"Where did you get that chakra... to control this great lord??"
Confusion filled Manda's green pupils as he struggled to speak. Under the influence of the Yin Release Chakra from the Eight Thousand Spears Imprint, his mind gradually stiffened.
He twisted his enormous body with all his might, yet it was like an old snake entering hibernation. Before long, the snake body that could once shatter mountains and churn seas could no longer move.
At the instant his eyes met Ingetsu's.
Manda felt as though he had fallen into an ice cellar.
It was difficult for him to accept that, as the king of the summoning snakes of Ryūchi Cave, he could be controlled so thoroughly by a human. Rage and humiliation filled his heart.
Damn Uchiha!!
Manda threw open his bloody maw, his forked tongue whipping wildly, his fangs sharp and keen.
Buzz—
Red light flashed and spread like a beam.
Within Manda's jade-green snake pupils, the blade-shaped Eight Thousand Spears Imprint continuously released Yin Release Chakra, completely controlling him and leaving him unable to voice his thoughts.
"..."
Ingetsu's gaze moved from Manda's body to the cliff. He glanced at Orochimaru standing at the edge, then turned back and instructed the Uchiha beside him:
"Eat some Soldier Pills and rest here."
Hearing this, the Uchiha, Nonō, and Kimimaro stared blankly at Ingetsu's back before beginning to eat the Soldier Pills as instructed.
Everyone looked around.
They discovered that the ninjas who had attacked them earlier now had red light flickering in their pupils as they stood blankly in the Wood Release forest that had grown wildly.
"I think... I understand now."
Nonō's lips moved slightly. Her eyes, veiled in mist, trembled as she stared ahead.
She guessed that Ingetsu had most likely used their Chakra to withstand this