I am the new Hokage of Konoha.

Chapter 229 Singing, Dancing, and Rap

The Land of Grass, outside the Castle of the Ghost Lantern.

Killer Bee, who had just received the message from the Heavenly Delivery Technique, chuckled and, while wildly dancing with his arms and legs in a melody only he could understand, chanted:

"Young man~~ It's finally time to make our move~ I've been waiting for this for ages! Ah Ba~ Let's join forces and send that Box of Bliss home! Yay~~~"

Ah Ba: "......"

Although Killer Bee was the most compatible and pleasing Jinchūriki he had ever met, Ushiki still didn't like his rapping.

"Alright, Bi! Let's get down to business!" To avoid listening any longer, Niugui urged.

"Young...young...then let's open..."

Before Kirabi could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a sharp pain on his tongue.

'Oops, I bit my tongue!'

He immediately realized that he had fallen into his old habit again.

To avoid embarrassment, Killer Bee, without batting an eye, brushed it aside and went straight to the point:

Let's begin!

moment!

Boom~~

The earth was shaking.

Killer Bee's form changes in Perfect Jinchuriki mode.

In an instant, a colossal bull with eight octopus-like tentacles extending from its back and only one horn on its head appeared outside the Ghost Lantern Castle.

It is the complete form of the Eight-Tails!

At the same time, the Hozuki Castle, which witnessed this scene, immediately erupted in excitement.

"What...what is this?"

"A monster is coming!"

"Run!"

"Where is the city lord? Quickly, tell him to make a move!"

"..."

At this moment, not only were the many prisoners who were out on exercise time terrified, but even the guards of Ghost Lantern Castle were filled with fear.

As a castle built on an isolated island surrounded by treacherous waves, only two kinds of people can come here.

One is a prisoner, the other a guard.

Clearly, the monster outside with its enormous chakra doesn't belong to either of these categories; it's definitely up to no good.

The guards looked at their weapons, then at the enormous monster outside the city, and shook their heads vigorously.

The gap is too big.

Now they can rely on the city lord they trust most.

Before the lord of Hozuki Castle could even appear, Killer Bee, who had transformed into the Eight-Tails, had already taken action.

Continuous Tailed Beast Balls!

In an instant, the Eight-Tails' enormous mouth opened as if vomiting, and one after another, smaller Tailed Beast Balls, much smaller than normal Tailed Beast Balls but still very powerful, were spat out, covering Hozuki Castle in front of it.

Ninety-nine percent of the prisoners in Hozuki Castle deserved their fate. As for the guards, they weren't from his own country anyway, so Killer Bee, a ninja whose duty was to complete missions, naturally wouldn't show any mercy.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Under the continuous attacks of the Tailed Beast Balls, not only were large areas of Hozuki Castle destroyed, but also a chorus of cries for help erupted.

Some of the prisoners were hoping that the monsters outside might come to save them.

After this attack, they all wished they had two more legs and fled desperately.

Compared to the guards, those whose chakra was sealed by Fire Release: Heavenly Prison faced undoubtedly greater danger.

"The Lord of Wuwei City? Where is he? Why hasn't he come out yet!"

At this moment, not only the guards, but even the prisoners who had previously deeply resented inaction, began to hope for the other side to come to their rescue for the first time.

As the focus of everyone's anticipation, Mui, the Jonin of Kusagakure and the lord of Hozuki Castle, was familiarly conducting a sacrificial ceremony with his fellow elders in a secret room at the moment the Eight-Tails attacked the castle.

When he saw that all the chakra in the prisoner he had chosen as a sacrifice was poured into the Box of Bliss, and the box remained unresponsive as always, Wuwei still sighed slightly, even though he had expected it.

It seems the number of offerings is still insufficient!

He shook his head, and just as he was about to say something to the elders, a violent shaking suddenly came from the house.

"What's going on?" an elder wearing an animal mask asked in surprise.

"Run!" Before he could say anything more, Wuwei Tongkong noticed the obvious cracks in the ceiling and shrank back, taking the lead in running outside.

Boom~~

Soon, the roar of the collapsing house echoed inside the shrine chamber.

finally.

When Wuwei crawled out of the collapsed building in a disheveled state, he could see that only two of the five elders who had been together were left.

In fact, given their strength, they shouldn't have acted this way.

But Killer Bee chose the perfect time, and the secret chamber they were in was built too deep due to secrecy requirements, and there were sealing techniques all around, so they couldn't even use earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic or magic), and could only escape on foot.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Amidst the billowing smoke and dust, Wuwei coughed heavily a few times, then looked around and discovered that his Ghost Lantern Castle had been reduced to ruins.

Prisoners lay scattered all around, groaning in agony.

"Wuwei! Quickly remove the seal on my body!" A prisoner covered in blood who was closest to Wuwei saw him and immediately roared angrily.

If I had my own chakra, I wouldn't be in this state now.

Ignoring the person beside him, Wuwei's gaze was now fixed on the enormous monster that had caused all of this not far away.

"That's... the Eight-Tails?!"

Why would the Cloud Ninja attack Hozuki Castle?

Compared to others, Wuwei, who had a better grasp of information about the ninja world, quickly recognized the Eight-Tails' identity.

What puzzled him was why the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki of Kumogakure would attack Hozuki Castle.

Doesn't the other side know that this is tantamount to declaring war on the Land of Grass?

At this critical juncture, when even he knew the situation in the ninja world was at its most turbulent, why add a new enemy to his own forces?

Or perhaps, from the other party's perspective, doing so would be more beneficial than harmful.

Upon realizing this, Wuwei was suddenly startled.

Given the Cloud Ninja's opportunistic nature, their attack on Hozuki Castle must have been driven by something that attracted them.

All that's left here is the Chest of Elysium!

"damn it!"

Wuwei's expression immediately turned very ugly.

Although Kumogakure is currently at the bottom of the five great ninja villages, it is still a behemoth compared to Kusagakure and Hozuki Castle.

'We absolutely cannot let the Cloud Ninja take the Box of Bliss.'

Decades of persistence have now become an obsession; once the gaze of non-action is fixed, it's time to take action.

Having already entered Hozuki Castle, Killer Bee, in his Eight-Tails form, made a new move.

A hundred million wrathful slaves!

Instantly, a large amount of ink gushed out from the mouth of the Eight-Tails, transforming into one black clone after another that firmly bound and sealed the many people still remaining in the ruins of Hozuki Castle.

In a very short time, the previously screaming Ghost Lantern Castle fell silent.

Not only the prisoners and guards, but even the two elders who escaped and wore animal masks could not escape the overwhelming baptism of ink.

Of all the survivors in the entire Ghost Lantern Castle, only Muwei remains.

Fire Release: Demon Lantern!

At that moment, a large number of fiery lanterns resembling evil spirits rose from the ground and attacked the Eight-Tailed Demon from all directions.

"Hey~ Are there any survivors?"

Killer Bee was slightly surprised by the attack, but then casually swung its eight tails to strike back.

The ghost lantern, powerful enough to incinerate a person, crashed into the giant octopus tentacles, barely leaving some black marks. Then, with the infusion of the Eight-Tails' chakra, it quickly returned to its original state.

In a very short time, Killer Bee easily extinguished the numerous ghost lanterns that resembled sparks.

Wuwei did not pay any attention to this.

Taking advantage of Killer Bee's distraction, he rushed up to him.

"Hey~~ Do you want to have a little fist fight with me?"

Looking down at the small black dot below, Killer Bee asked with great curiosity.

Wuwei ignored it.

His right hand, covered in red chakra, suddenly shot forward, fingers spread, and pressed against the Eight-Tails, saying:

Fire Release: Great Fire Prison!

As a super-enhanced version of Fire Release: Heavenly Prison, Wuwei at this moment cast even stronger chakra chains into the Eight-Tails' body.

In an instant, the massive body of the Eight-Tails trembled.

"This is... a very powerful sealing technique!" the bull demon exclaimed in surprise.

"It's so hot! So hot! So hot!" Killer Bee exclaimed.

Soon, under the influence of the Great Fire Prison, Killer Bee's Eight-Tails body suddenly contracted.