Sasuke stared coldly at the growing crowd of Konoha ninja and shouted, "There's still time for you to get out of my way!"
"You evil Uchiha brat! Are you joking? Are you out of your mind? We came here to rid Konoha of traitors like you!"
"The Uchiha Clan really was a blight. Looking back, what Uchiha Itachi did was actually a good thing..."
"Your Uchiha Clan deserved everything it got! You were lucky enough to survive as an orphan, but you don't appreciate it. Then we'll just have to send you to the Pure Land to reunite with your clan!"
Sasuke's expression darkened at their words. He swung his right arm with all his strength, sending the person-sized Wind Release: Rasenshuriken flying toward the Konoha ninja like a real shuriken.
"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!"
"Water Release: Water Formation Wall!"
Sensing danger, the Konoha ninja immediately tried to use defensive ninjutsu, but it was already too late.
Who could have imagined that such densely concentrated chakra could be launched like a thrown shuriken?
And it was even faster than an ordinary shuriken!
After the enormous Rasenshuriken landed among the Konoha ninja, it instantly expanded into a spherical dome over a hundred meters across.
An unbroken roar rang out as incredibly fine strands of wind-nature chakra sliced back and forth.
The dazzling blue-white dome faded, leaving a crater a hundred meters wide and over ten meters deep. The Konoha ninja lay scattered inside it like boneless heaps of sludge.
Despite sensing the tremendous commotion from the battle ahead, Utatane Koharu had no intention of retreating. Instead, she urged the Anbu beside her to move faster.
Neji led Sasuke across the crater, charging toward Utatane Koharu.
Elsewhere in Konoha, Orochimaru stood on a rooftop wearing a bamboo hat. As he watched