Revolution in the Ninja World

When he saw the Nine-Tails turn its head, Habara was no longer calm.

Is it looking at me? Is it?

Why? What for?

What does any of this have to do with me?!

He was a little flustered, then a little panicked, and then he got angry... As mentioned earlier, due to the negative mental effects brought on by the natural energy, Habara's mind wasn't completely clear at this time, so compared to his normal self, he was a bit impulsive and easily angered.

After all, his "Sage Mode" came from Jugo. Under the impact of a large amount of natural energy, it was already a blessing that he hadn't completely lost his mind and become a psychopath.

So, while the Tailed Beast Bomb was forming, Habara took a deep breath. Then, strips of mercury ribbon extended from his back. After the other ends of those mercury ribbons were firmly fixed to the surrounding trees, Habara quickly retreated. In an instant, these ribbons were pulled taut, and the trees were even slightly bent.

With the silver ribbons as the bowstring and his body as the arrow, Habara was then launched at high speed... This wasn't an escape, because the direction he was speeding towards wasn't away from Konoha, but towards Konoha!

At this time, the Tailed Beast Bomb had already formed, and the Nine-Tails spat it out at Habara. As the strongest existing Tailed Beast, the Nine-Tails' attack could be described as effortless. Its action of spitting out the Tailed Beast Bomb seemed like casually spitting phlegm, but in reality, due to its super-high flight speed, the originally spherical Tailed Beast Bomb was gradually stretched into an ellipsoid as it flew through the sky towards its target.

So, Habara's actions could be described as, at best, courting death, and at worst, a desperate gamble.

After speeding away at high speed, the trees growing horizontally in the forest couldn't slow him down in the slightest. On the contrary, whether by pulling with his hands or kicking with his feet, every time Habara passed an obstruction, his speed increased by a fraction.

A few seconds later, Habara, who was just focused on rushing forward, felt the air above his head churn. With a tremendous roar passing overhead, he felt like the gray hair on his head had almost been instantly ripped out.

The Tailed Beast Bomb flew directly over Habara's head, and although he wasn't directly hit, it didn't mean he was safe!

A huge explosion sounded from behind Habara. The earth and the atmosphere trembled together with the "drumbeat" of the explosion. Habara looked back and saw a rapidly expanding orange "light curtain" pressing towards him.

This scene was a bit hair-raising. Habara didn't think he could survive an attack from a Tailed Beast Bomb, even the shockwave.

So, lightning flashed on his body, and he rushed out of the forest like a lightning bolt. And at some point, while running, Habara's thoughts unconsciously shifted from escaping the explosion behind him to taking down the Nine-Tails in front of him.

His logic was crystal clear... Since the Nine-Tails wanted to blow him up, he naturally wanted to chop the Nine-Tails down.

Driven by anger and killing intent, Habara's speed increased again and again. The ground he flew over left behind trails of overflowing light. Looking down from above, it was like sudden fireworks, as brilliant as the Milky Way.

The explosion of the Tailed Beast Bomb had already expanded to its maximum range in the blink of an eye, but Habara had long since left that range far behind. In the blink of an eye, he had already approached the outer wall of Konoha.

Reaching the base of the wall, his speed didn't decrease. Instead, he rushed straight up.

In an instant, Habara's feet stepped on the top of the wall, and then, with a sudden burst of force from his lower limbs, he leaped up and headed straight for the Nine-Tails.

Driven by his high speed, the air carried up various fragments of stone and debris from the wall and the wall's surface. These things all rose up "against gravity" along with his body.

Then, on this incredibly serious night of disaster, almost all the Konoha ninjas heard a nonsensical roar:

"Why are you forcing me!"

Honestly, Habara could have shouted anything at this point, anything but that. He could have even hypocritically shouted, "For the Will of Fire!"

Habara leaped high into the air. As he instinctively swung his legs in mid-air, he had already leaped above the Nine-Tails' head. Then he stretched out his left arm straight, and in the blink of an eye, a mercury greatsword, extending more than ten meters in length and as wide as a door panel, extended from his arm!

The silver greatsword was surrounded by a cold chill. The metallic mercury surface reflected the cold moonlight, and this moonlight shone into Habara's eyes, which did not contain a trace of warmth, revealing his chilling killing intent...

This guy wasn't joking; at this moment, he was acting without regard for the consequences.

He didn't care what role the Nine-Tails had played, was playing, or would play in Konoha. Since he had drawn the greatsword, he only wanted to chop down at the Nine-Tails' neck.

Whether or not he could succeed, just as Habara was about to create the feat of "cleaving a Tailed Beast with a blade," a black rod extended from a distance, and with a heavy clang, the black rod blocked Habara's "Moonlight Greatsword."

"Enma..."

The one who blocked Habara was the Third Hokage's summon, Enma, transformed into the supposedly indestructible "Adamantine Nyoi Staff."

Habara's attack looked quite frightening, and the Third Hokage certainly couldn't allow the Nine-Tails to be in mortal danger... As mentioned before, whether it was a positive asset or a negative asset, Tailed Beasts were assets that the great ninja villages had to possess.

Standing on the roof of a distant building, the Third Hokage flicked the Nyoi Staff, and Habara, who was in mid-air, was slightly thrown off balance.

However, although Habara's left hand was blocked, he still had his right hand!

Just as Habara began to fall freely, a Rasenshuriken formed from highly concentrated, high-quality chakra was already held in his right hand.

A special high-frequency buzzing sound resounded through the night sky of Konoha.

Then Habara, without hesitation, threw the Rasenshuriken at the Nine-Tails' head. You threw me a ball, I'll return you a ball, it was fair and reasonable!

The Rasenshuriken directly hit the Nine-Tails' head, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a ball of light that could encompass the Nine-Tails' entire head.

The Nine-Tails' howl rang out again, but the previous howl was a roar of rage, while this howl was a cry of pain.

The mercury greatsword bypassed the Third Hokage's Adamantine Nyoi Staff, forming two thin wings behind Habara. He glided down with the wind and landed directly on the side of the Nine-Tails' abdomen.

The Nine-Tails' intense chakra was enough to burn the body tissues of ordinary people, but Habara's feet were already covered in iron armor. Then, he formed his fingers like a knife, and the next moment, his entire arm, wrapped in lightning, plunged into the Nine-Tails' body.

This kind of "stabbing" was, of course, nothing to the Nine-Tails with its massive body. However, when Habara released his hand, withdrew his arm, and prepared to retreat, a mercury ball had already been left inside the Nine-Tails' body. And so...

Secret Technique: Frostflower Mercury Lamp.

A huge mercury dandelion bloomed inside the Nine-Tails, and the Nine-Tails' howls became even more spirited and rhythmic.

At this time, Habara still wanted to "press his advantage," but the Nine-Tails, in severe pain, began to wildly swing its tails. In his haste, Habara only had time to apply a half-shell-shaped iron protective layer around himself, and then he was sent flying by a tail swipe.

Seeing the Nine-Tails twisting around on the ground in pain like a pig that had been castrated, the Third Hokage was momentarily stunned.

"Third Hokage-sama, it's ANBU's Riku," an ANBU ninja identified Habara.

The Third Hokage nodded. "I know, that technique is too distinctive. Good job... I hope he's alright."

The Hokage-sama certainly didn't know that Habara, while bravely (actually, crazily) fighting the Nine-Tails, was carrying an old lady named Sarutobi Biwako on his back. Otherwise, he would definitely have shown a little excitement at this moment.