When Yugito thought Rengoku was at the back of the group.
Rengoku suddenly appeared from the alternate space, partially Susanoo-izing his arm and weapon with Makumi's Life Reversal Mode.
He slashed at Yugito in one stroke.
Even though Yugito made a defensive movement and blasted out part of her Tailed Beast Cloak.
But Rengoku had built up the force of this strike long ago.
Even if Susanoo's weapon was smashed to pieces, he still managed to cut Yugito's lower body.
Half of Yugito's pelvis and one leg were directly shattered and disappeared.
Her other leg was also heavily wounded.
"!"
Killer Bee roared, shooting toward Yugito as Tailed Beast Cloak and octopus legs sprouted from him.
One octopus leg whipped toward Rengoku, and another leg wrapped around Yugito.
Seeing that Yugito wasn't actually dead, Rengoku worried she might recover.
So he tanked Killer Bee's octopus-leg attack and punched straight at Yugito's chest.
Yugito had suddenly taken such heavy damage that she couldn't even fully transform into the Tailed Beast anymore.
Seeing Rengoku's next punch coming down, and being unable to dodge, she used the claws on her hand to stab straight toward Rengoku.
Yugito's claws were extremely sharp, and Rengoku was in real danger being attacked from both sides.
But he only moved his neck aside and guarded his heart with his left hand.
His right fist still struck Yugito's chest.
Just as things were happening in a blink, Yugito's left claw tore four bloody holes into Rengoku's left hand, but was caught by Rengoku in Sage Mode.
Her right-hand three fingers stabbed into Rengoku's lung.
Killer Bee's octopus leg hit Rengoku's fist, altering its trajectory.
Rengoku's punch hit Yugito's abdomen.
But it didn't matter. Everything below Yugito's pelvis was already shattered.
With the abdomen struck, the pelvis area immediately sprayed out a mass of red-and-white stuff.
"Uh…"
Yugito's whole body tightened. She couldn't even scream, and an overwhelming weakness surged through her heart.
Time seemed to stop there.
Scenes of the past began replaying before Yugito's eyes.
Raised as a Jinchuriki from childhood, becoming a Perfect Jinchuriki purely on her own.
Although Matatabi didn't have that great a relationship with her, they had lived together for twenty years.
"Matatabi, what a pity. You're going to die with me."
Matatabi had always been defiant, but with its host about to die, it also started to panic.
["Damn it! Hang in there, Yugito! How can you die in a place like this?"]
But Yugito no longer made a sound, her consciousness sinking into eternal darkness.
In reality, huge amounts of Tailed Beast chakra erupted from Yugito's body, wrapping her up tightly.
Rengoku felt a jolt in his heart, 'She's still not dead?'
Just as he prepared to finish her off again.
Killer Bee swung a tail horizontally.
Susanoo!
BANG!
A heavy thud. Rengoku was knocked sideways.
The attack he had tanked earlier while killing Yugito had already left him badly injured.
Rengoku planned to go back, resupply, and return again.
In midair he threw down a smoke bomb toward the ground and slipped into the Null Horizon.
He switched consciousness, his clone killed a few people nearby, and then broke out. In full view of everyone, it melted into the shadows and retreated calmly.
He left this clone nearby to monitor Cloud's movements.
Meanwhile Killer Bee retracted the tail wrapped around Yugito, but the massive blood loss from her lower body was extreme. One leg gone, half the pelvis shattered.
Thanks to Matatabi's efforts, the pelvic bleeding was temporarily stopped.
But with so much blood lost, Yugito had already fallen into a deep coma.
"Yugito!"
Killer Bee shouted in disbelief and immediately checked if she was still alive.
He detected a faint heartbeat.
But she was undoubtedly already at the edge of death.
Seeing how severe her injuries were, Killer Bee felt completely stumped.
"Gyuki, is there a way?"
Killer Bee didn't know medical ninjutsu at all, so in this situation he could only rely on Gyuki.
["Let me talk with Matatabi."]
Seeing the situation, Gyuki spoke at once.
Killer Bee placed a hand on Yugito's head and used the other to check her wounds.
One look and his heart sank. Half the pelvis gone, a leg missing.
As Gyuki's chakra merged with Matatabi's, he immediately asked, ["Can Yugito still be saved?"]
Matatabi had no time to bicker now, ["She's done. I'm only forcing her to stay alive."]
["Hurry and find another Jinchuriki, or I'll die!"]
If possible, Matatabi also wanted to get out on its own, but Yugito had a sealing formula on her.
And the Land of Lightning's sealing techniques were pretty decent.
Although there were many problems sealing the Eight-Tails, sealing Matatabi was more than doable.
If Yugito died, the Two-Tails Matatabi would die as well. Better to switch to another Jinchuriki.
After learning just how bad Yugito's condition was, Gyuki relayed it to Killer Bee.
Killer Bee's expression turned extremely grim.
He stood and looked around. His comrades were still trying to save themselves, and even medical-nin had come over to treat Yugito.
Killer Bee hesitated intensely.
With this many people, they definitely couldn't leave together.
If he left, most of them would never make it back to the Hidden Cloud.
But because Yugito had a Tailed Beast in her, he had to leave whether he wanted to or not.
"Lord Killer Bee, that other Uchiha Rengoku killed sixteen of our men and then slipped into the shadows."
"Uchiha Rengoku should know Shadow Escape."
The report made Killer Bee suddenly understand. No wonder Rengoku escaped so many times.
He'd been hiding inside shadows.
Although he felt sorry for his brothers, Yugito had to be taken back immediately.
He could only bring her back alone.
"Yugito is badly injured. I can only separate from all of you now."
The Hidden Cloud ninja beside him exchanged looks. Some even showed fear.
Even though they had two thousand men, Rengoku had attacked three times, and in total they'd already lost more than four hundred people.
And that was with two Jinchuriki present.
If the Jinchuriki weren't here, they couldn't even imagine it.
Killer Bee didn't dare look anyone in the eye. He forced himself to speak to the person beside him, "Haidebi, you'll command the formation next."
Killer Bee didn't dare delay. An octopus leg extended from his body and wrapped Yugito behind him.
Using the cover of night, he leapt away.
Haidebi felt everyone watching him and forced himself to calm down.
"Brothers, I don't need to tell you how important Tailed Beasts are to our Hidden Cloud."
"Uchiha Rengoku is too strong. We must make sure Lady Yugito returns alive."
"Splitting up now is the best choice."
"We'll vote. Leave immediately, or rest until dawn?"
Killer Bee and Yugito could move easily at night.
But the main force still had many wounded.
Several captains raised their hands, indicating they needed to rest.
"Everyone keep an eye on the shadows. Uchiha Rengoku can use Shadow Escape."
Some had seen Rengoku get badly injured, but the other Rengoku clone had escaped.
They had no idea which one was the shadow clone.
Haidebi looked in the direction Killer Bee had gone, his heart conflicted.
If Rengoku chased Killer Bee, they would be safe.
But if not, how many of them would survive was anyone's guess.
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