"Everyone, evacuate immediately!"
Gaara's roar, infused with the Tailed Beast Chakra, exploded throughout the village.
He then raised his hand and manipulated the sand into a conveyor belt several miles long, lifting up the villagers who had no time to react and throwing them northward.
The Sand Core beside him spun wildly, and countless golden sands condensed into chains that pierced through the ruins of the building, pulling the trapped elderly, weak, sick and disabled out of danger.
As Rasa's body churned with Gold Dust, and as Hand Seals, the earth suddenly cracked open with spiderweb-like ravines. Between the gushing magma, countless sand spikes shot into the sky, forcefully forming a barrier in the path of the impacting air currents.
The scorching sand and gravel collided with the shockwave, blasting out clouds of dust that blotted out the sky.
Cyber-armed ninjas and insurgents carried children on their backs and helped the elderly, running wildly through the gaps between the collapsed buildings.
Some used Ninjutsu to create earthen bridges across the cracks, some erected barriers to stop the falling rocks, and many more ran against the flow of sand along the conveyor belt to ensure that every villager could hold onto the evacuation route.
The Reform Society Building.
Temari's fingertips slid wildly across the holographic control panel of the Reform Society, while scarlet alarms flashed on various terminals.
"Attention everyone, immediately implement the evacuation plan, prioritizing the protection of women, children, and the wounded. Move to the cave shelter to the northwest!"
The commands were precisely transmitted to every engineer who could connect to the Reform Society Network via the prosthetic body's built-in communication system.
The modified beings, who were originally scattered throughout the ruins, simultaneously changed their movement patterns.
The group rushed across the collapsed eaves, catching a child who had rolled down the sand. They pressed the acupoints to stop the bleeding precisely with their fingers, and comforted the child with voice messages as they ran.
When an energy storm in the southern mining region tears through the clouds, the humming sound of the distorted air shatters windows on the streets.
On the streets, the fleeing crowd surged like a raging tide, rushing frantically northward.
In the distance, the sand walls formed by Rasa and Gaara crumbled under the impact of the energy storm, and scorching sand and stones fell like raindrops.
The sky over Sunagakure was torn in two.
On one side, the Hoshino mechanical prosthetic body shone with a silvery-white light, and all the weapon systems, with no blind spots, were fully charged.
On the other side was a vortex of Five Elements Senjutsu condensing in Garaga's mouth, with five-colored energies intertwining to form a destructive torrent.
"Fire all missiles!"
Hoshino's voice, mixed with mechanical distortion, resounded through the sky.
In an instant, hundreds of energy beams rained down like a storm, while the shoulder-mounted triple-gun turret unleashed its main cannon beams as thick as ancient trees.
Garaga's Five Elements Senjutsu erupted simultaneously.
The five elements of Chakra— metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—merged perfectly, transforming into a colorful pillar of light over twenty meters in diameter that shot into the sky.
Two destructive energies collided in mid-air.
boom!!!
The shockwave from the explosion spread in a spherical shape, instantly reducing one-third of the buildings in Sunagakure to dust.
The dazzling white light temporarily blinded all who looked directly at it, followed by a deafening roar that stirred up towering sandstorms even in the desert several kilometers away.
Space resembled a mirror shattered by an invisible giant hand; within the distorted ripples, countless small spatial cracks burst open one after another.
Gaara's sand wall crumbled layer by layer under the impact. The Sand Core operated at full power, and a massive amount of Chakra surged out and merged with the sand to form a field-like barrier, barely managing to protect the fleeing civilians behind him.
Rasa poured all his Chakra into the ground, and the metallic matter of the entire Sunagakure frantically gathered, condensing into a giant shield overhead.
But the shield turned into molten iron the moment it came into contact with the energy flow, and poured down like a torrential rain.
The second round of clashes followed, and it was even more terrifying. Mechanical beams and the Five Elements Senjutsu clashed together, forming an ever-expanding energy vortex.
The earth began to sink, and the entire Sunagakure trembled violently in this earth-shattering battle, as if it would fall into the abyss at any moment.
An explosion is taking place.
Hoshino's prosthetic body's surface armor began to melt.
The intense heat turned the metal into a crimson liquid, dripping down his body's contours, but he didn't stop attacking; instead, he pushed his energy output to the limit.
"Warning! Machine overload!" The mechanical prosthetic eye flashed a red warning continuously.
Hoshino ignored him, because he could clearly see that Garaga's condition was just as bad.
The black tentacles carbonized and fell off in the high temperature, and the human face that had merged into the snake's head let out a shrill scream.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
"Die!"
Hoshino released over 80% of the Kikaichū, channeling all their Chakra energy into the main cannon.
Six pairs of mechanical winglets broke due to overload, but he ignored them and let the winglets scatter and fall like withered petals.
boom--
The thick beam of energy struck Garaga's head directly.
The moment the Senjutsu's shield was pierced, the face belonging to Hino's younger brother suddenly showed an expression of relief.
"Thanks..."
A faint fluctuation of consciousness was transmitted to Hoshino's mind through Chakra.
Immediately afterwards, Garaga's massive body crashed to the ground like a collapsing mountain, raising a cloud of dust that blotted out the sky.
Meanwhile, Hoshino's prosthetic body was trembling violently, the shoulder turret twisted into scrap metal, and the laser tubes emitted black smoke and lost their luster, like the pulse of a dying person.
He struggled to remain suspended in the air, the alarm from his mechanical eye growing faint.
"Withdraw..."
Hoshino managed to utter a single word, Shadow Clone immediately appeared beside him, steadily supporting Hoshino's swaying body.
It then quickly disappeared from the spot, heading towards the underground laboratory of the Reform Society building.
On the ground, the chaotic crowd gradually came to a stop, their terrified gazes turning towards the center of the battlefield.
Gaara released the Sand Domain, knelt on one knee, panting heavily, his forehead covered in cold sweat, and the light of the Sand Core dimmed considerably.
Rasa was also pale, his hands trembling slightly, as he had exhausted a large amount of his Chakra to condense the metal shield.
"It's over..."
Temari's voice came through the communicator, filled with the relief of surviving a close call.
Cheers erupted from the streets as weary villagers helped each other up, tears mingling with dust streaming down their faces.
Those wounded during the escape were carefully carried onto makeshift stretchers by the cybernetic ninjas and insurgents and headed towards the medical station.
The sky gradually cleared, but nearly a third of Sunagakure had become scorched earth.
The massive remains of Garaga lay there silently, its once majestic body now shattered, its black tentacles lifeless and curled up in the ruins.
It's finally over.
Although it came at a heavy price, they still managed to wipe out the Council of Elders's influence.
Temari watched as the flashing red dots on the holographic map gradually went out, took a deep breath, and rapidly tapped her fingertips on the control panel.
"All combat personnel switch to cleanup mode. Cybernetic ninjas are divided into groups to search the ruins, focusing on rescuing survivors and collecting scattered dangerous ninja tools."
The moment the order was given, the figures in the village quickly dispersed, moving nimbly among the ruins.
As the sun set, Temari stepped over the rubble and reached the edge of the ruins.
The once bustling neighborhood is now just a charred outline, and the remains of Garaga have been sealed away.
Reports from each group came through the communicator.
All survivors have been evacuated, the danger has been cleared, and the reconstruction of Sunagakure has begun...
start!