On the roof of 'Konoha Plaza', Konoha Ninja, including Tsunade, had already gathered.
At this moment, they stared with grim expressions at the light blue barrier above their heads.
"Kid, do you know who the enemy is?"
Tsunade clenched her fists tightly, veins popping on her forehead; she was truly infuriated.
It was just a festival, wasn't it? How did all these troublemakers start popping up one after another?
"See for yourselves."
Aoki Yoru lightly tapped the ground with his fingertip, and light blue Chakra seeped into the groundwater.
"Water Release: Water Mirror Scrying Jutsu!"
A thin film of water rose from the ground in front of him, clearly reflecting the scene outside Konoha Village like a mirror.
Immediately, the figures of Kazuma and his group appeared on the water film.
Seeing Kazuma's face, Asuma's pupils constricted, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.
"That's... Kazuma? Impossible, he should be dead."
Tsunade looked at him: "Asuma, do you know him?"
"He is Kazuma, once a member of the Twelve Guardian Shinobi, just like me."
Asuma's voice lowered, his eyes filled with complexity: "Back then, our Twelve Guardians split into two factions. Kazuma and the others believed the Hokage was unnecessary and that the power of the Ninja should be entirely handed over to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire."
"We thought he was too radical and that it would completely ruin the Land of Fire."
"Later, the conflict erupted completely, and we fought a civil war near the Fire Temple. In the end, the radical faction led by Kazuma was wiped out — I saw him buried in that explosion with my own eyes. I didn't expect him to still be alive."
Tsunade's gaze sharpened upon hearing this: "It seems they've picked their moment well. But aren't they afraid of accidentally harming the Daimyo of the Land of Fire?"
At this, Aoki Yoru said playfully, "Maybe they want to take out the Daimyo as well. After all, the Daimyo has a son. If he dies here, it would be a devastating blow to Konoha."
"However, Kazuma's subordinates are quite talented to be able to summon such a large barrier."
Aoki Yoru said as he took a coin from his pocket, "But a massive barrier like this is impossible to maintain. Once a hole is breached, it will collapse instantly."
After speaking, the Lightning Release Chakra within Aoki Yoru's body erupted without reservation. Pale purple lightning surged from his body like a tide, with electric arcs dancing around him, illuminating him like a humanoid bolt of lightning.
The blinding electric light lit up the dark night sky.
This amount of Chakra shocked everyone present, even Tsunade. One must know that Aoki Yoru was just a commoner, not from the Uzumaki Clan.
"Lightning Release: Super Electromagnetic Cannon."
Aoki Yoru flicked his finger, and the coin, enveloped in lightning, instantly turned into a blinding purple flash, screaming through the air as it slammed into the barrier.
The light blue barrier vibrated violently upon impact, its surface patterns glowing frantically in an attempt to resist the shock.
But the coin's piercing power far exceeded imagination. With a soft hissing sound, a circular hole was forcibly drilled through the barrier.
Lightning erupted along the gap, and the entire barrier shattered inch by inch like glass, dissipating into a sky full of light specks in mid-air.
"Impossible!"
Outside Konoha, Kazuma and the other three watched in stunned silence as the barrier was instantly destroyed.
No one understood the power of this Ninjutsu better than they did. Over the years, they had been invincible thanks to this Ninjutsu; even Kage-level experts couldn't break through it.
With a grim expression, Kazuma said, "Fudo, do it."
The tall Fudo immediately stepped forward, crossing his hands. After a long moment, he slammed his palms heavily onto the ground.
"Earth Release: Resurrection - Dead Soil!"
Suddenly, the entire earth shook violently, as if countless hands were frantically breaking through the soil underground.
"Rumble—!"
The soil beneath their feet seemed to come alive, churning, cracking, and rising. Countless beams of earthy yellow Chakra light drilled out from underground. Accompanied by low growls, one corpse after another crawled out from the cracked earth.
One, ten, a hundred, a thousand... in the blink of an eye, a dense crowd of corpses marched with heavy steps toward the gates of Konoha, their footsteps merging into a sound like muffled thunder that struck everyone's hearts.
Inside Konoha, those watching this scene felt their scalps tingle.
This Ninjutsu was too bizarre, actually able to summon the dead. If summoned inside Konoha, the losses would be immeasurable.
Swoosh—
Five figures appeared at the entrance of Konoha Village.
They were Aoki Yoru, Kenta, Yui, Asuma, and Yamato.
These people were personally selected by Aoki Yoru. Just like in the original story, Yamato and Asuma would handle Kazuma and Fudo.
As for the other two enemies, he had confidence in his teammates.
Others wanted to help, but Aoki Yoru refused. The strength of Kazuma's group was only so-so; they didn't need that many people.
Moreover, spies from other Ninja villages might be getting restless now, so it was better to be careful.
At this moment, except for Aoki Yoru, everyone else looked at the staggering army of corpses with grim expressions; it was truly too bizarre.
Asuma said with a dark look, "The headbands on these corpses seem to belong to several small clans on the border of the Land of Fire. I heard they were wiped out a while ago. Hokage-sama even arranged for people to investigate, but unfortunately, there were no leads. I didn't expect Kazuma and his group to be behind it."
In the distance, Kazuma looked at Aoki Yoru's group of five with a mocking smile, then stared at Asuma and said, "You shall be drowned in the sea of corpses."
Watching the staggering army of corpses, Aoki Yoru knew ordinary moves would be useless against them, and fighting them would waste too much time.
He then stepped forward, and his entire spiritual power erupted instantly. Mixed with spiritual energy, it pressed down onto the army of corpses.
Crack, crack, crack—
Immediately, the piercing sound of bones cracking rang out one after another. Under the immense force, the corpse puppets disintegrated inch by inch, their withered bones and rotting flesh forcibly crushed and flattened.
Not a single corpse made a sound before being crushed and flattened into a ground of fine bone powder, leaving not even a complete shape behind.
This time, Aoki Yoru erupted with full force; that massive amount of Natural Energy was not something those corpses could withstand.
"What? Impossible!" Fudo said in terror.
He hadn't expected such a massive army of corpses to be dealt with so easily.
Kazuma also looked at them with a grim expression, gritting his teeth as he said, "Is this the Kirin of Konoha? He indeed has some skill."
Soon, he regained his composure; he still had a trump card.
Aoki Yoru looked at them and said expressionlessly, "I'll leave them to you."
He hadn't forgotten that Kazuma still had a powerful Lightning Release move and had been on guard, but he still hadn't spotted those four people.
Aoki Yoru didn't believe for a second that Kazuma wouldn't use it; he must be plotting something.
If he weren't worried about Sora going berserk, he would have stayed on alert in Konoha. Regardless, the strength of those few wouldn't be a match for Yui and the others.
Kazuma looked at the four people rushing toward them with a gloomy face, gritting his teeth: "In that case, let the Nine-Tails Incident play out here once again."
Saying that, he put Sora down from his back and pressed his fingers firmly onto the boy's abdomen.
"Five Elements Seal: Release!"