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"Could it be... Could it be that our eight-tailed Jinchuriki of Kumogakure Village, the legendary 'Kumogakure Killer Bee' Killer Bee-sama, is not the opponent of these pirates?"
Atsui, a twelve-year-old Genin from Kumogakure Village, is currently experiencing a psychological shock and impact that is hard to describe in words.
He stared blankly at the scarred scene in the distance.
The destruction caused by the battle just now far exceeded his imagination.
The battle just now... Has it exceeded the typical combat between ninja?
Is this truly the destruction wrought by human hands?
Every move, every one move—either causing mountains to crumble or splitting the earth.
Among the Kumogakure Village ninja, who else possesses Ninjutsu of this caliber?
Atsui strained to recall and think.
He realized that aside from the Jinchuriki in Kumogakure Village, perhaps only the Raikage-sama could achieve such feats.
His forehead was covered in layers of cold sweat, and his eyes held a hint of fear.
The realization that he had become a captive of these pirates weighed heavily on Atsui.
He felt that his future was utterly bleak.
Bound alongside Atsui, the Kumogakure Anbu couldn't speak, but the shock and fear were evident on their faces.
In truth, this wasn't the first time they had witnessed Whitebeard in action.
The last time they saw Whitebeard fight, he brutally defeated four members of the Akatsuki organization—an awe-inspiring display of power.
Now, seeing Whitebeard in action again, they realized that this man had seemingly defeated their Kumogakure Village Jinchuriki.
Add to that Yugito, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, who had already been defeated by Whitebeard.
Kumogakure Village had lost two Jinchuriki to these pirates!
The Kumogakure Anbu swallowed nervously.
The terrifying strength of Whitebeard's crew left them feeling powerless.
"Pops makes quite a scene every time he strikes!" Uchiha Izumi marveled, her voice tinged with lingering fear. "If we hadn't run two kilometers away, we might have been caught in the aftermath of the battle."
Izumi knew that Whitebeard had deliberately shifted the battlefield farther away.
His purpose was to protect them—his sons and daughters—from harm.
However, if Izumi and the others hadn't retreated far enough...
They wouldn't be as composed as they were now.
Hinata expressed her worry weakly, "What about the Kumogakure Village ninja who were defeated by Pops earlier? Could they all be dead?"
Hinata's Byakugan had a maximum range of one kilometer, so she couldn't see those unfortunate Kumogakure individuals from here.
Naruto rubbed his chin, analyzing, "It's unlikely, right? The ninja who dared to ambush our Whitebeard Pirates are at least high-ranking Jonin, right? Special Jonin shouldn't die so easily."
However, Naruto's tone held a hint of uncertainty.
Kakashi, with his dead-fish eyes, interjected, "Given the magnitude of the disturbance, if they haven't woken up and fought tooth and nail to survive, then they're not qualified ninja."
Whitebeard and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki battled fiercely, shockwaves and blasts scattering in all directions. Even if those Kumogakure ninja were unconscious, the commotion should have roused them, right?
As for whether they could survive once awake...
That depended on their luck.
Sasuke scoffed, "Hopefully, they're still alive. Their combined worth is worth several hundred million ryo!"
Who would have thought that the person most hopeful for the survival of Kumogakure ninja...
Would be a group of pirates from the Whitebeard crew?
And at that moment...
A burly figure descended from the sky, landing heavily in the water, stirring up splashes several meters high, and drenching Naruto and the others who were caught off guard.
Although the river here is two to three meters deep, compared to Whitebeard's height of six meters and sixty-six, the deepest depth here can't submerge Whitebeard's waist.
Whitebeard's hearty laughter echoed through the sky: "Gurararararara! What are you all stunned for? I've already caught this eight-tailed brat, it's time to prepare to go back to Moby Dick for a banquet, to celebrate the great success of this operation! Gurararararara!"
Whitebeard's one hand was holding the unconscious Killer Bee.
On his shoulder, he was also carrying a large horn of the eight-tailed Gyuki.
The other hand was holding the hilt of Murakumogiri.
From the surface, apart from some dust on Whitebeard's body, there were no other injuries.
Not even a bruise.
Even his cloak, his shoes, his boots, none of them were damaged.
Whitebeard's unscathed posture told all the members of the Whitebeard Pirates what the world's strongest man is!
Whitebeard casually threw Killer Bee in Kakashi's direction, he laughed: "Kakashi, this eight-tailed brat is for you to watch, don't let him sneak away after he wakes up!"
Kakashi, with a bit of shock in his dead fish eyes, hurriedly caught the thrown Killer Bee.
Feeling the weight of this man, Kakashi was speechless: "Is the development of all this a bit too easy?!"
Because Kakashi thought of the Nine-Tails chaos that happened in Konohagakure Village years ago.
After the Nine-Tails, a Tailed Beast, was released, the entire Konohagakure Village was almost helpless.
That chaos lasted for several hours.
It caused heavy losses to Konohagakure Village, sacrificing countless ninjas and civilians, enough to show how terrifying the Tailed Beasts are.
But how long can a Tailed Beast as powerful as the Nine-Tails last in Pops' hands?
Did the battle just now last ten minutes?
"Let me see, let me see!" Naruto came over in a trot: "This guy looks like this without the Tailed Beast Chakra coat!"
Naruto gave a sharp comment: "So ugly, not as good-looking as the big sister of the two-tailed Jinchuriki."
Although Naruto didn't win when he fought with Killer Bee before.
But it doesn't prevent him from saying this in this tone.
"He seems to be in a deep coma." Uchiha Izumi also came over: "Kumogakure Village, which has lost two Tailed Beasts in a row, must have been greatly injured, right?"
Izumi silently mourned for Kumogakure Village for three seconds.
Apart from that, there are no extra thoughts.
Because... only Kumogakure Village suffered losses, but the beneficiaries were the Whitebeard Pirates.
As one of the beneficiaries, Uchiha Izumi...
How could she feel guilty?
Just as Pops always said - who do you think we are, we are pirates!
"Naruto-kun, his Tailed Beast Chakra inside seems to be very stable..."
Hinata weakly interjected: "Maybe the Tailed Beast inside was also stunned by Pops."
As soon as Hinata's words fell.
Everyone was speechless.
So it seems, the Eight-Tails is worse than the Two-Tails?
At least when Pops was beating the Two-Tails, it seemed that he didn't stun the Two-Tails, he just stunned the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.
...
In the blink of an eye, it was an hour later.
A large group of Kumogakure Village ninjas rushed over from a distance without stopping.
But when they got here... they found that the scene they saw was somewhat different from the scene they remembered.
Is this truly Unrai Gorge in the Land of Thunder?
Why, when I look around, is there not even a single proper mountain nearby? The tallest peak in the vicinity seems to be merely twenty meters high.
Rather than calling it a mountain, it's more like a slightly elevated slope.
Moreover, the riverbed here has undergone a drastic transformation.
What used to be a winding river with countless bends...
Now resembles a massive lake.
Streams converge into this lake.
This group of Kumogakure Village ninja—there are hundreds of them, led by the Fourth Raikage!
The Fourth Raikage, A, looked around in bewilderment. Even he, the Raikage, wondered if he had taken a wrong turn.
"Raikage-sama, it seems this place has witnessed an unprecedented and terrifying battle. The sky above is still filled with dust, and there are signs of combat nearby."
A Kumogakure Village Jonin reported to the Fourth Raikage, A.
"...My eyes aren't deceiving me!" A gritted his teeth, momentarily stunned. After recovering from his surprise, he could clearly see that this place had indeed been the site of a major battle.
If he guessed correctly, this was where Whitebeard and Bee fought.
But now, neither Bee nor Whitebeard was in sight.
Either they both perished, or Bee was defeated by Whitebeard and taken away.
The reason A had urgently brought this group was that a Kumogakure Village Anbu Jonin had seized the opportunity while Whitebeard was occupied with Killer Bee and quickly returned to inform the Fourth Raikage.
At this moment, A finally understood who was targeting Kumogakure Village.
It was none other than the infamous Whitebeard Pirates, led by the Daimyo of the ninja world!
"Damn! Pirates!"
A's body was enveloped in a layer of Lightning Release chakra.
His surging chakra caused the water beneath his feet to churn.
The veins under his skin trembled slightly.
For A, Killer Bee was not only the village's Jinchuriki but also his adopted brother.
Whitebeard Pirates defeating and abducting Killer Bee felt like a personal vendetta to A. He ran over with a group of people, but there was no trace of Whitebeard.
He felt utterly powerless, bound by a sense of helplessness.
The intensity of this feeling nearly tore A's lungs apart.
And does this imply that... the disappearance of the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yugito, is also related to the Whitebeard Pirates?
Could she have been defeated and abducted by the Whitebeard Pirates as well?
"Damn you, Whitebeard Pirates!!!"
A's arms slammed heavily into the water below, and the nearby Kumogakure Village ninja were all sent flying by the impact.
A let out a furious roar, "From today onward! Kumogakure Village offers a bounty for every member of the Whitebeard Pirates! Each pirate is worth ten million ryo! The head of the pirates, Whitebeard, has a bounty of five hundred million ryo!"
"Spread this bounty throughout the ninja world! Whether they're village shinobi or rogue ninja, anyone who captures a member of the Whitebeard Pirates, even if it's their severed head, will receive the reward from Kumogakure Village!"
As for the twenty-odd Kumogakure Village ninja who lay in ambush here, A believed they had already fallen to the hands of the Whitebeard Pirates.
After all, this area had suffered such immense destruction.
Are they sure they can survive?
In other words, the loss of Kumogakure Village this time is not limited to Jinchuriki!
Such a loss...
Isn't it comparable to a great ninja war?
...
There is no wall in the world that doesn't leak.
Especially after the eight-tailed Jinchuriki's secluded place "Unrai Gorge" suffered such a change.
Some news inevitably slowly spread in secret.
Even if the Fourth Raikage specifically ordered that this news must be blocked, it is not something he can block if he wants to.
The news that the eight-tailed Jinchuriki of Kumogakure Village was attacked by the Whitebeard Pirates and was defeated and captured by the pirates, swept the entire ninja world like a hurricane in the next period of time!
Whether it's "Whitebeard Pirates", "Kumogakure Village", or "Eight-Tailed Jinchuriki", they are all words that are hard to ignore in the ninja world.
The first to fall into a state of panic is Kumogakure Village.
After all, the eight-tailed Jinchuriki Killer Bee in Kumogakure Village is also a respected figure.
Moreover, this is their village's top combat power, just being captured by the Whitebeard Pirates.
How can the ninjas of Kumogakure Village not panic?
And each ninja village has also planted many spies in the Land of Thunder, and they also quickly got such news.
"What? The Whitebeard Pirates appeared in the Land of Thunder and captured the Jinchuriki Killer Bee of the Land of Thunder?"
Far away in Konohagakure Village, Sarutobi Hiruzen stood up abruptly from his chair when he heard this intelligence.
His wrinkled old face was full of incredulous expressions: "Kumogakure Village just watched their eight-tailed Jinchuriki being captured by Whitebeard?"
An Anbu ninja from Konohagakure Village reported to Sarutobi Hiruzen: "Hokage-sama, according to the intelligence we have, Kumogakure Village had already ambushed the Whitebeard Pirates in advance, but they still lost to Whitebeard."
"And there is another uncertain piece of information... It is said that the two-tailed Jinchuriki of Kumogakure Village has also lost track, I don't know if it is also related to the Whitebeard Jinchuriki of Kumogakure Village has also lost track, I don't kno Pirates."
Hearing the report of the Anbu ninja, Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't know whether this was good news or bad news.
Kumogakure Village suffered such a change, Sarutobi Hiruzen must be very happy.
Because the two villages are ultimately competitive.
But this also means that the Whitebeard Pirates are becoming more and more uncontrollable and becoming more and more dangerous.
The Whitebeard Pirates already have a Nine-Tails.
If they also include the Eight-Tails or Two-Tails...
Hiss!
Sarutobi Hiruzen found it hard to imagine what kind of terrifying war machine the Whitebeard Pirates would transform into by then?
"Hokage-sama, Kumogakure Village has also unilaterally offered a bounty of ten million ryos for each member of the Whitebeard Pirates to the entire ninja world, and the captain Whitebeard, has a bounty of 500 million ryos." The Anbu ninja added.
Sarutobi Hiruzen sat down again, he sighed heavily.
"500 million ryos, this bounty, has it broken the record of the ninja world?"
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