Chapter 276: War on the Horizon

On the outskirts of Kumogakure.

A large number of ninjas are gathering.

Kumogakure had deployed thousands of fighters.

Terumi Mei came in person. The Seven Ninja Swordsmen also came.

Even some of the village elders had come.

It can be said that Kirigakure has come out in full force this time.

Except for the minimal defense personnel, the rest of the shinobi were here.

The number of people mobilized by Konoha is also quite amazing.

Every day more troops arrived, a constant flow of shinobi troops.

The number of Konoha shinobi gathered at this place had already reached ten thousand… and was still increasing.

Among them, there were more than three hundred elites of the Uchiha clan.

The leaders are the brothers Tetsuhi and Komehi.

Meanwhile within Kumo, the elders were shouting and arguing amongst themselves, as the Raikage was still held captive and there was no one who could unite Kumogakure into a whole.

"This is a disaster!"

"It's your fault! If you had acted sooner…!"

"So what now? What do we do with the Raikage?"

"More importantly… what do we do with the village?"

"With the Raikage gone, should we appoint a Fifth Raikage?"

"And who would take that position?"

Questions piled up on top of each other.

Even though they knew that Kumogakure was in grave danger, none of them wanted to give up the opportunity to gain even more political power.

Everyone expected the others to back down first.

There were too many interests at stake.

One wrong move and civil war would break out.

[Buzz!]

At this moment, a huge figure flew from a distance and slowly landed in the shinobi army of Konoha.

From a distance, seeing the huge figure, the elders of Kumogakure collectively lost their voices.

"That's…?"

"The Seven-Tails…?"

"A Tailed Beast?"

"Konoha has released a Tailed Beast onto the battlefield?! What the hell are they planning?"

"No… the right question is… why is the Seven-Tails in Konoha's hands?"

"That's Takigakure's Tailed Beast!"

The elders of Kumo were on the verge of madness.

There was no doubt, Konoha was serious about this war.

But what the elders could not accept was the presence of the Seven Tails, did that mean that Takigakure had allied with Konoha?

That village was considered one of the strongest after the five great shinobi villages.

They had thousands of shinobi in their ranks.

Kumogakure was already at a disadvantage against Konoha and Kirigakure, and now another enemy was added!

"The Tailed Beasts! Where are ours?"

"The Two-Tails is missing, and the Eight-Tails is missing too! Where the hell is Killer Bee?"

"Quick, find him!"

"Raikage! What have you done to the village?!"

The panic and screams of the elders echoed through the council chamber.

They were facing the biggest crisis in the history of Kumogakure.

Nearly twenty thousand shinobi were camping near the village.

The border?

It had been destroyed long ago!

Against the madmen of the Uchiha Clan, the border defenses had not lasted even a breath.

Of course, it was also due to the civil strife within Kumo.

The capture of the Raikage had changed everything.

To top it off, Killer Bee wasn't present either.

The Raikage had sent him to Turtle Island to protect him, but now it was proving to be a fatal mistake.

After this war, how many Kumo shinobi would survive?

Even if they were not wiped out, the village would be devastated.

The air was thick with fear.

Outside, the shinobi who heard the elders' screams exchanged uncertain glances.

Just then, a new report came as a devastating blow.

"Uchiha Fugaku, with thousands of shinobi, came to the outskirts of Kumogakure."

Silence filled the council room.

The elders looked at each other, seeing the reflection of their own dread in the others' eyes.

Are they really planning to destroy Kumogakure?

"What should we do?"

"Fight!"

A voice echoed firmly among the elders.

It was Darui!

He stood up and declared in a firm voice, "The enemy is at our gates. We have no choice but to fight. Are we just going to surrender? Don't forget! We are Kumogakure. Even in Konoha's golden age, we were the second most powerful village."

"In many battles, we have surpassed Konoha."

"We have our own pride. The Will of Fire? Let it be extinguished before our Kumogakure!"

The elders looked at each other. This time, their fear had diminished.

"Okay!"

"To war!"

"We will not cower!"

"Gather all shinobi! We will defend Kumogakure to the death!"

The fighting spirit had been rekindled.

In the end, his fear had only been caused by the absence of the Raikage and the Tailed Beasts.

What they were missing was a leader.

Now that someone had stepped forward, everyone was back on their feet.

Among the crowd, a blonde-haired ninja let out a sigh of relief.

It was C!

Along with Darui, they were the Raikage's closest aides.

Just now he had used a secret technique to slightly manipulate the group's emotions to calm their panic.

Of course, it was just a small push, otherwise, he would definitely be discovered.

Still, Mabui glanced at him with a stern glint in her eyes, but also with a certain resignation.

At this moment, it seems that this is the only way.

Kumogakure's war machine was activated.

…

Meanwhile, in Amegakure.

In front of the Ten-Tails' shell, the Akatsuki members were sealing the Eight-Tails.

A large amount of the Tailed Beast's chakra enters the Ten-Tails' body, and the huge eyes slowly open.

Suddenly, Pain frowned with a cold glint in his gaze.

The others also looked surprised.

Obito gritted his teeth behind his mask.

"This is not the Eight-Tails!" Pain said, his gaze fixed on Obito.

"It's just a tentacle!" he added coldly.

Deidara, with his usual disdain, lazily commented, "Great. We put so much effort into capturing the Eight-Tails and in the end we only ended up sealing a piece of chakra. If we had known, it would have been easier to negotiate with the five great shinobi villages instead of fighting."

No one paid attention to Deidara's sarcasm.

Everyone lowered their heads slightly.

The atmosphere became stifling due to the pressure from Pain and Obito.

"I fell into his trap too," Obito said coldly. "There is no doubt that the Eight-Tails is the perfect Jinchuriki."

Pain remained silent.

Obito continued: "I will start to act again. Don't worry, I will catch the Eight-Tails."

"I hope so!" Pein said coldly: "Tobi, I hope you won't let me down next time."

Obito looked ferocious.

Disappoint you? You are just a chess piece in my hand!

[Buzz!]

The people of Akatsuki left one after another.

In a blink of an eye, only Obito and Zetsu were left here.

"What a surprise..." Zetsu muttered, surprised. "Even I couldn't tell it was just a tentacle."

"Enough talk!" Obito growled. "Find the Eight-Tails immediately."

"...Okay." Zetsu replied, startled by Obito's fury.

Quickly, he began to trace the Eight-Tails' chakra through the trees and plants.

Shortly after, he found him.

His expression became unusually strange.

"What's wrong?" Obito had a bad premonition in his heart.

"The Eight-Tails..." Zetsu hesitated. "It's on the outskirts of Konoha."

Obito was stunned. "What would he do there? No... Could he have been captured by Uchiha Funan?"

They had not informed Funan of this sealing.

After all, it was the last tailed beast.

"I don't know." Zetsu pondered and suggested, "Could he be trying to rescue the Raikage?"

"Nonsense!"

Obito sneered.

Rescue the Raikage?

With Konoha's current strength, even if they had deployed troops on two battlefronts, they still had enough power to take on several Eight-Tails.

"A negotiation, perhaps?" Obito muttered to himself. "It doesn't matter the reason. The important thing is that we know where he is. Let's go."

Space distorted and they both disappeared.

…

"YAHOO!"

Killer Bee roared as his body became covered in a reddish chakra.

[Crack! Crack!]

With the sound of bones forming, his body began to partially cover itself with white exoskeleton.

Like a cannonball, Killer Bee shot towards Funan.

Funan's eyes flashed with the Mangekyō Sharingan.

The Susanoo erupted around him, enveloping him in its protection.

Susanoo's giant fist attacked Killer Bee.

[Swoosh!]

But Killer Bee moved with impressive agility, dodging the blow and ramming into him head on.

[Bang!]

A dull impact resounded. The bones covering Killer Bee cracked, while Funan's Susanoo also became riddled with fissures.

"I am the Eight-Tailed Killer Bee!" he bellowed, extending his hand.

In his palm, a Tailed Beast Bomb began to form.

"Huh?"

Funan's eyes widened in surprise.

Killer Bee, with the sphere in his hand, was about to slam it into Funan's chest.

[Bang!]

Inside Killer Bee's mind, the Eight-Tails suddenly struck him.

"Bee, be careful!"

Killer Bee woke up from his trance, horrified to discover that the Tailed Beast Bomb was not aimed at his opponent, but at himself.

With a shudder, he managed to divert it at the last moment, but the aftermath of the attack still caused him sharp pain.

"Enough, Bee, you can't beat him." The Eight-Tails bellowed in his mind. "He's not even using his full strength and you're already at your limit! We have to retreat!"

Killer Bee remained calm, not taking his gaze off Funan for even a second.

Funan, inside the Susanoo, crossed his arms.

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