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Chapter 304 The Powerful Akatsuki (First Update)

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Li Chuan, who was studying ninjutsu using shadow clones in his room, heard a huge explosion outside. He immediately retracted his shadow clones and appeared on the roof in a flash.

"It's finally here!"

Looking at the scene of various ninjutsu flying around in the southern area of ​​Konoha Village, a smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

He knew that the Akatsuki had finally attacked Konoha under his guidance, and that his becoming the Fifth Hokage was highly likely to be a done deal.

"A powerful enemy has invaded. All Jonin and Chunin of the Sarutobi clan, follow me to the South Gate to provide support. Genin, evacuate the villagers!"

Li Chuan was currently living in a house belonging to the Sarutobi clan, so he soon saw the Sarutobi clan ninjas begin to move.

At the same time, he also saw that the Third Hokage had put on his armor again and was leading the Anbu ninjas towards the southern part of Konoha. He must have known that the situation was serious and was planning to take action personally.

However, it was indeed quite serious, because the southern area was collapsing very quickly, and the explosions were moving towards the north of the village, indicating that the ninjas at the south gate were clearly unable to offer any resistance.

That's normal, really. There aren't many ninjas in Konoha who can stop Pain's Six Paths right now, not to mention the other members of Akatsuki.

If Guy were to open the Eight Gates, he would be incredibly powerful, but he would inevitably die after opening them. Moreover, opening the Eight Gates without knowing anything about Pain's Six Paths is completely useless.

Even if Kai opens all eight gates and defeats the most powerful Deva Path with a single kick, he will be resurrected by the Hell Path in the next second.

Might Guy's power when he opens all eight gates surpasses that of a Kage-level character; he is indeed terrifyingly strong and could even shatter half of Madara's body with a single kick.

However, it is too one-dimensional and easy to be countered. If Madara hadn't wanted to test Guy's Eight Gates and chose to take the hit head-on, there were many ways to dodge Guy's attacks.

In this world, if the difference in strength is not too great, information about ninjas is very important.

If Guy knew the information about the Akatsuki members, he could instantly kill any of them by opening all eight gates; no one could withstand his life-burning kick.

But if he didn't know, and Akatsuki found out about his Eight Gates technique, then apart from Kisame, he probably wouldn't be able to kill any of them.

Nagato aside, it's all for naught if you can't find his true form. Konan can turn into paper, so she's almost immune to physical attacks unless her chakra is depleted.

Obito could escape using Kamui and return after the Eight Gates are closed; Deidara could fly into the sky to hide; Sasori is useless unless his core is destroyed, they are all just puppets.

Kakudo has five lives, Hidan is immortal, and Zetsu's body is White Zetsu, so he can change bodies after he dies.

As for Itachi, given Itachi's combat intelligence, Guy would probably be tricked into using Tsukuyomi before he could even open the Eight Gates, or he would be directly hit by Amaterasu.

In fact, Li Chuan was unaware at this time that Kai was no longer in the village.

It wasn't because he was leading Neji and the others on a mission like last time; on the contrary, he was in the south of the village at the time, and was among the first ninjas to fight against the Akatsuki members.

Before he could even open the Eight Gates, Obito ambushed him and used Kamui to send him to the Land of Water, the furthest place from Konoha. It'll probably be three to five days before he can get back to Konoha.

The main reason is that Obito was kicked away by Guy during the Chunin Exams, so he knows the power of Guy's Eight Gates and also knows about his father Dai's feat of instantly killing the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist by opening all eight gates.

So, just to be on the safe side, he used Kamui to ambush and send Kai away the moment he saw him.

The Third Hokage led the Anbu ninjas, leaping southwards towards the village, while ninjas from various clans residing in the north of the village received orders to join them.

"How many enemies are there? What's the current situation?"

"There are currently eleven people under observation. The situation is very bad. The ninjas guarding the south gate have suffered heavy casualties, and a large number of civilians have been affected."

A Hyuga clan ninja from the Anbu reported to his superior, using his Byakugan.

"After crossing the river, send one-third of the ninjas to evacuate the villagers south of the village. Once the villagers have evacuated, concentrate our forces to deal with the invading ninjas."

Upon hearing this, the third generation immediately issued an order.

Most of the villagers who didn't know ninjutsu lived in the southern part of the village, and he was afraid that the battle with the enemy would cause more villagers to be injured or killed.

"Sir, the enemy has a ninja flying in the air who keeps throwing explosive ninjutsu down on the village. The attack range is huge, and if we don't take him out, it will be difficult for the villagers to evacuate safely!"

The ANBU member Hyuga reported back again.

The Third Hokage looked up at the sky to the south of the village, where a ninja was indeed standing on a white bird, constantly throwing white clay down. Each time the clay hit the ground, it would explode and destroy a section of houses.

Currently, there are no ninjas in Konoha who can fly.

"Sarutobi clan, listen to my command! In a moment, disperse to various locations south of the village and use fire-style techniques to detonate the clay bombs in advance, covering the villagers' evacuation."

"Yes, Hokage-sama!"

The current head of the Sarutobi clan responded.

However, Shikaku, the strategist of Konoha, frowned deeply upon hearing the Third Hokage's order.

"My lord, the enemy is very strong. Our forces are too scattered, and we may find it difficult to deal with them."

The south gate of the village was guarded by a considerable number of ninjas. However, only a few minutes had passed since the news of the enemy invasion was received from the barrier team, and now most of the buildings in the south gate had been destroyed.

This shows that the enemy's strength is beyond their imagination. Even when Orochimaru and the Sand Village attacked Konoha together last time, the speed of their conquest was much slower than it is now.

At this point, sending one-third of the ninjas to evacuate the villagers, and then sending in the powerful Sarutobi clan ninjas to assist, was not a wise decision.

In his opinion, all the ninjas should be concentrated to deal with the invaders first. Although the losses in the south of the village would be heavier, the north of the village could at least be preserved, and the strength of the village could be maintained to the greatest extent.

"If we don't disperse, it will be difficult to deal with, so our operation in the future should focus on delaying and avoid direct confrontation."

The third generation couldn't help but sigh.

Through the information transmitted by the barrier team, he already knew that the attackers were the mysterious Akatsuki organization infiltrated by Itachi. Based on the strength of the Akatsuki members that Itachi had reported back over the years, Konoha was in trouble this time.

This is much more troublesome than the previous joint attack by Orochimaru and the Sand Village.

Just as the third generation was deep in thought, a figure suddenly appeared beside him. It was none other than Li Chuan.

"Kawa-sama!"

The ninjas' eyes lit up when they saw Li Chuan. Many of them had survived the last great battle because of Li Chuan's medical ninjutsu.

"Teacher, leave the villagers and the wounded to me, and I'll also handle the ninja in the sky. You all focus on dealing with the invaders."

Li Chuan activated Sage Mode, formed hand seals, and instantly created thousands of shadow clones. Each shadow clone then disappeared, reappearing carrying wounded ninjas and villagers.

Meanwhile, his true form unfurled its flying sword wings and flew towards Deidara in the air.

(End of this chapter)