The Nine-Tails, being the most powerful of the Tailed Beasts, its Jinchuriki is naturally different from ordinary Jinchuriki.
Although this Tailed Beast Ball was only released by Naruto in his four-tailed state, the pressure it brought has already surpassed the previous complete Tailed Beast transformation of Yugito Nii.
Kimimaro's expression finally became serious.
"Today's trip was really worth it. First, the Konoha's Anbu, and now the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball. It's truly eye-opening. But this move is not easy to handle."
Calculating the remaining chakra in his body, Kimimaro felt that he couldn't play for too long.
"The delay is almost enough, so I won't hold back on chakra for this move."
Kimimaro gripped his bone sword tightly, facing the sweeping Tailed Beast Ball, and suddenly exerted force!
"Azure Dragon Breakthrough!"
Blue chakra entwined, rotated, and turned into a whirlwind on the bone sword.
Then, the whirlwind condensed into an Azure Dragon, appearing behind Kimimaro.
Roar!
A dragon's roar faintly echoed.
The next moment, the Azure Dragon flew out, colliding with the incoming Tailed Beast Ball!
Boom!
The Azure Dragon crashed into the Tailed Beast Ball, and for a moment, a bright white light filled the sky, covering everything, making it impossible to see anything.
Kakashi, Sakura, and Chiyo covered their eyes, unable to open them.
"To have this level of destructive power, it's truly astonishing."
Faced with this scene, Kakashi was shocked.
He finally had a concept of the terror of a Jinchuriki.
When Kushina went to the battlefield before, he didn't have the chance to witness it.
Now he finally knew how terrifying his former teacher's wife was.
And compared to the current Naruto, Kushina was several levels stronger.
But what shocked Kakashi even more was Kimimaro's terrifying strength.
The power unleashed by the Azure Dragon from the sword just now seemed to be no less than the Tailed Beast Ball.
"I wonder if this attack can suppress Kimimaro. If not, it'll be troublesome. Naruto's state must be undone as soon as possible; we absolutely can't let him continue to rampage."
Thinking this in his heart, Kakashi's right hand had already reached into his ninja pouch, taking out a sealing talisman.
This was given to him by Jiraiya, containing extremely strong sealing power, capable of instantly bringing Naruto back to his senses.
But it could only be used once.
Jiraiya gave this to Kakashi just in case, after all, if Naruto completely went berserk, Kakashi, who wasn't proficient in sealing techniques, wouldn't be able to stop him at all.
Just didn't expect to use it so soon.
The white light gradually dissipated, and everyone's vision recovered.
"Naruto!"
Sakura called out worriedly, only to see Naruto lying on the ground, his four tails still intact, seemingly unharmed.
The Azure Dragon Breakthrough and the Tailed Beast Ball perfectly canceled each other out, while Kimimaro was still amidst the lingering smoke and dust.
"Did we win?"
Sakura couldn't help but ask.
And the next moment, the sound from the smoke and dust gave her the answer.
"Binding Spell Thirty! Tri-Headed Mouth Bind!"
Three golden, sharp-beaked beams of light flew out from the smoke and dust, directly locking onto the arms and waist of the Four-Tailed Naruto.
But this wasn't the end.
Another three golden, sharp-beaked beams of light shot out from the smoke and dust!
This time, they bound Naruto's legs and one of his tails!
Immediately after, the final three golden, sharp-beaked beams of light followed, and the remaining three tails were also locked!
In less than a breath's time, the Four-Tailed Naruto was completely sealed to the ground by nine sharp-beaked beams of light, unable to move.
He struggled continuously, and the nine sharp-beaked beams of light loosened slightly.
But to completely break free, it seemed to require a bit more time.
"Naruto!"
Kakashi hurriedly called out.
But at this moment, Naruto had lost consciousness and couldn't respond to him at all.
From the smoke and dust, Kimimaro slowly walked out.
"Not bad techniques, but unfortunately, Naruto hasn't fully mastered his power yet. Such powerful strength is somewhat wasted. If this continues, he'll sooner or later be taken away by the Akatsuki organization."
Sakura and Kakashi stood in front of Naruto.
"As long as we're here, you'll never take Naruto away!"
Kakashi said solemnly, even closing his Sharingan, leaving only his right eye to observe Kimimaro.
He was planning to activate his Mangekyo Sharingan!
Besides this ocular jutsu, Kamui, he didn't know what other techniques he had to deal with Kimimaro.
Kimimaro also saw through Kakashi's thoughts, and he said somewhat regretfully, "It's truly a pity, I currently don't have the ability to take Naruto away. My chakra is exhausted, the game is over. Otherwise, I'd really like to witness your trump card."
"Chakra exhausted?"
Kakashi was taken aback.
He had fought Kimimaro before and knew that the opponent's chakra was extremely vast.
Although the previous exchange was intense, it shouldn't be enough to drain Kimimaro completely.
Who would dare to say their chakra was exhausted before he, Kakashi, was even close to being exhausted?
Simply absurd!
Could it be a feint to lure the enemy?
No, it didn't seem like it.
What reason did Kimimaro have to feign weakness?
While Kakashi was puzzled, the Four-Tailed Naruto roared again.
The golden, sharp-beaked beams of light were almost unable to hold him down.
Seeing Naruto's violent state, Kakashi didn't dare to wait any longer and directly placed the sealing talisman on his forehead.
The next moment, the Nine-Tails chakra on Naruto dispersed, revealing his original appearance.
Although his skin was burned, fortunately, it wasn't for long and wasn't serious.
He panted heavily, looking weakly at Kimimaro not far away.
Having unleashed the power of the Four-Tails, he originally thought that even if he couldn't severely injure the opponent, he should at least be able to inflict some damage.
But unexpectedly, Kimimaro remained calm and composed.
"Naruto, calm down. If you continue like this, we'll not only have to deal with Kimimaro but also with you."
Kakashi hurriedly advised.
"I understand, Kakashi-sensei."
After the outburst, Naruto's anger subsided a bit.
"Naruto, you did well. Unfortunately, your strength is improving too slowly, you can't keep up with Sasuke and Neji at all. Are you really training with your life on the line?"
Kimimaro said coldly.
"You still have the nerve to mention Sasuke and Neji! What did you do to them?!"
"Want to see them? One month later, at Tenchi Bridge. Come and you'll be able to see them. But with your current strength, I'm afraid you'll disappoint them greatly."
Everyone was stunned upon hearing this.
Kimimaro actually revealed Sasuke and Neji's whereabouts so easily?
Was this information true or false?
"Alright, playtime with you guys is over, you can continue forward now. But the opponents ahead are not easy to deal with either. Even if you succeed, all you'll get is the corpse of a Kazekage."
As Kimimaro spoke, his body emitted a burst of white light.
"Bastard! Don't you run!"
Naruto roared and was about to charge forward, but Kakashi stopped him.
"Don't be impulsive, be careful, it might be a trap."
Under the white light, Kimimaro's body didn't disappear.
Soon, the white light started to slowly fade from his feet upwards.
They were all wearing the same clothes, so at first, no one noticed anything unusual.
But it wasn't until the white light on his face dissipated that they were surprised to find that the person in the black and red cloud robe in front of them was no longer the brilliant young man, but an ugly-looking middle-aged man.
At this moment, there was no trace of life on the middle-aged man's face; he was clearly a corpse.
As the white light completely faded, he fell straight to the ground.
"What's going on?"
Everyone was startled again, completely unaware of what had happened.
After confirming that the person was dead, they all went forward to check.
"This person is already dead, and he's not the Kaguya youth from before at all."
After examining the corpse, Granny Chiyo, who had been observing silently, spoke up.
"Could it be that this person was pretending to be Kimimaro and fighting us just now?"
Naruto asked in confusion.
Kakashi shook his head and said, "The Shikotsumyaku power and those strange techniques just now were all Kimimaro's signature moves, definitely not something anyone else could imitate.
This should be some kind of jutsu, projecting his power onto someone else. No wonder Kimimaro said his chakra was running out just now.
He himself should still be far away, using this jutsu can only exert a portion of his strength, and his goal wasn't to defeat us, but just to buy time.
These Akatsuki guys actually use human lives for such things!"
Kakashi frowned slightly, clearly disgusted by this kind of jutsu.
"So, that person just now was indeed Kimimaro. Then what he said about Tenchi Bridge..."
Naruto looked at Sakura.
Sakura's eyes showed a hint of determination.
Whether the news was true or false, they would both definitely go.
"Naruto, we'll go together then."
Sakura said firmly.
"Okay."
Naruto also showed no sign of backing down.
"There's really no stopping you two. In that case, I'll go with you as well. Sasuke is also my student. But for now, let's set off quickly and continue the mission to rescue the Kazekage."
As Kakashi spoke, he pulled down the forehead protector on his left eye, covering the crimson Sharingan.
Kimimaro had already left, so he could save the Kamui he was planning to use.
"Yes! Kakashi-sensei."
The Konoha trio each had their own thoughts, leaving only Chiyo puzzled.
On the other side, in the cave.
As the chakra was exhausted, the Elephant Transformation Technique was released, and the consciousness of Kisame and Kimimaro returned.
"It's truly a pity, that beast's strength surpassed my expectations. Even with just 30% of my chakra, I still couldn't handle him. Those were some heavy punches."
Kisame sighed and touched his cheek, seemingly still able to feel the fierce attacks from earlier.
One Morning Peacock made him re-evaluate Might Guy's strength and not dare to underestimate him anymore.
The opponent had only used the Sixth Gate of the Eight Gates; he didn't know how powerful the remaining two gates were.
But Kisame didn't think he would lose to Guy if he fought with his true body.
Guy was a respectable opponent, but he wasn't a pushover either.
"Next time we fight, I'll definitely drain him dry!"
Kisame believed he could do it.
"The combination of the Copy Ninja, the Puppet Master, and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is not weak either."
Kimimaro, on the other hand, mentioned it casually.
"None of that matters. The purpose of your stalling has been achieved, and in three minutes, the sealing will be complete. Everyone, give it your all!"
"Yes!"
Everyone became serious, and the sealing entered its final stage.
Gaara's screams, which had lasted for about ten episodes, finally ended, and his cold corpse fell limply to the ground.
"It's finally over."
Deidara stretched and showed a hint of fatigue.
Continuously releasing chakra for three days was indeed exhausting.
"Now's not the time to relax, the enemies have already gathered at the cave entrance."
Zetsu said slowly.
"Oh? So the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is here too? Then why not take this opportunity to capture him!"
Deidara became excited.
"Deidara-senpai, I advise you to give up on that idea. I just fought the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, he's very strong. If both your arms were intact and you had enough explosive clay, you might be able to try.
But in your current state, you can't. Not to mention there are other powerful individuals there."
Kimimaro kindly advised, but Deidara didn't appreciate it.
"Brother, that's because you haven't seen me in a while and don't know how strong I am now. I've successfully developed both C4 and C5. I didn't get to use them during the Kazekage capture, so I'll just use these people to practice."
Seeing Deidara's confidence, Kimimaro didn't say anything more.
Some people were just like that, impossible to persuade.
Everyone has to take their own detours in life.
"Alright, this sealing is concluded. Kimimaro, go capture the Two-Tails as soon as possible."
Pain looked at Kimimaro.
"Yes, leader."
"Deidara, Sasori, I'll leave those people outside the cave entrance to you. If you can't win, retreat first, there's no rush to capture the Nine-Tails."
"Leader, don't worry, I guarantee I'll capture the Nine-Tails!"
Deidara remained confident.
Pain didn't respond, just said, "The Five-Seal Barrier at the entrance isn't easy to break, use this time to recover your chakra."
After saying that, Pain's illusion disappeared.
The illusions of the others also vanished one by one, leaving only Kimimaro.
"Deidara-senpai, Sasori-senpai, don't die too carelessly."
After Kimimaro finished speaking, his illusion dispersed.
"Sasori-danna, it seems like Kimimaro underestimated us. This time, we have to prove ourselves to him."
Deidara said, somewhat不服气.
"Prepare for battle."
Sasori, however, had no desire to chat and replied coldly.
"Sasori-danna, you wouldn't happen to be nervous, would you?"
Noticing Sasori's unusual behavior, Deidara asked in surprise.
"Shut up, or I'll poison you into silence!"
Deidara quickly shut his mouth.
"Fine, fine, I won't say anything. I'll go recover my chakra on my own."
Muttering to himself, Deidara sat aside to rest.
Hidden within Hiruko, Sasori looked towards the cave entrance blocked by the boulder.
Outside the entrance was his only living relative in this world.
After a reunion spanning over a decade, his feelings at this moment were indeed somewhat complex.
Hundreds of miles away, Kimimaro's consciousness returned to his body.
"Boss, you're finally back. Was the sealing successful?"
The bored Suigetsu immediately approached and asked as he saw Kimimaro return.
"It went fine."
Kimimaro replied, standing up.
"Let's go, it's time for the real work."
"What real work?"
Suigetsu asked, puzzled.
"Protecting my newly born mecha and the materials for creating artificial humans. If these things are lost, there won't be a second set in the ninja world."
"Huh? What are those things?"
Suigetsu became even more confused
end.