The severed tentacles first sprayed green slime, then regenerated from the stumps.
Some of the pieces that fell to the ground wriggled twice.
Then, as if all their moisture had been drained away, they shriveled up.
For a time, it seemed no one could get inside the monster's body at all.
Thunderous booms rang out without pause.
It was only then that Hinata seemed to arrive late, as though she had carelessly delayed.
Standing at the entrance and watching everything unfold, Hinata immediately said, "Sakura, Naruto, why are you here?"
She mentioned Naruto and Sakura but ignored Uchiha Sasuke alone. It was not that she had forgotten anything. The most important reason was—
Uchiha Sasuke was still showing off his Pretense no Jutsu in front of her. Did he not know that his Pretense no Jutsu was utterly useless before her Deception Technique?
Sasuke's expression, however, did not seem to change. Still, no one could tell what Uchiha Sasuke was truly thinking.
Upon hearing Hinata's voice, Sakura and Naruto, who were still frantically dodging the attacks, immediately noticed her.
Naruto said in surprise, "Hinata, why are you here too?"
Because of that one sentence, Naruto paused slightly.
Hinata immediately shouted, "Watch out!" Then she said, "Actually, I don't know what's going on either. Because I have the Byakugan, I noticed that the statues in this village and some mysterious cave entrances were very strange."
"So, unable to resist my curiosity, I went in to investigate. And then... then this happened."
Hinata explained carefully.
"Then I heard a disturbance coming from this direction. Since I wasn't far from here, I came over."
At that moment, Sasuke let out a snort that no one could hear.
*Could I have been far away? They were fighting for their lives in the hall, while