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Chapter 160 Tearing Off the Face

Even Buddha has anger, let alone humans; it's simply a matter of how much they can bear it.

Many people in Sunagakure, no, even in Konoha now, know that Karura is a gentle person.

She doesn't get upset when she encounters sad things; instead, she becomes stronger. Even when faced with things that would make most people angry, she can laugh it off with a cheerful smile. Her gentle face always wears a smile, and just seeing her from afar can soothe the soul.

With such a personality, it's almost impossible for them to have conflicts with others.

"It must be Konoha's doing."

One of the Jonin in the conference room clenched his fists angrily, and the others echoed him indignantly.

Ryuji also had a serious expression on his face.

This is so obvious, it doesn't need any reminders.

The reason why Karura had a conflict with someone is not important. What is important is that this happened on the last day of the mission's study abroad, which gave Konoha an excuse to detain the entire mission.

Yes, it was the entire mission, not just Gallo alone.

All it takes is a statement that the Sand Village Mission is suspected of involvement and needs to cooperate with the investigation.

Ryuji took a deep breath and closed his eyes in deep thought.

About a minute later, he opened his eyes, a sharp glint flashing in his dark pupils. "Notify everyone to prepare for battle. The worst-case scenario is that we have to break out of Konoha."

These words immediately caused an uproar in the conference room.

Although everyone had guessed that things might turn out this way, it was still a bit frightening when they actually did.

After all, it was in someone else's village, and the numbers on both sides were not on the same level.

Moreover, in terms of individual strength, Konoha, as the strongest of the five great ninja villages, is by no means inferior to them.

They couldn't figure out how to win.

"quiet!"

Long Er shouted loudly, releasing a powerful aura from his body.

The room fell silent, and everyone looked at the leader sitting at the head of the table.

"I anticipated this situation before coming to Konoha and made corresponding plans..." Ryuji looked around at everyone, and after seeing that everyone was listening attentively, he continued, "Although the Karura incident caused some unexpected problems in the plan, making it impossible for me to guarantee that every one of you will return to the village alive, I can guarantee that more than 80% of you will return alive."

"Lady Ayaki is joking." One of the accompanying guard captains stood up and said, "We are all ninjas, and we were prepared to die on the mission. We just lost our composure for a moment when we were suddenly faced with a severe situation."

Upon hearing this, the others echoed his sentiments, expressing the same idea as the previous guard captain.

"In that case, go and prepare. Be ready to storm out of Konoha as soon as you pick them up."

"yes!"

The meeting adjourned, and the Sand Village members returned to their rooms to prepare their weapons, equipment, and rations.

……

Three minutes later.

A group of more than forty people gathered in the courtyard in front of the main house.

Everyone wore Sunagakure vests, had ninja tool pouches strapped to their thighs, and carried large shuriken or long swords on their backs.

Meanwhile, the twenty-odd low-ranking ninjas who did odd jobs carried giant repeating crossbows and had quivers on their backs that could be reloaded quickly.

This was specially made for them by Long Er.

Konoha was already prepared to tear off all pretense of civility, so how could he not have made preparations earlier?

These giant repeating crossbows are automatically loaded with ammunition from caskets. Pulling the trigger fires six short arrows at a time, and each casket can fire twelve times. The bow, made of adamantite, is extremely flexible and can allow arrows to pierce tree trunks as thick as footballs.

In addition to the giant repeating crossbow, Ryuji also equipped all of them with explosive shuriken, Thousand Purple and Red Bullets, and other lethal weapons.

Even the lowest-ranking ninjas, who have been around for thousands of years, possess formidable combat power thanks to these weapons.

Looking at the confident and imposing Sunagakure group, Ryuji nodded in satisfaction. "First, go to the shopping district to meet Karura, then go to the hospital to pick up Yashamaru and the others. If anyone tries to stop you, don't hold back; kill them without mercy."

"Kill without mercy!"

The crowd roared in unison, their shouts carrying the force of hundreds.

"Set off!"

Long Er waved his hand and took the lead.

Red, Silver, Black, and Wanlijiang followed on either side, with the four captains of the guard team and their respective members following a step behind, and then the genin lined up in order.

The group strode forward with great momentum and arrived at the main gate in the blink of an eye.

Outside, a group of ninjas wearing green vests had been waiting for a long time.

The group stopped in their tracks, drew their weapons, and confronted the Konoha ninja, instantly creating a tense atmosphere.

Long Er glanced at the crowd with cold eyes. There were about two or three hundred people. The leader was a young man wearing a green vest with a stern face. He looked somewhat familiar, but Long Er couldn't quite place him.

Because of the time constraint, Long Er didn't think much of it and asked coldly, "What do you mean?"

The young man at the head of the group stepped forward and said sternly, "Lady Ayaki, your Sand Village delegation's Lady Karura caused trouble in the commercial district, resulting in serious damage to the village and violating Konoha's laws. I suspect that other members of your delegation were also involved, and we request your cooperation in our investigation. If you are innocent, we will apologize to you in due course."

See, what did I say before?

Long Er sneered and retorted, "What are you going to do if we don't cooperate?"

"Then we'll just have to handle this officially."

The young man at the head of the group spoke in a stern voice, his black eyes turning blood red, with three tomoe slowly rotating within them.

The Sand Village ninjas staring at those eyes felt an overwhelming pressure, and they all lowered their heads or turned away, not daring to meet their gaze.

However, Dragon II, Silver, Black, and Red are excluded.

Far from being intimidated, they met his gaze directly, their disdain undisguised.

"I was wondering why you looked so familiar. Oh, it's you, Uchiha Fugaku!"

As Long Er spoke, his gaze swept towards the area behind the leading youth.

Among the crowd, about twenty people revealed their Sharingan, while the rest, who did not have Sharingan, mostly exuded a menacing aura.

"So all the elite guards have been deployed?" Ryuji withdrew his gaze and looked back at Uchiha Fugaku, sneering, "But even so, it's nothing to mention. I'd like to see how you're going to handle this officially."

Fugaku Uchiha was not surprised that the other party called out his name.

Although he was only in his early twenties, he already possessed the strength of an elite Jonin and had earned the nickname "Ferocious-Eyed Fugaku" in previous wars.

Although not as well-known as the legendary Sannin, they were still a fearsome presence on the battlefield, so it's not surprising that they would be noticed by people from other villages.

He remained unmoved after hearing Long Er's next words, his arms crossed and his expression serious. "If you don't cooperate, then we'll have no choice but to use force to make you cooperate."

After saying that, he waved his right hand.

The guards filed in from the side, ready to enter and arrest people, completely disregarding Long Er and his men.

In their eyes, the Sand Village delegation trapped in Konoha was like fish on a chopping board, completely at their mercy. Given the huge disparity in strength, these people didn't dare to resist at all.

However, the actual results are often the opposite of what is imagined.

Just as the guards rushed to the door, more than twenty Sand Village ninjas rushed out from behind and blocked Ryuji's way.

They carried giant repeating crossbows and stood in two rows.

The front row knelt on one knee, holding giant crossbows, while the back row stood. Without exception, both rows aimed their crossbows at the charging men, the sharp arrowheads gleaming coldly in the sunlight.

Everyone in Konoha felt a chill run down their spines, realizing something was wrong.

"Scatter!"

With bloodshot eyes, Fugaku Uchiha shouted at his companions who were rushing forward to capture him.

But it was too late.

As he warned them to fire, the Sand Village genin pulled the triggers one by one, the clicking of the mechanisms sounding like death knells.

shhhhhh! ! !

A dense barrage of short arrows rained down on the Konoha ninja.

As for the Konoha ninjas who charged forward... they had arrogantly assumed from the beginning that Sunagakure wouldn't resist. Completely underestimating their opponents, they were utterly unprepared and didn't even have time to react when these genin armed with giant repeating crossbows charged out.

When Fugaku Uchiha's warning sounded and they snapped out of their daze, they were greeted by a barrage of arrows that left no gaps.

Puff puff puff puff puff!

The short arrow pierced the body of the Konoha ninja mercilessly, blood gushing out like a fountain from the dense wounds on his body, before he fell silently.

The entrance to this future Uchiha mansion was soon filled with corpses, and blood flowed like a mountain stream, a horrifying sight.

"How dare you..."

Fugaku Uchiha's eyes widened in fury, but before he could finish speaking, the Sunagakure genin pulled the Upper Moon mechanism, once again pointing the cold arrows at them.

A chill ran through him, and the intense sense of crisis caused sweat to bead on the forehead of this battle-hardened young man.

Bouncing, bouncing, bouncing!!!

shhhhhh! ! !

The crossbow bolts rang out again, and another hail of arrows descended.

But the Konoha ninjas, who were already mentally prepared, were not so easy to deal with.

Several experts in the crowd suddenly rushed out and instantly formed a seal, raising several high walls in front of everyone.

Puff puff puff puff!!!

The arrows pierced halfway into the wall before they could go no further, and the wall itself cracked due to their sheer number, eventually collapsing.

Kill! Kill! Kill!

As if signaling the start of war, the two sides turned on each other the instant the wall collapsed.

To prevent Sunagakure from using the giant repeating crossbow again, Konoha split into two teams: one team of fifty men rushed towards the gate, while the other team of over two hundred men threw shuriken and kunai from behind.

Although each person can only throw a limited number of times, with so many people, even if each person only throws one, it can still create a significant number of throws.

But this was of no use.

Two accompanying guard captains rushed out.

They wielded enormous iron fans and swung them fiercely at the opposite side, unleashing a sudden gust of wind that instantly scattered the kunai swords and even sent the attacking troops flying.

Not content with their victory, they brandished their fans once more.

[Wind Release: Wind Killing Formation!]

A storm arose as the fans danced, and the two Jonin channeled their chakra into the wind, creating a vacuum that enveloped the fifty rushing ninjas, unleashing indiscriminate, slashing attacks.

(End of this chapter)