Uchiha's personal opinion

Although the encirclement had not collapsed, it had loosened somewhat.

"Damn it!" the Cloud Village ninja in the arena shouted angrily.

Uchiha Tokumitsu was also a little surprised. After all, the Uchiha clan were the ancestors of playing with fire, so how could they be so easily blocked?

However, those blue flames, and that peculiar ninjutsu name... seem vaguely familiar.

"Blue flames... an eerie fireball..." Uchiha Tokumitsu muttered to himself, then suddenly realized something and shouted, "Watch out! That guy is the Jinchuriki of the Two-Tails!"

Chapter 49 Encirclement and Attack

Tailed beasts, possessing boundless chakra, are widely regarded in the ninja world as malevolent creatures that bring disaster.

Although it's unknown to what extent this unnamed Jinchuriki can control the Tailed Beast, the fact that he can use the signature Two-Tails technique means he shouldn't be underestimated.

"Don't hold back, kill them quickly!" Uchiha Tokumitsu shouted sharply. "Leave no one alive, don't let that Jinchuriki have a chance to use the power of the Tailed Beast!"

The Uchiha ninja who had originally surrounded the area were still hoping to capture the Tsuchikage's assistant and the Raikage's secretary. Now that the Jinchuriki's identity had been exposed, they had to kill him. Otherwise, if the Jinchuriki deliberately released the seal and let the Tailed Beast run rampant, no one would be able to escape unscathed.

"Go and assist in eliminating the enemy!" Uchiha Tokumitsu ordered the ninja guards around him. "Make this quick and decisive, then we'll all hunt down this Jinchuriki together."

"Yes!" The secret guard ninjas knew the priorities and didn't hesitate, immediately heading to the various battle groups.

Looks like I'll have to work my ass off.

Uchiha Tokumitsu took a deep breath, desperately squeezing and refining chakra within his body.

Purple flames rose from his hands and quickly spread throughout his body. He then formed hand seals to activate the Instantaneous Movement Technique and joined the onlookers in the battle.

"Uchiha Sword Flame Slash!"

A purple sword aura slashed towards the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, who was aggressively forcing the three Uchiha Jonin to their limits.

"boom!"

Caught off guard, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki was struck squarely, flying several meters away before performing an aerial somersault and landing steadily on all fours. He stared intently at Uchiha Tokumitsu like an enraged wildcat.

The tailed beast chakra on the Jinchuriki's body became more and more obvious, and strange patterns began to appear on the solidified blue chakra.

Looking around, with everyone attacking, the small number of people from Iwagakure and Kumogakure were clearly unable to withstand the onslaught. In just a short while, most of the battle groups had finished their battles and began to form an encirclement to hunt down the Jinchūriki.

"Roar!" The Jinchuriki let out a non-human roar and pounced on Uchiha Tokumitsu.

Uchiha wielded his sword in rapid succession, unleashing three sword beams, but they were all dodged by his left and right leaps.

A large hand, wrapped in blue chakra and shaped like a cat's paw, reached down towards Uchiha Tokumitsu.

Uchiha Tokumitsu had no time to dodge, so he could only grip the hilt of his sword tightly with both hands and parry upwards.

But the powerful force slammed Uchiha Tokumitsu's feet into the mud.

Although Uchiha Tokumitsu blocked the Jinchuriki's attack, his hands were still a little numb from the shock.

At that moment, the Jinchuriki suddenly swung his other hand toward Uchiha Tokumitsu's waist. Uchiha Tokumitsu was holding his sword with both hands, so he had no choice but to risk withdrawing his sword and retreating to avoid it.

Having just dodged the Jinchuriki's claw attack, another burst of blue flames shot towards him, engulfing Uchiha Tokumitsu in flames.

"Young Master Deguang!" The surrounding Uchiha Jonin panicked at the sight and rushed forward without regard for their formation.

"I'm fine!" Uchiha Tokumitsu suddenly unleashed a burst of purple flames, devouring all the tailed beast's chakra. Seeing the Jonin rushing to fight the Jinchuriki only to be sent flying one by one, he was furious. "What are you doing with your Sharingan genjutsu!"

The Uchiha Jonin were also momentarily enraged. Upon hearing Uchiha Tokumitsu's words, they immediately realized what was happening and more than twenty pairs of Sharingan with three tomoe aimed at the Two-Tails Jinchuriki and launched a genjutsu.

"Tokuko-kun, are you alright?" Hatake Sakumo, having also dealt with the enemy, stepped forward to join the battle against the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.

"Everything's alright for now," Uchiha Tokumitsu replied, then continued arranging the troops. "Chunin, all of you step back and stand guard on the outer perimeter. Jonin, prepare genjutsu and barrier techniques!"

"Yes!" Among the many ninjas around, the Chunin, who were the most numerous but relatively weak, began to withdraw from the battlefield.

"Secret Guards, prepare the Uchiha Flame Formation!"

"Yes, sir!" The twelve guards split into groups of three, landing at the four corners of the battlefield and beginning to form hand seals to prepare to cast the barrier.

"Jonin Sakumo, let's go too."

"Right on my mind!"

Even the Sharingan genjutsu of the Uchiha clan couldn't contain the rampage of the Jinchuriki. The group could only freeze the Jinchuriki for a moment before he broke free again.

Sakumo's sword struck like lightning, slashing at the Jinchuriki's neck from an unpredictable angle.

"Clang!" The Jinchuriki swung his arm to block, and the collision between his arm and the ninja sword produced a metallic sound. Although the blade cut through the flesh, it was clearly blocked by the bone.

Sakumo Hatake was clearly a little surprised as well, quickly sheathing his sword to dodge the Jinchuriki's claw attack.

"Golden Binding Technique!"

The combined genjutsu attack from a group of Uchiha Jonin momentarily stunned the Jinchuriki.

A barrage of fire-style ninjutsu was unleashed at the Jinchuriki, but to no avail. Some of the lower-level fire-style ninjutsu were even swallowed up by the Jinchuriki's blue chakra.

Taking advantage of the Jinchuriki's stiff posture, Uchiha Tokumitsu leaped into the air, holding the katana upside down with both hands, and used the momentum of his fall to send the tip of the katana into the Jinchuriki's back.

Then, Uchiha Tokumitsu released the hilt of his sword, condensed his Fire Release chakra into a continuously spinning spiral chakra ball, and struck the Jinchuriki heavily in the waist.

"Awooo!" The Jinchuriki cried out in pain and anger, and without caring about shaking off the blade on his back and Uchiha Tokumitsu, he tried to escape in a deserted direction.

"Uchiha Flame Formation!"

The Uchiha Jonin, who were already prepared at the four corners, quickly activated the barrier they had been preparing for a long time when they saw that the Jinchuriki was about to escape.

The four walls of fire solidified, blocking the Jinchūriki who attempted to escape.

The Jinchuriki, who failed to escape, became increasingly frenzied, constantly roaring and emitting inhuman cries. His face gradually lengthened, and his pupils became like those of a wildcat.

Uchiha Tokumitsu quietly gripped the Jinchuriki's neck from behind, frantically channeling his Flame Release chakra to burn the blue chakra on the Jinchuriki's body.

It was clear that the Flame Release chakra, composed of Yin Release and Fire Release, had a certain restraining effect on the Two-Tails' blue chakra. Moreover, as the Flame Release aura continued to burn, Uchiha Tokumitsu clearly felt that the Flame Release chakra not only did not deplete, but actually grew slightly stronger.

The power of the tailed beasts acted like fertilizer, strengthening the fire-style chakra.

Uchiha Tokumitsu pushed his chakra conversion even harder, increasing the power of his Fire Release.

The Jinchūriki was burned stiff and stood frozen in place, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

Hatake Sakumo and a group of Uchiha Jonin caught up and, seeing the situation, quickly stepped forward to help.

The Uchiha Jonin, skilled in sealing techniques, formed hand seals in an attempt to seal the Jinchuriki's power, but their sealing power could not break through the Tailed Beast Cloak, rendering the sealing technique ineffective.

Those skilled in genjutsu stared intently into the Jinchuriki's eyes with their Sharingan, unleashing one genjutsu after another. However, due to interference from the Jinchuriki's own chakra and the Tailed Beast's chakra, these techniques were quickly broken.

Meanwhile, Sakumo Hatake, carrying a short sword, stood still like an old lumberjack, continuously slashing at the Jinchūriki's neck.

Under Uchiha Tokuko's continued burning, the Jinchuriki's will began to blur, and the fire release's predatory burning of the tailed beast's chakra also provoked the tailed beast's counterattack.

"Roar!" The last glimmer of humanity in the Jinchuriki's eyes vanished, replaced by bestiality.

A tail made of blue chakra emerged from the Jinchuriki's buttocks and coiled towards Uchiha Tokumitsu.

Uchiha Tokumitsu was in the midst of a fierce fire release attack when he was caught in a chakra tail.

Its enormous tail, like a noose, tightly bound Uchiha Tokumitsu's body, desperately trying to strangle him.

Uchiha Tokumitsu's protective aura was also suppressed to only a thin layer.

Sakumo Hatake swung his sword even faster, slashing and sending sparks flying.

Uchiha Tokumitsu, who was entangled by the chakra tail, sensed a powerful consciousness with cat-like pupils trying to pull its will into the Jinchuriki's body.

Uchiha Tokumitsu gritted his teeth and focused his mental energy to resist, while the flames of his Fire Release chakra continued to burn relentlessly.

"The four of them will use the Four Symbols Seal together!" The Jonin around them shouted, ready to begin a new attempt. "Separately seal the Jinchuriki's four limbs!"

"Everyone else, use the Illusionary Shackle Technique!" Uchiha Tokumitsu shouted through gritted teeth. The Jinchuriki was struggling fiercely and he was about to give up, so he needed external support.

"Human!" A voice that didn't sound human echoed in Uchiha Tokumitsu's mind.

"Two-tailed?"

"Exactly!" came the thunderous reply.

"Hello, Two-Tails!" Uchiha Tokumitsu greeted him, but his Fire Release chakra showed no sign of receding.

"Where does your power come from?"

"Is it so strange that I cultivated my own Fire Release technique?"

"Fire Release... it's a fusion of Yin Release and Fire Release, isn't it?" The Two-Tails' voice was unhurried. "You're from the Uchiha clan, aren't you?"

“…Yes.” Uchiha Tokumitsu seemed somewhat confused.

"I have a proposal that can bring you substantial benefits. Are you willing to accept it?" Two-Tails' voice began to become somewhat erratic, carrying a subtle and almost imperceptible allure.

"Hmph!" Uchiha Tokumitsu gritted his teeth and sneered, "Tataru, stop with your tricks, genjutsu won't work on Uchiha!"

“Hmm…” Nibi Tatari hesitated for a moment, “Although I don’t know how you know my name, are you really unwilling to listen to my advice?”

"Tell me about it?" Uchiha Tokumitsu replied, while simultaneously replaying the Two-Tails' voice in his mind and intensifying the burning power of his Fire Release technique.

In that short time, Uchiha Tokumitsu clearly felt that his own chakra had become much more solid after being tempered and absorbed from the tailed beasts' chakra, and it also seemed to have acquired a sticky, continuously burning damaging attribute.

This also means that the power and characteristics of an object burned by the flames of fire release chakra can be absorbed.

"How about you use your power to help me kill this Jinchuriki?" The voice of the Two-Tails Matatabi rang in Uchiha Tokumitsu's mind again.

"Huh..." Uchiha Tokumitsu was also somewhat surprised upon hearing this, "If the Jinchuriki dies, won't you die along with him?"

"No... I will be free from now on." The voice of the traitor rang out again, "The tailed beasts are immortal, I will be resurrected in the future and start a new life freely."

"Then why didn't you retract the chakra cloak you were releasing? Why didn't you just have someone cut off the Jinchuriki's head?"

"That was his will forcibly driving a tiny fraction of my power!" Two-Tails' voice was tinged with annoyance.

"I don't believe you, Tadashi," Uchiha Tokumitsu said to himself in his mind. "Besides, what good would killing you do me? I'd rather seal this Jinchūriki back to the village, extract you, and replace you with a new Jinchūriki."

"I can give you a portion of my power!" Tyotaku's voice rang out urgently, "and it's the power of a tailed beast without any interference from its will!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu was tempted this time.

He looked around and saw that the Uchiha Jonin had sealed the Jinchuriki's limbs tightly and were using sealing runes to probe the tailed beast seal in the Jinchuriki's abdomen. Hatake Sakumo had also stopped cutting the neck.

"How can I kill a Jinchuriki directly?" Uchiha Tokumitsu asked the Two-Tails in his mind.

Even he felt a little embarrassed by this question.

"It's very simple!" Matatabi's voice was clearly pleased. "You just need to condense your chakra and burn it into the Jinchuriki's head and heart at the same time, and then I will die along with the Jinchuriki."