Chapter 531 The Night of the Nine-Tails (Part 4)
On the other side, in Konohagakure Village.
The sudden appearance of the huge Nine-Tailed Fox was like a sudden natural disaster to the people living in Konohagakure Village.
The Nine-Tailed Fox's angry roar was like a howling gale, destroying all the surrounding trees and even buildings.
With the swing of its claws, the stone and wood buildings were instantly slapped into the air like toys.
The huge tail swept across wantonly, easily uprooting the trees.
Every slap would cause the ground to tremble violently, soil and rocks to fly, and houses to collapse.
All the Konohagakure ninjas who came to contain the Nine-Tailed Fox were no match for it.
The elite ninjas of Konohagakure seemed so small in front of this huge figure.
The Nine-Tailed Fox just waved its paw lightly, just like slapping a fly, and slapped the ninjas in front of it into a ball of flesh and blood, which exploded in the air.
In the firelight and chaos, the sleeping villagers woke up from their dreams one after another.
Screams and cries intertwined and resounded through the night sky.
In this chaotic situation, no one noticed that the huge monster that was furious and crazy had only eight tails dancing wildly behind it.
"Third Hokage-sama, the Nine-Tails, the Nine-Tails has appeared in the village!"
At this time, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen had long abandoned the white robe that symbolized the status of an elder and put on the armor that he had not worn for a long time.
He raised his only remaining left arm in front of him and bit the straps with his teeth to fix the arm armor firmly.
He ordered with a firm tone.
"Leave this to me, and let Yamanaka Inoichi notify Minato!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen recalled some of the speculations that Nara Shikaku had sent back yesterday.
It seemed that the Mizukage was reminding him intentionally or unintentionally that something might happen in the next two days.
In order to be on the safe side, the village had already prepared emergency contacts with the front line.
And Nara Shikaku also gave up the first day of negotiations and stayed by the contact, and any information would be passed to Namikaze Minato as soon as possible.
Otherwise, if they just rely on ordinary summoning ninja eagles to pass messages like the last Five Kage Summit, Konohagakure will probably have nothing left.
Sarutobi Hiruzen is not without confidence that he and Jiraiya can deal with the rampaging Nine-Tails.
He is worried about the enemy hiding behind the scenes who released the Nine-Tails.
'With Minato's speed, he should be able to get back soon!'
Sarutobi Hiruzen knew that in his current state, all he could do was to hold back the Nine-Tails with all his strength, reduce casualties, and buy time for Minato and Jiraiya.
After figuring this out, he didn't delay and rushed towards the Nine-Tails.
However, Sarutobi Hiruzen's determination to stop the Nine-Tails and protect the villagers did not mean that everyone had the same idea as him.
At this time, in front of the Uchiha clan's gate.
Uchiha Fugaku, who had gathered his clansmen early, was stopped by Shimura Danzo and a dozen Root members.
"The mission of the Uchiha clan is to cover the evacuation of non-combatants in the village to the shelter, and no one is allowed to approach the Nine-Tails!"
Shimura Danzo looked at Uchiha Fugaku calmly, as if he didn't take the hundreds of angry Uchiha clan members behind him seriously.
"Danzo! The Nine-Tails must have been released by the person who pretended to be Uchiha Madara. It really has nothing to do with our Uchiha clan!"
Until this time, Uchiha Fugaku still wanted to explain to clear up the misunderstanding.
However, Shimura Danzo's expression did not change at all, and he just glanced at the well-equipped Uchiha behind Uchiha Fugaku.
"Then why were you Uchiha clan able to gather so quickly before I came?"
Uchiha Fugaku was stunned on the spot when he heard this, thinking of the letter of unknown origin.
The letter was originally just to remind him that someone would pretend to be the Uchiha clan member to launch a rebellion against Konohagakure tonight, reminding him to make preparations early to avoid falling into someone else's trap.
Uchiha Fugaku summoned all the clan members, so that they could discuss countermeasures and solve the problem in time, and also ensure that they had enough alibis.
As a result, who would have thought that the so-called attack was to release the Nine-Tails to destroy the entire Konohagakure Village.
This kind of attack only requires the Nine-Tails to have the symbol of the Sharingan in its eyes, and there is no need for evidence of other clan members taking action.
"Clan leader!"
"Clan leader!"
Listening to the calls of the clan members behind him, Uchiha Fugaku's expression was distorted, and his eyes looked at Shimura Danzo in front of him with a ferocious look.
'As long as we kill the old guy Danzo and the Anbu behind him! It's so chaotic tonight, no one will suspect us!'
'When the time comes, the Uchiha clan just didn't receive the order, and went to support other clans normally, and they will definitely be able to wash away the suspicion of controlling the Nine-Tails!'
Crazy thoughts kept flashing in Uchiha Fugaku's mind.
He clenched his fists, and his fingertips pierced into his palms fiercely. Even the three-tomoe Sharingan in his pupils was spinning rapidly.
However, in the end, Uchiha Fugaku's figure slowly collapsed.
He slowly loosened his hands and gave orders to the clansmen behind him with difficulty.
"Follow orders, escort the non-combatants in the village."
After saying this, Uchiha Fugaku seemed to have lost all his strength, and his figure became slightly hunched.
"Clan leader!"
"Follow orders!"
After emphasizing the execution of orders again, Uchiha Fugaku turned around and walked away alone, not even daring to look up at the eyes of the other clansmen.
Standing opposite the Uchiha clansmen, Shimura Danzo looked at Uchiha Fugaku's lonely figure, and a slightly mocking smile appeared in his one eye.
But what everyone present didn't know was that although Uchiha Fugaku didn't make a decision himself, someone else made the decision for him.
On a street in Konohagakure.
Several Konohagakure ninjas went against the fleeing crowd, jumped quickly on the roof, and rushed to the direction where the Nine-Tails was raging to support them anxiously.
However, one of them suddenly stopped and called his companion with an unbelievable look.
"Captain! Look!"
Although the other teammates who were traveling with him were anxious to go to support quickly, they still subconsciously looked in the direction he pointed.
As a result, the Konohagakure ninjas were furious when they saw it.
"Asshole! Uchiha Hikodera! What are you doing!"
The captain saw three ninjas laughing wildly and using Fire Style ninjutsu and explosive tags to destroy everything around them.
Moreover, one of them was Uchiha Hikodera, who was affiliated with the Konohagakure Guard Department.
The other two, looking at the conspicuous round fan family emblem on their bodies, were obviously ninjas from the Uchiha clan.
"Stop them!!!"
"Asshole!"
The angry captain roared and rushed towards the three Uchiha who were still destroying in the distance.
However, when these people rushed to the front, the three Uchiha clan members had already jumped off the house and merged into the streets and alleys, twisting and turning and disappearing.
And the same scene was staged in many places in Konohagakure Village tonight.
(End of this chapter)