Countless people wailed as they struggled to flee. Behind them came a horde of monsters—creatures with countless arms and legs, their bodies formed from heads and faces fused together, exuding utterly bizarre chakra.
They moved with incredible speed, catching up to fleeing people in the blink of an eye, tearing them apart and crushing them into their bodies before pursuing those who remained.
Some tried to fight back, but even skilled ninja seemed powerless. They barely held the monsters back for a moment before becoming part of the monstrous tide.
Immersed in the scene, Naruto immediately wanted to help save them, but one glance left him frozen in place.
A thin yet strikingly conspicuous strand of red chakra connected to the back of every monster.
The owner of that chakra made no attempt to hide, either. His body was dozens, even hundreds of times larger than Naruto remembered.
But Naruto could not mistake him.
"It's the Nine-Tails."
The Fire God's voice sounded beside his ear, as though confirming the doubts in his heart. "I can hear your thoughts."
"The Nine-Tails launched an attack on humanity. In the name of chakra lifeforms, he rejected humans."
Kurama would never do this!
Naruto wanted to roar those words, but once again, his body was beyond his control.
The Fire God was unsurprised. "I told you not to use chakra here. It can cause problems."
The scene before them soon changed again.
This time, someone Naruto knew appeared—
The Pervy Sage, Jiraiya, wore the Hokage's cloak as he led a group of ninja with Konoha Forehead Protectors into battle against the monsters.
But the fighting was brutal. Even well-trained jonin struggled terribly against a single monster, and the slightest mistake meant instant death.
Even in squads, those below jonin could only slow the monsters