"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
The ground trembled faintly, and vague explosions sounded from behind. If one did not pay close attention, they might have thought it was a hallucination—especially while rushing forward at full speed, with the wind howling in their ears.
But Darui was certain he had not misheard. He excelled at Lightning Release and Water Release, and considered himself extremely sensitive to sound and vibrations!
"Darui?"
The members of this Cloud Ninja squad, which was heading to support the Raikage, were astonished when their leader suddenly stopped. They hurriedly asked whether something unexpected had happened.
Darui turned to look toward Kumogakure and told his companions what he had just deduced.
Their speed was far inferior to the Fourth Raikage's, but they were elite Jonin nonetheless. In a short while, they had already raced twenty or thirty kilometers away. The distance was neither close nor far. For him to sense something unusual from here, what exactly had happened in the village?
Darui was irritated, with an ominous feeling in his heart.
The Cloud Ninjas suggested splitting into two squads: one would continue to support the Fourth Raikage, while the other would return to Kumogakure to investigate.
"No. I'll go back alone." Darui quickly made his decision. "Kadoi, lead the squad and continue the original mission. Support the boss."
The other Cloud Ninjas still wanted to say something, but the new squad leader, Kadoi, said, "Leave it to Darui. Let's go!" With that, everyone shot away, continuing rapidly forward.
Darui watched his companions' backs, then looked toward the even more distant location where the boss should now be. They had probably already started fighting. Since earlier, he had felt an unsettling pressure filling the sky over there—had Yugito already used her Tailed Beast Transformation?
Although he was deeply worried about what