Chapter 506: Battle of Wits Part-3

Chapter 506: Battle of Wits Part-3

"ATSUI!"

Samui yells Atsui's name in horror as the latter disappears within the sealing gourd Benihisago.

"There's an old saying- Silence is Golden! The mouth is the source of calamity. Right, Ginkaku?"

"Yes, of course, Kinkaku!" Ginkaku smirks as his body fades away.

"What? An illusion!" The group's eyes narrow as they try to figure out Ginkaku's location.

Splash Whoosh Swish swish

Suddenly, a figure leaps out of the water and grabs Samui's hands.

"This is what happens when you can't keep your mouth shut. Words are used to lies. They're merely tools for deceiving people." Ginkaku binds Samui's body in an armlock and stares at the Ino-Shiko-Cho trio.

Kinkaku calmly stares at the trio as his schemes succeed.

'Out of these five, that brash man and this blonde girl are the most dangerous. These three little kids are good but they aren't a concern combat prowess-wise.'

"Now, don't move a muscle or this girl will get it!" Kinkaku leaps towards them with Shichiseiken.

Suddenly,

Shoom

A powerful suction force acts upon Samui's body and pulls her within the sealing gourd Benihisago.

"SAMUI-SAAANN! How could this be?" Ino's eyes widen in shock.

"She didn't utter any word in the past few minutes. So, how could she" Ino's lips tremble.

"I see. I understand it, a bit now." Shikamaru stares at the sealing gourd within Ginkaku's arm.

"The spirit soul word has two conditions to activate. It activates when you utter your most spoken word within your lifetime. But there is also another hidden condition. If the person who is cursed didn't speak any word within a certain time limit, the curse will activate on its own and seal the victim." Shikamaru concludes.

"You are pretty smart for a Konoha shinobi! You figured something that none of the shinobi we encountered before could, not even the Second Hokage from your village."

A vicious smile appears on Kinkaku's body as she slashes Shichiseiken toward Shikamaru's head.

"I am sorry, Samui-san!"

Shikamaru raises his head and pulls his finger.

Fwish Fwish

A network of shadows appears on the surface of the sea and binds Kinkaku and Ginkaku in a place. Kinkaku's blade stops a foot away from Shikamaru's neck.

A bead of sweat trickles down Shikamaru's head.

"That was a bit close!"

<Shadow Sewing Jutsu>

Multiple sharp needles pierce through Kinkaku's and Ginkaku's bodies.

"Izumi-san, now!"

Shoom.

A figure leaps out of the water behind Ginkaku.

"Kenjutsu: Decapitating Moon Slash

Slash slash

Izumi wields her katana and chops off both of Ginkaku's arms.

Fwoosh Fwoosh

She snatches the Benihisago and Bashsen from his severed arm.

"GIINNKAKKUUU!!"

Kinkaku's eye turn red. He riles up his chakra and the shadow shackles around him begin to crack.

"CHOJI, INO! QUICK!"

Shikamaru's face turn red as he barely holds himself.

Crack crack crack

The various kunais and shuriken, he laid down on the ground in preparation for his technique, slowly begins to shatter from the sheer pressure of Kinkaku's chakra.

During the battle against the Gold and silver brothers, Shikamaru threw random shurikens and kunais toward them as a distraction. Everyone thought those attacks were there for distraction. However, Shikamaru's real aim was to lay down the formation from the very start.

"On it!"

Slash slash

Both Ino and Choji wield a blade and severs each of Kinkaku's arms. Ino grabs the Shichiseiken blade while Choji kicks away the Kkinj rope toward Ginkaku.

"Choji!"

Ino hurriedly supports him.

*BOOMM*

A pillar of water rises from the seabed. Intense waves ripple out from the pillar and push away the surrounding water. The pillar of water evaporates quickly to reveal a dense red pillar of chakra.

"WHY YOUUU HOW DARE YOUUU!!!"

Kinkaku is standing within the dense pillar of red chakra. His eyes glow with a yellow light and the entire pillar of chakra converges on his body.

"SHIMATA!"

Shikamaru immediately recognizes the transformation.

"EVERYONE, RUN!" He warns everyone and grabs Choji's body with Ino's help and runs away from the battlefield.

"What a drag! Who would have expected him to transform into the Version Two form of a tailed beast, Jinchuriki? His transformation looks exactly like Naruto's."

He turns around and notices version two Kinkaku lift his palm.

Shoom

Kinkaku's palm magnifies in size from the exertion of the chakra. He slams down a giant palm on the surface of the sea.

"HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO GINKAKU?!"

ROOOAARR

The powerful impact from the slam generates huge tidal waves measuring up to twenty meters in height.

"I will help!"

Haku, who just arrived at the battlefield, stares at the giant tidal wave. He makes a series of hand signs.

"Ice Release: Great Ice Wall,"

He freezes the rapidly approaching wave with his ice release. However,

BANG!!

A giant tail of chakra shatters the ice wall and strikes Haku.

"Ice Release: Ice Dome of Absolute Protection,"

Haku encases his body into a dense ice crystal. Kinkaku's tail strikes his body and sends him flying.

BANG

Haku slams into a nearby boulder. Numerous cracks appear on the crystal around his body.

Crack crack bang

The ice crystal shatters into several fragments and Haku falls to the ground.

"HAKU!"

Zabuza swiftly flickers beside him and supports him.

"Nothing will happen to him. He's fine!" Izumi also flickers beside him and glances at the rampaging Kinkaku.

"I am fine, Zabuza!"

Haku brushes up his clothes and stands up.

"I was a bit careless! I didn't expect him to strike so hard."

Phew

Zabuza heaves a sigh of relief and glances at the rampaging monster.

"That's a jinchuruki!" He remarks.

"You know about them?!" Haku asks him in surprise as the latter reminds him of Naruto.

"Of course, I had even fought against a real-tailed beast." Zabuza nods as he recalls his experience with the three-tails.

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Suddenly, within the allied Shinobi headquarters,

Shoom

A giant bubble appears on top of the water-sensing sphere.

"What's this time?" Shikaku closely stares at the giant bubble.

"It's the Nine-tails chakra!"

The sensor shinobi gulps his saliva and reports.

"WHAT?!"