Just when Neji was about to open his mouth, Danzo's reinforcements had already arrived. Not only that, but there were also some subordinates of the higher-ups. This time, there were more than ten or twenty people.
Most of the Rookies were exhausted. Hinata was injured, and she almost got her chakra depleted after using them too much.
Kiba's Akamaru was injured, and he himself was also in bad condition. He had used Gatsuga too many times today, and being hit by the Vacuum Palm only made things worse for him.
As for Shino, although he was not injured, he had also consumed a lot of energy in the battle just now. Only 30% of his combat strength was left.
Tenten had to focus on protecting Hinata, Kiba, and Akamaru, which meant that only Neji and Lee were left with enough combat strength. Shino could only barely protect himself.
Even if all six of them were strong enough to face almost twenty Elite Chuunins, they were now facing a bunch of Jonins and other Elite ninjas from the Root. The chance of defeat was very high. After all, they were facing the top ninjas from one of the Five Great Ninja Villages, not some weaklings from a random country.
"This matter has nothing to do with you. I'll give you one last chance. Move aside, or else you'll be hindering us from completing the mission, and we will treat you accordingly." Said one of the arriving ninjas, who was probably from the Yamanaka clan.
"Cut the crap. It's still the same. If you want to take Hinata away, you must pass through us first." Kiba struggled to stand up and said.
"Since that's the case, then don't blame us. Let's go." As the win blew, the Yamanaka man shouted loudly. The people behind him started to use Ninjutsu or Genjutsu. Facing the attacks of so many people, Neji had no choice but to use the Revolving Heaven to resist. Unfortunately, it required a lot of chakra to use. Even Neji could not use it many times.
"I have no choice but to use the Eight Inner Gates..." Just as Lee was about to use the Eight Inner Gates to deal with these people in one go, a cold voice mixed with monstrous anger echoed in the sky.
"Who gave you the courage to bully my students?!" When Kurenai saw the signal light, she felt a bit strange. That light seemed to come from the direction where her three disciples walked home. Thinking of what Ryoha had said to her before, she immediately spread out her spiritual energy to scan the surroundings.
This was another ability of her mental materialization. With her Mental Force Scanning, even if she closed her eyes, everything in the scanning range would be directly presented in her mind. During battles, she used her mental power scanning to fight.
This method was much faster and more precise than her eyes, and she would never be deceived.
As a result, she was angered when she saw the higher-ups' actions getting bolder and bolder. Without any hesitation, Kurenai decided to defect. Since she no longer hid her strength, the terrifying aura of a Kage-level expert burst out from her.
"Kurenai-sensei!" Hinata and the others were delighted, but soon they were shocked. Kurenai could actually fly, and her terrifying aura made it hard for them to move.
"How could that be? How could Kurenai be so strong? She was even comparable to Lord Hokage... When did she become so powerful?"
Many people in the Root knew about Kurenai, but how could they know that she was so powerful? Could it be that she had been hiding her strength?
"Well, well, well. Since you are here, all of you can stay." Kurenai's eyes flashed with red light, and the people below her were shocked to find that they couldn't move at all.
"Mental Bind!" Kurenai snorted, and a huge force continued to squeeze her enemies, shocking the Rookies when they saw the bodies of the people in front of them were twisted and compressed until only a pool of blood was left on the ground.
"How terrifying!" The Rookies all thought in unison. They didn't expect that Kurenai, who was usually as beautiful as a flower actually hid such a terrifying strength and instantly killed more than a dozen Jonins.
"Is this... Is this really Kurenai?" Jiraya just arrived with Kakashi, Guy, and Asuma, and they already saw an unbelievable scene. Jiraya was only reminded of one person after seeing this ability.
"Kurenai, did you finally inherit the Spiritual Energy Materialization that was passed down in the Yuuhi clan?" Jiraya could see that Kurenai was stronger than Shinku, and even he wasn't sure if he could beat her.
This time, Jiraya was even angrier. Did Danzo really want Konoha to be destroyed? He provoked Ryoha, and now there was also Kurenai.
"No way, am I really that unlucky?" Danzo was present at the scene, but he was just hiding on the side. He looked at Kurenai's black hair fluttering in the wind. Her body was like a burning cloud. It was obvious that this was the materialization of her spiritual energy. Of course, he was also afraid of Shinku.
"What the hell am I doing?" Danzo was stunned. He knew that Konoha was probably finished because of what he had done. In order to sit in the position of Hokage, he had provoked one powerful enemy after another. Some hidden strengths and some talented ones were provoked by him.
Although he really wanted to sit in the position of Hokage, he did not want to destroy Konoha because of this. In the end, although he wanted to be the Hokage, he definitely would not let Konoha be destroyed because he wanted to be the Hokage. However, he had already pushed Konoha to a dead end because of his greed.
"Do you realize now? Jiraya, don't tell me this has nothing to do with you." Since Kurenai didn't intend to hide it, she didn't call him Hokage. With her strength, it was not a problem for her to directly call him Jiraya.
"This matter has nothing to do with Hokage-sama. Just calm down. When Hokage-sama knew about this matter, he had already refused. It was Danzo who wanted to drag him into this mess."
Kakashi felt his scalp go numb and all the hair on his body stood up. At this time, Kurenai was too terrifying. Her murderous aura was like a cold wind.
"Hmph, the Hyuga clan is really nice." Kurenai basically believed Kakashi's words. After all, these people were from the Root and other corrupted clans, but it didn't mean that she would let them go.
"Danzo, you piece of trash, get out here!" Kurenai's voice burst out to the whole Konoha, and Danzo immediately turned around in fright. Although he had the Izanagi, he wasn't sure if he could face Kurenai. Especially now, she had completely erupted with anger.
No wonder he couldn't sit in the Hokage's position. Not only because of his strength but also because he was a spineless man. He jumped out when he needed to take advantage of the situation and ran away immediately. It would be strange if such a person could sit in the leader's position.