Chapter 60: Controlling the Cat to Kill the Cloud Hidden

The violent Two-Tails Matatabi suddenly became docile.

It shook its head and wagged its tail just like a real cat, licked its own flaming fur, and contentedly scratched an itch with its hind leg.

But the massive size of Matatabi, even while sitting, reached fifteen meters, eliminating any sense of cuteness.

Its enormous body brought terror, and the blazing dark blue flames bestowed upon it a majestic aura, forming a stark contradiction with the cat-like, cute movements.

Shisui Uchiha stared blankly at the Two-Tails and asked in a daze: "Senior Chujiu, you just said, what succeeded?"

Yamanaka Chujiu reached out to wipe away a nosebleed, revealed his snow-white teeth, and smiled: "Naturally, it was successfully controlling the Two-Tails."

"Although it cannot last for much time, with the power of this Tailed Beast, the Two-Tails, it is enough to annihilate the large group of Cloud Ninja following us!"

Shisui Uchiha was shocked: "A Tailed Beast, can a Tailed Beast also be controlled by the 'Mind Transfer Jutsu'?"

Yamanaka Chujiu nodded and said: "Although only I can do it, it is indeed possible."

"It's just that you must keep this secret for me, Shisui, otherwise I will have big trouble when I return to Konohagakure."

Shisui Uchiha took a deep breath, nodded, and promised: "I understand, Senior Chujiu, I will not tell anyone else."

The Nine-Tails was also controlled by someone, causing massive destruction to Konohagakure; thousands of villagers and ninja died miserably, and even the Fourth Hokage sacrificed himself to seal the Nine-Tails.

Just because the Sharingan was reflected in the eyes of the Nine-Tails, the entire Uchiha Clan became mired in suspicion and fell into an extremely difficult predicament.

If it were known that Yamanaka Chujiu could control a Tailed Beast, his fate would definitely be even more miserable than that of the Uchiha Clan.

Regardless of whether others believe it, that fellow Danzo Shimura would certainly pretend to believe it and attack Yamanaka Chujiu frantically, attempting to brainwash him into becoming his loyal subordinate.

That Yamanaka Chujiu could reveal his secret in front of Shisui was because the Thought Seal he had left behind had, through the brewing of time, become one of Shisui's behavioral principles.

He was now very capable of keeping secrets and would not blurt out things that shouldn't be said just because of pressure from status or sentimentality.

After Shisui Uchiha made his promise, he looked at the Two-Tails Matatabi again and sighed from the bottom of his heart:

"It really is too amazing..."

Yamanaka Chujiu smiled smugly: "It's alright."

"But the Two-Tails is the weakest Tailed Beast; if one day I can control the Eight-Tails, the Nine-Tails, or even achieve permanent control, that would be truly amazing."

Shisui Uchiha's eyes widened, and it was a long time before he sighed: "Senior Chujiu's capacity... is truly great!"

The two looked at each other and suddenly laughed at the same time.

It turned out that in Shisui's eyes, a light of refusal to admit defeat was flickering.

A mere distance of five thousand meters was nothing to elite Cloud Ninja.

Guided by the massive Tailed Beast chakra fluctuations, they could take the shortest straight line and reach the battlefield in just a few minutes.

Those elite Cloud Ninja saw the enormous, Tailed Beast-transformed Two-Tails Matatabi, and expressions of shock and confusion appeared on their faces, not knowing how the jinchuriki Yugito had released the Tailed Beast.

"Kill!"

Yamanaka Chujiu did not waste words with them and directly issued the order to attack.

His mental energy was dwindling; there was not much time left to control the Tailed Beast.

Hearing the command, the Two-Tails Matatabi moved, and violent Tailed Beast chakra erupted, condensing in the air into countless claw-shaped flames that shot densely toward the Cloud Ninja.

The caught-off-guard elite Cloud Ninja were struck by the flaming claws; flames erupted from the massive wounds torn into their bodies, and the excruciating pain of their internal organs being scorched triggered screams one after another.

One elite Cloud Ninja shouted in terror: "Lady Yugito, what are you doing?"

"We are comrades from Kumogakure!"

Then he was struck by a dark blue flaming claw, his neck was severed, and what sprayed from the bowl-sized wound was not blood, but specks of blue flame.

More Cloud Ninja tried to stop the Two-Tails, but were struck by its two cat tails and turned into burning torches on the spot.

Yamanaka Chujiu controlled Matatabi, letting it fully unleash its instinctual combat, sending the elite Cloud Ninja into a chaotic panic.

Yet, the Two-Tails was an important asset of Kumogakure, and its jinchuriki was even a high-ranking official of Kumogakure; the elite Cloud Ninja dared not, and could not, use high-power Ninjutsu to directly kill the Tailed Beast.

The ninja, who could only passively take the beating, fell into chaos; in an instant, more than half were dead or injured, and those who luckily escaped death could only hold their heads and flee in the direction they came from.

"Meow—"

Matatabi let out a smug cry, chasing the fleeing Cloud Ninja like a cat catching mice, and after a few consecutive leaps, it disappeared into the distant dense forest.

This was not Yamanaka Chujiu's order, but rather the Cloud Ninja's flight, which had triggered the hunting instinct of the Two-Tails Matatabi, leading to a spontaneous attack.

Being unable to suppress the instinctual impulses of the Two-Tails also meant that Yamanaka Chujiu's control was weakening and could completely spiral out of control at any moment.

Therefore, the Two-Tails running far away on its own was not a bad thing; at least it wouldn't immediately backlash against Chujiu, who was exerting strong control over it.

Yamanaka Chujiu took a deep breath and said to Shisui: "I have no strength left; you carry me, Shisui. The Two-Tails will lose control soon, we are retreating."

"Yes! Senior Chujiu!"

Shisui Uchiha nodded, then hoisted Yamanaka Chujiu onto his back and took long strides to retreat rapidly toward the west.

This surprise attack, which determined the situation of the northern front war, thus came to an end.

But the impact caused by this battle was spreading to every corner of the Ninja World with fierce speed.

The first to be shocked by the impact was the Fourth Raikage Ai

...'s advisor, Tutai.

The person in charge of the Cloud Hidden Supply Center, Elite Jonin Fudoro, had sent out ninja to report to Kumogakure and the front lines before pursuing Yamanaka Chujiu.

When the Cloud Ninja heading to the front lines arrived, the Cloud Hidden Army was attacking the Sakurahara Fortress; the combined total of over ten thousand ninja from both sides launched Ninjutsu sufficient to cover the sky and block the sun.

The Fourth Raikage and Killer Bee's joint siege of Orochimaru had also just reached its climax.

The reporting Cloud Ninja carefully found Tutai and told this advisor the emergency intelligence, scaring him until his face turned deathly pale in an instant.

Even though Tutai used all his strength to control it, his voice was still trembling: "Are you sure you aren't lying to me?"

"It is nearly three hundred kilometers from here to the supply center, and it is filled with our Cloud Ninja everywhere; did the Konoha Ninja fly over?"

The reporting ninja had personally experienced the battle of the ambush and had rushed to the front lines without stopping; his complexion was ten times worse than Tutai's.

The ninja did not answer Tutai's question, nor did he repeat the intelligence again; he simply stared at Tutai with eyes that were numb with despair, completely devoid of focus.

A full minute passed before Tutai took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled.

"You go down and rest; I will relay the intelligence to Lord Fourth Raikage, but not now."

"Once the Raikage defeats Orochimaru, the leader of the Konoha Sannin, and once we win this battle, we will no longer be forced to retreat due to insufficient supplies."