Rumble.
Massive explosions echoed through the mountains without stop, turning the Research Institute's carefully chosen ritual site into a battlefield due to the descent of the Otsutsuki—and an unprecedentedly terrifying battlefield at that!
Amado, Orochimaru, and Tsunade hid behind a cliff face, cautiously observing the war situation.
Because of the sudden arrival of Otsutsuki Kinshiki, not only had the battlefield been instantly split into two parts, but the Research Institute's evacuation plan had also been disrupted, causing what had initially been an orderly retreat to instantly devolve into a chaotic route where researchers could only flee in panic for their lives.
As the leadership of the Research Institute, Amado and Orochimaru naturally could not just up and leave like the other ordinary researchers.
Tsunade slammed her fist into the rock wall. "Dammit! Why is this happening? Where did these two Otsutsuki pop up from?"
"This isn't the time to discuss that!" Amado, knowing some of the inside story, interrupted Tsunade, then asked the assistant beside him, "When will reinforcements arrive?"
The assistant hurriedly replied, "Word has already been sent back to the institute, the reinforcements should arrive very soon!"
Because they had the experience of the first ritual, plus Orochimaru's formidable strength holding down the fort, the Research Institute had not arranged excessive security forces at the ritual site this time around, and high-end combat forces like Yakumo, Haku, Ada, and Daemon had not come.
After all, a large group of guards had already gathered here, along with Kabuto Yakushi, Ranmaru, and Delta's elite squad, as well as Orochimaru, whose combat power was comparable to the Six Paths level. Therefore, Amado had not previously thought that any force in the current Shinobi World could threaten this ritual.
Compared to the anxious Amado and Tsunade, Orochimaru observed the two battlefields with