Chapter 33
As Neji moved through the battlefield of the Uchiha compound, collecting Sharingan eyes, the situation on the outskirts involving the Nine-Tails was escalating. Fugaku, perhaps weakened and unable to restrain the Nine-Tails any longer, or maybe deliberately loosening his control in a desperate bid to crush Hiruzen quickly, allowed the beast to go on a rampage.
The Nine-Tails' attacks became increasingly ferocious and indiscriminate. Their fur nearly covered their entire body, and the pressure on Hiruzen, facing the almost fully transformed Nine-Tails alone, was immense.
"Boom—"
The Tailed Beast Ball exploded, its thunderous roar echoing across the land.
Hiruzen turned to see an entire mountainside leveled by the immense power.
His face darkened. The entire village would have been obliterated if such an attack had been unleashed on Konoha.
"Fugaku, that bastard…"
He had lost count of how many times he had cursed that name today. Despite thoroughly preparing for the Uchiha rebellion, everything had fallen apart since Naruto was captured. No one had anticipated that Fugaku would be audacious enough to make such a bold move.
His ambitions were grand.