"He's… flying!"
"That kid can actually fly!"
"Ninja even have flying techniques? That's… incredible!"
"Those two look tough. This match might outshine the last!"
"…"
Watching Izayoi, unbound by wind walls, defying gravity through some unknown means, the audience fell silent for mere seconds before erupting in chaos.
Shouts of awe, murmurs, and excited cheers filled the air.
Unlike the ignorant civilians, the ninja were visibly shaken.
"A flying ninja—has that kid mastered Iwagakure's Earth Release: Light-Weight Rock Technique?"
"Is it ninjutsu, a secret art, or a kekkei genkai?"
"That's him—the top rookie this year, a ninjutsu genius with all five nature transformations! If I recall, he recreated the Fourth's Rasengan, fusing two natures into a Storm Release ultimate technique."
"Could this flying technique be his own creation too? What monstrous talent!"
"…"
Gasps of wonder echoed among the ninja.
Even elite Jonin like Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy were stunned.
"So… so cool! Onii-chan can fly!" Hanabi gaped.
At her words, Hiashi Hyuga, eyes trembling, glanced at the competitors' stands, veins bulging at his temples.
Seeing the other Genin slack-jawed while his eldest daughter merely smiled, he deactivated his Byakugan, his heart reeling.
Evidently, Izayoi and Hinata had long known they were being watched.
Otherwise, the intel gap wouldn't be so vast.
Five nature transformations, Rasengan, a Storm Release ultimate, and now flight…
Neither his guards nor he had known any of it.
Those two were masters at hiding!
"Konoha truly is a cradle of genius. To think they'd have a rare flying ninja."
In the VIP stands, Orochimaru marveled.
Hiruzen Sarutobi said nothing, puffing his pipe, eyes gleaming with delight.
Remarkable… simply remarkable!
Lord Hashirama, Lord Tobirama, your choice was right!
The Senju's integration into Konoha has filled the village with promise.
The Uchiha survivor, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, a genius of unknown lineage… Konoha will rise again in this generation.
The center of attention, Izayoi drifted slowly to Genma Shiranui's right.
Genma gave him a deep look, then raised an arm. "Second Round: Izayoi vs. Gaara… Begin!"
As his arm fell, Genma flickered back, distancing himself from the pair.
Even civilians could tell from their entrances that this fight would be fierce, let alone a former guard of the Fourth Hokage like him.
Both Izayoi and the gourd-bearing, dark-eyed kid radiated overwhelming aura and chakra.
As the match began, Gaara stood arms crossed, face impassive, unfazed by Izayoi's flight.
Not due to ironclad nerves, but because his face—coated in Sand Armor—was a mask.
Beneath, his true expression twisted with bloodlust.
As if sensing its master's will, the gourd's cork popped open, and torrents of sand defied gravity, pouring out to orbit Gaara, awaiting his command.
Next, Gaara uncrossed his arms, striking first.
But the sand around him didn't move. Instead, waves of sand erupted from the ground on Izayoi's flanks, rising like hands to envelop him.
"Sand Binding Coffin!"
At Gaara's voice, the sand waves merged, twisting into a knot.
Since becoming a killing machine, countless had perished under this and his Sand Waterfall Funeral combo.
But this time, no blood stained the sand.
Gaara looked up to see a white-robed figure floating above—Izayoi, who'd flickered away unnoticed.
Gazing down, Izayoi murmured too softly for others to hear, "In my current state, I'm not here for your ninja playtime."
With that, he raised both hands, forming a massive blue-white energy sphere. The white within shifted, deepening into a richer blue.
Without naming the technique, Izayoi hurled it downward.
"Sky Sand Defensive Wall!"
Seeing the sphere and its Water Release nature, Gaara didn't hesitate. Crouching, he slammed the ground, burning vast chakra to turn earth into sand, which rose into a massive shield, blocking the sphere.
Boom—
A deafening crash. The sphere didn't breach the shield, sinking a third of the way before exploding into a giant water tornado.
Like a drill, it bored into the shield, spewing torrents that weighed the sand down.
Izayoi hadn't expected to defeat Gaara with one move.
The moment he threw the sphere, he raised a hand, forming another—basketball-sized.
Two billiard-ball-sized orbs appeared within, their blue-white hue splitting into one blue, one white.
Genin and Jonin who'd seen the preliminaries recognized it—the S-rank Storm Release ultimate technique sweeping Konoha's Jonin circles.
As they braced for Izayoi to unleash Verdict, another orb appeared inside the Ultra Hurricane Linked Spheres under their shocked gazes.
It began blue-white, then shifted to orange-red in seconds.
Even those ignorant of nature and shape transformation could see it held fire's power.
As the white of lightning, blue of the sea, and red of flame spun swiftly within, some in the audience flashed covert signals.
Kabuto Yakushi, disguised as Konoha Anbu, lurked at the back, ready to form seals.
The three orbs spun clockwise, like Sharingan tomoe.
After several rotations, the blue orb reversed to counterclockwise, colliding with the white, followed by the red.
The clash shattered them like a glass ball, their energies surging and blending into a new hue.
A cyan laced with flowing flames.
"Ultimate Technique… Roaring Light Cannon!"
Izayoi named the technique, casting it downward.
The water tornado had just faded, leaving a massive dent in the floating sand shield.
As if guided by tracking, the cyan sphere plummeted toward the dent.
It accelerated, swelling from basketball to balloon size, morphing from a sphere into a cylindrical cyan beam.
Unlike Verdict's diffuse electric cascade, this beam, laced with orange-red flames inside and out, pulsed with destruction to any sensory ninja.
"Are you kidding? That'll kill him!"
Genma, outside the shield's range, flickered toward the high walls.
Gaara, too, sensed death, as if his mother whispered a warning.
Without hesitation, he formed seals, murmuring, "False Sleep Technique!"
His eyes closed, plunging into deep sleep.
His gourd and body dissolved into sand, merging with the ground and shield above into a tidal wave, engulfing him.
BOOM—
The cyan beam struck the sand wave.
A sky-shattering explosion echoed through Central Street.
The plaza quaked violently.
Spectators nearest the blast clutched their ears, faces contorted, hearing stolen.
Those outside collapsed, terrified by the sudden blast and tremors.
Konoha's residents froze, turning toward the plaza.
A colossal mushroom cloud rose.
Before talk could start, countless shadows darted from hiding, attacking patrolling ninja.
"Summoning Technique!"
A shout from somewhere unleashed a vast white mist, and a giant three-headed snake appeared, rampaging from the village gate.
In the plaza, as spectators' hearing returned, white feathers drifted down, lulling them into sleep.
The Konoha Crush had begun!
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