After realizing the disturbance came from the tailed beasts, Ron's first reaction was to breathe a sigh of relief. He had thought Imu had left something inside his body.
After that came a little guilt. Kurama had clearly told him to think of a way to let them out for some air. In the end, Ron had thought it was only a dream and, after waking up, had completely ignored it.
"I'm really sorry, Kurama," Ron murmured softly.
There was no response.
Unlike the jinchuriki in Naruto, the system had directly sealed off every sensory channel of the tailed beasts.
He tried calling out in his heart again. 'Hey, can you hear me?'
Still no answer.
"Not only is outside perception cut off... even mental communication doesn't work?" Ron muttered.
There were advantages and disadvantages to that. The system gave him absolute privacy, but it also cut off daily communication between him and the tailed beasts.
Just as he was considering that matter, three enormous figures landed not far in front of him.
The human-beast skeletal horse. The sandworm. The wild boar.
Ron looked at them. There was no fear on his face. Instead, he showed a smile with a cold edge. "Your Imu-sama and the other two partners aren't coming back? Or is it that they can't come back?"
The three Five Elders remained silent and did not answer.
That was right.
Hadn't they said they were going to eliminate Ron here?
Why had Imu-sama left and not returned?
Even Saint Saturn and Saint Mars, who had urgently returned, had not come back.
Had the plan changed temporarily? But even if it had changed, why was there no mental communication?
Could it be... something had gone wrong?
While they were pondering for those few seconds, Ron suddenly raised his hand toward them and shouted loudly, "Come out, Kurama!"
The three Five Elders' bodies moved almost by reflex. In that instant, they scattered violently in every direction.
Ron: "..."
After realizing his action had frightened the Five Elders, Ron burst out laughing on the spot.
"Hahahahaha!"
The scattered Three Elders landed again, their faces gloomy.
They looked at each other. The anger of being played was slowly heating up in their chests.
There was no helping it. They had all clearly seen how the other two Five Elders had been forced into emergency return earlier.
"Bastard. To think we were tricked," the human-beast skeletal horse said coldly, gripping the black blade in its hand.
"This is a great disgrace..." the sandworm muttered, loose sand shifting faintly beneath it.
"But... there was no helping it, was there?" the wild boar added, as if trying to give itself a way down.
Ron did not give them time to continue talking.
He raised his hand again. This time, his voice was even louder, as if he were trying to summon something from deep within. "Open sesame! Tailed beasts, come out!"
Whoosh!
It was not the tailed beasts that came out. It was the Five Elders, who dodged again at high speed, afraid that if they were even a little late, Ron would instantly fire some powerful energy blast.
They adjusted their posture in the air, stepped off the air, and returned, charging straight at Ron.
"Bastard!"
"He's treating us like monkeys!"
"This is infuriating!"
Three furious shouts rang out almost at the same time. Three figures wrapped in black flame and Haki rushed at Ron from three directions.
Ron did not panic.
Facing the three approaching figures, he lifted a hand toward them and rapidly spat out a string of words. "Unbind tailed beasts, remove tailed beasts, scatter tailed beasts, let out tailed beasts, release tailed beasts!"
[Ding. Please select the tailed beasts to release: Four-Tails, Eight-Tails, Nine-Tails, release all.]
Ron's heart leapt with joy. He had guessed the command right.
"Release all!"
The instant his voice fell, three different colored lights rose from his chest, drew three arcs through the air, and then crashed into the ground ahead.
[Ding... Release all successful.]
[Ding... Internal transmission has been switched to remote transmission mode. Host, please rest assured. This release will have no effect on you.]
Amazing!
Ron silently shouted in his heart. This system was absurdly awesome. It had directly changed to a Wi-Fi connection.
The three Five Elders rushing toward him froze, as if they had hit an invisible wall. After an instant brake, they quickly retreated to a safe distance, eyes locked on the three expanding lights.
The lights expanded and took shape at extreme speed. The first to appear was a huge orange fox. It lay on the ground, its eyes seeming to have just opened after a long sleep, carrying a lazy look.
Kurama.
Then came a bull-headed monster with octopus tentacles. Its arms pointed randomly in the air, as if it were dancing.
Gyuki.
Finally came a sturdy monkey. It stood in place with its head slightly tilted, as if spacing out.
Son Goku.
When the three of them suddenly appeared under this sky, they were clearly stunned.
Kurama stood up, his tails lifting high. His fox mouth curved upward uncontrollably. His gaze swept over the surroundings, and his voice carried excitement he could not suppress. "Hahaha! Ron, you brat, you finally remembered us?!"
"Woohoohoo... finally out..." Gyuki mumbled in a rhythm that was not quite speech and not quite song.
"Fresh air..." Son Goku took a deep breath, closed his eyes, then opened them again. "It's been a long time since I smelled it."
In the distance, the three Five Elders did not immediately move.
They observed the three enormous figures that had suddenly appeared.
"Are they Ron's reinforcements? Like Imu-sama, he can directly teleport them here?" the human-beast skeletal horse said in a low voice.
"There is no formation..." the sandworm replied quietly. "They were transported directly through Ron's body as the medium..."
The wild boar slowly finished, "The situation is becoming more and more troublesome... We know far too little about the abilities Ron possesses."
The human-beast skeletal horse's expression stiffened as it slowly spoke. "Since we have not returned yet, then let us bring back intelligence about them for Imu-sama!"
The sandworm slowly nodded. "At this point, that is all we can do."
The wild boar followed as well. "Then... let us test these monsters who do not belong to this world!"
As the wild boar's words fell, they charged fiercely toward Ron and the others.
Sensing the movement, Gyuki turned its head first, and the words came out with it. "Hey, Ron. Are those three running toward us your friends? They seem a little worked up."
"Idiot. With malice that strong, they're obviously enemies," Kurama said.
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