Naruto: I, who fooled the ninja world, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 270 The Unusually Lively Konoha

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The deafening explosions rose and fell, like the drumbeats of death, striking the hearts of everyone.

Konoha was engulfed in an unprecedented inferno and chaos.

Flames shot into the sky in many areas, and thick black smoke, like a ferocious giant python, rolled and twisted as it rushed into the sky, completely dyeing the dawn's light a dark red of despair!
The wind whipped up by the explosives raged through the narrow streets, carrying with it scorching flames, ash, thick smoke, and debris from buildings!

Countless houses shook violently under the combined onslaught of wind and fire. Doors and windows were torn apart and swept away by the violent airflow, and roofs were blown off and disintegrated in mid-air!
Burning beams, furniture, and even residents' belongings rained down from the sky, crashing onto the terrified crowds who were fleeing in all directions!

"Help!"

"Run!"

"Child! My child!"

Heart-wrenching cries, desperate screams, the deafening roar of collapsing buildings...

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!!"

"All ninjas, assemble immediately! Repel the enemy! Evacuate civilians!"

Some ninjas shouted themselves hoarse as they tried to organize a counterattack, but their voices were quickly drowned out by the louder explosions.

"Up there!"

A member of the Anbu appeared at the edge of the rooftop, looking up and staring intently at the figures that darted nimbly at low altitude like vultures, and roared, "Shoot them down!"

After saying that, he quickly reached into his ninja tool pouch at his waist and swung it around.

Whoosh whoosh!
Several kunai whistled through the air and accurately struck the nearest Sky Ninja!
Other nearby ninjas followed suit, and in an instant, countless kunai and shuriken rained down into the sky!
However, when these ninja tools reached the low to medium altitude where the air ninjas were, their upward kinetic energy had been exhausted, and their speed visibly slowed down.

The aerial ninjas skillfully maneuvered their flying ninja tools, easily dodging the harmless ranged attack with a simple sidestep or roll.

Immediately, the air ninjas aimed their oddly shaped, somewhat bulky ninja tools at the Konoha ninjas gathered below.

"What is that?" a Konoha Chunin blurted out in surprise.

But all they received in response were cold, impersonal commands.

"Fire!" the air ninja captain ordered coldly.

Without the slightest hesitation, the air ninjas raised their ninja tools, known as kunai guns, pointed the dark muzzles downwards, and pulled the triggers sharply!
Bang bang bang! !

A rapid, chilling sound suddenly rang out!
The next moment, countless kunai shot out wildly from the gun muzzle, accompanied by a piercing shriek, raining down on the Konoha ninja below!
It was several times denser, faster, and more powerful than Konoha's previous attacks.

"Ugh!!"

"Be careful!!"

This terrifying rate of fire and firepower, completely different from traditional kunai throwing techniques, instantly created absolute suppression, leaving most of the Konoha ninja below with no time to react.

Unable to dodge in time, the Konoha ninja was easily pierced and torn apart by the high-speed kunai. Blood splattered in the air, and he could only let out half a scream before falling off the roof!
"It's a ninja tool that can fire kunai in rapid succession! Find cover!"

The ANBU ninja reacted, letting out a roar, and without hesitation raised his right-hand short sword, desperately swinging it to block.

Ding-ding-ding-ding!

The sharp, ear-piercing clang of metal clashing and sparks flying wildly in front of him!

The immense impact traveled through the blade, causing his hand to split open and his arm to go numb!

But more kunai pierced through his defenses, leaving countless deep, bone-revealing wounds on his body, and blood instantly stained his clothes!
"Cough!" He coughed up a mouthful of blood, enduring the excruciating pain, looked up at the sky, and formed a hand seal.

But the next moment, several inconspicuous black dots fell from the sky.

boom! !

A deafening explosion, loud enough to rip eardrums, suddenly erupted!

The blazing flames were like a red lotus, expanding and blooming in an instant. The shockwaves and flames spread outwards, completely engulfing him and several other ninjas who were unable to escape in time.

Thick black smoke billowed and rose into the sky, the scorching heat distorting the air itself, and pedestrians screamed in terror as they fled.

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Compared to the earth-shattering battle in the center of the village, the commercial district on the outskirts, though also shrouded in panic, has not yet been targeted by the Sky Ninja.

But the constant explosions, towering flames and thick smoke from afar, along with the chilling chakra fluctuations, had already plunged the villagers into panic.

"Quick! Move! Don't linger, don't take anything! Evacuate towards the shelter!"

Wearing sunglasses, Ebisu stood on a rooftop, shouting at the top of his lungs to direct the chaotic flow of people below.

He tried to keep his voice calm, but his clenched fists and the sweat on his forehead betrayed his inner anxiety.

"This way! Seniors and children first! Keep up with the line!"

"Medical team! There are wounded here! We need stretchers!"

On the street below, several young Konoha genin and chunin were doing their best to maintain order.

They shouted and guided the panicked crowd along the designated evacuation route to the nearest underground shelter.

Some people were helping elderly people with mobility issues, some were holding terrified children, and some were constantly looking back at the hellish scene in the distance, their faces filled with fear and worry. Panic spread through the crowd like a plague, and people were frequently trampled or pushed to their deaths. Cries, screams, and urging voices mingled together, making everyone's nerves taut.

"Hang in there! We're almost there!" A young genin helped an elderly woman up after she fell and encouraged her loudly, though his own voice was trembling slightly.

Just then, several figures staggered out from the alleyways and behind the half-open shop doors.

Their gait was extremely strange; their bodies were stiff, their steps were unsteady, their heads were down, and their arms hung limply at their sides, as if they were drunk or sleepwalking.

"Hey!" A young Chunin who was directing the crowd noticed them and instinctively shouted, "Hurry up and get back in line! It's dangerous here!"

The figures seemed not to hear, and continued to stagger towards the evacuating crowd and the ninjas.

Their movements were slow and eerie, making them stand out from the fleeing crowd around them.

"what happened?"

Several Konoha ninjas also noticed the abnormality. Out of duty and instinct, they subconsciously rushed towards the nearest figure to check the situation.

Hearing the sound coming from that street, Ebisu, who was standing on the rooftop, looked down and his brows furrowed immediately.

As an experienced special jonin, he instinctively sensed something was wrong. His gaze locked onto one of the swaying middle-aged men, whose head was slightly raised.

In that instant, Ebisu's pupils suddenly contracted.

It was clear that the middle-aged man's eyes, nose, ears, and mouth were all oozing a thick, dark purple liquid, which was definitely not normal blood!
A chill instantly ran down Ebisu's spine!

"No!" Ebisu suddenly leaned forward and roared hoarsely down below, "Don't go near them! Get out of there!"

The young ninjas who had stepped forward to investigate were startled by the sudden roar, their movements instantly freezing, and they instinctively tried to pull back.

However, it was too late.

Just as Ebisu's warning was still echoing in the air...

*Pfft! Pfft pfft!*

Those "commoners" whose seven orifices were oozing blackish-purple pus and blood swelled violently, their bodies gleaming with a blackish-purple sheen, and the blood vessels under their skin bulged out like twisted earthworms!
In the blink of an eye, their human form vanished, transforming into enormous, fleshy spheres covered in dark purple blood vessels, throbbing like hearts.

Fear appeared in the eyes of the closest Konoha ninja.

next moment.

Boom! Boom boom boom!!

A deafening explosion suddenly erupted from the center of the street.

Those swollen, dark purple fleshy spheres exploded with a deafening roar!

The powerful explosion sprayed blackish-purple pus, blood, bones, flesh, and internal organs in all directions!

The young ninjas who were hit first didn't even have time to scream before their bodies were instantly torn apart in the close-range explosion!

A terrible impact followed, crashing into the surrounding civilians who were evacuating, sending dozens of people flying, the sound of bones shattering echoing everywhere!
The wooden doors and windows of the shops and izakayas on both sides of the street were instantly torn to shreds, the glass windows of the ninja tool shop shattered, and the shelves of the general store were overturned with a crash...

The explosion ignited the flying wood chips and cloth, and the fire spread rapidly!
Snap... Snap...

In the sky, it seemed as if a brief but cruel rain of blood was falling, with nauseating fragments and droplets scattering from the air.

As the splattered filth subsided and the billowing smoke slowly settled, the once bustling commercial street was instantly reduced to a bloody mess and ravaged by flames.

"Cough cough!"

Amidst the collapsed ruins, Ebisu slumped against a half-collapsed wall, coughing violently. Each cough brought excruciating, tearing pain throughout his body, and bright red blood spilled from his mouth.

He was not at the very center of the explosion. Thanks to his timely retreat and the sturdy cover, he was fortunate enough not to be instantly blown to pieces, but the impact of the explosion still severely injured him.

Those iconic sunglasses were nowhere to be seen, revealing a pair of eyes filled with pain and anger, his vest tattered, and his body covered in charred burns.

“Damn it, what is that?” He struggled, trying to prop himself up with his trembling arms.

Several other Konoha ninja who had also survived by sheer luck were lying in pools of blood and ruins, groaning in pain as they struggled to get up.

Whoosh!Whoosh!
Several extremely faint yet sharp whistling sounds burst forth from the surrounding smoke and mist that had not yet dissipated!

Those arrows, compressed with chakra, were so fast that they exceeded the speed of nerve reflexes!
puff!

The sound of a sharp blade piercing flesh rang out.

"Ugh!" Ebisu groaned as he struggled. An arrow pierced his shoulder, pinning him to the crumbling wall behind him, blood gushing from the shaft.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the other surviving ninjas struggling around him were also pinned to the ground or ruins by the same invisible arrows at almost the same time.

"What, what happened?"

With his last ounce of strength, Ebisu struggled to lift his head and look in the direction from which the arrow had come.

Then, a figure emerged unhurriedly from the billowing dust.

Dressed in a black robe with red cloud patterns, and holding a longbow in his hand, it was none other than Miyajo En.

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(End of this chapter)