Chapter 371: 315. Chapter 310: Nine-Tails, You Have Become a Cute Female Fox

315. Chapter 310: Nine-Tails, You Have 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 within the village. After a fierce battle lasting three days and three nights, he finally defeated Gyuki with a narrow advantage and successfully 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 of the Hidden Cloud Village.

Not long ago, the Hidden 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 would grow; countless towns were destroyed, and no ninja sent to drive it away or subdue it survived.

Upon receiving the intelligence, the Raikage immediately notified the brothers, Kinkaku and Ginkaku, who were in seclusion, and entrusted the mission of subduing the rampaging beast to them.

"This is a ferocious beast, and it is very likely the Nine-Tails that the Hidden Leaf released earlier. Are you confident?"

In the Raikage's office, the First Raikage, looking slightly aged, opened his tiger-like eyes to look at the muscular brothers and spoke the gathered intelligence in a low voice.

"Hmph~ A mere masterless Tailed Beast is no match for us brothers."

Having mastered the power of the Knight, Kinkaku was brimming with confidence and did not take the Nine-Tails seriously at all. He had previously taken down the Eight-Tails relying solely on his own strength; now that he possessed the power of the Eight-Tails, why would he fear a stray Nine-Tails?

"I think Big Brother is right."

Ginkaku stood to the side, playing the role of a competent straight man.

"Sigh~ Regardless, be very careful. If you cannot defeat it, just retreat."

The First Raikage rubbed his swollen temples with some helplessness. In recent years, the brothers had become increasingly less humble. If they were too stubborn and something happened, how would he answer to the brothers of the Silver clan?

"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 with Kinkaku and the others to provide support.

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

Kinkaku turned his head to look at young A, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes. Ever since he obtained the power of the Tailed Beast Knight, he suddenly felt he could do anything, and he immediately set his next target on 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 brothers were the best candidates for the Second Raikage.

"You two..."

Young A was caught between laughter and tears. He had watched the brothers grow up; although there was no formal master-disciple relationship, the reality of it existed, so he did not feel anger at Kinkaku's rebellious remarks.

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

The First Raikage just shook his head slightly. The brothers' personalities were too eccentric; they needed to be tempered further before they could be entrusted with heavy responsibilities.

"Qualifications? We can't even fight a war now, where would the qualifications come from! Relying on grinding missions, how long are we supposed to grind these qualifications?"

It would have been better not to mention qualifications; as soon as they were brought up, Kinkaku became furious. Their Hagoromo clan had been nearly wiped out by the Senju brothers, and after biding their time 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 had suddenly become peaceful, and it was achieved under the advocacy of the Senju Hashirama he hated most. How could this not make the brothers fume with rage?

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

Feeling mentally exhausted, the First Raikage just wanted to brush them off, indicating that the brothers should first capture the Nine-Tails 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 took his younger brother and turned to leave, heading off to gather men without looking back.

"Lord Raikage, is it really okay to deceive them like this?"

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

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

The First Raikage blinked awkwardly and picked up a pen to sign 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 nearly sixty years old, and the hidden injuries from his early years of developing the Lightning Armor technique had tortured his body to the point of collapse. Now, he could no longer support the name of Raikage.

"Yes, Lord Raikage."

Young A—no, he should now be called the Second Raikage—felt a complex mix of emotions as he looked at the slightly hunched First Raikage with a faint glimmer in his eyes.

Since the beginning of his career, the Second Raikage had followed the First Raikage, witnessing his step-by-step rise. In the Land of Lightning, where strong men were abundant, he had fought to build the Hidden Cloud Village with his own iron fists.

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

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

"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 such a valuable labor force, immediately showed a look of difficulty.

"I remember it wasn't like that, was it?"

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. However..."

"However what?"

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

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

"You brat..."

The elderly man, realizing he had been played, pointed a trembling finger at the culprit and almost unleashed a Lightning Neck-Chop.

What happened to the promised retirement and leisure? He had even bought an annual pass!

"Hehe~"

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

Surely no one actually thought dying in battle was the best destination for a Kage, right?

Retirement has been delayed; you old fogies better hurry up and contribute your remaining heat!

"Big Brother, do you think the old man A was telling the truth?"

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 respect. When we gain power, the fake will become real."

Kinkaku replied without looking back. In his view, only by making the whole village recognize their strength could he sit firmly in the position of Raikage.

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

Just as the brothers were envisioning the future, a terrified Black Prison Da in front waved at them vigorously.

After landing beside him and smelling the mixture of blood and roasted meat in the air, Kinkaku frowned and scolded,

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

The only survivor, Black Prison Da, was trembling with fear, pointing at the canyon behind him and saying 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 in disbelief. He grabbed the ashen-faced Black Prison Da and asked coldly,

"They were the most elite squad of the Hidden Cloud! 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..."

Black Prison Da looked as if he had been scared out of his wits, his eyes filled with deep fear.

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

Letting go of the mentally shattered Black Prison Da, 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 pulling out a card glowing with silver light from his bosom, his face full of determination.

"Haha! Good!"

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

"One cough!"

The brothers smiled at each other and leaped 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 brothers, the Nine-Tails' face revealed a human-like look of disappointment.

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

"If you want to eat us, be careful of an upset stomach."

Facing the Nine-Tails, which radiated an aura far exceeding that of the Eight-Tails, Kinkaku felt a slight sinking in his heart, but he showed no fear. He touched the belt in his bosom; the warm aura gave him enough confidence, and he immediately shouted at the tyrannical Nine-Tails.

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

Not expecting the brothers to be unfazed by its aura and instead spout nonsense, the Nine-Tails finally looked at them properly. It didn't know until it looked, but it was shocked when it did.

The six whisker-like marks on Kinkaku and Ginkaku's faces made the Nine-Tails lose focus for a moment. After sensing their auras carefully, it confirmed their identities.

"So you are also descendants of the old man. You really aren't obedient at all~"

"Roar~!"

As long as they weren't descendants of the red-eye disease or the wooden-man rider, the Nine-Tails didn't fear them. It opened its big mouth, and a foul-smelling breath blew toward the brothers.

"Whoosh~"

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

"Humans, obediently become my food!"

Even after recognizing that these two humans were descendants of the old man, the Nine-Tails did not choose to show mercy. You must know that in the entire ninja world, descendants of the old man were everywhere. If it had to carefully distinguish every one of them, would its name as a ferocious beast still mean anything?

"We have to transform."

Knowing that their physical bodies could not contend with the Nine-Tails, the brothers looked at each other and simultaneously pulled out a gray transformation device from their bosoms, then struck a strange pose.

Ginkaku tilted his head as before, wearing a gloomy smile, and slowly buckled the transformation device onto his waist. Sharp fangs emerged from thin air and pierced his skin; the intense pain caused his eyes to be stained with a faint tyranny.

Kinkaku, however, was not as chuunibyou as his brother; he just calmly placed the transformation device on his waist, and the gray belt instantly secured it.

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

The brothers' operation, which it had never seen before, made the Nine-Tails scratch its face in confusion, muttering to itself in a strange tone.

However, when Kinkaku and Ginkaku slowly pulled out two cards, the Nine-Tails' two massive beast pupils were almost shocked out of their sockets.

"Why are you here?"

Looking at the two cards radiating a familiar aura, the Nine-Tails extended a claw to shove its eyeball back into its socket, swallowed hard, and questioned them in a voice that was nearly a roar.

"Hum~"

The Tailed Beast cards in the brothers' hands seemed to sense the presence of the Nine-Tails as well and began to tremble violently. Kinkaku and Ginkaku, who had never seen the Tailed Beast cards act so restlessly, exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with even more confusion than before.

"Uh, Big Brother, how come the card is moving on its own!"

Just as the brothers were bewildered, Ginkaku discovered in horror that the Tailed Beast card in his hand had suddenly slipped from his grasp and fled. Startled, he rushed to grab it, only to end up empty-handed.

"How can this be... Ah! Mine flew away too!"

Kinkaku had just turned his head when he felt his hand go empty; the Tailed Beast card he had been clutching tightly between his fingertips had also run off, and in his urgency, he hurriedly raised his hands to chase it.

The two Tailed Beast cards spun in the air a few times as if confirming something, and then, to the astonishment of the two men and the beast, they flew into the card slots of the brothers' transformation devices on their own.

"Matatabi! Two-Tails Matatabi! The Deadly Wild Tiger!"

Ginkaku, who had not yet recovered his senses, felt a chill at his waist, followed by a familiar electronic voice in his ears. Sensing something, he subconsciously shouted the transformation command.

"Henshin!"

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

"Why was this transformation so smooth?"

Having successfully transformed in a daze, Ginkaku raised his hands and found that his arms, which had previously felt heavy as a thousand catties during transformation, were now incredibly nimble. Before he could ponder this, a gentle female voice suddenly echoed in his mind.

"Human, this is the only time. Burn the fur off this traitor for me!"

"Huh?"

Kinkaku was in the same situation. After inserting the Eight-Tails card, Kinkaku subconsciously struck his transformation pose: his body slightly turned, his left hand held out in front of his chest, fingers forming the number six.

"Gyuki! Eight-Tails Gyuki! The Overbearing Water Buffalo!"

Accompanied by the electronic voice from the belt, Kinkaku moved his left hand in front of his face, shaped it into a claw, and shouted in a deep, mature voice.

"Henshin!"

"Zombie! Ready Fight!"

A stream of viscous ink poured out from the belt. Kinkaku narrowed his eyes, lifted his right foot slightly, and then stomped down hard. The splashed ink transformed into deep purple armor that instantly enveloped him.

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 greatsword.

"What is this?"

Examining the greatsword in his hand, Kinkaku, who had successfully transformed into the Eight-Tails Knight, had eyes full of the same confusion as Ginkaku beneath his visor. When he transformed before, it hadn't been this smooth, and he hadn't come with a weapon either.

"Brat, cut off this stinking fox's tail for me!"

"Who's there?"

A violent roar echoed in Kinkaku's mind, giving him a jolt.

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

Gyuki did not bother with mystery and directly revealed his identity, wanting to use Kinkaku's hands to punish the Nine-Tails, the disgrace of the Tailed Beasts.

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

Kinkaku had never been ordered around like this before and immediately retorted in his mind. He had sealed the Eight-Tails with his own hands; he would not listen to a loser.

"Hmph~ I only spared you before for the sake of the old man. Don't push your luck."

The Eight-Tails snorted coldly, causing Kinkaku's consciousness to churn violently. The terrifying aura that leaked out made his heart tighten.

Could it be that the Eight-Tails had let itself be sealed on purpose?

"You two, what exactly are you?"

Witnessing their flashy transformations, the dumbfounded Nine-Tails asked in surprise after a long pause, its beastly pupils filled with an inexplicable look.

"Hmph~ We are the Avengers!"

Feeling their bodies filled with power, the brothers temporarily suppressed their doubts, locked onto the Nine-Tails' aura, struck a combat pose, and replied in deep voices.

"Playing god!"

Not understanding what these Tailed Beast Knights were, the Nine-Tails stopped thinking about it and swung its sharp claws at them.

"Freeze Vent!"

Facing the mountain-sized giant claws of the Nine-Tails, Ginkaku tapped his belt lightly. Accompanied by an electronic sound, everyone felt a cold, obscure power blanket the entire field.

"Huh?"

The Nine-Tails was also affected by this power. It felt as if its chakra had been frozen; the claws it had swung out stopped dead in mid-air.

"Big Brother!"

After releasing his skill, Ginkaku called out to remind Kinkaku to follow up.

"Got it!"

The brothers, who worked in perfect harmony, only needed a glance to understand each other's intentions. Receiving his brother's reminder, Kinkaku raised the serrated greatsword and slashed toward the restrained Nine-Tails.

"Ah!!!"

Caught off guard and restrained, the Nine-Tails could only watch helplessly as the greatsword struck 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 viscous ink sprayed out, drenching the Nine-Tails' eyes and earning an even more miserable scream.

"Ah! My eyes!"

In extreme pain, the Nine-Tails broke free from the Freeze Vent, but its eyes had been infiltrated by the ink produced by Gyuki. Unable to see, it could only swing its claws wildly like a mad dog, trying to kill them both.

Seeing the Nine-Tails break free from his restraint, Matatabi jumped up and down in the Tailed Beast card, annoyed.

"Quick! Scratch him to death for me!"

As Matatabi's thought arose, a card suddenly materialized in front of Ginkaku. With no time to think, he grabbed it and shoved it into his belt without even looking.

"Strike Vent!"

Accompanied by an unfamiliar electronic voice, Ginkaku was surprised to find his hands suddenly covered in a pair of giant claws gleaming with a chilling light. As if divinely assisted, he did not hesitate and transformed into a sneak-attacking tiger, silently drilling toward the Nine-Tails' crotch.

"Yes! Castrate him for me!"

Seeing this scene, Matatabi raised its tail in excitement and couldn't help but urge Ginkaku in his mind.

Ginkaku:...

Although Tailed Beasts were creations of chakra, like biological organisms, they possessed reproductive organs. Ginkaku, having reached the Nine-Tails' crotch, looked up and saw a fur-covered, dangling rod-like object. He immediately swung his sharp claws and launched a "chicken-tearing" operation on the Nine-Tails.

The Nine-Tails, having just wiped the ink from its eyes, hadn't even managed to open them when it felt a chill at its crotch. It looked down in confusion and saw a blue figure charging toward its vital parts.

"Uh-ah! Ah! Ahhhhh~"

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

It seemed it was about to become female~

"Well done! We can't be outdone either!"

Watching Ginkaku's "feat," Gyuki did not fall behind, pouring his power into the bewildered Kinkaku.

"Zombie Strike!"

Kinkaku's left-hand tentacles suddenly expanded, turning into huge tentacles that instantly bound the rolling, pained Nine-Tails tightly. Not only that, these tentacles seemed to have a consciousness of their own, dividing the work to drill into the gaps of the Nine-Tails' body.

"Ah? Ah!!!"

Still immersed in the grief of castration, the Nine-Tails was caught off guard and bound by Gyuki's tentacles. Seeing that its last few "eyes" were about to be taken, it opened its mouth wide in a panic. A black Tailed Beast Ball condensed rapidly, and then, in an indiscriminate attack, it began firing Tailed Beast Barrages in all directions.

"Boom~"

"Boom!"

Facing such dense attacks, a helpless Kinkaku had to retract his tentacles and play a bullet-hell dodging game with Ginkaku, who had successfully completed the castration.

A moment later, the entire terrain of the canyon had changed under the bombardment of Tailed Beast Balls. Amidst the sky-filling dust and smoke, the disheveled brothers climbed out of the rubble, looking with lingering fear at the battlefield that had turned from a canyon into a basin.

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

It wasn't that the two hadn't seen Tailed Beast Balls before; in their battles with the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails, they had witnessed their destructive power. But this was the first time they had seen someone fire large Tailed Beast Balls at such a high frequency like the Nine-Tails.

"Careful! Below!"

Just as the brothers were vigilantly searching for the Nine-Tails, the Tailed Beasts' warning sounded in their minds simultaneously.

"Roar!"

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

"Crunch!"

"Crunch!!"

Filled with rage, the Nine-Tails utilized its sharp teeth to the extreme, chewing on the Ginkaku and Kinkaku brothers who had made it so miserable as if eating soybeans, swearing to make them die without a burial place.

"Crunch! Crunch! Gulp~"

Accompanied by a crisp cracking sound, the Nine-Tails, sensing the Tailed Beast aura of the two in its mouth dissipate, raised its beastly head high, swallowed the life-or-death unknown Ginkaku brothers into its belly, and then licked its lips in satisfaction.

Having eaten the Ginkaku and Kinkaku brothers raw, the Nine-Tails felt a sense of emptiness after a brief moment of excitement. Turning its head to look at the "Kun-Kun" slowly dissipating into the world on the ground, sad tears fell from its eyes.

"Damn Matatabi! My Kun-Kun! Give me back my Kun-Kun!" (End of chapter)