Boom boom boom...
Boom boom boom...
Boom boom boom...
Violent explosions covered the entire Hidden Leaf Village.
The village, which was relatively peaceful a moment ago, instantly plunged into a sea of fire after the arrival of the Sky Ninja assault force.
Hidden Leaf Military Police Building.
Shinji stood by the window of his Captain's office, quietly watching the village engulfed in flames and explosions outside.
Such moments of emptiness in the Hidden Leaf were rare, so the Sky Ninjas had exerted all their strength this time. The number of Sky Ninjas participating in the first wave of attacks reached hundreds.
Therefore, when two Root ninjas using 'Super Beast Scroll' drew birds and just took off to meet the enemy, they were besieged by several times, or even dozens of times more Sky Ninjas, and were shot down from the sky instantly.
So soon only the kikaichū and the ground air defense troops were struggling to persist.
Behind Shinji, Mumei, Karin, Kimimaro, and Sasuke stood in a row, waiting for Shinji's order.
Undoubtedly.
Except for Haku who had already gone out on a mission, all members of the Military Police Force had gathered in Shinji's office at this moment.
Seeing Shinji delayed giving instructions, Sasuke couldn't hold back anymore: "Shinji, let me go deal with those bastards outside!"
Shinji glanced at Sasuke: "How do you plan to deal with them?"
Sasuke answered without thinking: "I can use 'Susanoo'!"
Shinji shook his head gently.
It was true that Sasuke's 'Susanoo' could attack from a long distance, but every arrow of his 'Susanoo' consumed a large amount of Mangekyo pupil power.
Using 'Susanoo' to attack hundreds or thousands of Sky Ninjas in the sky was simply using a cannon to hit mosquitoes.
Karin asked tentatively: "Should I go?"
Shinji still shook his head: "The flying devices those Sky Ninjas outside ride have limited payload. In the first wave of attacks just now, they have already released all their bombs, so now they pose little threat to the village!"
Hearing this, several people hurriedly leaned to the window and observed.
Sure enough, they soon found that the Sky Ninjas in the air were no longer dropping bombs, but using kunai and explosive tags to fight with the Hidden Leaf's air defense troops.
Shinji said indifferently: "This wave of attacks will end soon, they are about to return."
"Damn it!"
Thinking that these Sky Ninjas dropped bombs in the village and could still evacuate swaggeringly, Sasuke felt extremely annoyed.
Just then, Shinji suddenly ordered: "Kimimaro, go track the returning Sky Ninjas, find their fleet at sea, and then annihilate them all!"
Kimimaro was stunned at first, then immediately returned to his calm expression: "Yes!"
Only then did the few people understand that the reason why Shinji held back his troops was to track the Sky Ninjas, find the opponent's fleet, and then catch them all in one net!
Seeing Kimimaro preparing to leave, Sasuke hurriedly said: "Only Kimimaro going alone? Is it too risky? Let me go with him!"
Shinji said indifferently: "No need!"
Sasuke wanted to say more, but seeing Shinji's grave gaze, for some reason, he suddenly lost his confidence and swallowed back the words that reached his mouth.
After the biological exoskeleton 'H' suppressed Kimimaro's Kekkei Genkai disease, Kimimaro's strength began to improve steadily again.
With his current strength, dealing with Sky Ninjas who were individually weak was actually no problem, just a matter of efficiency.
Of course, Shinji wouldn't really let Kimimaro go alone.
After all, Kimimaro carried an extremely precious 'Tenseigan' on him. Even just to ensure the safety of the 'Tenseigan', Shinji had to be extra careful, so he arranged another teammate for Kimimaro.
And there was another reason why Shinji insisted on letting Kimimaro destroy the Sky Ninja fleet.
That was, he discovered that Orochimaru had recently sent people to contact Kimimaro, trying to obtain Jūgo, Guren, Tayuya, and others imprisoned in the Hidden Leaf from Kimimaro.
Therefore, Shinji was worried that Orochimaru would take advantage of the Hidden Leaf's weakness to raid the village and rescue those subordinates trapped in the Hidden Leaf.
To prevent Kimimaro from falling into a possible dilemma, he had to send Kimimaro away in advance.
Hyuga Clan Grounds.
After learning of the Sky Ninja attack alert, Hiashi, the patriarch of the Hyuga clan, took Hinata, Hanabi, Neji, and others into the Hyuga clan's own shelter in advance.
Listening to the constant roars outside, Hinata clenched her collar tightly with both hands.
Several times she wanted to speak to Hiashi and apply to go out and fight for the village, but as soon as her eyes looked at Hiashi, she met Hiashi's stern gaze and had to lower her head timidly.
Neji aside also clenched his fists.
Only he knew clearly that specializing in Gentle Fist, he didn't have many means of long-range attacks. Even if he went out, he wouldn't be of much use, so he barely suppressed himself.
Suddenly, a voice entered his mind.
Neji's expression changed, then he stood up and said to Hiashi: "Hiashi-sama, I want to go out!"
Hiashi looked at Neji, hesitated for a while, and waved his hand.
"Thank you!"
Bowing to Hiashi, Neji immediately rushed out of the shelter.
Undoubtedly.
Just now, it was Shinji, in the identity of leader 'A', conveying the order to Neji through 'Magatama' to accompany Kimimaro in tracking the retreating Sky Ninjas, find the Sky Ninja fleet at sea, and destroy it.
Shinji's identity as leader 'A' had not yet been disclosed to Kimimaro, Neji, and Sasuke for the time being, so he could only go around like this.
As for the excuse, letting Neji protect Kimimaro who was tracking the Sky Ninja army alone was a plausible excuse in itself. So upon receiving leader 'A's order, Neji didn't hesitate at all.
Seeing Neji stood up and left, Hinata couldn't hold back anymore and also stood up saying: "Father, I want to go out too!"
Hiashi only said indifferently: "Sit down!"
Hinata didn't understand: "But why can Neji-niisan go out?"
Hiashi's tone was icy: "You are different from him, you are from the Main House!"
Hanabi aside gently tugged at Hinata's sleeve: "Sister, don't say anymore!"
Hinata had to sit back aggrievedly.
After Hinata sat back properly, Hiashi closed his eyes to rest again.
However, if one paid a little attention, one could discover that while pretending to sleep, he actually kept his ears pricked up, listening to the situation outside.
The reason why he allowed Neji to leave the clan shelter was also because he heard that the explosions outside had subsided and the Sky Ninjas might be retreating, so even if Neji went out, there wouldn't be too much danger.
On Neji's side.
After leaving the shelter, the originally familiar street scenes and houses had all turned into ruins and broken walls. Scene after scene made him burn with anger, but he remembered his mission, so he didn't intervene in firefighting. Instead, taking advantage of the chaotic situation, he quietly left the village...