Shin's words instantly froze the atmosphere. The guards on the second floor broke out in cold sweat, ready to rush to their own Kage's side at the slightest disturbance.
Faced with the Hokage's overtly threatening words, Ōnoki showed no fear. Instead, a cold smile curled across his lips.
"Young man, having power is one thing. Knowing how to use it is another."
As soon as he finished speaking, the chandelier above the main hall shattered with a crack. The beam of light over the conference table vanished abruptly, and countless shards of glass came raining down.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
This alarmed the guards stationed on the second floor, and they all charged down at once. Yet someone moved even faster than them—Ōnoki, who shot into the air.
He hovered in midair, his hands forming seals so quickly they became a blur. At the same time, a Stone Ninja guard descending from above completed his own hand seals.
"Demonic Illusion: Immovable Light Corridor!"
"Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!"
The Genjutsu and Dust Release were unleashed almost simultaneously, both aimed at the Hokage seated at the head of the conference table!
Dust Release was a Kekkei Tōta formed by combining the three natures of wind, earth, and fire. It could directly break its target down into atoms and reduce them to ashes!
This was an advanced secret technique even harder to master than a Kekkei Genkai. Judging from its performance in the original work, its destructive power was terrifying—so great that even Uchiha Madara's Susanoo could not withstand it.
As for the Tsuchikage's guard's Genjutsu, it only needed to make Shin lose focus for a single instant. In that instant alone, Ōnoki could erase him completely from this world.
Before coming here, he had already prepared himself to flip