on the corner of her mouth at the same time.

"You didn't die~"

"If you don't know how to speak, you can donate your mouth."

Sha Men, who was preparing to release the Sand Binding Prison, stopped the supply of chakra, and the surrounding sand instantly fell into silence.

"Why are you here? Did Mr. Gin and the others evacuate safely?"

"I'm here to deliver equipment!"

The violent aura of Shukaku not far away pulled Chiyo back to the cruel reality. She saw her carefully opening the ninja tool bag and taking out a silver card shining with a faint light.

"Mr. Gin succeeded!"

Sha Men was trembling all over with excitement. He had waited for this transformation card he dreamed of for more than ten years.

"This was made by Uncle Gin risking his life for you, Teacher. Please don't let down his expectations."

Handing the blank Tailed Beast card solemnly to Sha Men, Chiyo revealed a relieved expression on her face.

Feeling the warm breath coming from the card, Sha Men was in tears at this moment. He felt that the most correct thing he had done in his life was to become friends with Uchiha Gin.

"We will win."

Wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes, Sha Men pinched the Tailed Beast card in his hand, his eyes firm and sharp.

"Teacher, I'll come to help you too!"

Chiyo couldn't bear to watch her teacher face the cruel Tailed Beast alone, so she pulled out two useless big sticks, preparing to join the battle, but was stopped by Sha Men with one hand.

"Don't disturb the sacred battle. Brother Decade once said that only those who defeat the Tailed Beast alone can use Tailed Beast cards to seal the Tailed Beast."

Recalling the Knight's Guide deeply branded in his mind, Sha Men's blood was boiling.

If you want to bear the name of a knight, you must have the courage to face fear alone.

"There's actually such a rule... I understand!"

Looking at her teacher's firm face, Chiyo slowly put down the useless big stick in her hand and nodded gently.

"Sha Men! I'll help you!"

Suddenly, a thick voice rang out not far away. He saw the First Kazekage, Reto, with graying temples, running like the wind, followed closely by Ebizo, who had gone to report the news.

"Lord First!"

In just the blink of an eye, Reto had already stood in front of Sha Men. Their gazes passed over the master and disciple and landed on Shukaku, who was rubbing its hands.

"Didn't they say it would take another half a month to break the seal? What did you do?"

Even after stepping down, Reto still couldn't let go of his official airs. Looking at Sha Men, whom he had brought up with one hand, he asked coldly.

"Lord Reto, we didn't do anything. As soon as we entered the temple gate, it ran out."

Facing his old leader, Sha Men still gave the other party enough face, acting like a humble student.

"Forget it, where is the tea pot?"

Compared to the truth of Shukaku breaking the seal, Reto now wanted to know more about the situation of the props for sealing the Tailed Beast.

"Uh... broken."

"Broken?"

"That's right, broken into pieces that can't be put back together."

The sudden bad news made Reto unable to handle it. Their Sunagakure hadn't found other containers that could hold Tailed Beasts yet. The human sealing research they had previously done had long been stopped by Sha Men, turning instead to fully researching transformation props.

If they had acted according to the original plan, maybe they would have already researched a way to seal the Tailed Beast into the human body.

"Then we can only make the worst plan."

Reto narrowed his old eyes, bursting with a chilling light, his old voice carrying a look of cruelty.

"Sha Men, you and I join forces and kill Shukaku!"

Saying this, he put his hands together, and the sharp Wind Release chakra surged. It seems this old guy hadn't fallen behind in his cultivation even after retirement. Being able to maintain such combat power at this age was truly not easy.

"Hahahaha... Human, do you want to make me laugh to death? Relying on you few old, weak, sick, and disabled, you want to kill me? You really think of yourself as a dish, huh!"

Shukaku heard the conversation of the few clearly. After hearing Reto's rebellious words, it laughed directly. It estimated that if it put the Eight-Tails in front of this old man, that stupid cow could be blown up on the spot.

"Lord Reto, please let me do it."

Sha Men's eyes flashed with inexplicable light, and he said to Reto, who was preparing to make a move, with an extremely serious tone.

"Sha Men, what do you mean?"

Reto frowned, putting down his hands that were preparing to form seals, wanting to hear the other party's explanation.

"I want... to become a knight!"

Looking at the blank Tailed Beast card in his hand, the desire Sha Men had suppressed for many years finally ushered in a release.

"Is that... that hateful curly-haired guy here?"

Reto naturally recognized the Tailed Beast card, and also knew who the only person in the ninja world who could make Tailed Beast cards was. His withered big face instantly turned extremely black.

Back when he was at the Five Kage Summit, he was often arranged by Uchiha Gin. The relationship between the two, although it couldn't be counted as a deadly enemy, was also the kind where they didn't give each other a good face when they met.

"Uh... thanks to Mr. Gin's help, I'm just one step away from being a knight."

"Sha Men, don't be childish at a time like this. If you die, Sunagakure's backbone will break!"

Seeing his hard-cultivated successor going to fight the Tailed Beast one-on-one, Reto, who had always been cautious, naturally wouldn't agree. After all, Sha Men was now carrying the future of the entire village.

"Lord Reto! Please believe in me!"

Sha Men shook his head firmly. As a good man of the Land of Wind, how could there be any reason to retreat before the battle?

"But..."

"Rumble~"

Reto still wanted to persuade him a few more words, but Sha Men had already turned around, his whole body moving like the wind, like a shiny missile, killing toward Shukaku's huge body.

Seeing this situation, Reto immediately took a step, preparing to chase and help, but as soon as he lifted his foot, he was blocked by Chiyo, who had been waiting for a long time.

"Little Chiyo, move aside!"

Even though he had always treated the woman before him as a granddaughter he doted on, Reto still ordered with a stiff tone.

"Sorry, Lord First, please don't participate in this battle."

Knowing that her teacher's battle couldn't have any outside interference, Chiyo shook her head, holding the two useless big sticks in front of her chest, her eyes filled with determination.

"Hoo... you two, your wings are getting hard, huh? Ebizo, replace me and block your sister."

Not expecting the two who were usually respectful to him to disobey him at such a critical moment, Reto waved his hand with a cold face.

Ebizo, who was standing behind him in a daze, woke up instantly. After hearing this difficult order, he curled his lips and blinked frantically at Chiyo, feeling very helpless.

Chiyo glared at her younger brother. After seeing this terrifying look, Ebizo instantly withered, then lowered his head and stood in place without moving, as if he had turned a deaf ear to Reto's order.

"He has already made his choice, Lord First. Please give the teacher a little more trust, okay?"

All questioning comes from insufficient firepower.

The reason Reto was so tough about wanting to participate in the battle was because he knew exactly how much Sha Men weighed.

As the ninja second only to him in Sunagakure, Sha Men's strength could be said to be top-notch in the Land of Wind. But Reto knew that this was just picking the tall one among the short ones.

Sha Men's strength, if placed in other major countries, might not even be able to rank in the top five. It was just that the comprehensive level of ninjas in the Land of Wind itself wasn't high, which allowed him to stand out.

"Sigh... but your teacher's strength..."

Reto looked at Chiyo, who was blocking in front of him, and sighed helplessly.

"Sha Men Teacher is the strongest man in the Land of Wind!"

Unlike the pessimistic Reto, Chiyo had absolute confidence in her teacher. She had always believed that Sha Men was the destined son who led Sunagakure to rise.

"Hoo... fine."

Looking at the light shining in Chiyo's eyes, Reto suddenly fell silent. Sure enough, when people get old, they get hesitant. Recalling his own forward-moving spirit when he was young, he suddenly felt enlightened.

At that time, he wasn't the strongest man in the Land of Wind, but he had never feared battle. Facing enemies stronger than himself, he still moved forward. It was relying on this spirit that Reto successfully defeated one invincible enemy after another, unified the ninja world of the Land of Wind, and established Sunagakure, one of the five major ninja villages.

"Sha Men, I hope you don't bring shame to the name of Kazekage."

Looking at Sha Men's retreating back, Reto muttered to himself, but a dazzling spirit burst out in his gray, defeated eyeballs.

"Bald guy, are you here to die?"

Shukaku touched its head in confusion. Was this human's brain not right? Daring to rush over to find it alone, tired of living?

"Shukaku, next, I will go all out and have a 1V1 man-to-man battle with you fairly."

Landing in front of Shukaku's huge body, Sha Men was as small as a grain of sand reflecting light, but there was no fear in his eyes, only thick fighting spirit. The green dragon tattooed on his face also flashed with faint light as his emotions rose.

"1V1? Did you take the wrong medicine, daring to challenge me?"

It had grown so big and had never seen such an arrogant human. Of course, this was all thanks to the protection of the tea pot, which allowed Shukaku to avoid the Tailed Beast capture competition back then, without personally experiencing the beating of Wood Golem or Gundam, so it could talk so big.

"Sand Burial!"

Sha Men didn't pay attention to Shukaku's foul mouth. He clapped his hands on the ground, and the calm sand dunes exploded like boiling water.

The battle declaration had already been shouted, and next, there was only fighting.

"You're playing for real!"

Feeling the sand under its feet suddenly become soft, Shukaku widened its eyes and shouted in disbelief.

"Always fighting!"

Selling his strength to manipulate a large piece of desert, Sha Men's shiny bald head was covered in thin sweat, wetting the green dragon on his face. Ordinary Wind Release couldn't cause damage to Shukaku at all. His trump card now was only Magnet Release.

"Damn! Sand Arm!"

Because of its own weight, Shukaku sank extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, half of its body was already in the soil. Angry, it lifted a claw, and the floating sand grains instantly turned into several sharp claws, grabbing toward Sha Men on the ground.

"Sand Shield!"

If he dodged, Sand Burial would be interrupted. Facing the ferocious claws, Sha Men gritted his teeth and silently used Sand Shield to defend. A thick sand shield appeared out of thin air, blocking in front of him.

Bang!

Bang!!

Bang!!!

A series of dull explosions rang out. Sha Men felt that his remaining chakra was flowing away frantically. But for now, only by restricting Shukaku's actions could he use the one-hit-kill jutsu to complete this battle of the underdog.

"Hmph! Thinking you can trap me like this is simply wishful thinking!"

After struggling in the soft sand for a long time, Shukaku snorted coldly, then opened its foul-smelling big mouth, and the black light ball gradually condensed.

"Ah! It's Tailed Beast Bomb!"

The few people watching the battle, seeing the black light ball with terrifying energy in Shukaku's mouth, instantly raised their hearts to their throats. If they took this move head-on, even if Sha Men had nine lives, it wouldn't be enough to die.

"Human, say hello to the old man for me!"

The Tailed Beast Bomb was ready. Shukaku's eyes were full of smugness. Although its Tailed Beast Bomb was the one with the lowest purity among all Tailed Beasts, it was still a Tailed Beast Bomb, right?

Zzz~ Zzz~

The black Tailed Beast Bomb was about to be spat out. Feeling the threat of death, Sha Men's adrenaline secreted frantically. Recalling the Sand Arm Shukaku had just used, he raised one hand, frantically constructing in his brain...

Traceon?

"Huh? What is that above the teacher's head?"

Chiyo, who was worried, widened her eyes and looked at the huge wrist condensed in the sky, covering her mouth and exclaiming.

"Uh... my hands are on my body, right?"

Shukaku, who also saw the huge wrist, took time to look at its own hands while holding the Tailed Beast Bomb in its mouth, finding that they were both there.

Then, whose was that big hand that appeared out of thin air?

"Sand Strange Arm!"

"Slap!"

Just in the gap of Shukaku's confusion, that big hand, exactly the same as its arm, raised high and slapped down fiercely with lightning speed. The huge slapping sound instantly rang through the sky.

"Boom!"

The Tailed Beast Bomb that hadn't been spat out exploded in front of the confused Shukaku. The destructive power produced could be clearly sensed even from several miles away.

After the smoke dissipated, Shukaku, whose whole face was already unrecognizable, just kept the posture after being slapped, as if it had lost its soul.

After a long while, Shukaku slowly turned its head, its two copper-coin-like pupils staring dead at Sha Men, its trembling voice actually carrying a bit of grievance.

"Even... even the old man didn't hit me!"

PS: As expected of the legendary forbidden medicine, the side effects are terrifying. My whole body is aching as if I was played by the Four Kings for seven days and seven nights. Can't take it anymore, homies! (End of chapter)