Chapter 64: Emergency Mission
As the Shadow Guards of the Third Mizukage Ice, Kiyoshi and the others each had one day a week to be stationed at the Mizukage Tower as per Ice's requirements, while the rest stayed at the Anbu base.
Today, Suikazan Fuguki was on duty at the Mizukage's office. Kiyoshi led the rest of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen in their usual training at the Anbu base.
Suddenly, an Anbu member appeared instantly near Kiyoshi and the others, knelt on one knee, and said to Kiyoshi, "Lord, urgent news from Mizukage-sama!"
Kiyoshi understood in his heart that it seemed there was a mission. He had just talked with the Third Mizukage Ice a few days ago about preparing to lead a team on a mission.
"Mizukage-sama requires you to lead the other lords to the Number 6 outpost outside the village immediately!"
Kiyoshi was shocked at this moment. "Outpost Number 6, isn't that where the Six-Tails Jinchuriki is located? It seems the Jinchuriki's seal can't hold on anymore."
Understanding the seriousness of the matter, Kiyoshi immediately led the rest of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen to Outpost Number 6 outside the village.
On the way, they encountered Suikazan Fuguki, who was also rushing to Outpost Number 6 from the Mizukage Tower.
"Lord! Something happened at both Outpost Number 3 and Outpost Number 6. Third Mizukage-sama has already gone to Outpost Number 3 to deal with it," Suikazan Fuguki reported the current situation to Kiyoshi. "Third Mizukage-sama told me to relay that our mission is to stall the enemy and wait for Third Mizukage-sama to arrive."
Suikazan Fuguki and the others at this time still didn't know what they were about to face, simply thinking it was an emergency mission involving an invasion by external enemies.
There was even a hint of excitement in their hearts. As the Hidden Mist Village's trump card force, they had been training quietly in the village for so long. The Seven Ninja Swordsmen's rise to fame would begin today!
After listening to Suikazan Fuguki's narration, Kiyoshi's heart was heavy. Both the Three-Tails Jinchuriki and the Six-Tails Jinchuriki had gone berserk simultaneously. He also understood Ice's meaning.
It seemed that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen's first deployment would be a difficult battle.
If it was just a matter of killing the berserk Six-Tails Jinchuriki, then Kiyoshi was confident that he, now skilled in wielding the Twin Swords, Hiramekarei, and even the other ninja swords, and capable of exerting Kage-level strength, could do it alone. After all, in his memory, the Six-Tails wasn't considered a very strong tailed beast.
But the troublesome thing was this: if they killed the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, then the Six-Tails would also disappear and then revive somewhere in the ninja world a few years later. At that time, whether the Six-Tails would still belong to the Hidden Mist would be questionable.
Moreover, more importantly, none of them possessed the ability to seal tailed beasts. Therefore, the mission for Kiyoshi and the others was only to suppress and stall the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, who had fallen into a berserk state, waiting for the Third Mizukage, who possessed sealing abilities, and subsequent reinforcements to arrive and reseal the Six-Tails.
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At Outpost Number 3, when the Third Mizukage Ice arrived, the place was already a river of blood. Collapsed houses were everywhere, and the corpses of the Anbu stationed there littered the ground.
Ice didn't have time to mourn the sacrificed Anbu. His top priority was to stop the rampaging Jinchuriki from continuing its rampage.
The Three-Tails Jinchuriki had already been deeply affected by the violence and hatred contained in the Three-Tails' Chakra. The Jinchuriki had long lost consciousness and had already entered a state of semi-tailed beast transformation from the tailed beast cloak. Dark red tailed beast Chakra completely enveloped its body, and its form was like a beast, walking on all fours.
Seeing Ice's arrival, the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, instinctively feeling a threat, opened its mouth and prepared to unleash a powerful attack.
Red Yang-natured Chakra and blue Yin-natured Chakra rapidly gathered near its mouth, continuously mixing and compressing, forming a purplish-black high-density Chakra ball, then aiming at Ice's location and firing!
"Tailed Beast Ball!"
Ice, who had dealt with tailed beasts many times, didn't change his expression at all, calmly forming hand seals with both hands.
"Ice Release: Ice Crystal Wall!"
A thick ice wall rose from the ground, blocking the path of the Tailed Beast Ball.
"Boom!!!"
The Tailed Beast Ball collided with the ice wall, emitting a huge roar.
"Then the next thing should be close combat," Ice thought, recalling his past encounters with berserk Jinchuriki who had entered the semi-tailed beast transformation state. Then, he continued forming hand seals unhurriedly.
"Ice Release: Ice Sword!"
A huge white ice sword, highly condensed from Ice Release Chakra, appeared in Ice's hand. Ice grabbed the hilt with his right hand and spread his left hand open, using it to brace the sword's body, just in time to block an incoming dark red Chakra tail.
Having blocked the attack, Ice released his left hand bracing the sword's body and smoothly rotated the ice sword in his hand, using an upward swing to fiercely flick the tail away.
Where the ice sword struck, solid ice continuously spread along the tail towards the Jinchuriki, causing the berserk Jinchuriki's movements to pause involuntarily.
Ice seized this opportunity to forcefully insert the ice sword into the ground and then began forming hand seals. Where the ice sword was inserted, a large amount of solid ice began to emerge and then continuously spread outwards.
When the Three-Tails Jinchuriki broke free from control and charged towards Ice again, Ice's ninjutsu was already ready.
"Ice Release: Demonic Mirror Ice Crystal!"
Ice's figure instantly disappeared from his spot, and eight huge ice mirrors trapped the Jinchuriki in the middle.
Using the ice mirrors to achieve ultra-high-speed movement, thereby achieving the effect of instantaneous movement similar to space-time ninjutsu, Ice continuously launched attacks on the Three-Tails Jinchuriki in the center.
"Ice Release: Freezing Palm!"
Each palm strike left an icy mark on the Jinchuriki's body. Then, the icy mark rapidly spread across its body surface. Ice Release Chakra and the Three-Tails' Chakra constantly wrestled on its body surface.
Ultimately, it was just a beast without its own consciousness. Slowly, under the influence of the continuous Ice Release Chakra, the Jinchuriki's movements became slower and slower, and it was finally completely frozen in place.
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