"Ayo, bakayaro, konoyaro~ What are you saying? Discussing when to surrender, right? If so, surrender quickly, you two bastards! Yoyoyo, surrender quickly, yoyoyo!"
Killer B drew the swords from his back, channeling chakra into the blades, and looked at Lexon and Kakuzu with a wildly arrogant expression.
"You brat..." The elderly Kakuzu appeared somewhat angry at the strange tone of the trendy youngster, Killer B. "I once fought the God of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama..."
Lexon, who was walking toward Yugito Nii, turned his head and glanced at Kakuzu in surprise.
'This old man really doesn't miss any opportunity to brag...'
However, Kakuzu's statement held no significance before Killer B.
"Yoyoyo, fool, yo, bastard, yo~ God of Shinobi, yo? I am the God of Rap, yo! After fighting me, you can go tell others that too, yo!"
Killer B's words made Kakuzu even angrier.
"You guy..."
Kakuzu threw off his Akatsuki cloak, revealing his combat-ready form.
Four black-thread mask monsters, formed from Earth Grudge Fear, emerged from his body and stood beside him.
He stared at Killer B with a cold gaze.
'I can't punish Uchiha Lexon... can't I punish you?!'
"Earth Style: Rock Spikes!"
The battle broke out instantly.
...
Lexon and Yugito Nii moved away slightly, distancing themselves from Kakuzu and Killer B's battlefield.
Four people, two against two. They had a tacit understanding to choose one-on-one battles.
Yugito Nii had great confidence in Killer B.
The Eight-Tails, Gyuki, was inherently stronger than the Two-Tails, Matatabi, to a certain extent. Furthermore, in terms of individual Jinchuriki strength, Killer B was superior in various aspects. He was also more skilled at communicating with his Tailed Beast and had a better relationship with it.
Therefore, all things considered, Yugito Nii believed that Killer B was stronger than herself. He would quickly win his battle against the enemy and then come to help her face the opponent before her.
From the other party's exchange just now, Yugito had realized that Lexon occupied the dominant position and was surely stronger than the other one. Yet, she still resolutely chose to face Lexon.
As a Jinchuriki capable of proper communication with her Tailed Beast, she was also very confident in her own strength. Even if she couldn't win, she could stall until Killer B finished his opponent and came to assist her.
"What organization are you people from?" After Yugito Nii and Lexon took their positions, Yugito spoke first, questioning Lexon.
"Guess," Lexon responded with a smile.
Hearing this response, Yugito frowned.
"No matter what your objective is... we won't let you succeed!" As Yugito's voice fell, the azure blue chakra on her body surged violently.
The braid tied at the back of her head instantly came undone, her beige hair flying wildly. Her pupils turned white, becoming exceptionally ferocious.
Lexon's clothes and hair fluttered in the strong wind stirred up by Yugito. He looked calmly at the powering-up Yugito and spoke in a flat voice, "Getting so agitated is bad for your health..."
"Fire Rat Jade!"
Yugito mobilized the Tailed Beast chakra and abruptly spat out a mouse made of azure blue flames from her mouth, which flew toward Lexon.
"Water Style: Water Wall." Lexon crouched down unhurriedly and pressed his hands to the ground.
There were no hand seals, just the pure mobilization of chakra within his body.
In an instant, a stream of water emerged from the ground and rose rapidly, forming a water curtain that blocked the incoming blue fire rat.
However, just before the blue fire rat touched the water curtain, it suddenly exploded, forming clusters of azure flames that bypassed the obstruction of the Water Wall as if they had a consciousness of their own, attacking Lexon behind it.
"Body Flicker Technique."
Just as the exploding flames invaded, Lexon's figure suddenly vanished.
Losing their target, the azure flames could only collide and dissipate.
'Where is he?'
Seeing Lexon's figure disappear, Yugito looked around vigilantly.
But his figure was nowhere to be seen.
'Could it be...'
Yugito turned to look in the direction of Kakuzu and Killer B's battle, a thought emerging in her mind.
'Did that man go to support his teammate?'
Just as Yugito wanted to rush to Killer B's battlefield, a hand suddenly touched the back of her head.
Yugito was startled. She spun her body instantly, her arm pulling out a sharp kunai from the pouch at her waist. In a split second, she coated the kunai with azure Tailed Beast chakra and poured all her physical strength into a backward slash.
"Oh, oh... how dangerous," Lexon said with a smile. He was indeed behind Yugito and had lowered his body to dodge the slashing kunai.
Missing her strike, Yugito didn't press the attack. Instead, she threw the kunai violently at Lexon's head while retreating rapidly to create distance.
'So fast... my current state can't compare...'
After stabilizing her stance, Yugito looked at Lexon, thinking to herself.
"Is this a gift? Thank you," Lexon said kindly, holding the kunai Yugito had thrown between two fingers. He casually obliterated the Tailed Beast chakra coating it.
Yugito acted as if she hadn't heard Lexon's words. Her expression was grave as she stared straight at him.
The next moment, as if she had made up her mind, her aura surged again.
From the brief exchange just now, Yugito realized that simply borrowing Tailed Beast chakra wouldn't be enough to defeat him, or even stall him. Therefore, she began her partial transformation.
Suddenly, the Tailed Beast chakra on Yugito's body turned dark red, wrapping tightly around her entire body. It was as if she were completely covered by a dark red Tailed Beast chakra cloak. She dropped to all fours, and two dark red tails emerged from behind her. Her eyes became white voids, and her mouth opened into a large white maw; her other facial features were replaced by the dark red chakra.
"Oh? Semi-tailed beast transformation, is it..." Lexon said calmly, looking at Yugito.
Suddenly, dense Tailed Beast chakra began to condense. Clusters of chakra appeared in front of the mouth of the crawling Yugito, constantly gathering into a spherical object.
"Tailed Beast Ball, huh..." Lexon murmured.
The next moment, he raised his arm slightly, the kunai Yugito had sent him clamped between his fingers.
"Courtesy demands reciprocity..." he whispered.
In the next instant, the kunai in Lexon's hand flashed and disappeared like a meteor.
It made no sound.
But it was unimaginably fast!
Alarm bells rang loudly in the mind of Yugito, who was condensing the Tailed Beast Ball. But before she could react, she vaguely felt something arrive right in front of her face!
Bang!!!
Accompanied by an astonishingly loud noise, the forming Tailed Beast Ball exploded violently.
At the center of the explosion, Yugito's semi-transformed body was blasted backward, carving a deep trench into the ground.
Lexon, who was not far from the explosion, stood motionless as a mountain, seemingly unaffected by the blast wind kicked up by the explosion.
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