They swiftly rushed to attack in an attempt to protect the village leader and caused quite a bit of trouble despite their relatively average strength. I had to urgently create more kage bunshins to offset the advantage in numbers and respond to the attacks much more harshly, hurting the most persistent and not sparing chakra.
His mind even began to think of using the summon and leaving the Sunovians to deal with the situation on their own, so as not to be buried under a huge amount of meat. In such limited conditions and under the attack of shinobi of S-class, I was helped by Samehada, which guaranteed neutralization of all missed ninjutsu and the fact that among the Anbu were mostly chunin or fighters of tokubetsu-jonin level, with very few full-fledged jonins, most of them taking a wait-and-see attitude.
- All Anbu immediately stop attacking! - was the sudden order from another masked man who appeared in the hall, accompanied by a couple of Elders who had escaped earlier. - Shinobi Rasa is accused of betraying Sunagakure's interests and attempting to seize sole power by assassinating the Elders!
- Commander!?
- But they're...!
- The Kazekage is being attacked by the Konoha!
- Silence and comply! - literally roared the Chief Anbu-nin. - Your business is to follow orders, not to strain your puny brains trying to understand the situation! Anyone who disobeys - will be declared a nuke-nin, with the full support of my decision by the Council, with the appropriate result for idiots!
Such a threat made all the masked men stop and retreat to the walls of the hall, so as not to get under the hot hand of the eS-rang fighters, while I was able to focus on the enemy, covered by clones in case of an unexpected attack in the back.
- Commander, is this a betrayal?! - exclaimed Rasa, now forced to defend more than attack.
The amount of golden sand under his control was steadily decreasing, but Pakura was getting closer and the look of hatred on her face made it clear that there was no mercy to be expected, and the kunoichi's usual calmness was long gone, leaving only bloodlust.
- Betrayal? No, it's just common sense," Anbu-nin shook his head, "trying to get rid of Pakura-san, attacking the Council of Elders, and killing Anbu's guards speak for themselves, and are only the most significant of all your unsightly deeds since taking office! Suna doesn't need a Kazekage like you!
Rasa answered nothing to his tirade, and the golden sand still tried to trap and bind us, making it difficult to move forward, but the Kazekage himself began to move away rapidly towards the opposite wall of the hall.
- Shit, he's trying to escape! - Pakura realized it too, and crouching down, she took a powerful leap into the air, reaching the ceiling and glued herself to it with chakra, running faster than the sand could follow, sending fireballs at the enemy.
- Hold him back! - commanded the chief Anbu-nin to his subordinates.
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