Chapter 24
Utakata's face changed dramatically, but before he could react, a strong pain struck his stomach.
Boom!
The soap bubbles burst at the same moment, and their creator descended from heaven to earth from the blow of Yudao's fist.
Falling to the ground, Utakata knocked down many trees and left behind a smooth pothole in the shape of a human silhouette. He immediately crawled out of the pothole with streaks of blood on his chin and, looking around, blew into a soap pipe!
Bubble Clone Technique!
And then a soap bubble instantly separated from the Jinchuriki of the Six-Tails, perfectly replicating his appearance, which would also explode at the slightest contact with the enemy.
Bubble Blur Technique!
He then formed a series of hand seals, causing him to gradually fade until he completely disappeared into thin air.
Utakata is very good at catching the enemy with a clone like this, while he calmly hides on the sidelines!
But the very next moment, the bubble clone exploded with a sharp gust of wind, without having time to do anything.
Thus, the Jinchuriki suffered from the explosion of his own bubble clone, because he simply did not have time to step aside.
"Where?!" – Utakata exclaimed in shock and sharply jumped to the side, feeling an unpleasant chill on the back of his head.
Bang!
But at that same moment, with a muffled roar, his eyes popped out of their sockets, blood gushed from his mouth, and his body bent over.
And only after experiencing this on his own skin, Utakata finally realized that his clone had suddenly exploded from an invisible attack!
His crumpled body flew back and crashed into a thick tree trunk, receiving a blow to the stomach from the Black Ghost.
Phew! Phew! Phew! Phew!
With a series of cutting sounds, four thumb-thick branches flew out from the depths of the forest, and four streams of blood flowed onto the ground.
Four completely ordinary branches pinned the thrown Utakata to the tree in a crucifixion pose, piercing his wrists and ankles!
Then the crucified fugitive slowly lowered his head with complete disbelief in his gaze and a distinct taste of blood in his mouth.
Previously, he was sure that without the help of Bijuu he would not lose even to Jounin, but in fact he suffered a crushing defeat literally in a matter of seconds, without even seeing his opponent.
Knock-Knock.
Hearing the sound of leisurely footsteps, Utakata immediately raised his head and saw a young man casually emerging from behind a tree nearby.
Glancing briefly at him, the young man who appeared looked around and sat down on the root of a large tree.
"Yes, I'm alone, I'm alone, calm down," Yudao carelessly waved it off in front of the crucified Jinchuriki of the Six-Tails.
"I didn't want to resort to such harsh measures, but you yourself decided to become a renegade of my village," he then added, helplessly spreading his hands.
– Who are you anyway?! "I don't remember that there was such a strong man in the village..." Utakata growled, glaring at the First Mizukage with a glare blazing with anger.
"It doesn't matter who I am, it's important that your walk is over, let's go back," Yudao calmly shook his head.
- Come back? Do you want my death?! I'd rather die in the first ditch I come across than there! – Utakata became even more angry.
"Eh..." Yudao was speechless for a moment; he really couldn't understand what kind of mess was sometimes going on in the heads of individuals in this world.
The jinchuriki is the village's strongest weapon, serving as a powerful deterrent to other villages.
For example, if from childhood you surround a person like Utakata with sincere love and care, he may not die for the village, but at least he will become a cheerful boy like Uzumaki Naruto, shouting here and there about his desire to become Hokage.
Kumo did an excellent job on this front, unlike other villages that seemed to purposely ruin everything they touched.
Just think, Kiri expected loyalty from Utakata, simultaneously wishing him a quick death!
Capturing and sealing Bijuu involves sacrifices, often considerable sacrifices, this is a fact. But you need to be aware that nothing in this life comes for free. Did they really hope for the Jinchuriki's protection without paying anything in return?
- Don't worry. No one will kill you with me! – Yudao stood up abruptly from the root and said extremely seriously.
– Do you think I will believe you? Never!! – Utakata roared hysterically, surrounded by frightening chakra.
In a matter of seconds, a layer of scarlet chakra surrounded his body, and a large tail of chakra appeared behind his back.
With the boost from the Bijuu's chakra, the crucified Jinchuriki easily tore out the branches and jumped from the tree trunk.
"Waaaaah!" – the freed Utakata let out an animal roar.
Boom!
Then he pushed off the ground and furiously rushed towards Yudao.
– Do you want to speak the language of power? Okay... – the First Mizukage shook his head helplessly.
At the same time, Utakata, covered in Bijuu chakra, instantly closed the distance and struck with his fist!
In response, Yudao raised his hand and playfully blocked his fist with his palm in front of the taken aback guy's eyes.
"Strong, of course, but not by my standards," he said calmly and before the Jinchuriki could react, he grabbed his wrist, after which he dealt a rough blow to the head with his other hand!
Boom!
With a monstrous roar, Utakata went waist-deep into the ground from a simple blow with his fist, like a nail driven in with a hammer.
"Um, did I overdo it for an hour?" – Yudao scratched the back of his head, looking at the motionless guy waist-deep in the ground.
"Waaaah! Waaaaah!!" – but just at that moment, with a ferocious roar from the Jinchuriki, even more frightening chakra gushed out.
One tail, two, three...
The red chakra gradually stopped growing only after three large chakra tails appeared behind Utakata.
He then violently leapt out of the ground with his chakra tails writhing wildly behind his back.
By this point, the Six-Tails' Jinchuriki had completely lost his human appearance, becoming like a miniature version of the Bijuu