Zou Hyuga stood frozen, watching Shukaku flee in the distance as tremors traveled through the ground.
He had never expected Shukaku to flee with his lumbering body after breaking free instead of taking revenge on the Ninja.
On second thought, Zou Hyuga supposed it made some sense.
The Fourth Kazekage alone was enough to suppress Shukaku, and Shisui had also activated Susanoo.
Shukaku might never have fought Susanoo before, but he could still sense its power.
Under the circumstances, fleeing was only natural.
Zou Hyuga drew his gaze back from Shukaku and surveyed the ground nearby. After the Tailed Beast Bomb's devastation, more than half the Sunagakure elites stationed here had been lost, and Gaara, whom he had just rescued, was nowhere to be seen.
Elsewhere, Obito slowly landed on the ground. After staring at Susanoo and the Tailed Beast in the distance, he turned his gaze toward Zou Hyuga and the others.
The Tailed Beast had escaped, Shisui had activated Susanoo, and the Fourth Kazekage and Oto Uchiha were nearby.
After weighing his options, Obito used Kamui. A vortex gradually appeared before him, and he stepped inside.
He was not afraid of the Kazekage joining forces with the Konoha Squad. By preventing the creation of a Jinchūriki, he had completed half his mission. The other half was to capture Shukaku, the One-Tail.
This was what he and Nagato had agreed upon. Since Akatsuki was showing signs of being discovered, they might as well act decisively, seize the opportunity to capture the Tailed Beasts, and put their plan into motion ahead of schedule.
After Obito vanished, Zou Hyuga quickly turned to the Fourth Kazekage and asked, "What should we do?"
Looking at the wounded below, the Fourth Kazekage pondered briefly before saying, "We must recover Shukaku. At the very least,