Naruto: My version is ahead of the ninja world

Danzo Shimura was definitely not the kind of ninja who could single-handedly cut through the battlefield. He lacked both strength and courage. He was neither the "White Fang of Konoha" nor the "Yellow Flash".

Danzo was merely an elite Jonin. Aside from his later self-modification through unorthodox methods, his actual overall skill level was even inferior to Kakashi's later.

Okay, saying "even" seems a bit insulting to Kakashi, there aren't many Jonin who can consistently outclass Kakashi.

As for combat intelligence and adaptability, there's not much to say. It can only be said that Danzo has a very distinctive personality—he can use "Izanagi" as a substitution technique and also tried to pierce Susanoo with kunai.

In this respect, he actually behaved much like Sasuke Uchiha. During the Pacific War, when Sasuke Uchiha was driven to a dead end, he also did something like wielding a cold weapon and leaping to slash at the Yata Mirror.

In short, simply because of his personality, Shimura Danzo could not choose to face the Second Kazekage alone; he had to take his "underlings" with him.

On the land of rivers, the Second Kazekage, who had been keeping quiet all along, was finally about to make a move.

The Second Kazekage initially held back to give Konoha enough time to react. Now that Konoha's camp has undoubtedly received the relevant intelligence, the Second Kazekage will have to urge Konoha to take action as soon as possible.

Faced with an enemy like him, Konoha's commander can't just hesitate, can he? No problem, the Kazekage can make the decision for Konoha.

To the Konoha ninjas around him, the Second Kazekage, who had been keeping quiet, suddenly raised his left arm shakily.

This single action immediately caused the Konoha ninjas around to clench their kunai tightly.

"Watch out! His chakra flow is changing drastically!" someone shouted.

Some Konoha ninjas can easily see through the changes in an enemy's chakra, but what's the point of just seeing through it? Can they block the enemy's attacks?

"Is it Byakugan? Hyuga ninjas are such a nuisance," the Second Kazekage, Shamon, thought to himself.

Thinking this, his outstretched arm suddenly stopped trembling. Then he swung one hand forward, and the ground beside his body suddenly surged, as if a "spring" had suddenly appeared out of thin air.

However, what gushed out of this spring was not spring water, but fine sand.

First it springs forth, then it bursts forth and flows.

Like ocean waves, the sandfall surged towards the Konoha ninja's location under the Kazekage's command. The avalanche-like attack instantly engulfed the Konoha ninja who couldn't escape. Then, the sand violently contracted, like a towel being wrung out.

What kind of sandstorm funeral is this?

Those unfortunate Konoha ninjas immediately lost all their vitality and their lives became completely quiet.

This method of controlling sand to attack is very comprehensive in both offense and defense, and it is difficult to call it a simple ninjutsu. It is more like a special kind of chakra transformation and usage.

If we trace its origins, we can trace it back to the One-Tailed Shukaku—the Second Kazekage thoroughly studied the One-Tailed Shukaku's chakra.

"Back off, back off! Don't get close to them, attack from a distance..."

There's simply no way to engage in close combat with an enemy like that. This conclusion is easy to reach, but while the principle is simple, putting it into practice is very difficult... The Kazekage's attack range is significantly longer. If a regular ninjutsu wants to reach him, it must first enter his attack range.

For ordinary ninjas, the so-called mid-range ninjutsu has an attack range of only five to ten meters. Anything exceeding ten meters can be considered long-range ninjutsu, and even then, it will generally not exceed twenty meters.

In other words, ninjas actually have short arms, and the range of most ninjutsu is not as long as that of shuriken.

The Konoha ninjas retreated while attacking with throwing weapons, but these attacks were easily blocked by the flowing sand wall.

Yu Xian observed from a distance. The Kazekage's attack method was clearly from the same series as Gaara's later style, but compared to Gaara's refined control, the Second Kazekage, as the starting point of the technique, was much more crude.

Although this Kazekage is not a Jinchūriki, Hagen has reason to suspect that the other party "borrowed" the chakra of Shukaku the One-Tailed Beast.

"Captain, what should we do? Our squad is all melee combat..." Shinji Kohinata asked.

As he spoke, he casually threw a kunai in the direction of the enemy, with an explosive tag attached to it. However, this attempt was unsurprisingly blocked by the enemy.

The kunai and the explosive tags disappeared into the sand without a sound, just like a mud ox sinking into the sea.

"The enemy has already begun their attack, and we have no choice but to join the fight," Inuzuka said.

If the 11th Squad were to participate in the battle, it would be tantamount to suicide. However, they had no choice but to do so because they only had two options: either remain steadfast in the face of friendly forces in distress, or try to die.

Fleeing the battlefield was clearly not in this captain's plans.

Fortunately, they didn't need to launch an attack. Kohinata Shingan's attack had drawn some of the Kazekage's attention, and they soon realized the true situation on the battlefield... Sure enough, the Kazekage had surrounded all the Konoha ninjas by himself.

because……

The sand surged and waves of sand, and one by one, "sand soldiers" emerged from the sand. Some of them were clones, like "sand clones," while the others were the corpses of Konoha ninjas who had just died.

They were manipulated.

"Puppet Technique..." Inuzuka's expression turned grim.

The development of puppetry follows the lineage of the Second Kazekage, Shamon, then Monzaemon, and finally Chiyo. The technique originated with the Second Kazekage and matured with Monzaemon.

Normally, the trouble with puppetry is that you can't get close to the puppeteer before you can deal with the puppet, and the puppet is covered in poison. But at this moment, Inuzuka Tsukasa finds it hard to accept puppetry because the Kazekage is messing with the corpses of Konoha ninjas.

A ninja's physical strength is limited, making them unsuitable material for a puppet; the other party's actions were clearly intended to disgust people.

This psychological warfare had an immediate effect, and someone in the team immediately became angry.

Might Guy first looked at the Konoha ninja, who were covered in blood and moving like zombies, then turned his gaze to the Kazekage. He then spoke in a tone different from usual:

"The so-called Wind Shadow seems to lack any magnanimity."

Uh, how is this judgment made? If manipulating corpses means lacking magnanimity and unworthy of being a Kage, then what about the Second Hokage? He not only manipulated corpses, but even manipulated souls.

As they spoke, the sand soldiers and puppets had already surrounded them.

"Prepare to welcome..."

Before the captain could finish speaking, someone over there was already unleashing their inner power.

"Eight Gates Formation, First Gate: Open! Open!"

"Second door, rest door, open!"

"The third gate of life, open!"

"Fourth Gate, the Gate of Injury, open!"

"Fifth Gate, the Gate of Closure, open!"

Matt Day was being a bit too impulsive; to the astonishment of the other team members, he opened five doors in a row.

Yu Xian thought, "You're going to unleash your ultimate move right from the start? That's really unnecessary. We can test the strength of the battle slowly."