"Kusuo-kun!" Hinata called out from the side. Watching the battle between Kusuo and Nagato, she couldn't help but worry.
"Don't worry, Little Hinata," Kusuo replied, turning to give her a small smile.
"Shinra Tensei..."
Taking advantage of the moment Kusuo looked away, Nagato attacked again. A miniature Almighty Push hit the wall. Bang! Kusuo dodged in time, and the attack missed once more.
Nagato wasn't worried. He walked through the air, moving towards Kusuo.
"Nagato, you will die today," Kusuo said coldly, drawing his sword.
"Witness the sins of this world," Nagato said, smiling at Kusuo, but his smile was filled with murderous intent. "Chibaku Tensei!"
Nagato thrust his hand forward, and a black sphere instantly appeared in the sky. In a moment, many of Konoha's buildings shattered, their pieces flying towards the black sphere.
"This technique?" Kusuo was very familiar with it. It was a Rinnegan ability. First, it created a black sphere, which would then attract all surrounding objects, forming an enormous celestial body of rock to trap and crush the enemy.
"Shion! Hinata! Get back!" Kusuo shouted.
But Shion had no intention of leaving. Instead, she quickly formed hand seals. "Sealing Jutsu!" Instantly, grooves filled with lava appeared on the ground. Seeing this, Kusuo remembered that Shion was a priestess. Her two most proficient abilities were Death Prophecy and Sealing Jutsu.
As Shion continued her seals, ancient totems began to form on the ground, emanating a dense, deadly aura. The black sphere in the sky, attracted by her sealing jutsu, began to slowly descend.
"What?!" Both Kusuo and Nagato were stunned by this development.
Looking at Shion, she was now chanting an incantation with her head bowed. The range of the sealing formation was growing larger and larger, even beginning to affect Nagato's body. Nagato frowned. Just as he was about to cast a jutsu, a red light covered his entire body.
"Hmm?" Nagato reached out, but when his fingers touched the red light, a burning sensation spread through him. "Interesting." He looked up at Shion.
"Shion!" Kusuo shouted her name, but it was as if she didn't hear him. The power of the sealing jutsu grew stronger, and the Chibaku Tensei in the sky was completely drawn in by it.
BOOM... The black sphere was completely absorbed into the seal. Then, Shion's gaze turned to Nagato. "Seal..." She instantly released all the sealing power within her. A strange chakra filled the space, impossible to resist.
Kusuo and the others were just outside the sealing jutsu's range, while Nagato was right in the center. The lava-filled grooves on the ground began to close in, converging on him. Nagato's body remained motionless as he silently watched from the air.
"Break!"
BOOM! Just as the seal was about to complete, an exploding tag shattered the entire formation. Hearing the sound of the tag, Kusuo knew it had to be Konan. With her personality, she would never be at ease letting Nagato and him fight it out.
Swoosh, swoosh. A dozen exploding tags were thrown onto the ground, setting off a series of explosions. It was late at night, and many villagers came out of their homes, drawn by the sound of battle.
"Lord Kusuo!" Seeing Kusuo fighting the two, the villagers felt a sense of relief.
"With Lord Kusuo here, we don't need to worry."
"Exactly!"
But soon, several ninja ran back and knelt before Kusuo. "Lord Kusuo, the Eight-Tails outside the village..."
Only then did Kusuo remember that Gyuki was still rampaging outside. He looked up at Nagato and Konan. "Looks like I need to end this fight quickly so I can go help."
Kusuo calculated that if he could get the Eight-Tails' chakra to Obito, he could summon the Demonic Statue sooner, which in turn would help increase his own progress. "Don't worry, I will take care of the Eight-Tails outside," he said coldly.
"That's great!"
"Having Lord Kusuo here makes all the difference."
A gratified smile appeared on Hinata's face. "So many people like Kusuo-kun. That's wonderful!"
Kusuo looked at Nagato. "Sun..." Before he could finish, a shower of exploding tags rained down from the sky.
"Damn it!" Kusuo leaped back several steps to dodge. "Konan. I forgot about her." He knew Konan had come to help earlier, but she hadn't shown herself since, so he hadn't paid her any mind.
"Hinata! Get back!" Kusuo immediately turned and shouted to Shion and Hinata. Konan was the woman who had nearly killed Obito with six hundred billion exploding tags in the original story. A madwoman like that, while not necessarily powerful in direct combat, was extremely dangerous!
Hinata immediately jumped to Shion's side. Shion was in the middle of casting her sealing jutsu and couldn't easily move her body.
"Bastard!" Kusuo saw this and gripped his sword tightly.
"I can spare the lives of those two women, but you must not harm Nagato any further," Konan's voice came.
Hearing this, Kusuo was speechless. Harm Nagato? Would you please take a clear look at the situation! It's Nagato's Rinnegan that's going berserk right now!
"Nagato..." Konan walked to his side and gently tugged on the corner of his cloak. Nagato looked into her eyes, frowned slightly, but stopped his actions.
"Shion. Don't let them leave," Kusuo commanded. He knew that the current Nagato had recovered his strength. Letting him leave now would be like releasing a tiger back into the mountains.
"Okay." Shion clasped her hands together and immediately intensified her chanting. But a stream of exploding tags flew from Konan's hands towards her. Hinata immediately threw a shuriken. With a series of explosions, all the tags were intercepted.
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