Attack Begins

Konoha.

While the village was in an uproar.

Several special individuals had been brought to Konoha even earlier.

"Sasuke, it would be great if Sensei were here. We could fly up and stop the Sky Ninja."

On the hospital rooftop, Naruto looked into the distance. Beside him stood his teammates, Hinata and Sasuke.

Sasuke's hands and waist were covered in bandages. He had pushed himself too hard in training recently.

Sasuke gave a sound of acknowledgment. "Sensei has gone into seclusion. No one knows when he'll wake up."

Naruto slammed his fists together. "Sensei is already that strong, yet he's still trying to improve. We can't fall behind either."

Hinata now stood naturally at Naruto's side. Their trip to the Land of Snow last time had brought them even closer.

Kushina had originally been unable to hold herself back from going to propose marriage, but Minato wanted to wait until Natsuki emerged from seclusion so they could go together.

So it had been postponed for the time being.

While Naruto and Sasuke spoke, Hinata continuously used her Byakugan to observe the situation throughout the village.

With a battle like this, they naturally had to drag Sasuke over to gain some real combat experience.

Growth in strength should be proportional to actual combat. How could anyone grow without fighting?

Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata had been specifically assigned to protect the hospital.

Thanks to the Fifth Hokage Orochimaru's Cloning Technology, Konoha had expanded to five hospitals. This was Hospital Number Five.

Hospitals were extremely important places in Konoha. Aside from serving as shelters, they also treated the wounded.

Naturally, their protection was crucial. The hospital was so large that it was not guarded by just the three of them.

Tenten, Neji, Rock Lee, and Sai were also there.

The reason the four