Naruto: Starting with the Two Kamui

"Yes!!!"

The entire city was well-organized.

The people were quickly led to safety.

Sarutobi Takitsubo led the Sarutobi ninja across the moat and onto the city wall... and there they saw a dark mass of soldiers closing in at the horizon!

"Bandits? There are far too many of them!"

"I'm afraid... it's the regular army of some major power. Now that the ninja world is unified, it's impossible for rogue ninjas scattered abroad to be of this size! Anyway, let's find out their intentions first!"

After Sarutobi Takitsubo formed the hand seals, he took a deep breath.

Ninja Art: Sound Trumpet Technique!

His deep voice, amplified by chakra, echoed below the city: "Ahead lies the territory of Sarutobi Castle, a vassal state of Konoha, the Hidden Ninja Country! Halt!!"

But the army remained unmoved and continued to approach the city.

"It seems they've come with ill intentions!"

After a moment's thought, Takitsubo said, "Bring the ballistae used for defending the city!"

As ninja villages transformed into ninja nations, various clans also became city-states. Consequently, warfare methods were no longer as monotonous as in the past. By adopting the methods of regular armies and equipping them with heavy defensive weapons, not only could chakra be greatly conserved, but the defenses of cities could also be made more robust.

Boom!

The city gates opened, and rows of large ballistae were pushed out and lined up at the foot of the city wall. The bowstrings were drawn back, and giant crossbow bolts were nocked on the strings, their bodies covered with explosive tags, and their tips all pointed at the front lines!

From the city wall, Sarutobi Takitsubo shouted, "This is the final warning! Stop immediately, or we will show no mercy!"

The army remained unmoved, but the clones at the front of the line began to form hand seals. However, the light was too dim and the distance was too far, so the people on the city walls did not notice and assumed that the enemy was determined to force their way through.

Sarutobi Takitsubo waved his hand and shouted fiercely, "Release the arrows!!"

Whoosh!!!

Dozens of large arrows shot through the air!

Hey!

The clone army suddenly stopped, and hundreds of people in front of them bent down and pressed their palms to the ground.

—Earth Release: Ten Thousand Mile Earth Flow Wall!

Rumble rumble rumble!

Thick earthen walls were erected to block the arrows... The explosive tags exploded, and a horizontal wall of earth was blown into ruins, but the army behind it was almost unharmed!

"Earth Release, a ninja!?" The ninjas on the city wall were all in shock!

Sarutobi Takitsubo clenched his fist: "The situation... is serious. If they are all ninjas, we simply cannot withstand their numbers! But where did so many ninjas come from out of nowhere? Has Iwagakure betrayed us? No, if such a major incident had occurred, news of it would have already spread throughout the ninja kingdom..."

"Takitsubo-sama, they've launched their attack!!!" A cry of alarm from someone beside him interrupted Takitsubo's thoughts.

Suddenly... Shin Uchiha's clone army, numbering nearly ten thousand, launched a full-scale attack!

Sarutobi Takitsubo made a decisive decision: "Activate the 'Sarutobi Flame Formation'!!"

Sarutobi Flame Formation is an extremely powerful fire-style barrier that rivals the Uchiha Flame Formation. However, unlike the top Uchiha ninjas who can activate it single-handedly, the Sarutobi Flame Formation is a group barrier technique. The more users there are, the larger the barrier becomes, with an upper limit even higher than the Uchiha Flame Formation. If the entire Sarutobi clan were to combine their full strength, the barrier could even cover an entire city!

Bear! Bear! Bear! Bear!

Golden flames rose from all sides of Sarutobi Castle, illuminating the sky like daytime and making the entire castle virtually impregnable...

With the protective barrier in place, everyone felt a little relieved.

Takitsubo said, "Immediately inform the Hokage and the Ninja Kingdom of the situation here, and request reinforcements!!"

"Yes!!!"

Takitsubo thought: "That's good for now. Under normal circumstances, this fire barrier can last until dawn, enough time for reinforcements to arrive. But the enemy will most likely retreat. Fortunately, no matter what, the people in the city will be safe..."

……

In the underground of a certain country, there is a location where external brain implants are installed.

The holographic image of Kabuto Yakushi pressed his finger against the frame of his glasses on the bridge of his nose: "Oh? A protective barrier... Sarutobi, as expected of an ancient and prestigious family in Konoha. Normally, we can only retreat for the time being, but the confidence that I, Kabuto Yakushi, have in destroying the ninja nation is not just based on our massive numbers. Feel what despair is!"

……

Beneath Sarutobi Castle.

Noisy!

The first thousand Uchiha Shin clones suddenly emitted a red light from their single eyes!

—Izanagi!

Then... these thousand clones who had activated Izanagi charged fearlessly toward Sarutobi's Flame Formation!

Chapter 630 A World Within Three Inches, A Grand Mansion on the Verge of Collapse

On the city wall, Sarutobi Takitsubo formed a seal.

Whoosh! The firewalls outside the city walls became transparent from the inside, allowing a clear view of the situation outside!

A thousand enemies were rushing toward the wall of fire. The Sarutobi members scoffed, "Trying to fight the Sarutobi Flame Formation with your flesh and blood is suicide! This wall of fire can even ignore water-style techniques, and their flesh and chakra will become the source of the flames. No matter how many of them there are, it's all for naught!"

Even so, Sarutobi Takitsubo felt uneasy. This ninja enemy had appeared out of nowhere, and the ninja country hadn't noticed it at all.

Everything about the enemy... is unknown!

Takitsubo's large hand involuntarily gripped the rocky outcrop on the city wall.

Huff! Huff! Huff! Huff!

The enemy who rushed into the flames was quickly charred and scattered...

"Oh no!! It's burning to death!!"

"How utterly overconfident!!"

"Haha, the enemy is so foolish! We probably won't even need reinforcements; we can annihilate them all!!!"

click!

Sarutobi Takitsubo tightened his five fingers, causing the stone wall to crack: "Something's not right!"

call out!call out!call out!call out!

Then... the light and shadow twisted, and the enemies who had been burned to death by the golden flames appeared one after another behind the fire wall and below the city wall!

One after another... In just ten seconds, all one thousand people were resurrected and gathered below the city wall, their Sharingan coldly scanning the area ahead!

hiss!

This phenomenon, which defied common sense, caused the Sarutobi crew to gasp in astonishment.

At such close range, they were able to clearly see the enemy's appearance!

They're all clones, and they all have Sharingan eyes!

"Gulp!" A Sarutobi ninja swallowed hard. "What... happened?!"

Sarutobi Takitsubo said with a low gaze, "The forbidden technique of the Sharingan, Izanagi, was most skillfully used by Shimura Danzo, the leader of Konoha Root who partnered with my clan's Hiruzen-sama. It can even turn death itself into a dream!"

"But how can there be so many Sharingan? The Uchiha clan has been extinct for a long time, with only a few members remaining!"

Takitsubo said, "I've only heard that there are ninjas in the ninja world who are good at cell research and can even mass-produce Sharingan. The original source for mass production is a man named 'Uchiha Shin'!"

"So, the one besieging the city right now is a clone of Shin Uchiha?"

"I'm afraid so!"

Noisy!

Below the city, the thousand clones of the letter, who had never used Izanagi's other Sharingan, all transformed into Mangekyou Sharingan patterns!

Swish swish swish swish...

Numerous fragmented shuriken scattered from their sleeves. Under the manipulation of their eye power, the fragmented shuriken floated into the air, adjusted their angle, and aimed at the city wall.

Takitsubo shouted, "Get down on your knees!!!"

Whoosh! ...

Fragmented shuriken rained down on the city walls like a sudden storm...

"Aaaaaahhhhh..." Nearly a hundred ninjas who didn't have time to react were immediately hit by a hail of bullets, their flesh and blood flying everywhere!

Whoosh whoosh!

The missing fragment shuriken corrected their trajectory in mid-air, firing repeatedly in a barrage, just like a meat grinder!

Tick-tock!!

Blood and flesh flowed down the cracks in the city wall, staining the moat red... Of those who had been standing on the city wall earlier, only a handful of people, led by Sarutobi Takitsubo, managed to escape thanks to their excellent Body Flicker Technique!

"how so!"

Takitsubo gazed at the corpses of his clansmen hanging all over the city walls, his face filled with grief.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Because too many Sarutobi clan members had perished, the city's protective fire barrier lost its chakra support and rapidly crumbled. Without the barrier's protection, the clone army's reinforcements could also join in, which meant...

"Is this city, and the Sarutobi clan, finished...?"

Takitsubo closed his eyes in pain, blood dripping from between his tightly clenched fists.

Splash!

At this moment, the small-time ninja from Sarutobi Castle, having properly settled the civilians, gathered here and, witnessing the tragic scene before them, stood frozen in place.

At that moment, Takitsubo said in an extremely sorrowful tone, "Everyone, you must leave this place..."

The ninja were bewildered: "Leave? Why leave! We are ninjas! This is our home! We must fight!!!"

Takitsubo shouted, "If you all die!! Who will protect the people of the city!!!"

"!" Everyone was speechless.

Takitsubo pleaded earnestly, "Please, lead as many people as possible out of this city alive... If any of you manage to see the Hokage alive, please apologize on my behalf. He entrusted the duty of guarding the gates to the Sarutobi clan, but I failed to lead my clan and fulfill my responsibilities..."

boom!!