A distance of more than ten kilometers was naturally nothing to Konoha's shinobi. Everyone saw the small meteor appear in the distance.
As the entire Chibaku Tensei technique came to an end, the meteor instantly crashed down. The intense tremors could be felt throughout Konoha Village.
"Gulp." Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had been idling on the ground without even finding a chance to make a move, swallowed hard. If that thing had erupted over all of Konoha Village, half the village would probably have been flattened. Any underground shelters would have been fucking useless.
Although Sarutobi Toru had moved it away, the shinobi casualties had already approached a thousand. Ordinary villagers had suffered several times that number. Under that gravitational pull, even hiding in underground shelters had been of little use.
For Konoha Village, which had remained peaceful and exceptionally safe since its founding, this was undoubtedly the greatest casualty count aside from the Shinobi World War.
More importantly, this had happened in Konoha Village itself, dealing a tremendous blow to the village's economy and reputation.
The difference was like a nation losing many soldiers in a foreign war versus a city being instantly destroyed in a terrorist attack. After this incident, who knew how many outside investors, merchants, and wealthy people who had moved to Konoha would leave? Thinking of it, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt his head throb.
Of course, the most important thing now was to see how Sarutobi Toru was doing. If anything had happened to him, the impact on Konoha Village would likely be far greater than this attack.
"Tsunade, leave things here to us for now. Go check on Toru first," Sarutobi Hiruzen said to Tsunade, who had just used Great Slug Splitting to rescue most of the shinobi and villagers.
With Tsunade's healing, most of the