novelraw Chapter 489 489: Eight-Part Wood Dragon
Chapter 489 489: Eight-Part Wood Dragon
At the prow of the largest ship on the sea, Yagura Karatachi abruptly turned his head, looking toward the side of Ryousei Port!
In a courtyard there, it was as if there was a bottomless well, with countless Konoha ninja pouring out!
"An ambush!" Yagura muttered.
"Who leaked the intel? Why is Konoha ambushing us?"
He had no time for a thorough investigation. Konoha ninja were already engaging the Kiri-nin.
Nara Rokaku stood on the roof of a building, quickly identifying the strong and weak points of the Kiri-nin force.
Three groups of Kiri-nin were rapidly crossing Ryousei Port's docks, charging toward the town. The fastest and strongest, serving as the spearhead, were the Kaguya clan ninja.
He immediately directed the Ino–Shika–Chō trio clans, with the Akimichi at the forefront, to intercept the Kiri-nin.
Seeing the Kiri-nin blocked, Yagura turned and gave a hand signal.
His aide, Ao, was startled seeing that signal and leapt backwards without a second glance.
The moment Ao left the ship's hull, a roar erupted behind him.
Amidst the shower of wooden planks, Ao looked back to see a Wood Dragon emerging from the sea, smashing the large ship.
Landing on a large wave, Ao charged toward the rear without a care.
In the distance was another ship, one prepared for the Six-Tails Jinchūriki.
That hand signal from Lord Yagura just now meant to activate the trump card for a decisive battle—unleashing the Six-Tails!
Landing on the deck, Ao shouted, "Stop staring! Drag the Jinchūriki out!"
The Six-Tails Jinchūriki was a little girl, who had only recently had the beast sealed within her.
She was roughly dragged onto the deck, terrified to see over a dozen Kiri-nin surrounding her.
Especially the person opposite her, holding a medicine bottle.
Her cheeks were roughly squeezed by a Kiri-nin, forcing her mouth open.
The pungent potion was poured down her throat. Her eyes suddenly changed.
No fear, no terror, only emptiness.
Ao hurriedly yelled, "Scatter!"
Noxious acid mist erupted from the little girl's body. The mist consumed her and also the deck.
The acid mist was too thick to see anything.
Ao tore off his eye patch, revealing his Byakugan, activating it to observe the situation within the mist.
The deck melted under the acid mist. The metal hull plates melted. The entire ship dissolved like wax, turning into a viscos slurry.
At the center of the acid mist, the temporary Jinchūriki, the little girl, was also rapidly growing shorter.
She was melting too.
This Jinchūriki's talent was extremely poor. Her greatest use was simply to bring the Six-Tails to the front lines.
Only valuable individuals received the village's investment.
The village had tried to let her control the tailed beast's chakra, but all efforts failed. So they stopped investing in her, treating her only as a tool, a vessel.
In an instant, terrifying chakra erupted from within the girl's melting body.
The chakra coalesced in the air. The massive amount of chakra even materialized, forming a six-tailed, slug-like tailed beast covered in mucus.
The Six-Tails had appeared!
Seeing Saiken, Ao finally breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to look toward the shore.
Konoha's Fox!
Lord Yagura was fighting Fox!
At the same time, Ao deliberately searched and found Zetsu from Akatsuki in the distance.
Seeing Fox appear, Akatsuki's Zetsu vanished beneath the water's surface.
Ao thought, According to the strategy agreed upon with Ōnoki, as soon as Fox appears, Ōnoki and the Raikage will launch a surprise attack on Konoha.
There's a person in Akatsuki named Uchiha Obito who can instantly transport others anywhere in the shinobi world, wielding a miraculous space-time Dōjutsu.
What terrible luck that Konoha's Fox appeared on the Kiri-nin's battlefield. The Kiri-nin will have to bear this first wave of assault.
However, Kiri will not retreat. No matter how strong Konoha is, no matter that Konoha is the greatest shinobi village, Kirigakure will not back down.
Wasn't the Konoha established by the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara strong enough? The Kirigakure of that time didn't yield.
No matter how strong Konoha is now, can it be stronger than during the time of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara?
After Saiken appeared, free once more, it roared incessantly.
Ao was about to drive Saiken toward the main battlefield when he suddenly saw a crimson figure charging from the distance.
A Jinchūriki!
Konoha's Jinchūriki!
The Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, Uzumaki Kushina, clad in a translucent orange-red chakra cloak, charged toward the Six-Tails.
The Nine-Tails Jinchūriki also had six tails now, just like Saiken.
Yōkō stood atop the Wood Human, his eyes shifting slightly behind the mask. He too had seen Zetsu's disappearance.
If he appeared here, presumably the Anti-Konoha Alliance would be unable to hold back.
Wait. Wait patiently.
Lure Ōnoki and the Raikage out, then deal with them.
Yōkō crossed his arms, beginning to stall for time. "Yagura Karatachi, you are about to witness history."
"What history?"
"This is the final battle between Konoha and Kirigakure," Yōkō said.
"From this day forward, your Kirigakure will never dare wage war against Konoha again.
Not while I live.
And not even after I die."
Yagura thought, They say Konoha's Fox is like Senju Hashirama, wielding the same Wood Release. But he felt the intel was wrong; Fox was more like Uchiha Madara.
Equally arrogant.
Yagura closed his eyes, speaking to the Three-Tails within him: "Three-Tails, release your chakra freely! Destroy everything before you!"
Massive amounts of chakra erupted from Yagura's body, rapidly forming a reddish-brown tailed beast cloak.
Yagura dropped to all fours, three tailed beast tails swaying behind him. His back arched high, looking more and more like a three-tailed turtle.
"Hey, hey!" Yōkō said. "Why are you going into partial transformation without even talking? I have a lot of advice I wanted to give you. You..."
Before Yōkō could finish, the partially transformed Yagura raised his head, gathering a Tailed Beast Ball.
Yōkō glanced toward the direction of the temple.
If something happened on another battlefield or in Konoha, someone would appear from the temple to notify him.
On the Land of Grass battlefield, Tsunade bore his Flying Thunder God formula.
On the Land of Hot Water battlefield, Namikaze Minato held his Flying Thunder God kunai.
As for Konoha itself, the Uzumaki clan's Nademon Hall had been converted into a Three Gods Religion temple.
Yōkō withdrew his gaze and looked back at Yagura, clapping his hands together.
"Wood Release: Eight-Part Wood Dragon!"
From behind the Three Worlds Wood Human, over a dozen thick Wood Dragons surged forth, heading straight for Yagura.
Yagura hurriedly fired the Tailed Beast Ball.
Three Wood Dragons intertwined, their three maws biting down on the Tailed Beast Ball together.
The surging, turbulent chakra within the Tailed Beast Ball was absorbed by the Wood Dragons, which instead grew stronger.
The remaining Wood Dragons slammed into Yagura.
Yagura, on all fours on the water's surface, deftly dodged several dragons but was caught by the ones that followed.
The Three-Tails' chakra was rapidly absorbed by the Wood Dragons.
Yagura watched helplessly as his tailed beast cloak became patchy. Parts of the reddish-brown chakra cloak flaked away, revealing the scorched skin beneath.
Pain filled Yagura's eyes. It seemed that without fully releasing the Three-Tails, he would lose right now.
He could only hope Ōnoki and the Raikage could make a breakthrough elsewhere...
Yagura completely released the seal. The Three-Tails appeared on the sea's surface.
(End of Chapter)