The Raikage was incredibly fast, and his physique was stronger than most people's.
The shockwave merely blasted him away; he was not injured in the slightest.
After the shockwave passed, he quickly rose to his feet.
But upon seeing the devastated Kumogakure, even someone as strong as the Raikage had tears streaming from his eyes.
Kumogakure had been completely flattened. Not only had the buildings vanished, even the mountains had been leveled by the shockwave.
The Raikage's gaze had been vacant and bewildered. He did not even know what had happened.
Was this a Rinnegan technique?
It could pull down meteors from beyond the heavens?
How many people had died in the village?
At that moment, the Raikage's hearing, which had been ringing from the blast, gradually returned.
He heard the wails of countless villagers.
The Raikage shuddered, and his gaze began to focus. So many villagers were still waiting for him; he could not fall into despair.
He stomped his foot and ran toward the village.
He had not run far when the Raikage suddenly stopped, because he saw Yoya and Yugito standing up ahead, holding hands.
He recalled how Yoya had struck the same spot on the chains six times earlier. During Yoya's previous fight with Yugito, those six strikes had instead been scattered across her body.
Looking at the two with their fingers interlocked, the Raikage suddenly understood.
Dodai had been right.
The Uchiha had actually poached their Jinchuriki!?
Yugito and Yoya also noticed the Raikage.
Their gazes met. Yugito's expression remained calm, but she still gave Yoya's hand a slight squeeze.
Yoya turned to look at Yugito.
The ripples in Yugito's heart gradually settled.
The Raikage had no way to deal with this matter now. After all, he had just abandoned the Two-Tails Jinchuriki once.
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