"Dad?!"
Musai was originally lying lazily on the couch, bored, flipping through the Cattle Farming Guide.
Seeing his father rush out of the house like the wind, he couldn't help but shout in surprise.
"Stay at home and wait for me to come back!" The voice of Kei came from a distance.
Musai stood in front of the door, looking at the azure blue chakra flames rising in the distance. His pupils contracted sharply, wanting to stop it but not knowing what to say.
He just stared at his father's figure, rapidly disappearing into the cool night wind.
This was because the Third Raikage had issued an order just before evening. Throughout Kumo, except for the jonin and ANBU, all ninjas and residents were ordered to stay indoors and not go outside.
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Kei smoothly made his way to the area near the street where the two tailed beast jinchūriki lived.
A large number of residents rushed out of their homes under the influence of the azure chakra flames of the tailed beast's eruption. Some middle and low-level ninjas were constantly directing and guiding the panicked civilians toward the direction of the safe house.
He soon arrived at the edge of the battlefield and clearly saw the scene in the center of the battlefield.
More than ten jonin were currently surrounding four ninjas dressed in standard Kumo ANBU uniforms.
Another six ANBU ninjas were surrounding Yugito, forming a sealing barrier to assist in suppressing the rampaging Two-Tails within her. And scattered around them were about seven bodies dressed in ANBU attire.
The pieces of their torn ANBU clothing made it hard to distinguish whether they were genuine ANBU or other forces disguised as ANBU.
However, at this moment, he no longer cared about these people.
Yugito, trapped in the simple sealing barrier, was on all fours, her eyes rolling back, her body slightly hunched like a cat, groaning in pain. The once cute little girl now had a twisted and contorted face due to the unbearable pain.
And while the six ANBU ninjas were working together to maintain the sealing barrier, the azure chakra flames continued to surge and flicker, showing signs of growing even more intense.
Clearly, despite Yugito exerting all her strength, she still couldn't suppress the rampaging tailed beast.
"Genjutsu? This... seems like some kind of hallucinogenic drug too?"
Kei squinted at the Two-Tails' chakra inside the sealing barrier, his brow furrowing slightly. The six ANBU clearly had some experience in dealing with jinchūriki and the rampaging tailed beasts.
Although the sealing barrier wasn't of the highest level, the combined power of the six was enough to alleviate Yugito's pressure to a great extent.
But the chakra of the two-tailed beast seemed strange, and Yugito's state was even more peculiar!
His understanding of Yin Release was unparalleled in the ninja world. He could clearly feel the subtle yin chakra that was entangled within the tailed beast's chakra.
Unlike ordinary illusion users who cast genjutsu, this spiritual energy was not pure. It had a gloomy, dark, and bloody scent to it.
Sharingan?
No, the power of the Sharingan was more extreme and darker, and wouldn't have such a heavy bloody scent.
It was the Ketsuryūgan!
And it was affecting Yugito… Her pupils violently trembled, and his unstable mental fluctuations showed that she was clearly under the influence of some kind of drug.
Just like Orochimaru used a powerful hallucinogen to trick the previous host of the tailed beast into going mad, a similar method had been used on Yugito. But the hallucinogen used on her clearly wasn't as powerful as the Snake Sannin's.
Instead, it was through the Ketsuryūgan's genjutsu, amplifying the effects on the jinchūriki and the tailed beast.
In the current situation, Yugito, because of the tailed beast's rampaging chakra, had broken free of the genjutsu control, but due to the drug's influence, she couldn't fully control the sealing barrier to suppress the tailed beast, nor could she awaken it.
And the Two-Tails, it wasn't as if it was under the influence of the genjutsu; rather… It seemed unwilling to wake up from the genjutsu?
...Stupid cat, why copy someone else? You had to copy Orochimaru! Kei cursed inwardly.
If this situation continued, Yugito's body would definitely be the first to bear the brunt of the tailed beast's power, ultimately meeting a tragic fate like the previous jinchūriki.
To solve the problem, one would need to forcibly awaken and suppress the Two-Tails. That level of technique was something Kei could easily find in his genjutsu arsenal, just by casually searching through it. But with his lowly genin rank, no matter what technique he used, it wouldn't be enough... unless he gave a shit about his cover as Osoi.
Close-range, direct contact... using pure Yin Release, minimizing chakra leakage to the maximum, hiding it with the Two-Tails's rampaging chakra...
Kei quickly flashed several possible plans in his mind. He repeatedly used the Body Flicker Technique and arrived at the edge of the sealing barrier where the six ANBU were working.
The six ANBU all turned their gaze toward him.
They were on guard, cautious, and two of them almost couldn't resist making a move right there.
"Osoi! What do you think you're doing?!" The ANBU captain, who was familiar with Kei, shouted urgently.
He was really scared!
In just one day, the ANBU had already discovered several spies from other ninja villages.
If Osoi was also a spy... he, as a small team leader who had just given promises to others a few days ago…
"I, I, I want to help her." Kei pretended to muster up the courage, making a show of determination.
"Get out of here! What are you causing trouble for at a time like this?!" The ANBU captain gritted his teeth, almost biting them to pieces.
He could understand the feeling of wanting to help someone in danger, but a genin, were completely useless in this situation!
♪ The heart of the jinchūriki,
lonely and strong.
Let him in, don't do him wrong!
Awaken the soul that's sleeping too long.
Oh yeah~ today's rhythm is a powerful song! ♪
The voice of Killer B echoed from not far away.
Behind him, several octopus-like tails held sharp ninja blades, cutting through the air in bright streaks.
In a flash, the enemies who had been resisting were quickly defeated. Some were killed on the spot, while others were captured alive!
"B-sama!"
The surrounding ANBU and jonin all sighed in relief.
After eliminating the enemies, Killer B only waved at Kei, signaling him to hurry up. Yesterday, he had been lying unconscious in a pit like a dead dog. Today, he was up and jumping around, supporting his comrades. The recovery ability of a jinchūriki was truly outrageous!
"Alright, alright."
Kei, under the watchful eyes of the ANBU, took a deep breath, trembling as he moved toward the location of Yugito.
Although the ANBU could clearly see that he was terrified to the extreme, his movements were not slow at all. He loudly called out Yugito's name and, despite being so close to her, began to feel the tailed beast's chakra invade his body.
He gently placed a hand on Yugito's head.
Using genjutsu to counter genjutsu, forcibly altering or overriding the enemy's genjutsu, when his mental power was several times stronger than the enemy's, he proceeded with his technique.
The Two-Tails—was it unwilling to wake up from the genjutsu?
Well, it better never wake up for the rest of its life!