chapter 119 part 2
One outpost after another was cleared out—many times not because someone deliberately purged them, but purely because they were occasionally encountered, discovered, and then killed.
The various factions entering the Hidden Sand Village became increasingly blatant.
Until, someone boldly blocked the main gate of the Hidden Sand Village—the passage between two broken cliffs.
"Who's there?"
"Hmph, if you insist on knowing who I am, I'm probably just a man here to make money. But you lot don't have any money worth taking. While I'm in a good mood, scram. I can pretend not to have seen you."
The corners of Kakuzu's mouth beneath his mask couldn't help but grin. The Five Hearts on his body stirred restlessly; this vast yellow sand clearly smelled of money.
"Is he an enemy? Too arrogant, daring to challenge the Hidden Sand Village all by himself!"
"Hmph, what's wrong with being alone? Weren't you still beaten into this pathetic state by one person? Where is the prestige of one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages now? You only dare to strictly defend yourselves."
Without another word, Kakuzu began removing his outer garments. He didn't intend to take on the Hidden Sand Village alone, but he certainly intended to cause chaos by himself.
Soon, these guarding ninja were easily slaughtered by Kakuzu. Immediately, more ninja arrived, and the entire Hidden Sand Village further increased its defensive intensity, building upon its already long-term alert status.
At this, those who had been gathering intel and trying to find weaknesses immediately cursed loudly.
No matter how dilapidated the Hidden Sand Village was, it still had a large number of ninja stationed there, including numerous Sensor ninja. If they were wholeheartedly on guard, the difficulty of directly finding Chiyo and capturing her alive was self-evident!
As a result, various factions successively took action.
Roaring sounds echoed in all directions. After a prolonged period of scouting, those who were unable to complete their infiltration simply launched a direct assault.
"That's more like it! What's with all the infiltration? This kind of mission should be about who's stronger, who can earn money. Naturally, the more chaotic it is, the better. It makes it easier for me to locate the strong individuals of the Hidden Sand Village."
Kakuzu was extremely satisfied. He spit out threads that made people's scalps tingle, and corpses already lay scattered around him.
To be fair, among those who attacked, no one could truly defeat him. They could only rely on numerical advantage to surround Kakuzu, and for a time, they couldn't do anything to him.
"This guy doesn't have the organs and tissues a normal person should have; he must have been modified. But we can't determine what Secret Technique he's actually using yet!"
"He and these masks can use five Nature Transformations of Chakra! Everyone be careful!"
"This guy isn't a zombie, is he? He doesn't look like a living human at all! Is he someone Tsukasa Kaede sent to mislead us? If Lady Chiyo is killed, Tsukasa Kaede himself stands to gain the most!"
The Hidden Sand ninja were fearful, and no one wanted to face a terrifying opponent like Tsukasa Kaede.
Even the Third Kazekage, leading a large number of people, was repelled by Tsukasa Kaede alone, let alone them!
"I'm not a puppet controlled by him; I am immortal myself and don't need to ask Tsukasa Kaede for anything." Kakuzu snorted coldly, raised his hand, and his fist suddenly extended more than ten meters, killing the Hidden Sand ninja who had spoken carelessly.
The next second, a large amount of gold dust surged over, forcing Kakuzu back.
"It seems these are all the enemies attacking the Village. There's no need to hold back now." Rasa stood on a wave of gold dust, his arms crossed, coldly looking down upon the unknown enemy, Kakuzu. Purely from the perspective of his imposing presence, he was indeed quite intimidating.
Beside him was a young female ninja, his lover Karura, who possessed the ability to control sand.
"So it's a Bloodline Limit ninja, eh? Looks like I'll get a very good collectible."
Kakuzu was very excited. It was excellent to encounter such valuable prey so early on.
No one could understand the psychological pressure Rasa was under—yet another unknown powerful ninja, at least Elite Jonin level! The Kage-level strong individuals in the Village were dealing with even more troublesome opponents. He only hoped they could achieve victory smoothly and then rush to various places for support.
Given the size of the Hidden Sand Village, nearly ten thousand cobbled together, unevenly skilled ninja could certainly stack up to prevent enemies from entering. However, this fighting style was too passive; it would only cause the Hidden Sand Village's prestige to further decline, making their future even more difficult.
Boom! With a loud bang, two gigantic snakes suddenly appeared, quickly crawling over the cliffs and entering the Hidden Sand Village. They rampaged recklessly, destroying countless buildings and crushing an unknown number of people to death.
Rasa glanced from afar.
"Those snakes... Orochimaru is here too? This is truly troublesome now."
Rasa also saw surging iron sand from afar; the Third Kazekage himself had personally moved to intercept Orochimaru.
But Orochimaru wasn't the only one invading, was he? Sakumo Hatake, who had slipped into the Hidden Sand Village amidst the chaos, was also bewildered at that moment. His first reaction was that the Village didn't trust him and had secretly dispatched a second team led by Orochimaru.
But he quickly realized that wasn't the case, because the masked individuals behind Orochimaru were not Konoha's Anbu ninja at all, but... Root ninja! Orochimaru and Danzo were also trying to acquire the Living Corpse Reincarnation Jutsu and had intervened in this operation!
However, this had nothing to do with Sakumo Hatake; he had no authority to command Danzo or Orochimaru. He immediately began moving towards the Kazekage's Office.
The Hidden Sand Village's defenses were constantly under attack, and assaults from various factions across the Shinobi World came one after another. No one would let this excellent opportunity pass. Every minute, every second, Hidden Sand ninja screamed and fell, yet they always pushed forward, one after another.
If the Hidden Sand Village was breached, it would mean the complete decline of the Village, unable to protect even its last shred of glory.
Under these circumstances, Yahiko and Nagato arrived.
"Looks like we made it in time. Our speed is much faster than many others. Your flying Jutsu is really useful, Nagato," Yahiko praised.
Nagato's expression was tense. Staring with his Rinnegan, he looked around at the Village, which was ablaze with war everywhere, and was speechless.
This was his first time personally witnessing this level of "village siege."
"There's a powerful Chakra signature moving. If we catch up now, we can block them off," Nagato said, pointing in the direction of the Kazekage's Office.
"Then block them!"