Naruto: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Otsutsuki.

"I see... So he deliberately broke the seal and released Shukaku?"

Hinata Seiran glanced back at the anxious Rasa in the distance, then swept his gaze over Shukaku, who had gone berserk and shrunk slightly.

"However, I have enough chakra. It wouldn't be worth fighting any longer."

His eyes flashed, his azure pupils reflecting the giant sand claws flying towards him from Shukaku. He quickly lowered his body, narrowly avoiding the giant claws that Shukaku was about to strike.

Immediately, Hinata Seiran quickly formed hand seals.

"Fire Release: Dust Concealment Technique".

Thick smoke and dust exploded with a roar, instantly sweeping across the entire desert and completely obscuring sight and perception.

"Damn it!!"

Now that Shukaku has fully returned to its original form, it is enraged.

Although this old geezer only knows how to chant sutras and says things like humans and tailed beasts are not enemies.

But that doesn't stop it—this is the only human it has truly recognized in its millennia-long history.

And now, that human is dead.

Forced by others, he broke the seal himself and died in front of it.

"Die!!"

An enormous Tailed Beast Ball rapidly condensed and took shape in front of Shukaku.

That attack concentrated almost all of its chakra; the violent chakra was compressed to its limit, and even the air seemed to groan in agony.

The target was that plume of smoke from the explosion!

"Shukaku, stop!!!"

But just then, Luo Sha finally arrived at the scene.

He had no time to pay attention to the mysterious person on the ground. Seeing that the Tailed Beast Ball was approaching and about to be launched, he immediately formed hand seals.

"Magnetic Escape·Golden Sand..."

But it was all too late.

At the last moment before the Tailed Beast Ball was launched, the gold dust only had time to slightly deflect its trajectory.

Rasa's eyes were bloodshot as he watched the destructive Tailed Beast Ball hurtle toward Sunagakure.

"Oops!"

"Yameh!!!"

Chapter 82 Sunagakure Suffers a Crushing Defeat

"Boom!!"

An unparalleled explosion resounded from the direction of Sunagakure.

The shockwave swept across the desert, stirring up a cloud of dust, and even the Sand Village troops on the border of the Land of Wind felt the tremor.

The sky and earth changed color, and the entire Land of Wind seemed to be wailing.

"W-What's going on?!"

"How could there be such a huge explosion over there in the village?!"

The Sand Village ninjas at the front line changed their expressions drastically, all looking towards the village with surprise and uncertainty.

If that explosion had occurred within Konoha's territory, they might have applauded and even secretly rejoiced.

But now...

The earth-shattering explosion came from Sunagakure!

Some of the older Sand Village ninjas, gazing at the scene that resembled a natural disaster, couldn't help but recall the Second Kazekage's research on Shukaku.

And now... that feeling is back!

"Shukaku has gone berserk!"

Inside the front-line camp, Ebizo's previously exhausted body suddenly jolted, and he instantly became fully awake.

"But why did such a commotion occur?"

After a brief moment of distraction, Ebizo quickly regained his composure.

This is already the border of the Land of Wind, close to the Land of Rivers, but we haven't truly entered the territory of the Land of Rivers yet.

Logically speaking, even if Shukaku went berserk, it shouldn't have caused such a commotion.

"What exactly is Luo Sha doing?"

Originally, Ebizo and Chiyo did not support an alliance with Konoha.

It was only because Rasa had successfully repelled the Cloud Village's attack during the war that he had accumulated considerable prestige among the lower-ranking ninjas of Sunagakure, giving him the authority to forcefully push through this decision.

If he hadn't insisted on cooperating with Konoha and claimed that Konoha would give Sunagakure enough benefits, Ebizo and Chiyo would never have agreed.

Moreover, Konoha has no intention of fulfilling its promise at all, forcing Sunagakure to urge the other party to do so.

Now, while the front line is facing off against Konoha, trouble has broken out in the village behind them.

What will the Sand Village ninjas on the front lines think?

How can we maintain morale?

"Is Rasa... really suitable to be the Fourth Kazekage?"

But he quickly suppressed the thought.

Now is not the time to think about these things.

He took a deep breath and quickly ordered, "Pass down the order: the troops near the border of the Wind Kingdom are to immediately withdraw and return to the village to provide support!"

"Yes!"

The order was quickly relayed, and some of the frontline troops began to turn around and rush back to Sunagakure Village.

As for those troops that have already approached the border of the Land of Fire and are directly under the command of Rasa...

He no longer cared.

But what Ebizo didn't know was...

Just as he was leading his troops back to the village, the Sunagakure forces on the front lines, near the border of the Land of Fire, were already under heavy attack by Orochimaru's army.

"What exactly does Konoha want?!"

"Orochimaru, are you breaking your promise?!"

Amidst the fierce fighting, the leading Sand Village ninja roared in shock and anger as he looked at the suddenly appearing Konoha troops.

The Konoha ninjas arrived too suddenly.

As if they had been lying in ambush for a long time, they seized the opportunity when the Sunagakure troops temporarily changed their defenses and their formations were loosened, and launched a surprise attack without hesitation.

Prior to this, the intelligence team responsible for monitoring Konoha's movements had not noticed anything unusual.

"Quickly relay this message to Lord Kazekage..."

Before the Sand Village captain could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a cold touch on his neck.

"Hiss... hiss..."

The sound of several snakes flicking their tongues quietly reached his ears.

The next second, dozens of venomous snakes suddenly pounced and bit down hard!

The deadly poison was instantly injected into his body, and the Sand Village ninja collapsed before he could even cry out in alarm.

"Ha ha……"

Orochimaru kicked the corpse aside, then looked with great interest at the Konoha troops who were advancing triumphantly.

This time, apart from the garrison personnel stationed for logistics, almost all those who came here were elites he had recruited during this period, as well as the directly subordinate troops who had been dispatched to the frontier with him.

He slowly surveyed his men.

The Yamanaka clan, the Akimichi clan, the Kurama clan, and a number of commoner ninjas.

However, what interests him most are the Uchiha clan and the Hyuga clan.

"The Byakugan... will eventually evolve into the Tenseigan..."

"So, besides the Mangekyou Sharingan, can the Sharingan be upgraded again?"

For example, the Rinnegan...

His gaze lingered briefly on that small figure.

Despite his young age, he had already awakened the three-tomoe jade.

If we could win them over, perhaps we could achieve the same success as Qinglan Jun…

At that time, Byakugan, Sharingan...

"Hehehe..."