In Konoha, they wiped out the Sarutobi clan at the start.

Chapter 297 Before the Storm

The Zanpakuto slowly pierced through Jigen's head, blood dripping down the pure white blade. Senya calmly and composedly said:

"No matter how powerful the enemy, as long as it is a living being, it will have a soul."

"This is true of Urashiki Otsutsuki, Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Kaguya Otsutsuki, and even your so-called God of Otsutsuki is no exception."

"And you are the same. I know this body is not your original body. You just took over the body of this guy named Jigen through that so-called wedge."

Even if you destroy him, you won't truly die. But your soul definitely exists.

"Once your soul is severed, even if you have the ability to reincarnate, you will absolutely not survive."

"Ah, so Momoshiki's disappearance was your doing." Jigen's only remaining left eye narrowed slightly, his voice trembling as he spoke with difficulty.

"Clever, but no reward." Qianye laughed. "If this were in your world, I might be interested in playing with you for a while, but unfortunately, you shouldn't have invaded this place. You shouldn't have invaded my ninja world."

Chiya emphasized the words "my ninja world".

"Wait. I think we can talk some more." Cixian tried to struggle again, but Qianye didn't give him a chance.

With a swing of his Zanpakuto, he was cleaved in two, body and soul, until he was utterly dead.

Blood stained the ground. Qianye flicked his sword, his body dripping with blood, and released Uncle Sasuke and the lousy pineapple-headed guy from the system warehouse.

"Ah!" As soon as he was released, Pineapple Head let out a terrified scream.

Uncle Sasuke's expression wasn't very good either, but after all, he was someone who had experienced countless storms and been beaten up along the way.

Looking around and seeing that they had left that alternate dimension, he patted Boruto on the shoulder and comforted him, "Calm down, Boruto, we're out now."

It wasn't until Sasuke called out that Boruto snapped out of his daze, stopping his frantic gesticulation. "Huh? We're already out?"

"Is it really that exaggerated?" Qianye looked at him as if he were an idiot.

Upon hearing this, Boruto immediately went berserk. "You still dare to say that? You have no idea how terrifying that place is! You can't see, you can't touch, you can't breathe, you can't see anything, and you can't make a sound or speak. Your body feels like it's drifting in an endless abyss, constantly sinking and sinking. Yet you can't die. That feeling of suffocation, that feeling of terror!"

The middle-aged man ignored the pineapple-headed man's complaints, looked up at Qianye, and asked the question that was on his mind most: "How is the situation now?"

"I chased Raikage away a long time ago. As for that Jigen you mentioned," Chiya pointed behind them.

Upon hearing this, Boruto and Sasuke instinctively turned around, only to be horrified to see that Ji-hyun's body had been split in two and was beyond dead.

"How did you do that?" Boruto swallowed hard and couldn't help but ask.

Uncle Sasuke also cast a curious glance at him.

You should know that this guy was the one who once drove his father and teacher to the brink of despair.

Not only does it possess the ability to absorb ninjutsu, but it can also freely change the size of its own body and any non-living entity other than its own body.

Their physical skills are ridiculously strong.

How could someone with such great strength be killed so easily?

Moreover, Qianye's clothes were very clean, indicating that he had not experienced any hardship.

This is truly unbelievable.

"It's simple, just kill him before he can use his abilities." Qianye gestured with his right hand, and fire-attribute chakra gathered in his hand, turning into a ball of flame that burned Jigen's body to ashes.

Qianye didn't explain much; he was never one to flaunt his special abilities.

In his view, that was suicidal.

If you specifically explain your abilities to outsiders and then develop a strategy to counter them, you might end up making a huge mistake and suffering a loss.

Upon hearing this, both Pineapple Head and Uncle Sasuke were speechless with displeasure at Chiya's perfunctory words.

Then Qianye asked, "What are your plans next?"

Uncle Sasuke thought Chiya was trying to get rid of them. "Now that Jigen has been dealt with, we shouldn't stay in this world any longer. Let's head back."

"But before that, we need to find the turtle that Jigen took."

"I wonder where Cixian hid that turtle."

As he spoke, Uncle Sasuke glanced back at Jigen's body, which had been burned to ashes, and felt a surge of unbearable grief.

"This is simple." Qianye spread out his left hand and symbolically formed a hand seal with his right.

search!

The sound of something cutting through the air rang out.

A faint golden light passed by.

A turtle with a red ribbon tied to it appeared out of thin air in Qianye's palm; it was the very same turtle that Uncle Sasuke had mentioned as the "brain."

"How did you do that?" Boruto asked in surprise.

Before Chiya could answer, Uncle Sasuke chimed in, "That should be the Flying Thunder God Technique, right?"

Boruto was taken aback. "Grandpa's space-time ninjutsu?"

"To be precise, it's the Second Hokage's, and then I improved it. The Fourth Hokage improved the Flying Thunder God Technique. It's still in Konoha. I don't know where it's hidden."

Qianye pointed to the fleeting Flying Thunder God mark on the turtle's back, "Back when we last met, just in case, I secretly left my mark on it, and so did you. Otherwise, you probably wouldn't find it even if you searched your whole life."

"Huh? We have them on us too?" Pineapple Head felt a chill run down his spine.

"Of course." Qianye didn't waste any more words with them. He injected chakra into the turtle, and the turtle's shell immediately opened layer by layer, revealing a dazzling golden ball of light.

A golden light burst forth, enveloping Sasuke and Boruto. As the light dissipated, the two returned to their own worlds.

For safety reasons, Qianye left the tortoise behind; otherwise, he couldn't guarantee that another Otsutsuki clan member wouldn't suddenly appear and cause trouble.

The Land of Fire.

Konohagakure (Hidden Leaf Village)

After being comforted by Iruka and Shikamaru, Naruto regained his fighting spirit.

Determined to avenge his "mentor," he went to Mount Myōboku to learn magic.

After deciphering the coded message "no true form" left by Jiraiya on his deathbed, and combining it with the information given by Chiya, they found that...

All Konoha residents and the new generation of ninjas were transferred to the Hokage Rock shelter ahead of schedule.

Konoha thus entered a state of war.

The setting sun casts its last rays on the falling yellow leaves, creating dappled light and shadow that weave together traces of time.

The once bustling and lively Konoha is gone, replaced by silence.

The entire Hidden Leaf Village fell into a frozen silence.

This was the calm before the storm, even though there was a hint of gunpowder in the air.

The autumn wind blew, and yellow leaves fluttered into the Hokage's office.

Tsunade stood up and looked out the window, her mind beginning to doubt herself. Could Konoha really overcome this crisis against such a powerful enemy?

(End of this chapter)