Chiyo Couldn't Understand

Facing Manda's incredibly swift attack, Rasa did not dare to be careless, manipulating his sand platform to rise straight into the air.

The massive purple figure flashed past below, tearing a gap through the forest.

"Hey, Manda, aim for the target!" Sen Chisato, standing atop Manda's head, reminded him with dissatisfaction.

That Big Raccoon Dog was about to reach its limit; if he didn't save it now, it would truly be sealed away again.

"Don't talk nonsense, I don't need you to remind me! Just watch me handle this!" Manda twisted his body, his cold, sinister pupils locked onto Rasa, and in the next second, he lunged again.

Rasa frowned and whispered, "What a nuisance."

The sand platform shifted sideways in the air, once again evading Manda's bite.

The moment Manda passed by his side, Rasa freed one hand, curled his five fingers into a claw, and pressed downward: "Be quiet!"

Streams of Gold Sand surged from the earth and slammed forcefully onto Manda's body.

BOOM!

Manda was sent crashing down, completely out of control.

Not only that, but the Gold Sand continued to converge like ropes, wrapping around Manda in segments and tightening continuously, attempting to crush him to death on the spot.

"Ah, it hurts, you brat!" Manda shrieked in pain, his massive body twisting and struggling, but it was to no avail; instead, the Gold Sand only tightened further.

Sen Chisato controlled the chakra at the soles of his feet, sticking firmly to Manda's head so he wouldn't be flung away.

Looking at Manda, who was being squeezed like a sausage, he felt speechless: "You talked such a big game, why are you performing like such a loser?"

Hearing this, Manda's gaze grew even more violent, and he roared, "Shut your mouth, you damn brat!"

He had thought this would be a simple summoning, an easy task to complete and a quick way to earn some extra profit, but he hadn't expected to encounter a Tailed Beast upon arrival, let alone that the human was a monster.

This brat was truly even more troublesome than Orochimaru. That guy manipulating Gold Sand was terrifying; he was about to crush his body to pieces.

"Hey, why is that human so difficult to deal with? Who exactly is he?" At this moment, Manda finally thought to ask the identity of his opponent.

"Him? The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa."

A simple sentence was enough to make Manda fall silent.

Squish, squish, squish!

The Gold Sand continued to constrict, tearing open gashes in Manda's flesh as blood pumped out like a fountain.

If this continued, his bones would be crushed... No, he couldn't stay here any longer; he had to bolt!

Manda roared, "Brat, I will definitely settle the score with you for dragging me into this. Remember, you still owe me one hundred human sacrifices!"

With that, Manda voluntarily dispelled the Summoning Jutsu, turning into a cloud of smoke and vanishing from the battlefield.

Sen Chisato fell from the sky, his eyes rolling back into his head.

After a performance like that, how could he have the nerve to make demands?

"Forget it, others are never reliable. As expected, at times like this, one can only rely on oneself."

Taking advantage of the massive cloud of smoke left by Manda's departure, Sen Chisato immediately formed hand seals the moment he landed: "Shadow Clone Technique!"

Poof, poof, poof!

Three shadow clones appeared and immediately scattered in the next second.

As he rushed out of the smoke, Sen Chisato had already finished his hand seals: "Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"

A massive fireball soared into the sky, crashing toward Rasa like a meteor.

"Don't be so naive, brat. The same trick has no meaning against me." Rasa sneered, directly manipulating his Gold Sand to form a massive hemispherical shield in front of him.

This time, the Gold Sand shield was three times thicker and divided into three layers, with gaps left between each, and the middle layer consisted of ordinary yellow sand.

Since he already knew the weakness of Magnet Release, how could Rasa not be prepared?

In a ninja's battle, intelligence was a crucial link!

As he expected, the fireball slammed into the outermost layer of the Gold Sand shield; the high temperature instantly dispersed his Magnet Release chakra, causing the Gold Sand to scatter and fall.

However, after being blocked by the yellow sand in the middle, the innermost layer of the Gold Sand shield remained completely unscathed!

The moment his line of sight was blocked, the Third Eye rose into the air.

Even though he was blocked by the Gold Sand shield, every move Sen Chisato made remained within Rasa's view.

On the ground, another Sen Chisato appeared, a large mass of water swirling around him.

"Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet!"

The water flow ultimately transformed into a massive water dragon, charging toward the Gold Sand shield with its head held high.

BOOM!

The massive impact pushed Rasa and his Gold Sand shield back several meters, but Rasa remained unharmed.

Yet, he frowned: "What is this brat trying to do now?"

His Magnet Release did not fear Water Style, and he didn't believe Sen Chisato was unaware of that.

At this moment, water and fire merged, and a massive cloud of dense mist erupted, spreading continuously until it finally shrouded a range of nearly a hundred meters, centered on the Gold Sand shield.

Rasa's heart sank; his Third Eye had failed!

With a sudden realization, his expression shifted: "Not good!"

That brat's target wasn't him!

Rasa hurriedly maneuvered his sand platform to fly toward Shukaku. No sooner had he burst through the thick fog than he witnessed the scene he least wanted to see.

Sen Chisato stood atop Shukaku's head, opening his mouth to spew forth a massive torrent of water, akin to a waterfall.

BOOM!

Buffeted by the water, the Gold Sand he had attached to Shukaku was completely washed away, and even Shukaku's body was thoroughly soaked, causing it to collapse like a sandcastle on a beach.

Rasa's face turned livid; his sealing jutsu had been on the verge of completion, only to be forcibly interrupted.

As for Shukaku, although it appeared to have been washed away, it was completely unharmed.

The yellow sand a hundred meters away began to converge rapidly, and within seconds, Shukaku reappeared.

"You stinking brat, how dare you try to drown me!"

The moment it recovered, Shukaku's eyes turned fierce. Yin and Yang chakra began to gather and compress in its mouth at a 2:8 ratio, eventually forming a black sphere of chakra.

Tailed Beast Bomb!

Rasa's pupils constricted, and Sen Chisato immediately retreated at high speed.

But the next second, the Tailed Beast Bomb flew toward them both.

Before they could escape, the Tailed Beast Bomb struck the ground and detonated.

BOOM!

The terrifying explosion instantly engulfed a two-kilometer radius. The blinding light completely swallowed the figures of Rasa and Sen Chisato, destroying everything within the blast zone. Even those a dozen kilometers away felt the earth tremble and saw the dazzling light from that direction.

Orochimaru, who had been rushing toward the scene after receiving the news, stopped instantly. With a few leaps, he reached the top of a tall tree, squinting his eyes as he looked toward the direction of the explosion.

"This is not a power that can be caused by an ordinary jutsu."

Thinking this, Orochimaru set off again, his speed increasing by a few notches.

"It's not just Rasa, then..."

On the main battlefield, the Konoha and Sand Hidden forces currently locked in combat also stopped, staring blankly at the place where the explosion had risen.

Chiyo's fingers, which had been manipulating her puppets, froze as well. A look of astonishment appeared on her aged face, which quickly turned into disbelief: "This is... a Tailed Beast Bomb?"

Hadn't Rasa taken men to launch a Surprise Attack on the Konoha Base Camp? That wasn't even the location of the Konoha Base Camp!

Could it be that Orochimaru had discovered them and intercepted them halfway?

But even so, there was no need to release Shukaku, right?

And hadn't the One-Tail Jinchuriki, Monk Bunpuku, already gained Shukaku's approval? How could it have resorted to using a Tailed Beast Bomb?

Had Orochimaru... become this powerful?

A series of questions bubbled up in Chiyo's mind, and she found herself completely unable to make sense of it.