Yuta looked at Gaara, wondering, 'What's this kid doing? Is he thirsty? That's weird as hell'
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
Gaara's last shred of sanity forced him to shut his mouth. Even in his Tailed Beast Cloak state, drinking a belly full of water was not pleasant.
"Damn it, I can't break out!" Gaara moved his body with difficulty. Under such water pressure, being able to move at all was extremely hard, let alone breaking out with brute force. Since that was the case...
"Thump."
"Is this—!" Temari, who had been tracking them, ignored the shocking change in environment. The terrifying Chakra gathering around Gaara underwater was a shared nightmare for Hidden Sand Village Ninja and residents alike.
"Run... I need to run faster!" Temari ignored Sasuke and Naruto chasing behind her and turned to flee in the opposite direction.
"What's wrong with that Hidden Sand Village person?" Naruto squatted on a tree branch, asking in confusion.
"I don't know." Sasuke didn't pay attention to Temari's movements, but instead stared intently at the rushing water below the tree. One had to know that this was almost a thousand meters away from the battlefield.
"To be able to release such a wide-range Ninjutsu, Uzumaki Yuta, just what are you..." Sasuke felt increasingly insignificant. He couldn't even compare to his fellow Ninja, let alone seek revenge against that man.
"Ugh!"
Sasuke clutched the cursed seal on the back of his neck, groaning in pain. The change in his mental state had caused the Evil Sealing Method to loosen.
Naruto asked with concern, "Sasuke, are you alright?"
"I'm fine." Sasuke shook his head and stood up from the tree.
"Roar!"
A sky-shattering roar suddenly echoed between heaven and earth: "Uzumaki Yuta!"
Naruto and Sasuke looked up, stunned: "What... what is that!"
A giant yellow monster appeared on the battlefield without warning. Its large, violet markings sent chills down one's spine.
"There's someone on its head." Sasuke squinted, seeing Gaara half-emerged from the monster's head.
"Is that... Gaara?" Sasuke muttered in disbelief. The monster's skin looked exactly like Gaara's mutated skin from the arena.
"Yuta, look out!" Naruto jumped down from the tree and quickly ran towards the battlefield.
"That reckless idiot." Sasuke clutched his neck in pain. For some reason, the cursed seal began to spread again.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
The water receded completely, revealing the damp ground. Standing on the ground after a long time and seeing Shukaku's appearance, Yuta gritted his teeth, "This thing still came out."
Shukaku, one of the Tailed Beasts, possesses absolutely immense power. However, it seems that due to sealing and other reasons, it cannot unleash its full strength. This was something Yuta was fortunate about; otherwise, he would have to risk losing his sanity to continue erupting Nine-Tails Chakra, as the still-unfamiliar Adamantine Sealing Chains were not enough to subdue Shukaku.
"Yuta!" Naruto quickly ran over, standing beside Yuta. Naruto asked gravely, "What exactly is that?"
"Ichibi Shukaku, a being similar to the Nine-Tailed, but its power is greatly restricted due to various reasons." Yuta bit his right thumb, "Brother, let's use Summoning Technique together. Jiraiya-sensei said you should be able to summon Gamabunta now."
"Mhm!" Naruto also bit his finger and began forming hand signs.
"Summoning Technique!"
"Summoning Technique!"
"Bang!"
A huge cloud of smoke erupted. A giant, emerald-green toad, no smaller than Shukaku, with its arms crossed, was summoned by Yuta.
"A new contractor, huh?" Gamahiro looked at Yuta standing on his head, "Nice to meet you, I'm Gamahiro."
"I'm Uzumaki Yuta." Yuta said, "Shukaku's power is restricted, so it should be within your capabilities. I'll trouble you with this."
"Ichibi Shukaku, you say?" Gamahiro gripped the twin swords on his back, "Yuta, even if Shukaku's power is restricted, it's not something we can contend with. With my abilities, I can only fight it for a while. Five minutes should be my limit."
"Five minutes? That's enough." Yuta turned his head, "Brother, you..."
It was then that Yuta noticed someone seemed to be missing beside him. He looked down and saw Naruto arguing with a palm-sized toad.
"It failed." Yuta turned his head away, unable to watch. It seemed everything depended on him now.
"Uzumaki Yuta, you truly are the most interesting prey." Gaara emerged from Shukaku's head, "I wonder how much enjoyment you can give me."
"Feigning Sleep Technique."
"Roar! This great one is finally out!"
"It... it appeared, the complete form!" Hearing Shukaku's roar, Temari couldn't help but tremble in fear.
After roaring, Shukaku looked at Gamahiro: "The moment I came out, I saw something I wanted to kill."
"Drill Air Bullet."
Shukaku slammed its belly, and a wind sphere containing a large amount of Chakra spewed from its mouth.
"Twin Sword Slash."
Gamahiro drew his katana and slashed forcefully. The huge cross-shaped sword qi collided with the wind sphere, which was split into four pieces and roared past as a gale. Naruto and Sasuke, caught off guard, were blown away by the wind.
Seeing this, Yuta did not offer assistance. It was a good thing for Naruto and Sasuke, who couldn't contribute at all, to leave, allowing him to fight without restraint.
"Approach it." Yuta commanded.
"No problem." Gamahiro pressed one hand on the ground and suddenly leaped up.
"Drill Air Bullet."
The leaping Gamahiro was the perfect target. Chakra quickly gathered in Shukaku's mouth.
"Splash, splash, splash..."
Before Shukaku could release the Drill Air Bullet, two chains suddenly extended from the forest, firmly binding Shukaku's right leg and pulling it forcefully.
"Boom!"
Under the immense force, Shukaku fell to the ground. Gamahiro, who had leaped directly above Shukaku, swung his katana: "Twin Sword Consecutive Slashes."
"Rustle, rustle, rustle."
The sand around Shukaku's body rose, attempting to block the sword qi, but the speed of the sand differed from Shukaku's expectation.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The sword light slashed through Shukaku's body. Seeing this, Yuta said with a hint of mockery, "The Great Waterfall Ninjutsu before wasn't just for fun, you know."
Having manipulated sand and wind for years, Gaara and Shukaku clearly understood the speed of sand-based Ninjutsu and used this to plan attacks or defenses. Yuta's initial Great Waterfall Ninjutsu was precisely to wet the soil. This way, even if Chakra was used to convert the soil into sand, it would still be affected by the water, increasing its mass. If more Chakra than usual wasn't used to release the Ninjutsu, then the release speed would be significantly slower.
"Boom."
Gamahiro landed on the ground and reached out to support Yuta. As for the Shadow Clone on Gamahiro's head, it was dispelled by Yuta the moment it leaped.
"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."
Shukaku, whose body was split into four pieces, turned into sand and reformed. Shukaku's special constitution meant that if the Jinchuriki couldn't be completely destroyed or harmed directly, then all attacks would be meaningless.
"Hey, this is practically cheating." Yuta shook his tail uneasily. Shukaku's troublesome nature exceeded Yuta's estimation.
"It seems I can only find a way to wake Gaara. If he wakes up, Shukaku will disappear, right?" Yuta looked at the Nine-Tails Chakra on his body and made up his mind: "Gamahiro, can you try to get within thirty meters of Shukaku?"
"Thirty meters? I'll try my best." Gamahiro put away his katana, his eyes fixed on Shukaku's movements.
"Drill Air Bullet!"
Feeling the powerful pressure of the Drill Air Bullet, Gamahiro's leg muscles tensed, and he leaped again.