Naruto: The Strongest Sage.

On the rostrum, four red light curtains rose up.

The Four Purple Flame Formation trapped the Kazekage, the Hokage, and their respective guards.

The Four Purple Flame Formation was very famous, and it was said that it was basically impossible to break it by conventional means. Qingye actually wanted to try to see if he could break it.

However, looking at Orochimaru and the Third Generation inside, I finally decided to give them a chance to resolve their grievances.

At the same time as Shukaku appeared, a dazzling flare sounded in the sky. A troop that had been ambushed outside the city began to perform psychic magic together.

Ten seconds later, a giant summoning beast as big as a snake appeared outside the wall of Konoha.

Countless Sand Ninjas also appeared around Konoha, and worked together to perform various large-scale ninjutsu to attack the weak points of Konoha's defensive barrier that had been prepared long ago.

All the attacks were happening at the same time. And in Qingye's eyes, this series of attacks was much more compact and powerful than in the original plot.

And it's not just the peripheral Sand Ninjas, because of the Chunin Exams, which are open to the public these days, a large number of Sand Ninjas have sneaked into Konoha in advance.

At this moment, an attack suddenly took place from within, and for a moment the entire Konoha was in internal and external troubles.

But the most dangerous one at the moment is the One-Tailed Shukaku, who had just been released and was in an excited state.

Aoba was really afraid that this guy would get excited and use the Tailed Beast Ball directly on Konoha.

Therefore, Aoba made a direct move, instantly appearing beside Shukaku, pressing his right hand on the opponent, and then launched Flying Thunder God with all his strength.

It was his first time to use Flying Thunder God to transport such a large creature, and it was quite strenuous.

Fortunately, he had enough chakra and succeeded in the end. Thinking of the fourth generation being able to use Flying Thunder God to teleport the Tailed Beast Ball during the later Fourth War, Qingye suddenly felt that he still hadn't practiced this move well enough.

After throwing out the One-Tail, Aoba immediately returned to Konoha. At this time, Konoha was in chaos. A large number of Sand Ninjas were already fighting with the Konoha Ninjas.

However, the little guys like Sasuke and Karin were still guarding cautiously beside the stadium, not quite understanding what was going on.

After kicking Shikamaru awake, Aoba gave orders to the group of little guys in front of him.

"Well, you have seen the situation now. The war has begun. From this moment on, no matter who you are or how old you are, you all have a common identity, that is, Konoha's ninja.

It's a state of war now. As Konoha's Jonin, I will temporarily take over your command."

Aoba's approach was impeccable. The main reason was that at the beginning of the battle, Kai was attracted by several Sand Ninja masters. Asuma and Hong didn't know where to go for a date from the beginning.

Aoba was the only jonin with the highest status at the scene. According to Konoha's war rules, in this situation, Aoba could directly command all the genin and chunin present.

"Yes." Several of the little guys were visibly excited. Well, not all of them. At least among the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, only Ino was slightly excited.

"Shikamaru, Ino, Choji. The three of you, target Temari and Kankuro. They are in Gaara's group. They must know important information. So, try to capture them alive.

If you can't capture him alive, then Shikamaru, you know what to do. Remember, this is war. People die in war."

"Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame. The three of you will return to Konoha School now and assist those students who have not yet graduated in evacuating and escorting them to the shelter."

"Yes."

"Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, Uzumaki Karin, Hyuga Neji, Rock Lee, Tenten, the target of your two teams is that person."

Qingye pointed at a young man standing outside the Four Purple Flame Formation.

That person was also the Kazekage or Orochimaru, the only guard who did not enter the Four Purple Flame Formation.

And Aoba is very familiar with this person, he is Kimimaro.

This is something that has never happened in the plot. In the original plot, Orochimaru did not bring Kimimaro with him in this battle because at this time, the opponent's body should have reached its limit.

Orochimaru should be preparing to use his last fighting power at the critical moment.

But this time, because of Aoba's appearance, Orochimaru might be worried about the whole plan. After all, according to Aoba's strength, as long as he still has Uzumaki Yumi to take action, his plan will not succeed.

So Orochimaru went to Aoba in advance to test his attitude. He knew that Aoba didn't care much about Konoha. The fact that he continued the first generation cell experiment recklessly was the best proof.

Orochimaru just wanted to know the other party's bottom line.

After getting Aoba's promise that he would not interfere, Orochimaru also promised that he would not harm Karin. As for Sasuke and Naruto, they tacitly did not mention it. Obviously, these two relied on their own methods.

But Orochimaru was still worried, so this time he brought Kimimaro with him.

He didn't expect Kimimaro to be able to defeat Aoba and Uzumaki Yumi. But as long as Kimimaro used all his strength, he could at least delay them for enough time.

Aoba also understood Orochimaru's idea. However, he had no intention of fighting Kimimaro. Instead, he directly arranged the two strongest teams in the Genin combination to join forces to deal with Kimimaro.

As for Kakashi, as soon as the war broke out, he targeted Kabuto Yakushi and stayed away from the main battlefield.

Aoba had the same style. After arranging tasks for several little guys, he disappeared from the scene and went straight to Shukaku, who was still having fun around.

At this time, Gaara was stimulated by some kind of illusion and fell into a deep sleep. The effect was similar to that of the fake sleep technique.

Seeing Aoba appear, Shukaku immediately discovered the ninja who had thrown it dozens of miles away.

"Little devil, you dare to tease me, die. Practice with blank bullets."

The ninjutsu of the tailed beasts is really hard to confront head-on. With their huge bodies and huge chakra, any ninjutsu of Shukaku is A-level or even S-level ninjutsu in the ninja world.

"Earth Escape, Earthquake Core."

Aoba pressed his right hand on the ground, causing the ground to shake. Shukaku's left foot suddenly lifted up, causing his body to lose balance. The air training bullet in his mouth flew directly into the sky.

"Earth escape. Earth flowing into the river."

The ground beneath Shukaku's feet began to flow, causing its body to sink and almost be submerged.

"Sand Styles, Sand Shuriken."

It is called a shuriken, but it is actually a ninja tool made of various sand particles. The tailed beasts usually do not need to make hand seals when casting spells.

In a flash, overwhelming ninjutsu flew directly towards Aoba.

"Earth escape. Earth flow wall." More than a dozen earth flow walls were needed to barely block this round.

Qingye moved his mind and directly entered the Sage Mode. After all, the conventional mode was not enough to fight against the tailed beasts.

"Immortal Technique, Earth Escape, Yellow Spring Swamp." The Yellow Spring Swamp and the Earth Flowing River, which were blessed by the Immortal Technique, combined with each other, causing Shukaku, who was already unable to move, to sink again. Most of his body had completely sunk into the ground.