Naruto: I'm Nine-Tails and My Host is Kushina-Chapter 158

Karura, you can't escape my grasp.

Rasa smiled coldly.

In his mind, Karura already belonged to him.

Where could she possibly run to?

Deep in the desert, Karura walked alone.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Rasa was despicable.

Not only did he wield his title as the Kazekage like a weapon, but he also threatened her with the well-being of the entire village.

Did he truly believe she, Karura, was someone who would surrender so easily?

Of course not.

Now, she understood Sasori a little better.

There was no point in staying in such a village. No one truly understood her.

They were all just people who followed orders, never questioning anything.

But where could she go?

Her body moved instinctively, her eyes fixated on a distant direction.

She already knew the answer.

The Land of Fire. Konoha.

"Lady Karura, please stop."

Figures emerged ahead, blocking her path.

Sand Shinobi pursuers. Five of them.

Karura recognized each one. All were elite Jōnin of Sunagakure.

"Lady Karura, come back with us."

"Yes, the Kazekage is deeply worried about your safety."

"Go back? That's impossible." Karura scoffed. "Rasa has crossed the line. He's a man I loathe."

The five shinobi exchanged looks.

"Lady Karura, how can you say that? He is our Kazekage."

"Correction. He's your Kazekage, not mine."

"Oh, is that so? Then don't blame us."

Murderous intent filled the air.

Their orders from the Fourth Kazekage were to bring Karura back alive.

But if she resisted, they were to break her.

"Wind Release: Slicing Gale!"

"Earth Release: Seismic Fissure!"

The Sand Shinobi struck first.

Kunai laced with explosive tags whizzed toward Karura.

"Hmph."

She didn't even move.

Her expression darkened slightly.

Sand rose up, forming an impenetrable barrier.

Every kunai, every explosive tag, every attack—neutralized instantly.

It wasn't over yet.

This was her domain.

The desert itself answered to her will.

The ground beneath her enemies' feet turned into quicksand.

"Quicksand Sinkhole."

They struggled, but it was futile. The desert was swallowing them whole.

"Sand Binding Prison."

A mass of sand constricted around their bodies.

With just one squeeze, she could crush them into pulp.

"Lady Karura! Please spare us!"

"Yes! This was all Kazekage-sama's command!"

"We were just following orders!"

They weren't lying.

Karura hesitated. She knew these shinobi. They weren't her true enemies.

They were just pawns.

She stepped closer.

"Tell Rasa this—treat me as a rogue ninja if you must. But if you come after me again, I won't show mercy."

With that, she turned and left.

The five shinobi exchanged glances.

"She's within range."

"Do it."

A thick purple mist exploded from one of them.

Karura's eyes widened.

"Poison gas...!"

She immediately retreated—but it was too late.

She had inhaled some of it.

"Bastards! I spared you, and this is how you repay me?!"

"Honor has no place in shinobi battles."

Three of them had poisoned themselves beforehand, using their own bodies as weapons to ensure Karura would be exposed.

The remaining two had taken the antidote in advance.

Rasa had predicted her kindness. And he had used it against her.

Karura clenched her fists.

Even poisoned, she refused to go down.

The quicksand thickened.

The two remaining shinobi panicked.

"No! This is impossible! You should be—"

"Want to know why?"

Her voice was ice-cold.

"Ask the Shinigami."

"Wait! Lady Karura, please—"

She gave them a chance.

There wouldn't be a second one.

"Sand Burial."

Their screams were drowned in the shifting sands.

Blood seeped through the grains before the desert swallowed it whole.

"Haa... Haa..."

Karura's breathing was heavy.

Her consciousness was slipping.

"No... I have to move. Rasa will send another team soon."

Gritting her teeth, she pressed forward.

There was only one place left for her.

Konoha.

Meanwhile, in Sunagakure—Kazekage's Office.

Rasa sat at his desk, his confidence unwavering.

Until now.

"Kazekage-sama, news from the desert."

"Speak."

"All five shinobi are dead. Their bodies were found in the sands. Karura was not located."

Rasa's hands clenched into fists.

"Which direction was she headed?"

"Our scouts report... she's moving toward Konoha."

"Useless trash!" Rasa's expression twisted with rage.

The poison gas should have incapacitated her.

Yet she still escaped?

"Tch. I underestimated that woman."

But no matter. The poison was inside her. She wouldn't get far.

"Send another team. Do not let her reach Konoha."

"Yes, Kazekage-sama!"

Rasa leaned back, his fists tight.

"Karura... you can't escape me."

When she was brought back, he would make sure she regretted defying him.

She wouldn't even have the right to beg for mercy.

In Konoha, far from Sunagakure's affairs, another matter was unfolding.

Kurama had just requested Tsunade's assistance in tracking down the Four-Tails.

The beast was sealed within a rogue Iwagakure shinobi—Rōshi.

He had abandoned his village long ago, wandering the lands alone.

Finding him would not be easy.

Meanwhile, in the Land of Lightning, the Third Raikage had his own plans.

Cloud had lost all their tailed beasts.

If he had his way, no other nation would keep theirs either.

Balance?

What a joke.

The concept of "tailed beast balance" was a lie—one crafted by the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, when he divided the bijū among the villages.

And Konoha had kept the strongest—Kurama, the Nine-Tails—for themselves.

How was that fair?

Back then, the other Kage had no choice but to accept.

Not because of Hashirama's so-called generosity.

But because of his overwhelming strength.

No one dared to say no.

The age of gods was over. Now, the world belonged to those who dared to seize it.

And war was coming

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