Chapter 33: Kushina Unleashes Four Tails!
Bridge of Heaven and Earth
"Give me back my family!"
With a heart-wrenching scream, Kushina Uzumaki's red chakra quickly formed into the shape of a fox, billowing wildly over the forest and filling the air with an ominous, forbidden aura.
The overwhelming pressure radiated from her, forming a fox-shaped cloak of chakra with a single tail extending behind her.
"The Tailed Beast Cloak is this terrifying?"
Uchiha Yosuke was stunned, feeling this chakra firsthand. It was far more intense than he imagined; every hair on his body stood on end—a primal reaction.
"What is this?"
"How did Kushina turn into a monster?"
In the face of this dreadful chakra, many Leaf shinobi were shocked, some even blurting out in disbelief, which Kushina overheard.
"Haha! It's a Leaf Jinchūriki!"
Sensing the powerful chakra, the rogue ninjas from the Land of Lightning were first shocked, then overjoyed.
"Forget all other targets! Focus on the Jinchūriki!"
"Capture the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, no matter the cost!"
At this command, countless ninjas redirected their attacks toward Kushina.
"Kill!"
Uchiha Yosuke, realizing the gravity of the situation, knew he had to intervene. While others, including Minato Namikaze, were stunned by Kushina's transformation, Yosuke quickly formed hand seals and released a massive fireball to strike the enemies charging at Kushina. The Nine-Tails Jinchūriki may be uncontrollable, but letting her fall into enemy hands was unthinkable.
Besides, he thought, watching the fierce, fang-bearing Kushina, this was a prime chance to prove himself to the Senju clan and his comrades—a moment to embody the true Will of Fire!
'Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique'
He unleashed a giant fireball, a C-rank jutsu, which he powered to its full potential. But before he could react, a red figure charged forward with an ear-piercing screech!
"Give me back my family!"
With a powerful, grief-filled roar, Kushina, cloaked in her Tailed Beast chakra, threw punches that instantly crippled one ninja's spine and shattered another's Fire Style jutsu with raw strength.
"Kushina's in danger!"
Minato finally snapped out of his shock, shouting as he expertly flung shuriken, while the other Leaf jonin rallied to protect the Jinchūriki.
"Haha, Jiraiya, you Leaf shinobi are truly bold! We'll be taking this Jinchūriki!"
The leader of the Lightning shinobi laughed maniacally. Capturing the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki would be a massive victory, even worth risking their lives.
"Today, no matter what, we'll capture this Jinchūriki and take her back!"
"Hold back the Leaf ninjas—target the Nine-Tails!"
Despite the peril, these mercenary from the Land of Lightning, serving under the guise of freelancers, were actually elite Cloud Village forces. The stakes were so high they were prepared to sacrifice their lives.
Amid the chaos, suddenly, thunderous booms echoed from both flanks.
"Lightning Village scum! You're not going anywhere today!"
With a resounding crash, the ground shook, and an enormous rift opened up as a loud voice roared, revealing a golden-haired figure descending from the sky.
"Tsunade!"
"It's Leaf's elite jonin, Tsunade! Weren't you stationed at the rear command post?"
The rogue ninjas from the Land of Lightning were stunned to see her, and she wasn't alone—behind her was a squad of masked ANBU.
"Ahh! Snakes! Snakes!"
Suddenly, terrified screams erupted from the rear as countless venomous snakes poured out of the forest on the other side of the bridge.
"Heh, looks like I arrived just in time."
Orochimaru's raspy voice echoed through the woods, flanked by over thirty Leaf ninjas wearing predatory smiles.
"Haha, reinforcements are here!"
The rogue ninjas panicked, and their leaders turned pale.
"It's a trap! Leaf set us up!"
"Retreat! We must break through!"
The situation was clear—the entire operation had been a ruse. Leaf had used spies to feed Cloud Village false information, luring their elite under the guise of rogue ninjas to ambush them at the Heaven and Earth Bridge. Jiraiya's team was merely the bait, while Tsunade and Orochimaru's elite squads lay in wait for a pincer attack.
Leaf had long targeted this infamous mercenary band from the Land of Lightning and seized the perfect opportunity to ensnare them.
But just then, a deafening roar shook the air. Everyone instinctively looked in horror at the figure radiating blood-red chakra in the distance.
"No! Kushina has gone berserk!"
In the forest, witnessing the enemies who destroyed her homeland trying to escape, Kushina fully lost control. Her third chakra tail flickered, and the fourth tail began to emerge rapidly.
"Four tails!"
Uchiha Yosuke's eyes widened in shock. Kushina's rage and hatred had driven her to lose control completely.
"A monster!"
The dark, ominous chakra filled every sensitive ninja with terror; many of them instinctively backed away from her, their bodies trembling uncontrollably. It was a primal reaction to impending doom.
"Haha, Leaf's Jinchūriki is out of control! Hurry, break through!"
The mercenary band saw this as a miraculous stroke of luck, a "gift from the heavens."
But Tsunade, who had planned this for so long, looked stricken. She hadn't expected Kushina's anger to reach the point of total loss of control.
"Tsunade!"
Orochimaru, seeing the change in plans, called out decisively. He, Tsunade, and Jiraiya knew what they had to do in unison.
"Everyone, fall back to safety!"
Tsunade ordered a retreat, seeing no other option. But just as she did, Kushina, with her fourth tail halfway formed, roared again.
In an instant, her body vanished, moving with terrifying speed, and all the ninjas around her looked on in shock.
"No! Kushina is charging toward the Cloud rogues!"
Fueled by her deep-seated hatred, even in her berserk state, Kushina instinctively sought to eliminate the Cloud ninjas.
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