ooking at Ranmaru who appeared, Fū slightly pouted:
"Where did this kid come from?"
Originally somewhat angry Ranmaru, hearing Fū's words, his face instantly flushed red: "You're the kid!"
Seeing the two looking at each other with mutual dislike, Yuto was slightly dumbfounded.
Standing behind, Yugito deeply looked at Fū. From within the other's body, she sensed a terrifying chakra extremely similar to her own.
That was the chakra of a tailed beast!
So this was Takigakure's Seven-Tails jinchūriki?
A thoughtful look flashed through Yugito's eyes. The First Mizukage Yuto appearing here was clearly wanting to take away the Seven-Tails jinchūriki.
In that case, the jinchūriki named Fū before her eyes was in a very similar situation to herself.
Perhaps...
Yugito's eyes flickered slightly. The two of them could potentially join forces.
"If you two want to argue, you can do so on the road later."
Looking at Ranmaru and Fū glaring at each other, Yuto's tone carried a light laugh.
On the road?
Hearing Yuto's suddenly raised voice, Fū, who was originally arguing with Ranmaru, was stunned.
To the side, Shibuki reacted first. Although his face was filled with tension, he still immediately positioned himself in front of Fū.
"Yuto-dono, you want to take Fū away?"
Shibuki's body was slightly tense, his voice still holding onto a sliver of hope.
However, Yuto nodded without hesitation, completely shattering Shibuki's last fantasy.
Before Shibuki and Fū could continue speaking, Yuto had already looked toward Yugito's direction, making an inviting gesture.
Although Yuto didn't speak, seeing Yuto's action, Yugito understood what the other party wanted her to do.
Without any hesitation, Yugito stepped forward, her thoughts moving.
In the next moment.
An evil, dark red chakra quickly overflowed from within Yugito's body.
After displaying it briefly, Yugito retracted the tailed beast chakra back into her body.
At this time, Fū looked at Yugito with surprise, lightly covering her mouth:
"You, you... are also a jinchūriki?"
Seeing Fū's surprised appearance, a brilliant smile appeared on Yugito's face:
"Hello, Fū. I'm Kumogakure's Two-Tails jinchūriki, Yugito Nii."
Seeing Yugito not only display the tailed beast chakra but even introduce herself, Yuto looked at Yugito with some surprise.
Then, the corner of Yuto's mouth lifted slightly. Yugito being so cooperative was somewhat interesting.
As fellow jinchūriki, and with both being women, Fū naturally felt a sense of closeness toward Yugito.
On the other side, Shibuki, after hearing Yugito's words, his expression became even more tense.
Yuto's group was from Kirigakure, and Yugito had just revealed that she was from Kumogakure.
And now Kumogakure's jinchūriki was actually following Kirigakure's people—no matter how one looked at it, something was unusual.
"Fū, if you want to protect your village, you'd best come with me."
Yuto stood to the side, speaking indifferently.
As Yuto's words rang out, Fū and Shibuki's bodies simultaneously tensed up.
"I have no interest in dealing with your village, but Uchiha Madara might not be the same."
"Uchiha Madara has already captured the Eight-Tails and Five-Tails. That guy will definitely make his move on the remaining tailed beasts. If you stay in Takigakure, it won't be a good thing for your village."
Yuto without hesitation threw Uchiha Madara into the villain's position, speaking righteously.
Remembering that person's domineering behavior in Kumogakure.
Standing to the side, Yugito's mouth couldn't help but twitch fiercely.
If she didn't know in advance what kind of person the First Mizukage Yuto was, Yugito would have almost believed his nonsense.
Fū's face showed a dazed look. She originally didn't know the name Uchiha Madara, but since Yuto descended on Takigakure last time.
Fū had made a point to inquire, only then learning that alongside the detestable guy before her eyes, there were also people named Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama.
But that was all she knew. Fū, who had always stayed in Takigakure, naturally knew very little about outside matters.
However, Shibuki on the other side was different. As Takigakure's shadow, whether Shibuki wanted to or not, he had to understand what was happening in the outside world.
At this time.
Shibuki's face showed a conflicted expression. He naturally knew that what Yuto said was indeed true.
Although Fū knew little, she wasn't stupid. Through Shibuki's conflicted expression, she knew that detestable guy opposite her wasn't lying.
"This miss has grown this big but hasn't been to Kirigakure yet. I was planning to take a look."
Fū gave a light snort, feigning an indifferent expression as she walked toward Yuto's group.
Seeing this scene, Shibuki was slightly dazed, reflexively raising his hand, preparing to grab toward Fū.
Just as Shibuki's hand was about to grab Fū, Fū suddenly turned around, avoiding Shibuki's hand.
At the same time, Fū's face was filled with smiles as she looked at Shibuki:
"By the way, tell the elder old man. Forget about the villagers anyway, they don't like me anyway."
After saying this, Fū turned around again and walked toward Yuto's group without hesitation.
Seeing Fū's appearance as if facing death, Yuto's mouth couldn't help but twitch.
He was just letting her go to Kirigakure, not sending her to her death...
"Time to return to the village."
Yuto led everyone, turning to walk outside Takigakure.
Until Fū and Yuto's group's figures completely disappeared from Shibuki's view.
Shibuki still stood there blankly, his raised hand still not lowered.
A full moment passed.
Shibuki's entire person collapsed weakly onto the ground.
Shibuki's eyes were covered by a layer of mist as he looked toward the direction Fū had left:
"I'm sorry, Fū... I'm sorry... I'm sorry..."
In an extremely hidden cave.
In the darkness.
A pair of golden vertical pupils suddenly opened. Orochimaru's eyes flickered with a deep gaze as he looked into the darkness:
"How did things go?"
And in the originally dark environment, a shadow flashed. Yakushi Kabuto's figure appeared where Orochimaru was looking.
"I've checked all the hideouts. Except for a few deeply hidden ones, they've basically all been destroyed. It should all be Kirigakure's handiwork."
Yakushi Kabuto slightly lowered his head, his voice somewhat low.
"Is that so? It's within expectations. It seems Yuto-dono was wary of me from the beginning."
Hearing the news that the hideouts were basically destroyed, Orochimaru's face showed no expression, instead wearing a light smile.
Seeing Orochimaru-sama's completely unbothered reaction, Yakushi Kabuto to the side was somewhat surprised.
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