Right, since I can't match the opponent in speed, then I can only use Gaara as my trump card.'
"Temari, Kankuro, quickly take Gaara away from here!"
Seeing Gaara still covering his face, struggling and resisting with Shukaku's consciousness, Maki hurried back to his side and, with a serious expression, ordered Temari and Kankuro.
"Yes..."
Although she didn't understand why so many Sand Village ninja suddenly collapsed, Temari knew this wasn't a place for Genin like them to stay.
"Gaara, quickly use the Fake Sleep Technique to let Shukaku out. To deal with the enemy, we must use your power!"
No matter how fast they are, if they can't break through the defense, Gaara's Shukaku is still invincible.
While arranging for Temari and Kankuro to retreat with Gaara, Maki also instructed the still semi-conscious Gaara.
"Wait, Sensei Maki, if we use that move, Gaara will be at great risk of..."
'What if Gaara's consciousness is taken over by Shukaku...'
Temari didn't dare imagine how miserable Gaara's fate would be.
"There's no time to worry about that now! The enemy's strength is above mine. Lord Kazekage and Orochimaru, who said he would ally with us, are now up there dealing with the Hokage. We can only rely on Gaara. Otherwise..."
The Sand Village ninja who invaded this place might all be wiped out by that guy alone just now.
———
"Kakashi! That is...?"
While quickly heading down and scanning with his eyes for his disciples and the Sand Village enemies, Might Guy suddenly saw large numbers of Sand Village ninja collapsed on the ground.
And also that blade light so fast that even he couldn't see it clearly.
"It's the Fourth Hokage's Flying Thunder God Technique!"
Kakashi, who also saw this scene, widened his Sharingan eyes.
His face full of disbelief.
"To think he learned it in just three days... Is this what a real genius is?"
With the Sharingan's dynamic vision, Kakashi barely managed to catch Uchiha Kage's figure.
'But why is there lightning-style chakra radiating from this Uchiha boy?'
"No... he learned that jutsu, said to be unlearnable by anyone other than the Fourth Hokage, in just three days?"
After the dust settled, Might Guy also clearly saw the figure of Uchiha Kage holding a long blade.
Because he was too fast, there wasn't even a trace of blood on the blade in his hand.
But the corpses on the ground were already piled up like mountains.
"This is exactly like the performance of the Yellow Flash back then..."
An elderly Konoha ninja couldn't help falling into memories of the past upon witnessing this scene.
———
"This... could this be the legendary Flying Thunder God Technique?"
Seeing the Uchiha boy disappear and reappear again, with Sand Village ninja corpses all around, Terumi Mei was so shocked she could barely breathe.
'This killing speed is way too exaggerated.'
No matter how wide your eyes are open, you can't see his movements.
You can only deduce that the fallen ninja died by the blade through inference, not certainty.
"Don't go snooping around others' ninjutsu, Acting Mizukage of the Hidden Mist," Before the Uchiha Kage, who was sheathing his blade, could respond, Yuhi Kurenai, who rushed over, immediately snapped at Terumi Mei.
"You...", Terumi Mei was about to get closer and ask, but then saw the red-eyed kunoichi standing in front of her.
'What a clingy ghost...'
She muttered in her heart.
"Sensei, please take care of this honored guest from the Mist. I have other missions," The ninja sword gifted to him by Uzuki Yugao was incredibly sharp, even killing didn't leave bloodstains.
One glance and it was clearly valuable.
Uchiha Kage was already quite fond of it.
Of course, the speed he just displayed by combining Lightning Style Chakra Mode with the Flying Thunder God Technique also made him very satisfied.
Without a doubt, he was now the fastest in the ninja world... cough.
'Maybe let's not take that title yet.'
"Mission...", Yuhi Kurenai originally wanted to follow Uchiha Kage, but in the blink of an eye, he was already gone.
So she had to turn her gaze back to Terumi Mei and the others, "Hey, stop running around. Come with me to the shelter. It's not safe here."
"I'm the dignified Mizukage. I don't need to take shelter! You should worry about yourselves. So many Sand Village ninja suddenly appearing here, this was definitely premeditated..."
From the previous conflicting statements of the Kazekage and Hokage, to now the mass appearance of Sand Village ninja, Terumi Mei had pretty much pieced things together.
Today's events were absolutely preplanned.
But at this point, no one could tell who would win or lose today.
If Konoha won, it wouldn't necessarily be a good thing, but if Konoha lost... it might be even worse...
Thinking of this gave Terumi Mei a headache.
But... if both sides could just suffer mutual destruction, that would be the best.
Terumi Mei looked up at the battle above, thinking that it would be ideal if Hiruzen, the Kazekage, Orochimaru, all of them died.
"You're just an Acting Mizukage," Yuhi Kurenai also glanced up at the battlefield above with some concern.
'Uchiha Itachi... Orochimaru... they actually appeared in the village.'
'What exactly was the Third Hokage thinking?'
"I'll become Mizukage sooner or later. But you, as a teacher, you can't even control your student, and you're making moves on him. Shameless."
"I..."
What making moves? She and Uchiha Kage were clearly in a normal teacher-student relationship, okay? Just a bit more intimate. Is that illegal?
"Hmph, you're one to talk. As the Mist's representative, you repeatedly cling to a boy ten years younger than you. Aren't you embarrassed?"
"You..."
Terumi Mei couldn't come up with a good retort for a moment.
"And even after being rejected, you still want to stick around him."
Yuhi Kurenai had been paying attention to this situation for a while. Seeing how Uchiha Kage was completely unmoved by Terumi Mei's flirtations, she couldn't be happier inside.
She knew that this fox spirit from another village couldn't possibly win over her blockhead student.
"What rejected? That was just... just delayed. Sooner or later, I'll definitely bring him back to the Mist!"
"Impossible. As long as I'm around, you'll never succeed!"
———
"Hurry..."
'To think Konoha still had such a master hidden...'
Maki, while instructing Temari and Kankuro to quickly take Gaara away and widen the distance from Konoha's pursuers, kept urging Gaara to release Shukaku.
If this invasion of Konoha fails, their Sand Village will be beyond redemption.
Now, they had no choice but to go all out and unleash Shukaku to deal with that bizarrely fast boy.
"Don't think you can escape!"
Naruto didn't expect to break through the encirclement of so many Sand Village ninja so easily.
But thinking about how this was all done by Uchiha Kage, he wasn't that surprised anymore.
That guy, in the last dungeon, even took on the Nine-Tails, that giant fox...
Shaking his head, Naruto felt frustrated just thinking about the last dungeon.
So, to shake off that feeling, he went full speed chasing after Gaara and the others ahead.
"Wait, Naruto, this is too reckless! They still have a Jonin...", Neji, seeing Naruto charging forward alone, quickly reminded him.
But this dead-last's speed wasn't any slower than his own full-power sprint...
"So what if he's a Jonin? I'm the man who's going to become Hokage!"
Naruto of course didn't listen to Neji's warning, instead running even faster.
"Hmph, that guy didn't follow... only you few Genin?"
Seeing only a few Konoha kids chasing after them, and not that Uchiha boy, Maki finally felt relieved and stopped running.
Gaara probably still needed a bit more time. He definitely couldn't let these Konoha ninja through right now.
Even if that strange boy came again, Maki would stand in his way today to buy time.
Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!
Forming hand seals quickly, Maki summoned a massive whirlwind in front of him.
The hurricane quickly flattened the forest in front of him.
And Naruto, caught in it along with snapped trees, was blown flying.
Rotation!
Seeing a large tree trunk flying toward him, Neji quickly used Rotation to block the debris, then used Gentle Fist to lightly catch Naruto, who almost crashed into him.
"Thanks...", Naruto, who had just made a bold claim only to be instantly blown away, felt a bit embarrassed.
"This guy is a Sand Village elite Jonin. We must cooperate if we want to defeat him."
After putting Naruto down, Neji looked behind him. Lee, carrying Sasuke, clearly couldn't join the fight yet.
And the Uchiha Kage who opened the path for them earlier had also vanished.
It looked like only he and Naruto could figure out how to deal with this Sand Village Jonin.
"I've dealt with this before. Back in the Land of Waves, Sasuke and I fought against a Jonin-level enemy too," Naruto, regaining his spirits, recalled Zabuza from the Land of Waves.
And also Killer Bee and the Raikage from the dungeon missions.
Though... back then, they lost pretty badly.
"Hmph, such arrogant little brats. I'm a Wind Style user. I'm not like your average Jonin!"
Although Maki felt that bullying a few Konoha Genin was beneath him, this was already a war. No matter how weak the enemy, he would show no mercy in killing them.
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