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Nearly eight hundred meters above the ground, the altitude was close to the height of two Empire State Buildings.

At a glance, the dense treetops below were rapidly drawing closer. Five figures plummeted freely through the air, accelerating continuously.

Falling from this height without protection, even a ninja would be crushed to death.

The five members of the Six Paths Group spread out their limbs and tried to slow themselves by increasing their contact area with the air, but the effect was less than ideal.

Behind them, twelve Anbu pursued relentlessly, charging across the enormous treetops.

Under the influence of gravity, diving downward from this vertical height at accelerating speed was a suicidal act even with the techniques of a Ninja. Once they lost speed and tumbled, adjusting their posture would be extremely difficult, and an uncontrolled fall would be the only outcome.

Neither the Six Paths Group nor the Anbu dared to be careless.

The battle officially began with this pursuit.

The two groups traveled one ahead of the other, maintaining nearly the same altitude.

One of the Konoha Anbu captains leading the group kept his eyes fixed on the Six Paths Group while switching on the Anbu communications headset.

"Acting Hokage Anbu guards calling."

"Enemy invasion. Requesting support."

"The Acting Hokage was assassinated and has been driven off. Lady Mito is currently safe."

"Five enemies. Their position is about to reach the Third Floor Living Platform."

"Communication complete."

Konoha Hospital's ground-level residential area on the first floor was currently a temporary command center under Princess Tsunade's command.

"Command center has received your message. Please wait."

The ninja handling communications looked toward Tsunade and quickly reported the situation.

Konoha had several communication methods. The first was the Wireless Radio, which was convenient and affordable. The second was the Yamanaka