Chapter 68: Sudden Change

[Nara Household]

As the brain, strategist, and highly intelligent clan of Konoha.

They were responsible for a large amount of Konoha's medical herbs, usually neither competing nor snatching, always standing in Konoha with a philosophy of cautious self-preservation.

Konoha was already somewhat chaotic, but Nara Shikaku and Nara Shikai were still playing chess and drinking tea at home.

Currently, Shikaku was still young and had not yet assumed the position of clan head.

The clan head was the opposite person, Shikai, Shikaku's uncle.

Shikai's hairstyle was identical to Shikaku's, but his hair was already graying, and his face was also full of wrinkles.

He was of the same generation as the Third Hokage, and always careful and cautious in conduct. This time, the game between the Third Hokage and the Uchiha was also clearly observed by him.

Pa!

Shikai pointed on the chessboard, capturing Shikaku's "king."

"Play chess properly. Why are your thoughts so messy?", Shikai, calm and composed, scolded.

Shikaku was only in his twenties, not yet as steady as he would be ten years later. He lowered his head and apologized, "Uncle's scolding is right."

"Aren't we making a move yet?"

Shikai took a sip from his teacup while saying, "The Third Hokage has been Hokage for too long."

"Looking after his own clan's interest is also quite normal. If what the Hyuga's intel says is true…"

"Sarutobi clan's ambition isn't small."

"The Uchiha has produced smart people. Step by step, they've completely calculated the Third Hokage to death."

While tidying up the shogi pieces, Shikaku said, "The Sarutobi clan possibly has over a thousand combatants, should be over ninety percent likely."

Shikai shook his head, "A hundred percent."

Hearing this number, Shikaku's hand paused, then continued setting up the shogi, "Uncle, one more round."

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At the same time, several other large clans in the village, though they had prepared personnel, mostly remained inactive.

At most, they only set up some vigilance around their own clan territories. Everyone was still watching.

After all, the Hyuga clan had already leaned toward the Uchiha, which meant this incident was almost certainly real.

Previously, both the Hyuga and Uchiha were oppressed by Konoha's higher-ups. Now, trust in the leadership had dropped very low.

Even if these bounty ninjas posed a threat, the destruction they could cause wouldn't be that great.

If the sky fell on Konoha, the Third Hokage or the Uchiha would hold it up.

Root members and the higher-ups' private soldiers hadn't moved; they wouldn't let their own clan members die for nothing.

Near Danzo's Root, chaos had already erupted. The Third Hokage had also organized the Anbu to fight there.

Though not all the bounty ninjas were elite, every one of them was slick and cunning.

And their ninjutsu were all strange and unusual.

However, most of them fought independently. Among them, the strongest in combat was Konan.

Because Konan had air superiority.

Flying in the sky like a Kirov Airship, continuously raining explosive tags down below.

The loudest explosions in Konoha came from Konan.

Other bounty hunters weren't stupid either, and followed Konan in pushing forward.

When Jiraiya arrived and saw Konan, he was dumbfounded.

"Konan? You're still alive?"

"Jiraiya-sensei?", Konan's wing-flapping slowed, even though she had mentally prepared beforehand.

But seeing Jiraiya, Konan's expression was still a bit complex.

"Why are you attacking Konoha?", Jiraiya didn't expect that the one leading the attack would be this disciple he thought was already dead.

Konan's face turned grim, "Of course, to avenge Yahiko and Nagato!"

Jiraiya was shocked, "What happened? Why?"

"Yahiko and Nagato were killed by Danzo!"

"Danzo? Damn him!", Jiraiya's face darkened. His own disciples were actually killed by that bastard Danzo.

"Sensei, today I came to kill Danzo. If you still remember our past bonds, don't stop me."

Jiraiya's expression wavered. He definitely didn't want to side with Danzo.

But as the village's protector, he couldn't just let outsiders come and kill people in Konoha.

"Jiraiya!", The Third Hokage's deep voice came.

The man slowly approached, "What are you doing?"

"If everyone can just kill people from Konoha freely, what face do we have left as Konoha?"

Jiraiya's expression shifted, a bitter smile appearing on his face. He was not only Konan and the others' teacher.

He was also one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, he couldn't show favoritism.

Jiraiya stood in Konan's path, "Konan, Yahiko and Nagato's revenge, we'll talk about it later."

"But not today!"

Konan seemed to have already predicted Jiraiya's decision, just looked at him with disappointment.

"Jiraiya-sensei, you'll regret this!", Konan finally left these words for Jiraiya.

"Third Hokage, hand over Danzo! Or I won't be polite!"

Behind Konan was still a large number of bounty ninjas. At this moment, as the face of Konoha, Hiruzen naturally couldn't back down, "Impossible! Danzo is one of Konoha's people. Even if there's a problem, it's up to us to judge him."

"No matter your purpose in coming to Konoha, now you're all invaders."

"None of you are getting out today!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen waved his hand, and countless signal flares shot into the sky.

Beside Konoha's collapsed wall, large numbers of people immediately appeared, blocking the breach.

And here, a large number of personnel began to surface, about twenty Anbu and thirty Sarutobi clan members, they began surrounding Konan.

Konan gave a cold laugh, "Jiraiya-sensei, I told you, you'll regret this!"

She formed hand seals, chakra surged.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Countless violent explosions rang out behind Konoha.

The entire Konoha was like a massive earthquake, deafening rumbles echoed continuously.

Towering flames and smoke burst out rapidly.

Most critically, even the Hokage Rock, visible to all, also suffered a massive explosion.

Before everyone's eyes, the Third Hokage's face on Hokage Rock, amid the endless explosions, was directly blown apart.

The massive Hokage Rock, under everyone's shocked gaze, shattered into several chunks and crashed onto the ground.

"Konan you!!"

Jiraiya didn't have time to be shocked. The old district near Hokage Rock also began exploding non-stop.

A continuous barrage of explosive tags made Konoha look like it had stepped into doomsday.

Even in the dark night, smoke and fire were everywhere.

The Third Hokage's face was iron blue. The place that just exploded was where the Sarutobi clan was stationed.

He looked grimly at Konan, chakra surging from his body.

Rapidly formed hand seals.

"Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

A huge flame spewed from the Third Hokage's mouth.

Aimed straight at Konan in the sky, just as Jiraiya's expression tensed.

From the sky around Konan burst a shower of papers. Though the papers were ignited, Konan had already escaped, clearly well-prepared.

When Konan's figure reappeared, she was already flying high into the sky.

Just at that moment…

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