At this moment, Roshi noticed that the vicinity was enveloped by a huge shadow.
He immediately turned around vigilantly and looked back. His pupils contracted sharply, and he looked incredulously at the huge object in front of him.
In his line of sight, a huge ship had somehow stopped two hundred meters ahead.
He hadn't noticed the appearance of this big ship?
It must have been because of the battle with the female ninja from Kirigakure Village just now that he couldn't distract himself to observe other movements.
Roshi also saw the huge pirate flag hanging on one of the masts of the big ship.
Even as a wandering ninja, he could recognize that it was the pirate flag of the Whitebeard Pirates!
After all, the Whitebeard Pirates' fame in the ninja world has been outrageous in recent years.
Not to mention him, a former Jinchuriki of Iwagakure Village, even non-ninja civilians have heard of the Whitebeard Pirates.
One after another, the sound of breaking through the air came, but it was not someone attacking Roshi, but one person after another rushing over.
Roshi's face was solemn, and his gaze was fixed on his surroundings.
At this moment, he saw one familiar face after another.
Those people's faces were basically hung up in the intelligence departments of the major ninja villages, so it was not surprising that Roshi could recognize them.
"Hoshigaki Kisame, Hatake Kakashi, and Uchiha Shisui..."
Especially these three people, Roshi recognized them at a glance.
He was even clearer that these three people had long joined the Whitebeard Pirates, they were no longer ninjas, but pirates!
"There are also a few unknown brats... and an unknown woman..."
Roshi looked at Naruto, Sasuke, Izumi, and Konan on the other side again.
At present, apart from Whitebeard, only this group of people in the Whitebeard Pirates is qualified to fight a Jinchuriki.
As for Tsunade, Orochimaru, Shizune, Sasori...
These few are not considered crew members of the Whitebeard Pirates.
They are either captives or "followers".
"Phew... Whitebeard-sama and the others are here." Terumi Mei also couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at this time, because she knew that if she continued to fight the Four-Tails Jinchuriki... at most another half an hour, she might have to admit defeat.
The power of the Tailed Beasts is not a joke. Although the Four-Tails Jinchuriki Roshi in front of her may not be a perfect Jinchuriki.
But even if Roshi can only activate half of the Tailed Beast transformation, it is enough to suppress Terumi Mei and eventually defeat her.
"Is that woman Whitebeard-sama's newly adopted daughter? How come I haven't seen her before?" Terumi Mei's attention was quickly attracted by Konan.
Konan, as if sensing something, also looked at Terumi Mei, and the eyes of the two women of similar age met in mid-air.
"This person... seems to be Terumi Mei from Kirigakure Village." As a core member of the Akatsuki's higher-ups, Konan naturally has a lot of information.
She remembers all the famous ninjas from the major ninja villages.
Konan murmured softly, "I didn't expect Kirigakure Village, which was defeated by Whitebeard... to be so loyal to him. Kirigakure Village has no hatred for the Whitebeard Pirates at all, but instead is desperate to perform in front of Whitebeard."
This is not good news for the Akatsuki organization.
This means... if the Akatsuki and the Whitebeard Pirates go to war, then Kirigakure Village will definitely help the Whitebeard Pirates.
Even if Kirigakure Village has been tormented by the Blood Mist policy, it is still one of the Five Great Ninja Villages.
It still has some foundation...
...and some strength.
"Gurararararara!!!"
Suddenly, a hearty laughter echoed through the dense forest, "I can smell a familiar sulfur smell from far away! There's a lava imp on the sea, and I didn't expect there to be a lava imp in the ninja world too! Gurararararara, what a coincidence!"
With the sound of Whitebeard's voice, his figure slowly appeared.
Whitebeard was seen holding a Murakumogiri, wearing a white cloak, with the symbol of the Whitebeard Pirates embroidered on the back of the cloak.
The upper half of Whitebeard's body was bare except for the cloak, revealing his muscular body and ferocious scars.
The smile on his face was intriguing, and his scrutinizing gaze fell on the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi.
Just a simple look from Whitebeard put tremendous pressure on Roshi.
Cold sweat broke out on Roshi's forehead.
But in the blink of an eye, the cold sweat was evaporated by the hot lava wrapped around his body.
He realized that he seemed to be surrounded by the Whitebeard Pirates.
There was no way out in any direction.
The female ninja from Kirigakure Village indeed wanted to trap him here and wait for the arrival of the Whitebeard Pirates.
"It's a bit tricky... Four-Tails, we're going to have a tough fight next." Roshi's character is even more stubborn than Oonoki's.
He would never surrender to the Whitebeard Pirates, he would only want to use his own power to fight his way out.
"Human, that big guy is not simple." The Four-Tails, Son Goku, spoke up, referring to Whitebeard, "That man gives me a strong sense of threat. Just like Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama back in the day."
"And... that blond kid, and that black-haired kid, that white-haired masked man..."
Son Goku paused, then continued, "They are all Jinchuriki, just like you."
"The blond kid is the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, the black-haired kid is the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, and the white-haired masked man is the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki."
"There's also a Seven-Tails Jinchuriki on that ship."
Roshi: "???"
Although Roshi's relationship with the Four-Tails is not that harmonious, at this critical moment, he knows that the Four-Tails has no reason to play such an unnecessary joke with him.
That is to say, the Whitebeard Pirates have four Jinchuriki!
Wait a minute, aren't the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails Jinchuriki from Kumogakure Village?
If he remembers correctly, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki should be a woman named Yugito, and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki is a man named Killer Bee.
Could it be... the Whitebeard Pirates possess a special Ninjutsu that can transfer Tailed Beasts?!
Roshi couldn't help but take a deep breath: "No wonder they're hunting Jinchuriki all over the ninja world... This is bad, we're in big trouble!"
Suppressing the unease in his heart, Roshi lifted his head to meet Whitebeard's gaze.
However, upon this exchange of glances, he noticed that in the eyes of the man called Whitebeard, there was an occasional flicker of a subtle chill.
Roshi was taken aback, what was going on?
Today should be the first time he's seen Whitebeard in person, right?
But why did it feel like Whitebeard's gaze on him was a bit off?
The next second, Whitebeard's voice cleared up his confusion: "Four-Tails brat... you remind me of a very annoying lava imp!"
Recalling the scenes from the war at the summit, Whitebeard felt a faint pain in his chest and face.
His hidden illness was indeed gone, but this was a peculiar phantom pain.
Whitebeard's retracted smile surfaced again: "But there's no helping it, after all, time spares no one! Gurararararara... but the next time I see that lava imp, he won't be able to act so arrogantly."
As he spoke, Whitebeard seemed to reminisce about the past.
He thought of Ace, who was killed by Akainu, the successful plot of Blackbeard, the scheming Sengoku who ended up being outsmarted by Blackbeard, and the foolish sons of the past.
Just as Whitebeard was lost in reminiscence, Roshi's eyes suddenly hardened, thinking he had caught a good opportunity!
Now that he was surrounded by the Whitebeard Pirates, the only way to break through the encirclement was to defeat the strongest person, thus intimidating the other pirates.
Seeing Whitebeard in a daze, Roshi thought he had caught a flaw.
"There's a flaw! Four-Tails!"
"Hmm."
In an instant, Roshi directly activated his half-Tailed Beast transformation. Even in the state of half-Tailed Beast transformation, the lava on his body did not dissipate.
He charged towards Whitebeard, who had revealed a flaw, in a beast-like posture with all four limbs on the ground.
During the charge, the lava on his body kept rolling.
Under the blessing of the Tailed Beast Chakra, the rolling lava twisted the air with its heat.
Roshi was confident that under the temperature of the lava, his strike could pierce a large hole in Whitebeard's flesh and blood!
"Four-Tails brat, do you know what happened to the last person who said I had a flaw?"
Whitebeard quickly came back to his senses from his reminiscence, facing Roshi who had already charged to within an arm's reach, there was not a trace of worry on Whitebeard's face.
Whitebeard's right hand was covered with a layer of Armament Haki, and on the outside, there was also a layer of white vibration waves.
Like catching a small dog, he reached out to grab Roshi.
Roshi's charge was fast, but Whitebeard's speed was even faster.
Just as Roshi was about to hit Whitebeard's torso, Whitebeard's fingers had already gripped Roshi's head.
And with one move, he heavily pressed Roshi into the ground.
Bang!!!
With a loud bang, the ground beneath trembled, and Roshi's entire head in half-Tailed Beast transformation was buried in the soil, with cracks spreading all around.
Roshi, who had hastily taken Whitebeard's hit, was a bit dazed.
"Gurara! You're far from that lava imp! If that lava imp's lava is like a volcanic eruption, you little imp are at most boiling hot water!"
"If you don't have the ability, don't try to light my birthday candle with lava like that lava imp! Four-Tails brat!"
The smile on Whitebeard's face suddenly became a bit ferocious.
Accompanied by a "hum", the power of the Quake-Quake Fruit was instantly activated, and the vibrating light wave on his right palm trembled wildly.
Roshi's brain was momentarily stunned, and white cracks spread in all directions.
Roshi's Tailed Beast Chakra coat was also constantly rippling under the vibration power of Whitebeard, and even cracks had appeared in the Tailed Beast coat!
Under the brutal ravages of this terrifying vibration power, Roshi's half-Tailed Beast transformation couldn't hold on for three seconds.
The layer of Tailed Beast coat on his body instantly disintegrated, and the vibration power began to affect his body, knocking him unconscious on the spot.
Roshi vomited a mouthful of blood, his eyes rolling wildly upwards, blood unconsciously spurted from his nostrils and ears, and the clothes on his body were shaken into dust.
At this moment, Roshi's limbs were weakly drooping.
He who had just caught Whitebeard's "flaw" was now completely unconscious.
He could still be alive, simply because if he was killed, the Tailed Beast would also be gone.
After all, when a Jinchuriki dies, the Tailed Beast also dies.
Waiting for the Tailed Beast to resurrect next time, it would be a few years at the shortest, and more than a decade at the longest.
Whitebeard couldn't be bothered to wait that long.
Who would have thought that Roshi could save his life, also thanks to the Tailed Beast inside him.
Inside the sealing space, the Four-Tails, Son Goku, was dumbfounded as it "watched" this scene.
It didn't expect its Jinchuriki to be so useless.
Or rather... it didn't expect this big guy called Whitebeard to be so outrageous!
Is this a power that humans can possess?
If it was told that this was a humanoid Tailed Beast, it would think that maybe Whitebeard really was its kind!
It had already lent so much power to Roshi.
Plus Roshi's own Lava Release.
As a result... he couldn't even take a single move under Whitebeard?
That's too miserable!
That's outrageous!
"It seems I understand why the Two-Tails just told me to try not to resist..."
Son Goku muttered.
If it let Roshi enter the full Tailed Beast transformation, the one who would be beaten up would not be Roshi, but Son Goku itself.
Thinking of this, Son Goku suddenly shivered.
It also understood a bit why the other Tailed Beasts... would be so honest on the side of the Whitebeard Pirates.
Including the Nine-Tails guy, who was also honest to the point that it couldn't believe it.
After all, in the impression of the Four-Tails, the Nine-Tails' character was the worst.
Even the Nine-Tails had to be honest, you can imagine how fierce Whitebeard is.
"Is it... over?"
Terumi Mei stared in disbelief at Roshi, who was picked up by Whitebeard-sama with one hand.
In her line of sight, Roshi was covered in blood from head to toe, his clothes had long disappeared, and he was in a state of unconsciousness.
Is this the Roshi who has been fighting her until now and almost defeated her?
Is this the Four-Tails Jinchuriki of Iwagakure Village?
If you didn't know... you might think he was a weak Genin!
But in front of Whitebeard-sama, maybe the other party really is about the same as a Genin?
"Gulp--"
Terumi Mei swallowed hard, feeling more and more the power of Whitebeard. She increasingly believed that the decision of the village leader was simply the salvation of Kirigakure Village!
As long as Kirigakure Village clings to the Whitebeard Pirates, why worry about Kirigakure Village not being able to restore its peak strength?
"No matter how many times you see this power, it's always shocking..." Konan sighed softly: "Another Tailed Beast has slipped through Akatsuki's fingers."
"The key is..." Konan's eyes were filled with incredulity: "Whitebeard said a while ago that he could still get stronger."
Whitebeard, who is already in his seventies, is so outrageously strong, and he claims he can still be stronger, what a joke!
"Ha, it's over?"
Kisame, carrying Samehada, was somewhat lackluster: "I thought I could have a fight with this lava man, but he couldn't even take one move from Pops, this guy is not as good as the Fourth Mizukage of Kirigakure Village!"
Kakashi twitched at the corner of his mouth: "Who in the entire ninja world has the ability to take Pops' angry blow without dodging?"
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