Land of Lightning, Hidden Cloud Village.
People were walking on the streets, chatting and laughing. Suddenly, they felt the ground shaking violently!
Boom—!
A loud bang broke the peace of the Hidden Cloud Village, and a building built around a mountain collapsed!
Immediately after, a dazzling light shot up into the sky!
Amidst people's terrified screams, a giant ox with eight octopus legs, a body as massive as a mountain, and horns on its head appeared in the Village.
The Eight-Tails roared in anger, looking around, wildly destroying everything to vent its fury. Each swing of its hand and tail caused destruction to the Hidden Cloud Village that Ninjutsu could not compare to; it was a destructive power like a natural disaster.
The Eight-Tails had been sealed in the Kohaku no Johei, living a dark and sunless life. Having finally escaped, and knowing it would soon be sealed again, one can imagine its current mood: how irritable, how furious, how hateful it was towards this place that bound and imprisoned it.
Bang—!
The Third Raikage A pushed away the rubble pressing on him, looking gravely at the Eight-Tails rampaging through the Village.
Another attempt to create a Jinchuriki had failed. The Sealing Technique mastered by the Hidden Cloud Village was insufficient to seal a Tailed Beast inside a Jinchuriki. This not only led to the death of the Jinchuriki, the vessel for the Tailed Beast, but also allowed the Eight-Tails to escape and wreak havoc in the Village.
"Stop right there!"
A, covered in Lightning Release Chakra like armor, charged towards the Eight-Tails.
The Eight-Tails looked at A charging towards it and threw a punch.
A dodged the Eight-Tails' attack and, using his hand as a blade, sliced off one of the Eight-Tails' octopus legs.
Bang—!
The octopus leg landed on the ground with a thud, and the impact spread in all directions.
The people and Cloud Ninja, who had been like headless flies, seemed to find their pillar of strength at this moment and cheered.
Ai looked at the Ninja standing still, watching him fight the Eight-Tails, and shouted, "What are you waiting for! Quickly evacuate the crowd to safety! Find the Amber Purifying Bottle in the ruins!"
"Yes, Raikage-sama!"
The Ninja immediately took action, evacuating the crowd to safety and searching for the Amber Purifying Bottle buried in the ruins.
The Eight-Tails looked at its severed octopus leg, raised its head, opened its mouth, and a purple-black sphere formed from red and blue Chakra condensed within it.
When Ai saw this, his pupils suddenly constricted, his hair stood on end, and he activated his Lightning Release Chakra Mode to its fullest, charging towards the Eight-Tails. Before the Eight-Tails could react, his arm heavily struck its mouth, forcing the Tailed Beast Ball it was about to spit out back down its throat.
Boom—!
The Tailed Beast Ball exploded inside the Eight-Tails' belly, causing its body to swell like a balloon. A large amount of smoke billowed from its mouth, and it swayed before falling to the ground with a crash, kicking up a massive cloud of dust.
Is it over? Ai squinted, looking at the Eight-Tails lying on the ground in the dust, thinking it had lost its fighting ability from its own Tailed Beast Ball. Just then, he saw the Eight-Tails move in the dust!
Ai blocked with both arms and was sent flying by a punch from the Eight-Tails, crashing through buildings.
The Eight-Tails looked at Ai, who had been sent flying by it, and before it could even be happy, Ai burst out of the collapsed ruins like a blue lightning bolt. He had taken a direct punch from the Eight-Tails and was completely unharmed, showing how incredibly strong his body was.
Ai lunged at the Eight-Tails, concentrating a large amount of Lightning Release Chakra on his index finger. This was his signature technique, Hell Stab: One-Finger Spear!
The Gold and Silver Brothers, who had miraculously survived, were sent to hell by him using this very move!
Ai was like a blue lightning bolt, dodging the Eight-Tails' attacks while successively severing its remaining seven octopus legs!
The Eight-Tails turned to look at its bald rear end, shocked by the power of Ai's Hell Stab: One-Finger Spear, and let out an angry roar, punching at Ai.
Ai leaped up, stepped on the Eight-Tails' arm, and leaped again, striking the Eight-Tails' chest with Hell Stab: One-Finger Spear.
The Eight-Tails staggered backward, letting out an extremely furious roar. A ball of ink-like Chakra, faintly glowing golden, condensed in its mouth.
"Don't even think about it!"
Ai sensed the Eight-Tails' intention and slammed his body into its chin, forcibly making it raise its head to prevent its attack from causing further destruction to the Village.
The battle between Ai and the Eight-Tails continued for a long time until the Cloud Ninja found the Amber Purifying Bottle in the ruins and once again sealed the Eight-Tails within it.
On a distant mountain peak, a dark, lumpy object poked its head out, observing the Hidden Cloud Village, which had just experienced a battle between the Raikage and the Eight-Tails.
The Hidden Cloud Village's experiment to create a Jinchuriki had failed once again... Iwagakure and Hidden Mist were also conducting research on Jinchuriki. Long-term assassination attempts had not only failed to kill Orochimaru but had also resulted in the loss of many Ninja.
Are they afraid? Afraid that Konoha will develop to a point where they cannot contend with it, which is why they have set their sights on the Tailed Beasts? The Uzumaki Clan will be an obstacle to my next plan, so it seems I need to do something... Konoha's information security is too good; even now, no one knows that the Nine-Tailed is sealed within Uzumaki Mito.
The Uzumaki Clan are natural Jinchuriki, with vigorous life force and powerful Sealing Technique that strongly suppress Tailed Beasts. Their Sealing Technique is the most suitable for sealing Tailed Beasts.
I wonder what Hidden Cloud, Hidden Mist, and Iwagakure will do to the Whirlpool Hidden Village once they learn this information?
Black Zetsu let out a sinister chuckle, then merged into the rock and disappeared. None of the Cloud Ninja, who had just experienced a crisis, noticed the dark, lumpy object that had appeared on that mountain peak.
This rampage by the Eight-Tails caused a large number of casualties among the Cloud Ninja. If not for the existence of Healing Pills, the number of casualties would have been even higher.
Land of Waves, White Snake Pharmaceutical Technology Company.
Orochimaru sat on the sofa, looking at the latest collected intelligence. The Eight-Tails' rampage caused such a stir that Hidden Cloud couldn't hide it, nor did it try to.
"Orochimaru-sama, Iwagakure is also attempting to seal Tailed Beasts within Jinchuriki, but they lack suitable Sealing Technique, and multiple attempts have ended in failure."
Setsuryu stood respectfully to the side, a hint of excitement in her eyes as she looked at Orochimaru. It had been a very long time since she had seen Orochimaru-sama.
"Sealing Technique..."
Orochimaru put down the scroll in her hand. Everything was as she had expected; the Uzumaki Clan was attacked by various Various Ninja Villages and Ninja clans because of their Sealing Technique.
The problem was that Konoha had protected information about Grandma Mito very well; even now, the information that she was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki had not leaked out.
How exactly did the major Various Ninja Villages know that the Nine-Tailed was sealed within Grandma Mito using the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Technique?
The fact that Grandma Mito was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was only known to the Konoha Higher-Ups within Konoha, and they would never leak it.
Black Zetsu, huh? A dark, shadowy figure of Black Zetsu suddenly appeared in Orochimaru's mind.
The existence of the Uzumaki Clan would affect its plans. With its ability, it would be perfectly normal for it to silently gather intelligence and know that Grandma Mito had sealed the Nine-Tailed.
So, was it Black Zetsu who spread the information... and was that the real reason the Whirlpool Hidden Village was invaded and destroyed?
Orochimaru pondered for a long time. Among everyone, only Black Zetsu had the strongest motive, and only it, this black slime that had lurked for thousands of years, could plan all of this from behind the scenes.
"Aokawa, this is a letter from Chiriu to you."
Orochimaru took out a letter and placed it on the coffee table. This was a letter that Chiriu had asked her to deliver to Aokawa before she came to the Land of Waves.
"Chiriu, huh...?"
Aokawa picked up the letter. He hadn't paid much attention to how his clan members living in Konoha were doing for a long time. With Orochimaru-sama in Konoha, what did he need to worry about?
Kakuzu, tall and imposing in a suit and leather shoes, stepped forward and placed the compiled financial report on the coffee table. Thinking about the recent actions of the Various Ninja Villages, he believed that a Ninja World War would begin in the near future and said, "Orochimaru, the research by Hidden Cloud, Hidden Mist, and Iwagakure, excluding Sunagakure and Konoha, into creating Jinchuriki is becoming more frequent. Given the current situation, it won't be long before another war breaks out in the Ninja World."
"Indeed, their research into creating Jinchuriki is a bit too frequent."
Orochimaru picked up the financial report, thinking about the actions of the major Various Ninja Villages and the destruction of Land of Whirlpools.
Could it be that my research results are causing the major Various Ninja Villages to act against the Whirlpool Hidden Village prematurely?
Are they so eager to increase their strength just so they don't fall too far behind Konoha?
"The breaking of peace is not necessarily a good thing for the company. Although the company can make money from Healing Pills, the most important material is the healing fluid secreted by Chimera Bugs. Secreting too much healing fluid will affect the Chimera Bugs, and killing the goose that lays the golden eggs is something we cannot do."
Kakuzu expressed his thoughts. In the past, he wouldn't have cared about a Ninja World War as long as it didn't interfere with his money-making. Now, his perspective was different, and his view on war had also changed.
"Kakuzu, war is not something we can stop just by wanting to. All we can do is remain neutral and not let the wars between the Various Ninja Villages affect us."
Orochimaru took out a scroll and unsealed it. A blueprint appeared in her hand. Ever since she obtained the Transformation Formula, she had a bold idea.
Something that should have been born at this world's technological level but had never appeared: cars!
The parts produced according to this blueprint, when assembled, could form small trucks for transporting goods. An engine driven by Lightning Release Chakra would be enough to power a small truck fully loaded with goods over mountains and through valleys.
Transporting goods by small trucks would not only be convenient but also make the transport teams safer.
As for the energy problem, Chakra Batteries, which store Chakra, could solve it. These were by-products Orochimaru accidentally created while researching Chakra explosives, a pleasant surprise.
"Orochimaru-sama, this is..."
The three of them were drawn to the thick book in Orochimaru's hand.
"A blueprint for a vehicle called a 'truck'."
Orochimaru placed the blueprint on the coffee table, stood up, and said, "Aokawa, process the parts on the blueprint as quickly as possible. From now on, goods will be transported by trucks."
"Yes, Orochimaru-sama!"
Aokawa picked up the blueprint and began to flip through it.
Setsuryu and Kakuzu gathered around, very interested in this vehicle called a "truck."
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