Chương 192: Chapter 193: The Rampage of the Ultimate Summoning Beast

How was the Uzumaki Village shattered back then? Dongye zhen didn't know, nor did he care. It was ancient history, irrelevant to his life. Curiosity alone wasn't worth courting trouble. The annihilation of the Uzumaki happened quickly—so quickly that even Konoha couldn't intervene in time. There was no room for conspiracy theories here. Both Mito Uzumaki and Kushina Uzumaki, successive jinchūriki of the Nine-Tails, could attest to that.

Whether the surviving Uzumaki clanspeople bore suspicion or resentment toward Konoha, no one knew. In the end, they scattered across the world, living under assumed names, quietly building new lives. That was why Dongye zhen had told Uzuki Yuyaka: why should she go to Konoha? If it weren't for Grass Hidden Village treating Kaori and her daughter like treasures, they might not have wanted to leave at all. The same logic applied to the Uzumaki girl on Summoning Island.

From appearances, she was living comfortably here. Only by making her feel despair would she willingly come to Konoha. Fortunately, Dongye zhen didn't need to intervene. Whatever they were doing now, it was already teetering on the edge of death. If the "strongest" summoning beast in the pool didn't go berserk, he had no reason to provoke it. At most, he might ask the girl herself what she wanted. No matter how his strength evolved, he was the type who respected others' choices.

After instructing the three—Hayate, Yuyaka, and Yamato—to rotate watches, Dongye zhen quietly slipped away, wandering through the lab to probe its secrets. He didn't know when the man-made ultimate summoning beast might awaken, but patience was never in short supply for a ninja. That night, having completed his investigation, Dongye zhen returned to the cavern where the four were hiding. Hayate asked: "Any useful intel? Is this Orochimaru's base?" Dongye zhen shook his head.

"From what I've gathered, no. This belongs to a faction of shinobi from the Land of Seas. Hidden Cloud Village was involved at first, hoping these people could breed powerful, controllable summoning beasts. In the end, it produced nothing and they gave up." Uzuki Yuyaka frowned: "Nothing useful? Those creatures outside look terrifying enough." Dongye zhen smirked slightly.

"Size doesn't equal strength. Their combat capability is low, their intelligence minimal, and they're nearly impossible to train. They eat more than they're worth. Who'd bother?"

"And the creature in the pool?"

"That one… the Land of Seas' own project. They wanted the ultimate summoning beast to realize some laughable ambition." Yamato frowned.

"So this has nothing to do with our mission? Should we leave?" Dongye zhen's eyes narrowed.

"Not yet. The beast's mental fluctuations are becoming unstable—it could awaken at any moment. We wait a little longer." Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings.

"Fine, but we don't need to all crowd in here. I can watch while you eat and rest." Dongye zhen shoved a Flying Thunder God kunai into the cave wall.

"No need. Staying here risks discovery. Let's go together. I can sense everything—if something happens, we'll return." He was right. On the third day, by noon, the creature in the lab's pool began to stir violently. Even from outside, Dongye zhen felt its sudden surge of murderous and predatory intent. It was about to wake. With a flash, Dongye zhen appeared in the cavern with the three others, looking down at the pool. The strange liquid churned violently.

The beast's tiny forepaws were laughably inadequate for its massive frame, but its flexible tentacles whipped through the water with terrifying speed. Panic erupted among the lab staff. The leader shouted: "Control it! Keep it under control!" The two squads of guarding ninjas pressed forward, hands plunging into the pool's side channels. They gripped the handles and poured chakra into the water, attempting to suppress the beast. Runes spread across the water's surface—but it was useless.

They didn't even comprehend the horror they had created. Without opening its eyes, the creature effortlessly shattered the water's seal and rose, releasing a continuous, spine-chilling roar. Its tentacles shot out, wrapping around the two squads of ninjas and tossing them straight into its gaping maw, swallowed without chewing. The researchers screamed in horror. The leader bellowed: "Honoka! Seal it—now!"

The Uzumaki girl knelt at the center of the sealing formation beneath the pool, placing her hands on the marks and activating their last method of control. The entire seal flared with blinding light. Her chakra, guided by the formation, twisted into serpentine runes that sought to entangle the beast. It resembled Kushina Uzumaki's Absolute Sealing Chains—but with far weaker effect. Kushina could unleash chains directly from within her body, subduing even the Nine-Tails.

This girl struggled just to restrain an unknown creature. The rune chains barely hindered the beast. Its tentacles lashed out again, annihilating the last hope, consuming the remaining researchers like the ninjas before them. Despair engulfed the red-haired Uzumaki girl. Persisting with the seal, she knew she wouldn't last long. Step away and she would die faster. She could only pray helplessly: Save me… anyone… please. From their vantage point in the cavern, Dongye zhen and the three others remained calm.

They did not intervene. The Land of Seas was not Konoha's ally. Being remote and geopolitically isolated, it naturally leaned toward the Land of Lightning. Besides, for creatures capable of threatening Konoha, death was preferable. Even Uzuki felt no undue pity. Were it not for Kushina's legacy, the surviving Uzumaki would have been left to their fate. As the beast nearly snapped the seal chains, the four moved.

Dongye zhen appeared beside the girl, scooping her into his arms and flying upward, narrowly evading the tentacles. The beast, enraged at losing its prey, erupted from the pool, intent on devouring the next target it saw. Chaos ruled its mind; instinct drove it to kill and consume everything. This was its evolutionary path—humans had tried to create the ultimate summoning beast through endless absorption and fusion, without considering whether they could control it.

Left unchecked, it would be a disaster for humanity. The Uzumaki girl could hardly believe her prayers had been answered. She opened her eyes to see herself airborne, held by someone wearing a mask—identity unknown. The tentacles whipped toward them like lightning, furious at the theft of its meal. Dongye zhen reacted instantly, dodging and tossing the girl to Hayate and Yuyaka below.

"Watch her," he instructed. Then to Yamato: "Kakushou, take control of this monster when the time's right." Dodging the tentacles, he formed hand seals, launching a technique. [Sage Art: Wind Release – Air Circular Slash] A massive wind disc surged forward, severing the beast's tentacles and slicing it cleanly at the waist. Yet it did not die. From the wound sprouted countless tiny tentacles, intertwining to pull the halves together. Even severed tentacles began regenerating. As expected.

Dongye zhen had sensed its extraordinary vitality—it would be nearly impossible to kill by conventional means. After all, even Tsunade couldn't kill it by splitting it in half, let alone a creature like this.