Due to the distance between the two countries, Ohnoki received the request for reinforcements from the Land of Demons to the ninja world even earlier than Orochimaru.
After sending away the envoy from the Land of Demons, Ohnoki looked at the text of the intelligence and slowly fell into thought.
"Rogue ninja..."
Ohnoki murmured and gently shook his head.
"Roshi's killing spree hasn't stopped yet. It seems he's still a ways off from breaking the Five Elements Seal."
"Wait a few more days..."
"When the seal is almost broken, I'll personally lead a team to the Land of Demons!"
"We'll drive out the rogue ninja causing trouble in the Land of Demons, and by the way, we'll help the Land of Demons deal with that so-called monster. The reputation of Iwagakure in the ninja world might have a chance to advance further!"
With his mind made up, Ohnoki then went to deal with other matters.
Recently, the sealing team has been receiving good news frequently. Han, after accepting the Five-Tails, showed an adaptability far exceeding any previous jinchūriki.
Ohnoki was happy, and even his chronic back pain felt less severe. His mind was filled with ways to improve the coordination between Han and the Five-Tails, hoping that he could become a powerful ninja who coexists with the tailed beast, just like Roshi in the future.
Under such circumstances, how could Ohnoki have the mind to care about the alarmist monster in the Land of Demons?
Compared to the improvement of his own village's strength, a mere Land of Demons, hah...
Insignificant!
...
"Hah!"
"Super Strength Punch!"
Kushina exhaled and, with her small fists wrapped in the Nine-Tails' chakra cloak, used the super strength techniques she learned from Tsunade-sama to clash head-on against Roshi's attacking fist.
Nawaki also had a fearless expression. His fist, hardened by the same Earth Style-Earth Spear, without dodging, swung to meet Roshi's attack.
A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Roshi's eyes, and he grinned ferociously at Kushina.
"Super Strength?"
"So you're a disciple of Tsunade, one of the Sannin. That gives me even more reason to kill you!"
Roshi's heart hardened, and he increased the force of his punch.
"Bang!"
With a muffled sound, Roshi frowned as his body was firmly stopped in place by Kushina.
As for Nawaki...
He lacked the talent to learn Super Strength and suffered from being young and weak. Under the impact of Roshi's immense power, he stumbled backward a considerable distance.
On the other hand, Kushina, after receiving Roshi's punch, only paled slightly, but her complexion soon returned to its rosy hue due to the powerful regenerative abilities of the tailed beast cloak.
Roshi's eyes widened in surprise, and his killing intent intensified.
"Such strength at such a young age..."
"It seems I have to reveal some of my strength!"
"Hah!"
Roshi roared, and a scorching Lava Style chakra cloak instantly covered his entire body. His right fist, which was clashing with Kushina, suddenly opened its five fingers, and a large hand made of scorching lava grasped Kushina's fist.
With murderous intent in his eyes, his left fist slammed towards Kushina's abdomen.
"Eight Inner Gates - First Gate - Open!"
Nawaki let out an angry roar, and his figure instantly appeared in front of Roshi.
"How dare you hurt my sister, you die!"
Gritting his teeth and roaring, Nawaki, with veins bulging on his forehead, completely disregarded the damage to his body from the Lava Style chakra cloak. He grabbed Roshi's left fist attacking Kushina's abdomen and turned his right leg into an indistinguishable afterimage, delivering a heavy kick to the small area of Roshi's abdomen not covered by the Lava Style cloak.
"Ugh!"
Roshi grunted, his eyes nearly popping out from the immense impact. His hand gripping Kushina's fist uncontrollably loosened, and he was sent flying backward.
"Where do you think you're going!"
Kushina's delicate eyebrows furrowed, and she lunged forward, catching up to Roshi's body almost simultaneously with Nawaki.
Roshi's expression turned fierce, and he clapped his hands together in front of him.
"Lava Style - Burning River..."
Nawaki's expression instantly changed. Lava Style...
"Damn it, you're the Four-Tails Jinchūriki from Iwagakure!"
Crossing his arms and grabbing the chakra steel wires wrapped around his arms, Nawaki yanked forward fiercely. Under the control of the body activation secret technique, which was from the same lineage as Orochimaru, the tenacious chakra steel wires seemed to have a mind of their own, separately wrapping around Roshi's hands.
"Now!"
"Kushina, use a sealing jutsu!"
Nawaki roared, and the muscles on his arms bulged. He forcibly separated Roshi's hands that were forming hand seals.
Upon hearing the word "Lava Style" from Roshi, Kushina also recalled information about the Four-Tails Jinchūriki from Iwagakure. When she heard her brother Nawaki's reminder to use a sealing jutsu, her super strength punch turned into a palm emitting black sealing runes.
"Sealing Technique - Four Symbols Seal!"
This was Kushina's strongest sealing jutsu currently mastered. The Eight Trigrams Seal, formed by the superposition of two such seals, could even forcefully seal the tailed beast's power completely within the jinchūriki's body.
Roshi looked at the sealing jutsu light emanating from Kushina's hand and felt a surge of panic.
"Damn it, another sealing jutsu!"
"Red-haired girl, you're a descendant of the Uzumaki clan!"
Roshi roared and reversed his grip on the chakra steel wires wrapped around his arms, pulling backward with all his might, trying to drag Nawaki in front of him to block the unavoidable sealing jutsu.
Although Nawaki usually acted like an idiot, he never failed at crucial moments.
These mere two chakra steel wires, you want them? Take them!
With a teacher who can use Magnet Style and the wealth of the Senju clan, Nawaki had plenty of these steel wires made from chakra-conducting metal!
Nawaki let go of the chakra steel wires in his hand with a mischievous smile, while Roshi was in a terrible state.
Under the full force of his pull, Roshi stumbled due to Nawaki's trick.
Kushina's sealing jutsu arrived in an instant and slapped onto Roshi's abdomen.
"Ugh..."
Roshi grunted, and the scorching lava flowing on his body dimmed visibly at a rapid pace.
Minato Namikaze, who hadn't had a chance to make a move,'s eyes lit up. He instantly appeared behind Roshi, who was unsteady on his feet, and slammed his half-finished Rasengan into Roshi's back.
"Wind Style - Rasengan!"
"Boom!"
This surprise attack from Minato was like adding insult to injury for Roshi, whose chakra flow was temporarily stagnant. The defense of Earth Style-Earth Spear crumbled instantly under the furious friction of the rapidly rotating wind-style chakra of the Rasengan. Roshi let out a scream and flew back towards Kushina and Nawaki, spinning.
"Ah?"
Nonoyu, who had rushed to Nawaki's side and was tending to his palm burns with her medical ninjutsu, was startled. Protecting her "husband" with all her might, she instinctively stepped in front of Nawaki, raised her arm, and a sharp chakra scalpel, shimmering with emerald light, pierced through Roshi's chest with a *shlurp*.
Roshi's ferocious expression froze on his face. He looked at the girl, whom he thought was just a minor member of the team, in disbelief.
Isn't she a medical ninja? Why...
The scene suddenly fell silent!
Kushina's small fist, raised to strike, froze in mid-air. She stared dumbfounded at Roshi, who was hanging from Nonoyu's arm, bleeding from his nose and mouth. Just as she was about to sigh about how love makes people reckless, the Nine-Tails within her suddenly warned her loudly.
"Girl, get away quickly!"
"The Four-Tails is coming out!"
Kushina's expression changed drastically. She pulled Minato with one hand and helped Nonoyu pull her arm out of Roshi's chest with the other. Simultaneously, a phantom red tail grew from her tailed beast cloak and swept fiercely at Roshi, who had a large hole in his chest but hadn't fallen yet, pushing the four of them backward.
Roshi's body rolled a long distance on the ground like a rag doll, but the life force within him showed no signs of weakening.
Scorching tailed beast chakra bubbled out from the Four Symbols Seal Kushina had just set, slowly engulfing the ferocious-looking Roshi completely.
Terrifying high-temperature air currents surged, and Roshi slowly got up from the ground.
The large hole in his chest quickly healed under the effect of the Four-Tails' powerful chakra. The excess power seemed to have nowhere to go and slowly gathered behind Roshi.
One, two... four!
The moment four tails made of solidified lava appeared, Roshi let out a chaotic roar unlike that of a human, and his body suddenly prostrated on the ground.
The Lava Style chakra that emerged from the seal became even more rampant, madly spreading around Roshi. In just a few breaths, a lava-red gorilla, as large as a small mountain, stood before the four of them.
"This... this guy is not right!"
Kushina looked at Roshi, who had fully transformed into his tailed beast form, with a solemn expression and sternly warned her three companions.
"Kurama said..."
"The Four-Tails has gone mad!"
Minato Namikaze swallowed, his kunai gripped tightly.
"Mad? Does that mean it's different from Kurama, that it's become a beast without reason?"
Kushina nodded, reached out and brushed her seal on her lower abdomen, opening a wide slit in the Eight Trigrams Seal.
"The fully transformed Four-Tails..."
"You guys might not be able to join the fight from here on!"
"Brother Nawaki, protect Minato and Nonoyu-neechan. Captain Kushina is going to take action!"
The three nodded solemnly and obediently retreated far behind Kushina.
Kushina was right. No matter how talented they were, they were currently unqualified to confront a fully transformed tailed beast that had fallen into madness.
They were too young!
Except for Kushina, who was also a jinchūriki and skilled in sealing jutsu, the other three would only be a burden in this battle.
As Kushina's words fell, the Nine-Tails sealed within began to exert its power.
A vast amount of gentle chakra poured out from the Eight Trigrams Seal, and the tailed beast cloak on Kushina's body instantly solidified. At the same time, next to the red tail that had been floating behind her, two more tails grew.
Three red tails fluttered in the wind along with her long red hair. A beast-like pupil appeared in Kushina's eyes. Like a human-shaped ferocious beast, she resolutely guarded her three companions.
With one hand on her hip and the other pointing at the Four-Tails, whose eyes were filled with chaotic madness, Kushina's expression was furious, and she harshly reprimanded:
"Come on!"
"You scum who harmed your fellow tailed beasts!"
"Captain Kushina, representing Kurama and all the tailed beasts, will strip you of your jinchūriki status!"