Earth Country Battlefield 1

Land of Earth Battlefield

"Summoning Jutsu: Reanimation Legion!"

As Orochimaru slammed his blood-smeared right hand hard against the ground, Kitsuchi struck him as well. With a bang, Orochimaru scattered.

However, although the Shadow Clone had vanished, the Summoning Jutsu had not been interrupted.

With that point as the center, coffins began slowly rising one after another.

"Damn it!" Watching the scene unfold, Kitsuchi gritted his teeth. With a flip of his other hand, he also gripped a kunai. "Everyone! Stay on guard!"

"Hey, hey, hey—no way. That's Sunagakure's Chiyo. Ebizo. Pakura. Didn't they die fighting Konoha? How is this possible?"

"Could the rumors that Konoha can manipulate the dead be true?"

"Damn it! Wasn't that just the village's excuse to launch an attack on Konoha?"

"Wait! Tell me, after we die, could we be controlled by him too?"

"H-how could that be possible?"

"No way!!!"

Listening to the Iwa ninja's panicked cries, Kitsuchi frowned. Though he did not know why the dead had not immediately charged at them, if the Iwa ninja kept reacting like this, the situation would become extremely bad.

With that thought, Kitsuchi swiftly formed hand seals. Then he thrust out his right hand, and a large amount of rock appeared, merging with it.

"Earth Release: Rock Fist Technique!"

"Whoosh—boom!"

Kitsuchi slammed his fist hard into the ground, kicking up clouds of dust while letting out a tremendous crash. It cowed the Iwa troops, who had begun to succumb to fear.

"If you don't want to become his puppets, then show some fighting spirit! Besides, they're nothing but a bunch of dead men, relics eliminated by the era. What is there to fear?"

After Kitsuchi finished speaking, he quietly gave a look. The inside agents within the formation who had just been swept along by the mood