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Chiyo had great trust in her brother's judgment. However, just as she was about to agree with her brother's assessment and order everyone.
Chiyo had great trust in her brother's judgment.
However, just as she was about to agree with her brother's assessment and order everyone to evacuate to the shelters,
Whoosh!
Kenshi's Wind Release clone, clad in Flowing Wind Armor, arrived. In an instant, he moved from a hundred meters away to the top of the Kazekage Tower.
Kenshi's Wind Release clone quickly said, "Chiyo-sama, I have a jutsu that can defeat the enemy in the sky, but it takes time to perform."
"Really?" Chiyo's eyes lit up. While intercepting the clay birds in the air, she asked Kenshi's Wind Release clone.
"Yes." Kenshi's Wind Release clone nodded solemnly.
"How long?" Chiyo asked directly. If they could really defeat the mysterious Clay Release: Explosion Release ninja in the sky, they absolutely couldn't hide in the shelters.
Otherwise, facing the attack of a mysterious Clay Release: Explosion Release ninja, everyone in Sunagakure would only be able to survive by hiding in the shelters. How could they explain this to the villagers in the shelters?
What's the difference between that and surrendering!
Therefore, if possible, Sunagakure absolutely couldn't allow such a humiliating scene to occur on their watch.
"Three minutes." Kenshi's Wind Release clone gave a heavy time estimate.
Chiyo, Ebizō, and the surviving Jonin—everyone's hearts sank at the thought of those three minutes.
They were already struggling to hold on after five minutes. Three more minutes?
"Alright, three minutes. Prepare yourself. Leave the rest to me."
Amidst the silence, Chiyo, though a woman, possessed a decisiveness uncommon in men, decisively speaking.
As soon as she spoke, the others' expressions hardened. They said, "Kazeyuki, prepare your jutsu. Within three minutes, we won't let a single clay bird get through."
"Alright." Kenshi's Wind Release clone didn't say much. He immediately spread his legs slightly, crouched down, clasped his hands together, and extended his index and middle fingers together.
Then, closing his eyes, he focused on condensing kekkei tōta-level Wind Release: Slash chakra at his fingertips, continuously compressing it.
Hum!
In an instant, Chiyo and the others felt as if they heard the sound of steel being compressed. An involuntary tremor arose in their hearts.
At this moment, a surge of confidence rose in their hearts.
Such powerful Wind Release chakra, needing three minutes to compress.
The Wind Release jutsu Kenshi's Wind Release clone was using must be incredibly powerful.
Perhaps it could really defeat the terrifying enemy in the sky.
At this moment, Chiyo and the others saw hope of victory and did their utmost to intercept the clay birds in the sky.
Kenshi, in the sky, seemed to notice the anomaly and targeted this area with more clay birds.
Only by pushing Chiyo and the others to their limits would Kenshi's Wind Release clone's intervention seem invaluable.
Boom, boom, boom… Violent explosions echoed through Sunagakure.
Meanwhile, in the northeast corner of Sunagakure, there was a special prison.
This prison held only one person.
This person wasn't a criminal.
His name was Fūka, Sunagakure's One-Tail Jinchuriki.
Because he was feared by the villagers and because of the risk of the One-Tail's rampage, Fūka willingly imprisoned himself, rarely going out.
He had spent over a decade in prison.
Today's commotion in the village was unusually large.
Even during the Second Great Ninja War, the village hadn't suffered such an intense attack.
Unfortunately… he couldn't help.
At this moment, in Fūka's consciousness space, Shukaku, the One-Tail, was emitting a shrill cry.
"Die, die, all of you die!"
"Fūka, did you hear that? The sound of humans dying is so beautiful."
"Let me out, Fūka. I'll kill everyone, including those who attacked your village!"
Facing Shukaku's rampage, Fūka firmly suppressed Shukaku's chakra, neither sad nor happy, calmly saying, "I trust my comrades. They will drive away the enemy."
No matter how Shukaku provoked him, Fūka remained unmoved, sitting quietly in his prison, concentrating on suppressing Shukaku's rampaging power.
Meanwhile, outside.
The explosions were concentrated in the sky above the Kazekage Tower. The resulting black smoke completely enveloped the sky, looking from afar like a thick layer of black clouds, with flashes of fire and lightning within.
Chiyo, Ebizō, and even the reluctant Advisor Elder Watanabe were doing their best to defend against the clay birds falling from the sky for Kenshi's Wind Release clone.
Watanabe was afraid.
He was afraid that if he deliberately allowed the clay birds to attack Kenshi's Wind Release clone, Kenshi's Wind Release clone would pretend to lose control and unleash his Wind Release jutsu on him.
There was no doubt that if he dared to betray Kenshi's Wind Release clone, Kenshi's Wind Release clone would dare to accidentally kill him.
Because the Wind Release Slash that Kenshi's Wind Release clone was currently condensing was terrifying.
Clang, clang… The sound of countless slashes seemed to converge at the tips of Kenshi's Wind Release clone's fingers.
The terrifying chakra fluctuations and the sharpness that could cut through anything gave Chiyo and the others near Kenshi's Wind Release clone a feeling of being torn apart.
"Such a powerful Wind Release jutsu!!!"
Chiyo glanced at the transparent sphere of Wind Release, occasionally flashing with sharp white threads, at the tips of Kenshi's Wind Release clone's fingers. She was incredibly shocked.
She had only sensed such terrifying chakra fluctuations when Ōnoki released Dust Release.
"Could it be that Kazeyuki has upgraded his special Wind Release Slash jutsu to kekkei tōta level?!"
"If so, then… Sunagakure is fortunate!"
Controlling her puppets, Chiyo's face showed joy.
As a Kage-level shinobi of Sunagakure, having experienced the First and Second Great Ninja Wars, she knew very well how incredible it was to upgrade a single-attribute chakra to kekkei tōta level.
It could even be said that a kekkei tōta-level single-attribute chakra jutsu was countless times more difficult than a true kekkei tōta jutsu.
In the history of the ninja world, there were many kekkei genkai jutsu, but very few kekkei tōta-level single-attribute chakra jutsu.
Before this, there were only the Third Raikage's Black Lightning and the Third Tsuchikage's Super Heavy Earth Style.
Then came the White Lightning of the White Fang of Konoha.
Finally, there was Kazeyuki's Wind Release: Slash.
This shows how difficult it is to upgrade a single-attribute chakra to a level comparable to kekkei genkai chakra.
Not to mention upgrading it further to kekkei tōta level.
In the entire history of the ninja world, Chiyo only knew of one kekkei tōta: Dust Release.
Now, Kazeyuki had actually developed a single Wind Release jutsu comparable to kekkei tōta level!
Besides luck, Chiyo couldn't think of any other word to describe it.
At the same time, she completely believed that Kazeyuki's Wind Release jutsu, comparable to kekkei tōta level, would definitely be able to defeat the terrifying enemy in the sky with his terrifying chakra reserves.
In the blink of an eye,
Three minutes were up.
"It's done."
Kenshi's Wind Release clone stood up straight, a successful smile on his face. At his fingertips, a small, white, transparent sphere, about the size of a ping-pong ball, no longer emitted terrifying chakra fluctuations. It looked rather unremarkable.
But it was this unremarkable, seemingly harmless appearance that made Chiyo and the others feel fear.
Looking at the white, transparent sphere at the tip of Kenshi's Wind Release clone's fingers, Chiyo and the others felt a strange sense of panic. Their hearts felt as if they were being held in someone's hand, their lives not their own.
In an instant, Chiyo and the others understood.
Once this white, transparent sphere in Kenshi's Wind Release clone's hand exploded, everyone present would instantly vanish and die. No jutsu could withstand the attack of this white, transparent sphere.
Chiyo had only felt this kind of jutsu, which was fatal to anyone within its range, with Ōnoki's Dust Release.
"As expected, it's worthy of being a Wind Release jutsu comparable to kekkei tōta level!"
Chiyo secretly rejoiced. With this, Sunagakure would also have a kekkei tōta-level jutsu that could be passed down through generations.
For Sunagakure, this was equivalent to having an extra Kage-level shinobi legacy.
Anyone who could learn Kazeyuki's Wind Release jutsu, comparable to kekkei tōta, would inevitably become a Kage-level shinobi, a powerhouse among Kage-level shinobi.
This was a powerful jutsu that could ensure Sunagakure's long-lasting dominance in the ninja world.
How could Chiyo not be happy?
Tap, tap… Chiyo couldn't be happy for more than a second before she saw Watanabe, her clan's junior, subconsciously taking a few steps back, his face pale as he stared at the white, transparent sphere in Kenshi's Wind Release clone's hand.
Clearly, Watanabe, whose life was not his own, had a guilty conscience, and his body instinctively moved away from Kenshi's Wind Release clone.
This instantly ruined Chiyo's happiness.
She couldn't help but have such a foolish junior.
The charm of political struggle lies in compromise and exchange, compromising to exchange interests, and compromising in the exchange of interests.
How could one directly decide life and death, leaving no room for compromise?
"Fortunately, a mysterious Clay Release: Explosion Release enemy appeared, preventing these fools' assassination attempt. Everything can still be saved."
Chiyo secretly rejoiced, then glared fiercely at her junior. She then controlled a puppet to descend and stand in front of Kenshi's Wind Release clone.
"Get on. I'll control the puppet to get you as close as possible to the enemy in the sky."
"No need. I can sense the enemy's position now, and the attack range is not a problem."
Kenshi's Wind Release clone shook his head, then his gaze sharpened. He said, "Chiyo-sama, don't be in front of me or above me. This disaster is about to end."
"Alright." Chiyo replied.
Everyone moved out of the area in front of Kenshi's Wind Release clone, spreading out to the left and right, using the last of their chakra to protect Kenshi's Wind Release clone.
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