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The massive commotion woke everyone in the village of Konoha.

As they stepped out of their homes and saw the enormous Nine-Tails in the distance, their faces instantly turned pale.

The overwhelming aura radiating from the Nine-Tails sent chills down their spines.

"It's a Tailed Beast! Everyone, run!"

Someone screamed in desperation, and panic instantly gripped the crowd.

A woman clutching a baby staggered and fell. An elderly man was pushed against a wall by the panicked crowd. A young ninja gripped his kunai with trembling hands, his knuckles turning white from the pressure.

The villagers cowered in the shadows, their legs so weak they nearly collapsed.

Even the hearts of the shinobi were flooded with fear.

Faced with the powerful Nine-Tails, they couldn't even muster the will to fight back.

Renya stepped out of the house and looked up at the distant Nine-Tails.

Even from so far away, the overwhelming aura it emitted made it hard for him to breathe.

"This... this is the Nine-Tails?" Renya's voice trembled.

Only now did he truly understand the terror of a Tailed Beast.

The Nine-Tails' power exceeded anything he had imagined.

No wonder it could one day become a village's weapon of war.

If something like that appeared on the battlefield, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Perhaps to Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, the Nine-Tails was just a big toy.

But to ordinary shinobi, it was a harbinger of death.

Even elite jōnin would have no choice but to run when facing a Tailed Beast.

"Brat, stay in the house and don't run around!"

Senju Tobirama gave the order, then vanished from the spot.

Uchiha Madara clearly came with ill intent. Tobirama had to quickly gather forces to defend against the Nine-Tails' invasion.

Before long, Tobirama had assembled several hundred shinobi, forming a tight defense near the Konoha village gates.

By this time, Uchiha Madara had already brought the Nine-Tails close.

Tobirama's expression was anxious.

"Why hasn't big brother shown up yet?"

If Senju Hashirama didn't come, there was no way they could stop Madara.

The ninjas looked nervously at the Nine-Tails before them and swallowed hard.

"Can we really stop this thing?"

That thought crossed everyone's minds.

We're going to die. There's no way we won't die!

Tobirama gritted his teeth. At this point, all they could do was buy time and wait for his brother to appear...

He looked up at Uchiha Madara standing atop the Nine-Tails' head and asked in a low voice:

"Madara, what are you trying to do?!"

Uchiha Madara looked down at Senju Tobirama from above and replied coldly:

"What am I doing? Of course—destroying Konoha."

He glanced at Tobirama's grim expression and continued,

"In my eyes, Konoha no longer has a reason to exist."

Hashirama's ideals were wrong. This so-called peace was just an illusion.

Since that's the case, it would be better to tear it all down and start over.

"You're just a rogue shinobi. You have no right to judge Konoha!" Tobirama shot back.

Madara's expression froze for a moment, then he let out a mocking smile.

"Rogue shinobi?" Madara stared coldly at Tobirama.

"I built Konoha with Hashirama. He led the village down the wrong path, so I left..."

Before he could finish, Tobirama interrupted him:

"Spare me the excuses. You're just a stray guy abandoned by your clan."

The gathered Uchiha clansmen widened their eyes in horror, staring at Tobirama in disbelief.

No way—he really said that?!

Damn it, if you want to die, don't drag us down with you!

They could already imagine the scene of an enraged Madara tearing them all to shreds...

Tobirama realized he had spoken out of line the moment the words left his mouth.

He had intended to stall for time, but seeing Uchiha Madara had angered him, and he spoke without thinking.

Madara's expression was dark and stormy. He looked down at the Uchiha clansmen, and the tomoe in his eyes spun rapidly into the pattern of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

The Uchiha clan members quickly lowered their heads, not daring to meet the gaze of their former clan head.

The scene of Madara gathering them to leave the village was still vivid in their memories.

Tobirama wasn't wrong. They had, in fact, abandoned their clan head...

Tobirama thought Madara was about to lose control and ordered:

"Stop him from entering the village, no matter the cost!"

If the Nine-Tails entered the village, the consequences would be catastrophic.

To everyone's surprise, Madara did not erupt in anger. Instead, he quietly stared at the Uchiha below.

"You're wrong. They didn't abandon me. I abandoned them." Madara's face was expressionless.

"These short-sighted fools are unworthy of being my Uchiha clansmen."

Hearing this, the Uchiha clansmen looked ashamed.

The years of being ostracized had made them realize Madara-sama's decision back then was correct.

Unfortunately, there was no turning back now...

"That bastard Madara!"

Tobirama looked stunned. He hadn't expected Madara to say something like that.

"Our little reunion ends here, insects."

Madara spoke as he directed the Nine-Tails to attack.

"Watch out!" Tobirama shouted.

The massive claw of the Nine-Tails came crashing down, and everyone scrambled to dodge.

A few unlucky ones failed to evade and were instantly crushed into misty sprays of blood.

Tobirama quickly formed hand seals and unleashed a jutsu.

"Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet!"

The other shinobi followed his lead, forming seals and launching their own techniques.

In an instant, a flurry of powerful jutsu surged toward the Nine-Tails.

The techniques struck the beast, but they didn't even faze it. Instead, they seemed to further provoke the beast's fury.

With a furious roar, the Nine-Tails stomped down, shattering the earth. The flying rubble shot out like cannonballs into the crowd.

A medical ninja, just about to treat an injured comrade, was impaled through the chest by a massive rock.

Another shinobi wielding a kunai tried to launch a close-range attack, but the Nine-Tails' chakra cloak blasted him away before he could get close. He crashed to the ground, his fate unknown.

The battlefield was consumed in chaos and smoke. The ninjas' attacks were like ants trying to move a mountain, while the Nine-Tails' assault was only just beginning.

Despair gripped their hearts. Could they really stop the Nine-Tails?

"Madara, stop this!" Tobirama shouted. "Don't continue down this path!"

Before he could finish speaking, the Nine-Tails let out a deafening roar, its soundwaves cracking the earth.

"This path?" Madara's mocking laughter merged with the beast's roar. "This is the only path. Look at your precious Konoha—how fragile it is in the face of absolute power."

With a wave of his hand, the Nine-Tails began to form a massive Tailed Beast Bomb in midair. The ominous red glow reflected in the despairing eyes of everyone watching.

"And you, Senju Tobirama, will witness the end of Konoha right here!"

Tobirama swallowed hard.

"Big brother, where are you?"

Showing up late was one thing—but Konoha was about to be destroyed!

This is too much...

In the distance, Renya stared blankly at the Tailed Beast Bomb forming in the Nine-Tails' mouth.

"You've got to be kidding me!"

If that thing landed, the entire village would be obliterated.

Had he known things would get this dangerous, he would've volunteered for an out-of-village mission...

Just then, a commanding voice echoed across the battlefield.

"Madara, stop!"

Upon hearing the voice, Renya immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Hashirama finally arrived.

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