The Nine-Tails was a pure chakra energy being. Although its external appearance was relatively fixed, its size fluctuated between 30 and 100 meters due to the varying levels of energy it contained each time it was released.
The Nine-Tails that Habara encountered was the complete Nine-Tails, and its size was basically at its maximum. Therefore, after being swatted away by one of its tails, he instantly experienced what it felt like to fly, what it felt like to experience 18 Gs of force.
With a series of dull thuds, Habara's body first crashed through an entire building within Konoha, and then slammed into the outer wall of a second building.
Spiderweb-like cracks instantly spread across the wall. The sudden deceleration and the violent impact on his brain and organs almost made Habara pass out. In fact, for a moment, he did pass out. However, just as he began to freefall, a strong sense of danger made him regain consciousness again.
So, Habara instinctively reached out his arm, and his five-fingered iron claw deeply embedded itself into the wall, temporarily hanging him there.
And in the air, not far in front of Habara's landing point, something that looked like it was hanging from a parachute was slowly drifting down.
Although Habara was relatively resistant to damage in his current state, the Nine-Tails' physical attack power was absolutely not to be underestimated. Therefore, this fall wasn't easy on him... This showed that ordinary ninjas had no possibility of contending with the Nine-Tails.
A Rasenshuriken and a mercury lamp weren't enough to subdue the Nine-Tails; instead, they would make it even more violent. But regardless, at this time, the Nine-Tails was disoriented and its movements were sluggish; for this moment, it was temporarily suppressed.
The Third Hokage, along with two teams of ANBU ninjas, quickly arrived at Habara's location, and then they saw what was falling from the sky.
"Hokage-sama, it's Sarutobi Biwako-sama..."
Habara also released his grip and slid down from the wall.
Before crashing down, he had released Biwako in mid-air. Otherwise, if this severely injured person had slammed into the wall like him, she would have been dead for sure.
"Her injuries are very serious!"
The Third Hokage had originally been walking towards Habara, but the ANBU ninja's voice made him stop... With a little thought, he knew what had happened. The Nine-Tails being released meant that the delivery room had been attacked, and Habara had rescued Biwako.
"Get her to medical treatment immediately. Take Biwako away from the battlefield!" the Third Hokage said.
Although he was very worried about his wife's condition, his responsibility as Hokage prevented him from attending to his family. He absolutely couldn't leave here at this time.
Seeing an ANBU ninja quickly carry away Biwako, the Third Hokage strode over to Habara. " Riku, how are you?"
At this time, Habara was half-kneeling on the ground, his breathing uneven.
The Third Hokage waved his hand, preparing to have another ANBU take Habara away.
However, Habara reached out and stopped the other person. "I'm... not... a big... problem, but... I need... to rest... for a while."
The Third Hokage could see that Habara's current state was not right. It was probably a side effect of him forcefully using some secret technique to fight the Nine-Tails. To others, it seemed that Habara had briefly suppressed the Nine-Tails, but it was clear that he was now unable to fight again.
"You did well, but we can't kill the Nine-Tails now, or everything will be irreversible."
This made Habara look at the Third Hokage with some surprise.
"Hokage-sama, prioritize dealing with the Nine-Tails. Leave things here to other ninjas," an ANBU ninja reminded him.
This was a time when every second counted; they couldn't waste time here.
At this time, another group of ninjas responsible for guiding the villagers to safety rushed over. Habara could have them take him to the hospital, so the Third Hokage nodded, and then the group rushed towards the Nine-Tails again.
However, just as the Third Hokage was about to reach the Nine-Tails, its massive figure abruptly disappeared... In Konoha, only one person had the ability to take away the Nine-Tails in this way.
Then, the Nine-Tails' figure appeared far from Konoha, but still within sight.
"Fourth... pursue!" The Third Hokage, without thinking, ordered again.
...
After the Hokage left, another team of ninjas indeed appeared beside Habara.
"Hey, how are you?" a thirty-something-year-old male ninja asked about his condition.
Beneath the mask, bright red blood was dripping down Habara's cheek. Even without the Tailed Beast Bomb, the Nine-Tails was terrifying, terrifying enough to kill two people with a single claw.
Habara wearily waved his hand, indicating that he wasn't a big problem. Then, ignoring the ninjas present, he directly pulled open his collar, exposing his chest, and began to undo the seals one by one.
Realizing that Habara was performing a very dangerous emergency procedure on himself, the ninja told his teammates to continue guiding the civilians to safety, while he silently stood guard beside Habara.
One by one, as the last seal was undone, Habara finally felt the pressure on his entire body being relieved... Just now, he was like a balloon that was constantly inflating and could burst at any moment, and now the balloon had finally deflated.
A large amount of sweat directly turned into rising steam, surrounding Habara. This made him look like a steamed shrimp.
"Are... you really alright? You should go to Konoha Hospital immediately."
Seeing Habara's condition, the ninja said with some concern.
Habara leaned against the wall and slowly stood up, then slowly adjusted his clothes... From his bones to his muscles, there wasn't a part of his body that didn't ache.
"Thank you, but I'm fine," Habara said to the ninja. "I can't go to the hospital right now."
Habara decided to continue to the front lines of the battle, because at this time, being by the Hokage's side was completely different from not being by the Hokage's side. Although what happened tonight was unexpected, since he had already become deeply involved in the Nine-Tails incident, it was very necessary for him to continue to maintain a presence until the incident was over.
This was very important.
"You have your mission, and I have mine. Especially at a critical time like this, ninjas like us should be even more loyal to our duty, shouldn't we?"
After saying this, Habara began to walk in the direction outside of Konoha. And since he had already said this, the other person couldn't persuade him anymore.
After Habara left, the ninja's companion returned.
"Umino, the civilians in the area behind us have all gone to safety. Next, we should search the area where the Nine-Tails appeared just now," one ninja said.
"Mm, I hope not too many people were killed," said the ninja named Umino.
"Don't worry, the Hokage-sama and the ANBU ninjas stopped the Nine-Tails immediately..."
"That's good."
Regardless of Habara's personal ambitions and the unexpected nature of his joining the battle, in short, after coming to this world, he had done something meaningful for the first time, saving some people who shouldn't have died.