"Bang——"
The door to the Hokage Office was pushed open roughly.
"Department Head Aoki Yoru, you better go take a look. There are many people gathered under the Hokage Building demanding an explanation from you."
"An explanation?"
Aoki Yoru immediately unleashed his mental energy, checking the situation outside.
Before long, a mocking smile appeared on his face, and he stood up and walked out.
At this time, the Hokage Building was already surrounded by about five hundred people, clamoring for Aoki Yoru to give an account of himself.
Although the two Advisors had already surrendered on behalf of the four great clans, there were still vested interest groups who did not want to lose their benefits and were making a final struggle.
They incited the Ninjas of their clans to surround the Hokage Building, intending to make the matter widely known and use public opinion to pressure Lady Tsunade into submission.
Of course, they dared not point their spears at the Hokage, as that would be completely tearing off the mask, so they pointed them at Aoki Yoru instead.
In the scene, the Anbu stood around, weapons in hand, staring closely at the troublemakers. If they dared to force their way in, the Anbu would start a massacre.
In the distance, some civilians who did not know the truth and Ninjas looking for excitement had gathered around.
"Hey, Asuma, won't you be implicated by your clan doing this?" Kurenai Yuhi, who was beside Asuma, asked with a worried face.
Asuma looked straight at the crowd, then exhaled a puff of smoke. "Let them be. The old man spoiled them too much when he was around."
Asuma also couldn't stand his clan's actions and had tried to stop them, but it was useless.
He had also questioned his father. At that time, his father was smoking and said helplessly, "Asuma, when you are in my position, you will find—for the sake of the Village's overall situation, some things have to be compromised, and some choices have to be made."
In the end, Asuma ran off to become one of the Twelve Guardian Ninja, out of sight and out of mind.
"Lady Tsunade, are you really not going to do anything?" Shizune asked worriedly.
There was no look of worry on Lady Tsunade's face. She had already won; these were just minor irritations, boring struggles.
A look of watching a show appeared on her face. "I wonder how that kid Yoru will handle this."
Before long, Aoki Yoru walked out, a mocking smile still hanging on his face.
As soon as he appeared, the surrounding crowd instantly erupted; curses, questions, and pitiful cries flooded in like a tide.
"Aoki Yoru! What right do you have to touch our missions?!"
"That's right! Now that no missions are being assigned to us, how are we supposed to feed our children?!"
"Give us a way to live! My husband died in the war; if you don't give us missions, we widows and orphans won't be able to survive!"
But Aoki Yoru merely glanced at them, his gaze like that of someone looking at a group of clowns.
"Are you done making noise?"
His voice was not loud, but it drowned out all the clamor. "The explanation you want, I will give you."
His eyes suddenly sank, and an invisible mental energy exploded violently, mixed with Natural Energy, sweeping across the entire scene like a tsunami.
The troublemaking Ninjas in the field bore the brunt of it. The weakest Genin and Chunin felt as if their brains had been struck by a heavy hammer; their vision went black, and they fell straight to the ground.
A few Special Jonin and Jonin tried to hold on with all their might, but their knees uncontrollably slammed into the ground. They gasped for air, lacking even the strength to lift their heads.
Aoki Yoru narrowed his eyes again, and his mental energy surged violently. Even those Jonin who were holding on could no longer bear it; their consciousness sank, and they passed out completely on the ground.
This pressure even spread outside the area. The onlookers felt a cold sense of oppression suddenly weigh on their hearts. Many Genin and civilians had their legs go weak on the spot and collapsed to the ground.
Others also turned deathly pale, gritting their teeth to hold on, and even breathing became difficult.
Looking at the unconscious crowd, there was no fluctuation on Aoki Yoru's face. He had already stepped one foot across the threshold of the Super Kage level; numbers were meaningless to him.
Aoki Yoru scanned the stunned Anbu. "Tell their clans to come and redeem them. Openly besieging the Hokage Building is a major taboo. 100,000 bail per person; if they don't pay, drag them off to do hard labor."
Saying this, he returned to the office without looking back.
Aoki Yoru didn't care about the slander or curses at all; he didn't care about the position of Hokage either.
He was not Minato Namikaze or Naruto, who would gently reason with them and then have all parties return satisfied.
If it were Naruto, he might have been threatened by them; after all, that guy was an idealist who wanted everyone to be satisfied.
But he didn't stop to think that the cake was only so big; if some people ate more, others would eat less.
He was simply not suitable to be a leader. Like Hashirama, his strength was just too great, suppressing all dissenting voices.
Otherwise, in terms of political maneuvering, he would have been played to death and wouldn't have survived the second episode.
With his departure, the pressure on the scene immediately dissipated.
At this moment, the whole scene was still silent.
Everyone was stunned by Aoki Yoru's strength, their minds blank.
He had actually taken down nearly five hundred Ninjas in an instant, and one had to know that there were three Jonin among them.
Even as strong as the Fourth Hokage, he had only taken down fifty enemies in an instant on the battlefield, but that was killing; Aoki Yoru's feat was much harder.
Like Aoki Yoru, a small-scale battle wouldn't even need to be fought; the other side might as well just surrender.
After a long time, everyone finally came back to their senses.
It immediately became restless.
Kage level, this was definitely Kage level strength.
Although they didn't know how he did it, it was definitely Kage level. Another powerhouse had appeared in Konoha.
The Anbu who had come to their senses immediately stepped forward to check. Seeing that they were just unconscious, they breathed a sigh of relief. If they had all been killed, the impact would have been too great.
Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi were gasping for air, cold sweat streaming down. The pressure from just a moment ago had almost suffocated them.
The two looked at each other, their faces filled with shock.
"I didn't expect him to grow so fast; we can no longer see his back."
Asuma said with lingering fear. He had seen the battle between Aoki Yoru and Kisame and believed he could still resist if he faced him.
But this move just now—he didn't even have the thought of resisting. Like the Fourth Hokage's Flying Thunder God, if you encounter it, you just run.
Kurenai Yuhi wore a bitter expression and sighed: "Yes, we can no longer keep up with the times."
Back then, she and Asuma were the second tier of geniuses after Kakashi, but now they couldn't even see the back of Kakashi's disciple. The gap between people was even greater than the gap between humans and dogs!
Lady Tsunade was also shocked by Aoki Yoru's strength; that pressure just now.
Even if she had encountered it, she would have been caught off guard and affected, let alone ordinary Ninjas.
Didn't you see Shizune sitting on the chair, face pale, gasping for air? Tonton had passed out directly.
She knew that kid Yoru was very strong, but she didn't expect him to be this strong.
She admitted she couldn't do what he just did.
She could take them down instantly, but knocking them out without harming their lives was very difficult.
Not to mention there were three Jonin inside; although they were weak, they were still Jonin, with their own unique skills. Even if they encountered a Kage level, they could struggle for a bit.
"He's quite capable!"
Lady Tsunade couldn't help but laugh, laughing very happily and purely.
She looked up at the blue sky outside the window and muttered to herself: "Grandfather, you see, right? The new buds of Konoha have grown up; Konoha will only get better and better."