With a Tailed Beast appearing in the village, the villagers were in a state of panic.
The Konoha ninjas wanted to rush over, but they found that the Suna ninjas were all gripping their weapons, staring at them with fierce murderous intent.
Konoha Crush Plan! Start!
The Suna ninjas moved swiftly. The Konoha ninjas intercepted them.
For a time, the streets and alleys were filled with the ear-piercing sound of clashing steel, with sparks flying under the sunlight.
The villagers screamed incessantly, shivering in their homes.
"Don't kill me! Don't kill me!"
"Sunagakure... if it weren't for the Uchiha, how could they have gotten in!"
"It's all the Uchiha's fault! It's all their fault!"
"A clan of calamity! The evil Uchiha!"
At that moment, members of the Uchiha Root quietly appeared in the hidden alleys.
Like sharks smelling blood, they ignored the intense and dense sounds of clashing metal and instead entered the houses one by one.
"Who are you?"
"Anbu! It's the legendary ninja department of Konoha!"
"Are you here to save us?!"
"Great! Once this is over, we must make the Uchiha pay the price!"
The villagers were overjoyed. But then, behind the masks of the heroes they yearned for, a pair of blood-red Sharingan appeared.
Looking at those blood-red Sharingan, the villagers' minds went blank and their eyes widened in disbelief.
Uchiha... it was the Uchiha...
The words seemed stuck in their throats, and they couldn't say a thing.
The next moment.
Shing—
A cold light flashed by, and warm blood sprayed out, landing on the walls.
While the sound of clashing steel outside was intense, the inside of the house was dead silent, so quiet that a pin drop could be heard.
The people nearby stared at a middle-aged woman's stomach. The woman stiffly lowered her head to look at her belly. Gradually, her stomach began to shift, and her upper body started to slide along with it.
Finally...
Thud!
Her upper body fell off and hit the floor. Blood flowed like water from a tipped-over kettle, splashing and staining the floor red.
The villagers' hearts felt as if they were being squeezed, and their breathing became difficult. They watched this scene with wide eyes.
"Aaaahh!!!"
A scream brought the villagers back to reality, their minds filled with nothing but endless terror and fear.
The Uchiha Root Members watched them scramble to escape on all fours, a sense of gratification appearing in their bloodthirsty eyes, and the corners of their lips couldn't help but curl up.
They gripped their blood-stained short swords, killing one person with every step, while unleashing the hatred they had accumulated over many years.
No one made it out of the houses. Only Uchiha Root Members emerged from the houses one after another.
—
Outside Konoha, at the Barrier Control Center.
Three Uchiha Root Members sheathed their blood-stained short swords. Their Sharingan looked through the gradually thinning barrier at the thousands of excited Suna ninjas waiting to rush in. They then turned to look toward the center of the village at the fifty-meter-tall One-Tail with its shrill, excited voice, their gazes becoming bloodthirsty.
With a flash of movement, they quickly headed toward that location.
The Sarutobi Clan.
Three thousand ninjas.
Heh heh.
—
Hiruzen looked at Orochimaru, who had shed his disguise, his expression incredibly grim.
"Orochimaru, do you think you can still escape after appearing alone in the center of the village under these circumstances?"
The surrounding ninjas held their weapons, their gazes fixed tightly on him, as if they would pounce the moment he showed even a small opening.
"Hehehe." Orochimaru's smile was full of confidence.
How could he have come here without being prepared?
He formed hand seals.
Boar-Dog-Bird-Monkey-Ram!
Summoning Jutsu!
From within the massive cloud of smoke, a cold voice rang out.
"Orochimaru, prepare 100 living sacrifices to offer to me afterward."
"Naturally." Orochimaru's smile remained.
The smoke gradually dissipated, revealing a giant snake with purple stripes. Its massive body was not at all inferior to that of a Tailed Beast.
Seeing this, Hiruzen's eyes nearly split with rage.
"OROCHIMARU!!!"
There was already a One-Tail wreaking havoc in the village, and the casualties afterward were bound to be severe. And yet Orochimaru had even summoned Manda, whose size rivaled that of a Tailed Beast.
Kumogakure and Iwagakure are likely already heading towards the Land of Fire.
"You all tie down Manda!" Hiruzen intended to deal with Orochimaru himself first.
"Yes!"
Facing the terrifying Manda, who was like a Tailed Beast, the Anbu still charged forward with their short swords.
Orochimaru smiled as he saw Hiruzen charging toward him. "Hehehe, don't be in such a hurry, sensei. I've also prepared a surprise for you."
But Hiruzen did not hesitate in the slightest.
As he charged, he threw a Shuriken that spun rapidly like a chainsaw. Then, his hands quickly formed seals.
Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!
Instantly, the Shuriken split into two, then four, then eight...
It was as if the Shuriken could divide infinitely.
In an instant, a single Shuriken transformed into hundreds, completely covering Orochimaru's position.
At that moment, Orochimaru formed seals and clapped his hands together at the end.
Summoning Jutsu: Edo Tensei!
Bang!
Smoke appeared on the ground, and a coffin emerged with a roar, standing before Orochimaru. Immediately after, a second coffin appeared. Countless Shuriken were blocked by these two coffins.
Hiruzen looked at the characters for 'First' and 'Second' printed on the coffins, feeling very uneasy in his heart.
Seeing a third coffin about to emerge, he resolved to stop it and immediately formed seals to counter Orochimaru. The third coffin, marked with the character for 'Four', was forced back after only half of it had emerged.
This made Hiruzen breathe a small sigh of relief, but he became tense the next second, his face covered in cold sweat and his expression exceptionally grim. Because what came next was the real trouble.
Of all people, it had to be those two!
Orochimaru failed to successfully summon the third coffin, but his smile remained, his eyes narrowing.
At this moment, the two coffin lids, studded with Shuriken, began to open with a creaking sound. The next second, they collapsed with a bang, falling to the ground.
Boom!
As the coffin lids kicked up a cloud of dust, they revealed the figures inside the two coffins.
These two figures left the ninjas fighting Manda nearby utterly shocked.
"First Hokage Senju Hashirama!"
"Second Hokage Senju Tobirama!"
After seeing these two unable to control themselves as they attacked Hiruzen, everyone's skin began to crawl.