"Damn it, what's happening?" Naruto stood on the wall, looking at the suddenly falling feathers and the Four Violet Flames Formation rising above, completely stunned.
He thought Shikamaru was exaggerating about the war. After all, he believed the entire ninja world was kind. How could Sunagakure Village start a war with Konohagakure? War seemed too far away for this generation of ninjas. They even thought it was a time of peace.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's overprotection led to this. Now that war has come, Naruto is still standing there, not knowing what to do.
The sound of a thousand birds chirping came again, catching Naruto's attention. He turned to see Sasuke holding the Chidori, charging straight at Gaara.
This was Shikamaru's decision. He looked up at Naruto on the wall: "Naruto, go with Sasuke to deal with Gaara. Your task is to get him away from the village center, as far as possible."
The arena is in the village center. Although it's not a residential area, the Tailed Beast's destructive power is unreasonable. The most important thing now is to quickly get the Tailed Beast out, so it doesn't go berserk here. Otherwise, it would be hard to stop it.
Shiranui Genma faced off against Sunagakure Ninja Jonin Baki. Enemies meeting each other, they fought with full force. Baki didn't hold back either, fighting Shiranui Genma with all his strength.
Dozens of disguised Sunagakure Ninjas and Otogakure Ninjas jumped out from the crowd in the stands, and Kakashi and other Jonin almost instinctively joined the fight.
Konohagakure is called the first great village for a reason. Sunagakure Ninjas and Otogakure Ninjas sent Jonin, but they were like paper walls, torn apart in the fight. Except for a few ninjas who could hold their ground against Konohagakure Jonin for a while, most were slaughtered like weeds.
Naruto looked at the chaotic scene around him. He didn't know what to do, so he followed Shikamaru's orders and charged at Gaara: "Sasuke, I'm here to help you!"
"Idiot!" Sasuke's face changed as he saw Naruto rushing in. "Watch out for that guy's sand! His Ninjutsu doesn't need him to control it!"
But before Sasuke finished speaking, he saw Naruto flying back at the same speed he came, hit by a mass of sand. Sasuke's pupils shrank instinctively, almost losing control of the Chidori in his hand.
Luckily, Naruto got up from the ground in the next second.
Although he looked a bit messy, he wasn't seriously hurt. Sasuke breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Gaara with his Sharingan, and charged again with Chidori.
The sand protruding from the sand sphere couldn't touch him at all. With the dynamic vision of the Sharingan and the speed of the Lightning Release body flicker, he could perfectly dodge all attacks, step by step approaching Gaara's position.
Gaara's voice could no longer be heard, only faint heartbeats remained.
At a certain moment, a painful sound suddenly came, it was Gaara's scream. Along with this sound, the sand suddenly stopped, as if someone had pressed the pause button.
Sasuke's eyes narrowed, and he rushed over almost without thinking. Taking advantage of the sand's pause, he exploded with chakra, and the light of Chidori shone like never before, piercing the sand sphere like a thunder spear.
The sand completely stopped.
Naruto stood up from the ground, holding his stomach and grinning at the scene, "Nice job."
Although it hurt, it didn't stop him from cheering for Sasuke.
At this moment, Sasuke was stunned in disbelief. He pushed off the sand sphere with his legs, pulling away from Gaara. Almost the moment he left, countless sand spikes formed on the sand sphere.
If he had been a second slower, he would have been pierced and killed. Sasuke shivered, raising his slightly trembling left hand in front of him, the bright red blood extremely noticeable.
"Uh... what is this..." The sand gradually crumbled, revealing Gaara's figure. He looked at the sand on the ground, or rather the blood on the sand, in disbelief, like he was going crazy. "Blood... this is my blood... this is my blood!"
"Ahhh!" Gaara clutched his head in madness, like a monster roaring before going berserk, even his chakra becoming terrifying.
"Gaara!" Temari, who was fighting Shikamaru and Shino, was shocked, looking at Gaara in disbelief. "Gaara is actually... hurt!"
She had never seen Gaara hurt since he was born. Not to mention bleeding, his clothes had rarely even gotten dirty. And now Gaara was not only hurt, but also bleeding. This was something Temari had never imagined.
She looked at Sasuke and swallowed, remembering how she had called him a pretty boy and a vase during the preliminaries. She never thought he could be strong enough to hurt Gaara.
"What are you looking at?" The black shadow spread on the ground, Temari's face changed, and she quickly retreated to avoid it. "Pineapple head, you're really annoying."
Shikamaru shrugged indifferently: "What a coincidence, I feel the same way about you."
Shino pushed his glasses: "I think the invaders are more annoying. If you ask why..."
"No one wants to know why!" The crow opened its mouth wide, and a dagger glowing with purple light stabbed into Shino.
Then Shino turned into bugs. Kankuro, hiding in the distance, looked grim. This guy's Ninjutsu was really disgusting: "Temari, go take Gaara away. If that thing comes out here, all the Sunagakure ninjas will be killed!"
With that, Kankuro controlled the crow to attack Shikamaru. Forced to retreat, Shikamaru couldn't stop Temari and could only watch her run towards Gaara.
But this meant Kankuro was now facing a two-on-one.
The advantage was mine...
Shino stood next to Shikamaru and adjusted his glasses: "Shikamaru, you go after that Sunagakure Ninja. I'll handle this opponent. I have a score to settle with him."
Shikamaru: "..."
Can't we just take him down together and then go help the others? Why insist on one-on-one fights? We're ninjas...
Shikamaru was speechless, but he respected others' choices. He sighed and patted Shino's shoulder: "Be careful. If you can't win, just run away. There are so many Jonin here, he won't stand a chance."
"I won't lose." Shino replied quietly, "If you ask why..."
"No one cares why." Shikamaru smiled kindly, then turned and chased after Temari.
Shino: "..."
Shino (adjusting his glasses): "If you ask why, it's because I'm very strong."
Kankuro wiped a drop of cold sweat from his forehead: "Are all Konohagakure ninjas like this?"
They were so silly that he felt embarrassed to attack them. But looking at the other side, there was the silly Naruto, the silly Shikamaru, and a seemingly normal Sasuke. He became serious: "I won't underestimate you just because you're silly, so give up your act. It won't work anymore."
"..." Shino stopped adjusting his glasses, "I'm not Naruto."
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