The Four-Tails Jinchuriki, this giant ape, appeared in the very center of the Village. Its fifty-meter-tall body stood towering, reaching for the sky. With the volcano erupting lava and numerous rooms and buildings set ablaze, the Sunagakure Ninja were all stunned.
Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do? Such questions arose in everyone's minds.
From Yuhi and Baki's argument, to the volcanic eruption, and finally to the giant ape jumping out of the volcano, things happened too quickly and too suddenly, leaving no time to react.
The Four-Tails completely ignored the dazed Sunagakure Ninja. Its brain was filled with rage, and the perfect Jinchuriki state easily infected the Jinchuriki with the Tailed Beast's emotions.
Roshi's last shred of sanity was drowned out by the Tailed Beast's fury. The Jinchuriki surrendered his body to the Tailed Beast; they became one. The giant ape, covered in fiery red fur, let out a long howl towards the sky, its voice filled with defiance and brutality. Accompanied by the volcano rising from the Earth Release: Rising Stone Spikes, the fifty-meter-tall giant ape was like an ancient beast emerging from a nightmare.
Without distinguishing between friend or foe, there were no allies at this moment. He pounded his chest with both fists, producing drum-like 'thump-thump' sounds. Then, he tilted his head back and spewed a sky full of fiery rain. Dense, fiery lights covered more than half of Sunagakure. If one looked closely, those falling drops were not rain at all, but scorching red lava.
Yuhi, who had long known about Konoha's plan, was still arguing with Baki, forcefully helping to delay for more than ten seconds.
By the time Baki realized that his argument with Otogakure was meaningless and that he had to stop the Four-Tails first, it was already too late.
Countless molten rocks rained down from the sky. Similar to Konoha's outdoor arena, Sunagakure had cleared a square shale area as the competition ground this time, with guests seated in rock caves watching.
Facing the fiery rain from the sky, the guests screamed hysterically, hoping that their loud voices would make the Sunagakure Ninja save them first.
The truth was that Sunagakure could even abandon Pakura; Rasa could have his brother-in-law kill his own son; Sasori turned his only good friend into a human puppet. It could be said that the humanity in Sunagakure was the weakest among the Five Great Ninja Villages.
They were too busy saving themselves; how could they have time to care about the lives of the guests?
"Ninjutsu: Mind Disturbance Dance Technique!" Ino first used her sensing ability to lock onto dozens of targets, then activated her cheap father's Ninjutsu, controlling Ninja from various Villages to start a chaotic battle.
Zhang San fought Li Si, Li Si fought Wang Wu.
Otogakure, Takigakure, Sunagakure—the Ninja present today were basically all within her control.
Some people genuinely lost control, others were pretending.
Shiranui Genma shouted, "What's going on? My body is out of control!"
As he shouted, he spat a Kunai at his old opponent Baki's throat.
"I can't control myself!" He stabbed Baki's left eye with a Kunai.
"Quick, quickly tie me up! Don't ruin the relationship between the two Great Shinobi Countries, hurry!" He then kicked Baki in the crotch.
"Don't be impulsive, this must be the enemy's conspiracy!" His feet kicked out in quick succession. Baki, with a head full of question marks, only defended and did not attack, retreating repeatedly and getting beaten badly.
Their strengths were similar. Now, one was desperately delivering dirty blows, while the other was full of apprehension and dared not retaliate. Baki was in a precarious situation.
Gaara was much more naive than he would be three years later when dealing with Deidara, severely lacking experience in handling affairs, and not calm enough. For a moment, he stood there stunned, not knowing what he should do in this situation.
Save people? Save whom?
Should he save the villagers who called him a "monster," or the higher-ups who tried to turn him back into a killing machine? Or should he save the guests who came to watch the examination?
The guests started fighting among themselves. Otogakure and Takigakure were in a brawl, and he didn't know whom to help.
He wanted to consult with his teacher Baki, but Baki was unusually busy. Yuhi also clamored that she was being controlled and was teaming up with Shiranui Genma to beat him.
After casting the Mind Disturbance Dance Technique, Ino hid in the shadows, observing left and right, feeling it wasn't chaotic enough.
She then performed the Yin Release concert with Tsunade.
Without Shizune, without Tonton, the performance effect was a bit lacking, but it didn't matter; she wasn't aiming to kill, only for the effect.
Tsunade played the flute while looking at the sheet music.
Ino formed hand seals with her left hand, merging and compressing the sound, and wielded the death god rosary with her right hand.
The two sounds mixed together, then were compressed by Chakra into unique sound waves.
Normal people couldn't hear these sounds; their brains automatically filtered them out. Only Ninja with some Yin Release energy could hear them.
Those skilled in Genjutsu, whose spiritual energy was naturally higher, all became victims.
The Yin and Yang balance within their bodies was disrupted. A deficiency in Yin was followed by a loss of Yang. One by one, their faces flushed, their bodies broke out in cold sweats. The internal heat had not yet been harmonized, and then they were stimulated externally by the high-temperature lava from the Four-Tails and the volcanic eruption.
Numerous Ninja began to desperately cough up blood. Some even had bloodshot eyes, experiencing numerous hallucinations, and then, like wild beasts, they opened their mouths and bit down on their companions' exposed skin.
Ninja whose internal balance could barely be maintained were bitten. They were immediately affected by the sound waves and also joined the biting frenzy.
One bit two, two bit four, four bit eight, and more and more "Madmen" appeared.
"Is this how I taught medical theory?" Tsunade subconsciously activated her blame-shifting skill.
Ino absolutely refused to take the blame: "Yes, that's the Yin deficiency and Yang loss theory you talked about a while ago, Teacher. If you didn't say it, how would I know these things?"
Watching a large group of Ninja biting people like mad, Tsunade subconsciously scratched her head. The theory was indeed that theory, but, young girl, how did a perfectly good theory turn into this monstrous form in your hands? Your direction of flexible application has a bit of a problem!
"Teacher, you're overthinking. After today, these people will recover after two days of rest. At most, they'll just have impotence and imbalance; there won't be any sequelae. Besides, these are all enemies. Let's play for five more minutes."
"Alright, alright."
Temari rushed out of the crowd, swung her three-star fan, and with all her might, tried to fan the Four-Tails out of the Village.
But unfortunately, the fifty-meter-tall giant ape was a mountain of flesh. As the Four-Tails, which used Lava Release, it had also devoured a lot of molten rock, making its body unusually heavy. Temari could fan Uchiha Madara away because the Dance King was light. Now, trying to fan the Four-Tails away with one swing, she didn't have that much strength.
Several hurricanes struck the Four-Tails, only causing a ripple in its fiery red fur. The opponent stood still, not moving an inch.
"Get out of the way!" Kankuro sacrificed his puppet, saving his elder sister from the Four-Tails' heavy punch at the last moment.
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