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Chapter 48 - War Begins

"What's going on?"

Sasuke shouted to Genma while looking confused. Though he remembered Naruto's previous warning and quickly pulled out his arm.

"It's a war, kid. Sand and Sound ninjas are attacking." Genma explained while rushing in front of Sasuke and holding a kunai in his hand.

Bang!

At this moment, they heard a loud explosion and saw the Kage station explode, followed by four people releasing a purple barrier.

Then, another barrier appeared, much bigger than the purple one.

"Is that Kyubi's Chakra?"

Sasuke stared at Naruto, who was covered in golden Chakra.

Genma also looked at him with side eyes and muttered.

"So rumors were true. Kid has the complete power of the Nine Tails under his thumb. Did the lord fourth prepare even this?"

"Naruto, why are you putting a barrier around the arena?" Kakashi turned towards Naruto and asked.

He also saw several of his shadow clones take out those enemy ninjas, but he couldn't understand the idea of putting a barrier around the arena.

Of course, that's only because Kakashi was flustered by Naruto's sudden action.

"Kakashi, you don't want Konoha to be destroyed by One-Tail, do you?" Naruto gave Kakashi a look that almost breached his expression.

After all, that look said, 'Are you an idiot for not noticing a Jinchuriki's Chakra?'

After all, these were people who had gone through Nine-Tails night. So, they should recognize Shukaku's Chakra.

Before Kakashi could reply, Naruto waved his hand and said.

"Anyway, there is a clone of mine in all four directions. That clone of mine is keeping a path open in the barrier. You can start taking out the civilians."

"Then, let all the ninjas leave the barrier. The battle between the Tailed Beasts can make anyone below an Elite Jonin nothing more than cannon fodder."

Naruto said as he used Body Flicker and rushed towards Gaara.

At this moment, Baki, Kankuro, and Temari had arrived to support Gaara.

"Damn it! We are locked. They were aware of our plan all along."

Baki gritted his teeth and shouted.

"Now, we can only rely on Shukaku's power to destroy this barrier."

"Pfft!"

Just when Naruto reached there, he burst into laughter upon hearing his words.

"You!"

Baki also found Naruto laughing at him, but when he saw Naruto covered in golden chakra, his eyes widened in shock.

'That's Tailed Beast Chakra. No, how can Tailed Beast Chakra be so peaceful and without any hatred?'

"You...Mother…yes, I will give you his blood...yes, mother!"

Gaara came out of the sand ball and gave Naruto a bloodthirsty look. At this moment, he was bleeding from his chest and was ready to explode.

His chakra was so massive and powerful that it was keeping everyone else, except for Naruto, away from approaching him.

Originally, Gaara could still suppress Shukaku slightly, but now, Shukaku was simply exploding inside Gaara, making it easier to lose control.

"Sasuke, do you still want to try him?"

Naruto turned his head towards Sasuke and asked.

"Hey, Naruto, what are you talking about? That's a Jinchuriki!"

Genma had finally recognized Gaara's Tailed Beast Chakra and immediately refuted Naruto's idea.

Unfortunately for him, Sasuke had already weaved hand signs.

[Fire Release- Great Fireball Jutsu]

As he spat out a large fireball, Gaara released even more of Shukaku's Chakra, turning half of his body into sand as he blocked the fireball.

Then, he released the sand towards Sasuke, trying to catch him with a single move.

But Sasuke had Three Tomoe Sharingan this time. He was able to perceive Gaara's Sand and make a countermeasure.

[Ox-Rabbit-Monkey]

[Chidori]

As lightning chakra coated Sasuke's arm, he immediately dashed forward and tore Gaara's sand.

At this moment, Naruto's sand clones were doing their job, taking civilians and nobles from the arena while fighting the enemy ninjas.

One of Naruto's shadow clones was protecting Daimyo while two of his clones were fighting the enemies nearby.

"You are Naruto Uzumaki, right?" Daimyo asked. His face showed a look of interest as he saw Naruto fight enemy ninjas using clones.

"Are you capable enough to fight these ninjas with just clones? Aren't you a Genin? Even those Anbu Ninjas are having a hard time fighting them."

He was quite curious about Naruto's strength. After all, Naruto was fighting several enemies with clones.

"Daimyo-sama, I am Ninę-Tails Jinchuriki. Its Chakra can not only improve my strength, but with this Chakra Cloak, my clones won't disappear with a single attack."

Naruto politely smiled as he answered.

Although Naruto had six whiskers, when Daimyo saw his smile, he couldn't help but remember a certain ninja.

"Do you have any connections with the Fourth Hokage?"

"Daimyo-sama, as the Fourth Hokage, I will protect the village and Fire Country. As long as I am alive, I will not let anyone destroy the peace in our country."

"This is what my dad said to you before, didn't he?"

Naruto chuckled as he answered.

"Huh? You are his son, but how do you remember what he said to me? Minister, am I remembering correctly? The Third Hokage never mentioned the Fourth Hokage having a child."

Daimyo looked stunned upon hearing those words. He looked at his loyal minister and asked.

"No, sir! There has not been any news about the Fourth Hokage having a son." The minister had a short mustache and looked a bit taller.

"Daimyo-sama, my father sealed both Nine-Tails and his memories before his death. He wanted me to become a perfect Jinchuriki and protect this country."

Hearing that, Daimyo was genuinely surprised.

"Ninjas can do that?"

"Not all ninjas! My father was exceptionally talented and mastered Sealing Jutsu to such heights that even Kyubi compared his potential to the First Hokage."

"He was able to do that, but only at the cost of his life."

When Daimyo heard that, Daimyo nodded his head and said.

"Then, you are doing exceptionally well with your powers."

Not a single ninja was able to approach him, even though there were nearly hundreds of them inside the Arena.

This proved Naruto's strength.

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