I, Uchiha, will not be whitewashed!

Chapter 104 The Collapse of Konoha Begins!

In the second match, the referee announced the names: "Kankuro vs. Shino Aburame."

Kankuro stood up and raised his hand to the referee.

"I abstain."

His voice wasn't loud, but it could be heard throughout the entire venue.

Some people in the audience were discussing it, while others were puzzled.

Temari paused for a moment, then put the three-star fan off her shoulder, glanced at Kankuro, and nodded.

Both of them knew that the secret of puppetry should not be revealed here. Kankuro's puppets were Sunagakure's trump card, and it would be more valuable to save them for the battlefield than to use them in the exam.

The referee declared Shino Aburame the winner.

In the third match, Shikamaru faced off against Temari.

Shikamaru walked slowly onto the field with his hands in his pockets.

Temari stood opposite, carrying a three-star fan, her golden ponytail swaying in the sunlight.

The referee announced the start of the match, and Shikamaru sighed, pulling his hand out of his pocket.

"This is so troublesome."

Although he complained about the trouble, Shikamaru's eyes immediately scanned the entire scene, calculated various data, and finally formed multiple battle plans in his mind.

He didn't move, and neither did Temari.

The two stared at each other for a few seconds, and Temari couldn't help but make the first move.

Samsung swung the fan down, and a gust of wind carrying sand and gravel rushed towards his face.

Shikamaru dodged to the side, his shadow spreading out from beneath his feet. It wasn't fast, but it was like a venomous sting, relentlessly pursuing him.

After a period of playing "hide-and-seek"

Shikamaru, with his overwhelming intelligence, captured Temari.

"Shadow Imitation Technique successful." Shikamaru panted.

Temari's arm was controlled by the shadow, and the three-star fan was held in mid-air, unable to be lowered.

Temari's expression changed drastically as she prepared to withstand Shikamaru's attack, as if facing a formidable enemy.

"I surrender."

Shikamaru suddenly raised his hand, admitting defeat very decisively.

The referee paused for a moment, then declared Temari the winner.

Shikamaru stood up, dusted off his pants, and turned to walk off the field.

Ino shouted from behind, "Shikamaru, what are you doing? You were about to win, why are you giving up?"

Shikamaru waved his hand. "My chakra is exhausted. And this is troublesome!"

In the shadows, Shuoge leaned against the Fire Shadow Rock, his mask hanging at his waist and his knife at his side. His eyes were closed, his breathing steady, like a fossil embedded in the rock.

Bai squatted on another rock three meters behind him, with a thousand books between his fingers, his eyes fixed on the direction of the arena.

Shisui stood on a large tree further away, his chakra restrained to the extreme, even his aura merging into the wind.

Shuoge opened his eyes, stretched, and his joints clicked slightly. He stood up, put on his mask, and slung his knife behind his back. Bai turned his head, awaiting instructions.

"Is it finally about to begin?" Shuoge's voice came from behind the mask, muffled, as if through a layer of water.

Bai remained silent.

Shuoge took two steps forward and stood on the edge of the highest stand, looking down at the arena below.

His Mangekyou Sharingan slowly rotated behind the mask, three black crescent moons silently spinning within his red pupils.

Inside the arena, Sasuke and Gaara's battle has reached a fever pitch.

Chidori's blue and white lightning exploded in the center of the arena, piercing Gaara's sand and embedding his body in the wall below the stands.

The audience stood up, some cheered, some screamed, and all eyes were on the two genius teenagers.

Shuoge's lips twitched slightly, not in a smile, but as he calculated the time.

It was at that moment. He remembered that just as Sasuke and Gaara's battle was at its most intense, and everyone's attention was focused on them, Orochimaru made his move.

He raised his hand, Bai stood up from the rock, and Zhishui silently moved closer.

"Ready."

Haku retrieved his senbon needles into his ninja tool pouch, and Shisui placed his hand on a kunai. Three people, three directions, three pairs of eyes, waiting for O.

Inside the arena, Sasuke's Chidori lit up again, the blue and white lightning illuminating his face.

The black lines of the curse mark spread from his neck to his cheeks, and he gritted his teeth, his speed not slowing down at all.

Gaara rose from the rubble, sand gushing from his body, his form beginning to deform. The chakra of his half-tailed beast form stirred up a whirlwind that blinded the spectators in the stands.

All eyes were focused on the center of the field.

No one noticed the white feathers drifting down from the sky above the arena.

The feathers were very light, as light as willow catkins in spring, shimmering softly in the sunlight.

A piece of something landed on the audience member's face, and the person froze for a moment, their eyelids starting to droop.

Another leaf landed on someone else's shoulder, who yawned and slid off the chair.

One after another, the civilians in the stands fell down, like dominoes.

Some people collapsed into the arms of their neighbors, some leaned on the railing, and some fell asleep before even opening their snack bags.

The Konoha ninjas endured the pain, some biting their lips until they bled, others stabbing their thighs with kunai, using the pain to fight against the genjutsu.

But the illusion covered too much area, and there were too many civilians. Chaos spread from the edge of the stands to the center, like ripples spreading across water.

Minato rose from his seat, his Hokage robes billowing in the wind. He looked at the Kazekage beside him, who was also looking at him. Their gazes met in the air.

"Orochimaru, have you finally decided to take action?" Minato's voice was cold.

"Tsk—we've been discovered, haven't we?" The Kazekage tore off his mask, revealing his golden vertical pupils to the sunlight. Orochimaru's hair fell loose, his hands formed hand seals, and chakra exploded from within him.

The Sound Four behind him quickly dispersed.

The Four Purple Flame Array rose from the four corners of the arena, and the purple light curtain spread rapidly, enveloping Minato, Jiraiya and Sakumo Hatake disguised as guards behind him, and Mei Terumi sitting on the other side of Minato.

Mei Terumi raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of surprise flashing in her emerald green eyes, before a smile played on her lips. She stuck out her tongue and licked her red lips.

"Is this some entertainment prepared by the Hokage?"

She realized that her chance to retrieve the decapitation sword had come.

If Konoha suffers heavy losses in this attack, she will have more leverage to negotiate with Minato.

Of course, the prerequisite is that she has to get out alive first.

Orochimaru's lips curled into a smile as he slapped the ground with both hands. Three coffins rose from the ground—the First Hokage, the Second Hokage, and the Third Hokage. The coffin lids opened, and three figures emerged from the smoke.

"The Konoha Crush Plan, now begins."

Minato didn't look at him. He glanced at Mei Terumi, then at the chaos outside the Four Purple Flame Formation, and slid the kunai out of his sleeve and held it in his palm.

"Gentlemen, what follows is a tough battle."

Jiraiya rolled up his sleeves and formed hand seals.

Sakumo Hatake's sword was already half an inch out of its sheath.

Minato then said to Mei Terumi, "You can have the Executioner's Blade."

"condition?"

"Deal with Orochimaru."

"make a deal."

Mei Terumi drew a kunai from her sleeve and held it horizontally in front of her to protect her vitals.

From the edge of the high stands, Shuoge watched the purple light screen rise and the three Hokage emerge from the coffin. His hand remained on the hilt of his sword, undrawn.

"It's begun." He turned and walked towards the secret service's hideout. "Proceed according to plan."

The white and still water dispersed silently.

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