Konoha: Starting the Game as Yoriichi

BAM! BAM! BAM!

The terrifying impact swallowed everything. The rampaging yellow sand, like a desert sea, in the next second, tightly wrapped around Hatake Kusuo's body. The sheer scale and destructive power, controlled by a massive amount of chakra, was imaginable. The sound of explosions rose and fell, the momentum world-shaking. The vast amount of sand, like a nine-heavened waterfall, surged in from all directions.

The scene was magnificent. Almost half of the forest's land had been transformed into sand by Shukaku for its own use. It had changed the very landscape. The power of a Tailed Beast was on full display.

"The sand is catching up to us," Naruto said, his hands gripping tightly onto Gamabunta. At this moment, the duo was fleeing with all their might from the endlessly surging yellow sand. There was only one thought in their minds: Run! Run far, far away! This was no joke. If they were truly trapped, there would be no chance of survival.

Gamabunta leaped all the way to the edge of the forest before stopping, still shaken. He looked back and was instantly dumbfounded. The forest, which had already been half-destroyed, was now nothing but a boundless sea of sand as far as the eye could see.

"Gulp..."

"Just what level of battle could destroy the terrain like this...?" At the same time, a deep worry filled Gamabunta's eyes. With a jutsu of this scale, can that little brat in red escape?

Escape?

At that moment, Kusuo was wearing a faint smile, his clear gaze piercing through the gaps in the sand, aimed directly at Shukaku. This extremely calm look made Shukaku's bloated body tremble.

What the hell? This human brat isn't scared at all? Faced with a full-power strike into which he had poured most of his chakra, shouldn't he be trembling with fear? In the end, Shukaku was horrified to find that the situation was completely reversed. The one trembling with fear was himself.

"As expected of a Tailed Beast. To be able to unleash chakra so recklessly... your power far exceeds Gaara's," Kusuo commented faintly. He had encountered this jutsu before in the Forest of Death when he faced Gaara. At that time, an area a hundred meters in radius had looked much like this. Back then, he had chosen to rely on his physical strength to break free, as pushing Gaara too far would have had unforeseeable consequences, and he still had his comrades to protect.

But the situation now was completely different. This vast open space gave him plenty of room to perform.

This time, Kusuo smiled.

VMM!

Suddenly, the sound of countless heaven-shaking sword hums rose into the sky.

Slash!

A flash of snow-white sword light cut across the nine heavens, dazzling Shukaku's eyes.

"Th-this..."

"So strong!"

"Heavens! Is that a sword aura a human can even unleash?"

"Impossible! How fast must he be swinging his sword to create such an illusion of countless afterimages?"

"That man... just how many times did he swing his sword?!?!"

"The White Fang is dead, and now Konoha has produced another monster even more terrifying than him."

The entire Sand Village squad shot to their feet. Everyone was stunned by this scene. They watched with shocked eyes through the Sand Eye as, at the center of the battlefield, in the middle of the explosion, an elliptical sword aura was born out of thin air.

SIZZLE!

Countless sword glints collided with and cut through the yellow sand. After being shattered against the blade, the sand was incinerated by the high temperature, shining with brilliant sparks, like stars scattering in all directions.

Hatake Kusuo, by his own power alone, just by swinging his sword, had blocked all the sand that had enveloped him.

Yoriichi Tsugikuni. A man who, at his peak, could deliver 1,500 slashes in a single second. At this moment, Kusuo had also unleashed a speed of no less than 800 slashes per second. How powerful. He had literally formed a barrier out of sword light.

After a long time, the explosion subsided. Kusuo let out a long breath. At this moment, the red, scorching mark on his face was active, his eyes like lightning. "So this is the strength of the One-Tail. No wonder these Tailed Beasts are considered strategic weapons. I'm getting excited."

"Sun Breathing! Eleventh Form—Dragon Sun Halo Head Dance!"

SWISH!

He swung his sword. It tore through the air. A sword aura, a full seventy to eighty meters long, was unleashed, carrying with it a fire dragon of furious rage, rampaging forth. The brilliance of this slash was as dazzling as the sun. The golden sword aura shone with the tyranny of a despot. In that moment, the heavens and the earth changed color, and muffled thunder rumbled.

"Not good..." Sensing the threat from this slash, Shukaku was terrified. In a panic, it summoned all its sand to form one sand wall after another. A thick city wall was erected, a total of eighteen layers. The Sand Shield, which was supposed to be the ultimate defense, rose up, blocking Shukaku's path.

But under the rampaging sword aura, these walls, which Shukaku was usually so proud of, shattered one by one like thin paper, turning into mottled sand blocks that fell to the ground.

SWISH!

The dazzling and magnificent sword aura, in its ever-widening pupils, arrived with a boom.

POW!

Shukaku, which had already been cut into sand an unknown number of times, was once again chopped into a sky full of yellow sand. The next second, it re-formed into the body of a Tailed Beast from another direction.

Seeing Kusuo coming straight for it with his sword raised, Shukaku was afraid. Truly afraid. The wounds from slash after slash told it that if this battle continued, the one to fall first would not be the seemingly weak human, but itself. Because the soul-deep, bone-marrow-drilling pain told it that no matter how it gathered its chakra, the wounds seemed impossible to heal. The high temperature coming from them was like an eternal heavenly fire, constantly burning.

The sword in this human boy's hand could injure its spiritual body.

A Tailed Beast could be seen as a special kind of chakra, existing in a special form. What gave them life, what allowed them to take shape, was precisely this unique spiritual body. Once the spiritual body was completely destroyed, they would turn into clumps of chakra wandering the world, and it would take an unknown amount of time to recover.

A deep sense of fear welled up from the bottom of Shukaku's heart.

Dammit! This boy... he's an out-and-out monster!

Normally, as a Tailed Beast, with its incomparable chakra and unkillable body, it had almost no weaknesses aside from sealing jutsu and genjutsu. In a fight against a mere human, it held all the advantages. But this kid was different. He didn't get tired of cutting. His sword aura was endless. Heaven knows how many slashes it had already taken, and each one left an eternal wound that burned its spiritual body. If this continued, it would sooner or later be ground down to nothing by this human boy's sword.

Seeing Kusuo raising his sword to charge again, Shukaku now only wanted to run.

"Stop, stop, stop! We won't fight anymore! I give up! I surrender!" Shukaku's sharp, piercing voice exploded, making Kusuo pause for a moment. Seeing the human boy stop his advance, Shukaku let out a huge sigh of relief.

However—Kusuo had no intention of paying it any mind. He raised his sword again. One more slash.

Shukaku hurriedly raised its paw to block, was cut into yellow sand, then slowly re-formed. Once its body had reformed enough, it didn't dare to linger any longer and turned tail to run. Can't beat him, gotta go, gotta go.

But Kusuo had no intention of letting it go. He chased after the One-Tail, relentlessly pursuing it. A casual slash from his hand was enough to cause a heaven-collapsing, earth-sinking commotion. Shukaku played a game of leapfrog with him. Every time he swung his sword, Shukaku would jump up to dodge. If it really couldn't dodge, it would transform into yellow sand and drill into the ground, reappearing hundreds of meters away.

And so, a dramatic scene unfolded. A single human, chasing a Tailed Beast of immense size, hacking at it all over the place. If word of this were to get out, the entire ninja world would likely be shaken. A ninja... hunting a Tailed Beast? How is that possible? Do you think you're Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, reincarnated?

"I was sealed for so long, I just came out for a breath of fresh air! Did I have to run into a madman?" Shukaku cursed in its heart as it ran for its life. What Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju? In their hands, I was at most a toy to be used and passed around. This kid can actually take my life! This is too torturous. If I don't run now, when will I?

Shukaku seized an opportunity, flooding the nearby land with a large amount of yellow sand. It then did a somersault and dove into it, drilling into Gaara's body and refusing to come out. Then, it used a massive amount of sand to cover Gaara's body, making it impossible for Kusuo to find him.

Faced with the ground full of yellow sand, Kusuo could no longer find a trace of Shukaku. He had to admit that the previous battle had laid the groundwork for this. The forest land it had turned into a small desert was practically Shukaku's home ground. If Shukaku was single-mindedly focused on running, there was really nothing he could do.

Shaking his head, Kusuo regretfully sheathed his sword. He had failed to completely kill the Tailed Beast. A Tailed Beast was definitely at the Kage level or even higher, right? How much would his role-play percentage have increased if he had killed it? What a pity. It ran so fast. In the blink of an eye, it was gone.

Turning his gaze back towards the village, Kusuo's eyes grew deep. There... the Third should be in a bitter fight, right?

Swoosh! Kusuo turned into an afterimage and vanished from the spot.

In the distance, the Sand ninja were still frozen on the spot, their mouths completely agape. What had they just seen? The beast that their village kept under strict guard, the one whose rampage was like a natural disaster, was actually being chased by a human? Had the world changed, or were their eyes deceiving them? The air was still filled with the familiar smell of yellow sand, and the people were the same people. It was just that everyone was currently in a state of disarray in the wind...

They were stunned. Everyone was stunned.

On the other side, the battle within Konoha had reached a stalemate. The Konoha ninja who had recovered were constantly pouring in fresh forces to fight against the Sound and Sand ninja. With their home-field advantage and superior numbers, the situation was gradually beginning to tip in their favor.

In the village, on top of the most important building, the Hokage Tower, the Third Hokage was trapped in the most perilous battle of his life. The enemy was none other than his once most-favored disciple, Orochimaru.

"Hoh hoh hoh~, Sensei, you've grown old. Your strength is not what it used to be," the girl-like Orochimaru sneered. "In consideration of our many years as master and disciple, I'll give you one more big gift."

With that, under the Third Hokage's furious gaze, Orochimaru clapped his hands together and shouted, "Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu!"

VMM!

Three rattling coffins slowly rose from the roof tiles, respectively marked with the characters for "First," "Second," and "Fourth."

Not good, the Third thought with alarm. Seeing the Impure World Reincarnation, how could he not know how terrifying this jutsu was? But he could no longer stop it. He could only do his best to prevent the last coffin from rising.

After a furious Wind Demon Shuriken, the coffin marked with "Fourth" trembled and then slowly descended.

A sinister glint flashed in Orochimaru's eyes, but he quickly smiled again. "No matter. With the help of these two, it's more than enough to deal with you, Sensei."

BANG! BANG!

With two loud sounds, the coffin lids fell off completely, and two dazed ninja walked out. Looking at their attire, they seemed to be from a long time ago. Orochimaru walked forward and stuffed the prepared paper bomb tags into their heads. Instantly, the figures in the two coffins came to life.

At this time, the Third Hokage's eyes were already filled with tears.

"Lord First... Teacher... is that you?"

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