Hiruzen Sarutobi said, "Orochimaru, are Konoha Ninja Village and Sasuke your targets?"
Orochimaru chuckled a few times, then spoke in a hoarse, snake-like voice:
"That doesn't matter anymore. What happens to Konoha, what happens to the monster inside Gaara-putting those aside for now, it was your foolishness that plunged Konoha into this chaos."
While the commotion unfolded here, an unexpected situation arose on the outskirts of Konoha as well.
In a patch of forest near Konoha, several ninja carved a strange formation into the ground, then stood around it.
Just then, a ninja standing atop a nearby tree suddenly jumped down.
"We've received the signal to begin the mission!"
The ninja exchanged glances, then crouched and formed hand seals in unison.
Bang! An enormous cloud of white smoke appeared.
When the smoke cleared, a giant three-headed snake appeared, its three mouths gaping as it roared incessantly.
The three-headed snake hissed and flicked its tongues, Konoha's perimeter wall reflected in its icy eyes.
Naturally, such a massive snake was extremely conspicuous, and the Konoha ninja on guard spotted it immediately.
Those ninja had just been complaining that they might die with regrets because they couldn't watch the exciting match featuring the last Uchiha. In the blink of an eye, they discovered that things around them seemed rather "exciting" too.
Seeing the giant snake already bearing down on Konoha's wall, they immediately went on full alert.
The giant snake clearly looked difficult to handle. Knowing that his team might not be able to take it down, the guard captain immediately said:
"On your guard! Yamashiro, go request backup!"
"Yes!"
Yamashiro answered, but just as he turned to leave, several shuriken whistled through the air and struck his back. Blood instantly sprayed out.
"Yamashiro! Damn it!"
The others' eyes reddened as they watched