By the time Genji finished speaking, Anyo already knew the Six-Tails' whereabouts. It had fallen into Obito's hands from the very beginning and had probably already been sealed inside the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. In that case, he could only settle for the next best thing.
Anyo asked, "Genji, could you lend me the container that once held the Six-Tails?"
"What? You want to capture the Six-Tails?" Genji shook his head and advised, "Give up. Every member of Kirigakure's Anbu was mobilized, and they couldn't find a single clue."
Still unwilling to give up, Anyo said, "Perhaps I might have a way?"
"All right." Seeing this, Genji stopped trying to persuade him. "It's the basket holding the fish in front of you. Take it if you want it, then leave."
Since Genji had shown him the door, Anyo stood on no ceremony. He picked up the fish basket and bowed. "Thank you, Genji."
After bidding Genji farewell, Anyo eagerly said to Orochimaru, "Uncle, give it a try. Can you extract any Six-Tails cells from inside?"
"Let me see."
Orochimaru coiled his body and slipped inside. After some fiddling around, before Anyo had taken even two steps, a slurping sound came from within.
"Done. Everything went smoothly." Orochimaru emerged with a smug look on his face.
Clatter...
The fish basket in Anyo's hand gave a crisp sound like breaking glass and shattered into fragments.
Orochimaru's smug expression changed. "Oh no."
The instant the Six-Tails' container shattered, it triggered a chain reaction within Kirigakure. The barrier enveloping the entire village activated, and a hazy curtain of light rose into the sky. Barrier specialists stationed throughout the village immediately sent out signals, and Kirigakure's leadership received the news at once.
"An intruder! Everyone, on alert!"
"Seal every entrance and exit to