[The Next Day]
High above the sky, two winged people were rapidly approaching Hidden Cloud Village again.
"That's the plan."
"Just react as you see fit later," The mirror clone Rengoku laid out the entire mission plan for Kuriarare Yagura.
Yagura looked a bit dazed, "So what you mean is, that Senku is also…"
Rengoku smiled smugly, "That's right, that would be me."
"Fine. I don't know what your follow-up plan is, but since you've already arranged everything, I'll act out this play with you."
Rengoku warned him, "The one thing we need to be careful about is not revealing the Paper Release wings. We can't let the Hidden Cloud people make any connections."
Yagura answered, "No problem, that's easy."
He turned his head and spat a stream of grayish-white liquid over the wings on his back.
"These liquids can turn into coral at any moment, so they'll never be discovered."
Then Yagura spat a mouthful onto Rengoku's back as well.
"So this is your Coral Palm?"
Yagura gave Rengoku a "you're pretty smart" kind of look.
Rengoku laughed out loud.
After the two finished preparations, they sped up. It didn't take much time before they reached the sky above Hidden Cloud Village.
But just as they entered the area where Senku had set up his barrier, thin black lines made of sealing symbols crawled across Rengoku's body.
Then these lines spread onto Yagura as well.
Their speed in the air suddenly dropped. Rengoku shifted his thoughts slightly and had already notified Senku.
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[Hidden Cloud Village]
After several days of bombardment, the villagers no longer dared to come out of the shelters, so the village was empty everywhere.
Hidden Cloud had arranged rooms for the Akatsuki members, but also placed many people to watch them.
Early in the morning, the door suddenly opened.
Kakuzu immediately spoke to the Hidden Cloud shinobi outside, "Master Senku's barrier has activated. We're heading up to meet Yagura now."
As he spoke, Deidara was already chewing clay.
Before the voice even finished, the clay bird was completed. The three jumped onto it and flew straight into the sky.
Hidden Cloud didn't stop them, nor did they sit idle.
"Go report to the Boss and Cee. Have our scouting personnel bring full equipment and follow them up."
"Yes!"
Hidden Cloud had been prepared. Within less than thirty seconds of Deidara taking off, many hawks also flew upward.
Each hawk carried a scouting shinobi with binoculars, cameras, and other equipment.
Their gear was very complete.
When they reached an altitude of over ten thousand meters, Akatsuki and Yagura had already begun fighting.
To be precise, it was Senku alone chasing Yagura.
The two Yaguras had lines of sealing symbols spreading over them as they flew, wrapping around their bodies, slowing them more and more.
Senku recited a Buddhist mantra.
"Holy Seal!"
He sat cross-legged on the clay bird, palms together, resting the staff horizontally across his arms.
Behind Senku, a massive flaming lotus burst forth, floating like a Holy Seal.
A huge mass of chakra mixed with spiritual power erupted outward.
Not only were the Akatsuki members shocked, the Hidden Cloud scouts gasped as well.
What on earth was this power Senku was using? They had never seen anything like it.
The flaming lotus quickly transformed into long flaming whips wrapped around the airborne monk's body.
The whips moved like living creatures, whipping toward Yagura.
Yagura burst out with intense chakra, extending hands formed from a cloak of dark-red chakra to grab at Senku.
But Senku only flicked his sleeve, and those chakra hands slammed into something as if they'd hit a wall.
The other Yagura (Rengoku) began gathering a Tailed Beast Ball in his mouth.
Deidara and Kakuzu both jumped in fright. At this altitude, taking a direct hit would leave them half-dead even if they survived.
But before they could react, Senku calmly formed a seal.
More sealing symbols appeared all around Yagura (Rengoku), sticking tightly to his body.
His chakra output immediately weakened, and the Tailed Beast Ball in his mouth fizzled away like a tiny flame blown out.
Senku extended his hand, and a golden chain shot out, whipping Yagura (Rengoku).
Yagura (Rengoku) screamed as the chakra cloak around him was whipped clean off.
Senku's chain wrapped around him, binding him tightly like a rice dumpling, and hauled him in.
Senku gestured to Deidara, telling him to keep chasing.
Deidara snapped back to awareness and noticed the other Yagura fleeing into the distance.
He quickly steered the clay bird to chase.
Senku's chains flew continuously, while Yagura weaved through them with agility.
But anyone could see Yagura was simply running for his life.
His speed was getting slower and slower.
Soon, under the overwhelming golden chains, Yagura's foot was caught.
The chain yanked hard, jerking Yagura backward in midair.
The violently surging Tailed Beast chakra became laughably weak under Senku's Holy Seal.
The golden chains wrapped around him, instantly suppressing it back into Yagura's body.
Seeing the Tailed Beast cloak retract, Yagura moved his thoughts. The paper wings on his back had all turned into coral, slowly crumbling.
Only then did the Hidden Cloud shinobi below realize Yagura's wings were made of coral.
After recording this intel, they saw both Yaguras captured by Senku.
After being captured, Yagura looked shocked and angry, "You're Senku?"
"Is Akatsuki planning to make an enemy of Hidden Mist?"
Senku recited a mantra and did not respond.
Kakuzu stepped forward calmly, "We were hired by Hidden Cloud to resolve this matter."
"Our purpose is simply to stop you, Mizukage, from continuing to bomb Hidden Cloud."
Yagura struggled forcefully, but the chains didn't move at all.
His face darkened, "What do you want?"
Senku finally spoke, "You, sir, are using the demon beast as a weapon of war. This will lead to countless innocent deaths."
"As long as you agree not to attack Hidden Cloud again…"
"This poor monk will release you."
Yagura looked doubtful, "Just that?"
Kakuzu grinned beside him.
"Lord Mizukage, our Akatsuki exists to make money. We won't form a death feud with anyone."
"You Mist-nin are also our potential clients, after all."
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