Chapter 242: One trick to conquer the world
After the steam dissipates.
Kaito activated his 'Keen Eyes' to scan the beach, trying to find Kakuzu's body, but he did not find the target.
'It shouldn't have exploded directly, right?'
Kaito couldn't help but think secretly.
But then he began to doubt his own guess.
Kaito knew clearly that even an ordinary ninja would be blown into pieces and spread all over the beach after being hit by the 'Steam: Shuriken Egg Bomb' just now.
Not to mention that Kakuzu was a monster that had been transformed by the Earth Grudge Fear, so there shouldn't be any wreckage left behind, right?
Thinking of this, Kaito slightly raised his vigilance, asked Blue to continue to stay on the sea, and took off directly, preparing to observe the situation carefully from the sky.
It was this action that saved him from being ambushed.
As soon as Kaito rose into the air, the 'Anticipation' immediately sent a warning.
Then, without hesitation, he nimbly moved sideways twice and dodged two long-range attacks flying out from the beach.
Apparently realizing that his sneak attack had failed, Kakuzu came out from underground again.
Coming out with him were four monsters wearing strange masks and made entirely of Earth Grudge Fear silk threads.
However, two of the monsters with obviously damaged masks had just struggled to crawl out of the ground, and immediately fell down on the beach like deflated balloons, turning into a pool of black mud.
"Only two?" Kaito secretly said what a pity.
"But the two attacks just now were lightning and fire, and considering the move hiding in the underground, there should be an Earth Attribute Heart in the main body."
"So it was the water and wind hearts that were destroyed?"
After confirming this answer, Kaito felt a little relieved.
Compared to the 'Water' and 'Wind' attributes that are often used to perform combination ninjutsu, the two direct attack types of 'Lightning' and 'Fire' are actually easier to deal with.
"If the Earth Attribute Heart is still there, the Earth Style: Earth Spear hardening technique that increases defense will be a bit troublesome to deal with."
In fact, what Kaito didn't know was.
Just now, Kakuzu used the ninjutsu 'Earth Style: Earth Spear' at the last moment, hardening the Earth Grudge Fear Silk Threads all over his body and gathering them madly behind his back to provide protection for his mask. This is how he withstood the cutting of the 'Steam Shuriken' and finally barely survived the violent explosion.
This is because Kakuzu has been completely transformed by the Secret Technique: Earth Grudge Fear, and his entire body is made up of Earth Grudge Fear silk threads.
After the Earth Grudge Fear thread was hardened, it could basically be seen as a solid iron ball completely wrapped by high-strength steel wire, and it did not have those weaknesses in the traditional sense.
Otherwise, no matter how strong his hardened defense is, his internal organs would not be able to withstand such a terrible explosion.
Of course, Kakuzu, who had managed to survive, was not having an easy time either.
Not to mention the two hearts that had been destroyed, even Kakuzu's body looked very miserable at this moment.
A large area of skin on his body was burned red by the high-temperature steam, like a cooked shrimp.
One of his arms was blown away to an unknown place, and even the lower half of his right leg disappeared without a trace.
If it weren't for the support of the large amount of Earth Grudge Fear Silk Threads extending from his body, Kakuzu probably wouldn't even be able to stand steadily at this moment.
How could Kakuzu, who has lived for nearly a hundred years, tolerate being bullied by a junior?
Although he doesn't know how this little kid from Kirigakure discovered the weakness of the mask behind him, he was still able to make a quick decision and deliver a fatal blow.
But at this moment, Kakuzu has increased the threat level of Kaito again.
Looking at Kaito who was hovering in the air and seemed afraid to land, Kakuzu spoke in a low voice.
"Kid, the last time I was hurt this badly was when I fought the First Hokage. You should feel honored."
"Next, I will use your heart to make up for my loss!"
Upon hearing this, Kaito curled his lips and didn't want to cooperate with Kakuzu's performance at all.
Although he knows that this guy is definitely not like the one who was ridiculed on the Internet in his previous life and boasted all his life about "throwing a kunai from eight hundred miles away".
But there's no need to tell everyone about his "glorious deeds", right?
Without supervision, Kakuzu naturally couldn't see the disdainful expression on Kaito's face in the distance.
But this did not stop him from continuing to attack.
Although Kaito was flying in the air at this time, Kakuzu also had a way to deal with it.
Kakuzu just waved his hand, and the two Earth Grudge Fear Monsters crouching beside him immediately flew into the air and rushed towards Kaito.
As the two monsters flew forward, they kept opening their mouths and spitting out fire bombs and lightning towards Kaito.
However, for Kaito, who had the 'Anticipation' hint, it was easy for him to dodge such an attack, but he was still held in the air.
Kakuzu's real body was not idle either.
Although the right arm had disappeared, it was twisted and entangled again with the Earth Grudge Fear Silk Thread. Apart from its strange appearance, it was exactly the same as a complete arm.
Even the speed of forming seals was a bit faster.
Kaito, who was practicing dodging in the air, glanced over and immediately recognized that Kakuzu was making the seal of the ninjutsu "Earth Style: Earth Spear".
'It's really a one-trick pony that can do anything!'
Kaito suddenly felt a headache. With the strength of the ninjutsu "Earth Spear", most physical attacks were useless against Kakuzu.
If all four masks had not been exposed, forcing the Kakuzu to protect them with all his strength, he might not have been injured so badly.
Blue on the sea would not just stand there stupidly and watch Kakuzu perform hand seals.
A chakra blade condensed in the frog's palm, and the body turned into countless phantoms and rushed towards the direction where Kakuzu was standing.
But after a series of "ding-dong" sounds.
No matter how hard the little frog tried, he was unable to break through Kakuzu's defense.
On the contrary, after the first few attacks failed, Kakuzu found the right time to release the Earth Grudge Fear Silk Thread to block Blue's movement space.
Then he kicked Blue with great force, sending him flying.
The little frog splashed a dozen or so water bubbles on the sea surface before sinking into the sea.
Seeing that Blue was defeated, Kaito no longer thought about dealing with the two monsters in the air first, and immediately tried his best to get rid of them.
"Blue! Change people!"
As soon as Blue emerged from the water, he heard his master's call.
Afterwards, Kaito ignored the two monsters that still wanted to harass him. He tapped his chest twice with his thumb quickly and leaned forward to rush towards Kakuzu.
The two monsters chasing after Kaito, no matter how they attacked, were easily avoided by Kaito who seemed to have eyes on his back.
Until he rushed in front of Kakuzu.
The cold blade light instantly cut through the air.
This long-accumulated 'Cut' slashed towards Kakuzu's head with a rapid sound of breaking wind.
At the critical moment, Kakuzu raised his arms to protect himself. His right arm, which was made of Earth Grudge Fear silk threads, quickly deformed and turned into a melon seed shield to enhance his defense.
But the moment he was attacked, Kakuzu was immediately shocked!
"What kind of force is this!"
(End of this chapter)