Such despairing intelligence struck like a bolt from the blue and was swiftly delivered to the upper ranks of the Shinobi Village Alliance with lightning speed.
When Dodai heard the news, he was gripping the collar of the intelligence officer responsible for delivering it, repeatedly demanding in agitation, "Do you even know what you're saying?!"
Dodai's eyes were wide with disbelief, as though he simply could not accept this cruel reality.
He could scarcely imagine that a tailed beast immune to sealing techniques could exist, much less one with enough power to break through the combined siege of so many people.
Sealing techniques had always been among the most effective means of restraining tailed beasts. Now that they had lost their effect, how could anyone not be shocked and terrified?
What was more, not only could this Seven-Tails fly, but at some point, it had also acquired a layer of sudden grayish-white armor.
This armor was clearly not some useless decorative shell. It had genuinely enhanced its defensive capabilities by a considerable margin.
Earlier, even the Kage from two villages attacking together had failed to inflict substantial damage on it. That alone was enough to prove that the armor's impenetrability was no empty claim.
Dodai knew full well that none of this could possibly be a natural coincidence. Someone had to be manipulating the situation from the shadows.
However, the urgent circumstances before him left no room to carefully consider who was behind this or what their true purpose might be.
The most pressing task was to quickly devise a response and resolve this imminent crisis!
Karatachi Yagura was not nearby. His combat strength was obvious to all, so he had gone to the front lines as well to restrain the Seven-Tails' attacks.
So far, it was not that the