The sounds of explosions, battles, screams, and chaos filled the air. Civilians and merchants alike fled in all directions, terrified.
Xin and Orochimaru stood atop one of the taller buildings, watching the spectacle unfold.
"What did you put in that concoction of yours?" Xin asked, half in disbelief as he watched the Eight-Tails completely lose control.
It was hard to believe, but here it was happening right before his eyes. Xin remembered the vial Orochimaru had handed him earlier-it had seemed so ordinary. How had something so simple pushed the Eight-Tails to this point?
"It doesn't make sense," Xin muttered to himself.
Orochimaru, arms crossed, watched the destruction with a twisted smile. "Tailed beasts are naturally filled with hatred and malice towards humans. At the same time, the jinchuriki often despise the beasts sealed within them. All I had to do was amplify that hatred and resentment, combined with a weakening of the seal..."
Xin couldn't help but admire Orochimaru's ingenuity. Only someone like him would come up with such a devious solution.
The crimson chakra around the beast began to form bones and muscles, a clear sign that the tailed beast was about to fully emerge. If nothing stopped it now, the beast would soon break free from its jinchuriki entirely.
"Looks like we should get a bit further away," Xin said.
As the Eight-Tails began to charge a Tailed Beast Bomb, both Xin and Orochimaru retreated to a safer distance.
They were here to watch, not get caught in the crossfire. Without the Third Raikage, and with the Fourth Raikage not yet strong enough, could the Hidden Cloud really stop the Eight-Tails? The answer was obvious-they couldn't.
The Tailed Beast Bomb exploded in the center of the village, sending a devastating shockwave in every direction. Buildings crumbled, a massive mushroom cloud rose into the sky, and countless Hidden Cloud shinobi were killed, injured, or burned in the blast.
The Five Great Nations treated tailed beasts like nuclear weapons for a reason. Just look at the destruction this one attack had caused. The power of the Tailed Beast Bomb was on par with, if not greater than, modern missiles.
The shockwave from the explosion blew the wig right off Orochimaru's head, his expression filled with excitement as he watched the chaos unfold. This was the masterpiece he had orchestrated.