Chapter 107: Doomsday Crisis
Dududu...
Just as Izayoi and Hinata were admiring the meteor shower, countless kilometers away, Cloud Hidden Village was sounding its alarms.
It was a little after nine in the evening, and most of the villagers were still awake. Even those who had fallen asleep hadn't yet completely drifted into the depths of their dreams.
So when the alarm sounded, the villagers, who had several evacuation drills every year, rushed out of their homes one after another.
"What... what is that?"
"Meteorites, it's a meteor shower! Run!"
"Is the end of the world coming?"
"..."
Many villagers had just rushed out of their homes when they discovered the reason for the village's alarm.
Looking up at the orange-red flames in the sky, they were formed by numerous enormous fireballs.
And these fireballs were clearly meteorites rapidly descending, with a layer of fiery aura generated by friction with the atmosphere enveloping their entire bodies.
This scene, viewed from afar, was an exceptionally beautiful sight, and many people might have even made praying gestures and started making wishes.
But for Cloud Hidden Village, it was a disaster akin to the end of the world.
A dark-skinned man who recognized it as a meteor shower was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.
Just then, streaks of afterimages darted around.
One of the afterimages stopped, revealing a dark-skinned, muscular black man wearing a flak jacket.
He shouted at the villagers who were standing there dumbfounded, "What are you still doing standing here like idiots? Quickly follow the safety manual and go to the shelters with the guidance units!"
Awakened by the scolding, the villagers scrambled towards the direction of the shelters.
At the same time, on the rooftop of the Raikage Building, the Fourth Raikage was also watching the meteor shower in the sky with a grave expression.
Behind him, Mabui, with her dark skin and short white hair, said urgently, "Raikage-sama, according to the analysis of the sensor team, the meteor shower will precisely hit the village in at most three minutes. Please evacuate immediately."
"What foolishness are you spouting! This old man is the Raikage, how could I flee in the face of battle!" the Fourth Raikage rebuked, then knowingly asked, "In these three minutes, can the villagers reach the shelters?"
"This time is too short. Only the villagers on the outskirts of the city can reach the shelters," Mabui said with a worried expression. "And it's uncertain whether the firmness and barriers of the shelters can withstand the impact of the meteor shower."
The Fourth Raikage wasn't surprised and quickly issued instructions, "Give the order to have the guidance units gather the villagers, and have the barrier team deploy barriers to protect them. If one barrier isn't enough, deploy multiple barriers. Even if the village is destroyed, we must save the lives of the villagers."
After speaking, the Fourth Raikage smashed the railing of the rooftop with a palm strike, gritting his teeth and saying, "Damn it! It came too suddenly. This old man shouldn't have sent Bee to Cloud-Lightning Gorge. If Bee were here, with his Eight-Tails jinchuriki chakra and me, we might have been able to deploy the Four Violet Flames Formation to withstand the attack of these meteorites."
"The sensor team has already contacted the person in charge of delivering living supplies to Lord Killer Bee. Lord Killer Bee should be able to assist us from afar," Mabui said. "The Lightning Release team and the Earth Release team are also in position. As long as the meteorites descend to a certain height, they will use techniques to strike and provide double defense, trying their best to minimize the power of the meteor shower and protect this mountain."
The gloom in the Fourth Raikage's eyes finally dissipated a bit, and he then asked in a deep voice, "Has the sensor team found the mastermind?"
"Not yet, but it can be confirmed that the opponent is hiding somewhere on this mountain," Mabui said with a grim face. "The landing position of the meteor shower is precisely aimed at our Cloud Hidden Village. If this is a man-made technique, then there must be an anchor point, otherwise it's too terrifying, indicating that the mastermind can summon meteor showers anywhere in the ninja world at any time to strike any location."
"Such a technique, I'm afraid only the Sage of Six Paths in myths could achieve."
Hearing this, a cold glint flashed in the Fourth Raikage's eyes. "So, is this the Akatsuki's retaliation?"
"It's not certain yet, but the probability is higher than other major ninja villages," Mabui said truthfully. "Currently, none of the known bloodline limits and secret techniques in the ninja world, or even the forbidden techniques that have been lost, can summon meteorites, let alone a meteor shower of such an astonishing quantity. Even the Wood Release that pacified the turbulent world is the same."
"But if the Sage of Six Paths in myths and the head of the legendary Three Great Dojutsu are indeed real, then summoning meteorites is very likely the power of the Rinnegan. After all... the moon in myths was created by the Sage of Six Paths."
Looking up at the increasingly large, or rather, increasingly close flames, fear appeared in Mabui's eyes.
Because if this guess was confirmed, it would mean that a super-standard existence existed in the ninja world.
Compared to it, the threat of Konoha's Wood Release ninja was not worth mentioning at all.
Even the God of Shinobi who pacified the turbulent world couldn't compare to it.
After all, the benevolence of the God of Shinobi was still being sung throughout the current ninja world.
And this mastermind who resorted to strategic strikes at the slightest disagreement was simply a madman!
Being targeted by such a terrorist, even if Cloud Hidden Village was rebuilt, it might suffer another strategic strike in the next second.
One of the five great nations might very well exist in name only.
This was a doomsday crisis only for Cloud Hidden Village!
"Ninja Art: Four Violet Flames Formation!"
At this moment, shouts rang out in various parts of Cloud Hidden Village.
Immediately afterward, under the night sky, rectangular purple transparent barriers rose up in Cloud Hidden Village one after another.
Some of the barriers were even composed of several layers.
At least a dozen ninjas inside were casting techniques, protecting hundreds and thousands of villagers.
At the same time, several layers of barriers also protected the Raikage Building.
The Fourth Raikage looked up at the meteor shower that had already filled his vision, with nothing but flames visible and no stars in sight. His face was expressionless, his eyes reflecting the flames and the materialized red light of killing intent.
And Mabui behind him had already disappeared, no one knew where she had gone.
When the orange-red flames formed by the meteor shower were about to engulf Cloud Hidden Village like a flood,
Several purple barriers suddenly opened a huge hole in the sky above them, and countless currents of electricity surged out, rising into the sky in dense columns.
"Lightning Release: False Darkness!"
"Lightning Release: Black Panther!"
"..."
Various shouts of casting techniques also rang out.
At the same time, a huge purple-black energy ball also flew from afar towards the flames in the sky.
Boom—
Rumble rumble...
As the earth-shattering explosion of the Tailed Beast Ball sounded, followed by a series of explosions, everyone's hearing was instantly deprived.
Countless villagers protected by the barriers covered their ears with both hands, their faces showing pain.
Even many Cloud ninjas were the same.
The dazzling flames of various colors bloomed in the sky like fireworks, engulfing the entire Cloud Hidden Village.
The terrifying shockwave roared and raged like a hurricane passing through.
Several mountains centered around Cloud Hidden Village were violently shaking.
The mountain walls of the peaks swept by the storm were even blasted with cracks.
If it were daytime, one could even see the huge mountain where Cloud Hidden Village was located, with cracks appearing on its surface at a visible speed.
Amidst the deafening, sky-shattering explosions, whose sound waves spread through the valleys and echoed outwards for countless miles, faint shouts could still be heard.
"Ninja Art... Heavenly Transfer Technique!"
"Earth Release: Earth Flow Rampart, block it for me!!!"
"..."
As if someone had stepped on a landmine, the mountains around Cloud Hidden Village also erupted in explosions, expanding the range of the tremors, sound waves, and hurricane.
Even Hinata, who was leaning in Izayoi's arms watching the meteor shower on a mountain peak countless kilometers away, could see brilliant fireworks blooming in the distant mountain range.
Hinata, unaware that this was the Land of Lightning and thinking it was an uninhabited mountainous area, exclaimed again, "Is this what meteorites exploding at night look like? It's so beautiful, even more beautiful than in the Land of Rivers!"
"Beautiful, isn't it? How's this surprise, do you like it?" Izayoi lowered his head and kissed Hinata's cheek, smiling.
"Mmm-hmm..."
Hinata nodded repeatedly, a happy smile on her face, and boldly kissed her boyfriend's cheek as well.
Then, leaning in Izayoi's arms, she smiled, "This is the happiest birthday I've ever had, I'll never forget it in this lifetime."
"Me too."
Izayoi picked up Hinata and placed her on his lap, continuing to admire the fireworks and the starry sky with his girlfriend in his arms.
Unlike Hinata, who felt incomparably happy, joyful, and romantic at this moment, Cloud Hidden Village was a human tragedy.
The hurricane formed by the explosions and shockwaves lasted for an unknown amount of time before slowly subsiding.
Mushroom clouds rose up one after another, and the dense dust and mist formed after they dispersed enveloped several mountains around Cloud Hidden Village.
Even with the constant strong winds due to its towering geographical environment, this surprisingly large area of dust and mist wouldn't dissipate for some time.
Just then, a figure as small as an ant, surrounded by red powder, appeared out of nowhere in the sky above the dust and mist area.
The black cloak embroidered with red clouds, the short orange hair, the black piercings on his face, and the purple ripple eyes were unmistakably the Deva Path of Pain.
To be precise, it was the Deva Path of Pain transformed from Izayoi's Wood Clone.
Just as Wood Clones were second only to White Zetsu Clones, Wood Transformation was also a transformation technique second only to the Impersonation Technique.
Ordinary transformation techniques, without strong chakra control, would automatically dissolve with the slightest collision.
Only Izayoi's golden-level chakra control could maintain the transformation technique while simultaneously using physical energy to heal others.
Even so, if Izayoi received a relatively violent impact, the transformation technique would still automatically dissolve.
Therefore, Izayoi's Shadow Clones hadn't played house ninja games with Gaara.
But now, Izayoi's Wood Clone had no such worries at all.
Even if an enemy's attack was strong enough to blow up the Wood Clone, the Wood Transformation wouldn't dissolve.
Because the effect of Wood Transformation was like carving; unless Izayoi actively dissolved it, it wouldn't change.
If his own chakra was entirely absorbed from others, the Wood Clone could even temporarily possess the effect of the Impersonation Technique, perfectly flawless.
His figure floating in the air, Izayoi's gaze ignored the obstruction of the dust and mist, taking in the situation of Cloud Hidden Village and transmitting it to the main body in real time.
Izayoi, who was currently holding Hinata, admiring the starry sky, whispering sweet words, and occasionally practicing his grip strength, had a look of surprise flash in his eyes, and he thought to himself, "Although I expected them to be able to take this greeting gift, I didn't expect the survival rate to be so high. As expected of the most united and strongest overall ninja village currently. But it's also good news, at least... they haven't developed chakra cannons yet!"
In this world where sealing scrolls existed, Izayoi wasn't sure if Cloud Hidden Village had built chakra cannons.
So, he directly arranged for several Wood Clones to simultaneously use the gravity of the Tenseigan to pull down a large number of meteorites from outer space, using a meteor shower to greet this strongest ninja village.
The purpose was to probe Cloud Hidden Village!
Now the result was out: Cloud Hidden Village didn't have such a powerful weapon yet.
Thus, Izayoi transmitted instructions to the Wood Clone.
The Wood Clone floating in the air had red powder reappear around its body out of nowhere, and then its figure disappeared.
Before long, the dust and mist area, which would have taken a long time to dissipate, was also blown away by Wind Release.
The Cloud Hidden Village shrouded in dust and mist was revealed.
At this moment, Cloud Hidden Village had become a scene of devastation. The urban area had almost turned into ruins, with less than one-tenth of the buildings still intact, or dilapidated, or barely standing.
The ground was filled with meteorite craters of various sizes.
Outside the craters were rubble from collapsed buildings and meteorite explosions, burying countless corpses.
The terrifying shockwave even penetrated into the mountain body from top to bottom, blasting the peaks full of cracks, like dangerous buildings.
In addition, there were rectangular barriers standing on the ground of Cloud Hidden Village like transparent buildings.
Inside were villagers moaning in pain, as well as Cloud ninjas who were severely injured or even killed by the shockwave.
If it hadn't been for the protection of multiple barriers, the casualties inside the barriers would have been devastating.
Seeing that the meteor shower had disappeared, the ninjas who had consumed a large amount of chakra to maintain the barriers one after another dispelled the barriers, took out soldier pills to restore their stamina and chakra, and then went to rescue the injured.
Cloud ninjas who mastered medical ninjutsu treated the nearest injured people at the first time.
Soon, all the barriers disappeared.
Little did they know that their actions were like letting wolves into their home.
In the next instant, a large amount of red powder appeared out of nowhere.
Figures wearing red cloud black robes appeared above the ruins, blades of cold light extending from their arms, attacking the Cloud ninjas wearing flak jackets.
"Enemy attack!!!"
"It's Akatsuki, quickly blow the alarm whistles!"
"Don't panic, the barrier team and the medical team are responsible for escorting and protecting the villagers, the rest of you follow me to deal with the enemies!"
"..."
The sounds of shouting and whistles blowing were so loud in this silent night sky.
After the doomsday-like meteor shower, Cloud Hidden Village ushered in a new round of calamity.
(End of this chapter)
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