With the tailed beasts disrupting the situation, and their powerful attacks that cannot be ignored, and their large attack range, the battle within Shukaku's sight can basically not continue. And the result of this meaningless fight is just the chaos caused by some temporary actions of Mizuki. However, delaying time like this is actually not good for Mizuki.

Kakuzu and Hidan, who used their immortality to turn various disadvantageous battles into protracted battles, and eventually dragged down countless powerful and desperate enemies. Mizuki definitely didn't want to be the next one.

The power of the raging training bullets is getting stronger and stronger. If Mizuki could have used the chakra shield to block it once or twice before, it would be too dangerous to do so now.

"Is Maki basically doing nothing? That's right, Juan is dead, there is not even one person who knows sealing techniques, and apart from Yamashiro Aoba, there is not even one person who knows illusion techniques, so there is no way to wake up Gaara."

But the truth is, if Mizuki hadn't attracted Shukaku's hatred, the scene would have been a mess of death and injury.

Maki was at a loss, watching his most promising disciple release Shukaku, but still couldn't resist the invasion of Shukaku's will, and finally released Shukaku in full form. No one could control the tailed beast, and only Maki himself could go up and stop it. Even Akagi of the Hidden Rock Village couldn't do it, because his style was not suitable for dealing with such a huge tailed beast.

However, it was hard to say whether it was a wise move to attract attention now. If the enraged tailed beast took the ordinary ninjas here as an object to vent their anger, there would be few who could put up a bit of resistance.

Maki, who was anxiously thinking about countermeasures, suddenly found that there was one person missing beside him.

"Temari, do you know where Kankuro went?" Suddenly a Genin and student disappeared, and Maki was very nervous.

"He said he was going to clean up the battlefield and see if there was anything valuable left behind..."

"Valuable? Are you referring to those puppets that were broken? That's just nonsense." Hearing this, Maki was also quite troubled. "What on earth was he thinking when he left the team at this time?"

At this moment, Kankuro, who Maki couldn't find, suddenly walked out from the shadows of the grove behind him.

"I'm back." Kankuro was completely unaware that everyone had just talked about him, and had no idea how dangerous his actions were.

Restraining his anger, Maki said seriously, "As long as you come back safely, now is not the time to act alone. Kankuro, what did you gain?"

"Except for a few puppet fragments, everything else was almost burned to ashes by the powerful Fire Release. They are completely useless." Kankuro shook his head with great regret.

"Is that so?" Maki nodded without comment, and then said, "Don't run around. Our first priority now is to rescue Gaara and then protect Shukaku..."

"Well, when I came back just now, I seemed to see the Iwagakure Village arguing about whether to support Mizuki Jonin. In the end, it seemed that the female ninja was sent to accompany the Konoha group to provide support."

"Support?" Maki nodded, then said, "Seriously speaking, those two people's target is us, and they may also be the captive of the Hidden Rock Village - Deidara. Logically speaking, it should have little to do with Konoha. So, since Konoha is so dedicated, we should also provide appropriate support. But..."

Maki said, shaking his head in pain, "If only the scroll was still there."

In the battlefield of such an S-level mission, abandoning ninjas who are not at the level of jonin is equivalent to letting them fend for themselves. How did Uchiha Obito "die"? How did Hatake Kakashi obtain the Sharingan? Minato Namikaze was unable to split himself up, which allowed the enemy to take advantage of the opportunity. As a lesson learned from the past, at this time, the Hidden Rock Village knew to leave Akagi to protect the team and send Kurotsuchi to participate in the battle, which was also a token of Konoha's desperate fight.

But it is really a pity for the Sand Village this time. The death of Juan and the accidental death of Yura mean that the Sand Village can no longer spare any capable personnel.

If Maki was heartbroken by Juan's death, then Maki was horrified by Yura's death. Mizuki had warned him before, and soon after, Yura died inexplicably on the spot. After a careful examination by Maki, he found something abnormal in Yura's brain. Combined with the timing of Yura's death, it is not difficult to judge that he was the victim of the death of Scorpion.

"Such a high-ranking ninja elite is actually a traitor who has been controlled by someone for a long time, and he actually needs an outsider to remind him. Has the Sand Village reached such a dangerous point?"

"We are really unable to provide support, and we have to assign some people to watch over Shukaku. Mizuki Jonin will understand." Maki said helplessly. At a time like this, the allies were charging into battle on their behalf while their side was doing nothing and even seemed to be making things worse. What a humiliation this feeling was for the Sand Village, which had always claimed to be one of the five major ninja villages.

Just as Maki was saying something that even he felt embarrassed about. Shukaku, who had been using the Wind Style - Air Training Bullet, made a new move. Seeing that the Air Training Bullet failed to hit Mizuki, Shukaku became more and more irritable. Shukaku, who could not tolerate a hateful thief and robber hanging around in front of him, put away the posture of launching the Air Training Bullet, got on all fours, crawled on the ground with his upper body, backed up and bent to accumulate strength, as if he was about to pounce.

Seeing Shukaku like this, Maki was also stunned. Unable to believe it, he turned to Temari and asked, "You really don't know anything about what that Mizuki did to Gaara? Why is Shukaku's hatred so strong?"

"I really don't know. We were all completely unconscious at that time. I once asked Konoha's Genin Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, and Haruno Sakura indirectly, but they seemed to know nothing."

"This isn't something that an average person can do. He made Shukaku hate him so much, and yet he did it so flawlessly and without a trace. No one could have noticed. If Gaara hadn't gone berserk this time, I wouldn't have believed that there was something wrong here..."

After saying that, Maki smiled bitterly and said, "What's the point of saying this now? We are completely powerless against a master of sealing techniques of this level. We may even need his help to seal Shukaku and heal Gaara later!"

…

A little earlier, the same question came out of Hidan's mouth.

"What did you do to the One-Tail? Why did you let it chase you?" Once or twice, it could be a coincidence or it could be intentional on Mizuki's part. Anyone with a normal mind would understand that Shukaku was determined to kill Mizuki. Of course, Hidan, who was not so normal, almost understood it after such a long time.