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

"Curly, who do you think has a better chance of winning?"

Senju Hisa had carefully chosen an excellent vantage point, offering a commanding view of the three ferocious beasts not far away.
"Slurp~"

"Curly hair?"

"Slurp~!"

Boom!

The cool moonlight shone on Senju Hisama's fair face, making the prominent veins on her forehead resemble a wisp of emerald within delicate white jade, exceptionally eye-catching.

But Uchiha Gin, squatting to the side, remained completely unmoved by the beautiful scenery, continuing to stir his lemonade, the crisp sound of ice cubes clinking clearly audible.
"It's time to clean up these distributors; they dare to add lemonade to a whole glass of ice."

"Do you think I'm invisible?"

Seeing Uchiha Gin ignoring her existence, the veins on Senju Hisama's forehead began to bulge outwards, and her fists clenched so tightly they cracked.

"Sigh, I just can't do anything with you. Do I really need to explain such an obvious problem to you personally?"

Uchiha Gin pursed his lips, shoved the ice-cold lemonade into the hands of the furious Senju Hisama, stood up, and glanced at the situation on the battlefield.
When the Four-Tails and Five-Tails are at their peak, they possess enough power to flatten a country. This combination would still be relevant even decades later.

"Iwagakure has secured this, but that's assuming nothing unexpected happens."

"From what you're saying, there's still a chance this battle could turn around?"

Senju Hisami frowned thoughtfully. She already had the answer in her heart, and it coincided with what Uchiha Gin had said.

Tailed beasts are tailed beasts after all. As someone who actively participated in the capture of tailed beasts, she knew better than anyone how terrifying the complete tailed beasts were. Apart from her older brother and the Uchiha clan, who were special against tailed beasts, they had virtually no natural enemies in the wild.

Some summoned beasts may be comparable to tailed beasts in size, such as the salamander in the distance, but their inner nature is completely different. How can a mere flesh and blood body contend with a chakra aggregate that has existed for thousands of years?
"White Hair"

Pointing to the solitary figure atop the salamander's head, Uchiha Gin said in a cryptic tone,

"You must learn to believe in the possibilities of humanity."

"Old Sun, do you need my help?"

Glancing at the Four-Tails beside him, who was rubbing its hands together in anticipation, the Five-Tails, eager to try its luck, spoke up first.
"Don't interfere. This is my sacred battle of revenge, and I will not allow other beasts to meddle."

Sun Wukong hoisted his staff onto his shoulder, a human-like smile playing on his lips.
"Now I finally understand Xiao Zi's desire for revenge."

"Alright then, hurry up, or that little potato will start nagging again."

"Three minutes. If I can't break this giant lizard in three minutes, I'll shove my big stick into its anus!"

The Four-Tails, confident of victory, committed a cardinal sin in warfare before the battle even began, setting its own flag high and mighty.

"You, you."

Upon hearing this, the Five-Tails chuckled strangely and shook its head.

You're such a clever monkey! You're clearly rewarding yourself, but you insist on calling it a punishment.

"Aha!"

Before it could utter another taunt, the four-tailed creature, wielding its large club, charged forward first.
Hanzo, seeing the Four-Tails approaching menacingly, remained remarkably calm. This was because the Hydrangea monitoring system had already uploaded the tactical guidelines into his brain.

"Old buddy, spray it!"

At his command, the crouching mechanical salamander suddenly opened its mouth wide, revealing a technologically advanced interior space. Countless pipes flowing with purple toxins converged at a single point, gleaming with a dangerous light.
"Eek!"

The next second, a purple beam of light, wider than four tails in diameter, shot out from the salamander's mouth, instantly engulfing the fleeing salamander.

"What?!"

The Five-Tails' jaw nearly dropped in shock upon witnessing this scene.

Is this laser working properly?

Wasn't the last spray a toxic mist?
"Old Sun?"

But the reality was that it didn't have time to think further; the Five-Tails only wanted to know about the Four-Tails' situation.
As the purple light faded, the four-tailed fox's figure gradually became clear in everyone's eyes through a eroded trench.
"Boom~boom~boom!"

Looking at the shattered giant club in its hand, the four-tailed fox swallowed hard, still shaken. If it hadn't immediately held the club upright in front of it, thus blocking most of the damage, it would have been seriously injured.

"Old Sun! You..."

"I am fine."

Hearing his partner's concerned voice behind him, Yotsuba waved his hand without turning his head.
"You're bald."

"what?"

Four-tailed immediately looked down and, just as Five-tailed had said, all the hair follicles on its body had been completely destroyed by the salamander's toxins, and its fiery red fur was falling off at a visible rate.

"Hey~"

As the evening breeze blew by, Sun Wukong could only watch helplessly as the last hair on his chest left home, while he, like a helpless husband, could do nothing.

"puff!"

Just then, a sudden sneer broke the silence of the night sky. The four-tailed monkey, now in pink form, turned its head and coldly stared at the five-tailed monkey, who was trying to suppress its laughter. The killing intent in its eyes was clearly audible.

"Partner, believe me, I will absolutely not post this in the group chat."

With its face flushed red, the Five-Tails raised its hoof and solemnly swore an oath, trying to convince the Four-Tails that it had always kept its word.

"I want roasted lizard tonight!"

"You even ordered food, Maruta, keep criticizing it."

Seeing that the Five-Tails, whose fur he had painlessly removed, showed no remorse and was even becoming more demanding, Hanzo naturally wouldn't let him get away with it. He immediately controlled the mechanical salamander to unleash another burst of purple laser light.
"Pfft~!"

Just as the purple beam of light was about to strike again, the tube in the salamander's mouth could not withstand the pressure and burst first, causing the laser beam, which should have hit its mark precisely, to deviate from its trajectory and miss the hairless monkey's four tails.

"what!"

As the saying goes, "You may plant flowers with care, but they may not bloom; you may plant willows without intention, and they may thrive." This laser beam, though missing its intended target, the Four-Tails, struck the Five-Tails precisely where it was covering its mouth, trying to suppress a laugh.

"Splash~"

As the light faded, a large, pink donkey appeared before everyone's eyes.
"."

"Pfft~ Hahahaha!"

This time it was Four-Tail's turn to laugh, and it had absolutely no idea what restraint meant. With one hand over its crotch and the other pointing at the hairless donkey Five-Tail, it laughed until tears streamed down its face.

"My hair, which I have carefully maintained for many years."

The unrestrained mockery of Sun Wukong echoed in his ears. The Five-Tailed Fox stared at the pile of fine, white fur, its eyes filled with lifelessness.

"Die! Die!"

A few seconds later, it slowly raised its head, and the deathly silence transformed into a frenzied frenzy that drew attention.

"Hydrangea, the prediction was wrong."

Hanzo withdrew his gaze from the two molted tailed beasts, a faint hint of doubt appearing in his lifeless eyes.

Maruta's poison has been tested in actual combat. Last time it melted the mechanical four-tailed beast into dust. How come it only peeled off a layer of fur this time?

Was the concentration diluted too much?
"Lord Hanzo, the venom delivery pipes of the Maruta have suffered multiple corrosion leaks, making it temporarily impossible to use the skill you just used. For the rest of the battle, you will have to rely on your physical strength."

Soon, the test report came from Hydrangea. A whole page of data in red showed that Maruta had completely lost its ability to fight at long range.

"Eek!"

"You're also looking forward to a real, hand-to-hand fight, aren't you, old buddy?" The bond between Hanzo and Sanshokumaru was unspoken; he only needed a glance or a gesture to understand the other's thoughts.
"This time it's our turn to attack. Maruta, charge!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the mechanical salamander pushed off with its four claws, its seemingly clumsy body displaying an unexpected explosive power.

By the time the two tailed beasts, who had been mocking each other, realized what was happening, it was too late for them to hide.

"Oh!"

First came the four-tailed fish. Needing to free one hand to cover itself, it was powerless to withstand the salamander's fierce impact and was sent flying.

"Boom!"

Seeing that things were not going well, the five-tailed fish was about to create some distance when the salamander, which had just knocked the four-tailed fish away, suddenly spun around and lashed out with its thick tail, forged from refined iron, carrying terrifying force.

"Snapped!"

The Five-Tails followed in the footsteps of the Four-Tails, with the two giant beasts lying haphazardly on either side of the battlefield, creating a truly awe-inspiring scene.

"yeah!"

Seeing this scene on the monitor, Hydrangea couldn't help but clench her fists, her eyes filled with a strange light. Amegakure finally possessed the power to fight against the Tailed Beast Knights and the Tailed Beasts.

"Maruta, well done."

As the actual operator of the mechanical salamander, Hanzo spared no praise.
"Whoosh!"

The next second, two black orbs of light attacked from the left and right, blocking all of the salamander's escape routes.

"Eek!"

At that critical moment, the salamander suddenly whipped its head around, sending Hanzo, who was frantically trying to come up with a solution, flying away.
"Boom!"

Watching Maruta being swallowed by the Tailed Beast Ball, Hanzo's eyes flashed red after landing.
Hydrangea.

"Lord Hanzo, please rest assured, the core defense of the Maruta is sufficient to withstand the attack of the Tailed Beast Ball. As long as the core is still intact, it can be replicated at any time."

"You big lump of iron, don't underestimate our golden duo!"

Sun Wukong swayed as he stood up, a disdainful smile spreading across his large, smoking mouth.

"Old Sun, things don't seem to be going well."

The five-tailed creature landed beside it, frowning. It discovered that the fur ripped off by the salamander's laser wouldn't regenerate quickly, meaning their predicament would soon be recorded by nearby humans.

Before night would pass, news of the hairless tailed beast running naked in the dead of night would spread throughout the land. It could even imagine that the front-page photo of the newspaper would be of itself with its eyes covered by black stripes.
"Crack!"

Just as they were pondering, a sudden shutter click rang in the Five-Tailed Beasts' ears. The two beasts looked in the direction of the sound and saw a curly-haired man holding a camera, smiling at them.

"Are you out of your mind?"

Senju Hisa, who was forming a hand seal with one hand, glared angrily at Uchiha Gin. She had only been distracted for a moment, and this curly-haired guy had gotten her into a huge mess.

She couldn't handle two furry tailed beasts that were in a bad mood.

"."

Unexpectedly, after the two tailed beasts saw who was taking the photo, they did not roar angrily, nor did they unleash a barrage of tailed beast balls. Instead, they both fell into an eerie silence.

"what?"

A hint of doubt flashed in Senju Hisa's eyes as she held the Flying Thunder God Seal. Her gaze fell on Uchiha Gin, who was fiddling with a camera beside her, and she was full of thought.

"We haven't broken any rules."

Sun Wukong muttered something under his breath, and his enormous body slowly shrank under everyone's gaze, eventually turning into a bewildered little purple.

The Five-Tails beside him was the same. Han frowned and stared at Xiao Zi. Neither of them could understand why the tailed beast had shrunk back at this crucial moment.

"My revenge is complete."

The voice of the Four-Tails echoed in their minds, and Komurasaki glanced at the mechanical salamander that had been blasted to pieces by two Tailed Beast Balls.

Well, that's certainly a valid excuse.

"Let's retreat."

Looking towards the Root forces assembled at the border checkpoint, Komurasaki pursed her lips. Han had no objections; the Five-Tails in his mind was also constantly urging him to run away.
"Ah."

"Splash~"

"You hurt my friend and then tried to walk away? Is this the thuggish behavior of a great power?"

As the two turned around, a solitary figure rose from the remains of the salamander, holding a piece of Hanzo's purple core in his hand, and questioned them in an icy tone.
"So what if I am? What can you do to me?"

The two countries, Yu and Tu, had already broken off all pretense of civility, so Xiao Zi naturally had no more scruples, revealing the ugly face of the invaders.
"I can."

"careful!"

Seeing Hanzo suddenly disappear from view, Han quickly spoke up to remind him.
"Oh!"

However, it was too late. Little Purple beside her had already been knocked over by a purple figure that flashed by, and blood spurted from her mouth and nose, drawing an unsightly arc in mid-air.
"Snapped!"

A sense of crisis gripped Han, who quickly raised his hands. Sure enough, Hanzo, who had knocked Xiao Zi away, jumped up and delivered a powerful whip kick to Han's arms. The force of the kick surprised him.

"Sizzle!"

The man, who had been flying backwards with his hands raised, steadied himself in mid-air and landed next to Xiao Zi, who had her mouth open and eyes closed.
"Purple, something's not right with this guy."

"Cough cough cough, do you think I can't find out?"

Having personally experienced Hanzo's terrifying power, Komurasaki coughed up a mouthful of blood, her eyes filled with resentment and fear.

Who exactly are you?

After getting to his feet, he stared intently at Hanzo, who was clutching the purple core. Both of them had fought Hanzo before, and the power this guy displayed was definitely far superior to what Hanzo had shown last time.

"I am from the Land of Rain."

Hanzo gently stroked the core in his hand, which had been transformed from the poison sac within his own body. A subtle, complex expression flickered across his usually impassive face.

Now, can he truly be considered Hanzo, a human?
still is
"Guardian Deity".

"what?"

Upon hearing this address, both Xiao Zi and the other girl were briefly stunned, but this quickly turned into deep mockery.
"You think you can protect the Rain Kingdom all by yourself?"

If it weren't for the rules preventing them from using the power of the Tailed Beast Riders, he could have easily dealt with that half-finished mechanical salamander all by himself.

"No, it's us."

Faced with Xiao Zi's sarcastic remarks, Hanzo, who had long since lost all control of his human expression, coldly shook his head, slowly removing his upper body clothing, thus revealing his chiseled figure and, at the same time, exposing half of his ravenous belly to the air.

"Eat when you're hungry."

That is…

Senju Hisama stared intently at the half-open abdomen that was emitting a weak groan, a hint of horror in her eyes. Besides her elder brother's clone, there was actually someone else who could press this thing onto their body.

"How is that possible? Isn't he afraid of being drained dry?"

Looking at Hanzo, who had stuffed the purple core into half of his abdomen, and who had successfully copied the photo seven times, Uchiha Gin gently shook his head.

"That's why I'm telling you to believe in the possibilities of humanity."

"Hen~~~Shin!" (End of Chapter)