After the current Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, Tsukasa, smashed the boulder, he didn't descend. Instead, he continued flying higher into the sky.
Gisei Shiraishi watched this scene from above and smiled mischievously. "I knew you could fly, but it won't be so easy from now on."
"Ninja Art: Summoning Jutsu!"
This time, Gisei summoned ten twenty-meter spherical stones almost without pause, smashing them down towards Takigakure.
"It's not over yet!"
Gisei slapped his hands together in mid-air again, summoning a massive stone with a diameter of one hundred meters and hurling it towards the village.
Perhaps the others in Takigakure didn't realize this was a targeted attack, but judging by the Jinchuriki's sudden ascent, Gisei was certain Tsukasa had spotted him.
Well, even if he didn't know exactly how the Jinchuriki found him, it didn't really matter.
If Tsukasa didn't come looking for him, Gisei would just go looking for Tsukasa. As long as his own identity wasn't leaked, he didn't care.
Hehe, now let's see if you choose to save the village or come after me.
Seeing ten more stones appear in the sky, the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki Tsukasa's face changed slightly. He spoke anxiously, "Chomei, it seems your sensing was correct. Someone really is attacking the village from the sky."
He stopped in mid-air, hesitated for a moment, and sighed. "There's no other way. I have to shatter these stones first, otherwise, the village will suffer a devastating blow."
Glancing at the ten falling stones, he began to move through the sky. A few seconds later, he found the perfect angle.
His mouth opened slightly, and a ball of chakra—several times larger than the previous one—began to form.
Tsukasa swallowed the chakra ball without hesitation. A moment later, he opened his mouth again, and a Tailed Beast Bomb, even more intense than before, was fired!
The ten stones were instantly shattered!
Even though Gisei knew the Jinchuriki was formidable, witnessing this scene still rattled him.
Tailed Beast Bombs are such a pain.
If his main body got hit, he would be seriously injured, if not killed. Fortunately, it took time to condense a Tailed Beast Bomb. If it were an instant attack, he would have turned around and fled immediately.
From now on, I absolutely will not provoke any Jinchuriki.
Sighing slightly, Gisei entered fusion mode with Shiro. Once the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki smashed that hundred-meter stone, he would definitely come for him.
It would be better to lure the Jinchuriki away from Takigakure. Gisei had no interest in being ganged up on.
Moreover, his clone had already set up traps nearby, and the barrier to trap the Seven-Tails was ready.
Tsukasa looked up at the hundred-meter stone falling from the sky. Without any hesitation, another high-density chakra ball formed.
After a short charge, the blazing light appeared again.
After shattering the massive stone, the wings on his back flapped rapidly, and he shot upwards toward the high altitude.
When he reached two thousand meters, he saw a glowing human figure.
Is this the guy who attacked the village?
Unforgivable!
Gisei watched the rapidly approaching Jinchuriki. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he began to fly off into the distance.
Tsukasa followed instantly without a moment's hesitation.
Chomei spoke up in his mind: "It's better not to chase. I think he might be trying to lure us out."
Tsukasa replied, "No matter the reason, the person who attacked the village cannot be let go."
Chomei: "I can sense that person is very strong, and his chakra is very strange. It feels like my kind—very familiar, but distinctly different."
Tsukasa: "The enemy is also a Jinchuriki? Impossible. Other Tailed Beasts don't have the ability to fly. And in my perception, his chakra reserves aren't that large."
Chomei was silent for a moment before saying, "That is true, but you must be clear that chakra amount doesn't represent strength. Otherwise, I wouldn't be bound inside your body right now."
Tsukasa argued, "Only I can fly in the village. If I don't catch him now, should I wait for him to attack the village again next time?"
Thinking of the destruction caused by the first stone falling into the village, the anger in his heart rose sharply.
"No matter what, if this guy isn't caught, the village will never have a peaceful day. When Shibuki sees me leaving, he will definitely send people to support me. Even if I can't beat him, I just need to hold on until reinforcements arrive."
The Seven-Tails Chomei stopped talking. Tsukasa also shut his mouth and chased madly after the enemy.
In fact, Shibuki, the leader of Takigakure, had already sensed something was wrong when he saw Tsukasa flying higher and higher.
If the first stone was a meteor, then the rocks appearing one after another were definitely not natural.
Their village had no feud with meteors, so where did so many come from, specifically targeting them?
By the time Tsukasa shattered the last stone, Shibuki had already sent people to search outside the village.
Seeing Tsukasa flying away from the village, his face went pale. He hurriedly ordered his men to call Tsukasa back, but unfortunately, Tsukasa was the only one who could fly. Even if they shouted at the top of their lungs, the sound couldn't reach an altitude of over a thousand meters.
In the end, he could only look at the sky with worry and send a large number of ninjas to chase after him on the ground.
...
Ten minutes later, Gisei looked back at the approaching Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, and his face didn't look good.
This guy's flying speed seems to be much faster than mine!
Shiro spoke up in his head: "Nonsense, look at how many wings he has."
"What does flying speed have to do with wings?"
"If it doesn't matter, why is he flying faster than you?"
"What you said makes so much damn sense, I'm actually speechless. Do you have any ideas?"
"Let me take control of your body."
Gisei glanced back. At this speed, he would be caught before he even reached the trap.
And he could sense that the Seven-Tails was charging chakra. It would probably release a Tailed Beast Bomb once it got close enough.
There was no other way. Gisei gave up control, retreating into his consciousness space to watch how Shiro handled things.
But what he absolutely didn't expect was that Shiro actually forced his body to sprout two more small wings.
"What kind of operation is this?"
"Idiot, have you ever seen a butterfly that doesn't have four wings?"
Gisei: "...Then why could I only form two wings before?"
"Even if you fuse with me, there are still individual differences between us. You are a human; I am the real butterfly."
"...Alright, but even like this, we still have two fewer wings than him."
Shiro ignored him completely and directly released all the chakra points in his body.
Massive amounts of chakra quickly flooded his system. Shiro flew forward while extending a finger backward.
Light began to gather at the fingertip, and a moment later, a laser shot rapidly towards the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki behind them.
Seeing this scene, Gisei's mouth twitched. "I always feel like I'm the side character, and you are the real protagonist."
Shiro was in no mood to chat, focusing entirely on controlling the Storm Release (Ranton) to attack the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki.
The moment Tsukasa saw the laser coming, he entered Version 2 Tailed Beast Mode. The laser hit the Tailed Beast cloak without causing even a scratch.
"Tch, really troublesome."