430. The Tentacle Monster

Just as Chinō was preparing for a desperate last stand, hoping to take down as many enemies as possible to ease the pressure on her senior brothers, a calm voice sounded behind her.

"I told you before, no matter how much chakra you have, it won't be enough if you use it like this."

Kabuto emerged from the forest, adjusting his glasses with a composed expression.

"Second Senior Brother!"

If it were any other time, Chinō would have silently grumbled at Kabuto's lecturing. But now, she could only think, 'Second Senior Brother is the best!'

"Another one, huh..." The leader of the Sunagakure team glanced at the two Konoha shinobi and then at his own group of fifteen, feeling that his earlier nervousness had been somewhat ridiculous.

No matter how you looked at it, the situation was fifteen against two. The advantage was clearly theirs!

This thought boosted the Sunagakure team's confidence.

"Everyone, attack together!"

With that, they all formed hand seals, and a barrage of Wind Release techniques erupted.

Fierce, chaotic gusts of wind surged forward like wild beasts, their gaping maws ready to swallow the two small figures!

Facing this natural disaster-like scene, Kabuto remained calm. He raised a single hand, and a surge of chakra erupted from his body.

"Simulated Ninjutsu - Wings!"

The chakra condensed into a pair of massive wings on his back.

Before Chinō could react, Kabuto had already grabbed her and soared into the sky.

"Senior Brother, when did you learn to fly?"

Chinō, dangling in Kabuto's grip, looked down at the raging winds and sand below, her eyes sparkling with curiosity.

"Oh, this? I came up with it while studying chakra shape transformation," Kabuto replied nonchalantly as he flew through the sky with Chinō.

In fact, if your shape transformation was strong enough, you could simulate almost anything with chakra.

"This guy... he can actually fly..."

Temari, who had just arrived, was stunned by the sight.

She never expected that someone could achieve this level of skill just by mastering chakra shape transformation.

Although she had reservations about Sunagakure's methods, Temari was, after all, the eldest daughter of the Kazekage, Rasa.

In this situation, she had no choice but to act.

"If you're flying in the air, then I'll just have to knock you down!"

She quickly took the fan from her back, infused it with chakra, and swung it fiercely toward the sky.

"Wind Release: Sickle Weasel Technique!"

The chakra attached to the fan transformed into sharp, scythe-like wind blades that shot toward the sky.

"The Kazekage's daughter, huh?"

Kabuto glanced at Temari, dodging the incoming wind blades, and then formed hand seals.

"Boom!"

With a puff of white smoke, a giant white bird appeared in the sky.

"Stay here and don't move."

Kabuto tossed Chinō onto the bird's back, then spread his wings and charged toward the enemies below.

"Simulated Ninjutsu: Thousand Needles Rain!"

In an instant, the chakra wings on his back disintegrated, transforming into countless senbon that rained down from the sky!

"Defend!!"

A chill ran down Temari's spine as she shouted the warning, raising her fan to block the attack.

The others also used ninjutsu and tools to defend themselves.

Seizing the opportunity, Kabuto, shrouded in chakra, descended like a meteor.

Tiny tendrils of chakra extended from his body, lashing out at the surrounding enemies. These tendrils were covered in sharp spikes, and upon contact, they injected a toxic chakra into the targets, causing them to go into shock.

This was Kabuto's unique fighting style as a medical ninja!

As a half-disciple of Tsunade, the world's foremost medical ninja, Kabuto's understanding of the human body was unparalleled.

This chakra toxin was something he had specifically developed to deal with shinobi, and even Tsunade had been amazed by it, calling him a "natural-born troublemaker!"

As for the tendrils, they were something he had developed to improve his research efficiency, allowing him to free up his hands for experiments.

In any case, under his sudden lightning-fast assault, nearly half of the Sunagakure shinobi collapsed instantly.

After all, no one could have expected a human body to sprout such bizarre appendages.

"What the hell is this..."

Temari and the remaining Sunagakure shinobi stared at their enemy with grim expressions.

The tendrils that had taken down so many of their comrades filled them with both fear and disgust.

"Alright, who's next?"

Kabuto, now entwined with tendrils, had completely shed his usual gentle demeanor, looking more like some kind of alien or demon. In the next moment, he moved again.

Faced with such an eerie attack, the overage Sunagakure shinobi had no way to counter it.

The earlier thought of "the advantage is ours" now seemed like a cruel joke...

As she watched her teammates fall one by one, Temari's face grew pale, her trembling pupils betraying her fear.

Against such an attack, she was completely helpless!

Outside the arena.

Baki, watching the Sunagakure shinobi fall one after another, turned completely livid.

His hand gripped the armrest tightly, the veins on his arm bulging as he struggled to contain his anger. After a long pause, he finally gritted out—

"As expected of the disciple of the Darkness of the Shinobi..."

On one hand, this was a compliment to Kabuto's strength. On the other hand, it was a subtle jab at him and Danzo, implying that they relied on underhanded tactics.

Danzo, however, remained unfazed.

After all, he had nothing to say to a mere jōnin, especially one from Sunagakure.

But the Raikage beside him frowned.

It wasn't that he wanted to defend Danzo, but rather that Kumogakure's team had finally made their move.

On the screen.

A dazzling blue beam of light cut through the battlefield.

Although Kabuto dodged in time, several of his tendrils were severed.

He looked in the direction of the beam and saw several figures slowly emerging.

It was the Kumogakure team led by Shinkai and Dozai, with Omoi and Karui among them.

The blinding laser had been fired from Dozai's hands, which still crackled with residual electricity.

Seeing this, Kabuto raised an eyebrow and smiled.

"So Kumogakure has arrived, huh..."

With that, he scanned the area, his expression darkening as he called out, "Those of you hiding in the shadows, why don't you come out too?"

At his words, rustling sounds came from the surrounding forest.

One by one, figures emerged.

There were shinobi from Kirigakure, Iwagakure, and even smaller villages like Kusagakure...

Faced with this overwhelming force, Kabuto showed no fear. Instead, a smile spread across his face.

"Perfect. I can take care of all of you at once."