At the center of the battlefield, the Hikari from the explosions shot into the sky, and the rumbling went on without end.
An Anbu Ninja frowned at the smoke-filled battlefield. "There's no way anyone could defend against a saturation attack like that, right?"
"..."
But silence was the only answer he got.
The Anbu Ninja froze and looked around. Every face he saw was grave.
The Ki seemed to congeal like water.
He quietly swallowed and fell silent.
Ōnoki still looked incredulous. He stared at the center of the explosions, his brows twitching. Dust Release...
That was Dust Release!
And yet...
He had just watched that man erase it with some pitch-black thing, as if it were nothing.
Even a Kekkei Tōta was useless?
Uchiha Fugaku and Itachi exchanged solemn looks. Each saw the shock in the other's eyes.
The flames of Amaterasu.
They were said to be the strongest Fire Release, black flames that never went out... Yet they had not harmed that man in the slightest.
Kakashi turned to Minato Namikaze beside him. "Sensei, do you have one of Shinji's voice-transmission Kunai?"
Minato Namikaze scratched his head. "No, I don't... But Lady Tsunade should have one."
"Lady Tsunade?"
Kakashi's eyes lit up, and he quickly searched the crowd for her.
Meanwhile...
Tsunade walked up to Fugaku, then glanced at Uchiha Itachi and Hyuga Hiashi on either side.
She could not help thinking...
After everything that had happened, most of those defending Konoha were members of the Uchiha Clan.
No.
It was the Uchiha Clan who were willing to give everything to protect the village...
"Fugaku, do you have any idea what's going on?"
Uchiha Fugaku shook his head.
Tsunade frowned. "How is that possible? You assembled so quickly. Didn't Shinji prepare you for this?"
Uchiha Itachi said evenly,