"It's Lord Hokage-"
The first people in the crowd to understand what had happened were those who had received compulsory education in the Land of Fire.
Faced with the unbelievable scene before them, they needed some time to reach a conclusion.
After that, strange cries of alarm spread throughout Konoha.
Indeed, knowledgeable people in the Land of Fire had all seen these spectacular meteors, this godlike power, before.
But such a thing had never descended upon Konoha.
It only brought misery and devastation to countries outside the Land of Fire.
And now, it could have brought that same devastation to Konoha Shinobi Village and the Land of Fire, but Lord Hokage had held it back.
Once again...
Lord Hokage had saved everyone once again.
Even if Lord Hokage himself had unleashed the meteor shower, it did not matter.
Because Lord Hokage could always solve these problems.
But...
Who could possibly predict what the future would hold?
This enormous falling star was such terrifying magic.
To cast such a vast shadow over the earth meant it was a divine power capable of slaughtering hundreds of thousands of people in the Land of Fire in an instant.
Everyone doubted their own eyes and offered prayers to the Lord Hokage they believed in.
They prayed that the people on the ground had not died because of it.
They prayed that Lord Hokage would keep such terrifying ninjutsu outside their world.
Under the oppressive shadow of the falling star, they understood clearly that, without Lord Hokage, everything they now possessed would have vanished like a bubble.
Most people fell to their knees, because that shadow was far, far, far too terrifying.
No...
This was not something the word "terrifying" could adequately describe.
Yanbai was the strongest Hokage in history, a monster who could single-handedly