Naruto: Konoha's Kanpu

"Am I seeing things?"

"What just happened?"

"In an instant... it's gone?"

As the dust settled and fell with the wind, the residents and Shinobi of Konoha were all in shock, followed by an outpouring of joy!

"This is great, this is great!"

"Although I don't know who did it, it's truly wonderful!"

"We're saved!"

"I thought I was dead for sure, sob…"

Amidst the cheers and cries of relief from countless people, the Land of Sky's Shinobi surrounded by Konoha's Shinobi showed expressions of utter despair.

"How is it possible?"

"The flying fortress built by our Land of Sky for decades… disappeared just like that?"

"Are you kidding me?!"

"This has to be a Genjutsu, I don't believe our flying fortress would disappear like this! This is absolutely fake!"

The Land of Sky's Shinobi shouted in frustration and rage.

Hearing their voices, the nearby Konoha's Shinobi finally snapped out of their daze!

'It was this group of Land of Sky's Shinobi…'

'Bastards!'

Konoha's Shinobi gripped their kunai tightly, each attached with explosive tags, staring coldly at the Land of Sky's Shinobi.

If someone hadn't annihilated the flying fortress just now, what would have happened?

They didn't dare to imagine, only feeling a lingering fear in their hearts.

And the more they feared, the stronger their killing intent grew!

After that, the Uchiha Clan, Hyuga Clan, Ino–Shika–Cho Clan, Sarutobi Clan… the group of Shinobi from various Shinobi Clan slowly turned their gaze to a short figure.

That is the previous Third Hokage, now a Senior Advisor and the commander of this operation.

Hiruzen gripped the staff Enma transformed to, and his expression is very cold, like a thousand-year-old glacier!

Originally, with Hiruzen's character, he would certainly spare the wounded, the captives, and those who surrendered. However, seeing the insane attempt of Land of Sky's Shinobi to crash the flying fortress into Konoha, the anger in Hiruzen's heart was also ignited!

'If they succeeded just now, then the entire Konoha would have been raze to the ground!'

'Hundreds of thousands of residents and nearly ten thousand Shinobi in Konoha would have died instantly!'

'The efforts of Shodaime-sama, Nidaime-sama, Yondaime, and myself over sixty years would have been wiped out in an instant!'

'Unforgivable!'

"Kill them all!!"

Hiruzen swung his staff and led the charge, "Enma, enlarge!!!"

"Understood!" A voice came from the staff, and the staff expanded savagely.

Boom!

With one strike, Hiruzen killed five Land of Sky's Shinobi directly, dominating the battlefield!

The other Konoha's Shinobi also roared and charged. Then, in less than half a minute, the demoralized Land of Sky's Shinobis were slaughtered by the angry Konoha's Shinobi.

After eliminating the Land of Sky's Shinobi and quenching their killing intent and anger, Hiruzen suddenly felt a twinge of regret. He knew that in the war between villages, no tactic was too extreme, and the Land of Sky's ruthless methods were not entirely unjustifiable.

However, what's done is done, and regretting now would be a waste of emotion.

Hiruzen took a deep breath, gathered everyone, and split them into two groups. One group went to support the village walls alongside the Anbu and Jonin Team, while he personally led the other group to the venue of Chunin Exams' finals!

…

At this moment, the walls outside Konoha are also full of cheers, but soon, Konoha's Shinobi is the first to recover, launching a surprise attack while the Kirigakure, Sunagakure, and Otogakure's armies were still celebrating, hurling Explosive Tags wildly.

Boom boom boom boom…

Amid the intense explosions, the cheers of the Shinobi army immediately turned into screams of agony.

With reinforcements arriving, the scales of victory swiftly tilted in Konoha's favor!

...

The finals' venue.

Orochimaru's 'Nativity of a World of Trees' completely altered the terrain here!

The hundred-meter-high rock walls and the surrounding grandstands had been crushed and twisted by the massive, towering trees, turning into countless fragments that rolled beside the dragon-like tree roots!

And such towering trees were everywhere within a five-kilometer radius!

But Orochimaru is not proud at all.

At this time, he stared at the tall figure in the green light floating in midair with grave expression, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

Even he couldn't handle the airborne fortress falling from the sky so steadily, let alone shattering it into dust with one blow!

Orochimaru's vertical pupils contracted tightly as he stared into Kanpū's blue eyes.

'There's no mistake, it must be those eyes!'

'Whether it's the mysterious black balls or the terrifying storm just now, it all stemmed from those eyes!'

'If I can obtain them…'

Orochimaru's heart suddenly burned with desire, and he can't wait to gouge out his Sharingan, then replace them with Kanpū's blue eyes right then and there!

At the edge of the forest, Kakashi, Guy, Asuma, and Kurenai, who was with Naruto and Sasuke, all looked up at the figure in the air. Their eyes filled with admiration, awe, or complex emotions.

Then, a strange sound interrupted them.

Boom!

A few people looked for the sound, and then saw Fugaku managed to barely control the Complete Body Susanoo. After flying here, he finally couldn't hold on any longer. His Mangekyo Sharingan almost shut down automatically, blood tears streaming down as Fugaku plummeted to the ground, landing with a thud on the grass.

"Father…" Sasuke ran over and helped him up with a complicated emotions.

To be honest, when Fugaku revealed the Complete Body Susanoo just now, Sasuke was first shocked, then fell into disbelief, followed by confusion, and finally, feeling ecstatic, thinking his father had finally become formidable!

But as a result, his father barely ascended before almost getting taken down by Orochimaru. Finally, he managed to get rid of the sea of ​​trees, but…

Sasuke's feelings were incredibly complicated.

However, compared to Fugaku, Sasuke is in a light mood.

'My eyes…' Fugaku got up from the ground and wiped away the blood tears. When he opened his eyes slightly, he felt his pupils sting, and the world in front of him also covered in hazy veil.

'Damn it!'

Fugaku was deeply resentful. He had activated the Complete Body Susanoo and used Amaterasu, but as a result, he hadn't accomplished anything significant, losing everything in vain!

Now, he could only hope that after this battle, Minato would be kind enough to share the solution to the Mangekyo's blindness problem.

"Is everyone alright?" At this moment, Minato teleported to Kakashi's side with a Flying Thunder God Technique and asked loudly.

Everyone shook their heads, then Kakashi's eye widened as he noticed they were missing someone, and said anxiously: "Minato-sensei, Tenzo hasn't come out yet!"

"I know. "Minato nodded solemnly.

Just now, when Tenzo recklessly used Wood Release to confront Orochimaru, Minato had reminded him to withdraw quickly, but unfortunately, Tenzo was a step too slow.

At that time, Minato had wanted to rush in to save him, but it was a pity that Orochimaru's sea of ​​trees grew too fast, and even he didn't dare to venture deep!

'If only I had placed a special kunai on Tenzo, this is my mistake…' Minato sighed lightly.

"Now it's your turn, Orochimaru."

Having destroyed the flying fortress in one blow and saved hundreds of thousands of lives in Konoha, Kanpū didn't feel the slightest bit of complacency. He lowered his gaze towards the figure within the forest who had malicious intentions towards him.

"Gekko Kanpū…" Orochimaru's eyes greedily fixed on Kanpū.

Kanpū chuckled angrily upon hearing it, 'This sneaky snake, Orochimaru, calls me Kanpū-kun when he thinks he can defeat me, but uses my full name when he feels threatened. What a crafty little serpent!'

Kanpū was about to retort, when from the corner of his eyes, he suddenly saw black streak silently shooting towards him from afar!

'Bijudama?'

Kanpū was stunned, 'Which Biju had the audacity to provoke me?'

Before he could process this thought, the huge Bijudama with a radius of five meters had already descended with terrifying momentum.

Following it were a series of ear-piercing sonic booms, thundering down.

Kanpū's mind moved, and the four Truth-Seeking Balls instantly formed a round shield in front of him.

"Hey, this is a Bijudama! That idiot Kanpū, he wouldn't be thinking about taking the attack head-on, right?" When Kakashi, who is outside the forest, saw this, his eye nearly popped out.

But before he could comment further, the massive Biju hit the shield formed by the Truth-Seeking Balls.

Boom!

The dazzling firelight and a powerful shockwave instantly swept across, rippling far and wide.

"That Kanpū is too reckless!" Even standing several kilometers away, with numerous trees in front, Kakashi was pushed back repeatedly by the shockwave.

Guy, Asuma, Kurenai, and the others were no exception.

Naruto, Sasuke and Fugaku were had it worse, as they were being directly blown into the air and landing heavily.

Crack.

Fugaku felt like his leg had broken.

As the shockwave gradually dissipated, Kakashi couldn't help but say, "Minato-sensei, you should help Kanpū… Minato-sensei?" Kakashi looked around and found Minato had disappeared.

'He's gone?'

'He should be teleporting away with Flying Thunder God Technique, right?'

'Wait!'

'That Bijudama just now… could it be from Ichibi?'

'Ichibi was transferred away by Minato-sensei. If there's no surprise, it should be dealt with by Minato-sensei's wife, and now that Bijudama suddenly appeared…'

A bad premonition surged in Kakashi's heart.