Swoosh!
The moment more than a dozen Sand shinobi leapt into the air to evade the slash, Yagami surged forward.
He had long since activated the Squid Girl Bracelet, shedding two-thirds of his weight.
That alone made his movements explosive.
At his current speed, ordinary shinobi didn't even have time to react.
Puff—puff—puff!
Blood bloomed in the air.
Before those Sand shinobi could even touch the ground, they were cut down one after another.
Yagami's movements were clean and precise—
not a single wasted motion.
There was no frenzy to it.
No wild brutality.
Yet the blood scattering through the air carried a chilling beauty.
"Wind Style!"
"Wind Style — Thousand Faces of Wind!"
"Wind Style — Thousand Faces of Wind!"
Explosions erupted from both sides.
Thousands of razor-sharp wind blades poured down in a dense barrage, cutting off every possible escape.
BOOM—!
A deafening crack echoed, as if the sound barrier itself had been torn apart.
Yagami bent low, slammed his foot into the ground—and vanished.
In an instant, he shot out of the encirclement.
So fast that every nearby Sand shinobi froze in disbelief.
Bang bang bang bang bang—!
A chain of explosions erupted where he had just been standing.
It sounded like a barrage from a machine gun.
In the blink of an eye, the ground was torn apart, riddled with holes like a hornet's nest.
Because his system mission was to protect Kikyō Castle, Yagami did not linger.
Wherever the city wall was under threat, he would appear.
That was the purpose of his initiative.
"So fast…!"
Watching Yagami flash across the battlefield like a phantom, rampaging freely along the front lines—
Ebizō felt a chill run down his spine.
At that speed, landing a direct hit on him was nearly impossible.
Puff—puff!
Yagami moved like a specter, harvesting lives without mercy.
Every Sand shinobi he reached met only one fate.
Death in a single strike.
Some were beheaded.
Some were pierced straight through the heart.
Others were cleaved in two or cut down on the spot.
Above the walls of Kikyō Castle, the defenders felt the pressure ease noticeably.
With Yagami slaughtering the enemy below, their panic faded.
Their movements became orderly.
Their counterattacks sharper.
More decisive.
"How do we deal with this…?"
"How are we supposed to stop him?!"
Yagami tore through the battlefield with unmatched speed, turning the front line into a killing ground.
Ebizō ground his teeth, fury and anxiety twisting together.
No matter how he thought about it, there was no effective solution.
Ordinary ninjutsu simply couldn't touch someone moving at that speed.
After a long pause, only one grim option remained.
Wear him down.
Force him to exhaust himself by escalating the siege.
With that conclusion, Ebizō issued a ruthless order.
"Attack the castle with full force!!"
The command was relayed to Pakura.
Standing at the center of the Sand forces, she gave a soft hum of understanding.
Watching Yagami race across the battlefield to provide support, she grasped Ebizō's intent immediately.
"Charge! All units—attack the castle with everything you have!!"
At her order, Sand shinobi who had been attempting to encircle Yagami abruptly changed course, rushing straight toward Kikyō Castle.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Kunai, shuriken, and explosive tags rained down from the walls as if ammunition were limitless.
The base of the wall was swallowed by fire and smoke.
"Wind Style — Wind Cutter!"
"Wind Style — Gale Burst!"
"Fire Style — Fireball Jutsu!"
"Shuriken Technique!"
Sand shinobi in the rear unleashed relentless ninjutsu bombardments, suppressing the Konoha defenders and forcing them into cover.
Taking advantage of the gaps, the Sand forces below surged toward the walls.
Close-quarters combat erupted atop the battlements.
"Adamantine Sealing Chains!"
From behind Uzumaki Kushina, brilliant chakra chains shot forward.
Several Sand shinobi who had just reached the wall were pierced clean through and flung back down.
But even more enemies followed, climbing relentlessly.
"Atomic Severance!"
RUMBLE—!!
Seeing the pressure mounting atop the walls, Yagami abandoned any thought of conserving stamina.
He swung with full force.
A crescent-shaped slash over ten meters long tore forward, skimming low along the wall.
"Watch out!!"
"Move—now!!"
Sand shinobi screamed warnings to one another.
BOOM—!!!
Like an autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves...
Thirty or forty shinobi were swallowed by the slash and blasted away before they could escape.
"No…"
"If this keeps up, Kikyō Castle won't hold!"
Even as the Sand shinobi dodged the slash, they continued charging the walls.
Yagami's thoughts raced.
Then...
Then it clicked.
If he couldn't stop the attack everywhere at once...then he'd force them to turn around.
Go for the commander.
His gaze snapped toward the rear of the Sand army.
"Ebizō—your life ends here!!!"
Yagami shouted with everything he had.
His voice thundered across the battlefield.
Just as he expected—
The attacking Sand shinobi instinctively turned their heads.
Got you.
Feeling the shift in momentum, Yagami's heart leapt.
BOOM!!!
To amplify the effect, he stomped down hard and exploded forward, bursting straight toward the Sand army's rear.
"Lord Ebizō!!"
"Quick—protect Lord Ebizō!!"
Panic rippled through the Sand forces.
Those who hadn't yet reached the walls abandoned the assault and turned back in pursuit.
If Yagami broke through—
With only dozens of guards remaining—
Ebizō's survival would be anything but guaranteed.
"Lord Ebizō, fall back!!"
The guards around Ebizō were shaken.
They had witnessed Yagami's power firsthand and had secretly felt relieved to be stationed in the rear.
They never thought that the one cutting through the battlefield would come for them next.
Even Ebizō himself was stunned by Yagami's maneuver.
Glancing at the dwindling number of guards around him, he immediately began retreating further to the rear.
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