Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha is not motivated.

"Roar!"

The sea of ​​​​sramana's consciousness was filled with yellow sand. A shiny bald head stood on the seemingly invisible fine sand. In front of him, a huge fat raccoon cat was waving its claws, raising its head and roaring.

The violent gusts of air caused by the roar made Shamen subconsciously narrow his eyes. Just as he was about to open his mouth to make a deal with the beast, the beast lowered its head first, with excitement in its copper-coin-like pupils.
"Bald guy! You want power, right? As long as you can beat up that stinky cat, you can have as much magnetic chakra as you want!"

"Is this true?"

Shamon raised his eyebrows in surprise. It was harder than climbing to the sky to borrow some strength from Shukaku before, but he didn't expect that it would take the initiative to lend him strength this time.

"Humph!"

Shukaku snorted coldly upon hearing this, not wanting to waste any more words with this human. He raised his sharp claws and slapped the monk, who felt dizzy.
"Um, what is this?"

When he opened his eyes again, Shamen was surprised to find that the unstable halo on the buckle he had just inserted into the driver slowly dissipated, revealing a tan raccoon-shaped buckle.

The cute Q-version raccoon cat is covered with very complicated black lines, giving off an obscure and mysterious weird aura.

"Bah~"

Just as Shamen was puzzled, the wind-style belt buckle that was originally inserted on the other side actually flew out on its own. Before he could react, the raccoon's big eyes on the raccoon head buckle on his waist flashed a cunning light.

"Snapped!"

With a snap, the raccoon headband buckle suddenly opened, revealing a Q-version Shukaku with his hands on his hips showing off his might.
"The power of magnetic escape has been loaded successfully."

The emotionless electronic sound rang out again, and yellow sand appeared out of nowhere and instantly swallowed up the monk's body.

"Youlv, what kind of plane is he working on?"

Silver Horn in front of Shamon frowned at the moment, watching the other party's extremely long transformation swing, and felt a little uneasy in his heart, so he calmed down and asked the two tails in his body,

"Tsk, he even used up his original power, is Shukaku trying to risk his life?"

Youlu looked at the monk covered in yellow sand with a gloomy face, and there was a hint of fear in his tone.
"It's just a competition, is it necessary to fight so hard?"

Hearing this, Ginkaku scratched his head with some annoyance. As one of the first Tailed Beast Riders, he naturally knew what it meant for the Tailed Beasts to use their original power. The contempt on his face gradually disappeared, replaced by a deep solemnity.

Wow~
At this moment, the yellow sand dispersed, revealing a yellow-brown raccoon knight inside. His body was covered with blue-black lines, and his hands were wrapped in visible waves. The surrounding yellow sand surged with the waves.

"Kingdom of Wind, your emperor is back!"

Raising his hand, the raccoon knight admired the aura of the magnetic escape in his hand. The big mouth under the mask pulled out a terrifying arc, and the sound coming out of it made everyone feel very unfamiliar.

"Did it go berserk?"

Ginkaku's eyes narrowed. Having extensive experience in rampage, he could tell at a glance that the person now controlling the body was not the previous Salmon, but the owner of the Tailed Beast Card.

"Well"

The raccoon knight had just taken an arrogant stance when a sudden headache caused him to curl his mouth and forcefully suppress the consciousness of the raccoon. Shukaku, who was controlling the raccoon's body, said with a sadistic smile,

"Bald, don't worry, I'll come out and play for a while, just consider it the price for borrowing your power."

Shukaku, who had successfully forced the deal, raised his head and looked at Ginkaku, who was on high alert. The voice that came out of his mouth was very shrill.
"Youli, I'm going to tear your stinky mouth apart today!"

"Little Silver Coin, take good care of it for me!"

Youlu is not a soft persimmon. Since you, Shukaku, are provoking it like this, it will no longer endure it. It roars in Ginkaku's sea of ​​consciousness, and cold chakra gushes out, all pouring into the driver on its waist.

The next moment, a card with a ferocious tiger painted on it popped out from the card box on Yinjiao's waist. He took it and inserted it into the card slot of the drive.
"The wild tiger has arrived."

"Roar!"

A deafening tiger roar sounded, and a silver tiger monster with blue tiger stripes all over its body appeared next to Silver Horn. The huge claws on both hands emitted a cold light, and its scarlet tiger eyes fell on the civet cat knight, bursting out with a terrifying murderous light.

"Clap clap clap!"

"Look, this is what we call a real fight. Those guys over there are just faking it~"

Uchiha Gin, who was sitting in the spectator booth, clapped his hands excitedly when he saw that someone was finally playing for real. He turned around and explained to the audience who were all puzzled,
"A match-fixing?"

The people in the spectator seats looked at each other, then turned their gazes to the knights who were fighting fiercely, with even more confusion in their eyes.

"That's right, those guys are just making a lot of noise but doing little. Their moves are all testing, and they didn't even use the power of the tailed beasts."

In the competition field, Wu Zheng manipulated his body to dodge the water bullets in the air at a very fast speed. Below him, Gui Deng Huan Yue raised his hands high, and his fingertips kept firing his signature water cannon.
"Bandage man! Come down if you have the guts to fight a 1v1 man battle!"

Seeing Wu dodged his attack flexibly, Gui Deng Huan Yue, who was standing on the ground, was immediately furious.

"idiot."

Wu in the air rolled his eyes, then raised his hands in front of his chest. A dazzling white light suddenly lit up. Gui Deng Huan Yue below saw it and skillfully dodged the oncoming Chen Dun by moving sideways.

Rumble~
The seemingly powerful Dust Escape only left a small dent after hitting the ground, leaving the crowd in the stands in a trance.
Isn't it the bloodline elimination that is said to be above the bloodline limit?

That's it?

Not far from them, Katsura, wielding a spear, was playing a game of throwing balls with the flying little potato Ohnoki.

With a flick of the gun tip, several half-man-sized ice balls appeared. Ohnoki was not to be outdone. With a wave of his short hands, several magma balls emitting a hot breath appeared behind him. Following his thoughts, they crashed into the oncoming ice balls.

"Hey~"

The collision of extreme cold and scorching heat seems to be very grand, but in fact it is just that simple, flashy and superficial.

"That's true."

The few people present were considered tactical geniuses. After carefully observing the fights of others, they discovered that some people were indeed slacking off, and were pretending quite well.

"Humph~ These four guys are really cunning."

After a brief thought, Tobirama Senju deduced the thoughts of the four knights from the Hidden Rock Village and the Hidden Mist Village, and then sneered and said,
"But isn't this also a tactic~"

Uchiha Gin rested his chin on his hand and sighed slightly.
He finally figured out that the two groups of people from the Hidden Mist Village and the Hidden Iwa Village had more than 800 tricks in their heads combined. They pretended to have a life-and-death duel, but were actually observing in secret, waiting for the other knights to be eliminated, and then they would make a move to reap the benefits.

"How despicable!"

Chiyo frowned and raised her fist in protest.

"They should be disqualified from the competition and given the loss directly!"

Her teacher is risking his life over there, but you guys are just being so weak and playing a fake game over there?
"It doesn't matter, someone will help~"

As the organizer of the competition, Uchiha Gin would naturally not allow such slacking behavior to exist. He folded his hands across his chest and closed his eyes, and his consciousness followed the wedges left on the bodies of the tailed beasts.

"Hello, if you do this, it will be difficult for me to do it~"

Uchiha Gin suddenly appeared in front of the Three-Tails, Four-Tails, Five-Tails, and Six-Tails. He looked at the four tailed beasts who were silent with their eyes closed, and waved with an embarrassed look on his face.

"Let me out quickly!"

The four tailed beasts showed fearful expressions when they saw Uchiha Gin for the first time, but soon, their desire for freedom made them forget the fear of having their tails cut off, and they opened their mouths wide and roared,
"Don't worry, don't worry, remember what I told you before?"

The four tailed beasts frowned when they heard this, and suddenly recalled that this hateful human had appeared once in a previous group chat, said a bunch of inexplicable words, and then went offline.

"Fight?"

The four-tailed Sun Wukong grinned widely, his eyes full of fighting spirit.
"That's right. You know the competition outside. As long as you win in the end, you will gain permanent freedom~"

Uchiha Gin nodded, raised his hand and snapped his fingers. The four tailed beasts suddenly felt their bodies lighten, and the restraints in the tailed beast cards were actually lightened a lot.

"Go ahead, fight, and you'll win!"

As the seal loosened, the deep malice of the tailed beasts suddenly gushed out. Uchiha Gin, with his back to the tailed beasts, raised his hands high, his voice revealing excitement that could not be concealed.

"Roar!!!"

Whoosh! ~
A water bullet brushed past Wu's visor, and he felt a burning sensation on his face. His face was gloomy, and after stabilizing himself in the air, he angrily questioned Gui Deng Huan Yue who was firing a pistol on the ground,

"Little Mustache, are you serious?"

"Damn bandage man!"

The ghost lantern Huanyue on the ground, its yellow compound eyes turned into a blood-thirsty scarlet, its voice was filled with madness, and its body was emitting pungent acidic gases uncontrollably.

"This is."

There was a hint of surprise in Wu's eyes. When the game started, their two groups were ready to fight to the death. However, during the battle, Gui Deng Huan Yue secretly asked the alliance to eliminate the others first, and then they would decide the winner.

As a Tsuchikage who had a sense of the overall situation, Mu naturally had no objection to this proposal. After informing Katsura and Ōnoki of the plan, the four of them started a fake match with much ado about nothing. It seemed like the fight was in full swing, but in fact, no one was hurt at all.

As a result, after playing for a long time, no knight was eliminated. Just as they were sighing, the few people who were preparing to continue the fake match found that something seemed to have happened to them and their temporary allies.

"Human, have you forgotten who ruined your beauty? It was this bearded man in front of you. If it weren't for him, how could you be wrapped in ugly bandages and why would your beloved girl leave you?"

Wu, who was frowning and wondering whether Gui Deng Huan Yue was preparing to make the fake play real, suddenly received a heavy blow to his consciousness, and his spirit suddenly became listless. At the same time, a malicious voice quietly appeared in his mind.

The scene after being injured by Gui Deng Huan Yue was replayed like a kaleidoscope. When Wu saw his beloved girl turning away with disgust on her face, he was instantly swallowed up by the overwhelming malice.
"Damn mustache!"

The blue compound eyes were replaced by violent scarlet, and the white body gushed out scorching steam, steaming the surrounding air to the point of deformation. The murderous gaze fell directly on Gui Deng Huan Yue, who was holding his hands high on the ground. The big mouth under the mask spit out a mouthful of hot and foul air.

"Give me back my beauty!" On the other side, the same situation happened to Katsura and Ōnoki. At this moment, their eyes were full of brutality. The two who had just thrown the ball to each other were now fighting in close combat.

"Bah~"

"You're the one who just called me little potato? Damn you squinty-eyed, gloomy wig man!"

"Wig? Hahaha."

Creepy laughter could be heard from beneath the mask. Katsura, who had been driven mad by the three-tailed beast's malice, had his mind filled with scenes of cutting potatoes.

"Huh? Are you fighting right now? Weren't you just being affectionate with each other just now?"

Chiyo, who was sitting in the spectator booth, scratched her head in confusion, looking at the four fake knights who suddenly started to fight each other, and turned to ask Uchiha Gin who was silent beside her,

"Maybe he has a change of heart~"

Uchiha Gin, who had already returned, spread his hands, indicating that he didn't know either.

Inside the arena, without paying attention to Mako who was treating Kakuzu, Uchiha Madara cast his gaze towards the spectators. Looking at the frowning Senju Tobirama, he curled his lips in disdain.

"That white-haired guy, is he here to supervise the battle?"

"Well"

Kakuzu, who was in a coma, finally woke up slowly due to Mako's unremitting efforts. He looked up at the dark red knight beside him and scratched his head in annoyance.
"Tsk, the employer actually had to do it himself."

"It's okay, Senior Jian, I can fight too!"

Mako shook her head, understandingly, and did not blame Kakuzu for accepting her employment. Instead, she spoke in comfort.
"I'm sorry, he was a little too strong."

After a brief moment of frustration, Kakuzu stood up with the short blade in his hand, and looked at Uchiha Madara who was looking around not far away, with a very bitter smile on his face.

"Are you awake? Then you guys come together, I'm in a hurry."

After glaring at the Senju Tobirama, Uchiha Madara turned his gaze back and forth, looked at Kakuzu and Mako, and hooked his fingers expressionlessly.

Time waits for no one, Hasi Lama is still waiting for herself to go back and save him~
"Ahem, do you remember what I taught you?"

Looking at Uchiha Madara who exuded a terrifying aura, Kakuzu coughed a few times, turned his head, looked at Mako who looked nervous, and spoke softly,

"Sorry, I don't understand it."

"ok, I get it."

Seeing Mako's troubled expression, Kakuzu understood instantly, nodded, and took a step forward with his short blade raised.
"You can't help much if you can't reach a consensus with it. If I fail again this time, just surrender. After all, you are not fighting alone."

Kaku didn't even turn around. He just gave Mako a casual instruction and walked towards Uchiha Madara.

"Master Divine Beast, please."

In Kakuzu's sea of ​​consciousness, Chongming, floating in midair, remained silent. After hearing what the man in front of him said, he thought for a moment, then nodded slowly, with worry in his sharp voice.

"Kakuzu, if you fail, you might die."

"Don't worry, Master Divine Beast. I have many lives."

Kakuzu smiled, and a look of determination flashed in his eyes, which had turned green since who knows when.

"You came here alone, do you look down on me?"

Uchiha Madara crossed his arms across his chest, looking at Kakuzu who was walking towards him with a short blade in hand, his brows slightly furrowed. Does this bounty hunter want to stop living?
"Sorry, I have to follow my professional ethics."

As a hired ninja, Kakuzu's first mission is to protect his employer's safety, otherwise who will take his reward?
"In this case, I can only defeat you completely."

Nodding, Uchiha Madara expressed his approval of Kakuzu's professionalism, and then raised one hand, and the overflowing white hand light particles instantly condensed into a sharp gun blade.

"I wonder if you have ever heard of a secret technique called Earth Grudge."

Kakuzu, who had stopped not far from Uchiha Madara, suddenly asked,
"Earth's resentment?"

Uchiha Madara frowned. He had never heard of this secret technique.

"Don't you know? That's right, how can people from a big village know the secret techniques of a remote village?"

Kakuzu, who was originally looking forward to it, saw Uchiha Madara with a puzzled look on his face, shook his head with a little disappointment, then stuck the short blade in his hand into the ground, put his hands together and began to make seals.
"That is?"

Everyone in the spectator seats was attracted by Kakuzu's actions. After seeing him perform hand seals, they all cocked their heads, guessing what ninjutsu he was going to perform.

"What kind of forbidden technique is this? What a strange name."

"I haven't heard of it. Maybe it's from a small place~"

"It feels like it has no momentum, it looks very rubbish."

"Is Earth Grudge a forbidden technique from Taki Country?"

There was a gleam in Senju Tobirama's eyes. As a master of ninjutsu, he had heard of the forbidden techniques of various countries. He had vaguely seen the Earth Grudge that Kakuzu had just mentioned in the records.

"Yes, it's the forbidden technique that grants the power of abnormal immortality."

Seeing that no one quite understood the Earth Resentment Technique, Uchiha Gin on the side kindly explained to them the main function of this forbidden technique in general terms.

"The power of immortality!"

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this and they shouted out in excitement. After all, in this era, no forbidden technique dared to claim to have the power of immortality.

"The power of immortality? Humph~"

As a master of ninjutsu, Tobirama Senju curled his lips in disdain after hearing this explanation. He did not believe in any immortality technique.
If it really exists, the copyright is definitely his.

"Don't be happy too soon. This power of immortality comes at a price."

"cost?"

"Become an undead beast that is neither human nor ghost, and targets living hearts."

Kakuzu made seals quickly, so fast that afterimages appeared. As the last seal was completed, a sticky black liquid suddenly emerged from his body, crawling towards the driver on his waist like a living tentacle.
"Well"

As the black tentacles drilled into the drive, Kakuzu's face showed a painful expression. Between the densely packed tentacles, white masks with different expressions were scattered among them and also poured into the drive along with the tentacles.
"One, two, thirty-two. There are actually twelve?"

Counting the masks on Kakuzu's ground guard, Uchiha Gin raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Unlike the five masks of five attributes in the original work, Kakuzu now has twelve masks. Including his own, doesn’t that mean he has thirteen lives?

As for why he was able to break through the limit of five masks, only Shigeaki, who is a tailed beast, could do it.

"Kakuzu, are you sure you don't want to keep one?"

In his sea of ​​consciousness, Chongming looked at Kakuzu who was inserting the last mask into the driver with a worried look on his face, and couldn't help but ask,
“Only in this way can we win.”

Enduring the heart-wrenching pain, Kakuzu slowly placed his hand on the restless belt, and as the driver flashed a golden light, twelve cards shining with various lights jumped out of it and floated beside the silver-white knight.

On each card, there was a monster that looked like a human but not a human. Kakuzu looked at the familiar faces on the cards with a relieved expression on his face.
"You traitors, now you have some use for your skills."

If you look closely, you will find that the people portrayed on these cards are somewhat similar to the Takinin high-ranking officials who harmed Kakuzu back then.

"Pretend to be a ghost."

Uchiha Madara, who was watching Kakuzu's operation from the side, felt a little uneasy, but he, who claimed to be a speedster Q-tailed beast, still said sarcastically,
"Just try and you will find out."

Jiaozu shook his head calmly. At this moment, his heart was extremely calm. He raised his left hand and silently called out to Chongming in his heart.

"Master Divine Beast, please lend me your power!"

"Take over Kakuzu, this is my strongest source of power!"

In order to live up to Kakuzu's determination, Shigeaki decided to give it a try. All the chakra of the tailed beast poured out, turning into a dazzling golden light that gathered on his raised left arm.

As the golden light appeared, a heavy card slot appeared on the gauntlet of his left arm. At the same time, the Seven-Tails Tailed Beast Card inlaid with gold edges appeared in Kakuzu's right hand.

Picking up the heavy Seven-Tailed Card in his hand, Jiao could feel that it was condensed from Chongming's original power, which also meant that if the card was broken, the beast would die.
"Master Divine Beast, thank you for your trust."

A gleam of light appeared in the corners of Kakuzu's eyes. He felt an unprecedented sense of trust from Chongming, which was something his colleagues at that time could not give him.

"Nanao, loading."

He solemnly swiped the Nanao card through the card slot on his left arm, and an emotionless electronic sound rang out.
"Well"

As expected, the mortal bodies of ordinary people could not bear the power of the tailed beasts. The next moment after Kakuzu swiped his card, his entire body began to tremble violently, and he could not help but let out an extremely painful groan.

Just as he was about to be tortured to the point of collapse by this power, the twelve cards floating around Kakuzu suddenly became agitated, and the power of the Earth Grudge began to take effect.
The cards glowed brightly, and after circling around the corner, they flew towards various parts of his body.

"Snapped!"

"Clap!!"

Kakuzu's body began to glow with the same dazzling golden light, and he stood straight. Under the influence of the twelve cards around him, the violent power of the Tailed Beast Card was compressed in his body.

Each card controls a part of the body, and the different powers are transformed into golden armor, which is attached to the legs, waist, chest, back, arms, and face armor in an orderly manner.
【Royal Straight Flush】(End of this chapter)