Chapter 15: Goals

The Matatabi continued wreaking havoc among the ninjas of Konoha, miserable howls filled with pain echoed in its wake.

As the Two-Tails continued its massacre and prepared to launch a giant fireball, a sonic boom suddenly appeared in front of the Two-Tails.

Kaboom!!

An Orochimaru wrapped in a lightning armor and the Eight-Tails' chakra cloak appeared out of nowhere, the air around him distorted by his terrifying aura.

He concentrated chakra into his fist and struck the Two-Tails mercilessly, the powerful blow impacted it, creating another shockwave, and the Two-Tails was sent flying backward like a projectile.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Orochimaru did not stop there and pursued the Two-Tails, striking it over and over again until it was half-dead, after dozens of blows, he drew a Samehada sword and extracted all the chakra from the Two-Tails.

What remained was a completely unconscious Yugito Nii, her face battered and blood oozing from every part of her body.

"Predator!" Orochimaru said, extending his right hand and devouring the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.

After absorbing the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yugito Nii, Orochimaru closed his eyes for a brief moment as he processed the new information flooding his mind.

[ Analyzing... analysis complete ]

[ Affinities [Fire (Duplicated)] [Lightning (Duplicated)] Acquired ]

[ Ninjutsu [Rat Hair Bullet][Blue Fire Annihilation][Great Lightning Beast Pursuit][Lightning Spear] Acquired ]

[ Racial Abilities: [Extreme Heat Resistance][Blue Fire][Chakra Conversion] Acquired ]

[ Taijutsu [Lightning Style] Acquired ]

[ Jinchūriki Techniques: [Tailed Beast Chakra Cloak][Partial Transformation][Full Transformation] Acquired ]

[ Two-Tails Chakra [Matatabi] Acquired ]

[ Jutsu [Bijuudama] Acquired ]

[ Human Mimicry [Yugito Nii] Acquired ]

[ Special Mimicry [Matatabi] Acquired ]

After devouring another Jinchuriki, he once again felt his chakra reserves increase, he estimate he must have more than 11,700 chakra points.

"Excellent," he murmured to himself, feeling his power grow, the Raikage's armor is simply overpowered.

Not only does his defense increase, but his strength and penetration power are also enhanced, which is his he now possess the strongest penetration power, even better than his defense.

Around him, the ninjas of Kumogakure who had witnessed the confrontation began to retreat, with fear evident in their eyes.

The leader of their army and two Jinchuriki had fallen into Orochimaru's hands, a man who seemed more like a demon than a ninja.

Dodai, standing next to the future Fourth Raikage, A, noticed the rage and fear deep in his eyes, he gritted his teeth and decided to take control of the situation.

"Quickly, abandon the wounded, we must retreat, I repeat, abandon the wounded and retreat immediately!" he shouted as he took the lead in withdrawing.

A followed suit after regaining control of himself, but he still carried that look, that look of having stared death directly in the face.

"Chase them, don't let them retreat!" a Jounin shouted as he pursued the retreating Kumo ninjas.

"Stop, don't pursue them if you don't want to die!" But they hadn't advanced far when they stopped dead at Orochimaru's words.

All the Konoha ninjas looked at him in confusion, now was the perfect moment to corner them and deliver a heavy blow, but they decided to obey without question.

Orochimaru moved to the front, first deactivating the lightning armor around him and then clapping his hands together.

"Now you will know true terror," he closed his eyes for a moment and let the Eight-Tails' chakra flow fully through his body.

"Full Transformation: Hachibi!" he shouted when a monstrous roar shook the battlefield.

His body expanded and changed shape, taking on the gigantic form of the Eight-Tails, a strange mix of an octopus and a bull.

The Kumogakure ninjas who were retreating froze in terror, some dropping their weapons, while others couldn't look away from the creature.

"Bijuudama!" With a deafening roar, the Eight-Tails began concentrating an enormous black sphere of chakra in front of its mouth.

The sphere quickly grew, condensing massive amounts of destructive energy.

"Fire!" Orochimaru roared, releasing the first Bijuu Bomb.

The black sphere shot forward like a missile, crossing the battlefield and landing among the Kumogakure ranks.

Kaboom!!

The resulting explosion was devastating, creating a massive crater and destroying everything within a radius of hundreds of meters.

The screams of the Kumo ninjas were drowned out by the roar of the explosion.

"Another one!" Without rest, the enormous figure of the Eight-Tails began forming a second Bijuudama.

Dodai, seeing the carnage, shouted desperately: "Everyone, scatter! Don't group up, or we'll be annihilated!"

The Kumo ninjas began running in different directions, but the chaos was total, there was no way to avoid the Eight-Tails' Bijuu Bombs.

"Second Bijuudama, fire!"

The second sphere was unleashed, and another massive explosion shook the battlefield, raising a column of black smoke into the sky.

"He... he isn't human, it's a demon!" a Kumogakure chunin murmured as he ran with tears in his eyes.

'They're too scattered, launching another Bijuu Bomb would just be a waste of chakra,' Orochimaru thought, trying to figure out a way to increase enemy casualties even further.

'I remember Bee used several smaller Bijuu Bombs at once, now I have exceptional control over all the Eight-Tails' abilities, far better than a Jinchuriki, it should be possible,' he thought as he condensed several smaller Bijuu Bombs, each one of a meter.

"Multiple Bijuudama's!" With a roar that shook the air, Orochimaru, in the Eight-Tails' full form, launched ten small Bijuu Bombs in different directions.

The one-meter spheres moved like guided projectiles, adjusting to the movements of the retreating ninjas.

Bum! Bum! Bum!

Each explosion left a crater and turned everything within its impact radius to ashes, the Kumogakure ninjas were thrown through the air, while others were disintegrated instantly.

The screams quickly ceased in the most affected areas, leaving only an oppressive silence and dense smoke rising into the sky.

Dodai, still in shock, turned to the future Raikage, A, who watched the scene with disbelief and a mix of rage and despair.

They could only run faster to avoid being caught, for a moment, they wished they had more legs to flee even quicker from that terrifying monster.

This incident would leave a dark psychological shadow on them, just remembering this day would send chills down their spines.

After a few minutes, the remaining ninjas managed to escape to the Land of Waterfalls, although the situation was dire, as ninjas of Kumogakure, they are naturally faster than those of other villages, so many managed to flee.

Pov Orochimaru ~

I let out a sigh after launching the last Bijuu Bombs, then released the Eight-Tails transformation and returned to my original form.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

Suddenly, Jiraiya, who didn't seem to have a scratch on him, approached me, all thanks to the healing seals, maybe I should improve my economy with them, I thought, looking at all the injured ninjas around me.

'I'll definitely do it!' A sinister smile formed on my lips.

"You kept your promise, Orochimaru," Jiraiya said with a thumbs up.

"What are you talking about?" I asked, confused.

"Hit them where it hurts most, that's what you said, well, although I don't know how you did it, you eliminated their two Jinchuriki on your own and even killed the Raikage, not to mention the thousands of casualties they suffered," Jiraiya said, letting out a sigh at the end, he doesn't like massacres, but they were enemies, it's the only thing they can do.

"That's not my intention, Jiraiya, I don't enjoy this, my goal is to bring peace to this world, not destruction, but it's a shame people don't understand unless they receive a lasting lesson," I said, looking him in the eyes.

"Hahaha, well, my goal is to marry a kunoichi sister and..." Jiraiya got serious when he saw me looking at him with disdain.

He nodded and said: "I understand, by the way, what will we do now?" he asked, looking at the devastated battlefield.

Kumogakure had suffered over a thousand casualties, and hundreds of prisoners had been captured, immobilized, and gathered to be guarded.

I walked over to Jiraiya and patted him on the shoulder: "I leave it to you, old friend, make the arrangements and give me a report when we meet again."

"Where are you going?" Jiraiya asked.

"With Tsunade of course, I have a feeling something isn't right, you take care of the situation here," I said as I walked away, then formed hand seals.

"Ink Release: Ink Bird!" I said, and a bird large enough to carry me appeared before me, it's impressive how, after devouring the Tailed Beasts, I gain an almost supernatural control over their abilities, I propelled myself and landed on the ink bird.

"By the way, Jiraiya, collect a blood sample from the fallen ninjas," I said, turning to look at him.

"Fallen ninjas? Which ones?" Jiraiya asked, confused.

"All of them," I said as I controlled the ink bird to fly into the sky.

Jiraiya was still confused when he remembered what he meant: "Wait, Orochimaru, create more healing seals, there are many wounded..." Jiraiya fell silent when he saw me disappear into the clouds.

"Fuck!" Jiraiya cursed as the veins on his forehead bulged.