Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 398 Sakura is Gone

PS: There's something going on in the village today, so there will only be one update tonight.

Eight kilometers outside Konoha, at the foot of a small earthen slope.

The shockwave from the clash between Supergravity Punch and Night Guy pushed the ruins and broken trees and rocks that were originally piled up outside the Konoha walls to this location.

Although the distance between the rubble ruins has changed, they have become more fragmented.

But what remains unchanged is that amidst the dust-filled rubble and ruins, blood and chunks of flesh still coexist.

In this wave, few people from Konoha survived, and many more died.

Li Yao appeared and defeated Naruto and fought Night Guy. In fact, time was very tight. Not many people from Konoha were transferred out, and they were basically all within the range of the shockwave.

Most of the corpses that were crushed into a pulp by the shockwave and the debris were blown to a place eight kilometers away.

At this moment, in a blood-stained ruin, a hand suddenly reached out and grabbed a large rock with force.

bump!

Amidst the scattered rubble and billowing dust, Naruto sat up, his upper body still buried under the ruins.

"..."

Naruto stared blankly at the huge, yellowish-brown mushroom cloud vortex in the distance, his mouth slightly agape. He seemed to be still reeling from the attack and his mind was still in a daze.

It wasn't until the blood from the wound on his forehead slid down the corner of his eye and into his eyes that Naruto, startled, came to his senses and remembered what was happening and what had occurred before.

"Tsuna...cough cough cough!"

Naruto, who was about to call out to Tsunade, inhaled a large cloud of dust, choked, and coughed.

After recovering, Naruto waved away the dust, then anxiously looked around for Tsunade, Sakura, and Shima.

"Grandma Tsunade..."

Naruto looked around while calling out the names of Granny Tsunade, Sakura, and Lady Shima.

"Ahem... I'm here, kid."

Gamashima's voice suddenly came from behind Naruto, who quickly turned around in surprise.

"Shima-sama..."

Before Naruto could say anything, Gamashima quickly jumped onto Naruto's shoulder, waved his hand, and said urgently, "I'm fine, let's go find Tsunade and that little girl."

Before the terrifying shockwave arrived, Tsunade and Sakura made the same move simultaneously.

The two of them hugged Naruto tightly, first taking the most intense impact of the shockwave for him, and then using their bodies as human shields to block many of the falling rocks.

Gamashima, perched on Naruto's shoulder, was protected by Tsunade and Sakura.

Otherwise, even if she had survived that terrifying shockwave attack, she would have been seriously injured.

Everything is fine now, except for some minor injuries, thanks to Tsunade and Sakura.

However, it is precisely because of this that the situation of the two little girls is even more worrying.

bump!

Naruto pushed away the rock pressing on his leg, stood up and looked around. A hazy dust filled the air, making visibility poor.

However, some people wearing Konoha ninja uniforms could still be seen with half of their bodies exposed outside the ruins.

Naruto rushed over to save them, but all six Konoha ninjas were already dead, none of them escaped.

"No, no..."

Naruto searched the area with his eyes while muttering fearfully to himself.

My heart was pounding wildly at that moment.

Naruto was terrified; he was afraid to see Tsunade and Sakura, who were lifeless.

Soon, the man and the toad searched the surrounding area but could not find Tsunade and Sakura. The other Konoha members they found were all dead.

"No, that won't happen..."

Naruto continued to mutter to himself, but the despair in his eyes gradually overwhelmed his heart like a tidal wave.

"Kid, use Sage Mode."

At that moment, Gamashima suddenly remembered something and quickly reminded Naruto.

It's difficult to find people using only your eyes; entering Sage Mode makes it easier to determine whether Tsunade and the little girl are still alive by sensing chakra.

"Right, right... Sage Mode..."

Naruto suddenly realized what was going on, quickly unrolled the scroll behind him, and summoned the shadow clone from Mount Myōboku who had entered Sage Mode ahead of time.

Bang!

As the shadow clones summoned in Sage Mode came and then dissipated, Naruto, having gained Sage Chakra, re-entered Sage Mode.

The instant he entered Sage Mode, Naruto immediately sensed the chakra around him.

"this……"

Naruto was immediately stunned; an indescribable fear and anger instantly turned his eyes red.

少！

Too little!

Within his chakra perception range, there were only the chakra of a dozen or so people, meaning that only a dozen or so people were still alive.

With his chakra perception range, he could easily calculate that no more than one hundred people in the entire Hidden Leaf Village would have survived this attack.

Konoha, which had already been reduced to only 70,000 to 80,000 people after suffering a devastating blow from Pain's Shinra Tensei, was dealt another devastating blow.

This time it was even more thorough. Of the 70,000 to 80,000, most were ninjas, but now there are less than 100 left. Even if there are still some Konoha ninjas stationed on the border, the total number of ninjas still alive in Konoha will not exceed 1,000.

What can a ninja force of a thousand people do?

It's not even as good as a small country or a ninja village.

It can be said that Konoha has truly and completely disappeared this time.

Even if Naruto survives, even if Tsunade and the others survive, it won't change this.

The other four of the five great nations will not give up this opportunity to annex the Land of Fire and Konoha, and Konoha is destined to disappear.

Naruto was unaware of these deeper consequences at the time, but the fact that 70 or 80,000 people had suddenly dwindled to such a small number was something he simply couldn't accept.

His village!

His companion!

And Sakura too!

"No!!!"

Naruto shouted angrily, but he couldn't sense Sakura's chakra. This caused Naruto to break down again, and he was almost about to lose his mind again due to the Nine-Tails' chakra.

Gamashima's expression changed, and he quickly shouted to Naruto, "Where are Tsunade and Sakura?"

Tsunade...Grandma?

Yes, Granny Tsunade!

Gamashima's words pulled Naruto back from the brink of losing control of his anger. He quickly rushed in one direction and arrived at a ruin in a few breaths. He waved his hands and quickly lifted up the stones. Tsunade's figure came into the sight of Naruto and Gamashima.

"Grandma Tsunade!"

"Tsunade!"

Gamashima and Naruto quickly came to Tsunade's side.

"Shima-sama..." Naruto looked at Shima the toad.

Tsunade didn't die, but a steel pipe pierced her abdomen, and she had already lost consciousness. If she wasn't treated soon, she would die.

Naruto doesn't know medical ninjutsu, and he doesn't have time to find a ninja who does, so he can only place his hopes on Lady Shima.

Gamashima doesn't know medical ninjutsu, but the natural energy condensed at Mount Myōboku has become a controllable natural chakra that can be absorbed by the human body.

It's just that ordinary people find it difficult to absorb and cannot withstand the energy impact of natural chakra.

But now...

(End of this chapter)