Chapter 203: Chapter 203: The Beast’s Broken Horn? Snowy, Go Fetch It!

Chapter 203: Chapter 203: The Beast’s Broken Horn? Snowy, Go Fetch It!



The Eight-Tails let out a painful roar as the Tailed Beast Bomb it was gathering dispersed into nothing. Its massive face was nearly deformed from the blow, and its body slid further across the ground.

"Lord Raikage!!"

The Third Raikage had finally arrived. The Hidden Cloud shinobi cheered as their warrior god appeared on the battlefield.

The Third Raikage's expression was serious as he commanded, "Dodai, take your men and assist the injured immediately. Investigate the cause of the Eight-Tails' rampage. I will handle the beast."

Fighting tailed beasts was something the Third Raikage had plenty of experience with. "Roar!"

The Eight-Tails, frustrated and furious after repeated defeats, roared and lashed out with its eight massive tails, thrashing them wildly in the Raikage's direction.

"Watch out, Lord Raikage!" Dodai yelled in alarm.

But the Raikage remained composed, charging fearlessly toward the beast. His right hand raised, enveloped in terrifying lightning chakra, as he aimed directly at the berserk Eight- Tails.

Dangerous!

Even in its rage, the Eight-Tails instinctively recognized the threat. Its tails whipped through the air, trying to strike the Raikage, but his speed was too great for the beast to land a hit.

In desperation, the Eight-Tails wrapped its tails around its own body, using them as a shield.

Splat!

The Raikage's Hell Stab: Four-Finger Nukite pierced through the tails, driving straight into the Eight-Tails' head. With a deafening scream, the beast's left horn snapped clean off, severed by the Raikage's strike.

If the tails hadn't blocked some of the attack, the blow would have landed directly on the Eight-Tails' skull, leaving it in far worse shape.

"What a terrifying attack..." Orochimaru's voice trembled as he watched, his body stiff from the shock of what he had just witnessed.

"Go retrieve the Eight-Tails' broken horn," Takuya mentally commanded Snowy before turning to Orochimaru. "We need to leave. The Hidden Cloud shinobi will soon track you down. If we don't go now, it's only a matter of time before they find out, and when they do, we might end up facing the Raikage and the entire village."

Once their identities were exposed, the Hidden Cloud would stop at nothing to hunt them down.

"Let's go!" Orochimaru agreed. The idea of sticking around had lost all appeal.

report.

If no suspicious individuals had interacted with the jinchuriki, then how had the Eight-Tails

gone berserk?

As their investigation progressed, all the clues pointed to the small restaurant that the jinchuriki had often visited.

But when Dodai and his team arrived at the restaurant, it was already abandoned. There wasn't a single person left inside.

On one of the tables, they found a small glass bottle, containing a small amount of purple

liquid.

Seeing that bottle, Dodai had a sinking feeling.

"Take this back for analysis. I want to know exactly what this liquid is and how it was made!" Dodai ordered his frustration mounting.

Looking out over the wreckage of the village, the bodies and the wounded scattered

everywhere, Dodai clenched his fists in fury.

"Whoever is responsible for this... I'll make sure you pay!" he shouted, his voice filled with

rage.

The results of the analysis confirmed his worst fears. The liquid contained an extract of hallucinogenic flowers, designed to induce hallucinations in its victims. Once the affected individual's negative emotions were amplified, chaos ensued.

The drug had been tailored specifically to exploit the vulnerabilities of a jinchuriki. Being ostracized by the villagers, treated like a monster, constantly monitored, and living under the weight of such oppression-anyone would eventually crack. Combine that with a substance that heightened those emotions, and disaster was inevitable.

In the end, the calamity was as much the result of the Hidden Cloud's treatment of its jinchūriki as it was the effects of the drug.

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