The sound of hammering rang out from Training Ground Seven, echoing across Konoha's skies. Even those near the training ground could feel the vibrations making the dust around them tremble and dance.
"What happened at Training Ground Seven?" Kakashi Hatake, who was leaning against a tree and reading Make-Out Paradise, raised his lifeless eyelids and looked in confusion toward Training Ground Seven with his lone wandering eye.
He was not far from Training Ground Seven, and he vaguely seemed to hear Might Guy's passionate shouts.
"Could Guy have caused some trouble? Didn't he just become a Jonin instructor yesterday?" Kakashi Hatake wondered. He closed Make-Out Paradise, which was pinched between his fingers, tucked it into the ninja pouch behind his back, stood up on the branch, and leaped toward Training Ground Seven.
He had only just landed on a rooftop when Asuma Sarutobi, another Jonin, came leaping toward Training Ground Seven as well. Seeing Kakashi Hatake, he could not help asking, "Kakashi, what happened over there?"
"I don't know. I was just about to head over too," Kakashi Hatake replied. More and more ninjas appeared on the surrounding rooftops—Kurenai Yuhi, Anko Mitarashi, some ninjas from the Ino–Shika–Chō Clans, quite a few from the security division, and even ninjas from other villages lurking in the shadows—all heading toward Training Ground Seven.
Inside the Hokage Building, wave after wave of hammering sounds reached them, interrupting a discussion between Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo Shimura, Homura Mitokado, and Koharu Utatane regarding the recent funding allocation from the Land of Fire's daimyo.
"What is that sound?" Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned, his aged face creasing as he looked out the window.
They had thought the sound would disappear shortly, but it unexpectedly continued without end. Danzo Shimura, Homura Mitokado, and Koharu Utatane all turned to look out