The farce ended just like that.
Of course, to Su Yu, it had been a farce, but to these ninjas, even Hiruzen Sarutobi, the strongest among them, it had felt like taking a stroll past death's door.
The mere spectacle of Jashin's arrival had knocked everyone below Chunin rank within Konoha unconscious.
With a casual strike, he had turned the mountains behind Konoha into a gigantic crater.
That tremendous power to reshape the terrain with a mere wave of his hand had left a profound impression on everyone.
Yet even such a being had been so meek before Su Yu, as insignificant as an ant.
As a result, when the onlookers looked at Su Yu, their eyes held some measure of awe, though there was far more fear.
When someone possessed the power to destroy you easily, and you could see no hope of resisting, almost anyone would panic.
It had nothing to do with whether he would actually do it, only that he could!
After Jashin vanished, Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the restoration of order in Konoha and aid for the civilians, while he himself approached Su Yu.
After giving Su Yu a complicated look, Hiruzen Sarutobi bowed to him under the astonished gazes of those around them.
"Thank you for stepping in and saving Konoha, Mr. Su Yu!"
Although Su Yu had done nothing, merely standing there had scared Jashin away.
But Hiruzen Sarutobi cared only about the outcome, not the process.
The outcome was that Konoha had survived because Su Yu was there.
Hiruzen Sarutobi dared not imagine what would have happened if Su Yu had not been in Konoha when Jashin appeared.
Perhaps there would truly have been widespread slaughter. Perhaps what had happened to the mountains behind Konoha would have happened to Konoha itself.
So, both