Chapter 59 Shadow

The events of the past few days were so bizarre and twisted that even the beast inside her, Matatabi, felt numb.

Initially, she had planned to take advantage of the battle between Hanma and Shukaku, to sneak attack and eliminate this key force of Konoha, but Shukaku seemed to be beaten to death.

Then she thought of checking the state of the Hidden Rain Village. When she almost arrived, she found that the entire village had already been blown to the sky.

These past few days, wherever Natai went, major events that stirred the Shinobi world occurred.

It was as if she were the Conan of the Shinobi world.

Natai called out to Matatabi inside her, helplessly asking:

"Big Cat, you've seen a lot, what do you think we should do now?"

Matatabi lazily turned over. It wasn't very keen on the use of "we."

For this Jinchuriki, Natai, it only maintained an attitude of not resisting too much, not really intimate.

However, the various major events that happened in the past few days piqued Matatabi's interest.

These explosive events greatly enriched its dull sealed life, and it waited like a reader chasing updates in their favorite novel.

"What else can we do? My advice is to run quickly."

"I sensed that raccoon's chakra again, just covered in deep bloody aura, not very obvious."

Natai was shocked and asked hurriedly:

"Big Cat, you sensed Shukaku's chakra, isn't One-Tail dead?"

"And that eerie bloody aura should be Uchiha Hanma's Bloodline Limit, right? How could it mix with Shukaku's chakra?"

Matatabi pondered and said:

"I don't know if that raccoon is still alive, but its chakra did appear again."

Natai fell silent, blood aura combined with Shukaku. What had happened?

Could it be that Uchiha Hanma became a Jinchuriki? Does that man also master sealing techniques?

Natai's mind spun rapidly, trying to analyze the situation.

Being from the Hidden Cloud Village, she thought of a terrifying hypothesis.

"Could it be that Uchiha Hanma ate Shukaku?"

Her predecessors from the Hidden Cloud Village, the Gold and Silver Brothers, once honored as the "Two Glows of the Hidden Cloud," ate the flesh and blood of the Nine-Tails twenty years ago, thus obtaining the Nine-Tails' chakra.

Eating Tailed Beasts, this kind of thing started with the Hidden Cloud Village in the Shinobi world.

Matatabi added quietly from the side, teasingly saying:

"The Shukaku chakra I sensed is very full. If that Uchiha Hanma really ate Shukaku, he ate quite a lot."

"So, if we encounter him later, I'll refuse to fully transform. You're on your own."

Upon hearing Matatabi's words, Natai fell silent, regretting her rash infiltration.

Konoha, indeed, is a village that should be destroyed.

Why is there a ninja who has eaten most of a Tailed Beast?

That's a Tailed Beast, not barbecue beef from the Hidden Cloud Village!

Thinking of the malicious bloody aura she sensed a few days ago, Natai felt a chill in her heart.

Matatabi shook its head, silently sighing:

"Finally met a relatively good Jinchuriki, but now I might have to hibernate again."

Matatabi had made up its mind, if Uchiha Hanma appears, it would rather die within Natai's body than show up.

A hint of madness flashed in Natai's eyes; she mustn't die in vain behind enemy lines.

In a pleading tone, Natai asked:

"Big Cat, aren't you known as the Death God's pet? Can you sense seriously injured ninjas, I must do something for the Hidden Cloud Village."

Matatabi rolled its eyes beautifully, Death God's pet, which human fool gave it this name?

In ancient times, it had a fierce conflict with the Uzumaki clan.

These red-haired lunatics once tried to summon the Death God to seal it, but they didn't succeed.

"I can't sense injured ninjas, but I do smell the scent of the Uzumaki clan."

"These red-haired maniacs, if you are willing to kill them, I will help you."

A cold smile appeared on Natai's lips, the Uzumaki clan?

Lost members of the Uzumaki clan must be Konoha's cherished geniuses too, right?

Then kill them! It's at least a contribution to the Hidden Cloud Village.

Blue-black chakra with a fierce aura covered her body, her pupils turned an eerie white, and scorch marks began to appear on her skin.

Enduring a complete Tailed Beast transformation was still a bit forcing for her.

Natai gritted her teeth and shouted angrily:

"Big Cat, don't worry about me, lend me your power!"

"Fully transform into the Tailed Beast, if that Uchiha bastard comes, hide back within me!"

A giant cat demon appeared on the ground, opened its big mouth, and spat out a black core.

Around the black core, granule chakra of Yin and Yang gathered, compressed, making unsettling sizzling sounds, a Tailed Beast Ball filled with destructive aura appeared.

However, Matatabi was still gathering power, unreservedly outputting its chakra, wanting to release its most powerful Tailed Beast Ball.

"Feel this rage accumulated over the centuries, you bastards of the Uzumaki clan!"

The enormous Tailed Beast Ball, carrying destructive power, shot towards a concealed group including Kushina at high speed.

A hint of anthropomorphic pleasure flashed on Matatabi's face.

Resting ninjas including Minato and Orochimaru sensed the destructive chakra, fear on their faces.

Matatabi's Tailed Beast Ball had gathered too long, the chakra contained almost matched a serious strike from the Nine-Tails.

Orochimaru stood up, forcefully mobilizing chakra, attempting to block the Tailed Beast Ball with "Rashomon."

Minato's face turned grave, filled with doubt in his heart.

This valley was his carefully chosen hiding place, how could it be discovered?

What he hadn't accounted for was the enmity between the Uzumaki clan and Matatabi, even the Tailed Beasts.

The always seemingly prepared Minato was now panicking, he lacked the chakra to relocate everyone here.

Must he abandon his companions?

Minato gritted his teeth, sweeping his gaze over Kushina, Nawaki, Tsunade, and not far Jiraiya, and Orochimaru, it was an excruciating decision.

"Only that move left to try, didn't expect always cautious me to stand at the forefront."

This was a new technique Minato envisioned, to transfer enemy attacks with Flying Thunder God technique, but he had never practiced it.

Just as he rushed towards the Tailed Beast Ball, a sturdy and reassuring figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Grow without worries, kid."

"I won't be late!"

(The chapter ends)