I'm in Konoha, and I started with Ashura Chakra.

Chapter 65 The Konoha Crush Plan: Yagyu Begins His Actions

After Hinata and Ino's battle ended, the main event of the third exam finally began.

Gaara VS Sasuke Uchiha!

Many of the audience members were there for Uchiha Sasuke.

These spectators included people from other parts of the Land of Fire, people from neighboring countries, and many villagers from Konoha.

Ironically, when the Uchiha clan still existed, the people of Konoha were filled with disgust and rejection towards them because the guards were all members of the Uchiha clan, whose personalities were too serious and extreme, often causing conflicts with the villagers.

After the Uchiha clan disappeared, they started praising the Uchiha clan again.

Some people are even willing to spend a lot of money to buy tickets in order to watch Uchiha Sasuke's matches.

Fortunately, no war broke out; otherwise, the civilians, ninjas, and high-ranking officials of Konoha would have missed the Uchiha clan even more.

After all, the Sharingan is almost invincible in one-on-one combat, which has always been a consensus in the ninja world.

whoosh-

Gaara walked out of the players' tunnel, crossed his arms, and came to the plaza with a blank expression, clearly already wearing the Sand Armor.

Just as Genma Shiranui was checking his pocket watch, preparing to announce that Sasuke Uchiha had not been present and had automatically forfeited the competition.

A cyclone carrying a few fallen leaves suddenly appeared out of thin air in the square.

The next second, two figures, one tall and one short, appeared before everyone's eyes.

These two people are Kakashi Hatake and Sasuke Uchiha.

"Looks like we made it in time. We weren't late, were we?"

Kakashi Hatake, striking a pose and holding Icha Icha Paradise, looked at Genma Shiranui and asked.

Genma Shiranui rolled his eyes and said, "Your student was eliminated in just a few seconds. You should really change your habit of being late."

From Genma Shiranui's tone, it's clear that he's very close to Kakashi Hatake, after all, he was once one of the Fourth Hokage's bodyguards.

"As long as you're not late."

Kakashi Hatake put away the "Make-Out Paradise" app and said to Sasuke Uchiha, who was wearing a few white bandages and looked confident, "I've taught you everything I could. Now it's up to you, Sasuke."

After saying that, Kakashi Hatake vanished in an instant.

"Are you my opponent?"

Looking at Gaara, who had left a deep impression on him a month ago, Uchiha Sasuke smiled triumphantly and said, "It's great that you're my opponent for the first match."

"Before I meet Yagyu, I'll use you as an appetizer!"

Just like in the original story, every time Sasuke Uchiha increases his strength, he inevitably becomes arrogant.

Having never seen Lee fight Gaara, he didn't take anyone else seriously, except for Yagyu, whom he had never beaten.

Gaara is the same.

Gaara remained silent and expressionless in the face of Sasuke's disdain.

The same was true of the expression beneath the sand armor.

Just like Sasuke Uchiha, Gaara no longer takes Sasuke Uchiha seriously.

The opponent's performance in the last match was simply too weak.

If that's all he's capable of, then he can't even break through the sand's automatic defense.

Gaara now only has two opponents he takes seriously.

One is Lee, who beat him up like that, and the other is Yagyu, who has mastered the secrets of Water Release, whose element is effective against him, and who has just demonstrated powerful Body Flicker and Illusion Techniques.

As for Uchiha Sasuke, he had almost forgotten the other's name.

Seeing that the two were ready, Genma Shiranui took a few steps back, raised his hand, and shouted loudly, "The third round of the duel, Uchiha Sasuke VS Gaara... Begin!"

whoosh-

Instead of using ninja tools to test his opponent, Uchiha Sasuke simply vanished in a flash.

In less than the blink of an eye, Sasuke Uchiha appeared out of thin air to Gaara's right and punched him in the face.

The sand automatically defended itself, but it failed to block Sasuke Uchiha's punch; it turned out that the punch was just a feint.

The next second, Sasuke Uchiha reappeared on Gaara's other side and threw another punch.

The speed was so fast that the automatically defending sand almost couldn't keep up, but luckily it blocked the punch for Gaara at the last moment.

But those two punches caused Gaara's expression to change drastically, even though he was wearing the Sand Armor.

Like Gaara, there were Sakura and others in the stands, as well as Lee and others who could only watch from the audience because they were eliminated in the previous exam.

It's no wonder they reacted so strongly, because the speed that Uchiha Sasuke is showing now, as well as the taijutsu skills he used to attack Gaara, are exactly the same as Rock Lee's when he took off his weights a month ago.

Watching Sasuke Uchiha constantly shifting positions to attack Gaara and try to break through the sand defense, while Rock Lee, who hadn't lost an arm or leg and was now fully recovered, still felt a huge blow to his heart.

Only he knows how much time and effort he has put in to achieve such speed.

Beneath the bandages on his arms and legs, the scars looked almost permanent.

However, Sasuke Uchiha achieved the results of his hard work in just one month.

Is this the difference between ordinary people and geniuses?

They're from completely different worlds!

Xiao Li clenched his fists tightly, his heart filled with bitterness.

boom!

At this moment, Sasuke Uchiha had already broken through Gaara's sand defense and shattered his sand armor with a single punch.

Gaara, who has been invincible since childhood, has almost zero experience in physical combat.

After Sasuke Uchiha broke through his defenses, he was afraid that the other party could also use the same move as Rock Lee, so he quickly wrapped his whole body in sand, forming a huge sand ball.

Gaara felt safe after hiding inside the sand sphere, and then used the Eye of Sand to prepare to hide inside the Sand Wave and control the sand to attack Uchiha Sasuke.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

Outside, Sasuke Uchiha attempted to break Gaara's Sand Wave using Fire Release.

However, after the fireball exploded, the sand ball remained completely unharmed.

Seeing this, Uchiha Sasuke was not flustered at all; instead, he revealed a cryptic smile.

Sasuke Uchiha didn't waste any more chakra and instead turned and ran towards the high wall of the plaza.

Gathering chakra in his feet, Uchiha Sasuke scurried to the top of the high wall like a gecko, then formed hand seals.

sizzle...

A chorus of birdsong and the sound of electricity colliding filled the air. Uchiha Sasuke clenched his right hand into a claw, a ball of blue-white lightning erupting from his palm, and charged downwards as if grasping lightning.

Because of his diving posture, Sasuke Uchiha's palm was very close to the wall, and the arcing lightning carved a deep groove in the wall.

"Chidori!"

Uchiha Sasuke rushed in front of the sand ball, his lightning-streaked palms and forearms instantly piercing through the incredibly strong sand ball.

"what!"

A scream came from inside the sand sphere, and by the time Uchiha Sasuke pulled out his arm, his hand was covered in blood.

Upon seeing this scene, both the shadow clone of Liu Shengying on the contestant's stand and many people in the audience exchanged glances.

Disguised as a member of the Hidden Leaf Village's Anbu and hidden behind the audience seats, Kabuto Yakushi immediately formed hand seals and whispered, "Illusion... Nirvana Abode Technique!"

Countless white phantom feathers immediately fell from the sky, like snow.

The audience, who were cheering for Uchiha Sasuke's performance and felt that their tickets were well worth the price, were immediately drawn to the feathers.

As they gazed at the feathers, their eyelids suddenly felt incredibly heavy, and their excited and thrilled expressions quickly turned into drowsy ones.

Before long, all the commoners and nobles fell into a deep sleep.

Even some lower-ranking ninjas are like this.

When the feathers fell and touched the sleeping people, they vanished instantly.

Those touched by the feathers enter a deep sleep and may not wake up even if they are beaten or tortured.

"It's a group illusion! We're under attack!"

Only ninjas with Yin Release chakra, quick reflexes, and great strength were unaffected by these feathers.

They all formed hand seals to dispel the Yin Release chakra that was trying to invade their brains.

Whoosh whoosh—

The sound of air being torn apart rang out continuously, and afterimages shot out from the audience seats.

They were all Sound Ninja disguised as ordinary people.

Having just removed their disguises, they immediately engaged in battle with the Konoha ninja in the stands, and many civilians were caught in their attacks.

Meanwhile, in the VIP section, Orochimaru, disguised as the Fourth Kazekage, had already taken his teacher hostage and jumped onto the roof of the VIP section.

A purple, transparent barrier quickly rose above the rooftop.

The battle between master and disciple is about to erupt.

"Stop pretending, those two Sand Ninja have run away, only our own people are here."

Yagyu's shadow clone kicked Nara Shikamaru, who was lying next to him, and said, "Go quickly and help Naruto and Choji break the genjutsu, then go and support the others."

"This is really troublesome. How could we lowly ninjas possibly get involved in a situation like this?"

Nara Shikamaru, who had originally intended to take advantage of the situation, scratched his head and got up.

Just as Yagyu's shadow clones were organizing the genin in the contestant area, the village outside the plaza was already in chaos.

The Sound Ninja inside the plaza were only a small portion; the main force and Sand Ninja were all outside.

After the signal was given, they wreaked havoc in Konoha.

Some Sound Ninja scattered throughout Konoha, took out a scroll and a blood vial, and summoned the giant snake from Ryuchi Cave.

The surprise attack by the Sound Ninja and Sand Ninja caught Konoha completely off guard.

However, under the guidance of some elite ninjas, all the ninjas followed the safety manual, with some working together to defend against enemy attacks and others escorting villagers to a shelter.

Due to a shortage of manpower, the Anbu members who were originally stationed at the Hokage Building also began to go out to support the Konoha ninjas.

Suddenly, the Hokage Building had far fewer guards.

Unbeknownst to anyone, a figure wearing a cloak and a white mask quietly slipped into the Hokage Building.

This figure is none other than Yagyu himself.

After using the Shadow Clone Technique at home, Yagyu had his shadow clones take the exam in his place, while his real body wore a cloak and mask, using red-eyed illusions to hide himself, and using farsightedness and X-ray vision to watch the competition and search for targets in the Hokage Building.

At this moment, Yagyu was using both his red eyes and Kagura's mind's eye, and the inside and outside of the Hokage Building, as well as his target, were all exposed to his God's-eye view.

(End of this chapter)