Charging at full speed, her footsteps lightly tapping out a dance, a flash of light shot across the ground like lightning. It was as silent as a soundless film, or a swift gliding just above the earth.
Witnessing that streak of light, everyone who had stopped tightened their grips on their weapons and nervously swallowed.
"Attention, all troops!!!"
"She's here—!!!"
Under the extreme pressure, emotions erupted like a volcano, and the shouts rang out, bolstering their momentum.
"Ahhhhhhh—!!!"
Clearly, we were the ones with superior numbers. The other side had only one person. If anyone should be afraid, it should have been her.
"Let's go!!!"
"Attack!!!"
Kunai were thrown, converging into a black rain that blotted out the sky and earth before roaring down in torrents.
The Ninja Magistrate's standing army numbered six hundred thousand, but that was not Konoha's entire population of ninja. More ninja worked in various fields. They had still received ninja education, only with a suitably increased emphasis on general culture.
In reality, under Mimi's Ninja World Strategy, Konoha's ninja population had surpassed ten million and was steadily advancing toward a target of ten billion ninja. The aim was to strengthen the physical fitness of the populace and lay the foundation for space colonization. These were genuine ninja who knew multiple practical Ninjutsu—not people who merely knew how to throw a Kunai.
With ninja spread across the world beneath the heavens.
The entire Konoha metropolitan area had a permanent population of twelve million, and more than seventy percent could use at least a little Ninjutsu, to say nothing of the most basic Chakra control.
With the Tactical Ninjutsu Tool's restrictions lifted, some ninja could no longer use Ninjutsu beyond their own capabilities. At the same time, the public safety restrictions on all ninja had also been