Being a rogue ninja is worse than being Hokage.

The Konoha advisory group is dead, and Tsunade, the Hokage, is trapped in a hysterical state of hemophobia from which she cannot escape.

The person who could actually give orders at the scene was Shizune, who served as the Hokage's secretary.

but--

"I advise you to give up your expectations for support."

Naruto's calm words were not a simple threat.

On the contrary, it is a statement of facts.

As soon as he finished speaking, a series of explosions suddenly filled the entire Hidden Leaf Village!

Naruto Uzumaki's second attack against the invasion of Konoha has now begun!

Several powerful chakra bursts were scattered throughout Konoha, and wherever the chakra users went, explosions followed.

"how so……"

Shizune stared blankly at the scene of Konoha being destroyed in an instant.

It was this moment of distraction that gave Naruto another opportunity to attack!

Naruto was so fast that he was invisible. He flew in front of Shizune and kicked her squarely in the abdomen. The powerful force sent Shizune flying off the roof of the Hokage's office!

"Damn it, send someone to request backup immediately!"

The remaining Hokage guards began issuing new orders.

With their current numbers, there's simply no way they can launch an effective attack on Naruto.

"I've already said it, you'd better give up your hopes for support!"

Naruto quickly formed the five hand seals: 亥-戌-酉-申-未.

—The art of spirit communication!

Four figures appeared as Naruto summoned them.

"Those guys are the Sound Ninja who were with Orochimaru three years ago!"

Those who had experienced Orochimaru's plan to destroy Konoha with the help of Sunagakure three years ago recognized the four people that Naruto summoned!

East of the left and right;

Minami no Jirobo;

West Kidomaru;

and Kita no Tayuya.

The four people occupied the four positions and simultaneously formed hand seals—

—"Four Purple Flame Formation!"

A square purple barrier completely enveloped the Konoha office.

This strange phenomenon startled all the Konoha ninjas fighting elsewhere in Konoha.

Three years ago, this ominous purple barrier claimed the life of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Three years later, the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade, was also trapped by the same barrier, finding herself isolated and helpless!

Chapter 82: The Battlefield Titled "Konoha"

"Konoha—"

A green figure launched a powerful spinning downward kick at the enemy in front of it with a speed that was difficult to detect with the naked eye.

"—Power Cyclone!"

Before the black magnetic sand surrounding the third-generation Kazekage puppet could react in time, the puppet's body was shattered by a single kick!

This unique taijutsu attack style is highly recognizable throughout the entire ninja world.

It was none other than Konoha's proud blue beast, Might Guy!

However, Konoha's intelligence was clearly insufficient when faced with the human puppets created by Sasori of the Red Sand, who had developed the unique puppetry technique from Sunagakure to its extreme.

Kai's attack was undoubtedly effective, and the fragments in front of him had no chance of being controlled by the puppeteer's chakra threads again.

But the puppet itself is a consumable item that is dispensable.

The core of the human puppet—the detachable chakra core on the puppet's body—remains intact.

The next moment, the chakra core representing the Third Kazekage was installed into a brand new human puppet under the precise control of the chakra threads.

The third-generation Kazekage was thus "resurrected".

The Third Kazekage, who possessed the bloodline limit known as "Magnet Release," once again caused black magnetic sand to fly everywhere.

"So it's pointless to fight these puppets after all. The battle can't end until the puppeteer himself is dealt with?"

Faced with the "resurrected" Third Kazekage, in order to avoid further recklessness and falling into a trap, Kai chose to retreat to a safe distance where he could simultaneously control both attack and defense.

"If I still had the Sharingan..."

Beside Kai, Kakashi stared in frustration at the countless puppets that had formed a protective net before them.

The Sharingan's powerful perception can easily see through the chakra threads connecting the puppet's movements, allowing it to find the puppeteer's true form by following the direction of the chakra threads.

Even though he knows the puppeteer is hiding among these puppets, Kakashi, who has lost his Sharingan, has no way to confirm it.

"This guy's methods are too troublesome. He also controls a large number of puppets that can use secret techniques and bloodline limits—how did Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki deal with him back then?"

Facing Sasori of the Red Sand, Might Guy was even more surprised by the fact that he would die at the hands of Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki.

"If it were Sasuke with the Sharingan, he might actually have a way."

Kakashi shared his guess.

In the previous Shinobi World Wars, the attack methods of the puppeteers from Sunagakure had been largely deciphered with sufficient intelligence.

The most direct way to defeat a puppeteer is to find the puppeteer's true form.

However, such a direct approach is often the most difficult to implement in actual combat.

However, if it were a Sharingan that could detect even the slightest trace of chakra, it could obviously do such a thing easily.

"My eyes... I wish Neji were here."

Given the current predicament, even someone like Matt Kay is desperately hoping for assistance.

However, the various explosions coming from other parts of Konoha indicated that the desire for assistance was a pipe dream.

If the dead Sasori of the Red Sand appeared in front of Guy and Kakashi.

The enemies in other parts of Konoha were probably members of the Akatsuki organization who died at the hands of Naruto and Sasuke.

"The most troublesome thing now is that, even though we're in our own village, the enemy's invasion has miraculously severed our intelligence network! The intelligence department, which was attacked first, hasn't recovered yet. It's safe to assume that Mr. Inoichi, who can use the Yamanaka clan's secret techniques, is currently unable to coordinate and transmit intelligence in real time—but the Fifth Hokage should have a way to temporarily replace Mr. Inoichi and allow the Konoha ninjas, who are scattered and fighting independently by the enemy, to share intelligence. So..."

Tsunade's summoning beast is a giant slug called Katsuyu. It can split its huge body into countless smaller clones, and these clones can provide timely medical treatment and intelligence transmission to the ninjas on the front lines through Tsunade, who is its contractor.

Therefore, Tsunade had no reason to allow the enemy to cut off intelligence.

Kakashi turned his head and looked toward the Konoha office, which he hadn't noticed while fighting Sasori of the Red Sand.

What Kakashi saw was a scene that shocked him.

That enormous purple barrier—he never imagined it would appear a second time in Konoha!

……

Clang—!

The strangely shaped chakra blade, thrown with the help of wind release, deflected the equally strangely shaped giant scythe.

"Everyone, don't let that guy get his blood! That guy has a strange secret technique that allows him to inflict the same level of harm on others by using blood and self-mutilation!"

Sarutobi Asuma warned everyone to keep their distance from Hidan, then pulled a brand new chakra sword from his ninja tool pouch at his waist, gripped it with both hands again, and assumed a ready-to-fight stance.

But Asuma's gaze wasn't just wary of Hidan; the veiled ninja beside Hidan was the most troublesome of the two Akatsuki members before him.

"If your luck had a smell, it would be an unmistakable musty stench. Has that little-known evil god finally abandoned you?"

"Kakuzu! Shut your mouth! I will never allow such blasphemy!"

That's right, Kakuzu was also standing next to Hidan.

Just like when Asuma first encountered them, Kakuzu is currently only an "observer" and is not in a hurry to join forces with Hidan.

We need to deal with Hidan's mysterious secret technique before he can make a move.

"Hong, listen carefully to what I have to say..."

Asuma lowered his voice and said to Kurenai, who was fighting alongside him, "Next, I will launch a feint attack with the others. You take the opportunity to use illusion magic on those two!"

Asuma witnessed Sasuke Uchiha using genjutsu to trick Hidan out of the ritual barrier necessary for the Death Possession Blood Ritual, and he also witnessed the ninja named Tayuya using genjutsu to control Kakuzu, creating a winning opportunity to defeat Kakuzu.

He plans to replicate his previous experience and defeat Hidan and Kakuzu once again.

……

"day by day!"

The prominent veins around Hyuga Neji's eyes were a sign that he was channeling chakra into his Byakugan and using it.

Of everyone present, only he could accurately pinpoint the enormous white bird circling high above the hospital.

"I see!"

The bond they forged with Neji over the years made them perfectly in sync.

Every day she pulls out a huge ninja tool scroll, the one that's spread out is even taller than two of her.

This indicates that an extremely large number of ninja tools are sealed within this scroll of ninja tools.

Furthermore, the ninja tool scroll in Tenten's hand does not contain ordinary ninja tools.

The sealing technique formula in the unfolded ninja tool scroll did not have the usual character for "seal" written on it, but rather the character for "explode"!

This is a special ninja tool scroll containing explosive tags!

Now, Tenten threw all these ninja tools with explosive tags at Neji.

Neji had already assumed the starting stance for the Hyuga clan's unique taijutsu—the Eight Trigrams Palm.