Rumble, rumble!
The rumbling continued, though it was growing quieter.
Luo Mang and the others quickly reached the Tower and finally got a clear view of what was happening outside.
They also understood what had caused the tremors!
Three enormous Summoning Beasts had appeared in the Forest of Death: Manda, Gamabunta, and Katsuyu.
The battle between those three behemoths naturally affected a vast area, with trees snapping and toppling one after another.
"What's going on?"
"Why are they fighting over there?" Kiba Inuzuka asked curiously.
Naruto Uzumaki stared in that direction, his expression blank.
"Gamabunta?"
Naruto Uzumaki had summoned Gamabunta using nine-tails chakra before, so he naturally recognized him. His eyes widened at the battle unfolding over there.
Could his master be over there?
"How is that possible?"
Iruka knew the most about the situation.
Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru-the names of the Sannin resounded throughout the Shinobi World. How could he fail to recognize their signature Summoning Beasts?
Tsunade and Jiraiya had been in the village for several months now. Even if they wanted to hide it, they couldn't. Everyone knew.
Why was Manda here too?
Could it be...!
And a battle had broken out. Iruka's expression changed drastically.
"Stay here. I'm going to report this."
Although Iruka knew that anything even a chunin like him had noticed must already be known to others, and that help might already be on the way, he still had to report it.
He couldn't understand why Orochimaru had appeared in the village. Wasn't he a wanted criminal?
"Hey, wait..."
Kiba Inuzuka wanted to ask more, but Iruka vanished from his sight in the blink of an eye. He could only lower his hand helplessly.
Turning toward the stunned Naruto Uzumaki, he asked curiously, "Naruto, do you know what that is?"
Naruto Uzumaki didn't