Living your daily life in a shonen anime seems to be wrong.

A shrine is a symbol of faith.

However, the foolish Sand Village ninjas had not yet realized the greatness of the shrine.

Therefore, this time, Nanaya is on Konoha's side because many Konoha ninjas worship at shrines and are believers.

When believers are in trouble, as the white-robed archbishop of the shrine, Shichiya naturally has to lend a helping hand.

Hmm, something seems off.

But none of that matters.

Importantly, Shichiya descended upon the Sand Village ninja with the gaze of death upon him.

Sunagakure doesn't seem to have noticed anything amiss, perhaps because no one is looking up at the sky.

That's why they say they are people without faith, and none of them yearn for the sky or for freedom.

As the airship slowly descended, everything on the ground became increasingly clear.

At least seven nights ago, it was clear enough.

His red left eye remained completely still, as if he were looking at an insignificant ant.

Perhaps in his eyes, those were indeed ants, ants that could be easily wiped out.

"Three hundred meters!"

A ninja shouted.

In the command center, Nara Shikaku was also looking at the deck.

From there, you can clearly see Nanaya leaning against the railing.

Even as the battle was about to begin, Shichiya remained nonchalant.

Is it absolute confidence? Or is it a complete lack of understanding of the cruelty of war?

Nara Shikaku didn't understand.

Upon closer reflection, it seems that no one has ever been able to truly understand what kind of person Qiye is.

Even the legendary Sannin cannot.

And Qiye's biggest secret is his closed right eye.

Is he blind? Or is there some reason why he can't let outsiders see?

If it's the former, that's fine, but if it's the latter...

That's really not good news.

"Two hundred and fifty meters!"

The ninja monitoring the altitude shouted again.

A height of over 200 meters is actually very high. Even if it's only a few dozen meters, it's still very high for humans. Falling from a height of ten stories would be fatal unless there's a miracle.

Below, it's still not clear.

Qi Ye waved his hand.

"Set the explosion time."

Seven Nights' lazy voice rang out.

Although the sound was not loud, it quickly spread throughout the entire airship unit.

Setting the explosion time is essentially the same as setting a fuse or a timer.

The specially made fuse will not be affected even if it is thrown hundreds of meters away.

Timers are nothing special; clocks have existed in this world for a long time.

In addition, there are some remote controls that allow for free control of the detonation time.

Each airship was equipped with over a thousand explosive charges; with seventy airships, the total was nearly one hundred thousand.

That's equivalent to 100,000 artillery shells, enough to turn a town into a sea of ​​fire.

"Two hundred meters!"

The ninja monitoring the altitude shouted again, indicating that they had reached the altitude set by Shichiya.

And below, there seemed to be a reaction finally.

Perhaps someone noticed that the stars tonight were too strange, densely packed overhead, and seemed to be approaching the ground.

But by then it was too late.

"Light it and throw it!"

Qi Ye snapped his fingers and then yawned.

This kind of battle is too boring.

The ninjas and staff on the airship immediately began throwing explosive charges out of the airship, without needing to aim, just throwing them randomly.

Under the influence of gravity, the explosive charge quickly crashed towards the ground, its speed increasing rapidly.

This was the first time this weapon had been used in actual combat, and Nara Shikaku was somewhat nervous about it.

Not only him, but everyone except Qiye was a little nervous.

Although I know this thing is similar to an explosive tag, can it really kill the enemy?

If that's really the case, wouldn't the way we fight change drastically in the future?

Even putting that aside, this is something that ordinary people can make and use.

If the ninja army is easily routed after a few hits like this, then what's the point of painstakingly training in ninjutsu?

If the formula were to leak out and fall into the hands of those daimyo, with the manpower, financial resources, and materials they could mobilize, they could easily arm a large army, at which point there would be no need for ninja villages to exist.

But thinking about it carefully, it's not really that easy to win.

Perhaps I'm just worrying unnecessarily.

However, Shichiya was not worried at all about whether he could win.

Just watching those explosive charges fall like raindrops.

"Boom boom boom..."

One after another, fiery red light burst forth, followed by a dense barrage of explosions.

The shock of the explosion, along with irregular pieces of iron and nails hidden inside the explosive charge, flew everywhere and embedded themselves in the ground, rocks, wood, and even the ninja's body.

The explosion at close range resulted in either death or serious injury, and the Sand Village base was instantly filled with cries of despair.

After a day of fighting, the Sand Village ninjas, who thought they could finally get some rest, were caught off guard by a sudden disaster. Before many of them even understood what was happening, their consciousness was plunged into eternal sleep.

The explosion quickly ignited the tent.

Tonight was a fine night, dry and without rain. No one bothered to put out the small fire, and it quickly grew into a raging inferno.

A ninja skilled in water-style ninjutsu tried to extinguish the fire, but the continuous falling explosive charges prevented them from moving effectively.

In Sunagakure, only a small fraction of the ninjas are skilled in Water Release; most are adept at Wind Release, which is related to their living environment.

Among the five great ninja villages, only Konoha has a relatively balanced number of ninjas proficient in various ninjutsu techniques; the others are too specialized.

Moreover, they had never seen such an attack before.

Seeing the explosive charges falling one by one, he wanted to use his wind-escape technique to blow them away.

However, the base is so large that even if the wind blows for tens or hundreds of meters, it won't make much of a difference.

Moreover, the lack of unified action and the chaotic flow of air only exacerbated the confusion.

The fire, fueled by the wind, and the wind, fueled by the fire, made the already raging blaze even more intense. The actions of the Wind Release ninjas ultimately harmed themselves.

"Well, it's time to begin!"

On the airship, looking at the Sand Village base that was already engulfed in flames, Nanaya grinned, a slightly cruel smile playing on his lips.

People raised by mad scientists also have some madness in their hearts.

Meanwhile, at the Konoha ninja base.

Looking at the flickering firelight in the distance, and listening to the faint sounds of commotion.

Orochimaru also showed the same smile.

"Pass down the order: all troops, launch an attack!"

"Yes!"

The Konoha ninja, who had been preparing for battle, rushed towards the Sunagakure base in groups of three or five.

At this moment, all you need to do is rush in and kill, rush in and destroy; you don't need too many tactics.

And they will be the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

Although Shichiya was confident in the explosive pack, in the end, he still had to rely on the ninjas to solve the problem.

Anyway, Qiye won't personally lead the charge.

Chapter Twenty-One: How Boring!

We lost, we really lost.

The battle, which was originally evenly matched, took a sharp turn for the worse overnight.

The commanders of Sunagakure couldn't understand why such a big change had happened.

"Those damned airships!"

Everyone was cursing under their breath.

Last night's relentless bombing inflicted heavy losses on them.

The main losses were among the chuunibyou and genin, while the jonin losses were relatively small. Apart from being caught off guard and suffering losses at the beginning, they were able to survive afterwards.

Although they all had some injuries, more or less.

They didn't know what kind of weapons those were; perhaps they were explosive tags, but they were huge...