Rumble.
At the same time Shinji was performing the First Hokage cells transplant surgery on Karin, completing the most critical step of his Rinnegan plan, a fierce battle between two Jinchuriki was erupting in a hidden valley several dozen li from the village.
"Ahhh!"
Amid a deafening roar, countless Narutos pounced on Gaara from all directions.
"Damn it! Why? Why does this never end?"
Although Gaara covered his face with his hands, the expression visible between his fingers had twisted into a terrifying grimace.
As if echoing his emotions, the sea of sand surrounding him also grew restless. In the night wind, it seemed to let out beastlike whimpers!
On the cliff.
A row of ninja stared intently at the fierce battle between the two Jinchuriki in the valley.
Seeing Gaara gradually lose control, Chiyo of Sunagakure furrowed her brows slightly and looked at Tsunade beside her. "Something's wrong!"
Temari and Kankuro, who stood beside Chiyo, were already frantic with worry.
They knew their younger brother Gaara far too well.
Before Gaara had rampaged in the village several times, he had looked exactly like this. The two of them had already begun trembling instinctively.
Standing at the cliff's edge, Tsunade smoothed back her hair, which had been tousled by the night wind. "Don't worry. Since we agreed to help you, Konoha will certainly keep its word!"
Chiyo glanced at Yakumo standing beside Tsunade. "Then I'll leave it to you."
Because of the earlier attack on a Sunagakure volunteer at Konoha Hospital, a rift had emerged between the two villages.
Fortunately, before that rift could spread, Akatsuki Organization's "B" launched an attack and looked down upon Konoha with a hundred-meter-tall Susanoo, trampling the dignity of the Five Great Shinobi Villages beneath its feet!
Faced with the immense threat of Akatsuki Organization,