Hearing those words, everyone was filled with fear. That falling figure was their Tsuchikage?
How could it be!
As they watched the figure fall straight down like a comet, everyone's hearts sank.
The Jonins and Chunins of the village rushed over, their eyes fixed on Onoki's small figure.
Suddenly, one of the Jonin leapt up and caught Onoki, but his face instantly changed when he looked at the Tsuchikage in his arms.
Onoki's clothes were soaked in blood, his chest a bright red. More horrifyingly, there was no movement in Onoki's chest.
The Jonin could feel Onoki's body temperature dropping.
Boom—
Seeing Onoki's lifeless body was like a thunderclap in everyone's mind.
The Tsuchikage?! Dead?!
"Call the medical team!" the Jonin shouted, snapping out of his shock. The chunin also jolted back to reality and ran towards the medical unit.
What had happened? Why was the Tsuchikage so badly injured? Just a moment ago, he was alive, but now he was a cold corpse.
Despite the bleak situation, they refused to give up. Onoki was their leader, and until they were sure he couldn't be saved, they would cling to hope.
The villagers of Stone Village watched in horror. How could this be?
Covering their mouths, they stared wide-eyed at Onoki's body.
The Tsuchikage... was he dead? The death of a village's Kage, especially an old one like Onoki, was a catastrophic blow.
Onoki had always been the cornerstone of Stone Village. If something happened to him, the village would collapse.
They needed to understand what had happened to him.
At this moment, two figures descended from the sky. The Jonin holding Onoki looked up in shock at the figures.
That forehead protector!
They're from Konoha!
Seeing Ryujiro and Hinata, the Stone Village ninjas drew their kunai and watched them warily.
That girl! The Jonin recalled Onoki's description of Hinata. She was the one who crippled the Tsuchikage's arm?
"Onoki is dead. Stone Village will become a vassal of Konoha," Ryujiro said calmly, looking at the people below.
Everyone was stunned at first, then glared at Ryujiro in rage. Stone Village, a vassal of Konoha?
"You're delusional!"
"Stone Village will never be Konoha's vassal!"
"The Will of Stone will never yield!"
"Did you kill the Third Tsuchikage?!"
The Jonin holding Onoki shouted, his eyes red with fury, at the impassive Ryujiro. Ryujiro nodded without hesitation.
"Yes. Onoki died by my hand. Just like you, he spoke of the Will of Stone.
But in the face of absolute power, your so-called Will of Stone is just a steppingstone. Stop your futile resistance. You have no chance."
Admitting to the murder, Ryujiro's words ignited their fury. Countless kunai flew at Ryujiro, and various earth-style jutsus bombarded him and Hinata.
"It's all futile."
At that moment, Ryujiro's aura changed. He entered Sage Chakra Mode, his presence towering and immense.
The pressure from his Sage Chakra was suffocating. With a mere flick of his finger, a condensed wave of Sage Chakra obliterated all the kunai.
"Stone Village will never surrender!"
"We'll fight to the death!"
"We will avenge the Tsuchikage!"
Seeing the unyielding spirit of the Stone ninjas, Ryujiro's gaze grew colder.
This is the so-called Will of Stone?
They seemed to have forgotten they had started the war against Konoha. Now they were placing all the blame on Ryujiro.
People often see themselves as the victims, forgetting their own actions.
The blood on their hands didn't matter to them.
The shinobi world was survival of the fittest. With Konoha's overwhelming power, why not unify the shinobi world?
No matter how many resisted, it was futile before Ryujiro and Hinata.
"Let me show you how fragile your Will of Stone is against absolute power."
The terrifying Sage Chakra crackled, making all the ninjas tremble.
Despite their fear, they charged at Ryujiro, their duty to avenge the Tsuchikage and protect the village driving them.
Sage Chakra condensed into a sword of pure energy, containing immense power. These people could never understand the true meaning of Ryujiro's form.
Hinata watched silently, her heart unshaken. Ryujiro was right; to end the cycle of war, sacrifices had to be made.
They couldn't afford mercy. If Konoha's strength weren't enough, the alliance of the four great villages would show no mercy to Konoha.
War was brutal, and no one could afford compassion.
Boom!
The Chakra sword slashed out, its light like thunder engulfing most of the ninjas present there.
In that instant, the energy released made the other Stone ninjas turn pale. Their legs trembled with fear. This feeling stemmed from their own terror.
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