Unlike Sarutobi, Utatane, and also Mitokado, who were hesitant and knew themselves that they weren't as strong as before, Danzo was brutal and quickly ordered his Roots, and even led the attacks.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves!"
"Water Release: Wild Water Wave!"
"Super Beast Imitating Drawing!"
Many of the various jutsu came out, aimed in the direction of Orochimaru and his group, but a single person came out and—
"Earth Release: Earth Mausoleum Dumpling!"
A gigantic earth was thrown and blasted away everything!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!
By then, everything was as good as chaos, and the two factions clashed as they gave their might, yet without a doubt, Orochimaru and his group had the most advantages, as the four sound of ninja that was brought by him, and many of the followers that had been following him, came out to meet Roots' members.
Yet, if one was close enough, they would see that those Roots members seemed to be absorbed into the earth whenever they lost before disappearing.
Still, as Danzo moved, despite having made a cruel remark previously, Sarutobi tried to calm the crowd, as he was being protected by his Anbu, especially when Orochimaru kept staring at him with a creepy, calm smile, as if everything was under control, which made him annoyed and anxious.
"Are you sure that you want to continue this war? Even if you win, you will still be labeled as a criminal! The one who broke the peace of Konoha Village!"
While the number of people around them was more or less the same, if he won, it would be a brutal victory, and he knew that he had to pay a certain price, especially when he saw Orochimaru's special ninjas, who were like a killer machine on the battlefield.
As for Mitokado and Utatane, the two were standing behind Sarutobi.
However, Sarutobi and Danzo knew that they couldn't rely on those two.
"BAKU!"
After Sarutobi said those words, Danzo summoned his beast, the Baku.
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"
The gigantic demon elephant roared on the battlefield, causing the earth to shake as everyone in the Konoha became even more tense, anxious, and frightened.
Yet, Sarutobi didn't stop Danzo since this was what they had always been good at.
Good cop and bad cop.
As Sarutobi became the good one, Danzo became the evil one.
When the two combined, even Itachi, Shishui, and everything else were all defeated and killed!
Only, no one stopped as the battle continued as if Sarutobi's voice was nothing, but a passing wind.
"..."
"Hiruzen!"
Utatane was anxious, or rather, among all of the Four Elders, she had always been the most incompetent, especially when she faced an unexpected or sudden situation where everything was out of her control. At that moment, all she usually did was just cry, shout, and rely on the other three.
"Calm down, Utatane. Leave the rest to Hiruzen."
Fortunately, Mitokado was as stable as ever, unlike Utatane, who had always been an element of annoyance, and Danzo, who had always been causing trouble; he was stable and hardly did anything.
Or rather, he did nothing!
Yet, because he did nothing, he could not watch over everyone when they messed around, reminding them, especially Utatane.
Still, as Utatane calmed down, Hiruzen narrowed his eyes as he looked at Orochimaru. "What did you do, Orochimaru?"
"What did I do?"
"Don't play stupid with me! I know that you must have done something to them!"
If Orochimaru didn't do anything to those crowds, Hiruzen wouldn't believe it!
Yes, Orochimaru was a good and powerful ninja, but even so, Hiruzen knew that Orochimaru wasn't good at human relationships, even if he had his own charms and could make him have many loyal ninjas that would follow him to death!
Orochimaru, Hiruzen, Tobirama, Hatake Sakumo, and many others, those who could become the strong, had a power to draw people around them.
Yet, Hiruzen had never thought that Orochimaru was better than him at the oration skill.
In other words, Orochimaru must have done something to those people!
"Did... you work with the Uchiha?"
Somehow, this is what Hiruzen could come up with, especially when he learned about what had happened to all the ninja villages about the Tailed Beasts.
Why did that incident happen?
Hiruzen felt like he was about to touch the truth, something frightening, incredible, yet even so, he swore to protect everything!
"YOU SHOULD STOP! WHATEVER YOU DO, STOP, ORCHIMARU!"
"What are you acting like you are the right? Why are those people around me fighting you? Isn't it because they know that you were wrong and they know that I am right? That's the truth! No less and more!
"As for what will happen afterward? Everything is clear! As long as I clean up all of you here, we will become the victor! This isn't a coup! This is a revolution to change the decayed and broken regime that has been causing Konoha to become weaker as it is being sucked by parasites like you!
"But I am different! I will make the Konoha great again!"
"YOU ARE GOING TO DESTROY THE KONOHA!"
"YOU ARE THE ONE WHO DESTROYED THE KONOHA, HIRUZEN!"
Neither backed away with their own thoughts, and the two of them had their own beliefs.
It was impossible for the water and the fire to combine, and because of that, it was either the water vaporized into gas, or the fire died down.
The battle of the old and the new!
Yet, this had never been a battle!
This was a one-sided battle!"
"SEA OF EARTH!"
As Orochimaru shouted, the earth suddenly became similar to a liquid as it moved around like a stormy sea with intense and dangerous waves that were about to sweep everyone, drowning them!
"Huh?!"
Everyone was dumbfounded, as Orochimaru could create such a powerful earth jutsu without using his hand signs and turning the firm and stable earth as dangerous as the sea!
"BAKU!"
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"
Yet, Danzo reacted faster by ordering Baku to suck the water-like earth that was about to swallow everything.
"Danzo!" 3x
Hiruzen, Utatane, and Mitokado were happy when they saw Danzo's support, but while Utatane and Mitokado were still thinking that Orochimaru's plan was unsuccessful, Hiruzen was wary since Orochimaru had disappeared!
Slash!
From the bottom of the earth, Orochimaru waved her blades and caused a large gash on Hiruzen's back!"
"HIRUZEN!!!"