Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 185 The Night of the Five-Tailed Beast (Part 3)

As night falls, the night sky is deep and clear, a gentle breeze blows, and the bright moon shines—all of which bring joy to the heart.

On the street, four Iwagakure ninja are patrolling, the team consisting of a Jonin and three Genin.

One of the stocky genin yawned, not because he was sleepy, but because he was bored.

At first, he was very happy and excited when he heard that the teacher in charge was going to lead them on patrol and drills, but after several days of this, he gradually got tired of it.

Because it was so boring, I stayed up all night and just wandered around the streets doing nothing. My restless young heart naturally couldn't settle down.

"Is this all the patrol team does every day?"

The Jonin captain chuckled, "What else did you think?"

"I'm so bored."

"The fact that you feel bored is precisely because the village is safe."

"Ugh, this is so boring. I really hope something happens in the village so I can show off my newly learned ninjutsu. Haha..."

After saying that, the genin quickened his pace and walked up to the group, gesturing a few times.

The team had a great atmosphere. When the team members saw their comrades in Versailles, they laughed along with them, including the Jonin captain who couldn't help but smile.

"boom!"

A large amount of white smoke suddenly appeared not far ahead.

The four were suddenly startled. The Jonin captain felt a chill in his heart and looked over with a solemn expression. The outline of the huge figure slowly emerged as the white smoke dissipated.

"Th-that is...?"

The genin who had been clamoring to show off, standing next to him, saw the creature in its entirety and his teeth chattered, his legs trembling like a newborn fawn.

His reaction was understandable; the creature in front of him was simply too enormous, its mere presence resembling a natural disaster.

Staring at the creature that resembled neither a horse nor a creature with five tails, the Jonin leading the team uttered two words with a grim expression: "Five-Tails..."

Why is the Five-Tails here? Did the Five-Tails Jinchuriki go berserk?

No, if it went berserk, the Five-Tails would have run to the center of the village, there's no way it wouldn't have reacted at all.

Moreover, the huge plume of white smoke that just appeared was more like a scene of summoning a large summoning beast, as if it had been deliberately summoned by someone.

Damn.

They actually appeared when the Tsuchikage was not around.

The Jonin captain stared at the Five-Tails' eyes, which were bloodshot from excitement.

Then, screams began to erupt from all directions, and the air was filled with panic, fear, and terror...

The Five-Tails, standing over sixty meters tall, appeared out of nowhere in the center of the village, naturally attracting the attention of many people immediately. Although the Five-Tails has not yet taken any action, it is enough to cause panic and chaos among the villagers.

Iwagakure Village is surrounded by rocks on all sides, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. No one ever imagined that the village would encounter such a disaster.

The sudden rampage of the Five-Tails could be the biggest crisis in the village's history.

"You all, immediately, assemble at the evacuation site!"

The Jonin captain addressed his team members with a solemn expression and a loud voice that left no room for argument.

"I understand, teacher. Please be careful."

Now is not the time to be reckless. This level of battle is clearly beyond the capabilities of the three of them. Obeying their teacher's instructions, they left with a "Be careful" and ran towards the shelter.

The Jonin captain closed his eyes, took a deep breath with a resolute air, and when he opened his eyes again, there was no fear in them. He charged towards the Five-Tails.

Tonight, he is not fighting alone; he has ninjas risking their lives to protect the village alongside him.

"Let's begin, Five-Tails."

On the cliff top, unnoticed by anyone, Madara Uchiha used his eye power to formally issue the order to destroy the Five-Tails.

"roar!"

The five tails behind it roared to the sky, twisting and turning.

"We absolutely cannot let him run."

A Hidden Stone Ninja roared hysterically.

The Five-Tails possesses exceptional mobility among the nine tailed beasts, and coupled with its mountain-like stature, any building that stands in its way is bound to be smashed to pieces when it starts running.

Numerous Iwagakure ninjas were scattered around the Five-Tails, forming hand seals in unison and pressing themselves to the ground.

In an instant, a 100-meter-high earthen wall rose from the ground, trapping the five tails from four directions.

"Earth Release·Earth Flow Wall."

A bead of cold sweat rolled down the forehead of one of the ninjas, who spoke with a lingering sense of hope: "Did we succeed?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge black shadow leaped high into the air, soaring over the earthen wall. Its massive form seemed to blot out the sky, casting an inescapable, heavy shadow over everyone's faces.

"W-what...?"

With its five tails driving its limbs, it runs, its body as tall as a mountain, and when it runs, it seems as if the whole earth is trembling.

"Stop it!"

The Iwagakure ninjas summoned towering earthen walls in an attempt to stop the Five-Tails' actions, but the Five-Tails' power was simply too immense, and these thick earthen walls were easily smashed to pieces with overwhelming force.

The five tails charged forward relentlessly, leaving behind only ruins and broken walls caused by collapsed buildings.

A single flick of its tail can destroy a house, and the resulting wind pressure can blow a person away.

The Five-Tails retracted its tail, creating a deep crater in the ground. This was the power of the Tailed Beasts, a power beyond the imagination of ordinary people and beyond their reach.

With each flap of its tail and a whooshing sound, a villager died and turned into skeletons.

Flames soared into the sky, and children who had lost their homes and families sat on the ground, their cries filling the night air.

"Damn it, Five-Tails."

Just as the Iwagakure ninjas were helplessly enraged as the tailed beast wreaked havoc, a chilling aura sent shivers down everyone's spines.

The Five-Tails raised its chin, and small blue and black spherical chakra mingled together near its open mouth, expanding at a visible speed into a huge black chakra sphere.

The moment the black chakra ball stopped growing, everyone gasped, and their spines froze.

This black sphere is called the Tailed Beast Ball, a unique technique of the Tailed Beasts. It can destroy everything in sight with a single shot.

Just as the Five-Tails was about to unleash its Tailed Beast Ball, a dark figure appeared in front of it, pressing down with both hands. A wall of earth rose from the ground beneath its feet, causing it to lose its balance and its head to point towards the sky, making the Tailed Beast Ball it was firing miss its mark.

The enormous Tailed Beast Ball flew over everyone's heads and landed on a distant mountain. With a deafening roar, the explosion's light instantly turned the night into day.

As the white light dissipated, the Iwagakure ninja suddenly realized that there was a mountain at the site of the explosion, which had now disappeared along with the sound of the explosion.

The Iwagakure ninjas were shocked, their faces showing lingering fear. If the Tailed Beast Ball had hit the village, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

However, who exactly unleashed such a powerful Earth Flow Wall just now, and who also caught the Tailed Beast Ball at the perfect moment of its release, causing the Tailed Beast to miss and preventing it from exploding here and causing irreparable damage?

"This is outrageous! It seems you've been too complacent lately, leading to your laxity... You can't even handle a mere tailed beast."

The ninjas looked in the direction of the voice and saw a tall, imposing figure with a square face, high cheekbones, a hooked nose, and sharp, wolf-like eyes on either side of the high bridge of his nose.

He was around fifty years old, with a very thick and coarse beard. His rugged appearance made one think that he would need a flamethrower to shave it off.

Upon seeing the newcomer's face, someone exclaimed in surprise, "Lord Akainu, what are you doing here?"

They remembered that Akainu should be out on a mission.

"We'll deal with the rest later. Let's seal the Five-Tails first."

Akainu remained unmoved in the face of such a massive tailed beast. He was like a pillar of stability, and with his arrival, the Iwagakure ninjas, who had been in a state of panic, calmed down.

Tailed beasts can be powerful, but they can also be quite weak.

What makes the Tailed Beasts so formidable is their enormous size; a single strike can be devastating. However, their weakness lies in their sheer size, which makes them easy targets. If an attack exceeds the Tailed Beast's physical limits, it will often be defeated quickly.

Unfortunately, Akainu is a ninja who excels at offense. His ninjutsu is highly offensive. Except for the Dust Release, which is a bug, his offensive power is somewhat reduced. Compared with other ninjutsu, it is no exaggeration to say that he possesses the highest level of offensive ninjutsu.

Akainu clapped his hands together, magma gushing from his body, and growled, "Lava Release: Meteor Volcano!"

He was born with the kekkei genkai of Lava Release, and since he was also the Jinchuriki of the Four-Tails, his Lava Release was even more powerful due to the shared attribute.

Large amounts of magma erupted from Akainu's fists, striking the Five-Tails' body with tremendous force, causing it immense pain.

"You're quite capable."

Madara Uchiha smiled. He had basically achieved his goal of destroying Iwagakure. He no longer had the desire to continue controlling the Five-Tails, so he simply released the control over the eye power and let the Five-Tails do as it pleased, while he could just watch from the sidelines.

After a fierce battle, the Five-Tails was severely injured. Its white fur was scorched by the lava, and it collapsed, slowly closing its eyes.

Seeing that the Five-Tails had finally been subdued, the Iwagakure ninjas knew it was not time to relax yet. They only breathed a sigh of relief when the sealing ninjas arrived and sealed the tailed beast in a jar.

"Lord Akainu, thank goodness you came. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable."

"Why did the Five-Tails go berserk?"

Akainu asked.

Because the mission went smoothly, he returned to the village early, never expecting such a thing to happen.

Unlike the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, he was able to better control the power of the tailed beast within him. In addition, he was born into a better family, so unlike the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, he was not subject to any personal restrictions and could freely enter and leave the village to carry out various difficult tasks assigned by the village.

"I don't know. I'm afraid we'll have to find that Jinchuriki to understand the cause and effect."

Akainu nodded.

On the other side, Onoki, the Tsuchikage, heard about what had happened in the village in Daimyo Prefecture. He immediately lost interest in staying in Daimyo Prefecture and rushed back to the village that very night, only to find that the once warm and cozy village had become such a mess.

Onoki's eyes were bloodshot with rage, and he wanted to kill someone. He quickly asked someone for other reasons.

A ninja from Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village) will gather intelligence and inform the other party of every detail.

After hearing this, Ohnoki grasped a key word.

Sharingan?

In this world, only the Uchiha clan possesses the Sharingan.

That family lived in Konoha, the Village of Fire.

Thinking of this, Onoki closed his eyes for a while, and couldn't help but recall the scene when he went to negotiate with the Second Tsuchikage and was brutally beaten by that man.

With both old and new grudges combined, Onoki gritted his teeth. Now that the village had become such a mess, Konoha had to give him a reasonable explanation, or else they would officially declare war on Konoha.

Now that those two monsters are no longer in Konoha, Onoki has no fear of Konoha.

P.S.: This chapter is terrible; writer's block is really bad.

(End of this chapter)