Rumble-
The ground suddenly shook violently. The earth beneath the Wind-Sand Cage split open, a massive fissure tearing straight across its base. The foundation anchoring the cage collapsed in an instant, and the gathered wind and sand fell into chaos and dispersed.
"What! The cage's foundation was destroyed? How is that possible!"
All five Sunagakure shinobi blanched, disbelief written across their faces.
The combined ninjutsu they had counted on to win had been broken in an instant. The entire process had taken only a few seconds, with an ease beyond anything they had imagined.
The Wind-Sand Cage disintegrated completely. As the yellow sand slowly drifted down, Kawaki Aoba walked out unscathed, without a single mark on him. His breathing remained steady.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" A young Sunagakure shinobi lost his composure and shouted, "Even an ordinary Jonin would need some effort to break the Wind-Sand Cage the five of us created together! How could a Chunin like you do it so easily!"
"The strength of a ninjutsu doesn't depend on how many people cast it, but on its weaknesses and how you respond to them."
Kawaki Aoba regarded them indifferently and said slowly, "You relied too heavily on adding numbers to increase your jutsu's power and ignored the flaws in the technique itself. Naturally, breaking it wasn't difficult."
The Sunagakure leader's face darkened, killing intent churning in his eyes as he stared at Kawaki Aoba. "Who exactly are you? Since when did Konoha have a young expert like you? You're clearly no ordinary Chunin!"
"Kawaki Aoba, a Chunin of Konoha."
Kawaki Aoba gave his name openly, his tone calm. "There's no need to dwell on my name. What happens today will be enough for you to remember me."
"Kawaki Aoba... I've never heard that name."
The Sunagakure leader furrowed his