After careful observation and analysis, Uchiha Yato and Hiruzen Sarutobi were almost one hundred percent certain that an immensely powerful tailed beast was hidden within the seemingly frail girl before them!
What was even more shocking was that she was clearly under the control of some kind of evil machine.
Faced with such a bizarre situation, Hiruzen Sarutobi swiftly reached his own conclusion: this poor girl had undoubtedly been turned into a terrifying weapon of war.
He knew full well that those forces seeking to ignite war and disrupt peace were insidious and cunning. They would most likely use the chaos caused by the tailed beast's power erupting from within the girl to achieve their unspeakable objectives.
According to Hiruzen Sarutobi's guess, the mastermind behind this had to be from the Shinobi Village Alliance.
They had meticulously planned this conspiracy, intending to use the immense destructive force and berserk energy unleashed the instant the tailed beast within the girl was released to create an utterly horrifying scene.
That way, Konoha would inevitably be tied down by this sudden crisis and forced to mobilize a great number of troops to deal with it.
However, no matter how Konoha ultimately chose to handle the current predicament, it was destined to pay a heavy price.
If they went all out to save the girl and stop the tailed beast's rampage, Konoha's defenses in other regions would inevitably weaken as a result.
Conversely, if they abandoned the girl and allowed the tailed beast to run wild, it would not only bring catastrophic destruction upon the village but might also throw the people into panic and crush their morale.
In short, no matter what decision they made, Konoha would fall into an extremely passive position. The enemy, meanwhile, could exploit the opening, gradually break through