The two sides that encountered each other in the forest didnât rush to fight.
Under the Suijinâs mask, Kurotoâs Byakugan was activated as he assessed the state of Sasori and Kakuzu.
From the first glance, it seems that the injuries that Sasori has are more serious.
The loss of an arm is fatal for a shinobi, as it has a great effect on the strength that a shinobi can display.
The difference in strength that Jiraiya showed while fighting Pain before and after losing his arm is quite different, the biggest problem would be hand sign printing, not everyone is capable of printing hand signs at the same speed with just one arm.
But the case with Sasori is different, as Human Puppet Master, he can control puppets with just one arm fairly well, so even though his combat power would have been decreased the battle still wouldnât be too easy as long as the puppets he has in his hand are good enough.
Moving his gaze towards Kakuzu, Suijin found that the chakra reaction he perceived from Kakuzu was much weaker compared to before.
The Earth Grudge Fear is a really strange technique that has probably altered his body to such a degree that he is no longer dependent on his normal chakra circulatory system, therefore, in his Byakugan, Suijin isnât seeing any normal chakra veins in Kakuzuâs body like that of other shinobi.
What he sees is a complex network of black threads that are chakra carriers and are connected to the four cores, which are the four masks hidden in Kakuzuâs body.
However, he has still not understood the essence of the four masked thread monsters.
Therefore, how much injury Kakuzu has incurred is difficult to estimate.
âAccording to the rough estimate, he roughly has only about thirty percent of his chakra, itâs either because he has consumed much of it in the previous battle, or he has lost some of his hearts, I would bet on the second possibility!â
This guess wasnât without any basis, itâs because Suijin also found that the chakra reaction of the cores was somewhat strange, to be more exact the chakra reaction of the chest and right abdomen was significantly weaker than the other places, which means that two of his hearts were damaged, which means only three of his hearts were left.
While Suijin was in a bit of a bind, thinking about whether to take the advantage of the opportunity and get rid of Sasori and Kakuzu for good, Sasori spoke in a cold tone, âYou bastards, you dare to appear before us!â
As soon as he spoke, he canât help but cough out some blood, it seems his injuries are much severe.
Suijin raised his hands up and said with a smirk, âHey donât blame me, the two of you have done such things that would prompt others to hunt you down, I just encouraged Konohagakure to fasten that process, after all, the sooner the S-Class missing-nin are disposed of, the better, donât you think so? But I have to say, you were able to escape from the chase of Sandaime Hokage, your skills arenât bad, to say the least.â
Sasori just snorted, âI will not forget this account!â
At this time Kakuzu said, âYou have been meddling with us, I see that you have the potential so I am giving you a fair warning, it would be wise of you to not make an enemy of the Akatsuki Organization, you will regret it in the future.â
âYou donât say? Thanks for the heads up, Iâll keep that in mind!â â Suijin nodded gratefully.
âYou better do!â â Kakuzu said.
âMost certainly, but I donât like to owe others a favor, so I am also giving you a heads up, itâs only fair if both sides know each other, right? Therefore, itâs best that you know that Amatsukami is not afraid of Akatsuki, so we will be having quite a lot of meetings in the future, I tell ya!â â Suijin said.
Hearing Suijinâs words, Sasori took out a scroll and spoke, âYou wanna die, donât you?â
Suijin shook his head, and said, âNo-no-no, not right now, donât you see, there are still a large number of Konoha shinobi around, I donât think I need to explain any further!â
Kakuzu nodded, âThat is a wise choice, if we fight here, it will only make it easier for Konoha to get their hands on all four of us!â
Homusubi nodded.
Sasori closed the scroll in his hand, âAlright, you get to live this time!â
âWell, now that we have an agreement, weâll move on our respective paths.â â Suijin said.
With that decision, Suijin and Homusubi gave way to one side, while Sasori and Kakuzu gave way to the other.
Suijin and Homusubi moved towards the Village and Sasori and Kakuzu towards the opposite side of the village.
Passing by each other the two groups slowed down.
Just at the moment the both of them crossed each other, Suijin quickly formed the hand seals and leaped into the air, âIce Release: Thousand Flying Needles of Death!â âIce Release Secret Technique: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals!â
Homusubi did a backflip while printing the hand seals and threw a few shurikens and released fire,
âFire Release: Great Fire Ball Technique!â
On the other side, Sasori also immediately took out the puppet from the Scroll, attached it with Chakra Strings, and shouted, âDead Bone Pulse: Dance of the Seedling Fern!â
And Kakuzu was also not behind as the two Thread Monsters jumped out of his body,
âFire Release: Intelligent Hard Work!â âWind Release: Pressure Damage!â
Two shinobi on each side, four in total, attacked at the exact instant.
Boom⌠Boom⌠BoomâŚ
Instantly the small forest mountain that they were on shook by the collision of the ninjutsu on the two sides.
Compared to the small-scale ninjutsu used by Suijin and Homusubi, the attack used by Sasori and Kakuzu was undoubtedly much fiercer, itâs because they were boiling with anger inside.
Specially Sasori, he even didnât hesitate in using the âDance of the Seedling Fernâ with the Kaguya clan puppet.
Compared to the âThousand Flying Needles of Deathâ âGreat Fireball Techniqueâ and the combination of wind and Fire release Jutsu used by Kakuzu, the âDance of the Seedling Fernâ is a much dangerous technique.
Accompanied by the shaking of the ground, piercing bone spears rose from the ground one-after-another.
Suijin was quick with hands and pulled Homusubi inside the Ice Mirror, that was floating in the air, the bone spears kept rising but didnât affect the two as they were at a higher altitude.
Standing on the top of a bone spear, Sasori frowned, âThatâs a surprise, you can use Ice Release? Does that mean you are a member of the Yuki Clan?â
At this time, Sasori didnât show any signs of weakness, even the blood he seemed to be coughing out was not there.
Suijin leaned out half of his body from the Ice Mirror and questioned Kakuzu, âHey, didnât you say that we should not fight here, arenât we going to go our separate ways?â
Sasori hummed lightly, âIt seemed that you were the one who made the move first!â
Suijin has already noticed that Kakuzu is hidden behind a thick bone spear, and the two thread monsters were speared around, he seemed ready to attack any moment.
Understanding that both of them still retained quite a lot of combat power, Suijin did some light-speed calculations in his brain and said with an embarrassed laugh, while scratching the back of his head awkwardly, âSandaime Hokage and Wicked Eye Fugaku are still around, so letâs continue on our separate ways, okay?â
When Suijin mentioned Sandaime, Sasori thought a little and said, âAlright, it seems that the attack just now was only a misunderstanding.â
Suijin nodded, âYes, it appears that all four of us had a bit of a misunderstanding!â
With that said, Suijin didnât deactivate the Ice Mirrors, just lined them up in a queue and flew away.
Whoosh⌠WhooshâŚ
Sasori and Kakuzu also didnât wait any longer and flickered and disappeared from the forest of bones.
Not long after the four shinobi disappeared, Sandaime still carrying his Adamantine Staff led the Anbu members and arrived at the Forest of Bone.
Looking at the endless number of bone spears, Sandaime had a solemn look on his face, and muttered, âThis is Dead Bone Pulse, Kekkei Genkai of the Kaguya Clan?â
While the Anbu spread around searching for the traces of the two members of Akatsuki, Uchiha Fugaku led the members of the Konoha Military Police Force and arrived.
Fugaku was surprised when he noticed that even Sandaime seemed to have failed in capturing or killing either of the two members of Akatsuki, which.
At this moment, whether it was the âGod of Shinobiâ or the âWicked-Eye,â both of them had an embarrassed face.
The silence and the âahoâ crow made the atmosphere quite awkward, Sandaime said with some emotion, âThese bounty ninjas are not easy!â
Fugaku nodded repeatedly, âYes, they canât be taken lightly!â