Konoha: Sage Body

Ebizo fled desperately, but while running, he did not forget to keep an eye on the movements behind him with his third eye. He noticed that Bunpuku had indeed effectively resisted the pursuit of the Lightning God puppet, and his heart, which had been racing, settled slightly.

But soon, his heart was unsettled again, because he saw Shukaku running out.

"Shukaku cannot afford any mistakes."

Ebizo looked at the huge, laughing yellow raccoon not far away, and he instantly made a choice, turning around and running back.

Shukaku is the most precious treasure of the Sunagakure. The Sunagakure can do without Ebizo, but it absolutely cannot do without Shukaku.

The responsibility for losing Shukaku is one that Ebizo, even as a Kage-Level powerhouse of the Sunagakure, cannot bear.

The reason why the five major ninja villages can dominate the ninja world is not only because they have Kage-Level powerhouses sitting in power, but also because they have a large number of outstanding ninja and, more importantly, because they all have the tailed beasts, which are weapons of natural disaster level, in their hands.

In the ninja world, from ancient times to the present, the tailed beasts have been praised as natural disasters that move on their own. Once they are enraged, they will become a disaster for ordinary people.

The fact that the ninjas of the five ninja villages can tame and control them symbolizes a powerful force, which can easily gain the trust and awe of people from all countries.

Similarly, it is precisely because of the existence of the widely known terrifying mobile natural disasters such as the tail beasts that the five ninja villages are well-known to people from all countries and have a great international reputation, and then the five ninja villages have been able to successfully divide up the large number of tasks entrusted to them from people from all countries.

Ninjas do not engage in production and are essentially a group of mercenaries.

Although the ninja villages have established a system of one country, one village with each country, and can ask the daimyo for money in an open and aboveboard manner, in order to remain free and independent, their own money comes more from various commissions from the people of the countries, which is the biggest source of wealth for the major ninja villages.

Why did Sunagakure attack Konoha? Apart from wanting to occupy the fertile land of the Land of Fire and obtain more resources, one of the biggest reasons was to become the strongest ninja village in the ninja world by stepping on Konoha's shoulders, make Sunagakure famous, and thus divide a bigger cake in the ninja world's mission system.

Everything is motivated by self-interest.

If Sunagakure loses Shukaku, a strategic weapon, its reputation in the ninja world will definitely be hit hard, and the number of civilian missions entrusted to Sunagakure will plummet.

Bunpuku will come out of the Sunagakure battlefield base this time, with the aim of rescuing him. However, if he lets Shukaku out because of rescuing him, and if Ebizo is unable to bring Shukaku back, even if he manages to return alive, he will not be spared and will never be able to hold his head up in Sunagakure for the rest of his life.

For public and private reasons, Ebizo cannot just sit by and do nothing. Even if he has to risk his life, he must bring Shukaku back safely today.

"That Konoha brat seems to be even stronger than expected. Even Bunpuku was forced to release Shukaku to fight. Once this Shukaku gets out, it will be difficult to get him back in. The Sandaime Kazekage has also just been poisoned and injured, and is temporarily unable to fight. And there are still people from Konoha watching on, what should I do?"

Ebizo was extremely anxious inside.

He did want to bring Shukaku back, even if it meant risking his own life. However, he was already seriously injured, and he lacked the means to seal Shukaku himself. He feared that it would be difficult to successfully bring Shukaku back.

For the time being, he could only hope that Bunpuku would wake up quickly.

He really hated Bunpuku, yes, but he also had to admit that Bunpuku's strength was currently the strongest in Sunagakure. The fact that Shukaku was able to come out was most likely because Bunpuku had used the technique of fake sleep on his own initiative, and his consciousness had temporarily fallen into deep thought. As long as Bunpuku woke up, Shukaku would most likely be sealed again.

On the other side, at the sealing barrier, Hatake Sakumo, who had been poisoned and was being treated by a medical ninja, suddenly saw a huge yellow raccoon in the forest in front of him, and his face suddenly changed.

The same was true for the large number of Konoha ninja around them.

They had never imagined that this battle, which was only considered to be of medium scale, would actually cause Sunagakure to deploy their trump card, a beast from the tail.

Looking at Shukaku's huge body, feeling the terrifying Chakra fluctuations constantly released from it, and the terrifying destructive power that exploded from Shukaku's every move, even Hatake Sakumo's face turned very ugly.

Hatake Sakumo is good at killing people, but when it comes to these almost-immortal behemoths, he can only back off.

"White Fang-sama, what should we do now? Should we go help Kirito-sama?"

The jōnin of the Nara clan quickly came back to his senses and asked anxiously.

Orochimaru-sama, the commander-in-chief, is not here for the time being, so Hatake Sakumo, who has the greatest strength and prestige, has automatically become the highest-ranking person in charge here.

"Of course we have to help Kirito. That big guy is clearly not someone to be trifled with, and it's too dangerous for Kirito to face it alone."

Before Hatake Sakumo could reply, Nawaki, who was standing next to Hatake Sakumo, spoke without thinking.

He and Chizuru had long since broken free from Kirito's Ketsuryūgan illusion technique, and had watched almost the entire battle between Kirito and Ebizo from behind.

The two of them were both a little unsettled by this, and were very surprised that Kirito had reached Kage Level strength so quickly. Although they had long known that Kirito would sooner or later become a Kage-Level powerhouse, they had never expected him to break through to this goal so quickly—a goal that most ninja would be unable to achieve in a lifetime.

Chizuru didn't say anything, but her opened Sharingan and the blue and white lightning that was gradually appearing on her body already explained everything.

"Shukaku is out, and the guys from Sunagakure won't just sit back and do nothing. They'll definitely send a lot of elites here to capture Shukaku. We can't deal with Shukaku, but we can help Kirito block the reinforcements from Sunagakure. Also, Nara Shuho, contact the main camp immediately and request new reinforcements,"

Hatake Sakumo said sternly as he pressed Nawaki's head down with his hand.

After that, he temporarily gave up on treatment and prepared to support Kirito with his body.

"You should stay here for now. Ebizo's poison is not so easy to dispel. If you don't get treatment in time, you will either die or suffer serious after-effects."

Suddenly, a cold voice interrupted Hatake Sakumo's actions.

Orochimaru, the commander-in-chief who had been sitting on the sidelines, finally appeared. When he arrived, the other Konoha ninja around him all perked up, looking at Orochimaru with anticipation and respect.

For a year, Orochimaru had been the overall commander of the battlefield here, and he had led the people of Konoha to defeat Sunagakure on the front lines many times. His prestige had long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Compared to Hatake Sakumo, a Kage-Level powerhouse who had suddenly barged in, they trusted Orochimaru more.

"Orochimaru-sama, what is your opinion?"

Shuho Nara turned his head and asked when he saw Orochimaru appear.

"Just do what Lord White Fang says. Kirito is an indispensable genius for our Konoha, and he has just accomplished a great feat. We cannot afford to make any mistakes. And if we can take down that big guy, we might be able to end this long war and go home."

Orochimaru-sama smiled upon hearing this.

Upon hearing this, the other Konoha ninja immediately brightened up, and they revealed expectant expressions.

"Can I count on you for Kirito, Orochimaru-sama?"

Hatake Sakumo saw that Orochimaru had taken over the command here without a word. He was not angry, but said to Orochimaru with an expressionless face, his sharp eyes fixed on Orochimaru's somewhat evil golden vertical pupils.

Kirito had previously dealt a heavy blow to Ebizo, and Konoha originally had the opportunity to leave Ebizo behind. However, many of the jōnin on this side of Konoha were unwilling to go all out, just barely scraping by the edge, and missed the best opportunity to kill.

The reason for this situation is that many Konoha jōnin are old hands at this, and are unwilling to fight to the death with Ebizo, fearing that they will be dragged down with him. But more importantly, Orochimaru, the overall commander of the battlefield, did not intervene in time.

If Orochimaru had been willing to intervene at that time to stop Ebizo, the other Konoha ninja on the battlefield would definitely not have been just skimming the surface.

Therefore, Hatake Sakumo now has a very bad impression of Orochimaru.

"Don't worry, Sakumo, Kirito is very capable. Even Shukaku can't do anything to him. As long as he is willing to go, no one can stop him. You should know this better than I do,"

Orochimaru answered, looking directly into Hatake Sakumo's sharp eyes, his smile quickly fading.

Hatake Sakumo was not very satisfied with Orochimaru's answer, but he didn't say anything more.

He had already realized that Orochimaru must have known about what had happened in the village recently, and that Orochimaru was obviously on Sandaime's side.

He was not surprised by this, because Orochimaru had always been Sandaime's most favored disciple and the successor Sandaime had been most looking forward to having. Sandaime and Orochimaru's interests had long been closely linked.

Orochimaru saw that Hatake Sakumo was silent, so he stopped looking at him and turned his head to glance slightly at the Iwagami puppet not far away and the earth-colored sealing barrier.

The Iwagami puppet was at that time concentrating on mobilizing the technique of sealing barrier, Earth Dome Prison, to absorb the chakra of the ninja inside, and then continuously and rapidly transmitted the absorbed chakra through the chakra line to the Kirito body.

Due to the return of a large number of Konoha ninja who had been chasing the Sunagakure deserters and their knowledge of the sealing barrier created by Kirito, there are now a large number of Suna-Nin prisoners in the sealing barrier. Some young Konoha ninja who admire Kirito even volunteered to go in and contribute their own chakra.

"The ability formed by combining puppet techniques with sealing techniques is truly wonderful. With a sealing barrier, Kirito basically doesn't need to worry about a lack of chakra on the battlefield, does he?"

Orochimaru's eyes burned with passion as he stared at the sealing barrier, and subconsciously he stuck out his tongue and licked his lips.

There was no doubt that Kirito's combination jutsu, which used puppet techniques and sealing techniques to absorb the chakra of other ninjas, was perfect for use on the battlefield. It could be said that it was a combination jutsu prepared simply to maximize the power of top-level ninjas.

Orochimaru himself is not a chakra ninja, so his combat style generally involves using the various strange secret techniques he has developed himself. These secret techniques basically all belong to the type that consume little chakra but are quite powerful, and can effectively allow him to resolve his enemies.

However, if he could have a huge amount of chakra, he would actually prefer to use various powerful ninjutsu to kill his enemies.

After all, he is a ninja who has mastered the properties of the five elements, and has mastered a large number of five element ninjutsu.

Now that he has seen this combination jutsu of Kirito, he personally can't help but want to spend some time learning about puppet techniques.

There's no way around it, this combination jutsu is just too amazing. It allows the user to effectively use the enemy in battle, and there may be other better uses for it as well.

No one can have too much of this magical energy called chakra.

"After I help him deal with this monster for a while, let's exchange this interesting seal technique."

Then, Orochimaru's gaze returned to Shukaku, a greedy gleam in his eyes as he mused, before he began leading the other Konoha ninja around him quickly in the direction of Shukaku.

Nawaki saw that everyone else had started moving, and he planned to follow suit, but Hatake Sakumo's hand was still pressing firmly against the back of his head, so he had no choice but to say honestly to Hatake Sakumo, "Hatake Sensei, let me go. I want to join the battle too."

"Don't make things difficult. If you go over there now, you'll just become a burden to Kirito. If you want to participate in the battle, go over there. Kirito definitely needs your chakra help right now,"

Hatake Sakumo gave Nawaki a cold stare, then pointed to the sealing barrier not far away and said.

Shukaku is out, and the people of Sunagakure must be going crazy. If Nawaki goes over there now, he's pretty sure Ebizo will most likely attack Nawaki and then use Nawaki to threaten Kirito. The relationship between Nawaki and Kirito is something that the dark side of Sunagakure can't be unaware of.

Compared to Kirito, Nawaki is undoubtedly much easier to deal with.

"Hmph, I will definitely make you look on me in awe in the future,"

Nawaki blushed when Hatake Sakumo said this and said unconvinced.

However, he ultimately followed Hatake Sakumo's advice and took the initiative to enter the sealing barrier, contributing his own Chatonra to Kirito.

After Nawaki entered the sealing barrier, Chizuru's gaze turned to Hatake Sakumo, who replied curtly, "Be careful."

The next moment, Chizuru used the Lightning Stimulation Secret Technique and quickly caught up to the Konoha ninja in front of her.

...

Shukaku had probably been locked up for a long time. As soon as it came out, it had no intention of fighting Kirito with all its heart, but instead ran cheerfully on the ground.

Although it was large in size and looked very fat and bloated, it was a nimble fat guy with a frighteningly fast movement speed.

In no time, he ran out of the forest, leaving a mess in his wake.

Ebizo watched Shukaku go further and further away, and his heart grew more and more anxious. The reason was that Shukaku was not moving in the direction of the Land of Wind, but towards the Land of Fire.

"Trouble, if it runs to the Land of Fire, the people from Konoha will definitely not let it go, and even if Bunpuku wakes up, Shukaku will fall into the hands of Konoha. This idiot, does it think that if it doesn't run to the desert in the Land of Wind, it won't be caught by humans again?"

Ebizo cursed as he saw the distance between himself and Shukaku grow further and further.

At the same time, he began to feel dizzy, and the aftereffects of excessive blood loss gradually began to set in. If he didn't stop the bleeding and treat his wounds quickly, even if his physical fitness was strong, he would also die from excessive blood loss.

There was no choice, Ebizo had to temporarily stop to deal with his injured left arm, and then take a special soldier's pill purchased from Higanbana Pharmaceutical Company at a high price to heal his wounds and quickly replenish his depleted chakra.

"Ebizo-sama."

A moment later, Ebizo quickly finished applying a simple tourniquet to stop the bleeding, and was about to continue pursuing Shukaku when a voice suddenly sounded behind him.

The reinforcements from the Sunagakure battlefield headquarters had finally arrived.

Ebizo heard the sound and immediately stopped. Then he said to the first Sunagakure jōnin who arrived, "You immediately signal the base camp to mobilize more people to come, and notify the village to request reinforcements. We absolutely cannot let Shukaku get out of our control."

The Sunagakure jōnin understood what Ebizo meant. He had seen Shukaku a long time ago and, with Ebizo's approval, immediately replied, "Ha~"

At the same time, Kirito was manipulating the Lightning God puppet to constantly avoid Shukaku's attacks.

Shukaku was born with the power of Magnet Release, and his Magnet Release was either manipulating iron sand and gold dust, or simply sand. Under the terrifying effect of his Chakra, a large amount of sand continued to emerge from the ground, and then formed huge waves of sand that rushed in all directions.

Facing Shukaku's unreasonable wide-area attack, Kirito naturally couldn't just foolishly dash around on the ground like an ordinary ninja.

He also used Magnet Release to fight.

Under his control, a disc formed from iron sand dragged him and the Lightning God puppet along, moving quickly through the air as they followed Chizuru closely.

"Damn human, stop following me,"

Shukaku looked at Kirito, a human who was like a bug in his eyes, and yelled in annoyance as he kept following him persistently.

As he spoke, an air cannon formed from high-density chakra suddenly shot out of his mouth.

Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet!

The fully-formed Shukaku unleashed the Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet, which was a hurricane-like wind that was like a natural disaster. A large number of stones and trees on the ground were blown into the air and then shot towards the tiny enemy Kirito with the help of the wind.

In addition, huge air cannonballs hidden in the violent wind also shot towards Kirito at high speed.

Facing Shukaku's terrifying attack, Kirito naturally did not plan to choose a head-on collision and quickly dodged, but the attack range of the air cannonballs was really too large, and he and the Lightning God puppet were ultimately unable to dodge in time and were directly smashed to pieces by the air cannonballs.

"Hahaha, I've finally destroyed this bug,"

Shukaku laughed happily as he saw that his sneak attack had succeeded in destroying Kirito and the Lightning God puppet.

Although it had always been sealed by humans after dealing with them for so long, it had also learned a lot from them, such as ninjutsu and the insidious cunning of humans. The sneak attack it just used was something it had learned from a certain human who had sealed it before.

It launched an attack from its mouth while it was talking, which was indeed hard to defend against.

"I didn't think a big guy like you knew how to sneak up on people."

An icy voice suddenly appeared in Shukaku's mind, so loud that it made his head buzz a little, and his laughter immediately stopped.

The next moment, he found that the chakra within his body had been imprisoned, making it difficult to mobilize as easily as usual.

He looked down and suddenly saw several huge blue chakra chains wrapping around his body.

He looked along the source of these chakra chains and then saw the little human brat he had just destroyed emerge from the ground unscathed.

In an instant, it became clear to him what was going on. The damned human had just tricked him. What he had just destroyed was just a clone formed by the human using some kind of ninjutsu, with the aim of making him careless.

"Bug, you think you can trap me like this? The thing I'm most afraid of is sealing techniques."

Shukaku realized that he had been tricked and yelled angrily, then struggled desperately.

As Shukaku struggled, Kirito immediately felt a huge pressure. He found that the chakra on his chakra chain was being rapidly eroded by Shukaku's chakra, and the sealing power was rapidly dissipating.

"In terms of chakra quantity, Shukaku can't even come close to Kyubi, but in terms of sealing difficulty, it may be even more troublesome than Kyubi,"

Kirito frowned and thought.

Indeed, it was impossible to seal the tailed beast easily with just an improved version of Sealing Technique: Adamantine Sealing Chain. It was necessary to inflict sufficient damage on it.

The next moment, a huge purple chakra wave appeared, slashing fiercely at Shukaku's neck, then cutting deeply in. The chakra wave was covered in purple electricity, causing the wound to turn black.

"Ahhh!"

Shukaku, whose neck had almost been cut off, let out a loud scream, and its struggle instantly became much weaker.

The recovery ability of tail beasts is undoubtedly very strong. They are Chakra collective bodies, and as long as there is Chakra, their injuries can be healed quickly.

But before Shukaku could use Chakra to quickly heal the injury on its neck, another huge purple wave of Chakra appeared, precisely landing on the wound on its neck.

This time, Shukaku's head was finally severed entirely.

The huge head fell heavily to the ground.

Not far away, at the tip of a large tree, the Lightning God puppet, holding the now-restored Raijinmaru pill in its hand, stared coldly at Shukaku in front of it.

As a huge amount of chakra once again flowed into its body along the chakra line, the Raijinmaru pill in its hand once again formed into a huge purple thunder blade.

After losing its head, Shukaku's huge body did not die like a real flesh-and-blood creature, but continued to struggle, and the intensity of its struggle increased.

"Damn human, when I attach my head back, I will grind your body to dust with the sand."

Shukaku's head stared at Kirito with deep hatred.

It had only hated Kirito before, but the pain of being beheaded made it completely hate Kirito.

It was true that it was a chakra creature, but after becoming a creature with a soul and a body, being beheaded still hurt very, very much.

It had lived for so many years, and it was the first time someone had beheaded it while it was still alive.

"I hope that day never comes."

Kirito heard Shukaku's deafening threat and smiled slightly, his eyes gradually revealing a look that made Shukaku's scalp tingle a little.

"What do you want?"

Shukaku felt uncomfortable being looked at by Kirito and yelled.

The next second, he knew what Kirito wanted to do. A chain of chakra suddenly shot out of Kirito's stomach and easily pierced its head.

In an instant, Shukaku discovered with horror that its own chakra was rapidly draining.

Kirito's chakra, on the other hand, was rising at an astonishing rate. A red current of chakra surged into his body, and it was Shukaku's tail beast chakra. This chakra was immensely powerful, but it was also filled with a deep darkness.

If an ordinary person were to come into contact with the dark emotions in this chakra, they might go insane in an instant.

Although the tail beast chakra was good, it was obviously not a force that could be easily harnessed.

However, for Kirito, who had been using the Soul Poison Pill to torture his own soul every day to enhance his soul power, the deep darkness in Shukaku's Chakra could not affect his iron will. He quickly stored a large amount of Shukaku's Chakra into the Yin Seal Chakra Pool that had already been constructed in his abdomen.

He had been tolerating Shukaku running around happily and had been slow to attack it, actually secretly using the Seal Talisman to construct a Chakra Pool that could hold the One-Tailed.

Within just a few seconds, Shukaku's originally huge head shrank several times.

Kirito felt the chakra being plundered from Shukaku's head at this time, and discovered that the chakra in the chakra pool was rapidly rising. He couldn't help but exclaim in awe, "What a huge amount of chakra! Just one head contains the chakra of at least dozens of elite ninjas. This is only one tail, I really have no idea how terrifying the chakra of the Kyubi will be."

"Human, you will never succeed."

Shukaku discovered that Kirito's real intention was to seal it within himself, and suddenly let out a hysterical roar.

An aura of destruction instantly emanated from Shukaku's head, and then suddenly exploded.

"Boom!!!"

A huge explosion suddenly appeared, instantly affecting the area within several kilometers.

A huge explosion crater appeared.

In the steaming crater, except for Shukaku's huge body and the area behind it, the rest was all scorched to a cinder by the sudden explosion.

After Shukaku detonated its own head, a huge red chakra suddenly gushed out from the neck of its huge headless body, and then quickly constructed a new head. In the process, its huge body shrank a little.

"Stupid human, do you think my chakra can be taken so easily? I would rather blow up myself than let you have it."

After regenerating his head, Shukaku looked at Kirito, who had been blown to pieces, and said with satisfaction.

However, his joy did not last for even half a second, as Kirito's voice once again appeared in his ears: "It seems that dismembering you into eight pieces before absorbing you is not an easy task."

The voice came from behind it, and when it turned around, it saw Kirito appear in front of him again, unscathed.

Kirito had mastered the Lightning Transformation Technique, and a mere Chakra explosion naturally could not harm him.

At the moment of the explosion, Kirito used the Lightning Transformation Technique to avoid it.

As he spoke, Kirito glanced into the distance and thought to himself, "Sorry, I didn't know it would suddenly play with explosions."

While he was fighting Shukaku, ninjas from both Sunagakure and Konoha met up quietly and then started fighting each other. The battlefield was not far from where he was fighting Shukaku, and some jōnin snuck over as well.

However, Shukaku suddenly detonated his own head without regard for military ethics.

Both Sunagakure and Konoha suffered heavy losses, especially Sunagakure, who had more people than Konoha at the time, so the number of people who snuck over was greater than Konoha's.

As a result, Shukaku used an explosion to kill all of these Suna-Nin, who were in a way his allies.

Among those who sneaked up were Orochimaru and Ebizo.

Unfortunately, both were old and cunning, with an extraordinary sense of death and numerous means of survival. As soon as they sensed the danger, they immediately fled, and ultimately survived at a great cost.

Shukaku's mood instantly turned from sunny to cloudy when he saw that Kirito was still lively and unrestrained. As expected, it made another sneak attack and slapped Kirito without saying a word. An enormous palm print appeared on the ground in an instant, but Kirito had once again used the Lightning Transformation Technique to avoid it.

At the same time, a huge purple chakra slash once again fiercely struck Shukaku's neck, causing Shukaku to let out another painful scream.

Under Kirito's control, the Lightning God puppet once again achieved success.

"Ah!!! I'm going to kill you."

Shukaku's neck was slashed again, and it immediately stopped worrying about bothering Kirito, focusing all its hatred on the Lightning God puppet.

Huge air cannonballs spewed from its mouth, constantly attacking the Lightning God puppet.

The Lightning God puppet was covered in purple lightning as it used its maximum Lightning Stimulation Secret Technique to increase its speed, then it kept moving around Shukaku.

While the Lightning God puppet was using its technique to distract Shukaku, Kirito bit his right index finger and smeared the blood on the palm of his left hand, then quickly completed the seal, condensing a huge amount of chakra and slapping it onto the ground.

A complex summoning technique immediately spread out on the ground.

Summoning technique!

"Boom!"

A huge cloud of smoke appeared.

A giant ninja cat appeared that was completely not inferior in size to Shukaku.

This giant ninja cat had orange fur, it was very fat, its belly was round and its fat was so saggy that it hung down to the ground, and yet it was standing like a human, carrying a huge ninja blade on its back, and in its hand it was holding a giant smoking gun.

As soon as the giant ninja cat appeared, Shukaku's attention was immediately drawn to him, staring solemnly at the big guy in front of him, who was about the same size as him.

"Hm, this time the one summoned is not a member of the Uchiha clan. Human, what's your name?"

The giant ninja cat didn't feel any fear when it saw Shukaku, but instead leisurely took a puff on his cigarette, and then said to the person who was now standing on his forehead.

"My name is Kirito Tosaka, Your Highness Tachibana Kagero. Please forgive me for summoning you so presumptuously. I ask that you help me temporarily suppress this big guy. After this is done, I will definitely prepare a generous gift for you."

Kirito politely replied upon hearing this.

Tachibana Kagero, a super-large Shinobi Cat that is very rare among the Shinobi Cat clan, is also the leader of the Shinobi Cat clan and the strongest Shinobi Cat.

In order to successfully summon him, Kirito had just consumed the chakra of an elite jōnin.

Under normal circumstances, just summoning him would have cost Kirito 90% of his chakra.

However, it was all worth it. Kirito could clearly feel the vast amount of chakra within Tachibana Kagero, which was already close to the level of a beast of the tail, so he was sure it would not be weak. He should be a good helper in helping him deal with Shukaku.

"So you're Kirito Tosaka. That brat Tom often talks about you. You're not bad. Well, since you're so polite and generous, I'll help you teach this raccoon a lesson today."

Tachibana Kagero nodded after hearing Kirito's explanation.

"It's not a raccoon, it's a raccoon dog!"

As soon as Tachibana Kagero finished speaking, Shukaku, who was facing him, yelled angrily.

A huge air cannonball was released from its mouth.

Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet!

Facing Shukaku's sneak attack that disregarded the martial arts code, Tachibana Kagero's eyes suddenly sharpened. His body did not move, but his long tail, which was covered in a metal ring, flashed out and swept the incoming air cannonball away.

At the same time, a purple katana came flying through the air, it was Raijinmaru, which finally landed firmly in Kirito's hands.

The next moment, as a powerful Storm Release Chakra fluctuation erupted from Kirito's body, a huge purple lightning bolt suddenly shot out from the Raijinmaru he had raised in his hand and shot into the air, and a huge dark cloud quickly appeared.

"Rumble~"

Accompanied by a flash of lightning and thunder, a large amount of purple lightning fell from the dark cloud and landed on the ground around both Shukaku and Tachibana Kagero.

One by one, black iron sand began to drill out of the ground.

"Damn human, you can use Magnet Release too."

Shukaku roared as he watched the large amount of iron sand burrow out of the ground, and then tried to use the same trick on Kirito and sneak up on him with a Drilling Air Bullet.

But Tachibana Kagero's attack was already here.

Although Tachibana Kagero was fat, he was extremely agile, and in the blink of an eye he appeared to Shukaku's left and drew his ninja blade on his back and looked fiercely at Shukaku's neck.

Shukaku had been cut at the neck three times before, and it had long since formed a conditioned response. It quickly retracted its head into its body, narrowly avoiding Tachibana Kagero's ninja blade attack. Then it lashed out with its tail and grabbed Tachibana Kagero's round belly with its sharp claws.

In response, Tachibana Kagero did not dodge or avoid, allowing Shukaku's tail and claws to attack him.

To Shukaku's shock, his tail lashing at Tachibana Kagero felt as if he was hitting a water balloon. Ten percent of his strength was instantly reduced by ninety percent. Moreover, Tachibana Kagero's seemingly soft belly was actually as hard as steel, and his claws only left a few shallow bloody scratches on it.

"It's my turn again."

Tachibana Kagero sneered as he looked at Shukaku's shocked expression on his face, and suddenly thrust a knife into Shukaku's belly.

Unlike Shukaku, he was wielding a ninja blade mixed with a large amount of chakra-infused metal, which easily broke through Shukaku's body defenses and plunged deep inside.

Stabbed in the stomach, Shukaku couldn't help but let out a scream, and his head quickly popped out of his neck. Then he planned to fire a close-range Drilling Air Bullet at Tachibana Kagero and try to control him by manipulating a large amount of sand.

But before he could release his Drilling Air Bullet, a huge purple thunder blade appeared in front of his eyes.

"Boom!"

The sound of thunder exploded in his mind.

Next, Shukaku found his vision beginning to spin, and then he saw his headless body.

His head had been cut off again.

As the head once again hit the ground with a heavy thud, a feeling of tyranny instantly welled up in Shukaku's heart, and he intended to detonate his head again.

However, this time, he did not succeed in completing the self-detonation as he wished. He was horrified to discover that his chakra was out of control.

At some point, the Lightning God puppet had appeared behind Shukaku's head, and a golden seal had been affixed to the back of his head.

A large amount of seal techniques that radiated the fluctuations of Sage Chakra came from this seal, and then quickly covered Shukaku's entire head, imprisoning the Chakra in his head and preventing him from mobilizing it.

A blue chakra shot out from the body of the Lightning God puppet and pierced Shukaku's head, with a large amount of Shukaku's chakra rushing into the Lightning God puppet and then quickly transported to Kirito's body through the chakra line.

"The same trick won't work on me,"

Kirito's voice appeared in Shukaku's head, full of resentment.

"Damn human, don't you dare take me away from Bunpuku,"

Shukaku roared in anger.

Unfortunately, it could only rage impotently, unable to stop Kirito from plundering its chakra.

On the other side, under Kirito's control, a large amount of iron sand trapped Shukaku's headless body, forming a black pyramid lacking a spire. The surface of the pyramid was also covered with a large number of sealing techniques, imprisoning Shukaku's body inside the pyramid and preventing it from moving.

Soon, Kirito absorbed all the chakra in Shukaku's head into the newly created Yin Seal Chakra Pool in his body.

As soon as Shukaku's head disappeared, a new head began to grow back in Shukaku's headless body, but as soon as it grew, a blue chakra chain pierced its brow.

A large amount of chakra was once again transferred from Shukaku's body to Kirito's body.

"Shukaku, it's time for you to find a new place to live. By the way, if you don't want the monk inside you to die, you'd better do as I say,"

Kirito said coldly as he stood on top of Tachibana Kagero's head, looking down at Shukaku, who was now trapped in the pyramid of iron sand.