Enemy Attack!!

"Beep beep beep--!!!!!!"

In the sky and on the streets, sharp, piercing whistles rang out, mingling with the original thunder.

The villagers looked bewildered and confused, glancing around helplessly. The children were frightened and burst into tears, and the cheerful atmosphere of waiting for the rain suddenly turned heavy.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The quick-thinking villagers realized that the whistle, which they had only heard during previous drills, had been sounded again without prior notification. Therefore, there was only one possibility: the village had truly been attacked.

However, most villagers were still in shock. Their deeply ingrained beliefs made them unwilling to believe that Sunagakure had been attacked. Even after the defeat of the Sand Ninja on the front lines, they never imagined that their village would be attacked. It felt like an unbelievable dream.

The chaos didn't break out until the Sand Ninja arrived and began organizing the villagers to evacuate to shelters.

Cries, curses, and shouts filled the air, plunging the crowd into chaos. Even with the help of Sand Ninja maintaining order, it was a difficult task.

Kazekage's Office Building.

Unlike Konoha, Sunagakure's architecture is very distinctive, with the Kazekage's Office Building being a rather rounded and tall building.

The round table room, decorated with statues of the Kazekage of past Kazekage, is where the high-ranking officials of Sunagakure hold meetings.

The elders were arguing incessantly under the watchful eyes of the successive Wind Kazekage.

"You're just a nobody, yet you're causing the villagers to seek refuge? Did you get beaten senseless by Konoha ninjas on the battlefield?"

"An enemy capable of eliminating Jinchuriki, even if it's just one person, needs to be treated as an army. You're the fool, old man! Go back and wait to die!"

"What did you say, you old codger?"

The two high-ranking elders were locked in a fierce standoff. The unprecedented situation had caused them to lose their usual composure and wisdom, and their anger was surging. It looked like they were about to come to blows right there. Meanwhile, the seat belonging to the Kazekage was empty, and the other elders were powerless to stop the two.

"Quiet down. Are you planning to fight in this sacred conference room, under the watchful eyes of all the previous Kazekage?"

The gate was flung open with a bang, and a group of people rushed in. All the clan leaders of the powerful clans in Sunagakure had arrived, and the one leading them was a cousin of the Third Kazekage, the current clan leader of the Kan'in Clan who possessed the Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai.

Compared to the elderly and frail elders, the pointless argument quickly ended with the intervention of the Kan'in Clan Head.

What exactly is the situation with the attackers?

The Kan'in Clan Head inquired why, unlike the elders who directly held power, they, as clan chiefs, had not received any messages from the garrison troops.

"It seems there is only one person coming." The speaker was the elder who advocated that the villagers take refuge. The old man had only returned from the Land of Rain three months ago and still hadn't forgotten the shadow that crisscrossed the sky.

"One person?"

The Kan'in Clan Head was stunned, and the clan chiefs of the other powerful clans, including the Okugan clan, also showed expressions of disbelief. Could it be that some shadow had come knocking on their door? Was it really necessary for a mere enemy to make such a fuss and send the villagers to take refuge?

"Although it was only one person, according to intelligence from the Land of Rain, the attacker is likely the one who killed the One-Tail Beast, and is definitely not someone we can underestimate." The elder's expression was grave. "The garrison should already be engaged in combat. I advocate that we dispatch Jonin to support the garrison as soon as possible, otherwise I worry..."

The old man didn't finish his sentence, but everyone understood his meaning: he was worried that the garrison at the cliff face would be defeated.

But is that even possible?

The garrison force, comprised of over Jonin, is not someone anyone can easily bully.

"Whoosh--"

The thunder came from afar, and could be faintly heard even inside the room.

Let's rewind a little.

Starting from the oasis, Katsuki drove the Thunderclap Chariot directly through the sky according to the markings on the map, avoiding all the oases along the way and the Sand Ninja spies lurking in the desert, all to prevent the Sand Ninja from sending messages back to the village and recalling the Third Kazekage who was away.

However, even though he managed to avoid all the Sand Village spies along the way thanks to Mind's Eye of the Kagura, he still inevitably exposed himself when he approached the Sunagakure.

The Thunderclap Chariot is extremely fast and has formidable combat power, but its only drawback is its deafening thunderous roar. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been given such a name. Lightning movement inevitably produces sound, a phenomenon that Katsuki cannot erase.

Fortunately, Katsuki didn't care much about this minor flaw. The thunderous sound might be a headache for others, and long-term exposure to noise could even damage their hearing. But Katsuki simply controlled the muscles in her ears to move slightly, and easily created a perfect soundproof shield.

The training in Medical Ninjutsu gave Katsuki a deeper understanding of the Hito Hito no Mi and allowed her to master many ingenious tricks.

Are you on guard?

After her Enhanced Vision, Katsuki's field of vision was comparable to that of the Byakugan. Apart from not being able to achieve the same X-ray vision and 360-degree field of view as the Byakugan, there was not much difference in distance.

The actions of the Sand Ninja on the rock wall were all reflected in his eyes.

"But what's the use? Come on, Sand Ninjas." Katsuki licked her lips, lightly stamped her foot, and said, "Lightning Gun."

The Thunderclap Chariot trembled, and streaks of silver-white lightning coalesced and took shape. Two-meter-long lightning spears, densely packed like swarming locusts, shot towards the rock wall below, instantly traversing the sky and embedding themselves in the rocks to the astonishment of the Sand Ninja. The Jonin were agile and reacted extremely quickly, dodging the lightning spears, but the Chunin within range were not so lucky.

After a series of short screams, seven or eight Chunin lay on the stepped rock wall, each with a hole the size of a bowl in their body, either in the chest or abdomen. Some were unlucky enough to have half their heads blown off, their remaining brains scalded by the high temperature of the lightning. A foul smell filled the air.

"Consider this a declaration of war!" Katsuki's voice was drowned out by the thunder and no one heard it.

"Vomit!"

Seeing this horrific scene, several newcomers couldn't help but vomit.

Because no one had ever dared to openly and brazenly attack the village, the Sunagakure garrison had virtually no chance of fighting. There were always plenty of rookies like them who hadn't seen much bloodshed. They hadn't yet been rotated to the front lines to participate in major battles, and the missions they had carried out before joining the garrison hadn't been so gruesome.

"Counterattack! Counterattack! You bastards, if you want to vomit, vomit somewhere else!" The captain of the garrison roared, furious at the rookies' pathetic performance. He secretly vowed to give these little brats a good beating after driving off the attackers. "Magnet Release ninjas, push forward and pull the enemy down! The rest of you, get ready!"

Two Jonin from the Kan'in Family Jonin hands, and the vast quicksand below the rock wall began to move, leaping up like pythons. The two jumped onto the quicksand and immediately rode the rolling yellow sand into the sky, heading towards the rapidly approaching silver-white chariot.