Mui wao draw a Tailed Beast’s chakra in order to open the Box of Ultimate Bliss.

  And as for Pain, he never specified whether he needed a plump, well-fed Tailed Beast or a malnourished Tailed Beast.

  her Pain nor Konan could possibly anticipate just how “toxic” Uzumaki Senshi could be!

  After spending a stretch of time alongside him, Kakuzu had bee severely sleep-deprived and malnourished, his body in a bad state. That was bad enough, but now—

  They were supposed to capture a Tailed Beast, yet Senshi might even starve the Tailed Beast!

  Both Kisame and Kakuzu exhaled in relief when they heard Senshi speak.

  They had been very worried that this “brother” of theirs would get carried away, go off feasting, and fet the assig from their anization. They were even more worried that he might get blinded by a woman’s charms, and then they’d have to report to Pain:

  “This is a big problem! Our pal Senshi got caught up in lust and ’t be trusted.”

  Luckily, the worst never happened—Senshi erfectly clear-headed, bursting with fideher than being slightly torn about whether or not to attend the ba, he hadn’t scked off at all in his dedication to the mission!

  g Kisame’s shoulder, Senshi said:

  “Lead the way. There’s a very rge ke around the Kirigakure. Our target’s lurking there.”

  Kisame: “???”

  Kakuzu: “???”

  Terumi Mei: “???”

  And Gorio: “???”

  With just one offhand line, Senshi threw six people into utter fusion.

  Kisame really wao say, Dude, do you actually not even know where the Three-Tails is? You boasted to Pain you khere was a loailed Beast arouhat you could easily reel in.

  Kisame’s lips twitched, and he couldn’t resist speaking:

  “he Kiri, there’s basically nothing but kes. I take you to whichever sort of ke you want, but out of all those kes, I’ve got no idea whie has our target.”

  Senshi grew annoyed: “Then what good are you?”

  In his squad, nobody could just loaf around!

  - Karin’s role in the group was support, scoutiional pick-me-up, plus serving as a human adding mae for ting money.

  - Kakuzu was the “tury-old establishment and golden brand” at the bck market, helping them accept missions. If necessary, he could be a sedary “DPS,” plus the sedary money-ter.

  - Kisame, however, didn’t even know which particur ke among those he Kiri held the Three-Tails; did that mean he was of no use?

  …

  Meanwhile:

  Swish-swish-swish…

  Kondō No led a team of Blood Mist shinobi, repeatedly using the Body Flicker Teique to rush along.

  As they traveled, one of the ninjas, sounding anxious, piped up:

  “Lord Kondō No, are we really doing this? If the Three-Tails goes on a rampage, the vilge will suffer too!”

  Kondō No shot him a cold look:

  “Our fa’s influen the vilge is tinuously weakening. So… I’d rather make a misstep than do nothing at all. We’ll provoke the Three-Tails into rampaging. Once Genji and the others are powerless to has rage, we’ll appear, use our secret arts to subdue the beast, aurn it to the ke. Then, once again, the Blood Mist shinobi shall be heroes who saved the vilge. In the Kirigakure, only the Blood Mist act as saviors!”

  All of Kondō No’s versation with these Blood Mist shinobi fell under Uzumaki Senshi’s “Mantra.”

  He realized that even bined, Hōzuki Getsuki, Kokū Tachii, and Kondō Ryū didn’t have the knack for scheming that Kondō No had.

  The man’s spur-of-the-moment pn was on a wholly different level from those three spinning tops.

  Truly splendid, no further words needed!

  This was Uzumaki Senshi’s evaluation of Kondō No:

  “The Kirigakure, with a talent like him, will always keep me busy with new missions.”

  Kondō No spontaneously produced such a big drama—just imagine what he could do with proper pnning. The vilge’s fresh wave of chaos would definitely yield fresh issions.

  Noting Kondō No’s scheme, Senshi offhandedly said to the people around him:

  “e with me—I know where our target is now.

  Everything is going acc to pn!”

  Kisame and the others all exged looks.

  “What do you mean ‘acc to pn’? This is definitely off script!”

  All of them were sure that Senshi had no real idea where the Three-Tails was.

  Kisame and Terumi Mei’s group immediately followed Senshi, flickering along at high speed.

  Kisame’s side o capture the Three-Tails; Terumi Mei and her allies wao keep an eye oo see what they were up to.

  After traveling for a while, they spotted Kondō No and his subordinates.

  Senshi’s voice rang out to the group:

  “Kondō No’s team pns to use a secret teique to push the Three-Tails into a frenzy and wreck the vilge. Terumi Mei, do you want to hahem yourselves, or hire me?”

  By now, Senshi was more and more adept at “double-dipping” or even “triple-dipping.”

  Given that Tailed Beasts were the ultimate ons of the Great Nations, anything to do with them was always a huge deal.

  While rushing onward, Terumi Mei asked in a panic:

  “Is there still time to stop them?”

  Senshi shook his head:

  “Looks like it’s too te.”

  Elsewhere, Kondō No’s four-man group reached a giant ke’s surface.

  Swish, swish, swish, swish!

  They molded chakra at their feet, standing firmly oer, then quickly formed hand seals in unison and smmed their hands onto the ke:

  Boom!

  The entire ke trembled at that moment.

  Soon, a fearsome, violent aura began surging from the depths up toward the surface.

  A vicious grin spread across Kondō No’s face:

  “The show’s about to start—let’s go!”

  With that, he and his three panions disappeared via Body Flicker.

  What had been a sereranquil for who knew how long, was now roiling and boiling.

  Crash—

  Spaash!

  Wave after ouhe shoreli was as if the ke had turned into a goblet of wine in someone’s shaking hand.

  Rumble…

  Even the earth began to quake with a deep roar.

  moment, a savage aura erupted skyward from the kebed.

  Boom—

  tless ns of water sprang up. A massive, gray, turtle-shaped Tailed Beast rose from the bottom.

  Its enormous body was covered in drab gray scales, with three long tails extending behind it.

  That Beast was the Kiri’s formidable Tailed Beast on: the Three-Tails, Isobu!

  This upheaval was soon noticed by the entire Kirigakure, and a rge number of its shinobi raced to the se.

  Naturally, Terumi Mei’s group, being the fastest, arrived first.

  Seeing the Three-Tails, extremely agitated as it emerged from the ke, Terumi Mei felt despair.

  Right now, the Kiri simply cked the firepower to hahe Three-Tails. Maybe in the end the Blood Mist fa would e “save the day,” but who knew how many vilgers would die in the meantime?

  With no other recourse, Terumi Mei turo Uzumaki Senshi to ission him to subdue the rampaging Tailed Beast:

  “If we hire you, how do you pn on dealing with it?”

  Senshi casually answered:

  “I’ll knock out the Three-Tails and force it bato this ke.”

  Terumi Mei nodded:

  “Alright. On behalf of the Kiri, we’ll pay you 10 million ryō to subdue the Three-Tails, prevent it fring the vilge, and drive it bader the ke.”

  ```

  [New issioed!]

  [t: Kirigakure]

  [Objective: Subdue the Three-Tails, stop the rampagi from destroying the vilge, aurn it to the kebed.]

  [Reward: 10,000,000 ryō]

  [Mission Rank: S]

  [Mission Bonus: 10,000 Employment Points]

  Senshi inwardly grinned upon receiving the new ission. This marked yet ariple-dip.”

  - Akatsuki needed a Tailed Beast.

  - Mui wanted a Tailed Beast’s chakra.

  - Terumi Mei needed him to subdue the Three-Tails.

  He could fulfill all three tasks simultaneously.

  After Terumi Mei annouhe mission, Senshi beamed:

  “With pleasure. But have your Kiri shinobi step back.”

  At this time, a rge number of Kiri ninjas—undaunted—were attempting to hold off the Three-Tails. Though ceous, their strength couldn’t possibly stop a rampaging Tailed Beast.

  Hearing Senshi’s words, Terumi Mei quickly barked:

  “Everyone, withdraw immediately! Help evacuate the vilgers nearby—do not stay here!”

  Those words had effect: many Kiri ninjas departed at ohers insisted,

  “We’ll stay to block the Three-Tails. The rest of you follow Lady Terumi Mei’s orders.”

  Seeing some leave and some remain, all prepared for the worst, left Terumi Mei furious.

  Their jutsu wasn’t even on par with little fireballs from the Uchiha , yet they truly believed they could block the Three-Tails?

  heless, these stalwarts began frantically weaving seals:

  “Water Release: Water Collision Wave!”

  Spsh, sploosh—

  Swoosh, swoosh!

  Dozens of ninjas cast the teique simultaneously—impressive in scope.

  A surge of huge water waves formed. Rushing swiftly, they barely soaked the Three-Tails’ forepaws.

  Isobu: “???”

  Even in a berserk state, the beast seemed puzzled. Was that an attack? I didn’t feel anything…

  Seeing it pause, the Kiri shinobi on shot excited:

  “It’s w!”

  “Again! Again!”

  “Keep Isobu away from the vilge!”

  “Water Release: Water Collision Wave!”

  Those dozens of Kiri ninjas were all pumped up.

  Terumi Mei, however, had a face dark as thunder. What’s effective about that?

  Sure enough, the monstrous Three-Tails advanced, barreling through their endless watery surges.

  Against Isobu, their ninjutsu was mere scratg.

  Once more, Terumi Mei shouted:

  “Retreat! All of you, move baow!”

  Gonbee likewise bellowed:

  “Get out of here! Hurry!”

  Bleam