Chapter 41: The Bean-Sized Tailed Beast Bomb
I don't know if anyone has said this before, but if not, then I'm saying it now: If the power of a missile can't solve the problem, then fit it with a nuclear warhead.
Kitahara looked down at the enormous Manda below, its chakra continuously compressing and condensing into a black and white Tailed Beast Bomb... Judging by the density of the chakra contained within, perhaps it could no longer be called a Tailed Beast Bomb...
Uchiha Itachi fled as if on wings... The summoned beast and its master were not on the same page; Manda had a new target...
Manda continuously searched for a safe position. With its perceptive abilities, let alone that super Tailed Beast Bomb above, even the Tailed Beast Bomb energy blasts Kitahara had casually spewed out just now were more than it could withstand.
And on the other side of the battlefield, Jiraiya finally found an opportunity amidst Orochimaru's attacks... His taijutsu was ranked second among Konoha's Sannin!
That's right, the one ranked last in taijutsu was Orochimaru...
"Summoning Jutsu!"
Gamabunta from Mount Myoboku appeared out of thin air. The Tailed Beast Bomb still compressing and condensing above its head instantly caught its attention, so the first thing it did was drag Jiraiya far away...
Jiraiya clung tightly to his summoned beast, "Bunta, you..."
"Don't talk! Look at the sky!" Gamabunta, noticing its nemesis Manda constantly changing positions, asked, "You and Orochimaru really know how to stir up trouble!"
"Hahaha, it's not..." Jiraiya wanted to explain about Orochimaru's defection, but the imposing aura of the Tailed Beast Bomb above made the rest of his words get stuck in his throat, "That's... what?"
"Rasengan? Tailed Beast Bomb? who knows!" Gamabunta couldn't tell for sure, nor could it possibly risk its life to judge a ninjutsu...
"Anyway, just run as far away as possible!"
"Hey, Bunta! My disciple is still over there!" Jiraiya saw Uchiha Itachi still dragging several children along, fleeing for his life.
"...Jiraiya!" Gamabunta absolutely couldn't turn back and shouted loudly to stop Jiraiya, "There's no time! If that crow in the sky is targeting you and Orochimaru, then he shouldn't be in mortal danger..."
"A... A crow?"
Jiraiya broke out in a cold sweat. Although he couldn't see who was gathering chakra high above, the perceptive abilities and vision of the Mount Myoboku toads would definitely not deceive him.
And the most likely suspect was undoubtedly that lazy, greedy, sleepy-headed, petty Kitahara... that crow which could make one think of a pile of flaws in an instant...
The relationship between Jiraiya and his summoned beast Gamabunta was very good; they fled into the distance as a team... As for the remaining pair on the battlefield, it seemed they didn't trust each other much.
Orochimaru, his face gloomy, hid in a corner, watching his summoned beast constantly change positions, terrified Manda would come after him...
The Snake King of Ryuchi Cave also had its intelligence. It believed that crow wouldn't harm Uchiha Itachi no matter what, so it slowly followed behind Uchiha Itachi. Of course, it didn't share this intelligence with Orochimaru...
Because its body was too enormous, Manda was afraid of accidentally moving its tail. What if it crushed those little brats, and that enraged crow indiscriminately launched a map-wide attack?
The Tailed Beast Bomb in the sky finally took shape. Its entirety was pitch black, its volume astonishingly reduced, like the beans the crow often liked to peck at. The imposing aura that had previously filled the air was completely gone...
Actually, it looked edible...
"Bunta, looks like that fellow failed!"
Jiraiya, noticing the sky had returned to calm, let out a slight sigh of relief. After all, the amount of chakra that had appeared in the sky just now was already comparable to a Tailed Beast's...
To be able to control and compress such chakra, it probably wasn't something that crow could achieve. Perhaps only the legendary Sage of Six Paths could do it?
"Jiraiya, it didn't fail! Although I don't feel any threat, but... I just feel that if I get too close, I'll definitely die!"
Bunta remotely sensed that bean-sized Tailed Beast Bomb. It wouldn't be so naive as to think it was an edible bean!
Kitahara was currently searching for Manda's direction. That fellow was stubbornly chasing Uchiha Itachi. If this bean-sized Tailed Beast Bomb went down, while taking care of Manda, it would inevitably take care of the cub as well.
But how could it not have thought of this problem! Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and the like would have to depend on their own fate, but the cub would definitely survive!
The Tailed Beast Bomb silently descended, as light and airy as a falling snowflake...
Boom!
The scorching light was as dazzling as the sun. The sound was deafening enough to make one's ears ring, yet it paradoxically felt somewhat silent, until a cute mushroom cloud rose...
Honestly, the mushroom cloud was quite adorable...
The mountain peak directly facing the explosion was flattened in the blink of an eye, rubble flying everywhere... All life that once thrived in the mountain forest was utterly destroyed!
Temperatures of hundreds of millions of degrees incinerated everything at the center...
The shockwave from the Tailed Beast Bomb's explosion simultaneously overturned everything within a radius of dozens of kilometers. Even the wall Jiraiya had temporarily erected with Earth Style ninjutsu shattered in an instant. The combination of Gamabunta and Jiraiya was instantly sent flying by the blast wave...
Even though they were far from the explosion's center, Gamabunta, due to diligently protecting Jiraiya, had almost no intact skin left on its entire body and had to dispel the summoning jutsu to return to Mount Myoboku.
w(Д)w… This is probably what they call "friendly fire"...
Manda on the other side was much smarter. Because it had no need to, nor the awareness of a summoned beast, it was impossible for it to risk its own life to protect Orochimaru.
The moment the explosion occurred, Manda suddenly dispelled the summoning jutsu and vanished from the spot!
This move was truly unexpected.
Kitahara used the Flying Thunder God Technique to land beside Itachi, its chakra once again surging forth, like a Tailed Beast's cloak, tightly protecting it and Itachi. Although this method of using chakra wasn't as exquisite as Chiyo's Chakra Shield, a quantitative change could lead to a qualitative one!
It just needed to constantly replenish the eroded chakra...
The crow and its cub, along with a group of little turnip heads, under the protection of the sealed chakra, watched wide-eyed as Manda disappeared before them, "Caw?"
"It seems like the summoning jutsu was dispelled..." Uchiha Itachi said weakly.
Kitahara: "..."
Indeed, like master, like summoned beast... Manda was also accustomed to being selfish. To save its own little life, abandoning Orochimaru and fleeing was perfectly normal.
Besides, Orochimaru wasn't a good person either... Didn't he find a place he considered safe for himself and not tell Manda?
The place Orochimaru was hiding was indeed relatively safe, not in the core area of the Tailed Beast Bomb's attack, and the giant rock in front of him could, to some extent, withstand the impact...
Even so, Orochimaru was severely injured by the impact of the shattered giant rock. He could only transform into a white snake, shedding his dead skin, and silently slithered away amidst the fractured earth...
This place, he dared not stay any longer...
(End of this chapter)