Nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
They withdrew safely from beneath Kannabi Bridge. From several dozen meters away, Gua threw a Shuriken with an Explosive Tag attached toward the Explosive Pack.
Boom!
The Explosive Tag used to ignite it was not particularly powerful, so it produced only a small burst of flame.
The flames lit the fuse,
then spread back along it.
Hiss, hiss, hiss!
Watching the sparks slowly creep along in the distance, Gua gradually relaxed.
Looks like we're really safe now.
The fuse burned out.
The explosives ignited.
A flash of flame erupted, followed by a thunderous roar.
BOOM!!
A massive cloud of smoke and dust rose, and the bridge snapped apart at the blast site.
BOOM!!!
An even louder explosion rang out with it.
Gua: ?
Kabuto: ?
Itachi: ?
All three realized something was wrong at the same time.
They whipped their heads around.
A massive gale swept through the distant woods, destroying every tree in its path with unstoppable force.
In just an instant,
the enormous black sphere appeared before them.
"That's-"
Gua's eyes widened.
Fuck!
That's a Tailed Beast Bomb!!
Holy shit!
Gua's heart leaped.
Everything had happened far too suddenly.
He had not been prepared at all, and now a Tailed Beast Bomb was suddenly right in his face.
The enemy had been hiding in those woods all along.
Itachi and Kabuto's eyes widened too.
Fear!
At that moment, even greater terror filled their eyes.
They were Shinobi.
But...
they were children too.
Facing a Tailed Beast Bomb dozens of meters across, powerful enough to crush them like ants, they too felt despair!
"Three little ants, and I had to deal with them myself. Ōnoki really is getting old."
In the woods, Han's Tailed Beast Transformation slowly receded, revealing his masked face