Chapter 257: Chapter 257: The Puppet Army Appears, the Five Kage Go Wild!
Oonoki was completely stunned.
Rasa could still use Magnet Release to save people, but what could he do?
He couldn't possibly use Dust Release to break down the buried Explosive Tags.
There was no time to manage everything, and large-scale Dust Release could easily harm their own people.
Amegakure Village was completely surrounded by Explosive Tags, and a series of explosions followed. Everyone was stunned.
The ninja in charge of gathering intelligence stood frozen, staring at the explosion-ravaged Amegakure Village. In addition to the explosions, the sound of injured ninjas crying out in pain could be heard.
As countless Explosive Tags went off, the entire Amegakure Village, except for the central area, turned into a hellish scene.
Countless buildings were reduced to rubble, and very few of the ninjas caught in the explosions managed to survive.
Some of the stronger ninjas started to help themselves or rescue their comrades.
Unfortunately, most of them were too weak to withstand the bombardment of Explosive Tags from Konan.
The allied ninjas were either wiped out or, at best, half of them were either killed or injured.
This meant that with the explosion of so many Explosive Tags, Konan effectively wiped out the ninja forces of the five major villages in one move.
"This is impossible..."
The survivors stared at the nearly leveled Amegakure Village in a daze, as if in a dream.
No one could believe that in just a few minutes, the entire Amegakure Village had been turned to dust.
Even worse, many of their comrades had perished in the explosions.
Those who survived weren't much better off, covered in dirt and soot. Among the five major villages, Iwagakure Village was in slightly better shape because Earth Release could protect Iwagakure's ninjas at a critical moment.
The other villages were not so lucky.
Was this really the Akatsuki's plan all along? To destroy Amegakure Village and blow up the allied ninjas?
They abandoned Amegakure Village and blew up the invading forces!
Konan's strategy was brutal, but effective.
Under the pressure of the war, Amegakure Village couldn't be saved anyway.
Since they couldn't protect it, why not use Amegakure Village to draw the enemy's attention? When they all rushed into the village, Konan would blow them up.
Konan had planned it all out!
Coincidentally, the allied forces didn't realize that Konan had so many Explosive Tags in stock. They rushed into the village in a frenzy, playing right into her hands.
Looking at the battlefield, filled with wrecked buildings, and the corpses of both enemies and allies, the five Kage felt their hearts sink.
They were able to save themselves from the explosion, but couldn't save many others.
Only Rasa's Gold Dust had managed to protect a few ninjas, but that was about it.
Hundreds of billions of Explosive Tags had wiped out most of the allied forces' elite.
On paper, this was a huge loss!
After all, the cost of hundreds of billions of Explosive Tags was staggering.
But for Konan, it didn't matter much. As long as the allied forces suffered, the cost of those Explosive Tags was nothing.
Konan could be a walking Explosive Tag printing machine.
As long as she had enough materials, Konan could print a batch of Explosive Tags at any time.
Since the five major villages dared to attack Amegakure Village, she would send those Explosive Tags right back at them.
"Bastard!!!"
Raikage couldn't help but enter a rage, but he was powerless.
Unable to find a target for his anger, he could only stomp his feet in frustration, making himself even more furious.
The Third Hokage and Yagura silently watched the battlefield, which had almost been turned to rubble, without saying a word for a long time.
Oonoki and Rasa, floating in the sky, had grim expressions.
"Good, very good!!!"
Unlike Raikage, whose rage was pointless, Oonoki was grinding his teeth in frustration.
Just a few minutes ago, he had been fantasizing about how to gather intelligence and interrogate the ninjas of Amegakure Village.
Now, in just a few minutes, all his hopes had been shattered.
Rasa and Yagura were both angry, but they managed to control their emotions.
At this moment, the Third Hokage felt like he wanted to die!
He had rushed into Amegakure Village with the elite of his family, only to lead them straight into the enemy's trap.
A hundred elite from the family!
Now, only a few were still standing.
Thankfully, Yan only sent him a hundred people. If it had been two hundred elite, the Sarutobi clan would have already been seriously weakened.
Even with a large family, losing nearly a hundred of their elite forces was enough for the Sarutobi clan to suffer.
These were elite warriors, not regular Genin.
"Save them!!!"
Rasa squeezed these words out through clenched teeth as he dropped from the sky.
Sunagakure Village was already poor, and now things were even worse.
After this unprecedented explosion, the Five Kage's focus shifted from the Akatsuki to saving their own.
They were now only concerned with rescuing whoever they could, minimizing the damage as much as possible.
The Five Kage's intentions were good, but Akatsuki wouldn't give them the time or chance to rescue anyone.
As some medical ninjas prepared to help the wounded, the attack began.
Kakuzu sneered and crushed the heart of a medical ninja, laughing maniacally as his hands became covered in blood.
Right behind Kakuzu, enemies in black cloaks rushed out, attacking the remaining ninja of the allied forces, focusing on the medical ninjas.
"Damn!! So they've finally shown themselves?"
Raikage, who had been holding back his fury, immediately activated his Lightning Armor.
With one punch, he sent the black-clad enemy flying.
When the enemy's clothes fell away, Raikage froze.
He recognized the face—just recently, he had sent this person to Amegakure Village for intelligence gathering.
Now, the person had turned into an enemy.
To be precise, the person was now a modified puppet.
"Akatsuki!!!"
Unable to control his anger, Raikage rampaged like a mad bull, destroying any puppet that came his way.
Seeing the faces of the puppets on the ground, Oonoki, Yagura, and Rasa all felt their blood boil.
Even the Third Hokage's forehead veins bulged, as he saw his son, Shinnosuke's face.
Akatsuki truly deserved to die.
More and more puppets appeared, and Sasori made his entrance, along with several rogue ninjas that Akatsuki had recruited recently.
In the past, Akatsuki used to screen recruits, but now they just took anyone, as long as they could be used as cannon fodder.
And now, they were using that cannon fodder.
"Kill!!!"
Even though Sasori seemed like an army by himself, he was no match for the Five Kage leading the charge.
The Five Kage's power was far beyond that of ordinary ninjas.
Countless puppets were torn apart and scattered on the ground.
If they weren't held back, Raikage alone could chase Sasori down.
Puppet masters were most afraid of someone like Raikage—tough, incredibly fast, and with terrifying Taijutsu.
Anything that's weak in front of him becomes a toy, falling apart with a single punch or kick.
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