Not far from Amegakure, Nata stared blankly at the enormous mushroom cloud rising into the sky.
What she had experienced over the past two days had been far too bizarre and convoluted. Even Matatabi inside her had gone numb.
First, she had planned to take advantage of Hanma's battle with Shukaku to ambush and eliminate this important Konoha fighting force, only to discover that Shukaku seemed to have been beaten to death.
Then she had thought of checking on the battle at Amegakure. Just as she was about to arrive, she found that the entire village had already been blasted into the sky.
Wherever Nata went these past few days, some earth-shaking event would happen there.
She was practically the Conan of the Shinobi World.
Nata called out to Matatabi within her and asked helplessly,
"Big Cat, you're knowledgeable and experienced. What do you think we should do now?"
Matatabi lazily rolled over. It was not particularly fond of Nata's use of the word "we."
It merely maintained a relatively non-resistant attitude toward Nata, its Jinchuriki. They were not especially close.
Still, the major incidents of the past two days had piqued Matatabi's interest.
These events that had shocked the Shinobi World greatly enriched its dull days of imprisonment. The entire cat was like a reader following a favorite novel, waiting for the next chapter to be released.
"What else can we do? This cat can only advise you to run."
"I sensed that Raccoon Dog's Chakra again. It's just buried beneath a thick layer of Blood Qi, so it isn't very obvious."
Nata was startled and hurriedly asked,
"Big Cat, you sensed Shukaku's Chakra? Wasn't the One-Tail dead?
"And wasn't that strange Blood Qi uchiha ryousuke's Kekkei Genkai? How could it be mixed with Shukaku's Chakra?"
Matatabi pondered for