As Tiger's body grew bigger, brown and yellow hair grew all over his body, covered with black horizontal stripes.
His face, which was grimacing in pain, was also changing into a feline, and even had two triangular ears on his head.
Coupled with the claws that kept getting longer and sharper and the thick tail, it looked like a tiger that had become a spirit.
Looking at the familiar scene in front of him, Hideki subconsciously said:
"Tiger..."
"How do you know this name?"
Tiger, who had just completed the transformation, suddenly became doubtful.
Because this is the code name given to him by Danzo, only the members of the Root and his most trusted subordinates would call him that.
Kimura Hideki is certainly not a member of the Root, so who told him this information?
Or maybe someone in the twelve earthly branches has already been known to him, so he made such a guess after seeing his transformation?
Rabbit?
No, that guy didn't dare to betray the Root, and he didn't like this code name, and rarely used it to refer to himself.
The only one left was Rat...
The more Tiger thought about it, the more likely it was, because that guy's recent movements were so strange.
According to Rabbit's intelligence, Rat disguised as Jerry was also kidnapped by him by mistake.
But after the first appearance of the Ninja Turtles, it disappeared without a trace.
Coupled with the descriptions of the strange appearance of the Ninja Turtles by his subordinates...
Tiger couldn't help but start to speculate, could they actually be related to Rat, for example, his subordinates who he secretly adopted and taught the art of transformation?
Boy? Mutation? Ninja? Turtle?
Are all the speculations in the world actually the correct answers?
But what is his purpose?
Is it to retaliate against him for disrupting his plan, or is he already cooperating with Kimura Hideki?
No, I can't think about it anymore...
Tiger's brain, which had shrunk due to the transformation, began to ache.
His current state is really not suitable for this kind of mental work.
Anyway, as long as Kimura Hideki is caught, everything will be revealed...
If Hideki knew that the other party had made up so many settings in his mind, he would definitely applaud.
But at this time, he was still a little speechless.
He didn't expect that he could find out the other party's true identity just by probing casually.
Sure enough, the mastermind behind the scenes was Danzo again!
This answer is too uncreative!
But it's okay this way.
He had been cautious before, just because he was afraid that he would accidentally dig out the dark side of other major forces in the village and find himself another powerful enemy.
Since it was the root that he had offended long ago, there was no need to worry about so much.
Just before the Jounin Exam, he used this Tiger to do a rehearsal...
As he wished, Tiger, who saw that there was no response, let out an angry roar, and then bent his knees slightly.
Its two golden vertical pupils were tightly locked on Hideki, and it was truly a tiger staring at him.
Hideki didn't dare to be careless and took a fighting stance.
Then he saw that Tiger's originally extremely thick calves began to swell again, and at the same time, a trace of visible chakra was emanating...
Whoosh!
The next moment, Tiger suddenly kicked his legs hard and flew towards Hideki!
Seeing the opponent coming fiercely, Hanyu did not choose to resist, and quickly jumped to the side.
At the same time, he also released four boundary stone floating cannons to form a barrier to prevent the opponent from having any backup.
But the facts proved that he thought too much, Yinhu's attack was really a simple charge attack.
But before Hanyu began to complain in his heart, Yinhu had adjusted his body shape in the air, stepped on the tree trunk with both feet, and crouched again.
Under the superposition of the force of the charge just now, his abnormally swollen legs creaked like a spring being wound up...
And then...
whoosh!
Yinhu's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot.
Immediately afterwards, the tree trunk he had just stepped on made a loud bang, and cracks like spider webs appeared.
So fast!
Hideki could only vaguely see a yellow figure shooting towards him, and he dodged again.
But this time, Yinhu was much faster than before, and it was too late for him to dodge...
Hideki had a thought, and controlled the floating gun to erect a blue barrier to intercept.
Swish!
With the blessing of speed, Yinhu just waved his hand, and Hideki's barrier was instantly torn apart like paper.
But this was enough.
Because of this slight delay, Hideki finally completed the dodge and avoided Yinhu's swift and thunderous attack.
But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw Yinhu squatting deeply on the branch again with the force of the advance.
And this time, before he even started to kick his legs, the branches under his feet had gradually cracked, making a sound of being overwhelmed...
The moment Hideki saw this scene, he realized that he should not be able to avoid the opponent's next attack...
Boom!
The thick branches directly cracked and broke.
By the time Hideki reacted, Yinhu had already flashed in front of him, swiping his claws in an X shape with a grin!
Unfortunately, his smile didn't last long...
because the moment his claws touched Hideki's body, Hideki suddenly turned into a puff of white smoke and disappeared!
Shadow clone!?
Yinhu's pupils shrank.
He had actually been on guard against this move before.
But when he saw Hideki controlling the flying props that obviously couldn't be transformed by the shadow clone, he subconsciously believed that he was the real body.
So when he found out that he was only attacking the shadow clone, Yinhu couldn't help but fall into a brief confusion.
And Hideki was waiting for this moment!
The boundary stone floating cannon that had lost its support and was falling suddenly regained its power.
They connected in pairs, generating chakra lines as condensed as steel wires, and quickly cut across Yinhu's neck and waist!
However, Yinhu's body reacted first with the instinct of a cat.
He adjusted his body in mid-air, passed between the two chakra cutting lines in a superhuman flying posture, and finally landed on a tree trunk.
Therefore, the confrontation between the two could only be considered a draw.
Yinhu kept an eye on the floating cannon while searching the surroundings.
To be able to take over the strange flying puppet so quickly, Hideki's body must be nearby.
But despite the keen perception of a cat, Yinhu still couldn't find Hideki's hiding place.
Moreover, the opponent's chakra line technology was also very superb, leaving no trace, so he couldn't use it to lock the opponent's position.
Now Yinhu was in a dilemma.
Because catching Kimura Hideki now would be his best chance to turn defeat into victory.
If he continued to attack those flying puppets, it should still be possible to force him out.
But God knows how long it will take for those guys from the police department to arrive.
If he was surrounded, even if he was confident of his amazing speed, it would be difficult to break through the siege.
Perhaps running away now and making plans later is the right choice...
Fighting and running away...
The most basic reaction of a creature when feeling threatened also made Yinhu, who is half human and half tiger, very entangled.
But years of experience told him that doing nothing is the stupidest choice.
After weighing the pros and cons for a few seconds, Yinhu decided to retreat temporarily, so he bent his knees again, preparing to leave the area quickly in this form.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Hideki's voice suddenly sounded:
"Tig... No, it's Yinhu, please stay."
After that, Hideki's figure suddenly drilled out from the ground and jumped onto the tree, with a helpless look on his face.
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