'Don't Die' (Happy New Year)
Kakuzu died a truly unjust death.
Really unjust.
His normal battle mode should have been to first probe the opponent's Ninjutsu nature with close combat. With the ability to harden body parts at any time without hand seals, coupled with his immortal body, he could be said to have had all the advantages in battle.
If he found that the opponent was not a Lightning Release ninja, then it would be easy. He would form hand seals, harden his whole body, and stand there as a turret. If it was a very fast opponent, he could attract them over, using the hardening effect of the Earth Spear and the black threads lurking underground to launch sneak attacks.
Once this set of formulaic battle mode was unleashed, there were basically no opponents except for some monsters.
In fact, he wasn't too afraid of even the Sharingan. With his whole body hardened, he was virtually indestructible. Apart from Uchiha Itachi's unreasonable Amaterasu or the Tsuchikage's Dust Release, very few people could break through his defense without using the restraint of elemental transformations.
But, in the battle just now, after Lin Ke caught him with the black threads, his body went out of control, and even his Chakra control had a little problem.
Because he was used to using the masked monsters, his Chakra control ability, that is, the level of hand seals, had not been very good for many years (only 7). This directly led to his Chakra disorder, the Earth Spear failing, and being besieged by shadows. He finally forced back the shadows and the rushing Lin Ke by using the three masked monsters on his body to attack simultaneously.
The Earth Spear's whole body hardening had just been released when he ate another Sharingan · Genjutsu. He had no choice but to disrupt his Chakra to release the Genjutsu, and the Earth Spear was wasted again.
In the Water Prison, he didn't have time to form hand seals at all. After breaking the Water Prison, he didn't dare to form hand seals in place, because after the Earth Spear hardened his whole body, his body was too heavy and he could only take other people's attacks head-on. Facing Lin Ke, how dare he stand still?
The result was that his self-defense skills and immortal body, which had always been invincible against weaklings, had instead become his own shackles. Weary of defending and running away, he eventually fell into the abyss of death step by step because of greed.
"Kakuzu and Hidan are too disappointing." Black Zetsu said disappointedly, but his expression was one of joy at seeing a good show. "Even Itachi hasn't made a move, and they've both been defeated by Lin Ke."
"And the rings have fallen into Lin Ke's hands. The next plan will have big problems!"
As he spoke, his tone rose very obviously, and the corners of his mouth were almost split to his cheekbones.
The other half of Black Zetsu's face couldn't be happy. He was still wondering if Itachi would clash with Kakuzu for the sake of this prey, Lin Ke. Now, what was there to think about? Three powerful rogue ninjas who had been painstakingly gathered had been lost in less than a year.
And it was all caused by one person.
At this rate, with Obito slacking off and having other plans in mind, plus the idiot Nagato, and the Akatsuki organization being so scattered, when would they be able to gather all the Tailed Beasts and rescue their mother?
[Ōtsutsuki curse words!]
It glared fiercely at Lin Ke, who was pretending to be cool and happy on the ground, and its teeth itched with hatred.
Logically speaking, it shouldn't have too many emotional fluctuations. As something truly immortal, it could fail countless times, as long as it succeeded once. But this time, it had really gotten close to success.
The closer it got to success, the more unacceptable it was to suddenly fall to the bottom of the valley.
The Indra reincarnate who had awakened the Rinnegan, the Tailed Beast information collected over the years, as long as they waited for the little accident of the Three-Tails to be resurrected, they would soon be able to achieve the ultimate goal.
But now...
The plan had taken a sharp turn for the worse, and it could no longer leisurely wait for Obito to play around.
Black Zetsu glanced at Lin Ke, who was still pretending to be cool up there, and calmed down. This kid was growing too fast, and his abilities were unexpectedly strange. It couldn't see through him at all. If it continued to let Obito and Nagato dawdle, the Akatsuki would be finished before the Tailed Beasts were collected.
[I need to find an opportunity to revive Madara ahead of schedule...] It pondered a new plan. "It seems you don't need my help."
Sasori sealed the puppet back into the Scroll and stuffed it into his sleeve, then said calmly, "In that case, let's put our cooperation on hold for now."
After he took a step, the shadow blocked his path.
"Did I allow you to leave?" Lin Ke looked over sideways, "Sasori of the Red Sand."
"Wait!" Centipede stood in front of Sasori with a nervous face and shouted, "Lord Lin Ke, Lord Sasori is no longer a rogue ninja. He is currently a Jonin of the Sand Ninja Village."
"?"
Lin Ke was a little surprised. He really didn't expect Sasori to return to the Sand Ninja Village. Was it a lie? But this kind of lie seemed like it could be exposed at any time.
Sasori took out another Scroll and threw it to the shadow. He knew that if he threw it to Lin Ke, this cautious kid wouldn't catch it. He said, "Inside are the location of Orochimaru's Base and the Sand Ninja Village's messenger hawk call method. Whenever you have time, you can use the messenger hawk to contact me at the Sand Ninja Village."
Lin Ke thought for a while and let the shadow open the way. He still didn't have any way to deal with Space-Time Ninjutsu. Otherwise, why would he listen to so much nonsense? He would capture them first and then discuss other things.
Since he really couldn't do anything to this guy, there was no need to waste time. What if the Jinchuriki ran away and he suffered a loss?
Centipede hesitated to speak beside him. Could the village's messenger hawk call method be casually handed over to ninjas from other villages?
But in the end, he didn't say anything and quietly followed Sasori away.
"So, are we going to fight?" Utakata had already begun to communicate with Saiken's Chakra. To deal with a guy who could easily defeat the monster who used the black threads just now, he had no room for holding back.
"No." Lin Ke denied with a smile, his tone very relaxed and carefree. "It's you who has to find a way to struggle and escape."
"You're really arrogant." Utakata's expression showed a hint of anger, and his goodwill towards this little brat vanished. "Do you think I'm as useless as those two guys?"
"Uuuu!" Hidan, without his tongue and teeth, was still alive, making loud, garbled noises, spitting out a mouthful of blood in an attempt to spit on the Jinchuriki who was belittling him.
Lin Ke opened his palm, facing forward, and slowly closed it, saying, "Whether you sweep away one speck of dust or two, there's no difference to the naked eye."
"You bastard!" Utakata was completely enraged by such arrogant words, but he knew he couldn't engage in close combat with the strange little brat, nor could he be entangled by shadows. He had just seen the fate of Kakuzu and Hidan. After the previous battle, there shouldn't be any other ordinary people left in the entire Nikko Shukuba.
Therefore—
Let's see if you can use your technique to control a Tailed Beast!
His eyes were filled with anger, but a smile appeared on his face. A slug suddenly appeared behind him, and then his body was completely enveloped by the emerging Tailed Beast Chakra.
"Don't die, brat!" His voice was a little blurry and was soon isolated by the Tailed Beast Chakra cloak.
[Plan successful]
Lin Ke's expression remained that of a king of pretense, but he was happily thinking about how to use the Jinchuriki he had obtained next.
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