Konoha: Starting the Game as Yoriichi

BOOM!

The pillar of light that shot into the sky was like a column of the sun, but it flashed with a deep blackness, a terrifying power. An incomparably vast, malevolent aura and a violent chakra directly overturned the entire sky. Dark clouds rolled in, bringing with them one thundercloud after another. It had changed the weather.

The next second, the giant body of the One-Tailed Shukaku emerged from within Gaara's body, appearing in the Sand Village.

"The One-Tail was actually released..."

"Even if the enemy is strong, there's no need to release that guy in the village. That's a Tailed Beast."

They were dumbfounded. Those genin were scared silly. Watching this scene, the terrifying image of the One-Tail's appearance... no matter how hard they thought, they couldn't understand why the lord ANBU captain would release such an evil Tailed Beast.

He's mad! He's mad! He must be mad!

It should be known that humans can be defeated, but a Tailed Beast... is invincible.

At this moment, all the people of the Sand Village who did not know of Kusuo's battle record looked at the One-Tail with its monstrous aura, and a wave of despair washed over their hearts. To release a Tailed Beast inside the village... who didn't know how strong a Tailed Beast's destructive power was? They feared they wouldn't die at the hands of the intruder, but instead be killed by their own people.

On the other side, Baki and Granny Chiyo watched all of this happen with a mixture of worry and helplessness. They did not stop it. To release Shukaku in front of the villagers was an extremely bold, even insane act. But at this point, they knew that only Shukaku could resist that Konoha Asura's sword.

Others, as strong as they were, were simply no match for a single one of his slashes.

"ROAR, ROAR, ROAR, ROAR, ROAR."

Shukaku, its yellow body covered in black markings, let out a wild laugh the moment it appeared. The exhilaration of being released after being imprisoned for so many days made it want to immediately spit out a few Drilling Air Bullets and destroy everything—destroy this village that had imprisoned it for who knows how many years.

Then, its small black eyes subconsciously swept across the ground, wanting to see where to start.

Wait a minute... who is that?

In an instant, the atmosphere came to an abrupt halt.

Quiet. Quiet. A deathly silence fell.

Shukaku's movements and its voice... all froze at this moment. It was as if the entire world had been frozen in time. Because it saw a familiar figure. That red-clothed boy, so familiar that its very soul trembled with fear, was standing there with his sword, staring at it with a smile.

Shukaku was stunned. What the hell? How did this monster appear here, in the Sand Village?

'Run!'

"Run, quick!"

"Or I'll be cut to death by this guy!"

A deep sense of lingering fear surfaced in Shukaku's heart. In the blink of an eye, it instinctively wanted to escape into the desert underground. But then it thought again. Right now, I don't have Gaara's body to use as a cover. That brat is currently unconscious, sealed in a jar! If I run outside, I'll be too big of a target. I'll definitely be chased down and hacked at, one slash after another, until my soul is shattered and I turn into a completely mindless ball of chakra!

That scene... was too terrifying for Shukaku. It trembled in its heart.

"What's going on?"

"What's wrong with Shukaku?"

"Why... did it suddenly stop moving?"

"I... I don't know either."

"Maybe... it's thinking about how to deal with the enemy?"

The ninja of the Sand Village watched Shukaku standing there stunned, their own minds completely baffled. Strange. Too strange. Why is this happening? Shukaku, which had caused chaos multiple times throughout history, which was known for being bloodthirsty and insane, was standing still as if frozen. It was as if it had been hit by a paralysis jutsu.

The ANBU captain was also dumbfounded. He disregarded the danger to his own life and roared at Shukaku, "One-Tail, aren't you usually so capable of causing trouble? Why have you gone silent? Kill him for me!"

"Kill that brat, and we can discuss any other conditions!" As the ANBU captain, he had completely abandoned his position as a Sand Village ninja. As long as Shukaku could help kill this boy, no matter how excessive its demands were, it wasn't impossible for them to agree. Most importantly, they weren't afraid. After all, they had ways to seal Shukaku. But this Asura from Konoha was as strong as a monster; they were simply no match for him.

"ROAR! Kill your sister! Are you trying to get me killed? Seeing him now, if I don't run, when will I?" Shukaku let out a sharp roar, roaring back at the Sand ANBU captain. It gave a very human-like eye-roll with its small black eyes.

Then, under the watchful eyes of all, it shrunk back into the jar with a whoosh.

In an instant, the heavens and the earth returned to peace. The dark clouds dissipated. The wind and sand subsided. The wild and terrifying pillar of chakra also gradually receded, calming down within the sealing jar.

It was as if... everything that had just happened was an illusion. As if nothing had happened at all.

"Hiss."

"Is this fake?"

"What did I just see? Shukaku actually ran away?"

"Just like that?"

"It didn't even fight, it just ran away?"

"Are we sure what we saw wasn't a fake Tailed Beast?"

"Useless! What a useless thing! This is a disgrace to all the Tailed Beasts!"

The shock brought by the One-Tailed Shukaku's retreat was immense. It was even far greater than the scene of Kusuo killing the three elders with a single slash. After all, the elders were old and their strength had declined; everyone knew that. But a Tailed Beast was different. Such a terrifying existence was actually scared away by a human. Was that guy the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, or Madara Uchiha reincarnated?

"Heh, I didn't expect this guy to have such a long memory, to know to be afraid after being beaten." At this moment, a light laugh from a boy was heard.

And then, Kusuo walked over to the jar sealing Gaara with a casual air. Inside it was also the sealed One-Tailed Shukaku. He gently poked it with his sword. As if sensing something, the jar actually let out a strange chakra fluctuation. And he seemed to be able to understand that this chakra fluctuation was begging for mercy.

Shukaku is begging for mercy?!

The shock in their hearts could no longer describe what they were feeling. Baki and Chiyo thought with bitterness. Konoha... it seems another figure like Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju has really appeared.

Looking at Kusuo's red-clothed figure, even though he was an enemy, at this moment they had to admit: he possessed the style and charm of a God of Shinobi.

"It seems you have no other tricks up your sleeves," Kusuo said. "In that case, obediently let me send you on your way." The faint words were transmitted, and immediately everyone's hearts leaped into their throats. A deep fear of death descended upon them.

But Kusuo didn't give them any time to react at all. The breathing in his body immediately began to circulate, and he suddenly became as ethereal and sharp as the wind.

"Wind Breathing, Ninth Form! Idaten Typhoon!"

From top to bottom... SWISH!

A world-shaking slash. A sword light that cut through the clouds flashed past, bringing with it a fierce wind like a giant tornado. Within it were wind blades and lightning, intertwined. The blue lightning and the green wind blades wove together, crackling loudly.

Kusuo had only swung his sword once, and had created a tornado out of thin air.

"This..."

"Gulp..."

"Are we going to die now?"

"Why can he unleash a sword aura of this scale?"

"Is he still human?"

Everyone stared blankly at the giant black tornado, a hundred meters high and dozens of meters wide, feeling their lives turn gray.

Clatter! Clatter!

Countless weapons fell to the ground. Faced with this power of nature, they had even given up resisting. It was just like in the original story, when Madara Uchiha summoned his Shattered Heaven. Their levels were simply not on the same line.

Baki, Chiyo, the ANBU captain, countless jonin, chunin, and genin who had remained... were all swept into it. The wind blades and sword aura cut through their bodies. The blood was stirred into a mass in the tornado, dyeing the sand within it red. The land where the tornado passed, the buildings, defenses, sand, and so on... were all wiped out. A scene of tragedy and devastation.

Aside from a very few children and all the civilians who were hiding in the evacuation shelters, whom Kusuo couldn't be bothered with, the entire Sand Village had been flattened by him, with his own power.

When all the dust had settled, Kusuo was surprised to find that the jar sealing Gaara and the One-Tail was gone. It seemed that the two siblings, Temari and Kankuro, had seen that the situation was not good and had run away with the jar in advance.

Oh well.

Shaking his head, these things had nothing to do with him.

[Current Role-Play Percentage: 76.25%.] Note: This number is inconsistent with previous progression.

The role-play percentage had skyrocketed by about five percent. According to the current progress, it had saved him about three years of hard training. As expected, killing monsters gave much more experience than just swinging a sword.

"Next target: the Daimyo of the Land of Wind."

He whispered to himself and took out the mission scroll the Land of Wind had given to the Akatsuki from his clothes. This thing would have to be handed over to Tsunade later to be used as political ammunition. As for the Daimyo of the Land of Wind... there should be many powerful guards there as well.

Sheathing his sword, he glanced at the map for the location of the capital of the Land of Wind, then got up and set off.

...

Within the borders of the Land of Wind, in the capital city... This was one of the few large oases in the entire country and was used as the capital of the nation. Walking on the streets, one could clearly feel that many places were already similar to those in Konoha Village. People came and went; it was bustling with excitement. Many vendors were shouting on the street, calling out to the passing crowds to buy their goods.

Kusuo held his sword, walking with his head down in silence. At the very front of this road was the location of the Daimyo's residence.

"Who are you?! Stop!"

Under a tall archway, two samurai with swords blocked his path. Looking up, Kusuo found that they were just two ordinary people. Kusuo couldn't be bothered with nonsense. With a backhand slash, he slit their throats.

"You..." These two gate-keeping samurai never thought someone would dare to trespass on the Daimyo's residence. They even less expected this person's swordsmanship to be so formidable. They hadn't even been able to see his movements clearly before their throats were slit by one slash.

Schlick.

Blood sprayed from their necks. This scene terrified the commoners on the street. Screams and the sound of trampling were in chaos.

But Kusuo paid them no mind and had already walked into the Daimyo's residence. Here, pavilions and terraces were all present, and there was no shortage of all kinds of exotic flowers and plants.

In the garden, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, with a long, suffering face, was currently blindfolded, chasing after the young girls in the courtyard. Most of them were girls between the ages of thirteen or fourteen to seventeen or eighteen. They were a flock of chattering orioles, filled with an air of extravagance.

Suddenly, the Daimyo caught a figure. He immediately laughed lewdly, "Haha, I caught you!"

However, the person who was caught seemed to have no reaction. The Daimyo of the Land of Wind took off the blindfold in confusion and found that it was actually a handsome young boy.

"Who are you? Who let you in?"

Kusuo looked at him with cold eyes, not speaking. He kicked him to the ground with one foot. The immense force even broke the old Daimyo's ribs.

"Uwaah!" He spat out a mouthful of blood.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Instantly, countless shuriken and hidden weapons attacked.

"So you've finally come? It seems that centuries of peaceful times have made you completely lose your vigilance."

With a casual slash of his sword, all the flying shuriken and hidden weapons were cut in two.

SWISH!

SWISH!

SWISH!

Three figures with deep auras flashed out from the backyard. He sensed their breathing slightly. They were probably between the jonin and elite jonin levels.

Kusuo's eyelids drooped slightly, as if he were a little disappointed. "Better than nothing, I suppose."

Schlick! Schlick! Schlick!

He slashed with his sword.

BOOM!

A golden sword aura streaked across the entire Daimyo's residence. The magnificently decorated buildings and all kinds of exotic flowers and plants were instantly destroyed. And those three jonin... they only managed to block for less than half a second before they were cut in two in their horror. Their bodies, severed in two, fell to the ground.

"No! Don't kill me!"

"I'll give you money! I'll give you power! I'll give you whatever you want! As long as you don't kill me, I'll give you anything!" The Daimyo of the Land of Wind wet himself in fear. He cowered on the ground, continuously crawling backward, his face filled with fear and a pleading expression.

What responded to him... was a brilliant white sword light.

The sword aura passed through the neck of the Daimyo of the Land of Wind.

Kusuo didn't even give him a second glance. Wiping the sword in his hand, he turned and left the place.

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