The western part of Konohagakure.
One figure after another quickly shuttled through the forest, quickly moving toward the center of Konohagakure.
These people moved very quickly.
There was no time to stop.
Their goal was very clear, it was Hokage Building!
Ten minutes later.
These people passed through more than half of the forest, stood in a specific formation, and quickly ran forward.
In the formation.
The Third Kazekage stood in the middle, surrounded by Sunagakure Elite Jonin.
"Konohagakure has a barrier. Now they must have discovered our invasion. We must reach the Hokage Building as fast as possible to avoid wasting time on the road!" whispered Third Kazekage.
As they moved forward, they felt the movement around them, trying to make sure that they were not followed by anyone, so that they could sneak in quickly.
"Yes!"
The ninjas responded one after another. They all understood what the Third Kazekage meant. When they charged forward, they maintained their keen perception of the surroundings.
Only...
Despite this.
None of them noticed.
In the woods thousands of meters away from them, a figure was maintaining the same speed as them, heading toward the Hokage Building.
...
On the other side.
At Konohagakure main entrance.
A ninja from the barrier team used all the strength in his body and rushed over as fast as he could.
Just as he approached Konohagakure's main entrance.
Suddenly, he was stopped by a few ninjas that appeared.
"There is danger ahead. You can't leave for the time being. Go back!"
These few Anbu rudely stopped the barrier team ninja who was rushing over to report.
"I have something important to tell Third Hokage-sama!" This ninja said in a hurry. After he finished speaking, he wanted to forcefully break through.
"Please leave this place!"
These few Anbu did not make way but coldly looked at the ninjas from the barrier team.
In their opinion.
This person was just looking for an excuse.
Nothing happened at all.
They wanted to use this method of making up lies to sneak in and achieve their goal of spying.
This was an action that was not allowed!
These Anbu had already received the notice of the Third Hokage beforehand. No one could come to the area near Konohagakure's main entrance while waiting for Kumogakure's envoy group to appear.
"I am a ninja from the barrier team. I have an important matter to see Third Hokage-sama. It's very, very important!" The muscles on the faces of this ninja from the barrier team twisted. His heart was already anxious to a certain extent, but he held the most basic method of not letting others feel panic. He did not directly tell these Anbu about the arrival of the intruders.
"Sorry, I can't let you in!" These Anbu still blocked the ninja from the barrier team.
"Are you crazy?"
The ninja from the barrier team stared at the few Anbu in front of him with wide eyes, not knowing what to say.
What kind of critical juncture was this!
Even meeting the Third Hokage was stopped!
"Third Hokage-sama, I have an important matter to see you!"
After the ninja knew that he could not reason with these Anbu, he immediately shouted.
He hoped to use this method to attract the attention of the Third Hokage.
After all, with his strength, it was simply impossible for him to break through the protection of these Anbu.
"Stop shouting!"
"In this place, even if you shout until your throat breaks, Third Hokage-sama won't be able to hear you!"
"You are just doing it in vain!"
"Go back. Don't be so curious. Knowing so many things won't benefit you!"
"..."
These few Anbu shook their heads at the ninja from the barrier team. They were very clear about the defense situation here. They were surrounded by Anbu, and there was a long-distance between them and Konohagakure's main entrance. If they wanted to shout at this place to let the Third Hokage hear them, it was simply impossible.
"I have a very important matter!" The ninja from the barrier team said this and could not help but take a deep breath. He knew that if he did not say it, it would be too late. Then, he stared at these Anbu and said seriously, "An intruder has entered Konohagakure. We have to inform Third Hokage-sama now!"
"What?"
When these Anbu heard the words of this barrier team ninja, they first cried out in alarm, and then their eyes were filled with doubt.
"Really?"
"Are you sure you're not lying?"
"You can't say such things!"
"Why didn't you tell us this earlier?"
"..."
As these ninjas spoke, they looked at each other and saw the seriousness in each other's eyes.
"I hope you know the price of saying this. If you are lying to us, then this matter will not end so easily!"
One of the Anbu took a step forward and slammed his hands on the shoulder of this barrier team ninja. He stared deeply into this barrier team ninja's eyes and confirmed the determination in his eyes.
"Come with me!"
Suddenly.
This Anbu led the ninja from the barrier tram towards the direction of Konohagakure's main entrance.
Both of them were very fast.
Especially the ninja from the barrier team, his expression seemed to be in a hurry.
Soon.
The two arrived at the place where Hiruzen was.
At this time.
Hiruzen was staring at Konohagakure's main entrance, waiting for Kumogakure's envoy group to arrive.
"Third Hokage-sama!"
When the ninja from the barrier team saw Hiruzen, he immediately ran toward him and suddenly shouted, instantly attracting the attention of the surrounding people.
All of a sudden.
The ninjas standing at the main entrance all looked at the ninja from the barrier team.
Everyone's eyes flickered with doubt.
None of them knew what this person wanted to do.
At this time.
The ninja from the barrier team also realized that he was too excited just now, so much so that he forgot that such a thing could not be made public.
However.
This could not be completely blamed on him.
When he was stopped by those Anbu just now, he had already wasted a lot of time, making the situation very anxious.
Moreover, when he walked in, he already told it to the few Anbu guarding the periphery.
Since it had already come to this point.
He decided not to hide anything anymore.
"Did something happen?"
After Hiruzen heard the voice of this barrier team ninja, he slowly turned his head and asked in confusion.
"Intruder!"
The ninja from the barrier team immediately roared. His voice clearly entered the ears of everyone around him, causing everyone present to be dumbfounded. They were shocked by what they heard.
"Intruder is here!"
"They came from the west!"
"They had already passed through the barrier!"
"The situation is very dangerous!"
The ninja from the barrier team was already speaking incoherently. After he said these words, he was gasping for breath. After continuously running, he had already exhausted all of his strength.
"Intruder?!"
After Hiruzen heard the words of this barrier team ninja, his brows immediately furrowed tightly, and his face revealed shock.
"Not good!"
"Diversion!"
"We've fallen into a trap!"
Hiruzen suddenly shouted. He instinctively regarded the intruders as Kumogakure and felt that the whole thing was planned by Kumogakure.
Now, Kumogakure's envoy group did not come, but attracted them to the main entrance, just to attack from the west.
"What a ruthless method!"
Hiruzen's face suddenly became ugly. He very sincerely wanted to have a discussion about peace with Kumogakure, but they suffered such a thing. This made him angry from the bottom of his heart and he completely no longer wanted to talk with Kumogakure.
There was no need for any more peace talks!
This matter had already become very big from that night's attack.
However, after Hari was caught by them and the war broke out, things gradually calmed down a lot.
Now, he was just thinking that if he could bring peace by not starting a war, he would try not to go to war.
After all, the war would cause a lot of losses to the village.
It would directly affect the strength of the village.
These were things that Hiruzen had to consider and were also things that the village had to consider.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
All of a sudden.
A series of tremors rang out.
It caused the entire Konohagakure to shake.
Immediately after.
Iron sand gushed out from the ground in the distance like spring water.
The place where such a scene happened just happened to be near the Hokage Building.
"Fight!"
Hiruzen's face suddenly became cold. He suddenly pulled off his cloak and quickly rushed toward the Hokage Building. His whole body showed a fighting posture.
After this incident.
Hiruzne no longer hesitated.
The war this time had reached a point where they had no choice but to fight!
"Yes!"
The ninjas standing at the main entrance, after hearing Hiruzne's words, followed behind him one after another and rushed toward the direction of the Hokage Building.
...
Near the Hokage Building.
Aoba's figure appeared on top of the Hokage Rock next to the Hokage Building.
He had just used Chōkeijūgan no Jutsu(Ultralight-Weight Rock Technique)'s ticket to get up and landed here. He had not been exposed in front of Sunagakure's ninjas at all.
Aoba happened to be in a parallel position from a long distance. His position was just on the mountain wall on the edge of Konohagakure. He simply went up to the top of the cliff to overlook the war.
"The view here is not bad!"
Paper flew around Aoba's body; like a chameleon, his body changed the same color as a rock.
Now, he looked up from the outside.
As long as one's eyes were not very, very good, and if they carefully stared at the place to find something different, ordinary people would not notice this at all.
Aoba sat directly on the edge of the cliff.
This place was like a VIP special viewing seat. It overlooked Konohagakure below, and everything was particularly clear.
He saw the Third Kazekage directly jump onto the roof of the Hokage Building. Sunagakure's ninjas were all guarding around.
"This courage is really big!"
Aoba stood on top of the cliff and stared at the Third Kazekage with a complicated feeling.
"In fact, I am not surprised that you can be defeated by Sasori. You are too impulsive. I just wrote a secret letter to you in the name of a spy. You actually believed it without any doubt. You even personally led Sunagakure's elite ninjas to die together. What is your basic judgment?"
Aoba felt that the excuses he used to write back then were very lame.
However.
The Third Kazekage believed it just like that!
The trust between people was just that simple!
What evil thoughts could a little spy who had been cuckolded have!
...
At this time.
On the roof of the Hokage Building.
A look of excitement appeared on the Third Kazekage's face.
"Mani is right. Right now, Konohagakure is particularly empty. All the elites in the village have gone to ambush Kumogakure. This is really a rare opportunity!"
The Third Kazekage said excitedly.
Until now.
He didn't even realize that he had been deceived.
Moreover, he felt that the plan had gone smoothly.
"Now, let Konohagakure's ninjas take a look!"
The Third Kazekage immediately laughed out loud and then formed a seal with his hands.
"Jiton: Satetsu(Magnet Release: Iron Sand)!"
The Third Kazekage's low voice rang out, and fine iron sand appeared between his hands.
After these iron sand appeared, as if they had intelligence, they quickly twisted in the air and then bombarded the ground in front of the Hokage Building.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
One crashing sound after another rang out. After each collision, a part of the iron in the soil would be extracted.
As the iron continued to hit the ground.
The iron began to increase more and more!
"Who are you people!"
At this time, several ninjas quickly appeared and directly faced the Third Kazekage. They were all holding kunai and other ninja tools in their hands.
"You think you are qualified to shout in front of me?"
The Third Kazekage did not take these ninjas in front of him seriously.
Especially when he saw the kunai in their hands.
His face became even more indifferent.
At this time.
The Third Kazekage suddenly raised his hands, and his palms were filled with magnetic release chakra, which instantly surged on the bodies of these ninjas in front of him.
Hum! Hum! Hum! Hum! Hum! Hum!
Almost in an instant.
The ninja toll on these ninjas vibrated violently as if they were crying out in sorrow.
"What's going on?"
The Konohagakure ninjas were all stunned. They found that the ninja bags in their body were about to fly out. The kunai in their hands kept flying in the direction of that person. They were almost unable to hold it.
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
At this moment.
The ninja's ninja tools flew out of their hands and directly flew toward the Third Kazekage's hands.
Until they were about to stab into the Third Kazekage's hands.
All of them stopped.
The entire process seemed to have been remotely controlled.
The Konohagakure's ninjas were dumbfounded.
"Magnet release bloodline limit?"
These few Konohagakure ninjas were shocked and their eyes were wide open. Just the scene just now was enough to let them judge that this was the magnet release bloodline limit.
What was sucked away by that man was all made of metal.
Kunai.
Shuriken.
The iron piece on the ninja bag.
And metal products such as coins inside the bag.
These things were all suspended in the palm of the man, floating in the air.
"You are Sunagakure's Third Kazekage!"
The Konohagakure ninjas were all dumbfounded. When they heard that there was movement here, they quickly ran over. Especially when they saw strangers, they immediately stood out to meet the enemy.
But they never expected that.
They were just a few Genin.
The opponent they met was actually Sunagakure's Third Kazekage.
This was a completely different level of battle!
Crack crack crack...
Just as these Konohagakure ninjas were shocked, the metal in front of the Third Kazekage's hands began to twist and distort, finally turning into black metal dust.
These black metal dust were the iron sand that the Third Kazekage had extracted from these metal objects.
There was not much of this iron sand.
However, it was enough to form a black needle.
This needle was very slender. The pure black material caused the tip of the needle to shine with a sharp cold light.
"Jiton: Satetsu Hari(Magnet Release: Iron Sand Needle)!"
Third Kazekage's indifferent voice sounded. Just as he said this, the black iron needle suspended in the air quickly flew toward the bodies of the ninjas in front of him.
This iron needle was extremely fast.
It was impossible to dodge.
It was aimed at the hearts of these Konohagakure ninjas.
Puchi!
Puchi!
Puchi!
...
One after another, piercing sounds rang out.
Along with these sounds.
This black iron needle quickly pierced through the hearts of these Konohagakure ninjas.
In an instant.
These Genin, who had their eyes wide open and were in a state of shock, lost their young lives.
Plop!
Plop!
Plop!
...
Konohagakure ninjas fell on the roof one after another. Then, because of the imbalance in their bodies, they rotated and rolled down one by one. Finally, they fell heavily to the ground, leaving pools of blood.
"Hahaha!"
The Third Kazekage immediately raised his head and laughed. He felt that he saw the weakest Konohagakure. Now, he could do whatever he wanted here.
Swish!
However.
At this time.
A man in a combat uniform appeared on the roof of the building.
"Kazekage-dono, how have you been?"
The man's voice was low, his eyes were extremely cold as he stared at the Third Kazekage, and his whole body was filled with anger.
It was Konohagakure's Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen!
At this time.
This man with the title of Hokage was completely angry!
Now he deeply understood that there was no way for him to back down because behind him was the entire Konohagakure!