Chapter 361: Ten-Tails Is Almost Revived—Are You Worried?
With Nagato's arrival, the entire battlefield quieted momentarily.
But immediately after, killing sounds erupted again—even more intense than before.
"Zetsu, did you bring Nagato here?"
Yasushi cheerfully turned his head toward Zetsu, who'd just emerged from underground.
Zetsu concealed himself thief-like beneath ground level, only exposing his head while speaking cautiously:
"Nagato heard about this war. He worried you'd kill both Two-Tails and Eight-Tails, jeopardizing Ten-Tails' revival. So he came specifically to capture both jinchūriki."
"Moreover, Kakuzu's group is already hunting Four-Tails. Shennong's group pursues Seven-Tails."
"If nothing goes wrong, Ten-Tails will revive soon."
After speaking, Zetsu's gaze locked onto Yasushi's face, whispering:
"You should be careful. If you try stopping Nagato, he'll definitely turn against you."
"Tch, why would I stop him?" Yasushi rolled his eyes irritably, replying dismissively. "If he wants them, he can take them."
"Besides, even if they die, it doesn't matter. He can completely use Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation to revive the jinchūriki, then extract tailed beast chakra for use."
"Though this method impacts chakra quantity somewhat, for Ten-Tails, such minor differences are negligible!"
Yasushi's cheerful unconcern left Zetsu unable to distinguish truth from deception in his words.
Currently on the battlefield, Nagato's appearance caused shinobi alliance morale to show collapse signs.
Previously, Iwagakure and Kirigakure had jointly ambushed Amegakure but capsized in the gutter.
Two major villages combined were actually overturned by a small village—both their Kage died there.
Those fortunate survivors who'd escaped had long feared Nagato to extremes. Witnessing their nightmare's return, they lacked courage for continued fighting. Not fleeing immediately already demonstrated disciplined training.
"Nagato, this is the Five Great Nations' battlefield. What are you doing here?" The Raikage demanded nervously.
He didn't fear Nagato himself—only worried Nagato's presence would disrupt their siege of Uchiha Yasushi.
Nagato maintained his lofty bearing, indifferent gaze sweeping across endlessly slaughtering ninja below without acknowledging the Raikage's question. He simply proclaimed:
"Endless warfare!"
"Endless slaughter!"
"Continuous hatred!"
"Driven by power!"
"Motivated by profit!"
"People of the Five Great Nations ultimately cannot feel war's true suffering!"
"You sit secure behind iron curtains, watering village glory with ninja blood, composing victory epics with orphans' cries!"
"You occupy the Kage's throne on high, calculating territories and bargaining chips, transforming living lives into discarded pawns on the shinobi world's chessboard!"
"You cannot feel pain, therefore you don't understand peace's true meaning!"
"But soon, everything will end."
"I will kiss this decaying world awake with pain, crushing all hypocrisy with divine punishment!"
"Now, I will complete this final puzzle piece. Anyone daring to obstruct me opposes god himself and will receive divine retribution!"
Kurotsuchi watched her grandfather and father's murderer appear before her eyes. If she could fly, she'd have charged madly already.
Seeing this bastard still spouting grandiose nonsense ignited her fury. She roared at the nearby Raikage:
"Why are you still listening to his waste of words?!"
"Since he wants interfering with our war, let's kill him too!"
The Raikage glanced helplessly at his impulsive pig-teammate ally, increasingly doubting the alliance could achieve victory through reliance on these forces.
"ROOOAR..."
Two-Tails finally pulled its head from underground. It roared furiously toward Nagato above, azure beast-pupils locking onto that diminutive yet massively oppressive airborne figure. Humiliation and rage transformed into more blazing chakra flames surging across its body surface.
But Nagato's altitude prevented direct attacks. Finally, it opened its mouth, once more condensing a "Tailed Beast Ball."
Within roaring, destructive energy frantically gathered and compressed before its giant maw.
Azure and pitch-black intertwined, forming a darker sphere more condensed and violent than before—surrounding space trembling slightly from its existence.
It would crush this ant daring to offend tailed beast dignity along with its arrogance!
"Tailed beasts are ultimately just oversized beasts—they never learn."
Nagato glanced downward at Two-Tails with condescending indifference, not preventing the "Tailed Beast Ball" from forming in its mouth.
Moments later, that condensed azure chakra sphere rotating rapidly while devouring light erupted from Two-Tails' mouth, tearing through air and leaving twisted trajectories mid-flight—even light being swallowed along its path.
But Nagato simply opened his palm calmly.
"Shinra Tensei!"
No hand seals. No charging. Simply raising his hand, pressing downward emptily.
No excess movements. Not even emotional fluctuation—as casual as brushing away dust motes.
Yet his words became reality!
An invisible yet vast repulsive force field erupted from his palm's center, exploding outward like unseen divine giant hands crushing downward!
That Tailed Beast Ball filled with tremendous energy—supposedly invincible—possessed zero resistance beneath this divine palm. Like a ping-pong ball slapped away, it reversed trajectory toward Two-Tails' head.
Everyone watched helplessly as that black sphere capable of leveling mountains struck the invisible repulsive field before rebounding along its approach path at even greater speed.
For the first time, Two-Tails' beast-pupils clearly reflected that rapidly approaching destructive energy—its own.
Its pupils constricted sharply. Shock, disbelief, and instinctive fear instantly replaced previous rage.
Its massive body attempted evasion, but the Tailed Beast Ball's speed proved too fast, distance too close. That repulsive field seemed subtly guiding the trajectory, making avoidance impossible.
BOOOOOOM!!!
Violent explosion and brilliance erupted thunderously atop Two-Tails' head.
Violent energy storms instantly engulfed it. An enormous mushroom cloud mixed with dust, flames, and twisted chakra surged skyward.
Shockwaves spread in rings without restraint, toppling even distant combatants.
Airborne Nagato's robes fluttered wildly in gales as he indifferently observed the disaster he'd personally created—belonging exclusively to Two-Tails.