Ino-Shika-Cho Compound.
Shikaku Nara, Yamanaka Inoichi, Akimichi Choza.
These three influential figures of Konoha were all sitting in their chairs like clay statues.
There was no need to climb somewhere high to confirm it.
Even from where they sat, they could see the hundred-meter-tall Susanoo with perfect clarity.
"Plop."
The half-eaten potato chip Choza had been clutching tightly fell onto the table.
He had even forgotten to chew the food in his mouth.
His already small eyes were now widened into circles.
"This is..."
"The commotion caused by that boy named Sasuke?"
Yamanaka Inoichi swallowed, feeling as though his throat were on fire from dryness.
As a sensory-type ninja.
He could feel the terror of that Chakra more keenly than anyone else.
It was not merely an accumulation of quantity.
It was absolute suppression in terms of quality.
It was power capable of effortlessly destroying mountains and rivers.
"Yeah."
"It must be him."
Shikaku Nara gave a bitter laugh.
He picked up the tea before him, which had long since gone cold, and drained it in one gulp.
Konoha's foremost strategist had completely given up on devising countermeasures.
Because before absolute power, any schemes or tricks were utterly feeble.
"Shikaku."
"What should we do now?"
"The Hokage Building must be in chaos. The Third Hokage will definitely gather us to fight the Uchiha."
Choza looked at his old friend, a trace of panic in his voice.
Yamanaka Inoichi was equally anxious.
In a battle against a monster of that level, Ino-Shika-Cho would simply be throwing their lives away if they charged in.
But if they openly defied orders, they would have no place in Konoha afterward.
"Go?"
"Go die?"
"Haven't you understood yet?"
"That boy named Sasuke is only in his teens!"
"A child in his teens can already use