Sarutobi Hiruzen leaped into mid-air, and everyone walking out of all the houses within his line of sight were children exactly like the one he had just seen.
Clear gazes, short and thin figures, fingers being sucked...
No difference at all.
Their faces turned towards Sarutobi Hiruzen in unison, their gazes following Sarutobi's descending body.
What is going on?
Cold sweat seeped from Sarutobi Hiruzen's forehead, his face showing horror.
Why haven't I seen a single Konoha villager? Where are the other ninjas?
Where have they all gone?
He looked around continuously but never saw a single familiar figure.
Instead, there were more and more figures of short, thin children.
By the windows, on the balconies, on the roofs... their figures were everywhere...
It was as if the entire Konoha Village had unknowingly fallen into the enemy's lair.
This is the number one ninja village in the ninja world...
Doubt, disbelief... various emotions mixed in Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart.
"Summoning: Monkey King: Enma!"
In an instant, Sarutobi Hiruzen forcibly consumed more chakra to summon his battle partner Enma again.
The moment the smoke dispersed in mid-air, Enma, who shared a telepathic connection, transformed into the Adamantine Staff again and was tightly gripped in Sarutobi Hiruzen's hand.
Suddenly, Sarutobi Hiruzen embedded the large staff into the outer wall of the Hokage building, slowing down his descent speed.
Gradually... Sarutobi Hiruzen stopped.
Like a spider clinging to the wall, he faced all the prying eyes steadily and calmly.
Let's not consider the issue of the villagers and other ninjas for now... the most important thing now is to survive and then explore the results...
If something really happened to the villagers and other ninjas... it would definitely require organizing a ninja alliance to exterminate these things...
To make the village fall in a moment... it is no longer a problem of just one village!
Sarutobi Hiruzen's mind raced, thoughts constantly flashing in his heart.
From the first confrontation just now, it can be seen... even irrational children possess super fast speed and immense strength... and can even devour the ninjutsu I cast...
But looking at the mouth that turned red and tender after devouring the ninjutsu... there should be a limit to devouring ninjutsu...
From the mouth of the child in the office turning red and tender after devouring the fire dragon just now, Sarutobi Hiruzen came to this conclusion.
But even a single child should not be something an ordinary Kage can face...
And there are nearly a thousand of them in front of me...
Completely enough to destroy any organization in the ninja world!
Find a way to leave first... then seek help from the Daimyo of great nations and other ninja villages...
Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately decided on the next goal of action.
Although he was old and pedantic, he wasn't pedantic enough to be stubborn to the end...
He wouldn't cling to death and perish together with the enemy just because the people of the village disappeared. Instead, he would leave first, explore the results, and if it was really as expected, he would make all preparations and grasp everything before pouring everything into revenge.
After all, fundamentally, he is the Kage of Konoha, and also a Konoha villager who inherited the "Will of Fire".
"Going to risk my life... Enma..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen noticed those children approaching him step by step and couldn't help but say to his battle partner with a solemn face.
'Oh, Sarutobi.'
Enma's voice was transmitted into Sarutobi Hiruzen's mind through the transformed weapon.
The next moment, Sarutobi moved.
His figure moved as fast as lightning. The chakra wrapped around his feet allowed him to walk on the outer wall as easily as on flat ground, moving swiftly.
Movement speed reaching the peak of Kage level strength!
Completely unlike an old man in his sixties!
'If Uchiha Lexon were here... with his strength added to mine... absolutely no need to leave first.'
While running, he suddenly thought of Lexon's goodness again.
"Why did you deceive me?"
In an instant, the moving Sarutobi Hiruzen heard an ethereal voice that sounded both near and far. Immediately after, he felt his foot being clamped by something, restricting his movement.
Bad...
Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly felt that something was wrong. The large staff in his hand rotated, adding a secret technique to increase weight, and swung violently towards the back of his foot.
But before the large staff could touch the opponent, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt his body float, his feet lift into the air, and his whole world spun as if he had been thrown into a blender, unable to control himself...
He tried to stabilize his mind and looked closely to see what was happening...
Only to see that the child, clearly without chakra wrapped around his feet, was also standing on the outer wall of the Hokage building. His thin, small arm tightly gripped his foot, spinning his body like a windmill.
Seemingly finding such behavior fun, the child's face was full of playful and joyful smiles.
Seizing a gap, Sarutobi Hiruzen threw the Adamantine Staff in his hand, smashing it towards the child's face while he was unprepared.
But the child seemed to have sensed it long ago. Another thin, small arm was raised in front of him in a strange posture almost like a fracture.
"Boom!"
The Adamantine Staff smashed down, making full contact with the child's raised arm.
But surprisingly, that seemingly incredibly thin and short arm steadily caught the smash of the large staff and emitted a muffled sound like sinking into deep water.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was surprised but not discouraged at all. Under the tacit understanding with the summoned beast...
Suddenly, Sarutobi Hiruzen's hidden hand seals were completed. The chakra already gathered in his body completely turned into raging fire, spewing out from his mouth, directly attacking the child's side. At the same time, the blocked Adamantine Staff suddenly transformed back into its true form. The sturdy, fierce-faced monkey appeared, sharp claws emitting chilling light, slashing directly towards the child's other side.
For a moment, attacked from both sides, unavoidable! Nowhere to hide!
However... the child still maintained a pleasant smile on his face, seemingly unchanged by this attack.
The wrinkles on Sarutobi Hiruzen's old face tightened, vaguely having an ominous premonition.
As expected, his premonition was confirmed...
Suddenly, two figures abruptly appeared beside the child.
Looking closely, they were also two short, thin children.
One child extended a thin arm, palm suddenly covering Sarutobi Hiruzen's fire-spewing mouth, completely ignoring the flames pouring onto the palm, and then forcibly terminated Sarutobi Hiruzen's ninjutsu, blocking all the flames in Sarutobi Hiruzen's mouth.
Not only that, the force transmitted from the child's palm even slammed Sarutobi Hiruzen's body violently against the outer wall of the Hokage building.
On Enma's side, another child suddenly appeared, blocking the trajectory of Enma's tearing claws.
'Then I'll tear you along with him!'
With this thought, Enma deepened the force of his swing, seeming to want to cut both children open at the same time.
"Boom..."
Another contact sound similar to before rang out. The feedback Enma's claws received after tearing towards the child's skin was a dull muffled sound, without any lacerations... as if all attacks fell into fluid, having no effect at all.
What is going on?
Enma's head couldn't quite wrap around it.
The next moment, small holes were broken open in the wall of the Hokage building. Dozens of thin, small arms suddenly extended from the small holes, directly pulling Sarutobi Hiruzen and Enma inside.
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