Outside Iwagakure.
Atop a mountain ridge.
Orochimaru lowered his body, his snake-like eyes fixed on the Five-Tails as it wreaked havoc within Iwagakure. He could not help licking his lips. "So this is Iwagakure's Five-Tails?!"
"What astonishing brute strength!"
"Combined with skin as tough as steel and the destructive power of a Tailed Beast, this thing alone is enough to leave Iwagakure severely weakened."
After realizing that the Iwagakure Explosive Corps was highly likely to launch a surprise attack on Konoha,
Orochimaru made an equally risky decision.
After all, the Iwagakure Explosive Corps had already been operating for some time. It was impossible to know how far they had progressed or when they would strike.
Under such circumstances, aside from sending the intelligence back to Konoha, the best option was to give them a taste of their own medicine.
However.
With Orochimaru's strength alone, doing something like this in Iwagakure was nearly impossible.
But the Jinchūriki gave him another option.
A Jinchūriki, with a Tailed Beast dwelling within them, had always been a double-edged sword.
A Jinchūriki could be a nation's humanoid weapon, but at certain moments, they could also become the blade aimed at their own heart.
Just like the scene before Orochimaru now.
Ōnoki used the Added-Weight Rock Technique, temporarily suppressing the Five-Tails.
Iwagakure's sealing squad swiftly followed up, unfurling scroll after scroll as countless sealing chains extended from them and bound the Five-Tails.
Yet the chains that had once been enough to restrain the Five-Tails possessed no restraining power at all against the completely berserk beast.
With only a slight exertion of force, the Five-Tails broke free completely, once again turning into a pure white torrent as it charged toward the person who had attacked it moments ago!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The out-of-control Five-Tails rampaged through Iwagakure.