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Chapter 161 Annihilation of the Konoha Police Force (Please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets)

The stronger the wind blows, the bigger the fire gets.

Therefore, Fire Release counters Wind Release.

However, this is not an absolute truth, but merely a rule under the laws of nature. As long as the rule of countering it is found, Wind Release can also counter Fire Release.

The ninjas of Sunagakure are generally skilled in Wind Release. In order to prevent the village's ninjas from being countered in battle, the Second Kazekage specially developed a series of ninjutsu that were not countered by Fire Release and could even counter Fire Release.

The Wind Killing Formation is one of them.

It's not the conventional way of creating wind with chakra, but rather using an iron fan to create wind, injecting chakra into the wind to make it violent, causing the airflow to turbulently cut at high speed, forming a continuous vacuum zone.

Without air, flames cannot burn—making them the nemesis of all fire-style techniques.

The delegation members who came to Konoha this time... apart from those twenty-odd genin who were just doing odd jobs, everyone else was an elite.

Although these two guard captains weren't elite Jonin, they were still among the strongest Jonin; otherwise, they wouldn't have been tasked with protecting the mission. They were masters of Wind Release, which counters Fire Release techniques.

The fifty Konoha ninjas who rushed up were enveloped by the vacuum stream, and hundreds of sharp blades slashed up and down, tearing open shocking wounds on the enemy's body.

However, sound cannot travel in a vacuum.

Those outside could only see the horrific screams of those inside, but could not hear the sounds coming from within. This silent, brutal hell was even more terrifying and chilling, inspiring fear within.

"Attack the caster!"

There is a vacuum turbulence zone in front of us, making it impossible to enter.

If you use ninjutsu to break the enemy's ninjutsu, your comrades caught in the middle will suffer. So the only way is to attack the caster behind you from the middle area to stop the ninjutsu.

Fugaku Uchiha was a man of great combat experience. When he gave the order, he leaped into the air, preparing to unleash the Great Fireball Technique on the two Jonin captains from the sky.

The others followed suit, launching attacks on the Sunagakure members behind them.

But combat is not child's play; how can actions be taken without considering the consequences? This is especially true for large-scale battles.

This is no longer a battle, but a war.

Although one side only had about 40 people, the ninjas' destructive power turned this large-scale brawl into a war.

As the two captains launched their attack, Ryuji anticipated the enemy's next move and instructed the genin to aim the giant repeating crossbows diagonally upwards, waiting for the enemy to jump before simultaneously pulling the triggers.

Bouncing, bouncing, bouncing!!!

shhhhhh! ! !

The sound of bowstrings twanging and arrows piercing the air was like a death knell, terrifying the Konoha ninjas.

The Konoha ninja had barely jumped up when they were met with a hail of arrows.

It was too late to form a hand seal.

But with nowhere to gain leverage in the air and no cover to protect them, these people could only become targets, mercilessly swallowed up by the rain of arrows. Only a few experts used their kunai to block the arrows aimed at them.

However, with such a dense number of them, even the most skilled fighters, without time to use ninjutsu, can only protect their vital organs.

The surviving elite guards, including Fugaku Uchiha, all fell injured.

The vacuum turbulence zone dissipated at that moment, leaving behind gruesome corpses on the messy lawn.

(The situation has unexpectedly become one-sided.)

Fugaku Uchiha clutched his injured shoulder, his forehead covered in cold sweat, as he stared at the Sunagakure members standing in front of the gate.

Behind him, the surviving Konoha ninjas looked on with a hint of fear in their eyes.

They are not afraid of dying, but they are afraid of dying meaninglessly.

If it's a fight with an enemy, it's not a big deal if you die because you're not as skilled as them.

But the current situation is that we can't even get close to the gate, let alone fight the enemy.

This was not a battle at all; it was a one-sided massacre.

Ryuji moved from the back of the genin line to the front.

He glanced at the Konoha ninja blocking his way and estimated their numbers; there were about a hundred left.

(Three waves of attacks took down over two hundred people.)

Ryuji nodded in satisfaction, but looked at Fugaku Uchiha with a look of regret. "Fugaku Uchiha, your Uchiha clan was once the most famous and powerful ninja clan in the ninja world. You co-founded Konoha with the equally famous Senju clan. Now you are treated like a watchdog. It is truly pathetic."

"You don't need to stir up trouble. Konoha is a village that our ancestors built with their lives, and we will naturally protect it with our lives."

"Yes, Madara Uchiha, one of the founders, was driven out of Konoha like a stray dog, and was eventually murdered by another founder. This village was truly built with lives on its hands!"

"Shut up!"

Uchiha Fugaku roared.

His eyes were wide open in anger, his hair danced wildly without wind, and a suffocating aura emanated from him.

The same applies to other Uchiha clan members.

Madara Uchiha is a permanent source of pain for the Uchiha clan.

This ancestor who led the Uchiha clan to glory, and then plunged them into their current predicament... they both remember and hate him.

They reminisce about his strength and the past glory of the Uchiha clan, but at the same time, they hate him for making the Uchiha clan an innocent victim and a target of suspicion from the other ninja clans and ninjas of Konoha.

If Madara Uchiha hadn't left Konoha and instead stayed to work with the First Hokage to build the village, the Uchiha clan would certainly not be in such an awkward position now that he has become the Second Hokage.

But no matter what choices Madara Uchiha makes or what he brings to the Uchiha clan, he is still a great ancestor of the Uchiha clan, and he cannot be allowed to be insulted by younger generations from other villages with rumors.

Those who were not from the Uchiha clan were somewhat bewildered.

After the Third Hokage took office, in order to eliminate the rift between the village's ninjas and the Uchiha clan, he kept the specifics of what happened back then a secret. As a result, all that was known from the Ninja Academy textbooks was that Madara Uchiha was one of the founders of Konoha; the rest was completely unknown.

Upon hearing Long Er's words, they exchanged bewildered glances.

They thought of the village's suspicion and discord with the Uchiha clan, and couldn't help but imagine a conspiracy.

He secretly wondered: Could it be that our First Hokage was such a despicable and shameless villain?

"Shut up?" Ryuji looked at him with disdain and sneered, "What makes you think you can shut me up? Those Sharingan eyes?"

A scholar can be killed, but not humiliated.

Fugaku Uchiha gritted his teeth, and finally, anger overwhelmed his reason.

"kill!"

As he watched the young man leading the charge, Long Er's eyes grew even colder.

"kill!"

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!

Puff puff puff puff!!!

The angry roars of people, the whistling of arrows piercing the air, the muffled sound of sharp weapons piercing flesh, the commotion of ninjutsu explosions... all these chaotic sounds intertwined to form this scene of one-sided crushing domination.

……

Ten minutes later.

The area in front of the house was quiet.

On the smoke-filled, empty lawn, corpses lay scattered about, blood flowing freely.

Why is this happening?

Fugaku Uchiha knelt on the ground, staring blankly at his surroundings. The corpses and pools of blood made his brain ache.

"Because you have no power!"

Upon hearing the voice, Fugaku looked up and saw the young man who had led his men to crush most of the elite guard standing in front of him, his bright black eyes filled with undisguised contempt.

This hurt Fugaku's heart even more.

But he did not attack, because he knew it would be futile.

Before he could even make a move, the boy would shoot arrows from behind and kill him first.

"You'd be willing to be someone's dog, even if you're suspected and used as a tool..." Ryuji looked at him calmly. "The Uchiha clan has abandoned the pride of the strong, and naturally lost its former power, becoming trash that can only bully ordinary ninjas. Facing true powerhouses, you are just like those ordinary ninjas you bully, utterly powerless."

After saying that, he ignored Fugaku and walked past him.

Silver, Black, Red, and Wanlijiang, along with the rest of the Sand Village ninja, followed closely behind.

Everyone passed by him, but no one even glanced at him.

The pain of losing his comrades, the frustration of failure, the disappointment in his heart, the shattered pride... Fugaku Uchiha looked around, and the corpses of his comrades made countless negative emotions intertwine more deeply in his heart.

"Aaaaaaah!!!!!"

Fugaku could no longer contain his inner pain and let out a loud roar.

In his blood-red eyes, three tomoe spun wildly, eventually forming a connected pattern, and tears of blood streamed from the corners of his eyes.

……

In the Hokage's office.

A group of high-ranking officials sat around the crystal ball, their faces solemn.

There are three crystal balls, each projecting a different image.

In one scene, a group of ANBU members are confronting fifty elite puppeteers sent by Sunagakure to study abroad in a hospital.

One scene takes place on Konoha's commercial street, where a young girl stands amidst swirling yellow sand that relentlessly destroys everything in its path. Outside, a group of Root ninja stand helplessly by.

The last crystal ball cracked.

However, before the rift opened, they witnessed the complete annihilation of the entire security force except for Fugaku.

"Phew~"

Hiruzen Sarutobi let out a deep sigh, his face full of worry. "The situation is completely out of control."

"Is this Ryuji Ayaki insane?!"

Xiaochun said in disbelief.

They didn't really intend to do anything to the Sunagakure delegation; they just wanted to make a fuss about it—for example, by detaining them and then negotiating with Sunagakure to make them return all the benefits they had taken from Konoha.

Given the vast disparity in strength between the two sides, none of the higher-ups who devised this plan believed that Ryuji would resist.

Because it's too stupid.

On Konoha's territory, there were only about a hundred people with fighting power, including more than twenty low-ranking ninjas who were just dragging the team down. It was impossible for them to win by force.

The best option is to give up resistance and cooperate with Konoha's investigation.

Given Long Er's intelligence and insight, it's impossible that he was unaware of their political actions.

But reality slapped them hard in the face.

Ryuji not only resisted, but he also showed no mercy when he attacked.

Two-thirds of the entire Konoha Police Force, except for Fugaku Uchiha, died there.

As for Fugaku Uchiha, he is likely doomed as well.

"What should we do now?"

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