Naruto: I, the villain template, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 87 Air Raid on Konoha (Seeking monthly votes!!)

At the moment the light and flame burst forth, only two people in the entire classroom noticed.

Hiruzen Sarutobi reacted first with his absolute experience, while Minato noticed it with his naturally strong nerve reflexes.

Just as he turned around to say something to Kushina behind him, he caught a glimpse of the blinding light and flames bursting forth outside the window.

"Kushina!"

Minato's eyes widened suddenly, and almost instinctively, he reached out to hug Kushina, yelling, "Watch out for the explosion..."

Just as he was about to speak up to warn the others, a raging inferno and an explosion struck, turning Minato's light blue eyes crimson.

At the same time, on the podium, a splatter of blood appeared.

"Spiritualism!"

With his bitten left thumb slicing across his right wrist, Hiruzen Sarutobi abruptly crouched down and slammed his fist on the ground, his voice now devoid of gentleness and filled with shock and rage as he growled, "Monkey King - Enma!!"

boom!!

The once peaceful ninja academy was suddenly filled with a deafening roar that shook Konoha.

The windows of buildings, shop windows along the street, and residential windows shattered like raindrops under the sweeping shockwave!

"ah!!"

Some passersby were knocked to the ground, staring in horror at the billowing black smoke.

Suddenly, my ears were filled with the whistling of the wind and the sudden roar. Looking up, I saw several golden-winged birds streaking across the sky at great speed.

A sky ninja who had been whizzing over the ninja academy looked down at the buildings billowing with smoke and said in a deep voice, "The greeting gift has been delivered!"

Just as that person said, the Third Hokage won't be so easily defeated.

I just said hello, that's all!

Everything is going according to plan.

Inside that classroom, the air was still warm, and the ground beneath their feet was still trembling.

Buzz! Buzz buzz buzz!

The water gate, overturned by the explosion, slammed against the wall. The deafening blast caused his ears to ring, leaving only a piercing, sharp scream in his ears.

"Watergate..."

"Watergate!"

"Hey! Minato!!"

Only when the shrill ringing that filled my ears gradually faded away did I hear that familiar, anxious, and panicked voice.

"Ahem! Kushina..."

The moment Minato opened his mouth, he coughed up blood. Chaos and pain filled his brain, and the whole world seemed to be spinning. He struggled to open his bloodshot eyes and look down.

All he could see was Kushina being held in his arms, her face covered in dust and looking utterly disheveled. She was calling his name with a look of terror on her face, and her tattered clothes were stained with a lot of blood.

However, it seemed that only a very small amount of blood was from her abrasions; as for the rest...

Minato seemed to have thought of something, and looked up blankly.

Cracks covered the classroom like a spider web, and the wall with the windows had been completely destroyed.

The green plants placed by the window were blown to pieces, the broken leaves lifted up by the thick black smoke, until the explosion ended and they fell onto the silent ruins.

The gold and black bars, crisscrossed to form a square cage, were desperately holding up the shaky classroom.

—The "Diamond Staff" that Hiruzen Sarutobi summons, "Enma".

With its diamond-like hardness and ability to stretch freely, it split into dozens of Ruyi rods, forming a Vajra-like barrier to protect them before the explosion.

But Hiruzen Sarutobi, standing in the center of the classroom, was anything but happy. Upon noticing Minato's gaze, he spat out a mouthful of blood and whispered, "Sorry, it was too sudden, there wasn't time to form hand seals..."

No.

Actually, he had time to use the Instantaneous Movement Technique to throw away the object that was about to explode.

But in that instant, he hesitated.

Because if he did that, his arm would suffer severe injury, but he still needed to deal with the intruders...

Therefore, the result of hesitation is naturally...

"Ah...ah..."

Minato stared blankly at the classroom shrouded in black smoke, making unconscious, hoarse sounds. The firelight reflected off his bloodstained face, creating a stark contrast of light and shadow.

Immediately, he struggled to his feet with his hands on the ground and staggered into the classroom.

The once neatly arranged desks, chairs, and benches were overturned and piled up haphazardly throughout the classroom, amidst a cacophony of groans, cries, and screams.

Although Hiruzen Sarutobi's Vajra Barrier blocked the most destructive explosion, it protected most of the people to the greatest extent possible.

However, it couldn't stop the fragments from exploding like a shower of flowers.

Countless hard, sharp fragments of stone, under the impact of the explosion, directly pierced through the white wall.

Faced with such penetrating gravel, flesh is as fragile as paper.

Hiruzen Sarutobi hesitated for only a moment, and several students near the window were pierced by the shards.

"How could this happen..."

Minato stared palely at the students who had been hit and the mangled bodies of the students who had been sitting by the window.

Three of them were the same three people who had bullied Kushina before, but had just bowed and apologized to her.

too suddenly.

All of this happened so suddenly.

All he could do at that moment was protect Kushina, who was closest to him.

"Ahem!"

Ms. Fujiki struggled to climb out from the pile of chairs, her expression shifting from shock to anger and grief at the scene before her: "Damn it! What on earth happened?!"

"The village has likely been invaded and attacked by an unknown enemy."

Hiruzen Sarutobi approached with a grim expression and solemnly instructed Fujiki, "Immediately organize an emergency evacuation of the school staff and send these injured students to receive treatment!"

After saying that, he looked at Shuimen, who was standing there with his head down, reached out and gently patted out the flames on his shoulder, and said in a deep voice, "If you can't accept it, it would be better to cry at a time like this."

But after he finished speaking, Minato slowly raised his head.

"No." Minato shook his head, his face pale, then turned to Hiruzen Sarutobi and whispered, "I understand, crying won't help."

Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi was taken aback and met those eyes.

In the firelight, Minato's light blue eyes no longer held gentle warmth, but rather a burning flame.

"……Feel sorry."

For some reason, Hiruzen Sarutobi subconsciously looked away, and then couldn't help but apologize again.

Perhaps it was out of helplessness at not being able to save everyone, or perhaps it was out of guilt for that moment of hesitation.

"Lord Third Generation, you have done your best."

Minato, unaware of Hiruzen Sarutobi's thoughts, took a deep breath and said with a pained tone, "As the future ninjas of the village, they have long been prepared to sacrifice themselves."

"We will help Mr. Fujiki treat the injured. Please don't stay here too long; others need you more than we do."

Only a few people near the window were directly injured by the explosion; the other students successfully avoided the flying debris and suffered at most concussions, superficial injuries, and tinnitus.

Even so, just a moment ago he was relieved that his classmate had changed his ways, but the next moment they were separated forever in an instant. At this moment, Minato could only try his best to maintain his rationality.

As he said, the invasion is not over yet, and it will take three generations of adults to repel the enemy.

"Alright!" Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes flickered slightly as he looked at Fujiki, who had gone to tend to the injured, and said in a low voice, "Then I'll leave this place to you!"

After saying that, the Ruyi Jingu Bang returned to his hand, and his figure disappeared from the classroom.

After Hiruzen Sarutobi left, Minato fell backward weakly, only to be caught by Kushina behind him. His face was pale as he barely managed to stand.

"Are you alright?" Kushina asked anxiously.

Minato waved his hand with a wry smile and looked outside through the black smoke.

Not only their ninja academy, but Konoha itself was now ablaze with fire and thick smoke.

Flocks of "winged birds" flew in the sky, constantly dropping things downwards, creating explosions wherever they passed. Konoha ninjas leaped from rooftop to rooftop, trying to organize an effective counterattack.

"To be able to launch such a large-scale, planned, and well-prepared air raid," Minato clenched his fist and muttered to himself, "who exactly are those guys?"

(End of this chapter)