Hiruzen Sarutobi completely disregarded his own chakra consumption, using wide-range terrain-altering Earth Release to try to block the columns of magma and fire continuing to erupt from the ground toward the sky.
After running over a hundred meters, Danzo Shimura's face showed a trace of struggle, but he finally stopped in his tracks, forming hand seals rapidly to release Wind Release and stop the crimson magma from continuing to erupt.
Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi's obsession with power was etched into their bones, yet their affection for Konoha was also incomparably genuine, which they regarded as more important than their own lives.
Guarding Konoha was their conviction, and even more so, the fulcrum that kept their minds from collapsing after committing countless sins.
Because they never once believed they were wrong.
White Fang was dead!
The Uchiha clan was exterminated!
A single voice echoed in the depths of their minds: "This is all for Konoha!"
The two had been teammates in their early years, and even though they had not fought together for decades, their coordination remained top-notch. The respective ninjutsu they released firmly bound the rain of fire unleashed by Wang Ming within the Uchiha Clan Estate, preventing it from entering Konoha.
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"Setsuna Uchiha is truly a madman. To release a ninjutsu with such lethal force aimed at Konoha's civilians—does he really want to destroy the entire Konoha?" A ninja of the Hyuga branch family muttered in terror, knowing that his family was also in the central area of Konoha!
Hiashi Hyuga, with a smooth forehead and long black hair draped over his shoulders, opened his pure white eyes to look at the battle situation in the distance: "Do not panic!"
"Activate your Byakugan and look closely at the direction of Setsuna's attack."
Hearing this, all the Hyuga