Chapter 94: Earth Grudge Fear Tentacles? All Chopped to Bits!
"Damn you, Hidan..."
Kakuzu clutched his still-bleeding chest, his green eyes filled with murderous intent.
Instead of immediately seeking revenge on his partner, he turned his gaze towards Kurenai Yuhi, who was finishing her technique, and the other Konoha Ninja.
"You ruined the ritual and cost me a heart... You will all serve as compensation."
Crack, crack.
The sound of bones shattering came from Kakuzu's back. His black robe with red clouds suddenly swelled before tearing apart with a sharp *rip*.
From beneath the twisted stitches on his back, four terrifying black masks forcibly pushed their way out of his skin. Along with these monsters emerged countless living, black, vein-like tentacles — the Earth Grudge Fear.
"Hand over your hearts!"
Kakuzu roared, and countless tentacles surged forward with a foul stench, blanketing the area as they pressed down on everyone.
Shikamaru's face changed: "This is bad! This number and range... Shadow techniques can't possibly block it!"
Asuma tried to step forward with his blades but was a beat too slow, still drained from his earlier exertion.
But just then.
Uzumaki Naruto, who had been crouching on a nearby rock watching the show, not only wasn't afraid but instead jumped up from the pillar, his blue eyes gleaming with a light that sent a chill down the spines of the women present.
[Holy crap! Here it comes! Kakuzu's signature move!]
Kurenai Yuhi, who was bracing herself, twitched. Nii Yugito, who had just returned to human form and was still weak, was also stunned.
[Look at that dark, black color! Look at that wriggling flexibility! And it's the kind with mucus!]
Naruto's gaze was fixed on the overwhelming mass of tentacles, his thoughts already derailed.
[These are tentacles! The ultimate material countless gentlemen dream of!]
[If these things wrapped around a kunoichi... like Teacher Kurenai's long legs in that red dress, or that cat-eared girl's smooth waist... Hanging them in mid-air, that image of helpless struggle, that plumpness squeezed out by the tight binding... *Slurp*!]
Kurenai Yuhi nearly lost control of the Chakra in her hands.
Nii Yugito was so embarrassed she wanted to turn back into a cat and scratch someone. What kind of terrible scenario was this Blond Kid thinking about at a time like this?
But Naruto's imagination continued, becoming even more specific:
[Wait, there seem to be new faces up ahead? That powerful Lightning Release Chakra... Must be reinforcements from Kumogakure?]
Just then, a slender figure charged in from the sewer entrance, wreathed in lightning. The newcomer had pale blonde short hair, fair skin, and a simple Kumogakure uniform that could barely contain her... generous chest — it was Samui, a Jonin from the Hidden Cloud Village.
Naruto's eyes were instantly drawn to that swaying white expanse, his inner monologue flooding the screen:
[Wow! Is this what they mean by 'ample bosom'? Big Sis Samui is here too!]
[She's the real deal, a cold, aloof mature older sister type! To have those black, slimy tentacles wrap around such a beautiful woman with a cold expression, leaving red marks on that glowing white skin, watching her bite her lip to maintain her composure...]
[This is art! This is the pinnacle configuration for an ero-anime!]
BOOM!
At that moment, a feeling of shame, disgust, and revulsion erupted in the hearts of these women.
[Ding!]
The system's notification tone rang out promptly in the minds of Kurenai, Yugito, and Samui, who had just landed and hadn't yet grasped the situation.
[Warning: Detected that the host has generated extremely vulgar and highly targeted tentacle-related humiliation fantasies.]
[Mental Sanity value of all members has dropped significantly. As compensation and retaliation, the system has forcibly activated the Absolute Fastidiousness Rejection Reaction.]
[Buff applied: In these eyes, all long, wriggling black objects will be judged as 'yellow waste' that must be cleaned up!]
Samui had just landed near Naruto, her face originally expressionless. But upon hearing that awful inner monologue and receiving the system prompt, an unprecedented look of disgust appeared on her placid face.
"That kind of disgusting thing..."
Samui's voice was still cool, but carried a tremor of killing intent, "is absolutely forbidden!"
*Clang!*
The short sword on her back was instantly drawn.
Kakuzu, who had been manipulating the Earth Grudge Fear to capture everyone, suddenly felt a chill down his spine. He saw the newly arrived Kumogakure kunoichi wasn't retreating in fear. Instead, she frowned and charged forward as if she had seen something filthy.
"Seeking death!" Kakuzu snorted coldly, diverting a swarm of tentacles to crush Samui, "Since you've delivered yourself, leave your heart behind!"
But in Samui's eyes at that moment, everything before her had completely changed.
Those things were just a pile of garbage, not only trying to dirty her vision but also trying to turn the disgusting images in that blond pervert's mind into reality.
As a famously cold elite of Kumogakure, she had only one way to deal with trash.
Cut it to pieces.
*Zzzzt—!*
Lightning surged. The Kumogakure Fluid Style was pushed to its limit at this moment. Samui's figure seemed to transform into a white lightning bolt weaving through the black tide.
Too fast.
So fast that even Kakuzu couldn't react in time.
*Swish swish swish swish swish!*
The sounds of dense slashes merged into a piercing buzz.
Those Earth Grudge Fear tentacles, which were normally difficult to cut even with Kunai, were simply no match for the short sword wrapped in Lightning Release Chakra.
The tentacles in the air fell like black confetti.
Segments of tentacle residue, cut to mere millimeters in length, dropped into the puddles, completely losing their vitality.
"H-how... is this possible?"
Kakuzu stared wide-eyed, watching his usually unbeatable signature technique reduced to this miserable state in just a breath by this blonde, big-chested woman before him. "My Earth Grudge Fear... can't even regenerate?"
At that moment, Samui stopped less than five meters in front of Kakuzu, slowly sheathing her sword.
The ground around her was covered in a thick layer of black debris. She lightly patted her sleeve, which wasn't even dusty, her eyes icy.
"Too untidy," Samui spat out coldly. "If you dare take out such disgusting, long things next time, it won't just be chopping them up."
[Reward Settlement: Samui]
[Passive Skill Acquired: Absolute Ruthlessness · Desire-Severing Blade. Effect: +300% attack power against all long, coiling-attempting objects, with additional mental critical damage.]
The entire battlefield fell dead silent.
Even Shikamaru, not far away, stood with his mouth agape, his cigarette falling to the ground unnoticed. This was Kakuzu! One of the extremely dangerous Immortal Duo on the bounty posters, dealt with like chopping green onions by this Kumogakure big sister?
However, what broke this silence was still that carefree voice.
Naruto craned his neck, looked at the ground covered in black bits, and the excitement on his face vanished, replaced by disappointment.
[Ah... all chopped up? And so finely?]
He sighed, his expression one of tragic loss, enough to sadden any onlooker.
[Even cutting them into segments would have been better! These vein-like things, if grilled, might taste similar to takoyaki. I was thinking we might have a late-night snack after this fight...]
Samui's cold back stiffened slightly.
Late-night snack? Takoyaki?
So in your mind, those lewd tentacle fantasies from earlier and grilling them to eat are the same thing? How exactly is this Konoha Ninja's brain wired!
She couldn't help but turn and glare fiercely at Naruto.
And at the same time.
Far away in Konoha Village.
Ino Yamanaka, who as usual was watching the battle unfold through the heavenly curtain, was sitting in her family's flower shop, covering her mouth as she retched.
Even though it was remote, the vividness of Naruto's earlier imaginative scenes was simply too damaging. Especially for someone with a slight fastidious streak and a queenly personality like hers, she couldn't stand those slimy images.
"Disgusting... Naruto, you idiot, is so disgusting!"
Ino's face flushed red as she cursed, then the comforting sound of the system rang in her mind:
[Reward Distributed: Ino Yamanaka. For maintaining sanity amidst this pervert's inner monologue, special skill awakened: Mind Transmission Clone · Touch Sensation Block. Effect: Can selectively block all mental perception related to disgusting, slimy, and unclean objects.]
"Hmph, that's more like it," Ino said weakly, collapsing onto the counter. But looking at the disappointed blond youth in the Picture, a mischievous smile unconsciously curled at the corner of her mouth.
"Although disgusting... his method of mental pollution is surprisingly effective against enemies