Hearing the commotion, Pakura immediately started running towards the source of the disturbance.
Before leaving, she instructed her disciple, Maki, to notify the others.
Maki nodded, her face filled with anxiety as she departed.
She looked back at Pakura's departing figure, secretly resolving that after gathering reinforcements, she would fight alongside Pakura.
…
"What's going on?"
Fujitora awoke, looking in the direction of the disturbance.
A Sunagakure Anbu member knelt before him, reporting:
"Fujitora-sama, according to the information received from the sensory ninjas, it seems that Kiyoshi of Konoha and Sasori have started a conflict."
"What?"
Fujitora's voice was deep and heavy, and anger rose on his rocky, furrowed face.
Had Konoha become so arrogant?
He immediately ordered the Sunagakure Anbu to gather the troops.
Tsunade, one of the Sannin, was also here, so they had to be cautious, as carelessness could bring great losses to Sunagakure.
"Yes, sir."
The Sunagakure Anbu, hearing the solemn tone in Fujitora's voice, nodded immediately.
This man was one of the highest-ranking figures in Sunagakure, comparable to the Third Kazekage, Chiyo, and Ebizo.
Despite his muscles beginning to weaken and his hair and beard gradually turning snow-white, this tall old man was still active in various missions.
…
"Chiyo."
Chiyo and Ebizo, the sibling duo, led a group of ninjas into the Kazekage Building but did not see any sign of the Third Kazekage.
In the room, there were only a few scattered drops of blood on the ground.
"Sister…"
Ebizo's expression was grave.
If the Kage of a village disappears, the consequences will be completely unimaginable.
The ninjas who had previously wanted to contend for the position of Kazekage, as well as the forces behind them, will all jump out to try and compete for the position of the Fourth Kazekage.
"This is…"
Compared to Ebizo, who preferred to think things through carefully and was already contemplating the chaotic situation, Chiyo was more concerned with the present.
She bent down, her chakra beginning to envelop her fingertips.
After gently touching the blood on the ground, her face changed drastically.
There was poison in this blood!
She was very familiar with this kind of poison, as she had taught it to…
Ebizo, behind her, noticed his sister's body suddenly stiffen after touching the blood and also anticipated something.
It was likely that there was an internal traitor in the village.
…
"Something has happened in Sunagakure."
Tsunade's closed eyes suddenly snapped open. She realized that many ninjas were approaching her.
She pushed open the door and walked out.
Before long, Asuma and Kurenai also came out, having clearly heard the commotion.
"Tsunade-sama, what's going on?" Kurenai asked first.
Immediately, she rushed into Kiyoshi's room to check and was surprised to find that Kiyoshi was not there.
"Kiyoshi is gone!" Kurenai exclaimed in alarm.
Asuma turned his gaze and found that it was indeed the case.
Tsunade frowned deeply.
She possessed Yang chakra nature and had learned some sensory ninjutsu from her grandfather.
Tsunade began to sense with all her might. In addition to the presence of numerous Sunagakure ninjas, there was a sinister and ominous chakra that was very noticeable.
She opened her eyes, it was in… the place where the fire had started.
"Let's go to that place."
Tsunade hadn't even taken off her armor to sleep. She immediately jumped onto the roof, starting to run.
Kurenai and Asuma did the same, quickly following.
…
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Numerous senbon needles were fired from the left arm of Hiruko's machine gun, like scattered raindrops.
Two tomoes appeared in Kiyoshi's eyes, and all the senbon needles became incredibly slow in his eyes.
In the current time, Sasori had already used a corpse to create Hiruko, but it had not yet been modified to the much more perfected version of the future.
The sword in Kiyoshi's hand was enveloped in flames, intercepting all the senbon needles on the ground.
"Just stay here obediently, Konoha ninja."
A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Sasori's eyes.
He only remembered that after poisoning the Third Kazekage, he had come to find Kiyoshi, wanting to use him as a scapegoat.
"Aren't you afraid of provoking a war between Sunagakure and Konoha?"
Kiyoshi said, with an appropriate look of surprise on his face.
Since he was acting, he had to act the whole part.
The current Sasori was revealing his true nature.
"Heh heh, it's meaningless to stay in a village like this. I will make you one of my works of art as well." Sasori said indifferently.
A puppet made from a member of the Uchiha clan would surely be much more special than an ordinary puppet.
Sasori waved the chakra threads connected to his fingertips. He took out a scroll, and summoned another humanoid puppet.
The humanoid puppet's wrist was attached to the summoning seal.
In an instant, thousands of puppet arms were summoned, grabbing towards Kiyoshi.
The speed was so fast that one could almost only see a blur.
"Useless."
Kiyoshi shook his head.
The current Sasori was basically going all out, throwing out all his moves. But that was not enough.
In the next moment, the flames on the sword in Kiyoshi's hand suddenly increased, and a whirlwind wrapped around it.
This was the Wind Release: Chakra Blade Membrane given by Orochimaru.
With the bonus of the trait, the wind and fire intertwined endlessly.
The long and swift flames were like an extended line of fire held by Kiyoshi in his hand.
"This… what kind of ninjutsu is this?!"
Sasori's pupils shrank.
Combination ninjutsu?
No, that's not right.
Sasori ruled out this answer.
Combination ninjutsu cannot be used casually. It requires extremely precise chakra control.
Looking at the exaggerated scale, it can be inferred that a large amount of chakra is needed as support to be able to achieve this.
Kiyoshi is just a Chunin, and even if he could defeat Pakura, it was impossible for him to have such chakra reserve at his age.
Sasori flicked his fingertips. Before the long line of flame could hit him, the dozens of puppets surrounding him simultaneously opened their palms, spewing out raging flames.
Scroll - Flame Prison Formation!
Sasori had pre-buried fire scrolls on each puppet. He used those scrolls to allow flames to spew out of their palms with powerful temperature.
It was comparable to a B-rank fire release ninjutsu.
Boom!
The flames of both sides intertwined, reflecting this area like a sea of fire.
The sand and dust on the ground were melted into a reddish-brown liquid glass by the high temperature, winding into vein like shapes under the feet of the two.
Kiyoshi's Sharingan reflectef like a strange bloody light.
"Hiss…"
Sasori quickly retreated, with blood flowing from both of his ears.
He was a puppeteer, and was not good at close combat.
The skin all over his body was baked red by the flames, emitting white smoke.
The person in front of him seemed much more at ease than him.
"It seems you can't stand this high temperature." Kiyoshi smiled faintly.
As long as he doesn't directly touch the core of the flames, he can withstand this high temperature.
His current talent in Fire Release is far beyond others.
The percentage bonus made it impossible for Kiyoshi to find it as difficult to improve as others.
A ninja cannot get stronger just through hard work alone.
Fire + Wind = Scorch
Although Kiyoshi could not directly synthesize a Kekkei genkai now, it was not a big problem to increase his resistance to fire.