The next moment, under Date's frightened gaze, the blade in Naoki's hand suddenly disintegrated into tiny pink petals. Like the beautiful petals of cherry blossoms, in the radiance of lightning...
But Date sensed incredible danger from them.
"You! What is this?!" a scream escaped his mouth.
A similar question was in the minds of everyone present. They didn't even know that Naoki had such an artifact!
This blade actually crumbled into a pile of rose petals. What principle is behind this? Is this some kind of secret technique? They have never heard of such a secret technique in the ninja world.
While everyone was still trying to remember anything similar, the petals quickly flew towards Date and surrounded him. At the same time, he was pierced by a murderous intent.
Only then did Date realize that things were getting hot and his expression changed dramatically.
But when he wanted to break out of the encirclement, it was already too late because his weapon was firmly held in Naoki's hand. When he decided to let go of the sword and retreat, the opportunity was lost. The tiny blades were already attacking!
Pff!
Date's body couldn't withstand the attack of countless Zanpakuto blades. Blood suddenly sprayed out from his body and his aura began to fade.
Naoki threw away Date's sword, turned around and walked away.
Behind him, the cherry blossom petals swirled around Date again, and his body fell to the ground!
An elite jonin from Kumo perished under the oppression of Senbonzakura's power!
It was only when Date fell and the ground beneath him turned bright red that the petals slowly flew back towards Naoki, miraculously gathering together and turning into a blade once again.
Naoki sheathed it with a smile on his face.
The Third Hokage and the others were stunned.
"Naoki, I didn't expect you to hide such a trump card! What kind of weapon do you have!?" The two advisors also looked at Naoki with shocked expressions.
"This blade is called Senbonzakura," Naoki explained with a weak smile.
He then looked at the Third, "The mission is complete, Hokage-sama. There's nothing more required of me, right?"
The third one quickly came to his senses, and a smile finally appeared on his old face: "Good job! Naoki-kun, you really gave me a big surprise! Go, go, you must be tired, come back and have a good rest. By the way, is your arm okay?"
"It's okay, a simple bandage will do." Naoki smiled faintly. The injury to his arm wasn't really a problem for him. Compared to the injuries he had suffered during the war, this was akin to a scratch. After saying that, Naoki nodded to Kakashi, who was looking at him dumbfoundedly, and left here.
But at this moment, the Kumo group was in a panic. Date's death had completely exceeded their expectations. They had never thought that he would die at the hands of Naoki. Before, they had gathered all the information about this guy, and even by the most daring estimates, he should not have stood a chance against Date.
But something unexpected happened: Naoki actually pulled out an artifact from nowhere and killed Date!
"What should we do? Date was killed in Konoha. This is a difficult question! I'm afraid the village will blame us when we return."
"Are you asking me? Let's go back first! We shouldn't stay here for long!"
"Yes, Date's death was caused by his own underestimation of the enemy. Do we still have the right to continue to take revenge? This is Konoha, not our village..."
"Shh! Stop talking nonsense! Let's leave quickly!"
The Kumo group talked quietly and finally they approached the Third and said their goodbyes. Naturally, Hiruzen did not stop them and nodded in agreement.
In the end, Date's death was the result of an agreed upon life-or-death battle between him and Naoki and had nothing to do with the village conflict.
Having received permission, the godfathers hastily took Date's body and left in despair.
Date's death was a huge loss for them!
Who knows what punishment awaits them when they return!