A didn't take Yugito's words seriously.
Fighting talk? That was completely normal during a brawl.
He wasn't trying to kill her. After just a few exchanges, Yugito found herself retreating continuously. All the bold talk she'd made earlier now seemed utterly ridiculous.
Her pathetic performance—as if her body were uncoordinated and her combat skills long unused—only confirmed Killer B's suspicions.
There's something off about this person.
She couldn't possibly be the real Yugito.
Is *that* all you've got? You actually dared infiltrate Kumogakure? Let me see who you really are. A's voice turned cold. His hair crackled with electricity as he charged forward like a bolt of lightning.
[Lightning Blade: Horizontal Slash!]
Damn it, what's wrong with you, Eight? Are you actually scared? Killer B mocked Gyuki inside him.
...
Although Yugito's performance had surprised Gyuki, the ox-tailed beast remained vigilant, repeating firmly, "B, she's dangerous."
Matatabi the Two-Tails felt confused. Since Yugito hadn't cut off its view of the outside world, Matatabi could still see her fighting A.
It couldn't believe that someone who radiated such strength could fight so pathetically.
Suddenly, it felt its chakra being drained away.
A layer of blue chakra enveloped Yugito's body. At the last moment, she dodged A's [Lightning Blade: Horizontal Slash].
"This is Two-Tails' chakra."
A glanced at Yugito before turning his gaze toward Killer B beside him, his eyes clearly asking, *What's wrong with her?*
Yugito's figure became light and nimble. As A charged toward her, she extended her right hand.
Kaguya decided to unleash her power for battle.
Doing so would have extremely severe side effects on Yugito's body. However, with tailed-beast chakra sustaining bodily functions, it should avoid life-threatening situations, allowing her to temporarily bear this power.
The seals placed by Hamura and Hayato—whether in the physical world or her spiritual realm—were originally impenetrable.
But Hyuga Hiroki's sudden intrusion had created a new exit in that sealed space. Now she could reach any place where Hiroki's spiritual form had previously appeared, transmitting chakra and power there.
Since the Ten-Tails had been extracted, her strength had diminished to less than one tenth of its original—far from her peak. She could no longer activate the Rinnegan-Sharingan, nor use Infinite Tsukuyomi or Amenominaka. But other techniques could still be used—if barely.
More than enough to deal with Killer B and A.
[All-Killing Ash Bones]
A gray, sharp, elongated bar emerged from Yugito's palm—a bone? A stone rod?
A didn't recognize what this thing was. He also couldn't understand where Yugito had learned such an eerie technique.
His instincts screamed danger.
Realizing the threat, he tried to dodge—but it was already too late.
The best he could manage was slightly shifting position.
Where the bone had aimed for his heart now pierced into his left shoulder instead.
No blood flowed from the wound, yet A wore a grim expression, sweat pouring down his face.
He could clearly sense the injured areas hardening, as if they were on the verge of collapse, and this condition was spreading outward.
Most importantly, he had no idea what technique the woman had just used—his body was completely paralyzed now.
Was he really going to die like this?
"A, cut off my arm!" A shouted desperately.
Without hesitation, B unsheathed the long blade on his back and sliced off that gray limb.
The arm hit the ground, exploded violently, and turned to ashes.
[Yugito] calmly sent another gray bone spike flying straight into A's abdomen.
"A..." A called out weakly once more.
B's hands trembled slightly as he gripped his sword. His eyes flickered with reluctance, he gritted his teeth, and split A's body in two.
"..." [Yugito] couldn't help but glance at these two brothers for a moment.
She had only wanted to finish them off with one strike—shouldn't they have just waited to die?
Now look at this mess—blood and guts everywhere. These two were supposed to be teammates?
The five Anbu who followed them stood frozen—this was a sight even they rarely witnessed on the battlefield.
At this moment, the Anbu stood around confused, not knowing what to do—just standing there like helpless spectators.
Should they help? Could they even help in a battle at this level? And how exactly should they assist?
These three questions raced through their minds over and over.
His left arm had turned to dust, and his lower body was nearly gone too—now only his upper torso remained, still holding onto its human appearance.
Under those conditions, any ordinary person would've been dead on the spot.
Though A hadn't died immediately, his situation was still extremely dire.
Right now, he was holding onto life by a thread.
If he could receive immediate treatment from a top-tier medical ninja, there might be a slim hope of survival.
If they continued prolonging this fight, death was inevitable.
"A... it's all up to you now..." A looked toward B, his voice barely a whisper.
Yugito ignored the dying man and turned her attention toward B.
Seeing A's pitiful state, B swallowed his grief and firmly commanded Gyuki: "Little Eight, stop nagging me—lend me all your power!"
"A, why won't you ever listen?" Gyuki responded with a gruff, exasperated tone.
"That's exactly why I can't abandon my Aniki when danger strikes!"
With Gyuki's cooperation, B entered full Tailed Beast transformation. In an instant, he changed from his human form into a pink-skinned Giant Ox with dual horns atop his head and eight tentacle-like tails trailing behind.
Fully transformed, B opened his massive mouth, gathering a [Tailed Beast Ball] inside before launching a continuous barrage directly at Yugito.
A's life hung by a thread—he needed to defeat the enemy quickly, then rush A off for treatment.
"Um… do you need help?" Matatabi timidly asked inside Yugito's mind.
"You'll help after I finish fighting."
Yugito kept her palms aimed at the enemy.
Her palms erupted with massive amounts of chakra, generating countless powerful fists that clashed against the incoming Tailed Beast Balls.
[Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack]. This is her most powerful taijutsu.
Although without the Byakugan, it cannot achieve absolute perfection, it was more than enough to handle a lone little tailed beast.
The only drawback was that it consumed too much chakra.
Thinking of this, she mentally shifted part of the chakra consumption to be supplied by Two-Tails.
Feeling the rapid chakra loss, Matatabi was instantly speechless, his face twisting into knots. Didn't she just say she didn't need help? Why was she forcibly extracting his chakra again?
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Intense crashing sounds kept echoing, as if the earth and mountains were shaking.
The Anbu were completely shocked. There was no hesitation in their hearts anymore—no need to think. They couldn't interfere in a situation like this at all.
They lost their cool and scrambled away from the battlefield.
Eight-Tails was getting pummeled so badly it couldn't even open its eyes, struggling to keep its beast form.
After holding on for a few seconds, realizing it couldn't win, it quickly backed down, continuously trying to retreat into B's body.
"Now that you've come out, don't think you can go back."
The chakra-formed fist opened up. Yugito continuously pulled on Eight-Tails, forcefully dragging it out.
Then, the Anbu watched helplessly as Yugito stuffed the Eight-Tails into her own body.
Their minds buzzed.
Sealing a tailed beast—was it really this easy? Weren't there supposed to be tons of rituals and complicated steps involved?
In their entire lives, they'd never seen someone so fierce!
With the tailed beast extracted, even as the jinchuriki, B could not escape death. He was already on the verge of death.
"B!"
"Aniki!"
The two brothers gazed at each other, their eyes filled with sorrow and reluctance.
B tried hard to support himself, wanting to crawl toward A, but after moving just a few steps, he could no longer hold on. He fell to the ground without a trace of life left.
"B…" whispered A as tears streamed down his face, his eyes completely losing their shine.
Tears streamed down his face as he slowly closed his eyes.
A short while later, he was gone forever.
The legendary A&B duo that once shook the ninja world was now gone forever.
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