The Nine-Tails, its nine colossal tails swaying and its body as massive as hills, stood tall in the center of the village, howling at the moon!
This scene.
Sent many villagers' minds back to the terrifying memories buried deep in their hearts!
The Nine-Tails Attack from all those years ago was a nightmare that, for many of the older Konohagakure villagers, would never fade.
Many people's parents and loved ones had died tragically on that terrifying night.
The village had paid a huge price, sacrificing the Fourth Hokage, to barely quell that catastrophe.
Now, the Nine-Tails' terrifying figure had reappeared!
It was almost exactly the same as that night several years ago!
In the distance.
Shinji, his face filled with astonishment, leaped onto a large tree.
"The explosions earlier, were they targeting Naruto?"
He hadn't paid much attention to the previous explosions because he was preoccupied with his own matters.
Seeing the Nine-Tails rampaging in the village now, he realized the previous attack was likely aimed at Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
"But…"
Soon, his mind was filled with doubt again.
In the original timeline, Naruto had gone berserk before, but he had never revealed the Nine-Tails' true form like this.
A normal berserk state usually started with the leakage of Chakra tails.
The more Chakra tails leaked, the more severe the berserk state. During the battle with Deva Path Pain, Naruto had leaked eight Chakra tails, almost completely unleashing the Nine-Tails.
In a situation like this, it was likely not that Naruto, the Jinchuriki, had lost his mind, but that he had completely lost consciousness.
"Who did this?!"
Shinji grew more alarmed the more he thought about it.
To make Naruto, who possessed the Uzumaki Clan's Sage Body and was a Jinchuriki, completely lose consciousness, how severe must the injuries have been?
Did this person want to destroy Konoha?
Boom, boom, boom.
The Nine-Tails, having finished its howling, began its rampage!
It vented its anger onto Konoha. Destruction that would normally require countless Explosive Tags or large-scale Ninjutsu was easily accomplished with a mere wave of its claws.
And so.
Explosions, shouts, screams, and cries mixed together, echoing through the skies of Konoha.
Faced with such a scene, let alone the villagers near the Nine-Tails, even Shinji, watching from afar on the outskirts, felt a chill run down his spine!
His throat felt dry, and he muttered to himself, "Is this a Tailed Beast?"
Humans were truly too insignificant in the face of such monsters.
He recalled that during the last Nine-Tails Attack, because there were clear signs of the Nine-Tails being controlled by the Sharingan, Danzo had prohibited the Uchiha Clan from participating in the battle.
This resulted in heavy losses for the village.
Now, even if the village wanted the Uchiha to act, there was no one to act, because the Uchiha had been annihilated.
Thinking of this, he suddenly froze, "Uh, aren't I an Uchiha?"
As soon as this thought arose, he immediately shook his head.
Going up against a monster like the Nine-Tails with his scrawny body would be suicide!
Besides.
His eye power had been depleted quite a bit these days. If Meiqiu didn't succeed this time, he couldn't say how many more invasions he could withstand. Wasting his eye power recklessly at this time was truly unwise.
"Konoha is full of hidden talents. Dealing with the Nine-Tails doesn't require an Uchiha remnant like me!"
Shinji withdrew his gaze, leaped down from the tree, and headed towards his apartment.
But along the way, he felt restless.
He wondered if any classmates happened to be near the rampaging Nine-Tails, if Naruto would be alright, if the foolish Shion would go to join the fun, if the yakiniku restaurant he had eaten at before would be destroyed by the Nine-Tails…
Even he himself didn't know why he was thinking about these random things right now.
The constant explosions and cries from the distance made him increasingly agitated and annoyed!
Suddenly, he stopped.
The ink-black pupils in his eyes had unknowingly turned blood red.
"Tch, am I going to become the 'fastest legend' among the Mangekyo Uchiha!"
He felt that if he continued to act recklessly like this, he might become the fastest to go blind among the Mangekyo Uchiha!
After curling his lips, he put on his mask.
Instantly, he looked towards the Nine-Tails raging in the distance, "It's not to save anyone or anything. I just don't like you!"
Swish.
He flashed and lunged towards the Nine-Tails' location!
Sasuke fled in a daze.
"I was just skipping stones, and suddenly it turned into this..."
Even now, he still didn't understand what had happened.
He was just running on instinct, not daring to stop for a moment.
But disaster seemed to follow him like a shadow. No matter where he ran, the sounds of explosions and cries echoed around him, refusing to fade.
On the street.
Ninja after ninja brushed past him, rushing towards the Nine-Tails.
But they were like sandbags blocking a tide, instantly swept away, leaving no trace behind.
The street in front of Sasuke had already turned into ruins.
He could only move forward on all fours amidst the rubble, stumbling along. His vision was obscured by smoke and dust, and he had long lost track of which way was north or south.
He had no idea where to run.
At this moment, a large number of Konoha ninja were still arriving from all directions, one after another.
However, facing the enraged Nine-Tails, these ninja were like moths drawn to a flame, quickly perishing under the Nine-Tails' assault.
Amidst the explosions and collapsing buildings, the cries grew sparse.
Sasuke, who was crawling through the ruins on all fours, suddenly stopped.
He looked at a broken mirror shard in the rubble, lost in thought.
In the reflection, his disheveled face was filled with terror. He was sprawled on the ground, like a dog with a broken spine.
"Damn it, I'm a noble Uchiha, how can I show such a pathetic sight!"
He struggled to his feet and turned to face the Nine-Tails.
Even he hadn't noticed that his eyes had turned a blood-red, and a single, dark tomoe was slowly appearing.
At first.
The Nine-Tails paid no mind to the little speck named Sasuke standing in the ruins.
However, when Sasuke activated his Sharingan and the unique Yin-release Chakra of the Sharingan emanated from him, it immediately sensed it.
"Sharingan!"
Fueled by boundless hatred, the Nine-Tails lowered its head and looked at Sasuke.
Seeing the massive Nine-Tails staring at him with malice, the courage Sasuke had just mustered vanished in an instant.
The Nine-Tails lowered its head and slowly leaned towards Sasuke, "Why, why is it the damned Uchiha again!"
Sasuke trembled all over, too nervous to even think of resisting.
Recalling his past of being enslaved and manipulated by the Sharingan, the Nine-Tails could no longer contain its rage. It suddenly raised its claw and, with a massive howl, slammed it down towards Sasuke.
"Am I... am I going to die?"
Sasuke, frozen in shock, only had this thought in his mind at that moment.
And just as he awaited death, the Nine-Tails' howling giant claw suddenly stopped in front of him!
He looked up.
At some point, the Nine-Tails' vertical pupils had transformed into the pattern of a Sharingan.
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