The attack was so sudden that almost no one had time to react properly, and it cost the lives of four of the closest elders and their guards, as well as the two Anbu fighters next to Kage.
I was surprised at the ruthlessness of the Suna ruler's ruthlessness even to his recent associates and subordinates, but I acted immediately, expecting trouble and reacting just ahead of Pakura, dropping my swords as she threw fireballs into the unsealed wave of golden sand.
The golden chains that slipped out of his sleeves formed the Founder from which the Kekkai grew, a hundredth of a second ahead of Rasa's attack and protecting two-thirds of the Elders.
The latter were not some civilians, having a great deal of experience as veterans of two world wars and as non-Clan times, recovered quite quickly and began to break the distance, which made my task much easier.
However, due to the asynchronous actions of the kunoichi next to me, my barrier was attacked from both sides, but I had enough chakra to ignore it, expanding it with a hemisphere and holding back the increasing volume of golden sand.
In the first couple of seconds that I held back the attack, the surviving elders began to retreat quickly - a couple of them promptly fell through the stone floor, a few more rushed to the windows and without wasting time, simply knocked them out with their bodies, Elder Chieh lightning-fast printed two dolls capable of creating real force shields and barriers, using them to stop the sand pouring in all directions, and just as quickly retreated to the exit of the hall.
It was a sensible approach, considering the balance of power, so they wouldn't get in the way and would prepare the village for the fact that the Fourth Kazekage had become a nuke-nin and tried to seize power. If it weren't for my reaction, he might have been able to wipe out most of the Council in one fell swoop and try to blame it on Ba-chan and me.
The guards, whose job it was to ensure the survival of their wards by any means possible, were building stone walls where my kekkai ended, using aerial ninjutsu and any other means they could to hold back Rasa's relentless attack.
They were joined by Pakura, who could control her Shakuto quite filigree so that the orbs could deftly circle obstacles and simply melt the gold to a liquid state, quickly stripping the Kazekage of large amounts of weaponry. For a moment, parity was established. Rasa's kekkai genkai of magnetism posed little to no threat to her, unlike all the other ninja present in the room.
- What does that mean, Rasa! - Itoku exclaimed, prudently moving behind me and Pakura and taking his time to do the legwork. - Attacking members of the Suna Council on top of treason? Are you out of your mind?
- You creatures! I'm the ruler here and you dare to accuse me!?!? - Rasa's angry voice echoed through the hall.
- What's there to talk to him about - you have to finish him off," the kunoichi grinned at me, and after waiting a few moments for the interfering elements to remove themselves from the battlefield, she attacked, nodding at me.
Shrugging my shoulders, I drew Samehada from behind my back in one motion, and with the kekkai retracted, I slashed at the wave of golden sand rushing forward.
The sword rumbled contentedly, devouring chakra, and mounds of gold rapidly formed around me, once again becoming ordinary metal without the Kazekage's control. But I didn't passively wait for the enemy to run out of material or a sizable reserve, but rushed to the attack, swiftly punching my way through the wave.
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