At the same time, seizing the opportunity, Isobu used one of his tails to slam away the two snake heads of the Yamata-no-Orochi that had been tightly clamped around his neck.

Then he rolled backward multiple times.

The ninjas from both sides suddenly felt the sky darken above them.

Before they even had time to scream, they were crushed into pulp by Isobu's raised shell and tail.

"Mizukage-sama! We're not the enemy!"

Some of the Kirigakure shinobi began shouting desperately at Isobu.

They couldn't understand why their own Mizukage would crush them to death without even distinguishing between friend or foe.

It was as if he saw them as nothing more than insects.

At that moment, a loud female voice echoed from behind the Kirigakure ranks.

"All Kirigakure shinobi, fall back immediately!"

"The Mizukage-sama is being controlled! The Three-Tails is in a rampage!"

"Retreat!"

Chaos erupted instantly among the Kirigakure forces.

Panic spread like wildfire.

"I knew something was wrong with this war!"

"Run! I don't want to die—I promised my fiancée I'd come back and marry her after this!"

"The Mizukage's under mind control! Damn it, retreat! This is all Konoha's conspiracy!"

About half the shinobi immediately turned and fled.

But the other half—those too far gone, soaked in bloodlust—stood their ground, unmoved by Mei Terumi's warnings.

"Tch! As if a Jinchūriki could be caught in a genjutsu. That's basic knowledge!"

"Kill them all! I bet that woman's been bribed by Konoha!"

"Yeah! Kill! Kill! Hahahahaha!"

Realizing there was no persuading them, Mei Terumi could only gather the loyal and rational shinobi, leading them toward the shoreline to retreat.

But Obito, watching from a distance, would not allow such a development.

He issued a new command through his Mangekyō Sharingan:

"Stop the retreating Kirigakure shinobi. Kill them all."

Suddenly, Obito felt intense resistance from Yagura's consciousness.

Isobu raised a massive paw, covered his own head, and began slamming it into the ground repeatedly.

"Hurry… escape…"

"RUN!!!"

Yagura's will exploded through the haze for a final moment—his voice roaring from within Isobu's mouth.

The sound swept across the entire battlefield, shaking the ground.

Every Kirigakure ninja froze.

That voice... it really was Lord Yagura.

Mei Terumi hadn't been lying.

Still, some tried to charge forward, hoping to suppress the rampaging chakra and somehow awaken their Mizukage.

But it was too late.

Yagura had already lost control—his consciousness had slipped into unconsciousness.

All that remained now was a berserk tailed beast filled with unstoppable rage.

Isobu wrapped his body tightly with all three tails and retracted his limbs and head into his shell.

Then, in an instant, he began to spin.

He transformed into a colossal, armored death wheel—a living, chakra-powered meat grinder.

"Defend! DEFEND!!"

"Fire Barrier Formation!"

"Water Style: Water Formation Wall!"

—

Hundreds of defensive ninjutsu launched at once—but they were scattered and ineffective.

Their fragmented structure made them worthless against Isobu's charge.

The only hope would have been to layer the jutsu together, but there simply wasn't time.

The group of Kirigakure shinobi who had turned back to save Yagura were pulverized beneath Isobu's spinning shell.

But the rampage didn't end there.

Isobu's attention shifted—he had spotted Konoha's formation.

And he charged.

The Konoha shinobi felt the earth itself quaking.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke leapt to the front of the group.

"Everyone! Use Earth Style to create a defensive barrier! Now!"

Amid the rising panic, his command provided a glimmer of direction.

The shinobi of the Sarutobi clan immediately followed his orders.

"Joint Jutsu—Ten Thousand League Earth Flow Wall!"

"Earth Style: Earth Wall!"

"Earth Style: Mud Rampart!"

—

Hundreds of Earth Release jutsu erupted at once, forming a vast wall of stone and earth before them.

The barrier rose quickly.

But so did Isobu, slamming into it like a living cannonball.

Each layer of the wall was shattered, but Konoha's shinobi reinforced it with new layers from behind.

However, after two days and nights of marching, and a brutal battle before this, most of them were already at their limit—chakra nearly depleted, bodies on the verge of collapse.

The wall would not hold for much longer.

Just before the last layer was about to break—

Orochimaru threw himself in.

Controlling the Yamata-no-Orochi's body, he slammed into Isobu to intercept the spinning shell.

He used himself as a shield.

"AAAAAAGHHHHHH!!!"

All eight snake heads opened their jaws, including two that were already torn and mangled, and bit down on the tailed beast's spinning body.

The pain should have been unbearable.

But Orochimaru no longer felt pain.

His nerves had gone numb.

The fangs of the Yamata's heads shattered from the sheer force, falling to the ground and dissolving into raw chakra.

The body of the snake became a twisted, bloody mess.

The damage extended beyond the body—cracks began spreading through Orochimaru's very soul.

"STOP…!"

Finally—

The armored scales at the front of Isobu's tail were torn away by Orochimaru's relentless snake heads.

Isobu recoiled.

He leapt back, rolling out of the spin, and landed a hundred meters away from the Yamata-no-Orochi, slamming into the ground.

"It's stopped…"

That was Orochimaru's final thought.

The Yamata's body shrank rapidly, dissolving into smoke and chakra.

And then it all returned to Orochimaru.

He collapsed—his entire body torn and blood-soaked, lying limp on the battlefield.

Konoha shinobi rushed to him.

Two Genin immediately lifted him by the shoulders and dragged him toward the rear lines.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke stared at the Three-Tails still looming in front of them.

The grief and rage in his eyes were impossible to hide.

"The Sandaime and Lord Orochimaru have done enough."

"Now it's our turn."

"OOOOOOOHHHHH!!!"

The Konoha shinobi roared in unison.

Maybe they would all die here today...

But the Will of Fire—would never be extinguished.

However, Isobu—standing a hundred meters away—felt nothing for their noble spirit.

Under Obito's control, there was only one thought pulsing through his mind:

Destroy every last one of them.

Before the eyes of every Konoha ninja—

Isobu raised his massive head, opened his jaws wide.

A small black dot appeared at the center of his mouth.

The chakra in the air was being pulled in, swirling around that black point.

Blue and black spheres began spiraling toward it, condensing, merging.

A Tailed Beast Bomb.

And it was growing.

Faster than they could blink.

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