Compared to choosing to confront the frenzied Yugito—no, the frenzied Two-Tails head-on—
the Two-Tails' intelligence was clearly not very high at the moment. Once the weaker ninja had withdrawn,
the stronger ones used a few tricks and quickly shook off the frenzied tailed beast's entanglement.
Even so, the Cloud Ninja had directly lost seven or eight capable fighters this time, with several more seriously wounded.
The others were visibly exhausted as well, but clearly, this was already quite a good outcome.
Yet after suddenly losing its target, Matatabi showed no intention of calming down.
Instead, it began wreaking havoc. Rampaging Chakra scattered everywhere, and wherever Matatabi passed, there was nothing but rubble and dust.
But perhaps its intelligence had truly gone offline by then.
Matatabi had somehow failed to think of using a Tailed Beast Bomb for destruction,
or perhaps Yugito's instinctive consciousness was suppressing a certain impulse within Matatabi.
Before the Cloud Ninja fled, the sharp-eyed group of Stone Ninja caught the momentary hesitation on Mabui's face.
They immediately understood what the Cloud Ninja intended to do next. Thus, when the Cloud Ninja retreated, they took off first,
lest, after the Cloud Ninja left, the tailed beast with nowhere to vent its anger turn its wrath upon the Stone Ninja instead.
Of course, the problem was no longer that serious now. Honestly, watching a tailed beast go berserk like this,
while those with strength stayed far away and watched ordinary people get caught in the aftermath—it was impossible not to feel something.
But in a different setting, they might have charged in on impulse.
Yet the current situation was different. Too many forces had come, and they were a mixed bunch, so every ninja village had its concerns.
They feared that if they made a move, other ninja might