"What was that!?"
The same question arose in the minds of Haku, Sasuke, Karin, Ido, Neji, and Kimimaro as they watched Kusagakure.
In Kusagakure.
"The Box of Paradise!?"
At a glance, Hirayama Ichiro, the Kusagakure Elder, recognized the monster that had flown out of the underground palace. It was the creature called Satori, sealed inside the Box of Paradise according to the ancient texts.
"Did they succeed?"
Looking at the weapon of war he had once dreamed of obtaining, Hirayama Ichiro felt no joy. Instead, his heart sank as if plunged into an icy abyss.
Whoosh.
At that moment, Satori spread its wings and flapped them casually, whipping up a storm that sent the Grass ninjas who had formed a defensive formation against the demons flying.
Then, it dived in a spiral, its claws easily piercing the Grass ninjas it had knocked into the air.
In an instant.
Blood sprayed everywhere, and severed limbs went flying!
The carnage only riled up the demons, driving them into an even greater frenzy!
As the weapon of war known as the Box of Paradise, which could have revived the Grass Country, wantonly slaughtered the ninjas of Kusagakure, an absurd feeling suddenly welled up in Hirayama Ichiro's mind.
After rampaging for a while, Satori seemed to spot Hirayama Ichiro among the crowd, dressed in an Elder's robes. It immediately swooped toward him.
"Protect the Elder!"
"Quick, use your jutsu!"
"Don't be afraid!"
The Grass ninjas shouted frantically and began forming Hand Seals.
Within moments, earthen walls rose from the ground, one after another, shielding Hirayama Ichiro.
Satori swooped in right behind them, thrusting its claws toward Hirayama Ichiro, who was protected by layer upon layer of earth walls!
Boom.
Satori was a gigantic beast dozens of meters tall, and its claws were over ten