"Kyōi! Take the child to the shelter cave!"
Kyōi hurriedly picked up the child and ran towards the Hokage Rock. She looked back and said:
"Kōji, you're just a busy, overworked Chūnin who doesn't earn much no matter how hard you work. Don't be too reckless!"
Yōkō was taken aback. Yeah, where's my money?
Last time I killed Mitokado Homura, I just killed him, didn't take the money. Mitokado Koshi had over 100 million Ryo in savings!
"Kyōi! Wait for me! I'll definitely complete a B-rank mission tonight! I'll bring back a lot of money for you!"
In the blink of an eye, Kyōi could no longer see Kōji's figure.
After the blue Chakra giant smashed through the wall, a huge piece of stone came hurtling towards Kyōi!
The stone tumbled through the air; only as it got closer did she realize it was as big as a house.
Kyōi's heart skipped a beat. An Iwa-nin Jōnin's Earth Release: Flying Rubble is only about this level, right?
Just as she was about to dodge while holding the child, a massive maple tree erupted from the ground not far in front of her!
The maple tree blocked the giant boulder!
Maple leaves were knocked loose, fluttering all around.
Standing on the maple tree was a figure wearing a hooded robe.
Kyōi breathed a sigh of relief. This is Konoha; there are still many strong shinobi here.
Not just in front of her, Kyōi saw maple trees sprouting one after another on the streets of the nearby blocks.
The maple trees protected the Konoha villagers, blocking the flying boulders.
In the dark night, fiery red maple trees bloomed.
Kyōi thought to herself, With such a strong shinobi in Konoha, Kōji probably won't encounter any danger, right?
Not daring to delay any longer, Kyōi blended into the crowd with her child and ran towards the Hokage Rock.
A fifty-meter tall Susano'o, holding twin swords, smashed through the wall.
Yōkō glanced at the other Susano'o in different directions, wondering how the village would deploy its forces.
The one closest to him, the Susano'o to the east of the village, seemed to be his to handle.
A squad of shinobi from the watchtower on the wall fearlessly jumped towards the Susano'o, only to be swept away by a single sword stroke, all of them killed.
The kinetic force of the Susano'o's great sword was so immense that it directly shattered the shinobi.
Bits of flesh flew everywhere, but it didn't frighten the other shinobi.
A second squad, seeing the first squad annihilated, their squad leader shouted: "Buy time for the civilians to evacuate! Don't be afraid! Follow me!"
The four leaped high into the air; one held a kunai, another had explosive tags, and another was forming hand signs preparing to use a ninjutsu.
Among them, the Hyūga shinobi, Hyūga Tasuku, wore a bitter expression on his face.
He thought he would always be a reconnaissance shinobi, well-protected by others.
He never expected he would have to face such a dangerous enemy directly.
He couldn't back down now. He must never let others look down on the Hyūga shinobi.
The Susano'o was over fifty meters tall. Were the chakra points on this giant even larger than his head?
Could his fingers even hit such large chakra points?
No one had taught them how to deal with such a terrifying enemy.
Hyūga Tasuku's strongest ability was the Sixty-Four Palms of the Eight Trigrams for striking tenketsu. His fingers struck the Susano'o's calf, but...
His fingers broke first.
Why was the gap so large?
What kind of monster was this?!
His Chakra was useless against the giant.
Hyūga Tasuku looked inside the Chakra giant; there was an old man with white hair inside.
His eyes... were the Sharingan!
Kunai, explosive tags, Fire Release... all were futile, at most creating some smoke.
When the smoke cleared, the Susano'o was intact.
Hyūga Tasuku hurriedly shouted: "Squad Leader! Inside the giant is an Uchiha clan shinobi!"
"Damn Uchiha!"
The Squad Leader looked up at the Susano'o in despair, swallowed hard with difficulty, and finally said: "Disperse... Even if he can kill us, it should waste a few more seconds of his time..."
Following the Squad Leader's order, the three team members scattered.
The Squad Leader stood in front of the Susano'o, while the others moved to its sides, hoping to delay the Susano'o this way.
The great sword swept horizontally in a terrifying arc, perfectly positioned to slash all four members of this squad.
At that moment, a voice rang out in the dark night.
"Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees!"
The Susano'o's great sword was blocked by vigorously growing maple trees!
After shattering three large trees, the sword's kinetic energy was exhausted, stuck in a thick tree trunk.
The Squad Leader suddenly felt a shadow fall over him.
He looked up and saw a massive wooden dragon head slowly extending forward directly above him.
The moonlight was blocked; he was sheltered beneath the dragon's head.
The dragon head was over ten meters in size, emitting creaking sounds of wood straining.
Even the dragon's whiskers were thicker than a man's waist.
The Squad Leader could only see the wooden dragon's chin, but he knew who had arrived.
In Konoha Village, there was only one shinobi famous for Wood Release: the Anbu's Lord Fox.
A voice came from above.
"Squad Leader! Take your squad and evacuate the civilians. Leave this Susano'o giant to me."
The Squad Leader hurriedly jumped backward.
This squad had survived.
The Squad Leader said to his team members: "It's the Anbu's Lord Fox! We'll do as he says, evacuate the civilians in the area!"
Hyūga Tasuku looked back at the Anbu shinobi clad in a white hood and wearing a fox mask, standing on the wooden dragon.
The Anbu were too mysterious for Hyūga Tasuku; he didn't even know who the strong ones in the Anbu were.
Clan Leader Tengaku had taught them that as Hyūga shinobi, they should look at what they are supposed to see, and not look at things they shouldn't, otherwise they would die ugly deaths.
Especially, they must not look at the Hokage Building, nor at the clan leaders of various clans.
If they saw any bad secrets, they would be silenced.
Judging by the Squad Leader's tone, this Lord Fox seemed very strong.
The next moment, he saw the wooden dragon swiftly wrap around the Susano'o giant.
The Susano'o giant's Chakra became turbulent; large amounts of Chakra disappeared, and its form instantly shrank somewhat.
At the same time, the wooden dragon became thicker and more resilient.
One wooden dragon wasn't enough. Lord Fox summoned a second wooden dragon. The two dragons entwined, one in front and one behind, firmly binding the Susano'o giant.
In terms of pure Chakra reserve, Yōkō was now also at the Peak Kage-level. A Susano'o created by a Wood Clone was no match for him.
The two wooden dragons absorbed Chakra, and the Susano'o soon shattered.
Uchiha Madara was exposed.
Two coiling wooden dragons swirled around Uchiha Madara like a tornado.
Uchiha Madara looked up at Fox and said, "You again..."
Yōkō wouldn't give Uchiha Madara a chance to spout trash talk. Just a Wood Clone, and you still want to act impressive?
The two wooden dragons dove down one after the other.
Uchiha Madara dodged the first wooden dragon but was slammed hard into the ground by the second.
The ground was plowed open. Uchiha Madara's Wood Clone was crushed, its upper and lower body turning into two wooden stumps.
The wooden dragon quickly rose, lifting Yōkō into the air.
He surveyed Konoha Village.
Near the Susano'o on the south side of the village, Tsunade had arrived in time and was intervening to stop it.
Tsunade had released her Yin Seal; her Chakra reserve was immense. Punch after punch, she forced the Susano'o back, out of the village.
Cracks appeared on the Susano'o.
The Susano'o to the west of the village was being held back by the Ino–Shika–Chō trio.
Two Akimichi clan shinobi transformed into dozens-meter tall giants. The Ino–Shika–Chō trio barely managed to hold back the Susano'o.
Judging by the strength of the Wood Clone Susano'o, this Uchiha Madara was weaker than the Edo Tensei Madara summoned by Kabuto in the original story.
Yōkō turned and charged towards the direction of the Ino–Shika–Chō trio.
Tsunade was fine, but the Ino–Shika–Chō trio lacked sufficient strength and wouldn't be able to hold out for long.
Yamanaka Inson, seeing the Anbu Vice-Commander Fox running swiftly along the wall towards them, felt relieved.
If Lord Fox is coming to support us, there probably won't be any danger.
But then Yamanaka Inson saw Fox freeze mid-path.
Yamanaka Inson followed Fox's line of sight and discovered a Susano'o had appeared in the center of Konoha Village!
That Susano'o was different – clad in armor, clearly much stronger than the flimsy ones they were fighting.
Yōkō stared in astonishment towards the direction of the Senju clan district!
Uchiha Madara's real body was there!
What was he trying to do...
Soon, the Nine-Tails' Chakra appeared. Uchiha Madara's target was Kushina!
Within the Senju clan district.
Uchiha Madara hovered inside the Susano'o, watching the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki erupt with a pitiful three tails.
"You dare to bear the name Uzumaki?" Uchiha Madara said:
"Uzumaki Mito is one thing; she was the woman Senju Hashirama chose.
But the Uzumaki clan is so weak; they deserved to be wiped out.
It's time for you to die, Nine-Tails Jinchūriki."
Kushina, lying on the ground, grew even angrier upon hearing Uchiha Madara's words. More and more Nine-Tails Chakra emerged.
The Complete Body Susano'o swung its sword!
A blazing sword aura tore through the Senju district, striking Kushina.
Even stray sword auras flying out chipped away at the Hokage Rock.
The faces of Senju Tobirama and Sarutobi Hiruzen were left with only their chins.
Senju Hashirama's hair on his carving was grazed by the sword aura, leaving several cracks on the face.
Uchiha Madara stared at Hashirama's carving for three or four seconds, not even noticing Sarutobi Hiruzen and others appearing around him with the Body Flicker Technique.
He withdrew his gaze and looked down at the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki.
That first sword strike had already sheared off the Jinchūriki's Tailed Beast Chakra, exposing the Jinchūriki herself.
A second sword strike, the tip thrusting fiercely towards Uzumaki Kushina.
Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had arrived just in time, swung the Adamantine Staff, trying to deflect the Complete Body Susano'o's luminous sword.
However, the Complete Body Susano'o's other sword blocked Sarutobi Hiruzen's Adamantine Staff.
"Damn it!"
Namikaze Minato stood in front of Uzumaki Kushina, gathering all his Chakra into the Chakra short sword in his hand.
Condensed Wind Release Chakra appeared on the short sword, a colorless, transparent blade aura capable of distorting light!
However, he was still too young, too weak.
No matter how strong the thirteen or fourteen-year-old Namikaze Minato was, he couldn't possibly be a match for the Complete Body Susano'o.
The luminous sword thrust down, pierced through Namikaze Minato, and finally stabbed into Uzumaki Kushina's chest, cutting both of them into four pieces.
"Uchiha Madara!"
The Nine-Tails' voice rang out. However, his Jinchūriki was too weak; even if he was willing, Uzumaki Kushina couldn't withstand his Chakra.
On the distant wall, Yōkō finally understood what Uchiha Madara was trying to do.
Different from the original story, Hatake Sakumo survived, Tsunade didn't leave the village, and Yōkō himself had appeared.
Konoha Village was much stronger than in the same period of the original story. Uchiha Madara believed that leaving the Nine-Tails in Konoha would make it difficult to retrieve later.
Therefore, Uchiha Madara acted early to clear obstacles for Nagato.
Killing the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki would cause the Nine-Tails to be reborn somewhere in the Land of Fire in a few years, making its capture easier.
Killing enough Konoha shinobi tonight would also weaken Konoha, preventing the Nine-Tails from being sealed by Konoha again in the future.
Yōkō frowned.
Uzumaki Kushina couldn't die. If she died, Uchiha Madara's side, or rather Black Zetsu's side, would have too great an advantage.
He had to rewind time...
Yōkō continued charging towards the battlefield where the Ino–Shika–Chō trio fought the Wood Clone Susano'o.
After one Body Flicker, Yōkō appeared beneath an iron rod.
The thick iron rod directly crushed Yōkō to death.
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