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Fourth Kazekage Rasa stood atop the central command height, overlooking the mighty fortress called Kikyō Castle. Streams of golden Gold Dust flowed slowly around him, exuding a suffocating pressure. Though the unease in his heart had already crystallized into an icy warning, the arrow had left the bow; with the main army at the foot of the fortress and morale at its peak, there was no turning back.
He raised his hand slowly, then swung it down sharply!
"Attack the city!"
The order landed like a spark in boiling oil, instantly igniting the Suna army that had been poised to strike.
"Earth Style: Open Earth Rising Excavation!"
"Earth Style: Earth Flow Rampart!"
Dozens—perhaps a hundred—Sunagakure Earth Release Ninja formed seals in unison, sending Chakra thundering into the ground! The earth in front of Kikyō Castle heaved and buckled, trying to fashion artificial ramps to the wall's summit or simply undermine the ramparts themselves.
On the battlements, the Konoha defenders answered at once.
"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
"Water Release: Water Formation Wall!"
Techniques of every element rained down from the walls like a storm, violently clashing and annihilating the Suna earth arts! Explosions, roars, and screams split the heavens, the brilliant yet lethal glimmer of Chakra turning the dusk as bright as noon.
"Puppet Squad—advance!" Elder Chiyo's calm voice carried across the front lines through a Chakra amplifier.
Saya drew a sharp breath, forcing down the ever-stronger sense of foreboding, and barked, "Third Company—defensive formation! spider puppets forward to harass! Strike puppets, target the firing points on the wall!"
The Puppeteers under his command moved instantly. The huge salamander puppet, heavy shields mounted on its back, charged at the fore, absorbing the dense jutsu bombardment; countless spider puppets swarmed up the wall like a tide, spitting poison needles and detonating exploding tags to sow chaos; crows, Black Ant, and other assault puppets sought chances to pick off exposed Konoha Shinobi.
Saya himself hovered in the air aboard "mirage," the Magnet Release iron sand turning now into a giant hammer to smash crenellations, now into a barrier to deflect lethal blows for his allies. In an instant the battle reached its bloodiest, most tangled phase; every minute, every second, lives were being snuffed out.
Sunagakure's numerical advantage and the terror of Rasa's Gold Dust gradually told: Konoha's defense began to falter, sections of wall cracked, and the density of countering jutsu noticeably dropped. The scales of victory seemed to tilt toward the Sand.
Yet just as the fighting peaked and every Suna Ninja's attention was locked on the front wall—
an abrupt change occurred!
From the forested hills behind the Suna host came a hair-raising shriek. A cold, vast, ominous Chakra erupted.
Rumble!
The earth split, and a colossal serpent of unbelievable size was summoned. Merely rearing its fore-body cast a shadow over a large swath of Suna's rear ranks. Atop the serpent's head stood a pale man in a Konoha Jonin vest, eyes as cold as a viper's.
"Th-that's… Orochimaru!!" a knowledgeable Suna Jonin screamed in terror.
One of the Legendary Three Ninja of Konoha—the Pale Serpent, Orochimaru!
He was not alone. From the woods behind him poured a flood of Konoha Shinobi in varied clan uniforms, superbly equipped—the private troops of Konoha's clans. Like ghosts they struck the completely unprepared Sand rear.
"Kill!" Orochimaru's hoarse voice carried lethal chill. Hands forming seals, he disgorged a tide of vipers that surged toward the reeling Suna rear.
The rear was hit! Supply teams, medical squads, and off-duty Ninja were plunged into chaos and panic. The collapse of the flank spread like toppling dominoes, quickly sapping the front's morale.
"Hold fast! Flank units—turn and engage!" Rasa's roar rang out as he tried to steady the line.
But the fatal blows were far from over!
Just as the front faltered for an instant, distracted by the rear assault—
a streak of golden light appeared without warning above the densest knot of Suna assault troops, as though teleported.
A young Ninja in a Konoha Jonin vest, brilliant blond hair catching the light. His face was handsome, his gaze as sharp as a blade, a special three-pronged Kunai in his hand.
His arrival was so sudden, so silent—yet in an instant it drew the eyes of nearly every strong fighter on the field.
"The Yellow… Flash!" Elder Chiyo cried, voice quavering with disbelief.
Konoha's yellow flash—Minato Namikaze!
How could he be here?! He should have been pinning down the Cloud's ab combination on the northeast border!
Minato gave Suna no time to react. His form flickered in mid-air, several after-images seeming to appear at once.
The next instant, a despair-inducing scene unfolded.
The golden light blinked and jumped between key tactical nodes inside the Suna assault cluster. With every flash a special Kunai appeared; with every Kunai, throats of elite Suna Ninja were slit or hearts pierced.
He was too fast—beyond vision, beyond reflex, beyond thought! Ordinary Suna Ninja never saw the movement; they saw only a golden gleam, and comrades dropped in rows beside them.
"Flying Thunder God Technique!"
The legendary space-time Ninjutsu displayed its battlefield-dominating lethality. The fierce Suna assault, carved apart by that golden flash, collapsed into utter chaos and despair.
The yellow flash reaped lives in front; Orochimaru led the elite in a rear strike; on the walls the Konoha defenders, morale soaring, counter-attacked with redoubled fury.
In an instant the Suna host, moments ago the hunters in full cry, became cornered prey!
Saya, steering mirage, barely dodged a Kunai etched with a Flying Thunder God seal. Gazing down at the collapsing battle line and that death-god figure of gold, his face turned paper-white.
The nightmare he feared most had become reality in the cruelest, most violent way. Kikyō Castle had indeed been a vast, carefully-dug grave for them!
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