Land of Water.
A black-clad person wearing a fox mask walked through the night, finally stopping in front of a small village.
Takuno looked at the village before him. If the map was correct, this was the ancestral land of the Kaguya Clan, located in the Land of Water.
What surprised him slightly was that despite being a tiny village, it still had night watchmen.
"Who are you?!"
The leading male member of the Kaguya Clan glared angrily, sporting dark circles under his eyes and a strange hairstyle, making him look slightly mentally unstable.
This was indeed the case. The Kaguya Clan truly had mental issues.
They could arguably be called the most perverse and bloodthirsty clan in Naruto.
Every member of the Kaguya Clan possessed an extremely bizarre personality, unified by their intense combativeness and love for slaughter. It was as if they had no other pursuit in life besides killing; they seemed to find the meaning of their existence only in battle.
This attitude even led them, using the strength of their entire clan, to launch a night attack directly against the Kirigakure, who possessed the power of a Great Nation, solely to let the people of Hidden Mist Village know how terrifying the Kaguya Clan was.
Their eventual extermination was, therefore, self-inflicted.
"I am a Ninja who enjoys collecting various strange things. I heard you have someone here who can manipulate bones; could you please hand him over to me?" Takuno asked in that 'androgynous' voice.
"No!" The Kaguya Clan member glared furiously at Takuno, his voice like rolling thunder. "That little monster belongs to us!"
With that, he seemed unable to restrain himself any longer and punched towards Takuno. Speaking that much before had already been his limit.
At this moment, he seemed to visualize Takuno being torn apart by his hand, and a cruel smile appeared on his face.
Takuno paused, completely surprised that the opponent would attack immediately. Truly worthy of being the most insane clan.
Since the opponent had made his move, he showed no politeness in return, throwing a punch imbued with his carefully controlled Chakra.
"Boom!"
The Kaguya Clan member was blasted away like a cannonball before his smile had even fully faded, only stopping after smashing through countless houses.
The opponent was already unrecognizable, dead beyond a shadow of a doubt.
This was Super Strength!
Takuno did not know if his Super Strength differed from Tsunade's, but the principle was the same: concentrating Chakra in one part of the body to unleash power far exceeding the body's natural limits.
Of course, his physical strength was also quite good after a few months of training. Unfortunately, his Taijutsu talent seemed genuinely mediocre. While the training had results, pure Taijutsu techniques, such as the Front Lotus, felt awkward for him to use.
These pure Taijutsu techniques were far less convenient for him than Ninjutsu-enhanced Taijutsu.
At this moment, the other Kaguya Clan Members who saw their comrade killed and blasted away showed absolutely no fear, nor any regret over the Kaguya Clan member's death. Their faces still held their bizarre smiles.
They were happy, happy that they could fight again!
Takuno watched this scene and the Kaguya Clan Members continuously emerging from the houses, then shrugged helplessly and said.
"What a pity. I am actually a Ninja who enjoys peace and dislikes fighting and killing."
No one answered him. They charged toward Takuno, wearing those chilling, bizarre smiles.
"Well then, let's give this a try. I happen to have some Ninjutsu I want to test out." Takuno formed hand signs, and a massive surge of purple Chakra suddenly erupted from his back.
"Kujaku Myōhō: Tiger's Wrath!"
Instantly, the massive, solidified purple Chakra began to transform, forming a gigantic Tiger King crouching above Takuno, letting out a roar that sounded like a sonic attack.
This tiger roar caused the charging Kaguya Clan Members to pause momentarily, and a hint of pain finally appeared on their faces. This was the first time Takuno had seen an expression other than that bizarre smile on a Kaguya Clan member's face.
That was... quite rare.
After letting out a roar, the Tiger's Wrath charged toward the Kaguya Clan Members. Like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, slaughter and bloodshed erupted.
During this time, Takuno did not move. He had not yet figured out how to move while maintaining the Kujaku Myōhō, let alone how to use other Ninjutsu to attack simultaneously.
This drawback had not been overcome, but the Kujaku Myōhō was fine for occasional use.
The Kujaku Myōhō felt very heavy to him; Chakra had weight, especially when condensed into a solidified form.
The original work often remarked how impressive it was that Naruto could still move after going berserk and developing four tails, despite possessing such massive amounts of solidified Chakra.
Even Orochimaru, when facing the Tailed Beast Bomb from the four-tailed Naruto, was completely surprised that Chakra of that density could be fired, resulting in him being hit squarely... Similarly, the half-finished Wind Release: Rasenshuriken was also a massive concentration of Chakra, unreasonably heavy.
When Naruto threw it in the original work, the Toad Sage lamented that he was actually able to throw such a high-density, rapidly spinning mass of Chakra —it was an extremely difficult feat.
Currently, Takuno found it difficult just holding the condensed form, let alone throwing it.
It was imaginable that even if he threw it, the speed would be extremely slow, too slow to hit anyone.
Therefore, he understood: to throw this thing in its half-finished state, one needed the physical strength provided by Sage Mode.
Takuno only hoped that when he perfected the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, the other throwing requirements would be lowered.
At this moment, he was still using the Tiger's Wrath to continuously attack the Kaguya Clan Members. They were completely vulnerable before the Tiger's Wrath, having their stomachs ripped open in one blow and their bodies dismembered in two.
Yet they were utterly fearless of death, showing not the slightest dread over their comrades' demise. They even shouted, 'Let him see the terror of the Kaguya Clan!' before rushing recklessly toward the Tiger's Wrath.
Truly, worthy of being the Kaguya Clan.
Takuno clicked his tongue. It was a miracle that the Kaguya Clan had managed to exist for this long.
Slowly, blood covered the ground, and several corpses of Kaguya Clan Members lay there, most of them incomplete.
At this point, they seemed to notice Takuno, who was standing motionless behind the Tiger's Wrath, and charged toward him.
Takuno sighed. Even the utterly insane Kaguya Clan could spot this weakness. It seemed the Kujaku Myōhō should not be used carelessly until he figured out a way to move and attack simultaneously.