"Quite a spectacle!"
Deep in the mist-shrouded mountainside, Orochimaru, clad in his Epic Tobi skin, quietly watched the battlefield below.
Akatsuki versus Kumogakure.
Deva Path Pain versus the Fourth Raikage.
By the time this battle was over, both Kumogakure and Akatsuki would likely be badly weakened. Because behind this battle lurked not only Konoha, but also Orochimaru himself!
"Tobi, where's Zetsu?" Orochimaru looked around. When he failed to spot Zetsu, he couldn't help but grow concerned.
"He's with Nagato. Don't worry. Even if this is Konoha's scheme, with Zetsu there, they won't get Nagato's eyes easily," Tobi said smugly.
"Let's hope so." Orochimaru sneered, then vanished in a blur.
"So Akatsuki's target is me?"
On the mountaintop, Konoha Hachiro looked at the Cloud Ninja Anbu surrounding him and suddenly understood. "I get it!"
Lord Hokage had sent me undercover in Kumogakure because he wanted to use me as bait to lure Akatsuki into invading the village and make both sides suffer heavy losses!
As expected of Lord Hokage!
Konoha Hachiro felt a surge of pride. But then his abdomen began to burn, as if magma were boiling inside him.
He looked down and saw thick, bubbling Chakra oozing from his stomach like magma. In an instant, it covered him, and Konoha Hachiro realized he had lost control of his body.
The Eight-Tails had come out... Konoha Hachiro sighed helplessly. He wanted to fight back, but with his strength, all he could do was watch the Eight-Tails take over his body.
"Lord Gyuki?" Darui sensed the Eight-Tails' Chakra and walked over, worried.
"These people are after me!"
The Eight-Tails' voice boomed across the mountaintop plaza. "We've all fallen for Konoha's trick!"
"Lord Gyuki, what do you mean by Konoha's trick?" Darui asked, confused.
The Eight-Tails said, "According to your theory,