Standing on a rocky peak, Shin Uchiha quietly admired his handiwork. Suddenly, he spotted a short figure flying toward him from afar. It was late at night, and darkness blanketed the area; an ordinary person would never have noticed Ōnoki approaching from that distance.
But Shin Uchiha's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan saw it all clearly. After all, the Uchiha Clan made their living with their eyes. How could their powers of observation possibly be weak?
When Shin Uchiha saw that short figure in the distance, his eyes lit up. Flight, combined with that distinctive height-there was no mistaking it. This had to be Ōnoki, the Tsuchikage of Iwagakure.
Shin Uchiha still had his Camouflage Concealment Technique active, however, so he had no fear of being discovered by the old Tsuchikage. He simply stood there quietly, waiting for him to approach.
With the situation so urgent, the old Tsuchikage had not waited for Iwagakure's Jōnin to assemble. He had flown straight over using the Light-Weight Rock Technique.
When the Tsuchikage saw the scene below, fury filled him, his eyes widening.
These invaders were all goddamn bastards! They were slippery as eels, refusing to engage Iwagakure's shinobi and instead unleashing large-scale ninjutsu all around them. The Fire Dragon Technique, Great Waterfall Technique, Earth Dragon Technique, Earth Release: Earth Flow River, and Majestic Destroyer Flame-they hurled them everywhere as though they cost nothing.
After unleashing one technique, they immediately fled elsewhere, terrified of getting tied down by Iwagakure's shinobi.
In that brief span alone, they had destroyed a tenth of Iwagakure's buildings, while roughly a fifth of the village had been affected.
Seeing all this, the old Tsuchikage felt as though his heart were bleeding. Iwagakure was not like Konoha. For the sake of security, it had been built in this remote backwater. Safe