Naruto: The Wind Calamity

Chapter 748: A Second of Hesitation!

[A/N: Predicted the outrage on Webnovel over 3 months ago, lol. Now you guys know why I made that author's note ???? Enjoyed the comments, though kinda hurts by how quick some people are to insult the story as well as me as the author inspite of being nearly 750 chapters into the story.

Anyway, that is out of my control. I guess I need to clarify somethings based on the comments made in the earlier chapter.

1. The limits I had mentioned earlier on how many reanimated ninjas Orochimaru can control was based on range. Away from himself, he's limited to 2 rank S, 3 Elite Jounins and some Jounins. As for when they're closer to him, his control is far better. Whether he can control 15 Kage level ninjas at the same time, you'll see soon.

2. The strength of the reanimated Kages isn't at the same level as when they were alive. They are barely at the rank S level (this includes Hashirama, Sakumo and Tobirama), otherwise Hiruzen would have long been dead and Fujin would be tied down by Sakumo.

I guess I should write something about why I increased the number of people Orochimaru could control, but I'm pretty sure there'll be another author note addressing that once this battle ends. That should clear things up. All said and done, enjoy. Not sure if this chapter will be more controversial or less ????????]

"Heh, to think that the mighty Konoha would one day have to see such a day." Hozuki Gengetsu, the second Mizukage, taunted Hiruzen. He found the situation quite amusing.

He wasn't the only one. The rest of the reanimated Kages were quite surprised too. Irrespective of who it was, all of them had tried to destroy Konoha and failed miserably. No matter how many villages attacked Konoha, it remained a Behemoth that couldn't be destroyed. Even though they weren't pleased that someone was controlling them, seeing the destruction of Konoha was quite a pleasant surprise for them.

Hiruzen snorted and replied, "I wonder if you'll be this amused when he reanimates all of you to attack your villages next. If Konoha falls, do you think your villages could stop him when he turns his eyes towards them?"

Immediately, the faces of all the Kages became dark. Needless to say, that was their first thought. Even though none of them were at their full strength, their power was more than sufficient to destroy any Great Village. Since Hashirama and Tobirama had stopped their attacks momentarily, Hiruzen immediately decided to strike with his words.

The Third Mizukage thought, 'Hiruzen is correct. Unless the strength of our villages has immensely increased somehow, they won't be able to stop us. The best hope for their survival is if Hiruzen stops us. Of course, that is unless we can regain control of our bodies. If we do so, we can just kill Orochimaru first and then kill Hiruzen and destroy Konoha.'

His eyes quickly scanned through the situation outside the barrier as he analyzed, 'There are only Konoha ninjas. There must have been a war and Konoha won overwhelmingly, forcing Orochimaru to summon us. In this case, we could have a chance to break free of his control.'

The Third Mizukage's scheming mind immediately calculated all the scenarios. The other Kages had similar thoughts. The First Kazekage suddenly chuckled and said, "As expected of the schemer's student. Even without lifting a finger, you're making us want to eliminate your enemy first. Haha, Tobirama selected a good successor."

Without skipping a beat, Hiruzen asked, "Do you see the Fourth Kazekage outside the barrier? He was killed not too long ago by the very person who summoned you. Right now, your village doesn't have a single rank S ninja."

The eyes of the First and Second Kazekage widened in shock. Instinctively, both tried to break free of Orochimaru's control, making his job much more difficult. Orochimaru cursed, 'Shit! If I allow him to keep speaking...'

Without showing his real emotions, Orochimaru chuckled and said, "It looks like age failed to tone down your scheming nature, Sensei. You allied with Suna and killed the Kazekage under the pretence of a meeting, forcing the Sunagakure to attack Konoha recklessly and fall into your trap. The bodies of Suna ninjas are still littered in the arena."

Without wasting any time, Orochimaru tried to confuse the two Kazekages. Needless to say, they didn't believe his words. However, they knew that they couldn't trust Hiruzen either. Orochimaru continued, "You can give up trying to break my control. The only thing that will be broken is the village you hold so dear to yourself. Hahaha!"

In the sky, Fujin sensed the change in Hiruzen's chakra and stopped creating the Rasengan. He let out a sigh and thought, 'In the end, this still happened...'

'That order of hand seals... Sarutobi, you are performing that jutsu!!!' Enma thought in disbelief.

Hiruzen glanced behind him and thought, 'So this is the God of Death that Minato was saying only the caster of this jutsu can see. Sigh, I hope this works...'

Orochimaru noticed Hiruzen's odd actions and said, "No matter what you try, it's too late. I've won! Konoha will fall!"

Hiruzen didn't reply as he saw all 12 reanimated Kages moving towards him. Without wasting any time, all of his Shadow Clones immediately moved towards them!

In the forest, Gaara couldn't resist the bombardment of Naruto's supercharged Wind jutsus! The explosion of Fujin's kunai had damaged the sand armor around him considerably and before he could fix it, he was attacked by Naruto.

To his horror, several sharp wind blades cut straight through the sand around his body! Several long cuts opened up on his body, injuring Gaara like he never was in his entire life. Even Fujin's clone was surprised. As Gaara's screams echoed through the forest, Fujin's clone couldn't help but wonder, 'Could this attack kill Gaara or will he...?'

Even before he could complete his thoughts, Gaara transformed entirely into Shukaku!

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