Just when Kakashi and Might Guy repelled several Sound Ninja and looked anxiously at the roof isolated by Four Violet Flames Formation, preparing to find a way to break through to support Third, four figures blocked their way like ghosts.
The leader is dressed in a standard Konoha ANBU outfit and wearing an animal mask.
It is Kabuto Yakushi who has been sneaking into Konoha in disguise for many years and finally shows his fangs!
The three Sound Ninja behind him made no secret of their hostility, and Chakra surged into battle postures.
"Want to help Third Hokage?"
"Unfortunately, this road is blocked."
He raised his hand to signal, and the three Sound Ninja behind him immediately spread out, and together with Kabuto, faintly surrounded Kakashi and Kai in the middle.
Kakashi's Sharingan turned slowly, scanning the four people in front of them, and finally settled on Kabuto.
"You are not ANBU. Who are you?"
Kabuto chuckled lightly and did not answer directly.
"Rather than caring about my identity, you two should care more about yourselves.
After all, it is not easy to break through our place."
Might Guy's thick eyebrows stood up, and his blood boiled. "No matter who you are, if you dare to harm Konoha or Lord Hokage, you are our enemy! Kakashi, let's go!"
"Hmm."
Kakashi pulled up Forehead Protector, and his eyes became sharp.
The enemy in front of us is obviously well prepared, and his strength cannot be underestimated. He must be dealt with as soon as possible.
On the other side, Hyuga Estate.
Compared with the noisy war and chaos outside, Hyuga Clan's Uchiha Homeland appears relatively quiet, but there is also a tense atmosphere.
Hyuga Hiashi's face was as heavy as water, and he asked the people behind him to casually throw several corpses wrapped in mats into Courtyard.
Those were the corrupt Hyuga Elders that he and Neji had previously eliminated, colluded with foreign enemies, and forced Hizashi to death, as well as their immediate relatives and several Branch Familys who protected them.
Hiashi Looking at these corpses, instead of feeling sad, they felt extremely annoying and troublesome.
Killing them is to get rid of harm to the family and clean up the family, but how to explain their sudden death to the clansmen and Konoha High Command, especially if they die in their own hands, is a difficult problem.
I originally wanted to hide it.
I was worried that I couldn't find a suitable excuse to take the blame, so Sunagakure delivered it to my door!
Could there be a more perfect time than this?
"How can it be repaired?"
Hiashi immediately turned around and shouted in a deep voice to the Hyuga Branch Family Elite Jonin who were waiting behind him, "Quick! Go and rescue Lord Third first!"
Then, he strode to the center of Courtyard and announced loudly:
"Everyone! Ninja of Sunagakure, taking advantage of Chunin Ninja Exams's chaos, has secretly infiltrated my Hyuga Clan Compound!
They are plotting against my Hyuga Clan's Byakugan!
He frantically attacked and brutally killed several of our Elder!"
His voice was full of "shock" and "anger", and he pointed in the direction of the placed corpses.
When the tribesmen heard this, they fell silent one by one.
It's not a moment of silence, but a suppressed laugh.
"Ninjas of Hyuga, take up your weapons! Join me to kill the invading Sunagakure, protect our family, and protect Konoha!
Let those rats who covet Byakugan pay the price with blood!"
He didn't even bother to mention "revenge for Elder".
Following Hiashi's order, Hyuga Clan's Ninjas took action quickly.
Byakugan are opened one after another, searching for possible "Sunagakure infiltrators".
The entire Hyuga Clan Compound quickly entered a high state of combat readiness.
Hiashi himself straightened his robes and looked coldly towards the direction where the chaotic sounds came from outside Uchiha Homeland.
For him, the invasion of Sunagakure is not only a crisis for Konoha, but also a perfect stage to cover up the internal purge of the family and take this opportunity to further consolidate family power and demonstrate the power of Hyuga...
He didn't even have to pretend to be sad, and went directly into the patriarchal mode of "defending enemies from outside".
The deaths of several corrupt Elders can be blamed entirely on Sunagakure, and it can also allow Hyuga Clan to stand on the commanding heights of morality and in the record book of military exploits as a "victim" and "heroic resister" in this crisis.
This Sand Ninja comes at the right time!
On the roof, Four Violet Flames Formation and Purple Eyes were shrouded in halo, and the atmosphere was strange and depressing.
In addition to Barrier, ANBU of Konoha are anxious, various Ninjutsu and Taijutsu took turns bombarding the Barrier wall, but they could only stir up waves of Purple Eyes's flaming waves, unable to move them at all. Instead, several people were accidentally burned by the purple flames.
Inside Barrier, Orochimaru is holding Third hostage and seems to have absolute initiative.
However, the next scene shocked everyone who witnessed it.
The playful and cold expression on Orochimaru's face remained unchanged, but Left Hand without any warning lifted up Kunai who was holding Third hostage and stabbed him violently.
The one he was stabbing at was his own right hand, which was holding Third hostage!
"Pfft!"
The muffled sound of the sharp knife penetrating into the flesh can be heard clearly.
Blood instantly splashed out from the palm of Orochimaru's right hand, and a few drops fell on Third's clothes.
Third's eyes were focused, but he did not take the opportunity to fight back or break away. He just tensed his body slightly and looked at the disciples who were close at hand warily.
Orochimaru didn't seem to care about the wound on his palm. He even... yawned lazily, and then completely released his grip on Third.
"Ah~~ I've been feeling sleepy since just now, but now I'm finally a little awake."
Orochimaru's voice was hoarse and lazy, as if he had just woken up.
His gaze went beyond the somewhat stunned Third in front of him and towards the chaotic battlefield below.
His eyes were precisely locked on the blond figure who was shuttled among the crowd, constantly commanding, and leading his colleagues in the same period to effectively resist the attacks of Sound Ninja and Sand Ninja - Naruto Uzumaki.
Watching Naruto calmly assign tasks, use Shadow Clone to attract firepower, use Wooden Sword to defeat the enemy, and even take the time to rescue companions in distress, the admiration in Orochimaru's pair of Golden Snake Eyes became more and more intense, almost overflowing.
"I knew that was the case. He is such a good kid."
Third glanced sideways at Orochimaru, feeling extremely puzzled and wary of his self-mutilation and sudden relaxation of vigilance, but he did not act rashly and remained where he was.
He spoke in a deep voice, trying to use his words to find out the true intentions of this disciple who had become strange and dangerous:
"Orochimaru, I know you. You are a person who will not act simply out of hatred."
"You attacked Konoha and triggered this riot. There was neither a clear political purpose nor a motive to drive you to do so."
Deep in his heart, he was even holding on to a very weak and unrealistic hope.
I hope this is really just an outrageous and bad "joke" by Orochimaru. He discovered Sunagakure's conspiracy in advance, assassinated Fourth Kazekage and disguised himself as a way to "protect" Konoha?
Although his reason told him that this was absolutely impossible, looking at the disciple in front of him who was once his proudest and most distressed disciple, the complex emotions belonging to the teacher still made him unable to help but think in the best direction.
"Yes."
Orochimaru retracted his gaze from Naruto and looked at Third again, with an exaggerated and weird grin on his lips.
"Teacher, you are right, but in terms of purpose... it still counts."