"What on earth is happening outside? Why does that sound like screaming?"
"This is bad! We're under attack!"
"Quick, sound the alarm!"
In a situation like this, it was always better to raise a false alarm than to pretend nothing had happened.
Immediately, a piercing alarm rang throughout Kirigakure.
"What is that? That whole black mass..."
"The enemy? Where's the enemy?"
The Kirigakure Ninja who hurried over after hearing the commotion were utterly bewildered. They saw no enemies and naturally had no idea whom to attack.
Meanwhile, countless mutant rats finally broke through the outer defenses and poured into Kirigakure all at once.
"Rats! They're rats!"
"Use ninjutsu! Stop them!"
None of them had imagined that the first wave of enemies they faced would be a swarm of rats.
The scene was bizarre, with a touch of horror and absurdity!
It had to be said that the defensive perimeter Mei Terumi had established beforehand had served its purpose. Under successive large-scale ninjutsu attacks, the rat tide's advance was checked and dealt a head-on blow.
If this place had been completely unprepared, how horrific would the consequences have been if this tide of rats carrying deadly diseases had rushed into the village?
Just then, Mei Terumi arrived with her people.
Her heart had lurched the instant she heard the alarm. Now, seeing this rat tide that was clearly being controlled by someone, she felt as though her ominous premonition had come true.
The crisis really had arrived!
"Everyone, fall back and conserve your chakra. This is only a probing attack."
After giving the order, Mei Terumi charged straight to the front, her hands rapidly forming hand seals.
"Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique!"
A terrifying, viscous, highly corrosive liquid immediately sprayed from her mouth, sealing off the entire intersection through which the