Parallel Ninja World.
Konoha.
Inside the Hokage Office.
"Lord Hokage."
"The Barrier Squad has been searching for days, but they still haven't found any trace of those people."
"..."
The Anbu knelt on one knee, cold sweat continuously dripping from his forehead onto the floor.
At that.
Sarutobi Hiruzen took a hard drag from his pipe.
The mess Danzo had left behind after his death had all fallen onto the shoulders of him, the Hokage.
Hyuga Hiashi had shut his doors to visitors, while the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans kept making excuses and brushing them off, even skipping regular meetings on one pretext or another.
As for the small civilian clans that had once obeyed every command, they too were now drawing clear lines.
Konoha had already fallen apart.
What made Sarutobi Hiruzen even more anxious was that mysterious youth who called himself Sasuke.
How could that person possess such strength?
Suddenly.
The Hokage Building began to shake without warning.
A violent pressure came crashing down from above.
Sarutobi Hiruzen rushed to the window. The pipe in his hand fell to the floor, scattering sparks.
On the streets.
Peddlers hawking their wares collapsed in droves, their knees slamming into the stone pavement with a series of dull thuds.
The patrolling Chunin's legs buckled, and they dropped to their knees, both hands braced desperately against the ground.
And in the sky.
Three colossal figures that blotted out the heavens stood proudly beneath Konoha's azure sky.
Three Complete Body Susanoo, each a hundred meters tall, descended like deities.
Pale blue, orange-red, and deep purple Chakra flames burned wildly, scorching even the void until it twisted and warped.
Sasuke stood atop the deep purple Susanoo, the loose strands before his forehead whipping in the wind.
Shisui stood within the pale green crystal of his Susanoo,