"Boom!!!"
The deafening blast echoed in his ears, and even Shihōin Naraku, standing on a distant peak, could not help frowning.
"The whole mountaintop got blown off!"
Countless tons of rock, soil, and trees were blasted into the sky, turning into a meteor shower amid the flames.
Even the smallest fragments were fist-sized, while the largest were as big as houses. They tumbled and collided in midair, tracing black arcs before raining down.
Even at such a great distance, some fragments were hurled close to where Naraku stood.
Of course, this little trouble was nothing.
Nor could it affect him.
"Now, whatever else was hidden in Orochimaru's base couldn't possibly have survived."
The experimental equipment, scrolls, documents, and everything else inside the base were completely reduced to ashes at that moment, ceasing to exist.
"That's ridiculous. Just how many Explosive Tags did Sasuke and the others stuff inside that mountain to produce something this outrageous?"
If Naraku took action, he could certainly create an even greater spectacle.
But using Explosive Tags alone would not necessarily produce the scene before him.
"Looks like Sasuke must have done something else, or Orochimaru already had something hidden in the base that the Explosive Tags set off, causing a chain reaction."
Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno, who had already left the vicinity, did not hurry away. Instead, they watched the volcanic explosion-like scene from several kilometers away.
"Hey, Sasuke, just how many Explosive Tags did you put inside that base?"
Naruto stared slack-jawed at the distant explosion, his face full of disbelief.
He knew Sasuke wanted to destroy Orochimaru's base and fully agreed, but there was no need to make such a huge commotion.
Their group was on a covert mission, after all.
Besides, this was the Land of Lightning, not the