Heroes Erupt

Ever since entering Konoha, he hadn't taken off his Invisibility Cloak.

He was incredibly familiar with everything that happened in this village, and likewise, this village was very familiar with him.

Any slight opening could lead to him being discovered.

He used his Taijutsu to move across the rooftops of civilian homes. Of course, the ninja academies in Konoha didn't have high entry requirements; one could receive ninja training just by entering school. There were many civilian ninja, and while ninja sprinting across rooftops weren't common, when they did appear, not many people would bother interfering.

He was approaching the Hokage's office at the speed of a normal person sprinting a hundred meters. However, upon reaching the vicinity of the Hokage's office, he stopped and walked towards it slowly, like a normal person.

Unlike Kumogakure and Iwagakure, which had natural defenses and thus fewer guards, the Hokage's office was the most heavily guarded place in the entire Konoha village due to the constant flow of people.

But because of the large crowds, Oguri Hayashi, with his Invisibility Cloak, moved silently and audaciously followed a group of ninja into the Third Hokage's office.

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, was smoking his pipe and handling daily documents.

Honestly, for the Hokage, daily task management was only a small part of their routine duties. The real bulk of the work involved negotiations between the various ninja villages, large-scale trade issues, commissions from major noble families, assignments from the Daimyo, and finally, preparations for the upcoming ninja war.

Although later generations would use the peaceful period between the Second and Third Shinobi World Wars as a dividing line, in reality, neither Amegakure, Kumogakure, nor Iwagakure admitted defeat. They were merely observing a temporary ceasefire, and no one had signed any surrender treaties.

This meant that any minor friction could reignite the conflict and lead to war.

As the center of the ninja world, Konoha required the Third Hokage to plan for the next battle and prepare necessary supplies, even before any conflict arose.

Oguri Hayashi stood in a corner of the Hokage's office, quietly observing everything.

He could sense several Anbu members in the corners of the room. Those Anbu were unlikely to be from the Hyuga Clan; the Hyuga would not allow their own clan members to serve as Anbu, and the Hokage would never allow the Hyuga's power to infiltrate his direct forces.

Therefore, he was safe for now.

Probably.

He stood in an empty corner, watching the ebb and flow of people, neither happy nor sad, as if watching a movie.

Ninja he could never have accessed before were now everywhere in the Hokage's office.

Jiraiya, Princess Tsunade, and Orochimaru returned one after another to report. After all, the war had come to a temporary end. However, Princess Tsunade looked dispirited. At less than thirty, she seemed weary, causing Hiruzen Sarutobi to sigh repeatedly.

Seeing Tsunade like this, Oguri Hayashi knew she must have lost at least one precious person.

Perhaps she had lost two.

He sighed inwardly, but his breathing remained steady. Oguri Hayashi watched as Hiruzen Sarutobi comforted Tsunade and sent her out, telling her to rest for a while. He hadn't asked her to leave, which indicated that Tsunade's departure from Konoha would happen after the Third Shinobi World War.

Oguri Hayashi himself didn't have a very clear memory of Konoha's timeline but could guess the approximate period based on major events.

He saw a remarkably young and heroic Konoha's Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze, who was about five or six years his senior.

He saw the First Generation Ino-Shika-Cho, who was around his age.

Even Danzo, Koharu, and Mitokado Homura were present.

As for the even younger and more familiar generation, Asuma Sarutobi, Kurenai Yūhi, and the others were merely Genin, three or four years younger than him, and would not be coming to the Hokage's office.

He simply stayed there quietly, watching people come and go, until the Hokage finished his work, and eventually, only two Anbu remained.

They were the night guards. Of course, there were also two Chunin on duty, but they posed no significant threat.

As the moon quietly crossed the halfway point in the sky, at two in the morning, Oguri Hayashi finally let out a soft breath.

It was time.

In an instant, his body was filled with lightning chakra, possessing unparalleled explosive power. He directly approached the Book of Ninja within the wall.

Before the two Anbu could react, they saw him instantly grab the Book of Ninja, plant his feet on the wall, and then, like a bolt of lightning, he smashed through the window and disappeared from their sight.

"Enemy attack!" The two Anbu were baffled as to how he had entered, but this did not prevent the battle-hardened Anbu from quickly launching a flare and the other from quickly whistling.

The sharp, piercing whistle instantly spread throughout Konoha village.

Konoha village, which had been shrouded in darkness, suddenly lit up as if welcoming a parade, with windows from all directions flickering on one after another.

These were ninja, at least Chunin level. Seeing this scene from the sky, Oguri Hayashi felt his scalp tingle, and goosebumps rose all over his body.

Konoha truly lived up to its reputation as the number one ninja village. Just looking at the lit houses, one could understand how many ninja resided in this village. As the windows lit up, ninja poured out of their homes like hamsters leaving their burrows.

Oguri Hayashi, glowing with lightning as he charged towards the village outskirts, was an incredibly obvious target.

Many ninja did not hesitate for a moment and immediately charged towards him.

Some of these ninja were still in their sleepwear, but they would never be without their shuriken and kunai. A rain of kunai and shuriken flew towards him, a spectacular sight.

However, Oguri Hayashi's months of hard training were not in vain. Just as the Third Raikage could ignore B-rank and A-rank Earth Style ninjutsu, he, though not yet able to do so, could ignore a few shuriken and kunai.

But he had underestimated the world.

A shuriken wrapped in an Explosive Tag exploded in front of him after being thrown. This explosion sent him flying like a meteor into a civilian residence, and the ninja immediately surrounded him.

In the dust and smoke, no one rushed in to give the enemy an opportunity. Instead, they waited for reinforcements, preventing the enemy from escaping, and finally overwhelming them with superior numbers.

With just one Explosive Tag, Oguri Hayashi found himself in a perilous situation.

Had he truly underestimated the heroes of the world?

The blue lightning on Oguri Hayashi's body slowly weakened, eventually becoming a faint blue light attached to him.

Unity of Motion and Stillness.

Chakra version.