Boom!!!
A massive roar echoed across the sky above Konoha Village. The Konoha Barrier, usually in an invisible state, now manifested, making the entire Konoha look as though it were inside a transparent bubble while ripples continuously coursed across it.
Villagers in Konoha who had lived through the Nine-Tails Uprising instantly wore looks of terror on their faces, hurriedly taking their wives and children to rush toward Konoha's shelters.
The once bustling commercial street contained only ordinary people with tense expressions. Various sounds of panic echoed throughout Konoha, and stampede incidents even occurred during the flight.
Whenever Konoha suffered a major disaster, these villagers were the greatest victims. Yet compared to the populace of small countries outside Konoha, they were incomparably fortunate.
When great powers went to war, they forever set the battlefield upon the territory of small countries.
The circular building of the Hokage Administration Building!
Hiruzen Sarutobi stood before the office's glass pane, smoking the shredded tobacco inside his pipe. His gaze, hidden in the shadows beneath the Hokage hat, looked out toward the source of the turmoil in the village.
"Yan! He truly did not live up to my expectations."
Hiruzen Sarutobi turned his head to look toward the Uchiha district, staring at the fortress towering atop the mountain peak at the edge of Konoha.
"Setsuna!"
"How should you choose?"
"Do you choose to let the Uchiha carry out the responsibilities of the Military Police Force, or do you choose to preserve the clan's strength and do nothing?"
The Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, had originally assigned the Uchiha Clan the role of Konoha's final line of defense.
The Senju Clan, who had fought with the Uchiha Clan for a thousand years, best understood how troublesome the Uchiha Clan was. As long as the Uchiha served as