Water-based ninjutsu that combines offense and defense is extremely rare. For example, the water-based ninjutsu used by Hoshigaki Kisame - Water Prison Samema, has extremely terrifying chakra consumption, which raises the threshold for high-powered water-based ninjutsu very high.

The Tatedori hat is a defensive water escape technique specially developed by Suigetsu Hozuki in conjunction with the secret technique of water transformation.

Although it is mainly defensive, it actually has good offensive capabilities.

The principle of this technique is to attach a very thick layer of water to the outside of the water body.

Hozuki Hozuki used the Tatedori hat to block the Eight-Tails' Tailed Beast Cannon at almost zero distance and survived. It is conceivable that this technique is really well-known.

The defensive capabilities are extremely strong, and its added value is not insignificant.

The layer of water on the surface of the water transformation technique is created by the ninjutsu of Suigetsu Hozuki, and will naturally be controlled by the caster.

Even a loser like Umibozu knows how to change his form and wrap up Uzumaki Naruto to "suffocate him to death", so how could Suigetsu Hozuki, a ninja with great fighting talent, not know this?

Suigetsu Hozuki transformed into a giant water monster and confined Uchiha Sasuke inside his body. No matter how powerful Chidori Style was, Suigetsu Hozuki was still able to seal Sasuke like a water prison with his injured body.

Not only that, the power of the giant water monster is also very strong. It is barely enough to wrestle with the tailed beast and serve as a scapegoat for a short period of time. It is meaningless for a ninja of Mizuki's level, but it is extremely difficult for Sasuke.

Just like now, Sasuke tried desperately to use Lightning Release to break the water prison, but in the blink of an eye he was tightly grasped by the water monster's big hand and then swallowed again.

"I can't hold out for long, but you look even worse!"

The Chidori Flow is continuously transmitted to Suigetsu Hozuki's body through water, and until now the water transformation secret technique has not collapsed. The Tatedori hat has a certain buffering effect, but the more important thing is that Suigetsu Hozuki has sufficient chakra.

The situation is extremely unfavorable for Sasuke. He is not at an advantage physically to begin with, and he had fought with Jūgo for a long time before. Now he has to fight one against two, with the almost completely unharmed Hozuki Suigetsu and Jūgo who can temporarily revive infinitely. There is no chance of him winning at all.

but……

"Ninjas cannot be measured by common sense. Turning the impossible into reality is the miracle of ninjas!"

Comparing physical strength and chakra with Hozuki Suigetsu is really disadvantageous for Sasuke.

What's more troublesome is that as the battle continues, the chakra consumption is too great and the suppression of the curse seal will inevitably be weakened.

Psychologically speaking, Sasuke is not resistant to things that can bring him strength, but he has not found a way to alleviate the side effects of the curse seal for the time being, so he has to exclude it from his regular combat power.

At this moment, it is time to fight desperately.

Before Sasuke, who had made up his mind, could release the Evil Sealing Seal, the Heaven's Curse Seal had already taken the lead and spread outwards from Sasuke's neck.

The red and black dancing cloud pattern quickly expanded on Sasuke's body. After covering the left half of his body, a stream of purple-black chakra emerged from Sasuke's body.

“Huh!”

Hozuki Kizuki was shocked when he noticed something was wrong.

"So you have this weird thing too, why didn't you use it before?"

Although she had seen the curse seal many times, Suigetsu Hozuki, who had no idea what it meant, did not understand Sasuke's choice.

The curse seal broke out, and Sasuke, whose will had begun to be infected by the sage chakra, exuded a cold and evil aura.

Sasuke, whose mood had changed, didn't want to pay any attention to Suigetsu Kisame, let alone answer the enemy's questions.

With the corners of his mouth slightly raised, Sasuke silently felt the abundant chakra in his body.

Ever since the curse seal erupted during the Chunin Exams at the beginning of the year, Sasuke has never again encountered a moment when he needed to resort to this dangerous power.

This isolated and dangerous situation made Sasuke clearly feel his current limitations.

"How could someone die in such a strange place?"

The magnified negative emotions continued to flood into Sasuke's mind. The increasingly extreme emotions made the power in Sasuke's body even stronger.

The Chidori Flow that had been somewhat weakened around Sasuke's body began to expand again, however, this time it was different from the previous silver lightning. The light purple-black lightning was obviously much more powerful than the Chidori Flow just now.

Sensing that the situation had changed, Hozuki Kizuki strengthened his control over the water flow.

Just when the two were entangled in a fight, a crazy roar came again from not far away, and they sensed that a ball of violent chakra was rushing towards the two of them rapidly.

"At this time?"

The appearance of Chougo at the critical moment made Hozuki Hozuki, who was about to lose his temper, overjoyed, while Sasuke felt a sinking feeling in his heart.

"The advantage in numbers is indeed quite useful!"

Thinking back to Mizuki's powerful, numerous and well-coordinated clones, Sasuke felt extremely envious.

In a flash, Jūgo rushed into Tatedori's hat with great force and grabbed Sasuke's shoulder with the deliberate indulgence of Hozuki.

"Axe blast!"

First, he used his cursed arm to strike Sasuke's abdomen violently. The dull sound of the impact was like a powerful battering ram hitting his body.

"Dolian doesn't fire his own cannon!"

Next, the cells on the arm quickly mutated and turned into thick cannon barrels that looked like barnacles. At almost zero distance, multiple extremely compressed chakra shells hit Sasuke without reservation.

The continuous heavy blows not only severely injured Sasuke, but the huge force one after another also pierced through Suigetsu Hozuki's water jutsu - the Tatedori hat.

Sasuke spat out a few mouthfuls of blood and was knocked far away. Then he fell on the water, like a small stone skipping on the water, flying across the lake to the other side, hitting the rock wall heavily, and finally fell to the ground covered in blood.

"You're using too much force, idiot."

Hozuki Suigetsu cursed at Jūgo with a headache.

It was much safer to let Sasuke stay in the water dungeon and suffocate to death, even though he was probably seriously injured and dying. But he was afraid that if something unexpected happened and Sasuke escaped, it would be difficult to catch him again.

"You're right. I was too arrogant to think I could fight two people alone."

At the critical moment, if he hadn't used his immature lightning armor with all his strength, he would have died long ago.

Sasuke took out a bottle of green potion and poured it into his mouth, then struggled to stand up. He formed seals with his hands, and a shadow clone appeared beside him. It approached Chougo who was rushing towards him again at an extremely fast speed, then turned a corner and ran towards the coastline not far away.

Jūgo, who couldn't tell the difference between his real body and his shadow clone, followed without hesitation...

"I think too much."

He drew out the blood-red sword again and pointed the Chidori Blade at Suigetsu Kizuki not far away.

The all-purpose potion brought about obvious recovery effects, giving Sasuke hope of turning the situation around.