Chapter 255: Attack on Konoha

When the next pair of combatants were announced, Shikamaru calmly watched. His student deftly jumped off the podium and found himself in the middle of the arena. Shino followed him with a leisurely step and stopped three meters from Sasuke.

Glancing at his opponent, the Uchiha snorted and turned to Shikamaru, nodding slightly. Aburame slowly adjusted his glasses and calmly looked at his opponent.

“I didn’t think that my opponent would be you, Sasuke Uchiha.

"Mm," the boy simply nodded.

As soon as the fight started, Sasuke immediately used his Lightning Release Chakra Mode and charged into the fight. Aburame didn't even have time to react when a fist flew into his head and smashed his dark glasses to smithereens. Drops of blood scattered to the sides, and the guy swept a dozen meters, drilling the ground under him. No bugs even managed to help him in such a confrontation. Many people in the stands shuddered, some immediately recognized this legendary technique! Lightning Release Chakra Mode, the famous Raikage nin-taijutsu, how could it fall into the hands of Konoha shinobi?!

Even the Hokage and Kazekage were surprised:

“This technique… Where did this kid get it from?” Rasa asked gloomily.

Hiruzen just shook his head.

“Who knows… The fight will be even more interesting.

“I doubt the bug boy is in big trouble now…”

- Probably...

The battle continued as expected. Although Shino was not a weakling, he did not hold out against Sasuke for a long time and lost. Then, it was time for the next fight.

Temari vs Shikamaru!

The guy smiled cheerfully, briefly glanced at the girl and immediately appeared in the arena. He already felt the danger coming, so this fight is nothing more than the beginning of something bigger.

Waving her fan, the beautiful Temari nimbly landed near Shikamaru and showed a charming smile, slightly embarrassed by his gaze.

Turning to one of the stands, the man smiled enigmatically:

“The seal has started working…well, good luck, Shukaku. It will start now!" Shikamaru had placed a temporary blocking seal on him during his encounter with Gaara. As soon as they try to attack him, which most likely would have happened, according to Orochimaru's plan. The seal will activate and help Gaara go on a rampage. Apparently, Orochi acted on his own, so there was no need for a seal, but with his actions, Shikamaru brought the enemy's plan into a quick turn.

“So he decided to wait until I was in the public eye, reasonable…”

Turning his attention back to Temari, the man smiled a little, stepped closer and quietly asked:

- Are you ready?

- For what?

We are fighting...

Genma immediately announced the start of the battle. But neither Temari nor Shikamaru were in a hurry to act. The man noticed strange movements in the back rows of the stands and narrowed his eyes:

“It started… Faster than I expected.

“N-started?” Temari looked around sharply. Before she had time to comprehend the situation, feathers suddenly scattered across the area. The genjutsu put most of the onlookers to sleep, and then a roar rumbled from behind the Konoha Barrier, and a wild roar filled the area. Three giant snakes, led by a huge black cobra, smashed the main wall and broke into Konoha. Many Hidden Sand shinobi rushed into battle, while Leaf's people went to defend. The real battle for the village has begun!

In the stands, Rasa took off and rushed at Hiruzen, the old man was already ready for this and easily called his staff, fighting off the enemy's kunai, and then dodged an avalanche of golden sand.

“Ha, and you Hiruzen are not as old as I was told. Commendable! Rasa nodded menacingly, taking off his mask and his hat, revealing himself in full combat gear.

The Hokage squinted and looked around. He already expected something like this, but he was obliged to assess the situation.

- Are you looking for something? The Kazekage chuckled, "Don't worry, Orochimaru is nearby!" This is the end for Konoha!

Meanwhile, while the ninja of Konoha and Sand clashed, and the snakes destroyed everything in their path, Shikamaru frowned in displeasure in the arena. Shinobi Sound, as expected, fought with enemy ninja in the stands. Kabuto also operated in that area, as did everyone Shikamaru knew. But Gaara was slowly turning into a monster, and in less than a minute, the huge monster Shukaku will appear here!

"It's getting better and better..." Turning to the troubled girl next to him, Shikamaru said:

“Temari, go away with your brother, try not to fight, Gaara says. Take care of yourself,” throwing the bracelet to the girl, the man added:

- In a difficult moment, send chakra to him, and I will help! Now leave!

Everything was going a little off plan, Orochimaru summoned another snake and a more dangerous one at that. The Kazekage is also not an easy force, and now the Hokage dealt with it. The Sannin hid, as did his Sound team. Moreover, Gaara began the conversion stage ...

With a scowl on his face, Shikamaru formed his hand seals and summoned a clone. To already knew what to do and went after Temari.

Then he abruptly pulled a huge scroll from the ring, folded a series of seals and threw a small ball of blood into it, and then slammed it on the ground:

- Great call! - at the same second, huge spiders flew out of a huge smoke screen in all directions, only a couple of times inferior to the huge size of the Hut. At the end, he, a huge black spider, also jumped out, leaning on Shikamaru, screwing up his sensitive eyes:

“It’s begun…” the giant hissed, quickly examining the situation. Unlike last time, it has grown again!

“Finish off the snakes,” Shikamaru immediately nodded in the direction of the four huge monsters. Hatu narrowed his eyes and suddenly fell silent, the summoning spiders flew sharply to the sides, and then a small female silhouette slipped out of the crowd. Standing next to Shikamaru, this little girl narrowed her eyes.

“So this is it?”

Khatu bowed with obvious concern and hissed:

- Is-s-sa! It is he!

The girl nodded and moved closer to Shikamaru. From this position, she looked more like a thirteen-year-old girl, extremely pale, which in turn gave her exceptional beauty. The same could be said about her beautiful face, black hair, braided in a high ponytail and scarlet eyes, which seemed to be hiding rivers of blood. In all her appearance, she seemed completely harmless. A little cute girl in a black short kimono, in dark boots and with a red ribbon on her right arm. But Shikamaru felt that a dangerous demon was hiding behind this beauty! He knew well from Hatu that among the spider species, there were individuals like this girl who could take on a human form and become terribly strong! Only by the reaction of a huge spider like Hatu, it became clear how scary this girl was. He literally trembled and bowed before her, and the point here is clearly not the cruel hierarchy of their kind ...

Isa walked close to Shikamaru and grinned ominously.

- What a look! I like your eyes! – taking a deep breath, Isa licked her lips charmingly:

And that smell!

Hatu hissed in surprise:

“Is-s-sa, the King said you shouldn’t…”

- Shut up! - the girl snorted irritably in her sonorous voice, capable of enchanting any mortal. She waved her hand to the side.

- Go here! Kill the nasty snakes!

Khatu bowed nervously and quickly fled with two dozen of his relatives. All the shinobi who were able to see this terrible spider army were covered in cold sweat, and as soon as they left, they finally breathed a sigh of relief. The battle gradually only became more terrifying as the petite girl stared at the man in front of her.