On Konoha's walls, the Konoha jonin squad was resisting the combined forces of Sunagakure and the Sound ninja, protecting the Konoha district behind them.
Looking at the Sunagakure elite not far away and more than a dozen giant snakes taller than the walls, Shikaku Nara and the others briefly discussed a battle plan before joining the fight against the invaders.
If this were wartime, a raiding force of only a few hundred people would never have posed a threat to Konoha.
But this was peacetime. Most jonin and Chunin were away on missions, and there were not many elite ninja left behind in Konoha.
Fortunately, the Fifth Hokage and the Third Hokage, Tsunade, were still in the village.
They only needed to hold out for a while before they could claim final victory and crush all these invaders.
While the current heads of the Ino-Shika-Cho families resisted the attacks of the large summoned beasts, Kakashi, Might Guy, and Asuma were locked in a fierce battle with the Sand jonin led by Baki, including Kabuto Yakushi, who had shed his disguise.
Jonin Baki was not particularly strong, though he could instantly kill special jonin.
However, faced with the combined assault of Might Guy and Asuma, he was quickly defeated. Kabuto Yakushi, on the other hand, tangled with Kakashi for quite some time. Only after spotting an opening did Kakashi use the Flying Thunder God to appear behind Kabuto Yakushi and drive down his kunai.
Unfortunately, Kabuto Yakushi's corpse was swallowed by a giant snake that came from nowhere, leaving only Baki as an important captive.
"Sharingan: Genjutsu!"
After Baki was controlled by the Sharingan, he was just about to reveal information when a restriction within his body stopped him.
With no other choice, Asuma brought over other captives. After interrogating them,