Boom, boom, boom!!!
In Orochimaru's horrified eyes,
Yagami moved again, hurling out three Rasen Shuriken in succession.
This completely drained the chakra in his body.
Rumble—!!!
Three mushroom clouds bloomed in a row.
Violent winds tore against each other, ripping the air apart.
The whole scene looked like a doomsday natural disaster, as if a meteorite had crashed into the earth.
From the retreating Sand Shinobi army came hoarse screams, lung-tearing shouts, and even panicked curses.
At this moment, every Sand shinobi wished they could grow two extra legs.
Because no matter how fast they ran…
They still felt like they were too slow.
[Ding! Congratulations, master. You have killed 134 enemies and gained 7,236 Prestige Points!]
[Ding! 5,366 enemies fear you. Gained 5,366 Prestige Points.]
Hell yeah!!!
Hearing the prompts ring out in his mind, Yagami's mood instantly lifted.
Sure enough, the most straightforward way to earn prestige was to spam big moves without holding back.
"The amount of chakra Yagami-kun has… is really incredible."
Orochimaru's brows twitched slightly as he spoke, a faint chuckle curling at the edge of his lips.
After this battle,
he now had a completely new understanding of Yagami.
In short—Yagami was a monster.
A truly terrifying Kage-level powerhouse.
If you had to fight someone like this head-on, the Sand Shinobi right now were probably already in despair.
Thinking of this, Orochimaru actually felt a faint sense of pity and sympathy for Sunagakure.
"Let's go."
Yagami glanced at the fleeing Sand Shinobi.
He flicked the blood from the black blade Shusui,
then slid Shusui back into its sheath and turned his head, smiling at Orochimaru.
He was in a very good mood. At this moment, even Orochimaru looked more pleasing to the eye than before.
"Lord Yagami!!"
"Lord Yagami!!"
When the two of them slowly approached the front of Kikyo Castle,
the Konoha defenders atop the city wall suddenly erupted into thunderous cheers.
In stark contrast to the panicked rout of the Sand Shinobi,
the morale of the Konoha defenders was now soaring.
Victory in the very first battle!
For those who had just arrived at Kikyo Castle, this was extremely exciting.
Because every one of them had contributed.
And Yagami was undoubtedly the greatest contributor to this achievement.
He had defeated Sunagakure's Chiyo and Rasa.
That was what had forced the Sand Shinobi to retreat.
Otherwise, this war would never have ended so easily.
And Yagami had just bombarded the Sand Shinobi army with an S-rank Wind Release technique.
That alone made them respect him even more.
This was the charisma of the strong.
Yagami laughed and nodded toward the Konoha shinobi,
then walked straight up along the city wall.
When he reached the top, his gaze immediately went to Kushina.
Seeing that Kushina wasn't injured, Yagami finally relaxed.
After all, the Sand Shinobi's assault on the walls just now had been quite fierce.
Sunagakure's position, inside the medical camp.
At this moment, Chiyo was enduring excruciating pain as she treated the injury on her left arm.
She wasn't just a master puppeteer—
She was also the most skilled medical-nin in all of Sunagakure.
So she refused help from the other medical-nin.
She chose to personally handle her own treatment.
"Lady Chiyo, we've found Rasa!"
Right then—
An anxious voice sounded from outside the medical tent.
Several Sand shinobi carefully carried Rasa in on a stretcher.
"How is it? How is Rasa?"
Chiyo, who had lost a lot of blood, looked a little pale.
But the moment she heard that they'd found Rasa, she couldn't be bothered to continue treating herself.
She dispelled the Healing Jutsu on her right palm and hurried over to the stretcher.
"Rasa's condition is extremely serious…"
"It's a miracle he's even still alive!!"
A Sand Shinobi officer beside the stretcher reported to Chiyo,
his voice full of shock and disbelief.
Because on Rasa's chest was a terrifying, top-down slash wound.
The gash had practically split open his entire chest.
A row of ribs across his chest had been broken as well.
Some of the internal organs in his chest, still faintly beating,
were directly exposed to everyone's eyes.
Fortunately, none of the broken ribs had pierced those organs.
Otherwise, what they would be carrying back right now…
would already be a corpse.
"Hurry up and bring him in!!!"
"And call every medical-nin we have!!!"
Seeing the wound on Rasa's chest, even Chiyo was shaken.
She immediately shouted, ordering all the medical-nin in the camp to gather.
When all the medical-nin arrived in a rush,
Chiyo swallowed two soldier pills on the spot
and joined in on Rasa's treatment herself.
At this moment, Rasa's life was hanging by a thread.
She couldn't care less that she herself was also seriously injured.
Emergency treatment, as fast as wind and fire, was carried out inside the Sand Shinobi medical tent.
The other Sand Shinobi commanders and captains all waited quietly outside the entrance,
standing in silence for news.
Within this Sand Shinobi force, Rasa's strength was second only to Chiyo's.
He was also the only Kage-level powerhouse Sunagakure had brought to this war.
And yet, in the very first battle…
He had been beaten into such a state.
All of the Sand Shinobi commanders present fell into a heavy, suffocating silence.
Time slowly passed…
The rescue of Rasa continued all the way until the sun was leaning toward the west.
Chiyo finally staggered out of the emergency tent, her face ashen.
"Lady Chiyo, how is Rasa??"
Seeing her emerge, the group of Sand Shinobi who had been waiting for so long rushed up at once.
Everyone stared at Chiyo nervously,
their hearts tightening as they waited for her answer.
"…He's temporarily out of danger."
"But his recovery will take a very long time."
Chiyo's voice was weak and grave.
Rasa's injuries were the most severe she had ever seen in her life.
Just as they had said before,
the fact that he had managed to hold on until he was brought back to the medical camp
was nothing short of a miracle.
Inside the emergency tent,
dozens of medical-nin had continuously poured Healing Jutsu into him.
Only then had Rasa's chest wound begun to close,
pulling him back from the brink of death.
"Ah, that's great!"
"Lord Rasa really is blessed by the heavens!"
"Yeah, those injuries were simply terrifying…"
Upon hearing that Rasa was out of immediate danger,
the Sand Shinobi around them finally let out the breath they'd been holding.
Their expressions, tense until now, finally relaxed a little.
However—
Looking at the comrades around her sighing with relief,
Chiyo did not feel even the slightest bit at ease.
Instead, her expression grew heavier.
Because even while in a fully defensive state,
Rasa had still been cut down into a near-fatal condition like this.
And in Yagami's hands,
that terrifying slash was just something he could unleash at his fingertips.
Glancing at her own empty left sleeve,
Chiyo felt a chill run through her heart.
This war…
had just become far more troublesome than she had imagined.
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