Chapter 37 » I Hope You Can Keep This Expression!

A dark and windy night at the border between the Land of Water and the Land of Fire.

Kushina lay completely immobilized. Yusuke's strange lightning technique had left her entire body powerless. In her current state, all she could do was glare at him with angry eyes.

"Yusuke Kamizuki." Shikaku looked gravely at Yusuke in the distance, "This is an internal matter of Konohagakure. Moreover, the consequences of your actions are extremely serious… It could even potentially lead to a complete rift between Konoha and Kiri! If that happens, other ninja villages might take advantage of the situation. This would be the worst-case scenario for both of us."

These words were chosen carefully. Instead of directly asking Yusuke to spare Kushina, Shikaku brought up the potential consequences — for example, that Konohagakure would spare no effort in going to war with Kirigakure, even if it meant other ninja villages might exploit the situation. They would stop at nothing!

'The Nara clan. It's truly a waste of talent for them to remain in Konoha.' Yusuke shook his head slightly and sighed.

Indeed, there were some very capable clans within the Leaf Village. The Nara clan, for instance — while it couldn't be said for all members, at least 90% of them were incredibly intelligent. This clan had exceptionally high IQs and was perfectly suited for strategy.

That's why he felt it was such a shame that this clan was working for the decaying Konoha.

Shadow Possession Technique!

Seeing that Yusuke hadn't responded to his words, Shikaku didn't hesitate another second. He understood the principle of capturing the leader first.

Using the moonlight, Shikaku's shadow at his feet began to rapidly extend. Yusuke stood motionless, watching the shadow on the ground. Soon, the shadow merged with his own.

"..." Yusuke waited for a few seconds. Then, tilting his head, he looked at Shikaku curiously. "Is that all?"

"!!!"

At this moment, Shikaku's body began to mimic Yusuke's movements in an eerie manner.

"What?!" For the first time in a long while, Konoha's most famous strategist felt his mind in turmoil. Cold sweat beaded on his forehead, dripping heavily onto the ground.

He felt that what he was controlling wasn't human at all, but a beast — a beast of unimaginable terror! This man could break free from his shadow control technique without any effort!

Mind Transfer Technique!

Nearby, Inoichi hadn't noticed the abnormality in Shikaku. He still thought his friend had successfully controlled Yusuke with his shadow, so he quickly used his own jutsu.

The coordination between Ino-Shika-Cho had been honed over many years. It all happened in an instant!

Whoosh—

Inoichi's Mind Transfer Technique was successfully cast!

But in the next second, just as he was about to start controlling Yusuke's body, in the mental space, he suddenly realized —

The surrounding distorted mental energy continuously gathered, finally forming a demonic humanoid mental entity.

"This… Is he even human anymore?"

In an instant, the demon opened its crimson eyes. With just a glance, it directly destroyed more than half of Inoichi's mental form. Only a small portion returned to his own body.

"Puh — cough cough…"

Everything happened too quickly. To outsiders, it seemed Inoichi had only succeeded for a moment before he immediately coughed up blood.

His face suddenly turned pale. His spirit was utterly exhausted. It seemed he could lose his life at any moment.

On the other side, Shikaku also immediately cut off his Shadow Possession Technique. Otherwise, he would have been the one controlled!

"Shikaku! Inoichi!" Choza hurriedly crouched down.

"Choza! Retreat! Notify all the ninja! Retreat! Retreat quickly! We're completely outmatched! If we don't leave, it's certain death!" Inoichi shouted, enduring his nearly exploding brain.

"Retreat!" Shikaku had now also faced reality.

That Yusuke, he's not human at all! A terrifying power comparable to a god!

If it weren't for his and Inoichi's strong willpower, the other ninja would have already collapsed!

"Retreat!" Choza shouted loudly.

In an instant, all the elite ninja from Konoha began a frantic retreat.

"They run quite fast indeed." Yusuke bent down, looking at Kushina who was right in front of him. "Tsk tsk tsk. If you had come to my Kirigakure earlier, wouldn't there have been much less trouble?"

However, what responded to him was her face with anger in her phoenix eyes.

"I like your expression right now. I hope you can keep it." He smiled slightly.

However, this smile made Kushina's heart turn cold.

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