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"Whoosh—!"
A three-pronged Kunai cut a lightning-like line through the air, shooting towards the leading Iwagakure.
The piercing sound of air being torn and the palpable sense of impending death caused him to instinctively shift his feet and turn his head towards where the Kunai had come from.
The next moment, a golden streak, like a continuous broken line, suddenly appeared, resembling a flickering solar flare, sweeping across the center of his vision.
His movements, honed by battles and bloodshed, were at this moment slow and difficult, like those of a patient undergoing rehabilitation. Compared to the young man with golden hair in front of him, he seemed to be moving in slow motion.
As his eyes gradually shifted from ferocity to terror, the young man's hand, relying on an incredibly fast Body Flicker Ninjutsu and high-speed reactions, actually got there first, grasping the thrown three-pronged Kunai in a reverse grip and subtly tilting its blade.
At this moment, the Iwagakure, as a Iwagakure, could no longer stop his steps.
Their figures crossed paths.
Blood flew through the air, gushing from the neck of this unnamed Iwagakure, painting a scarlet arc.
It was only a very brief pause.
Minato Namikaze, stepping across the wall, continued to tread on the cracked bricks, his feet erupting with Chakra that materialized like flames, sending Gravel splash.
The golden figure disappeared again.
The most basic Body Flicker Ninjutsu, in the hands of this commoner, unleashed capabilities far beyond its original design.
Even the most ordinary Ninja could use this movement Ninjutsu to traverse dozens of meters in a second, but in his hands, it was further enhanced, and its application range shifted from vast forests and plains—typical combat zones—to narrow, confined, and crowded corridors.
The resulting effect was, of course, magnified tenfold, even a hundredfold!
Wind.
Gale!
All the Konoha Ninja who bravely rushed towards the breach in the Hokage Building's outer wall, attempting to use their valor to stop the Iwagakure who had infiltrated this crucial area, seemed to experience the same hallucination.
A flashing golden light, swifter than fire and lightning, streaked past them at a speed utterly imperceptible to the naked eye.
Brief and fatal encounters left the leading Iwagakure no time to react. Almost the instant their eyes caught that golden blur, they had already met their demise.
"Damn it!"
Only the last Iwagakure who rushed into the breach reacted, cursing the moment the first blood-red flower bloomed, yet his hands had already completed the hand signs the instant he burst in.
"Earth Release: Earth Flow Divide!"
The sweeping golden light paused briefly just before the ground solidified into a wall, and his airborne figure spun rapidly like a Shuriken, then with a 'thump,' his feet landed on the earth wall that had suddenly appeared between them.
The three-pronged Shuriken, imbued with Wind Release Chakra, deeply embedded itself into the wall, leaving a hole that pierced through the entire wall, but it couldn't completely break through.
Under Minato Namikaze's mask, his brow furrowed slightly.
The Iwagakure captain looked at the Wind Release Chakra Kunai that had cut a wound on his cheek, cold sweat pouring down his back.
However, as a Iwagakure who dared to lead a squad of Iwagakure into Konoha to execute a mission, how could he lack courage?
Even under the immense pressure of life and death, his hands continued to perform the hand signs in an orderly fashion.
"Earth Release: Earth Spikes!"
Before Minato Namikaze could get around the wall, the ground beneath his feet had already turned to mud from the suddenly infused Chakra.
The next moment, a dozen stone pillars surged from the ground without warning, one after another, stabbing towards him, piercing directly from the third floor to the fourth.
The golden figure repeatedly leaped backward. The overly narrow space was not enough for him to continue maneuvering.
"Stand back!"
Unable to interfere in time, the experienced Jonin guarding the sealed room entrance waved his large hand, dispersing all the staff who had gathered around him.
Most of these personnel, who handled paperwork in the Hokage Building, were Chunin level, and due to their long absence from the battlefield, they would only be counterproductive here. For a high-speed Ninja like Minato, they would be a huge hindrance.
During this fleeting moment, the Iwagakure immediately rushed towards the sealed room door without hesitation, simultaneously tearing off his outer clothing to reveal the explosive tags covering his entire body like tadpoles.
The depths of his eyes were filled with fanaticism.
"Die!"
However, just as all his Chakra was about to be poured into the explosive tag vest on his body...
Sawara Kiri suddenly turned his head, his azure eyes shifting to look outside the breach.
"Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"
A roar erupted.
A crimson, dragon-shaped flame, looking as if outlined by ink brushstrokes, surged relentlessly into the hallway from the breach they had created in the outer wall, with a force difficult for ordinary people to withstand.
The scorching impact and high temperature merged into a single mass, and supported by vigorous Chakra, it slammed against the wall, which was fortified with multiple sealing barriers, then flowed in torrents towards both ends of the hallway.
In just an instant, it completely engulfed the Iwagakure who was about to detonate the seals.
The Fire Release Chakra, controlled to its extreme, reaching thousands of degrees, instantly ignited the human body and clothing upon contact.
The destroyed seals naturally lost their effectiveness, crumbling into a pile of black ash.
The Iwagakure watched this scene with unwilling eyes, his entire body writhing in intense pain from the high temperature as he clung to the sealed room door, gradually burning into a charred skeleton.
Sawara Kiri quietly watched this scene. The diverted Fire Release, controlled with extremely precise Chakra manipulation, remained within the area between him and the earth wall opposite.
The raging flames also largely extinguished within a few seconds after incinerating the target.
"Whoosh—"
Several figures, dressed in Konoha combat uniforms but with the Uchiha red and white fan clan crest on their backs, appeared in the center of the hallway through the breach in the Hokage's outer wall.
Leading them was a tall female Ninja with long black hair tied into a high ponytail and an indifferent expression.
In her eye sockets, two jet-black tomoe were embedded in her crimson pupils, slowly rotating with the flow of Yin Release Chakra, sweeping across everyone's faces like cold blades.
"Everyone here."
"Don't move!"
With just this one command, everyone present—whether Sawara Kiri, Minato Namikaze, or the guarding Jonin—froze.
Because everyone present had seen the armbands on their shoulders.
Uchiha Police Force.
Founding Clan, Hokage's Special Privilege!
Those the Anbu couldn't kill, they killed. Those the Anbu couldn't control, they controlled!
The Uchiha Clan's current power and influence were evident.
The leading female Ninja's voice was cold and hard, her gaze indifferent, as she brazenly swept her Sharingan over everyone present.
Although she appeared to be around the same age as Sawara Kiri and the others, her actions were cautious and experienced.
Even though the enemy was confirmed to be completely annihilated, she did not let down her guard, searching for every possible suspicious trace in the crowd.
However, just as the decisive female Ninja turned her head, and Sawara Kiri's reflection appeared in her red pupils...
The girl's steps involuntarily paused.
A hint of surprise appeared in her originally icy, indifferent eyes, and her usually cool and solemn face couldn't help but show a slight flicker of panic.
It was as if someone she cared about deeply had seen her in an embarrassing state.
Even her professional facial expression almost broke, and she blurted out:
"Kiri?"
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