Chapter 506: Snowy: Dare to Ignore Me? Fine, You're Dead

Among the audience watching the battle, there were quite a few skilled ninja.

To an ordinary person, it seemed as if A still stood in place, accompanied only by a sudden loud boom. However, what they were actually witnessing was merely an afterimage left behind by A, as his speed was so fast that their eyes couldn't keep up.

What terrifying speed.

Many ninja's faces shifted slightly, even Hanzo, a master renowned for his Shunshin no Jutsu, felt astonished. His famed technique, known throughout the shinobi world for its swiftness, seemed to pale in comparison to A's speed enhanced by the Lightning Release Armor.

A's velocity had reached a staggering peak, like a blue streak of lightning zipping across the arena.

"Watch out!"

With his Lightning Release Chakra Mode activated, A covered the entire battlefield in a blink of an eye. Such a speed would be enough to induce despair in anyone.

Yet, astonishingly, Takuya remained as calm as ever, standing motionless where he was.

He neither dodged nor defended, not even raising a hand. He simply stood there quietly.

Idiot, fool, you're dead!

In A's eyes, Takuya's inaction was nothing less than silent mockery and provocation.

A mentally cursed Takuya endlessly, bringing up all the insults he'd ever heard his comrades use during training. His anger bubbled over until there was nothing left in his mind but Takuya—no duels, no strategies, and no summoned beasts. All he wanted was to crush Takuya.

In the audience, Tsunade raised an eyebrow, a flicker of surprise crossing her face as she observed A's tremendous speed.

Though she was amazed, she wasn't worried about Takuya. She knew better than anyone how formidable he was.

If it were the Third Raikage standing there, perhaps Tsunade might have felt a flicker of concern.

As for A? Forget it. He wasn't in the same league.

You're dead!

Having reached Takuya in an instant, A swung his massive fist. He swore he'd use his sandbag-like fists to shatter Takuya's face into pieces.

He was getting closer—closer still!

Suddenly, a streak of red light shot through the air, striking at A.

Prepared to pound Takuya into submission, A instinctively twitched when he sensed danger coming from behind.

Continue the attack? Or evade?

A was forced into a split-second decision.

Meanwhile, the audience, oblivious to the situation, was stunned as they saw Snowy—the seemingly harmless creature—lash out with a long red tail of chakra aimed at A.

The chakra's aura on the tail left many with pale faces.

Why are you glaring at me like I killed your parents? Your opponent is behind you!

Takuya, watching A's berserk state, felt perplexed.

Why did this guy go berserk right from the start?

Did I mock him or something?

No, wait, I didn't even say anything! I just let Snowy down and stepped back.

What on earth is wrong with this guy, ignoring Snowy entirely to attack me?

Daring to ignore Snowy?

Takuya could already imagine A's fate.

Though Snowy usually appeared soft and gentle, her anger was no joke. The consequences would be severe.

The entire arena shook violently, but Takuya remained utterly still. He didn't even take a step back.

Not far away, A lay embedded into the ground, struck down by a long, crimson chakra tail that left the ground cracked and a human-shaped dent in its wake.

While A's berserk mode and Lightning Release Chakra Mode granted him incredible speed, Snowy was faster.

With A focusing all his attention on Takuya, Snowy's surprise attack from behind left him defenseless.

Even if he realized the danger, he had no time or room to react.

The attack left A like a nail hammered into wood—pinned completely into the ground.

What just happened?

In the arena, tens of thousands of spectators stared with wide eyes, their faces etched with shock as they stared at the field.

Even the shinobi from the Five Great Nations were stunned.

Many couldn't believe their senses.

Was that an attack from a tailed beast?

That red tail resembled a tailed beast's chakra and aura perfectly, right down to the oppressive presence.

What the hell is going on?

Could there be more tailed beasts besides the nine already known?

The shinobi from the Sand Village were left wide-eyed. As the village that had experienced the most tailed beast rampages, they were particularly attuned to sensing tailed beast chakra.

"Lady Chiyo…"

"You didn't imagine it—that's definitely a tailed beast's aura," Chiyo confirmed, her expression dark.

The Sand Village had gathered a significant amount of intelligence on Snowy, second only to the Leaf. Snowy had even fought their ninja during the Second Shinobi War.

However, the gathered intel had always been tentative, leaving Snowy's true nature shrouded in ambiguity.

The shinobi world had firmly established there were only nine tailed beasts.

But now, another seemed to have appeared, throwing the understanding of the world into disarray.

This can't be fake, right?

In the section reserved for the Mist Village, Yagura blinked and turned to Tsunade.

"I've long heard that the Leaf's Takuya Yagami had a summoned beast resembling the Nine-Tails. I didn't expect it to be this similar."

Had someone from another village made such a comment, they might have been accused of stirring trouble. But the Mist Village and Leaf were in the midst of a rare period of harmony, so Yagura's words were purely out of curiosity.

Under the scrutiny of numerous astonished and curious gazes, Tsunade calmly replied, "Snowy is special. Takuya formed a summoning contract with her when she was just a cub, and she has grown alongside him ever since."

Displaying power was one thing, but giving away secrets was another. When it came to the truth behind Snowy, Tsunade wasn't about to say a word. Let the other villages keep guessing.

"Having Takuya leave the fight to his summoned beast—surely that was intentional?"

Sensing the unfolding chaos, Dodai quickly made his way to the highest section of the audience, seating himself in the area reserved for the Cloud Village.

Tsunade raised an eyebrow at his accusation, then retorted, "Is there a rule in the shinobi world that forbids summoned beasts from participating in battles?"

Honestly, even Tsunade herself found it perplexing.

Takuya had mentioned that Snowy would be the one fighting, but how the fight was unfolding was completely beyond her expectations.

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