Naruto: By lying low and hiding, he eventually became the leader of the Legendary Sannin.

However, the current situation is that he will not be able to open his eyes for a short period of time. The entire Takigakure village has been wiped out, Jiraiya and Orochimaru have already left the scene, and Tsunade has also exhausted a lot of chakra in the previous battle.

With such a lineup, it would undoubtedly be difficult to defeat Kakuzu in front of them.

Based on Kagura's understanding of Kakuzu, he is a person who loves money and hates trouble.

He probably wouldn't be very interested in things outside of his assigned tasks.

Kakuzu stopped after hearing his suggestion. He stroked his chin, which was covered with black veins, with one hand and thought about it seriously.

Unexpectedly, however, his gaze toward Kagura grew increasingly fierce.

After putting his hand down, he said to Kagura in a slow and unhurried manner:

"You're that Uchiha kid named Kagura, aren't you?"

I really hate doing anything outside of my assigned tasks.

But you might not know this, but that Madara specifically told us that he's very interested in you.

and..."

As he said this, a hint of greed flashed in his eyes.

"The genjutsu you used in the Land of Water and the black flame ninjutsu you just used both originated from your Sharingan, right?"

"Those eyes look like they could fetch a good price from Ban!"

Before he could finish speaking, his right hand suddenly transformed into a bundle of black blood vessels, which surged toward Kagura.

Before Tsunade could give a warning, Kagura, who had already been on high alert when Kakuzu's tone turned sour, dodged the attack as it came.

Kakuzu's face remained unchanged despite his missed attack. His left hand transformed into countless black veins, launching a continuous barrage of attacks at Kagura.

With her eyes tightly closed, Kagura could only barely dodge by listening to the whooshing sounds in the air.

However, what he couldn't see was that a red energy beam had been accumulating on the red mask to the right of the person in front of him.

Just as Kagura dodged those black blood vessels once again, Kakuzu seized that momentary opening and launched a fire dragon representing Fire Release.

Kagura only realized something was wrong when a scorching heat came from the air.

However, Kakuzu had already anticipated all of Kagura's moves, and Kagura was no longer able to dodge the attack.

In the face of danger, Kagura could only curl up, shielding her face with her arms, trying to forcefully resist the attack.

Just as the fire dragon was about to engulf his body, a beautiful figure rushed towards him; it was Tsunade, who was standing to the side.

She fearlessly pushed Kagura aside and took the brunt of the blazing fire dragon in his place.

"boom!"

With a deafening roar, Tsunade was engulfed by the fire dragon. Under the impact of the enormous energy, the fire dragon, along with her body, crashed into dozens of giant trees before dissipating.

A straight ravine appeared in the forest, stretching all the way to the distant horizon.

The fire dragon annihilated all the trees and rocks along the way, stirring up a thick cloud of smoke.

After a long while, the smoke gradually dissipated, and Tsunade's figure finally appeared.

However, at this moment, the frail girl was lying unconscious on her side on the ground, her fate unknown.

Chapter 90 The Berserk Tailed Beast Transformation

The moment Kagura was knocked away, he knew it was Tsunade who had pushed him aside.

With his eyes tightly closed, he couldn't see what was happening, but the deafening noise around him foreshadowed something bad.

Kagura rolled on the ground and hurriedly stood up.

Ignoring the discomfort in his eyes, he quickly opened them.

Due to the aftereffects of using Amaterasu, his eyes were now completely bloodshot, with a dark red sclera visible outside the bright red Sharingan pupils.

Even after so much time has passed, blood is still flowing from the corner of his eye.

However, Kagura was not paying attention to his eyes at this moment. Although the world in his eyes seemed to be covered by a light red film, his attention was completely drawn to the girl lying on her side.

When Kagura saw that small, thin figure, she felt as if a string in her brain had snapped.

If someone were to stand in front of him and observe closely, they would see his Sharingan eyes spinning rapidly.

The three magatama were spinning rapidly, seemingly about to merge together and form a new pattern.

However, they were always just a little short of merging and could never truly become one.

Looking at Kagura, who was standing silently with her head down and trembling slightly, Kakuzu spoke disdainfully:

"Kid, consider this the first lesson I've taught you."

In the world of ninjas, only strength matters...

Huh? "

Kakuzu, who was about to say something, suddenly let out a surprised sound.

Suddenly, Kagura was enveloped in a layer of pure white chakra. The next second, the color of the chakra gradually deepened, resembling a vivid blood color.

Kagura's body gradually hunched over until she collapsed to the ground. Her features, shrouded in chakra, were no longer visible; only a pair of blood-red Sharingan eyes and a split mouth could be seen.

He was on all fours, a huge tail slamming heavily onto the ground behind him, and his Sharingan eyes stared viciously at Kakuzu.

At this moment, Kagura seemed to transform into a mad beast, letting out a hysterical roar at Kakuzu.

"This is... Tailed Beast Transformation?"

The well-informed Kakuzu instantly recognized Kagura's current state, but what he couldn't figure out was which tailed beast was inside the boy in front of him.

He knew the whereabouts of the nine known tailed beasts in the world perfectly well, and had never heard of a tenth tailed beast?

Before he could think any further, the crouching beast in front of him suddenly vanished.

"To suffer!"

The moment the thought crossed his mind, an extremely dangerous chakra appeared behind him.

Before his body could react, Kagura's attack slammed into him.

Kakuzu's body flew forward like a cannonball, smashing down all the trees in his path before finally coming to a stop after crashing into a boulder.

The struck boulder sent countless fragments of rock and dust flying, enveloping the entire area.

But before the smoke and dust had dissipated, countless black blood vessels suddenly burst forth from the smoke and attacked Kagura in her tailed beast form.

Looking at the sea of ​​black veins before him, Kagura remained in a prone position, except that two enormous arms stretched out from his back.

As soon as the two arms appeared, they quickly rushed forward.

Its forehead suddenly stretched and enlarged, pressing down on the surging black veins.

With just two arms, he firmly controlled the attack on those blood vessels.

At this moment, the smoke finally dissipated, revealing Kakuzu's figure.

At this moment, he no longer maintained a human form; his body transformed into a giant ball of threads composed of black blood vessels.

Five masks of different colors were distributed on the ball of thread, and at this moment, Kakuzu's voice came from the mask in the very center:

"Damn brat, die!"

Clearly, Kakuzu was also enraged by Kagura's attack.

At this moment, he had forgotten about stealing Kagura's eyes and only wanted to destroy that red figure that resembled a wild beast.

As soon as he finished speaking, a bright light appeared in front of the five masks. As these lights of different colors gradually grew larger, they merged directly into a huge white sphere of light.

Seeing Kakuzu charging up his chakra orb on the other side, Kagura opened his enormous mouth.

As the mouth opened, a small black ball of light appeared and quickly grew larger; it was the Tailed Beast Ball that could only be used in the Tailed Beast Transformation state.

The entire battlefield suddenly fell into a strange silence, but the next second, the long-charged attacks of both sides erupted simultaneously, spraying towards each other.

Two energy waves, one black and one white, met in mid-air and began to merge after a brief standoff.

A huge black and white sphere of light appeared at the stalemate and rapidly grew larger.

In just a few seconds, the sphere of light expanded to an indescribable size.

Finally, the sphere of light burst open like a balloon that had reached its limit.

A blinding light, like that of the sun, flashed, and then a massive explosion occurred.

"boom!"

A gigantic mushroom cloud rose into the air, its size reaching half the height of the Tree of Life.

The shockwave from the violent explosion leveled the entire battlefield, and the forest that had existed for countless years vanished instantly, leaving only a mottled flat area.

Fortunately, before their battle began, the only slug still on site had moved all the wounded to other locations, and they were not affected.

As the thick dust and fog slowly dissipated, the two people at the center of the explosion gradually came into view.

Kagura had returned to her normal appearance, and the tailed beast robe had long since disappeared.

He was kneeling on one knee, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and covered in countless large and small wounds, clearly indicating that he was seriously injured.

As for his opponent, Kakuzu had also returned to human form, and three shattered masks lay beside him.

That attack just now destroyed three of his hearts.

Kakuzu, panting heavily, stared at Kagura with a vicious look and said incredulously:

"How can your Tailed Beast Ball have such strong energy!"

This is completely inconsistent with the power of a Jinchūriki! What kind of monster are you?!

Asking Kagura what kind of monster this strange thing made of countless black lines was was a very special experience for her.

However, Kakuzu's question was not unfounded. As someone who had experience fighting other Jinchuriki, Kakuzu was no stranger to Jinchuriki.

Kagura's fighting prowess is clearly different from that of the previous Jinchūriki.

In fact, this is precisely the benefit of Kagura and the One-Tail achieving 100% fusion.

Unlike ordinary Jinchuriki, Kagura's current state is theoretically like that of a perfect Jinchuriki who has gained the recognition of the Tailed Beast within her.

(Simply put, it's like the Eight-Tails and Killer Bee.)