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Kenshi stood on the back of the clay bird, a hundred meters above Sunagakure. The loudspeaker he'd specifically purchased worked well. C
Kenshi stood on the back of the clay bird, a hundred meters above Sunagakure. The loudspeaker he'd specifically purchased worked well. Combined with the high stone walls surrounding Sunagakure, creating an echo effect, his words reached most of the village.
It was midday, and the streets were bustling.
People looked up, following the direction of the voice.
A hundred meters above the Kazekage Tower, the figure was indistinct, but the white clay bird was strikingly visible.
"Who is that?"
"What did he say?"
"The Kazekage-sama is dead?"
"He killed him?"
"How is that possible?"
"The Kazekage-sama is so strong, the strongest Kazekage of all time. How could he possibly be…"
People murmured amongst themselves. Initially, many wanted to point out the Third Kazekage's strength, his invincibility. But then they recalled Chiyo's report of his disappearance.
For a moment, a strange silence fell over Sunagakure.
Bang, bang… Chiyo and the others arrived on the rooftops.
"Who are you?"
"Coward, hiding your face! Did you attack the Third Kazekage and his party?"
Chiyo shouted up at Kenshi, who wore a white vortex mask, concealing his features.
"Except for a red-haired brat who got away, everyone else is dead."
Having provided Sasori with a reason to return to the village, Kenshi sneered, "Including your so-called strongest Kazekage. Truly pathetic. He was far weaker than the Third Mizukage."
Damn it… Kenshi's words broke through the Sand ninjas' defenses. The enemy had killed the Third Kazekage, and now dared to taunt them alone in their village. This was unbearable.
"Kill him!"
Watanabe's face darkened as he gave the order, unwilling to hear another word from the bastard in the sky. The enemy's appearance meant the Third Kazekage was likely dead, his plan to force Kazeyuki's defection ruined. He just wanted to kill the one who'd wrecked his plans.
"Kill!"
The ninjas manning the ballistae on the rooftops fired sharp arrows.
"Hahaha…" Kenshi laughed, controlling the clay bird to ascend, dodging the barrage of arrows.
Soon, the clay bird reached a kilometer above Sunagakure's rooftops.
At this height, the arrows were useless; they couldn't reach the clay bird.
"Sasori is alive!!!"
Chiyo was overjoyed. Though the Third Kazekage might be dead, she couldn't suppress her joy. Her grandson was alive!
"Damn it, that guy's flying too high!"
"Our attacks can't reach him!"
"Rasa, can you do it?"
In a corner of Sunagakure, Rasa's uncle looked at his gifted nephew, excitement flashing in his eyes. "Only you in the entire village can fly into the sky and fight the enemy. If you defeat this enemy in front of everyone, the next Kazekage will be you."
His uncle's voice was filled with excitement. With the Third Kazekage's death, Kazeyuki and Sasori were the most likely candidates for the Fourth Kazekage. But now, one couldn't reach the enemy in the sky, and the other was likely dead.
If Rasa could turn the tide and defeat the enemy in the sky,
Everyone in the village would realize that only Rasa, who mastered Magnet Release and could control sand to fly, could protect them and was worthy of being the Fourth Kazekage.
"I understand."
Facing his uncle's expectations, the ambitious Rasa realized this was an opportunity. Regardless of the Kazekage position, he had to stand up against the enemy's attack on the village.
Rasa used Magnet Release to control sand from the ground, forming a mass, jumping onto it, and flying towards Kenshi.
"Come on, let me see what kind of powerhouses Sunagakure has!"
In the sky, Kenshi smiled slightly, then thought, and a giant white clay sphere instantly condensed.
Just like in Kumogakure, countless clay birds transformed from the surface of the giant white clay sphere, scattering downwards like a storm.
"Sister, the enemy's attack is coming!"
Seeing the countless clay birds falling from the sky, Ebizō's face changed drastically. He quickly warned his sister.
Now wasn't the time to think about his grandson; they had to repel the enemy first.
Bang, bang, bang!
Ebizō unfurled scrolls, summoning three puppets. He controlled them to fly into the sky, ready to intercept the falling clay birds.
At the same time, he ordered other ninjas, having Water Release and Lightning Release ninjas cooperate to intercept as many clay birds as possible. Other ninjas were to quickly evacuate the villagers to shelters.
Ebizō, living up to his reputation as a wise man, quickly made arrangements, stabilizing Sunagakure, which had lost its command with the Third Kazekage's absence.
"Water Release…"
"Lightning Release…"
"Wind Release…"
Various jutsu rose and fell, intercepting the clay birds.
Bang, bang, bang… Explosions quickly rang out across Sunagakure's sky.
"Magnet Release: Sand Gold Drizzle!"
As Rasa flew into the air, the dense clay birds rapidly descended, dozens heading straight for him. He quickly manipulated the sand gold to form small spheres and fired them.
Bang, bang, bang… The exploding clay birds shattered the sand gold, and more clay birds followed.
The explosions moved towards Rasa.
Clearly, Kenshi had more clay birds, and they were faster than Rasa's Sand Gold Drizzle.
However, Rasa managed to intercept a large number of clay birds with this large-scale Sand Gold Drizzle.
This caught Kenshi's attention.
"The future Fourth Kazekage, huh?"
"Too bad, I can't let you take the fruit of my Wind Release clone."
Kenshi thought, and more clay birds flew towards Rasa in the air from all directions.
"Not good!"
Bang, bang, bang…!
A huge explosion rang out, sand gold scattering everywhere. Rasa suddenly discovered that dozens of clay birds had bypassed his Sand Gold Drizzle, flying towards him from below in various directions.
This level of control!
Rasa was instantly shocked. He quickly manipulated the sand gold to thickly envelop himself, only then resisting the exploding clay birds.
However, Rasa understood that with his current strength, he couldn't even approach the enemy in the sky, let alone drive them away.
He was even in mortal danger by drawing their attention.
"Damn it!!!"
Rasa helplessly controlled the sand gold to envelop him as he descended. Only on the ground could he unleash the full power of Magnet Release.
He stopped thinking about defeating the enemy and prioritized saving people.
Rasa quickly changed his strategy, manipulating a large amount of sand gold to form a lotus flower, just like the Third Mizukage had once used black water to form a lotus flower to block the clay birds' attack.
"Naive!"
Kenshi smiled. His clay birds could take detours, and Rasa's sand gold was far inferior to the Third Mizukage's black water in terms of defense.
The clay birds that attacked from the sides exploded on the sand gold pillars supporting the lotus flower, directly breaking them.
Boom!
A terrifying flow of sand gold directly crushed several buildings.
"Damn it!!"
At this moment, Rasa felt the deep powerlessness that the ninjas of Kumogakure and Kirigakure had once felt.
Facing Kenshi's attack alone, the ninjas of Sunagakure were overwhelmed, unable to attack Kenshi in the sky.
Sunagakure was famous for its puppeteer unit, but the puppeteers were somewhat at a loss when facing the dense barrage of clay birds.
Even a puppet master like Chiyo, who could simultaneously control ten puppets to attack, was still helpless against Kenshi's attack on the entire village.
"That guy's chakra reserves are terrifying!!!" Chiyo was shocked.
The clay birds in the sky seemed endless, like a never-ending storm.
Bang, bang, bang… Huge explosions echoed throughout Sunagakure.
There were too many clay birds. Even though all the Sunagakure ninjas tried their best to intercept them, they still couldn't stop them all, and many slipped through.
After all, without the speed and reaction time of a Jonin or above, it was impossible to intercept the clay birds.
"Help me…"
"Ah…"
"My leg…"
"Quickly, there's a casualty… ah…"
For a moment, screams echoed throughout Sunagakure.
Kenshi's appearance and attack were too sudden. Many villagers didn't have time to take shelter.
Fortunately, Kenshi didn't target civilians.
His clay birds were targeting the ninjas in the ten clans' areas, and this time, the ten clans would definitely suffer heavy losses.
Although the civilian areas were also bombed, only the houses were destroyed.
Of course, civilian casualties were also heavy.
But it wasn't as terrifying as the targeted attacks on the clans.
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