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"The Fourth Mizukage is dead. What we need to do now is subdue the Three-Tails and bring it back under Kirigakure's control," Mei Terumi said gravely.
"Urgh!!!" Everyone nodded, simultaneously sighing in relief. The Fourth Mizukage was finally dead. Now, the Land of Water could be considered completely under the control of the allied forces. Next, they just needed to stall the Three-Tails until the sealing team arrived.
A wild Three-Tails was much easier to deal with than the Fourth Mizukage in his perfect Jinchuriki state. After all, its body was enormous; although its raw power and size were greater, it was just brute force.
"So this is a Tailed Beast? My first time seeing one," Su Yue quietly observed the immense Three-Tails. "In the original story, the one sealed inside Naruto Uzumaki was the Nine-Tails, the strongest of the nine great Tailed Beasts. 12 I wonder what that spectacle is like."
Noticing the crowd relaxing, Mei Terumi spoke seriously, "Everyone, don't let your guard down! No matter what, the Three-Tails is still a Tailed Beast! No one knows what will happen until the very last moment!!"
Just as Mei Terumi's words faded, a low, somewhat aged chuckle suddenly sounded beside everyone's ears. "Hehehe, well said. No one knows what will happen until the very last moment." The voice sounded incredibly ethereal, seemingly distant yet paradoxically close, as if whispering right beside them.
Hearing this laughter, everyone's expression changed drastically. "Who!!!?" Ao instantly activated his Byakugan, searching everywhere. But to his astonishment, he found nothing; there was no one around.
"Heh heh, the Byakugan, huh? Truly an interesting ability. No wonder you could easily see through my pupil power." A low voice sounded in front of the crowd. Not far before them, space began to twist and swirl around a small black hole. A figure gradually emerged from the spatial distortion.
"This is… Space-Time Ninjutsu!!!" Mei Terumi and the others stared in shock at the mysterious person appearing from thin air. The figure was entirely clad in a black robe, looking extremely enigmatic. Beneath the black hood was a mask adorned with a strange pattern, featuring a single, circular eyehole.
Space-Time Ninjutsu was practically synonymous with rarity. Not only were the training conditions extremely strict, but the talent required was also frighteningly high. Even in the vast ninja world, extremely few could use it. Furthermore, those capable of performing Space-Time Ninjutsu were never simple individuals; they were almost always renowned, powerful ninjas, such as the former Second and Fourth Hokages of Konoha. Especially the Fourth Mizukage, who had pushed the power of Space-Time Ninjutsu to its absolute limits.
"No wonder you could control the Fourth Mizukage without anyone noticing! So it was Space-Time Ninjutsu! And such an advanced form that allows free movement within a different dimension!" Mei Terumi said coldly, staring at the masked man.
"You woman are indeed a big nuisance. Had I known, I should have eliminated you earlier; then this situation wouldn't have occurred today. Truly a miscalculation," the masked man sneered.
As he spoke, his mask tilted slightly upwards, and a flash of crimson flickered within the circular eyehole. "It really is the Sharingan!!!! Who are you!! Why did you control the Fourth Mizukage to do those things!!!" Ao shouted coldly.
"Hehe, why? Perhaps just on a whim," the masked man's tone was remarkably casual, as if he truly had done it spontaneously.
"This bastard!!!!" Hearing his words, the crowd erupted in anger. Several elite Jonin of the allied forces glared coldly at him.
"However, I didn't expect there to actually be someone from the Uchiha clan among the allied forces, and a genius who has awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan at that. Otherwise, today's plan would have succeeded," the masked man said, his crimson three-tomoe Sharingan visible through the eyehole looking at Su Yue with interest.
"Mangekyo Sharingan?" Most of the allied ninjas were confused. While many knew of the Sharingan, they were unaware of the Mangekyo Sharingan's existence.
But Ao and Mei Terumi stared at Su Yue in shock. They certainly knew of the Mangekyo Sharingan. After all, both had held high positions in Kirigakure and had naturally seen intelligence reports on it. It was rumored to be the ultimate dōjutsu surpassing the regular Sharingan, the pinnacle 373 expression of the Sharingan. Even within the Uchiha clan itself, exceedingly few could awaken it.
"Hmph, so what if you knew beforehand? You couldn't change anything. If you truly had such immense power, you wouldn't have hidden behind the Fourth Mizukage all this time," Su Yue sneered, his crimson Sharingan filled with disdain.
"Hehe, you're right. I am indeed quite weak right now. But so what? I still possess the pupil power to control the Fourth Mizukage and the Three-Tails!!" the masked man retorted coldly, the crimson three-tomoe Sharingan in his eyehole flashing sharply.
Sensing this powerful, malevolent pupil power, Su Yue's expression changed instantly. "Not good!!! He's going to control the Three-Tails!!" Just then, the Three-Tails, not far behind the masked man, suddenly shuddered. Three tomoe instantly appeared in its single eye – exactly the form of the Sharingan.
"No wonder you could casually use the Three-Tails' chakra while manipulating the Fourth Mizukage! So you were controlling the Three-Tails at the same time you controlled him! Such powerful pupil power!!" Su Yue stared grimly at the masked man, utterly shocked to his core...