Chapter 59: Byakuya Turns the Tide, Danzo Wants to Steal the Fruits of Victory!
"Hold on tight!"
Byakuya warned her, worried that Hinata might let go because she was too nervous.
To his surprise, Hinata directly curled up into his embrace upon hearing this.
It was clear that Hinata really liked to curl up.
It was as if by shielding herself tightly, others wouldn't be able to see her.
Hinata was still far too shy.
"Sigh!"
Byakuya shook his head.
Forget it; the marks left by the Instant Shadow Killing Array began to flash.
In the next second, Byakuya instantly traveled with Hinata to a safe place.
Here, Sasuke was alone, looking after the unconscious Naruto and Gaara.
"That elusive Ninjutsu again!"
Every time Sasuke saw Byakuya perform the Instant Shadow Killing Array, he was incredibly shocked.
Because this Ninjutsu was simply too convenient.
"Hinata!"
Sakura immediately showed an excited expression when she saw Hinata beside Byakuya.
Having just experienced a great battle, perhaps one can only feel at ease after seeing familiar faces safe and sound.
On the other side, Temari was taking care of her younger brother, Gaara.
Seeing Byakuya return, she seemed to hesitate to speak.
Byakuya also saw the question she wanted to ask.
"Hidden Sand Village has failed, and even your leading Jonin, Baki, is dead."
Temari seemed to have expected this, so she didn't have much of a reaction.
She actually wanted to ask about the fate of the Fourth Kazekage, who was her father.
Although Rasa's actions weren't enough to call him a 'father', they were still related by blood.
"He's dead!"
Byakuya said flatly.
"As expected!"
Hearing this answer, Temari looked as if she had already anticipated it.
"Rasa was killed long ago; the Kazekage standing on the stage was actually Orochimaru in disguise."
Just as Temari's mood sank into a slump.
Byakuya's single sentence left everyone present completely dumbfounded.
"What? The Kazekage was actually that snake-like guy in disguise?"
Sasuke didn't expect that Orochimaru would actually dare to break into Konoha like that.
Thinking of the Curse Mark that Orochimaru had planted on his neck, Sasuke felt a wave of unease in his heart.
"Byakuya, where is Orochimaru now?"
Sasuke asked with a slight hint of panic.
Sasuke was worried that the guy would come looking for him once he knew his location.
"I've already killed him!"
To his surprise, Byakuya's words left Sasuke's heart unable to settle for a long time.
"Killed him!!"
Sasuke didn't expect Byakuya's strength to have already reached such a level.
Even a powerhouse like Orochimaru was no match for Byakuya at all.
Afterward, the look Sasuke directed at Byakuya became even more fervent.
Byakuya could easily defeat Orochimaru; if only he could take him as his master!
Sasuke didn't have any psychological burden about taking Byakuya as his master.
Only a top-tier expert like Byakuya could bring him more growth.
However, Sasuke didn't bring this matter up immediately.
Sasuke knew that his current self was not yet qualified to become the other's apprentice.
"Byakuya, what do you mean?"
Temari stood up with difficulty after learning the truth from Byakuya's mouth.
Then she looked at Byakuya with a face full of disbelief.
In other words, their Hidden Sand Village had been completely used by Orochimaru!
Everything was Orochimaru's plan!
"That's right!"
In her extreme sorrow, Temari could barely even stand steadily.
Their Hidden Sand Village was like a joke.
In the next second, Byakuya appeared beside Temari to support her.
Actually, Byakuya had said before that Temari and the others' actions were a failure from the very beginning.
"Byakuya!!"
Temari suddenly felt as if she had lost all support and lay in Byakuya's arms.
"Waaah!!"
Tears thus soaked Byakuya's chest.
However, Byakuya didn't resist much; after all, the Temari before him was his nominal wife.
Although Byakuya didn't intend to pursue the matter deeply.
But looking at Temari's serious expression, he knew she had definitely taken it seriously.
Afterward, Byakuya glanced at the equally at-a-loss Kankuro and the unconscious Gaara.
The winter belonging to these three siblings had not yet completely arrived.
The three of them would definitely have to return to Hidden Sand Village.
When the time came, Rasa would be dead, and even Baki would be dead.
Furthermore, most of Hidden Sand Village's elites had died in Konoha Village.
I'm afraid the days for these three siblings after they return won't necessarily be easy.
"It looks like I'll need to personally make a trip to Hidden Sand Village when the time comes!"
Byakuya only thought this in his heart.
But for now, it was better to hurry and resolve the matters in Konoha.
"Next, you can go to the Chunin Exams arena; the enemies there have been mostly dealt with."
Having done all this, Byakuya once again disappeared from everyone's field of vision.
In the Commercial Street near the Chunin Exams arena.
This was the last remaining batch of Hidden Sand Village Ninjas.
In other places, they had already been dealt with by Kakashi, Might Guy, and the Anbu.
It was just that Kakashi and the others didn't have Byakuya's terrifying perception ability.
And they also couldn't perform instantaneous transfers using the Instant Shadow Killing Array like Byakuya.
"Lee, Neji, hold on, I've already sent the signal!"
Tenten kept summoning Ninja Tools to restrict the Sand Ninjas' positions.
At the same time, a Signal Flare was fired into the sky.
The people around would rush over as soon as they saw it.
"No more chances!"
The Hidden Sand Village Ninjas were already like trapped beasts fighting.
They frantically attacked Neji and Lee.
Lee and Neji stood back-to-back facing the Sand Ninjas' attacks.
But it was clear that the two of them had already reached their limit.
"Neji, next, it's your turn to cover me!"
Lee's gaze gradually became firm.
"Eight Gates, Sixth Gate: Gate of View, Open!"
Facing a powerful enemy, Lee ultimately opened the sixth gate of the Eight Gates.
This was also out of necessity.
If he didn't open the Eight Gates, Lee wouldn't be able to contend with such a large number of Sand Ninjas at all.
"This kid is a bit strange; let's attack together and finish him off!"
The Sand Ninjas saw the threat from Lee and intended to act together.
"There's still me, Rapid-Fire Hidden Weapons!"
At the critical moment, Tenten's series of hidden weapon attacks successfully pinned down the Sand Ninjas.
"Damn it!"
At this moment, the Sand Ninjas finally realized how disgusting someone who uses hidden weapons could be.
That young girl had been throwing hidden weapons continuously for half an hour.
Is there no end to it?
"Take out the one throwing hidden weapons first!"
The Sand Ninjas exchanged glances, and immediately several Ninjas broke off to deal with Tenten.
Even a group of unprofessional Sand Ninjas knew that in a team fight, you should take out the marksman first.
Swoosh swoosh!
Tenten wasn't the only one who could use hidden weapons.
Four Sand Ninjas used explosive tag Kunai to trap Tenten's position.
"Oh no, I was careless!"
By the time Tenten realized it, it was already too late.
If the person standing here were Sasuke, he might have used the Sharingan to see through the trajectory of the explosive tag Kunai and dodge them precisely.
If it were Byakuya, there would be even less to worry about; Byakuya wouldn't even need to dodge.
These explosive tags couldn't cause him any harm.
With the Chakra Body Refining Technique, Byakuya could remain completely unscathed.
But Tenten couldn't.
She was just a young girl who used hidden weapons.
"Tenten!"
"Tenten!"
Neji and Rock Lee could only watch helplessly as their teammate fell into danger.
Yet they could do nothing.
At the moment the explosive tags detonated.
Tenten had already closed her eyes in fear.
"What a pity, I haven't even been in a relationship yet."
"If I had known, I wouldn't have just played with hidden weapons all the time."
With her eyes closed, Tenten grumbled to herself that she shouldn't have spent all her time with hidden weapons.
Resulting in her still being single now.
But for some reason, Tenten seemed to vaguely see Byakuya's handsome face.
"I didn't expect that God would let me see a handsome guy like Byakuya even after I died."
While Tenten was feeling smugly satisfied.
Byakuya looked at Tenten, whom he was holding in his arms, with a look of astonishment.
"Is this girl out of her mind? Why is she looking so happy?"
"It's Byakuya!"
Neji instantly exclaimed the moment he saw Byakuya.
"Is it? We're saved!"
At this time, Rock Lee also showed a weary smile after struggling to repel the enemy's attack.
"Am I late?"
Byakuya's cold voice immediately brought Tenten back to reality.
"Ah, what's going on? Am I not dead?"
Only then did Tenten realize that she didn't seem to be dead.
Tenten found herself being carried by Byakuya in a princess carry, having dodged the explosion of the explosive tags just now.
"Sorry, sorry!"
Tenten looked embarrassed; she had really thought she was blown to bits just now.
"Leave the people here to me!"
Byakuya said indifferently.
In the next second, his figure moved like a ghost, killing all the Sand Ninjas in a single blow.
"So fast!!"
Even Rock Lee, who had opened the Gate of View, could not keep up with Byakuya's trajectory at all.
In no time, all the Sand Ninjas were killed in a single strike!
"So, so powerful!"
Tenten was already dazed.
One must know that the three of them had put in a great deal of effort just to barely hold on until now.
Yet, Byakuya had dealt with all the Sand Ninjas in less than a single breath.
"Rock Lee, Neji, Tenten!"
At this time, Might Guy also rushed over.
It was just that he didn't have Byakuya's bug-like strength, so he arrived a bit later.
"Sensei!"
Upon seeing Might Guy's arrival, Rock Lee also endured the pain and deactivated the Sixth Gate Mode.
"Rock Lee, you opened the Sixth Gate!"
Might Guy looked at the incredibly weak Rock Lee, and combined with the situation just now.
Might Guy immediately knew that Rock Lee had opened the Eight Gates again.
Might Guy showed an expression of extreme grief upon seeing this.
He regarded Rock Lee as his only successor, but this successor now... "Guy, Rock Lee can still be saved."
Byakuya walked over at this time and checked Rock Lee's injuries.
As expected, character determines fate; even though he had already intervened once in the Forest of Death.
Rock Lee still inevitably walked down this path.
It wasn't that the Eight Gates couldn't be used, but Rock Lee's current age was not suitable for opening them frequently.
At this age, the body isn't even fully grown, yet it begins to suffer such frantic injuries.
No wonder there's a saying about'six minutes of cheating, six hundred episodes of being banned.'
One could even say that Rock Lee bet his entire peak on the Chunin Exams.
"Let's go regroup with everyone first. The damage Rock Lee sustained this time isn't particularly severe."
"I will take action once this matter is over!"
Byakuya said calmly.
Might Guy immediately showed an expression of immense gratitude.
"Thank you so much, Byakuya!"
Might Guy, carrying Rock Lee, bowed deeply to Byakuya.
Konoha was facing too many problems right now.
The death of the Third Hokage, the damage and reconstruction of Konoha, and the prisoners from the Hidden Sand Village.
Of course, the most critical issue now was to select a new Hokage for Konoha to stabilize the situation after the Third Hokage's death.
Might Guy's gaze toward Byakuya was incredibly firm.
Might Guy had never made such a resolute decision, which was to support Byakuya in becoming the next Hokage.
"Tenten, Neji, let's hurry to the Chunin Exam arena to regroup with everyone."
The important figures of Konoha had already gathered at the Chunin Exam arena.
The key was that other places couldn't support so many people.
Whether it was personnel from various Konoha departments, the heads of various clans, the Jonin Council, or the Anbu under the Third Hokage.
Almost everyone was gathered at the Chunin Exam arena.
On the other side, hidden beneath Konoha in the Root.
"Lord Danzo, the commotion on the surface seems to have disappeared. Should we take action?"
Groups of Root Ninjas knelt on one knee before Danzo, waiting for his orders.
Danzo looked into the distance expressionlessly, no one knowing what he was thinking.
"Members of Root!"
"Now, Sand Ninjas have invaded our Konoha. Follow me to kill the enemies!"
"Those who violate Konoha's territory, the Root will surely strike and crush them!"
After confirming that the surface had calmed down.
Danzo directly delivered a speech of 'high-minded righteousness.'
Subsequently, Danzo and his Root subordinates also rushed toward the Chunin Exam arena.
"Hiruzen, I'm coming to save you!"
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