The battlefield.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Shion officially joined the battle against the Ten-Tails as X of the Akatsuki Organization.
Shion was the Miko of the Land of Demons. Though she didn't possess the Rinnegan that could suppress the Ten-Tails, she was skilled in Sealing Techniques, which had a clear restraining effect on it. With Shion's arrival, the pressure on Karin eased considerably.
Roar!
Another earth-shaking roar rang out. The clouds overhead seemed to churn in response, forming vortex after vortex.
The enormous whirlwinds grew increasingly violent. Flickering lightning flashed through them as they gradually became tornadoes, rampaging across the land.
Amid those tornadoes, the Ten-Tails roared at the sky.
Rings of light encircled its body, one after another, and kept tightening, restraining its limbs.
At the same time, Karin unleashed Adamantine Sealing Chains. Countless chains glimmering with a faint light shot from her body, wrapping around the Ten-Tails' ten tails. Then she used Black Rods to pin each tail to the ground.
Karin had only just discovered that Black Rods could control the Ten-Tails after trying it out.
In fact, with Shion's arrival and Karin growing more adept at using the Rinnegan's power to suppress the Ten-Tails, the tide had begun to turn in their favor.
As for Hiruko and the other Akatsuki members, Nameless had initially held them at the edge of the battlefield, fighting six opponents alone.
Then Haku, Yakumo, Kimimaro, Neji, and the others withdrew from the main battle and joined in, quickly suppressing Hiruko and his allies.
Far away.
Seeing the Ten-Tails suppressed by B and X, while Hiruko and the others—who had been sent to disrupt the battle—were being held back by I and C, D, F, and G, Zetsu was overcome with anxiety.
Others might not recognize her, but after wandering