In Amegakure, Killua, who had received the message from the main body and summoned the Five-Tails Jinchuuriki, licked his lips as he chained Han.
Although the distance between Konoha and Ame isn't very large, the fact that it was Han consumed a good percentage of Killua's MP when summoning him through the summoning jutsu.
"Hey, you're really brave, huh," Killua said. "To think you had the audacity to go head-to-head with 'him'."
"Who are you? Where am I?" Han asked, looking around.
"Amegakure," Killua replied with a playful smile. "As for who I am, you should have guessed by now, right?"
"Revolutionary Army?" Han guessed.
"Bingo! You got it right," Killua smiled. "But I'm sorry to say there's no prize."
Han threatened, "You better release me, or you're not going to like what happens next..."
"Haha, how hilarious." Killua didn't take Han's threat seriously, and after forming hand seals, he created five clones, which immediately used chakra threads that made contact with Han, soon absorbing chakra from him, replenishing their own.
"What is this? Why are you able to steal my chakra?" Han asked, fearful.
"I'm not going to answer that, baka," Killua mocked while stealing Han's chakra and binding him with chains, recovering all the lost chakra and even using Han's chakra to keep him bound by the chains.
Once his chakra was replenished, the clones began preparing a sealing jutsu.
Sensing a bad premonition, Han struggled, but it was a futile fight against the adamantine sealing chains that held him.
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Now that things had calmed down…
Although it wasn't entirely true, no one dared to approach them because of the 50 shadow clones of Tanaka, who would fire like a machine gun at anyone who came near, offering no chance for defense and making it nearly impossible to dodge...
"Oh, it's you, Tsunade." Shiori finally turned her attention away from Tanaka and recognized the blonde girl nearby. "How have you been?"
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"Shiori." Tsunade also recognized her and smiled slightly. "Good, and you? By the way, is he..."
Their conversation seemed completely out of place considering where they were, making Jiraiya wonder, "Where am I? Who am I? Are we still in the middle of a battlefield or a reunion of old friends?"
But he also paid attention to Tsunade's question. He too was curious to know who that red-haired young man was.
"I'm fine too." After the formalities, Shiori held Tanaka's arm and said, "This is Tanaka Uzumaki, Akane-san's cousin."
"Ohh, so he's related to Akane-san," Tsunade said, looking enlightened, showing some respect when pronouncing Akane's name.
Then she made Nawaki bow before Tanaka and did the same, saying, "Tanaka-kun, thank you for saving my life and my brother's. I'm very grateful for what you did."
At the same time, Tanaka saw a brief introduction about her above her head.
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LV99 Tsunade Senju
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"Thank you for saving me," Nawaki followed suit. He wasn't ignorant or proud enough not to recognize that if Tanaka hadn't intervened, he'd be six feet under...
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LV54 Nawaki Senju
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'As expected, even though he's young, he already has the level of a Chunin. Not to mention Tsunade, who's nearing Kage level, and this while still being young…' He speculated that, at the current moment, Tsunade should be, at most, 18 years old.
"You don't need to mention it," Tanaka smiled casually and said, "We're allies and family, right? No need to be so formal with me."
Both raised their heads while Tsunade looked at him, a bit surprised.
Out of curiosity, Tanaka also glanced at Jiraiya.
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LV100 Jiraiya
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'So, he's a little stronger than Tsunade...,' Tanaka thought.
"Hello, I'm Jiraiya, nice to meet you," Jiraiya introduced himself, extending his hand as soon as he felt Tanaka's gaze.
"Tanaka, the pleasure's mine." Tanaka shook his hand.
"By the way, I know this is a bit abrupt, but Tsunade, we need to go help Orochimaru," Jiraiya said.
"Oh, right, that's true." Tsunade seemed to remember Orochimaru, but then looked at Nawaki. "But I need to take Nawaki back..."
Not long ago, Nawaki had almost died, and Jiraiya could understand why Tsunade was worried about leaving him there.
"Are you talking about the man riding a snake, fighting Hanzo of the Salamander?" Tanaka asked.
"Yes, that's the one," Jiraiya nodded.
"In that case..." Thinking for a moment, Tanaka created two shadow clones.
"They'll go with you. That should be enough to make up for Tsunade's absence, right?" Tanaka asked with a smile.
"Yes, but the moment they're attacked..." Jiraiya didn't finish his sentence, but Tanaka understood.
Soon, a dome-shaped shield surrounded the two clones. "How about now?"
Just as a demonstration, he struck the shield with a punch, and it didn't even ripple.
Jiraiya swallowed hard and nodded, "Yes, that's enough."
"Onee-chan, I don't want to go back! I understand my mistake, but I still want to fight!" Nawaki, realizing he was going to be taken back, resisted.
"Shut up!" Tsunade scolded him harshly. "Nawaki, don't you get it? This isn't a game. Your life was barely saved. If Tanaka-kun had arrived just one second later, you'd be dead. Do you understand that?"
"But, but..."
"No buts!" Tsunade gave him no chance.
After that, Tsunade spoke once more, "Tanaka-kun, thank you again for what you did. Someday, I'll repay this favor."
Right after, she carried Nawaki like a sack of potatoes.
Smiling slightly, Shiori commented, "I've never seen Tsunade like that before. That little brother of hers must be quite the handful... Thankfully, my cute and adorable little sister doesn't give me any trouble~" She seemed proud as she said the last line.
Seeing that no one dared to approach anymore, Tanaka dispelled the shadow clones and quickly created another 50, with a plan in mind. The clones connected to him through chakra threads, absorbing his MP while he recovered what was lost.
"What are you doing, Tanaka-kun?" Shiori asked, clearly confused by his actions.
Tanaka didn't respond directly and instead diverted her attention, "By the way, Shiori-san, didn't you say you were excited for a good fight? Over there are the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. How about we head that way?"
Hearing that, Shiori lost interest in her previous question and focused on the direction Tanaka pointed to with his chin, "Sounds interesting... Let's go!"
She grabbed his hand and pulled him along.
Meanwhile, the shadow clones, which had absorbed a large portion of his MP, began flying off in different directions. Their task was simple: provide support to the Konoha ninjas using psychokinesis.
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