"Boom—!!"
The blaze high in the sky, upon reaching its limit, suddenly surged toward the ground!
Everything within a one-kilometer radius was swallowed by the fire dragon!
Not a single Kusagakure ninja within it had time to react. All of them were annihilated by the terrifying fire dragon, buried in the sea of flames.
The inferno lasted a full ten seconds before finally fading away.
After both the flames and the black formation vanished, nothing remained within a one-kilometer radius.
The Kusagakure ninjas had all been scattered by a gust of wind.
Not even ashes remained.
The scar-faced man who had been preparing to use the Body Flicker Technique to flee had likewise perished there.
Kusagakure had been destroyed.
"Whoosh!"
Before long, many figures tore through the night sky and appeared at the entrance to Konoha Shinobi Village.
They looked at the enormous crater before them.
Thud.
Following a heavy landing sound.
All of those figures turned and dropped to one knee.
"Hokage-sama!"
"Mm. There are no Kusagakure ninja survivors, correct?"
"Reporting to Hokage-sama, none to the north."
"None northwest."
"None west."
"None southwest..."
"..."
"One red-haired girl and one brown-haired boy were found due east."
A ninja in white ANBU attire brought two people before Tsunade.
"You two are Kusagakure ninjas?"
Tsunade's cold gaze swept over them.
The red-haired girl stepped forward and said respectfully, "Hokage-sama, we are not Kusagakure ninjas. We are Lord Orochimaru's subordinates."
Tsunade frowned. "Orochimaru?"
Konoha, underground.
"I didn't expect those two to still be alive."
Orochimaru licked his lips as he watched the screen.
"Lord Orochimaru, can they leave the formation now?"
"They can. They could have left long ago."
"Yes!"
Upon hearing this, the ANBU ninjas still holding on atop the formation withdrew one after another.
This large-scale combination ninjutsu had nearly