A violent explosion erupted across the battlefield.
Yagami's foot slammed into Biwa Jūzō's face hard enough to crush his fangs straight down his throat.
The former member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen flew through the air like a cannonball, tearing past the sound barrier before crashing toward Konoha's outer wall.
Since these idiots were so desperate to invade Konoha—
Yagami figured he might as well let them stay there permanently.
BOOOOM—!!
The impact shook the entire wall.
Biwa Jūzō's body embedded itself deep into the massive stone fortification, nearly blasting a hole straight through it.
At that exact moment, the Uchiha Great Elder and several village elders had just climbed onto the wall.
The scene in front of them instantly left them speechless.
"Yagami-sama is incredible!!"
"There's one left! Only one more!!"
Cheers erupted all across the wall.
The Konoha shinobi looked completely fired up, their morale soaring after watching Yagami overwhelm the Seven Ninja Swordsmen one after another.
"What happened here?"
The stunned Uchiha Great Elder quickly grabbed a nearby shinobi.
The Nara and Hyūga clan elders also looked over in confusion.
Meanwhile, a group of children were stretching their necks everywhere, trying desperately to catch sight of their idol.
"Yagami-sama fought the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist by himself!"
"He's already defeated six of them!"
The Konoha shinobi answered excitedly, unable to hide the admiration in his voice.
"Where?! Where's Yagami-sama?!"
The moment the children heard his name, they immediately started searching around even harder.
The nearby shinobi instinctively frowned at the noise—
But after noticing the three elders beside them, nobody said anything.
"That way!"
The shinobi quickly pointed into the distance.
Everyone turned just in time to see Yagami slowly lowering his glowing leg.
"…Yagami-sama's legs are really nice…"
A young kunoichi muttered absentmindedly.
The people around her instantly turned to stare.
"Oi…"
High above the wall, Sarutobi Hiruzen cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted helplessly,
"Don't keep kicking people into the wall! Repairs cost money, you know!"
Several huge cracks had already spread around the human-shaped holes from Yagami's attacks.
Still—
Between the chaos of battle, the roaring explosions, and the cheers of the shinobi, there was no way Yagami could hear him.
Danzō walked over beside Hiruzen and glanced at the damaged wall.
"Konoha isn't going bankrupt over two holes."
"If you're worried about money, you should be collecting the Kubikiribōchō and the other ninja swords instead."
Yagura had already ordered a retreat and escaped with the remaining Mist forces.
Hiruzen sighed.
"A little saved is still a little earned."
Even so, both of them soon turned their attention back toward Yagami.
"It runs pretty fast…"
Yagami looked toward the only remaining member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen—
Fuguki Suikazan, the former wielder of Samehada.
Despite his massive body, the man was fleeing surprisingly quickly.
In only a few breaths, he had already crossed several hundred meters.
BOOM!
Yagami crouched slightly before kicking off the ground hard enough to shatter the earth beneath him.
His body exploded forward like a beam of light.
The moment his speed began to drop, he immediately transformed into photons again and flashed through the air.
Crack—! Crack crack—!!
Suddenly, Samehada began thrashing violently on Fuguki's back.
The straps binding the sword snapped apart instantly.
Then—
To Fuguki's complete disbelief—
Samehada abandoned him entirely and fled straight into the forest.
"Samehada?!"
"Where the hell are you going?!"
Fuguki roared furiously.
But the living blade completely ignored him.
It had already sensed danger.
And it wanted no part of whatever monster was chasing them.
"Heh…"
"Looks like even your own sword gave up on you."
Yagami's amused voice echoed from above.
Fuguki's body froze.
Slowly—
Very slowly—
He raised his head.
Yagami was standing in midair above him.
The breeze lightly stirred the corners of his clothes, his expression calm and relaxed, as if this battlefield meant nothing to him.
"…So I'm the last one, huh?"
Fuguki took a deep breath.
Perhaps because he already understood he was going to die—
His voice had become strangely calm.
"Yeah."
Yagami nodded casually.
"I left you for last because you looked tough."
"Didn't expect you to run faster than a rabbit, though."
Golden light slowly gathered around his leg again.
Fuguki's expression hardened.
"Water Style: Iron Cannon Blast!"
At the brink of death, his hand seals became faster than ever before.
Almost instantly, he completed the technique.
BOOM!
He slammed both fists against his swollen stomach.
A gigantic sphere of water burst from his mouth and surged toward Yagami like a cannon shell.
Yagami's leg flashed brightly.
"Speed of Light Kick."
The kick descended.
A massive golden laser pierced straight through the water sphere without slowing down even slightly.
Then it swallowed Fuguki whole.
BOOOOOOOOM—!!!
A blinding explosion erupted at the edge of the forest.
The earth shook violently.
Rocks, dirt, and shattered trees blasted outward in every direction beneath the expanding sphere of destruction.
A massive mushroom cloud rose into the sky.
Everything within nearly a hundred meters was wiped away instantly.
The surrounding forest bent violently beneath the shockwave.
It looked less like ninjutsu—
And more like a natural disaster.
The moment the shockwave reached him, Yagami dissolved into light and reappeared in the distance.
Using his Observation Haki, he scanned the center of the explosion.
Nothing remained of Fuguki.
Not even ashes.
"…Huh."
Yagami glanced around briefly before turning toward the retreating Mist army.
Earlier, he said Kirigakure would pay for attacking Konoha.
And Yagami fully intended to keep that promise.
"Run!!"
The Mist shinobi fled in panic after sensing the terrifying explosion behind them.
But the battle with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had only lasted a few minutes.
They hadn't managed to escape very far yet.
Within moments, Yagami caught up to them.
"Yasakani no Magatama."
Golden lasers rained from the sky.
BOOM!! BOOM!! BOOM!!
The forest exploded endlessly beneath the bombardment.
Massive trenches hundreds of meters long were carved across the ground.
Countless trees were sliced apart instantly by the beams of light.
At this moment, Yagami resembled a living weapon platform hovering above the battlefield.
The terrified Mist shinobi could do nothing except flee desperately.
The bombardment continued for several more minutes.
By the end—
The entire Mist force had completely collapsed.
The surviving shinobi scattered in every direction.
Meanwhile, the forest behind them had transformed into a massive sea of flames.
"Haaah…"
Yagami floated in the air, scratching his cheek awkwardly as he looked at the raging inferno stretching across the horizon.
"…Maybe I overdid it a little."
Without Water Style ninjutsu, there was no way he could put out a fire on this scale.
Left with no other option, Yagami turned into light once more and flew back toward Konoha to find a Water Style user to help extinguish the flames.
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