The moment Konan finished speaking, an extremely muffled boom rose from underground.
It came through the bottomless fissure, making everyone's ankles tingle.
In that instant, the ground beneath the entire black forest tore wide open.
A massive canyon several miles long appeared without warning.
The bottom of that abyss was a sea of white, filled with densely packed sheets of paper.
Red inscriptions flickered in midair with a dangerous crimson glow, layer upon layer.
"Sen! Look down there! Those are all Explosive Tags!"
Tsunade craned her neck and screamed from behind me, her voice distorted by the gale.
"Well, damn. That brat Nagato isn't just tearing the place apart. He's throwing away his own nest, too."
With my hands in my pockets, I leisurely glanced down into the abyss.
Densely packed, layer upon layer, with no end in sight.
A full six hundred billion.
If they all exploded, they could probably wipe this entire area right off the map.
"Lord Sen! Fall back! This place is going to explode!"
The ANBU girl beside me stamped her feet in panic, tears brimming in her eyes.
Jiraiya had gone pale as well and weakly backed away on his crutch.
"Little Jiraiya, the blast radius is too large! We can't possibly outrun it!"
Sage Fukasaku shouted anxiously from his shoulder, both webbed feet trembling.
"Auntie, quit milling around over there. Keep that up and you'll end up a roast suckling pig."
I grabbed Tsunade's green vest and pulled her closer.
"Sen, can your Wood Release still hold out? Hurry up and protect us with that huge Buddha of yours!"
In her panic, Tsunade punched my shoulder, making me bare my teeth in pain.
"All right, Auntie. Even a ten-thousand-meter Giant Buddha can't withstand six hundred billion tags exploding nonstop."
"That lousy plaque broke.