Bam!
The coffin lid hit the floor!
The figure inside stepped out, just in time to see the Anbu's Ninja lying not far away and the Sunagakure's Ninja who had just chased him in from outside.
Having been secretly reanimated via Edo Tensei, then immediately sealed and transported here, White Fang was still somewhat disoriented.
However, his instincts as a Konoha's Ninja prompted him to act.
"Who are you?" Shielding the Anbu, the White Fang looked gravely at the Sunagakure's Ninja ahead. "And why is a Sunagakure's Ninja here?"
Hearing the White Fang's question, the Sunagakure's Ninja was taken aback.
And looking at the other party's appearance, the Sunagakure's Ninja was shocked!
This was only the late stages of the Third Great Ninja War, and it had only been five or six years since the Second Great Ninja War, or rather, since the White Fang's death.
Five or six years ago, this particular Sunagakure's Ninja was already an elite Chunin. How could he not recognize the White Fang, the one Sunagakure said you could abandon your mission if you encountered?
Looking at the White Fang, the Sunagakure's Ninja instinctively trembled all over, muttering: "White Fang... White Fang..."
Clearly, he was frightened.
Fortunately, after the initial shock, the Sunagakure's Ninja quickly came to his senses!
"Wait a minute... Konoha's White Fang has been dead for years. His own village did him in. Why should I be afraid of him?"
"Hmph!" The Sunagakure's Ninja glared viciously at the Anbu near the White Fang's feet. "Cunning Konoha's Ninja! Using your last breath to create a shadow clone and then using Transformation Technique to trick me, huh?"
"I have to commend your quick thinking!"
"If this were a mission to buy time, you've succeeded!"
"But unfortunately, this isn't that kind of mission! So, please die!"
Completely ignoring the White Fang he believed to be an illusion, the Sunagakure's Ninja charged towards the Konoha's Anbu!
After all, nobody knows better than him the extent of this Konoha's Ninja's injuries!
Given the opponent's injuries, being able to muster Chakra for a shadow clone and transformation was already a testament to his solid foundation.
So the person lying at the clone's feet must be the real body!
And such a clone obviously wouldn't possess any offensive capability!
At most, at the very most, it might be carrying an explosive tag to take him out together.
But no problem, if the enemy uses an explosive tag, then he'll just do this, and then...
Squelch!
A sharp sword pierced through the Sunagakure's Ninja's heart before he could even react.
"Huh?" Looking at the short blade protruding from his chest, the Sunagakure's Ninja made a confused sound.
'Why was I stabbed? Had he fallen under an Uchiha's Genjutsu today?'
'But weren't the Uchiha wiped out?'
'No, why?'
The Sunagakure's Ninja wanted to scream!
But by then, with his heart losing vast amounts of blood, he no longer had the strength!
"Abah abah..."
Opening his mouth, he uttered some words even he couldn't understand, then fell down, eyes wide open in death.
However, while he died with unresolved grievances, he didn't know the White Fang was even more puzzled!
The White Fang even felt like mocking.
'This Sunagakure's Ninja wasn't afraid of me at all? Were Sunagakure's Ninjas that hard-headed nowadays?'
But the Sunagakure's Ninja was a minor issue!
"Are you alright?"
White Fang quickly looked towards the Anbu.
But unfortunately, to ensure the village's grand plan, this loyal Konoha's Anbu had genuinely taken a hit to a vital spot to avoid raising White Fang's suspicions.
In this short time, the Anbu had long since lost all signs of life!
"Sigh..."
Seeing this, White Fang could only sigh and gently close the Anbu's eyes.
But with everyone dead, White Fang was lost.
'Didn't I commit suicide? Unable to bear the disgrace.'
'So why was I standing here, perfectly fine?'
White Fang was very confused, as confused as a player who skipped all the tutorials!
But White Fang hadn't reached the 'I don't know where I am, I only know I must kill' stage yet.
Looking at the coffin lid behind him, the Chakra Fluctuations filling the room, and the Sealing Technique markings, White Fang desperately wanted to understand the situation.
And being the star who outshone the Sannin in his generation, White Fang, hailing from a Ninja Clan, possessed vast knowledge.
Soon, looking at the coffin, he began to form a preliminary hypothesis.
'It seemed I had been dragged into a conspiracy!'
'And such a conspiracy...'
White Fang was thinking and seemed about to reach a conclusion...
Unfortunately, he was out of time.
Because while the White Fang was pondering, an even louder explosion from outside shook the heavens!
Boooom-
It was like a small nuclear bomb had gone off. The violent shockwave blew the door right off the White Fang's room!
The slaughter outside was now visible to White Fang.
At this point, seeing the Konoha's Ninjas being massacred by the Sunagakure's forces...
White Fang had no choice but to go out!
He picked up the equipment obviously prepared for him, donning it neatly.
The confused White Fang was like Alice waking up in Resident Evil.
Only, White Fang didn't yet know that his abnormal body granted him a super-powered advantage!
Then, fully equipped, White Fang stepped out the door!
Spotting a concentration of Sunagakure's Ninjas, electricity flickered around White Fang's body, and he charged forward!