Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

They understand the principle that the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The fact that there are currently no conflicts between Iwagakure and Amegakure is plausible.

In an instant, the rock giant, controlled by Huang Tu, swung its massive arm toward Chiyo in mid-air.

The arm's swinging speed appeared slow, but it was actually quite rapid and contained terrifying power. With each swing, a gust of wind was generated, blowing towards Chiyo and greatly reducing the effect of the poisonous smoke released by the puppet controlled by Chiyo.

Meanwhile, the numerous Rock Ninjas atop the Rock Giant unleashed Earth Release: Rock Gun Technique to continue attacking Chiyo.

"Damn Iwa ninja."

Chiyo quickly maneuvered the puppet beneath her to escape the attack range of the rock giant's arm, and then controlled the other six puppets to shatter the large number of incoming rocks.

Due to the combined attack from the Iwa ninja, she couldn't spare much energy to deal with the hateful Hattori Masanari for the time being.

Without Chiyo's careful control, the puppet of the Chikamatsu Ten Ninja wielding a large sword in front of Kirito suddenly became somewhat sluggish, no longer possessing the agile movements of a Jonin as before.

He did not use the Byakugan in battle at this time because he was worried that activating the Byakugan would render the White Zetsu clone's disguise technique ineffective.

However, even if the Byakugan is not activated and is disguised by the Impersonation Technique, it can still see chakra, but it cannot see through it and observe the enemy's chakra in depth.

Therefore, he can still see the chakra thread connecting the puppet.

"A good opportunity."

Kirito decisively threw more than a dozen shuriken infused with wind-style chakra at the puppet in front of him.

Wind Release: Shuriken!

More than a dozen shuriken were infused with wind-style chakra, greatly increasing their firing speed. As they spun at high speed, sharp wind blades formed at their edges.

"Hmph, you idiot, your basic shuriken skills are so bad."

Chiyo glanced at Kirito's situation and saw that most of the shuriken he threw were extremely inaccurate. She sneered, then pulled on the chakra threads on her fingers, preparing to teach this hateful Rain Ninja a lesson.

But the next moment, her expression changed drastically, because she discovered that her chakra threads could not control the puppet's movements.

Unsurprisingly, that's because the chakra threads were severed.

"Could that guy have done this on purpose?"

Chiyo thought to herself.

But she didn't have time to think about that anymore. Those hateful Iwa ninjas were attacking her again, so she had to focus on controlling her puppet to fight back.

Her assessment of these Iwa ninja was that they were weak but united. Relying on their collective Earth Release ninjutsu, they could instantly unleash power that threatened her, a Kage-level ninja. Moreover, they were all like turtles, using their seemingly clumsy but swift rock giant as a war fortress, making it impossible for her puppets to attack them.

She wanted to unleash a powerful ninjutsu to destroy the rock giant, but the rock ninjas kept injecting earth-style chakra into it, making its body incredibly sturdy. Even when attacking it with lightning-style ninjutsu that countered it, it was difficult to inflict any effective damage.

She ultimately had to choose to focus on containment, holding back most of Iwagakure's forces so that her son, daughter-in-law, and other Sand Ninja could have a chance to escape safely.

Everything was going quite smoothly until Hattori Masanari suddenly appeared at a crucial moment, threatening the lives of her son and daughter-in-law. This filled her with hatred, and she wished she could immediately abandon these hateful Iwa ninja and go and kill that hateful Amegakure ninja.

The chakra threads were severed by the shuriken containing wind release chakra that Kirito threw. The puppet holding the large sword stopped moving immediately, and its body was hit by several shuriken. If it hadn't been made of high-quality materials, it would have been smashed to pieces by now.

Seizing the opportunity, Kirito wouldn't let Chiyo have another chance to control the puppet and fight him, so he decisively used Wind Release: Vacuum Wave to attack.

He clapped his hands, and a huge air slash wave shot out into the air.

"Don't try to succeed."

A furious shout came from nearby; it was the voice of Akasuna, who had successfully brought his wife back to the surface.

No sooner had he finished speaking than an earthen wall appeared in front of the puppet.

The power of Wind Release: Vacuum Wave is quite strong and extremely sharp. The earthen wall could not stop the air slash wave it formed at all and was cut off almost instantly, continuing to shoot towards the Chikamatsu Ten Puppet Puppet wielding a large sword.

At the critical moment, the Chikamatsu Ten Puppet Puppet, which had lost control, suddenly moved. Its large sword was instantly covered with chakra, and then it shattered the incoming air slash wave with a single strike.

"You're really tenacious."

Kirito looked at Akashi, who was now controlling the giant sword puppet with chakra threads, and said coldly.

"Don't underestimate the resilience of Sunagakure, you bastards from Amegakure."

Chisha scolded.

As he spoke, he manipulated four puppets to attack Kirito simultaneously.

After obtaining his wife's chakra, his chakra level had recovered to 30% of its peak, enough for him to control four puppets to fight the despicable Rain Ninja in front of him.

He believed he could win.

Because this place is no longer that damned land of rain where water is everywhere.

"This feeling of fighting with my hands tied is really unpleasant. And why isn't Hanzo making a move yet?"

Kirito watched as Akasuna confidently controlled four puppets to charge forward, and thought impatiently to himself.

The next moment, he took out a kunai and then spat out a stream of wind-style chakra onto it, forming a sharp wind-style chakra sword.

Wind Release: Vacuum Blade!

Then, he used a technique he hadn't used in a long time, concentrating natural energy in his legs to increase his speed dramatically.

This kind of speed boost is far less than the speed increase brought by using the Lightning Strike Secret Technique, but it is stronger than simply using chakra to concentrate the legs to increase speed.

In an instant, Kirito burst forth with near-sonic speed, quickly dodging the four approaching puppets and then closing in on Akasuna.

"impossible!"

At that moment, Akashi shouted in disbelief.

He discovered that the four puppets he was controlling had lost contact and could no longer be controlled.

Although he didn't want to admit it, there was only one reason for this outcome: the person in front of him had severed the chakra threads he used to control the puppet while dodging its attack.

After losing control of the four puppets, Akasago's mind went blank. He couldn't figure out how to avoid the attack from the Rain Ninja who had suddenly unleashed terrifying speed.

"I'm sorry, Lan."

Akasuna thought painfully, then subconsciously pushed away the sandstorm in her arms.

Then, a wind-style chakra sword immediately severed his right hand, which he used to control the puppet, and then quickly severed his other hand and legs, turning him into a human stick.

"Ah~"

Akasuna let out a painful scream.

"Red Sand!!!"

Chiyo noticed this and immediately let out a heart-wrenching scream. Her eyes instantly became bloodshot, and a terrifying killing intent erupted from her body.

She no longer cared about the Iwa ninja in front of her and decisively controlled the seven Chikamatsu Ten Puppet Masters puppets to rush towards Kirito, determined to kill him on the spot.

When Chiyo went berserk, Kirito instantly sensed the terrifying killing intent emanating from her.

He didn't dare gamble with Akasa's life to threaten Chiyo into stopping her attack, and decisively retreated.

But during the retreat, he decisively used his Wind Release chakra sword to cut all four puppets in half, denying Chiyo the opportunity to use them.

On the other side, the group of rock ninjas on the rock giant, under the command of Huang Tu, immediately launched a barrage of rock cannonballs formed by Earth Release: Rock Cannon Technique at Chiyo, who was now emotionally unstable and full of openings.

Chiyo had no time to worry about anything else at that moment. She decisively controlled two puppets to cover their retreat, while she continued to control five puppets to chase after Kirito.

The two puppets left behind to cover the retreat were no match for the concentrated fire attack from the Hidden Stone Village, and were defeated one after another after a short while.

But this also gave Chiyo enough time to break through.

"Hattori Masanari, I didn't expect you could be of such great help to us. It's a pity though."

Seeing this, Huang Tu on the rock giant sneered, and then continued to command the group of rock ninjas to use Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall, forming a huge, thick earthen wall that surrounded the battlefield.

Their original goal was to seize Akasuna and Sarashiki from the Sand Village, and then obtain Akasuna and Sarashiki's Sand Village secret techniques and information from them.

However, as time went on, their goal changed. They decided to use the two of them to wear down Chiyo and eventually keep this Kage-level shinobi from Sunagakure alive.

If we can kill Chiyo here, then all the previous losses will be worthwhile.

Up until now, their objective has been progressing smoothly, and Kirito's sudden appearance has been a great help to them. He not only destroyed one of Chiyo's puppets, but also allowed them to successfully defeat two powerful puppets in Chiyo's hands, significantly reducing Chiyo's combat strength.

For Chiyo, her son's life was more important than killing Kirito.

Chiyo saw Kirito quickly turn aside, and could only glare at him hatefully before rushing to Akasuna's side with the five puppets.

With her other hand, she swiftly released four chakra threads formed from Yang Release chakra, which shot towards the severed limbs of Akasuna. In a miraculous way, she quickly stopped the bleeding and prevented Akasuna from dying from excessive blood loss.

"Mother, I can't go on. Please take Shalan away quickly."

When Akasuna saw Chiyo come to his rescue, he said, his face pale.

"Shut up, it's not your place to tell me what to do."

Upon hearing this, Chiyo's eyes reddened, and she shouted angrily.

How could she, as a mother, possibly abandon her son and leave? Even though she knew all along that Iwagakure intended to use the Red Sand and Sandstorm to deplete her power, what could she do? She couldn't get past that mental hurdle.

"Sunagakure can live without me, but it can't live without you, Mother! Please listen to me and leave with Sunagakure. Sasori is still young and needs his mother to take care of him... cough cough cough~"

Akasuna continued, her voice pleading.

After saying that, he coughed incessantly and vomited a large amount of blood.

The wind-style chakra sword that just struck him didn't just sever his limbs; the wind-style chakra on the sword also seeped into his body through the wounds and caused damage.

He's already a cripple, and if he doesn't get surgery soon, he'll definitely die.

With her mother's medical ninjutsu skills, she might be able to save him, but there's no time to do that now.

"Stop talking."

Chiyo choked up as she spoke.

As a medical ninja, how could she not see the extent of Akashi's injuries? She knew in her heart that her son was probably beyond saving, but she still did not want to accept this fact.

She only has this one son left.

"Please, Mother, don't let those Iwa ninjas succeed. I'm entrusting Sandstorm and Sasori to you."

Despite his injuries, Akasuna continued to plead.

While the scene of Chiyo and Akasuna's life-or-death farewell was certainly sympathetic, the Iwa ninja, including Kyoto, felt no sympathy for them whatsoever. During this pursuit, they had already lost many of their comrades, almost all of whom were killed by Chiyo.

Therefore, they must leave behind a thousand generations here.

Under Huang Tu's command, the rock giant's fist swiftly struck Chiyo, and a large number of Iwa ninjas also collectively used Earth Release: Rock Gun Technique to attack Chiyo.

Meanwhile, the loess had already completed the hand seal.