Naruto: Nawaki was already dead, how could you bring him back to life?

The other party was thousands of meters away from here just now, and there were seven or eight powerful summoned beasts that he had personally created along the way. How could the other party have arrived here so quickly?!

"Take this, Wind Release: Rasenshuriken!"

Having witnessed the tumor engulf all five figures, Chiba naturally wouldn't waste any more time. He raised his hand and unleashed a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, forcefully hurling it at Hiruko.

boom!

The moment the spiral shuriken fell, a terrifying storm swept up, and in the dazzling blue light, countless "needles" pierced into Hiruko's massive body, causing it to vibrate rapidly.

Tick-tick-tick~~

Amidst a sharp, piercing sound, the tumor frantically bubbled out, expanding like a fully inflated balloon until it could no longer withstand the power of the Spiral Shuriken and exploded into pieces with a "bang".

pat, pat.

At the moment the ball of flesh exploded, two figures were sent flying backward by the impact; one was Hiruko, and the other was…

"Yakura?!"

Chiba dove down and caught the other person. He glanced at the other person's delicate face and beautiful back and immediately recognized the other person's identity.

Don't ask, the answer is that a member of the group sent out the notebook.

The other four had already been assimilated by Hiruko, so they were completely digested the moment they entered Hiruko's body and merged with him.

However, it was different for Yekura, who was the fifth person. It was a little harder for her to digest because Chiba arrived in time and she was lucky enough to escape with her life (referencing the movie version's setting).

"Ugh, cough cough cough!"

Yecang was awakened by this series of disturbances and began to gag.

She felt as if a lump of rotting flesh had been stuffed into her mouth and nose; she never wanted to experience that suffocating and nauseating feeling again.

"Thank you for saving me...?!"

Just as Yecang was about to thank Chiba for saving her, Chiba suddenly charged towards the bottom of the mountain, using the force of her flight to throw her out.

"Me?! Ugh!"

So, Yekura dragged out the word "I" for a full half minute, not because she stopped calling out, but because Chiba had flown too far to hear her.

"Alright, now I don't have to worry about you feeding kills."

Chiba clapped his hands. Because he was worried that Yekura would be devoured by Hiruko again and fatten her up, Chiba simply threw Yekura out. He shouldn't have been able to die from the fall.

If I get seriously injured, that's fine, I can at least grab a wave when I go down... a reward.

Swish!

Chiba flashed and arrived at the top of Mount Sumeru once again. At this moment, Hiruko had already stood up from the ground and began to mutter like a madman.

"What a pity! I almost became immortal, so close, so close...!"

Hiruko suddenly turned to look at Chiba and roared, "You've ruined my opportune moment, so you'll pay with your people!"

Hiruko formed hand seals, and a giant summoning beast with wings, an eagle's head, and a horse's body appeared.

"Combined!"

Hiruko used the Oni-Garuru technique once again. The summoned beast let out a mournful cry and allowed Hiruko to devour it, turning it into the wings on his back.

"First, Storm Release: Thunder Cloud Cavity Wave!"

Hiruko flapped its wings and leaped, turning into a blur as it rushed towards Chiba. It raised its hand and summoned a dense black thundercloud, which spread out with arcs of electricity and transformed into a thunder dragon that roared as it crashed into Chiba.

"Wind Release Rasengan!"

Chiba channeled wind-attribute chakra into the Rasengan, using the wind-lightning counteracting effect to easily shatter the thunderclouds and push it towards Hiruko's main body.

"Secondly, Dark Escape - Absorption Hole!"

Seeing Chiba rushing towards him, Hiruko neither dodged nor flinched. Instead, he unwrapped the bandage on his left hand, revealing a black symbol that was flashing red.

"Hmph, ninjutsu means nothing to me! Dark Release: Evil Self-Destruction Battle!"

In the blink of an eye, Hiruko used Dark Release to completely engulf the Rasengan, then turned sideways and raised her hand to unleash a blue chakra flame at Chiba.

"Ninjutsu is meaningless to you? If I weren't waiting for my Wind Release: Rasenshuriken to cool down, I'd be slapping you across the face!"

Chiba controlled his wings, dodging the chakra flames with a turn in the air, and pouted somewhat unhappily.

Swish!Swish!Swish!

Just then, the bandages on Hiruko's arms suddenly snapped open, becoming as sharp as blades under the infusion of chakra, and shot towards Chiba like streaks of lightning.

"Ugh!"

Chiba pretended to be unable to dodge in time, and was pierced through the body by an incoming bandage, causing him to lose control and fall to the ground.

"You succeeded?!"

Hiruko was overjoyed and used the bandages to pull Chiba back, intending to use Chiba's strong body to fill the void in his own body.

"Earthly Grudge - Tentacle!"

Just as Chiba was being pulled in front of Hiruko, a pitch-black tentacle suddenly shot out from Chiba's body and instantly pierced Hiruko's chest.

"Use your heart... Holy crap, where's your heart?!"

Swish!

The next moment, the two figures separated at the same time, and after creating some distance, they looked at each other with surprise and uncertainty.

Chiba originally wanted to take Hiruko's heart as a resurrection coin, but who knew that the other party's heart was not in his chest... Could it be hidden in his butt?

The two stared at each other, and for some reason, Chiba felt a sense of déjà vu about the situation.

"You...you also used forbidden techniques to modify your body?!"

After a moment of silence, Hiruko's face turned bright red, as if he had finally met a kindred spirit, and he excitedly asked one question after another.

"What are those black tentacles? Did they come from your own flesh and blood? Do you gain power by stealing other people's hearts? And..."

Hiruko was usually so engrossed in her research that she had no idea how to communicate with people. She just mumbled a lot to herself without caring whether Chiba was listening or not.

It's just that Chiba was waiting for the CD, otherwise he would have slapped Hiruko across the face long ago.

A Few Moments Later...

Hiruko stopped, still wanting more, and looked at Chiba, asking with a puzzled expression, "Why, why did you attack me? We're the same kind of people!"

"What are you saying? What are you saying? I'm going to sue you for defamation! You've defamed me!"

Chiba was furious, as were Orochimaru and Hiruko. Why did these lunatics all insist that they were the same kind of people as them?!

Chiba is clearly a ninja who saves lives, how could he be the same kind of guy as a bunch of people who use living people as raw materials?

"Believe me, Konoha will not tolerate people like us. They will take action against you sooner or later."

Ignoring Chiba's words, Hiruko sincerely said, "Don't go back to Konoha. Stay here and do research with me. We can definitely achieve great things together!"

Chiba fell silent. He had dealt with Hiruko, and the other party still wanted to recruit him. Was reality too surreal?

"Firstly, Storm Release: Lightning Strike!"

Seeing that Chiba did not respond for a long time, Hiruko instantly appeared in front of Chiba and unleashed a thunderous punch, seemingly trying to persuade him with reason.

"Ninjutsu: Needle Jizo!"

Faced with this swift and powerful attack, Chiba used her hair to shield herself from the force while retreating, and used paper as an insulation layer to block the current. She used the force to create distance between herself and Hiruko, not giving her opponent a chance to follow up with another attack.

"This is Jiraiya's technique! This is Jiraiya's technique!"

Hiruko got agitated again, like a child: "Then you shouldn't have attacked me even more! Jiraiya and I are good friends, the kind of friends who are really close!"

"And you, what is your relationship with Jiraiya?"

Chiba remained silent in the face of Hiruko's eagerness for a response, and Hiruko's face immediately turned cold, as if someone had poured cold water on him.

"It seems you won't listen to me unless I defeat you."

Hiruko folded his wings and landed on the ground, forming hand seals. Terrifying chakra surged into the sky like a lava eruption, cracking and churning up the surrounding ground.

"Storm Release Secret Technique: Storm Demon Dragon!"

With a low shout from Hiruko, the entire sky was instantly swallowed up by rolling black thunderclouds, and the rumbling thunder sounded like thousands of iron cavalry galloping, a terrifying sight!

Looking at the thunderclouds that stretched as far as the eye could see, Chiba's expression became extremely solemn.

With the infusion of massive amounts of chakra, the thundercloud continued to expand, and at this moment, he was located at the very center of the thundercloud!

If this terrifying Storm Release technique is allowed to take shape and thousands of lightning bolts strike, Chiba will likely be severely injured, if not killed, and then he will truly be at Hiruko's mercy.

"Let's settle this with one move! Wind Release: Rasenshuriken!"

Chapter 88 The Hidden Stone Clan Pursuers, Hiruko's Regret

Amidst the dark, rolling thunderclouds, a streak of blue-green light suddenly shone.

Chiba raised both hands high, and a huge Wind Release: Rasenshuriken spun wildly in his hands, its terrifying rotational force directly dispelling the nearby thunderclouds.

The dark clouds dispersed, the sunlight reappeared, and the entire earth instantly lit up.

Whoosh!

Chiba aimed at Hiruko, who was maintaining the Storm Dragon on the ground, and forcefully threw out the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken in his hand.

"Netherworld Escape: Heavenly Star Absorption of Evil!"

Hiruko fearlessly raised her hands to meet the incoming Rasenshuriken, the black runes on her palms flashing wildly as she unleashed her full power in the Nether Release technique.

"What?! It can't be absorbed?!"

But the next moment, Hiruko's expression changed.

The energy contained within the Rasenshuriken was extremely turbulent, threatening to burst forth at any moment, and his usually invincible Dark Release technique was now rendered useless.

"Impossible! This kind of technique! It's absolutely impossible!"

Amidst Hiruko's incredulous roar, the Rasenshuriken exploded, transforming into a blue-green storm that completely engulfed Hiruko's figure.

Chiba quickly moved out of the storm's reach, gazing indifferently at the scene before him.

Previously, when he was weak, he had no choice, but now that he is strong, Chiba prefers to take the initiative into his own hands.

Whether to kill, use, or cooperate should not be decided by Hiruko, but by him after he has gained absolute initiative.