The scattered white feathers resembled a sudden, eerie snowfall.
It fell from the sky above the arena without warning.
The feathers gently brushed against the faces and shoulders of the audience.
"What's this..."
An ordinary Konoha had just reached out to take it, before he could even finish speaking.
With a roll of his eyes, he slumped limply into his seat, as if he had lost all his bones.
Immediately afterwards.
Like Domino.
The stands were filled with ordinary spectators, nobles and high-ranking officials, and even some weaker Genin.
Faced with these "feathers" flying everywhere, they had no power to resist at all.
They all fell into a deep, Genjutsu sleep.
" Genjutsu: Temple of Nirvana Technique?!"
The Jonin the teams in the stands changed their expressions drastically and immediately Hand Seals to dispel the Genjutsu.
Kakashi, Might Guy, and the others reacted quickly, shielding the hypnotized audience members behind them.
"Enemy attack! Everyone on alert!"
However.
Before the Konoha ninjas could fully organize an effective defense...
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Violent explosions suddenly rang out simultaneously from all directions of Konoha!
The towering Kakkō and thick smoke instantly turned half the sky red.
The Sound Ninja and some Sand Ninja who had been lurking in the audience (unaware that Baki had abandoned his plan) suddenly dropped their disguises.
Wielding poisoned Kunai, they pounced on the surrounding Konoha Ninja like wolves.
"Kill! Destroy Konoha!"
The frenzied shouts of battle echoed throughout the arena.
A long-planned rebellion erupted completely at this moment!
The entire Chunin Ninja Exams venue instantly transformed from a competitive feast into a bloody meat grinder.
And at the very top of the stands, on the Hokage viewing platform.
Mutations are also occurring.
" Lord Kazekage, what are you doing?!"
The Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, sensed something was wrong and was about to stand up.
The Fourth Kazekage sitting next to him suddenly launched an attack.
He didn't use Ninjutsu, but rather moved at an extremely strange speed.
He grabbed the Third Hokage by the neck and pressed a sharp Kunai against his waist.
"Don't move, Hiruzen- sensei."
A hoarse, sticky voice, laced with a strong sense of sarcasm, came from " Kazekage's" mouth.
I heard this sound.
The Third Hokage's pupils suddenly contracted, and his heart sank.
"That voice... Orochimaru?!"
"Hehehe, you figured it out."
" Kazekage " let out a low laugh.
He slowly peeled off the disguised human skin mask from his face.
It revealed a pale, cold face with purple eyeshadow.
It was none other than Orochimaru, the S-rank missing-nin of Konoha, once a disciple whom the Third Hokage was proud of!
"You unfilial disciple!"
The Third Hokage was both shocked and furious, and tried to break free from Orochimaru's grip.
But he was old, and Orochimaru had already made preparations.
For a moment, they were unable to break free.
"Take them away!"
Orochimaru shouted coldly.
Several Sound Ninja disguised as Anbu immediately sprang out from the shadows.
They cooperated with Orochimaru to take the Third Hokage hostage.
With a few leaps, he landed on the roof of the highest viewing platform in the arena.
" Lord Hokage!"
The Konoha Anbu and Jonin who were fighting the Sound Ninja below were filled with rage upon seeing this.
They all wanted to rush onto the roof to rescue the injured.
"No one is allowed to come up and disturb my reunion with my teacher."
Orochimaru stood on the edge of the roof, looking down at the chaos below.
He spread his arms wide, his golden vertical pupils flashing with madness and ecstasy.
" Hiruzen- sensei, did you see that?"
"The burning Kakkō, the desperate screams."
"Today marks the end for Konoha!"
"I will personally uproot you, this rotten tree!"
Orochimaru's arrogant declaration echoed through the arena.
This long-planned " Konoha Crush Plan " has finally revealed its true colors.
The entire Konoha is plunged into an unprecedented crisis.
However.
At the heart of this chaos and panic.
Beside the ruins of the stadium, where a huge crater was smashed.
There was one place, however, that remained eerily calm.
In fact, it was so calm it seemed out of place.
At some point, Senju Kenya had put up that huge beach umbrella again.
He lay back down in the Black Iron Wood rocking chair.
Even the posture didn't change.
"Bai, go get the donuts you didn't finish eating."
Kenya yawned and casually flicked away a hypnotic feather that had drifted down in front of him.
"Okay, uncle!"
Bai came running over, carrying a plate of donuts.
Within a ten-meter radius around them.
Whether it's Sound Ninja or Sand Ninja.
Anyone who dared to approach was swatted away Zabuza, who was standing to the side, with his black iron heavy sword like swatting flies.
No one could disturb their "vacation".
"Boss, is that guy up there Orochimaru?"
Zabuza a Sound Ninja who attempted a sneak attack in two with a single sword stroke, then looked up at the white-haired man on the rooftop and asked with a frown.
"Yes, that's the loach I beat to a pulp in the sea."
Kenya picked up a donut, took a bite, and said nonchalantly.
"He really doesn't learn his lesson; his neck just healed and he's already causing trouble again."
"Boss, should we go up and help?"
Zabuza a little itchy to fight.
After all, he is now a member of the Iron Fist Chamber of Commerce, and if Konoha is really destroyed, their timber business will be affected to some extent.
"What help are you offering? Wouldn't it be better to just watch the show?"
Kenya crossed his legs, munching on a donut while watching the confrontation between master and disciple on the rooftop with great interest.
"That old man always Will of Fire on his lips, and now look what happened—he's been 'cremated' by the very apprentice he trained."
"This is the bitter fruit sown by the Konoha High Command themselves; let them taste it for themselves."
"But..." Zabuza wanted to say something more.
"There are no 'buts'."
Kenya interrupted him, his gaze fixed intently on the rooftop above.
"The tree of Konoha is rotten to the core."
" Orochimaru's fire was just right."
"Once they've burned all those rotten, withered branches and fallen leaves, we'll step in and rebuild a new Konoha that belongs to us."
Hearing Kenya's cold yet ambitious words...
Zabuza his spine.
He finally understood.
The boss doesn't actually disregard Konoha.
Instead, they wanted to use Orochimaru to completely purge the upper echelons of Konoha!
Such cunning and audacity are a hundred times more terrifying than Orochimaru's!
Just then...
On the rooftop.
Four Sound Ninja set up an absolute barrier— the Four Violet Flames Formation —at the edge of the roof.