Although they came from different ninja villages, after several days of cooperation, the candidates had already gained a considerable degree of conviction in Uchiha Shisui.
——After all, this person is really easy to get along with.
He shares things and really helps with things.
As soon as Uchiha Shisui finished speaking, the candidates who were originally doing their own things immediately put down their work, changed their faces and entered a state of alert.
At this moment, the huge object that was rushing towards them from the horizon gradually revealed its true appearance.
It was a metal fortress several men tall.
Although part of the chassis is still buried in the sand, just looking at the upper part, it is already an exaggerated size.
Especially the part that stands tall at the top, which is as high as several floors.
This made the ninjas, who had always fought man-to-man with real swords and guns, suddenly confused.
What is this?
Did some prodigal son from somewhere move his own 'shadow' building here?
It's not like the ninjas haven't seen tall buildings before.
But something like this that's probably related to combat...
It can't be the castle tower where the daimyo castle lords lived, right?
But soon, it was no longer their turn to think about these things.
Because the huge "fortress" launched an attack without saying a word.
The dark muzzle of the gun was pointed directly at the camp.
"Disperse!"
Uchiha Shisui issued the order with just one word.
Although the ninjas present were all Genin, they were all experienced in battle.
In addition, he had just experienced the "warm hospitality" of the natives in the Death Desert, so he was in perfect condition now.
Almost at the same time as Uchiha Shisui's voice sounded, everyone responded.
However, the fortress had a wide attack range, so many people tried to use defensive ninjutsu to avoid it.
Of course, just dodging is not the style of ninjas.
Almost at the same time, they began to fight back.
Various ninjutsu were launched from all directions to attack the fortress.
The fortress's large size is both an advantage and a disadvantage.
Its huge size gives it amazing destructive power.
But at the same time, his huge size also made him the most conspicuous target.
However, the ninjas' attacks were still too small for the huge fortress.
Can defeat several people
The enemy's ninjutsu fell on the fortress like splashing water.
Even a splash of sulfuric acid would only leave some charred marks when it landed on such a large area.
This can't go on.
The quick-thinking ninjas quickly realized this problem.
And the crisis doesn't end there.
Because of the fierce attack, the fortress soon launched a second attack, and a new round of artillery fire spewed out from the muzzle as wide as a man. Wherever the artillery reached, everything on the sand was destroyed.
There were various tents, fire pits, and items that were drying and placed outside.
The entire camp was completely destroyed by the fort's artillery fire.
Even the audience in the auditorium were sweating.
"What's this?"
"Is this also part of the Chunin Exams?"
Many people who didn't know much about the Chunin Exams and who stayed there simply because of the lively cheering activities were dumbfounded.
Weren’t those horrible creatures before enough?
What did these kids do wrong? He's just a Chunin, what's the big deal?
Especially when they saw the camp they had been dreaming of living there one day being destroyed, some people were so heartbroken that they couldn't breathe.
My camp!
My dream camp!
How can you ninjas be so cruel?
That’s too much!
"The Sand Village is going too far!"
"That's right, how can you bully others like this!"
"It's just a test!"
Some excited people even began to criticize the organizer, the Sand Village.
Unexpectedly, the Sand Village was also in a state of confusion at this time.
——This is not the project they arranged at all.
All they require for this retest is to work together to find the ruins, and then complete the tasks listed above - such as bringing back symbolic items from the ruins, or investigating all of its civilizations, and the identity of the last successor, and that's it.
There are also people from their Sand Village among the candidates. No matter how desperate they are, they cannot be so cruel to their own people.
"Send out a rescue force... No, send out a combat echelon."
The Third Kazekage gave the order with a face as gloomy as water.
"……yes!"
The Anbu following the Third Kazekage responded immediately.
Just before the Anbu was about to leave, the Third Kazekage added another sentence.
"...Call Scorpion too."
When it comes to dealing with large opponents, or opponents with mechanical bearings and other parts, no one in the Sand Village dares to claim to be the best if Scorpion is second to none.
"……clear!"
The ANBU's expression behind his mask hesitated for a moment, but he quickly complied.
Although Mr. Scorpio is difficult to communicate with, his beatings are extremely painful.
But this is the most dangerous time for the Sand Village and even the entire Chunin Exam.
No matter how unique you are, you have to stand out now.
After all, if the Sand Village gets into trouble because of this, Scorpion will never be able to carry out his research with peace of mind in the future.
Of course Scorpio understands this simple truth.
So this time he took action quite happily.
Scorpion was a little excited as it was the first time in a long time to carry out some anti-enemy missions.
It must be said that this huge "mechanical" fortress really piqued his interest.
——Let him come and see what this thing is all about.
The entire Sand Village followed suit.
The ninjas in the 'examination room' also began to organize a real counterattack.
Although I was caught off guard at the beginning.
But after all, they had the experience of fighting side by side for some time. The scattered and dodging ninjas quickly found the people closest to them on the spot and formed a temporary combat team.
At this time, Uchiha Shisui also called back the desert monitor lizard that had gone out to find food. He jumped onto the head of the desert monitor lizard, fished up the surrounding ninjas, and used this place as a command platform to begin calling out to the surrounding ninjas.
Because there are ninjas who are good at sound-related ninjutsu to convey his words to other ninjas, Uchiha Shisui can concentrate more on giving commands without worrying about anything else.
There are many advantages to having giant monsters like Desert Monitor Lizards around - one of which is that they are conspicuous enough that other ninjas can easily see their location and not get lost.
Although this also attracted the fortress's attention and launched a more powerful attack, it also greatly reduced the pressure on other ninjas.
But seeing the huge amount of artillery fire pouring towards him and the desert monitor lizard, the devastating power made people break out in a cold sweat.
"Earth Escape: Earth Flow Wall!"
"Water Style: Water Array Wall!"
At the critical moment, the gathered ninjas used defensive ninjutsu tacitly.
If one layer can’t protect you, then use multiple layers.
If one person is not enough, several people can come together.
One layer upon another.
The artillery broke through the first layer of defense and hit the second layer of water array wall.
A huge amount of water vapor evaporated, instantly obscuring people's vision.
Soon, the water escape was evaporated.
But the defenses did not end there.
Behind the water escape technique, there are several layers of defensive ninjutsu established by the ninjas.
There were even two or three people working together to use the same ninjutsu for defense.
Such a defensive fortification with the strength of many people is of course more solid than a single layer.
The power brought by the artillery fire finally turned into smoke and disappeared unwillingly under the layers of defensive ninjutsu.
"Defended!"
The people were very surprised - since the beginning of the battle, they had mainly been dodging. This was the first time they had faced such a large-scale artillery salvo under direct defense.
Seeing this scene, not only the people standing on the desert monitor lizards were ecstatic, but the other ninjas scattered everywhere were also ecstatic.
People suddenly gained confidence.
"Yes, it was blocked."
Uchiha Shisui was also very happy, but now was not the time to be happy.
"It's time for us to fight back!"
"yes!"
People responded loudly.
The ninjas outside were happy, but Camilla in the fortress was extremely angry.
She didn't understand why their invincible fortress couldn't handle these 'little bugs'.
hateful!
"Adjust your position immediately and keep firing!"
"fire!"
Camilla slammed her fist down on the operating table.
It's already too late if we can't even deal with these little bugs.
Then how could she win the respect of Lord Hyde?
Camilla also has bad luck.
Originally, this task should have been done by Fengwai, but Fengwai threw the task into his hands with the excuse that "Camilla would be able to fly back faster if she transformed into a bat orc form."
To make matters worse, a black sandstorm occurred.
Although the huge steel fortress was not afraid of the black sandstorm, it still lost its way because of it.
Not only did I fail to return in time, I also failed to contact Mr. Hyde.
She should have contacted Lord Hyde first to confirm where the fortress would stay.
But now, Camilla, who had already been delayed, did not dare to delay and could only rush over in one breath.
Unexpectedly, I ran into the ninjas head-on.
Of course it was impossible to dodge in a fortress this large , so there was only one thing Camilla could do.
Silence.
And they must silence them in the most cruel and shocking way.
Only in this way can we achieve what Lord Hyde wishes and shock the whole world.
Camilla wanted to make amends in this way.
That's why he became extremely angry when the two volleys failed to cause effective damage to the ninjas as expected.
"After firing, change direction and rush towards that big lizard!"
——It doesn’t matter if the cannon can’t coax her, at least she can bump into him.
Camilla gritted her teeth.
She could already imagine those people being crushed by the huge body of the fortress.
Outside, the village elites who had come to their senses began to give small-scale commands.
——It’s true that they obey Uchiha Shisui’s orders, but that doesn’t mean they will do nothing when there are no orders.
While Uchiha Shisui attracted a large number of attacks, the ninjas scattered everywhere were finally organized into various combat teams and had temporary team commanders.
"Ninjas who can use water escape will be responsible for defense with me. Form a team and keep an eye on the muzzle of the gun. Don't let it fire at the same time again!"
At the call of Mei Terumi, several water-style ninjas scattered in groups of two or three, with each group facing a cannon muzzle.
It is obviously difficult for one person to be responsible for a gun muzzle, but it is still possible to work in groups of three or two to reduce the artillery attack.
Moreover, they are not fighting alone.
Just as Mei Terumi thought, Uchiha Shisui's order also arrived.
Although the situation was extremely tense and dangerous at the beginning, he still found a breakthrough - the fortress itself.
Although the fortress is large, it is also fast in movement.
But it can't completely get off the ground.
That's easy.
"Use earth escape ninjas together to restrain it! The fortress is large and it is difficult to break free!"
"clear!"
The ninjas of the Iwagakure Village responded immediately.
When it comes to earth escape, they are old experts.
What to endure
The technique was thought of almost the moment the purpose was determined.
They quickly passed on the type of ninjutsu to be used to all ninjas who could use earth-style ninjutsu.
Several earth-style ninjutsu began to turn the sand around the fortress into a quagmire.
One or two places certainly cannot hinder the Iron Fortress.
But what about ten or dozens?
The quagmires formed by the earth escape connected together one after another, the supporting force of the ground lost balance, and the steel fortress that was turning around immediately tilted.
There is a way!
Seeing that their actions were effective, the ninjas immediately became more motivated.
"Everyone, work harder!"
Such exciting and shocking battle scenes were also delivered to the audience through the exquisite mirage technique.
Once again, the audience was shocked by the power of the ninjas.
If we say that humans’ previous victory over terrifying monsters was a contest between humans and nature.
The battle with this steel behemoth at this time is the ultimate battle between humans and human creations.
Although the news that the Book Search Team defeated the Sky Ninja who wanted to rule the world in the past was equally shocking.
But after all, people didn't really see the scene.
——All they knew was the result and the wreckage that had been broken into scrap metal.
Although the effect was also shocking, it was far inferior to the scene before his eyes.
Suddenly people started celebrating again.
This Chunin Exam is worth coming for!
Totally worth it!
Great value for money!
They will come again next time and continue to support!
Despite this unexpected change, in order to prevent panic among the audience and tourists and create unnecessary crisis, the Sand Village did not come out to announce that it had been attacked, nor did it evacuate the people.
Instead, he accepted people's speculation and went ahead with the exam, saying that it was part of the Chunin Exam.
Therefore, except for a very few people who knew the inside story, the rest of the people continued to put on the crown with a feeling of nervousness and anticipation.
They exclaimed in shock at the ninjas' crisis, and cheered for their unyielding actions of surviving death time and time again and even launching counterattacks.
But Hyde, who was in the crowd, had an increasingly ugly expression on his face.
Because everything before his eyes was completely, totally different from what he had expected.
His expression was distorted, and if he hadn't been in the crowd, he would have even started to curse Camilla on the spot.
Who let you open
To the Ninja Exam Site!?
ah?
Who told you to drive there at this time!?
That was his trump card! It was his last resort for a safe retreat!
It is true that Hyde had once had his fortress appear at the Chunin Exam, and then demonstrated his strength by completely destroying all the candidates.
But that was all in the past.
At that time, Fengwai and Rank were with him.
Whether to stay or go depends entirely on his mood.
But not now.
Now there was no one around him - he didn't even know what had happened to Rank and Fengwai.
Being attacked from all sides, the "fortress" should have been opened to the Sand Village as a trump card to deter the villagers from leaving the village safely.
But now he appeared at the scene of the Chunin Exam.
—and he just charged straight at it and opened fire.
Just start the fire.
What annoyed Hyde the most was not that Camilla had opened fire.
But she clearly controlled the world's invincible fortress, but she didn't kill those ninjas.
Instead it ended in a draw.
Isn't this just giving those ninjas an advantage?
But what made him suffer was yet to come.
Because his invincible fortress was actually showing signs of losing in the struggle between the two sides.
Hyde's teeth were bleeding.
Yu Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ms. Yu Yue, please stop exerting force."
Hearing Bai's worried voice, Yu Yue realized that she had been clenching her fists because of nervousness.
The palms of my hands were left with marks from my fingernails.
If you use more force, it might break.
"Don't worry."
Orochimaru also joined in the comforting.
"Although that thing is powerful, it depends on who is operating it."
At least that's how it seemed to Orochimaru.
He always believed that powerful skills are a higher and better pursuit.
But how much effect it can really have depends on the strength of the user himself.
If it is used on a stupid person, even S-level ninjutsu will be of no use.
On the contrary, if someone like Minato Namikaze were to use it.
Even humble C-rank ninjutsu can often produce miraculous effects.
So after taking a brief look at the battle situation, he felt relieved.
Even if there will be casualties in this battle.
That would definitely not happen to Uchiha Shisui.
So Orochimaru looked calm and even felt like comforting his financial sponsor.
This is an excellent sponsor who earns his own money, so of course we cannot let him feel uncomfortable.
"Um……"
Having said that, Yu Yue could only feel half relieved.
After all, the battlefield changes rapidly, who knows what will happen in the next second?
There's no point in just sitting here and worrying.
"Over at the Sand Village..."
"Lord Kazekage should have taken action already."
Orochimaru glanced towards the podium.
Fengying, who was originally sitting there, disappeared at some point.
The Tsuchikage, who was a guest, was still there.
However, there was no sign of nervousness or worry on his face.
"Our people..."
Just as Yu Yue was about to say something, cheers broke out from the audience again.
She looked up and saw that on the battlefield where the Mirage Technique was demonstrated, the ninjas' united attack finally broke through the outer armor of the fortress.
Although this is not a serious injury to the huge fortress that would affect its operations, if it can be broken once, there will be a second and third time.
The ninjas' confidence soared, and they naturally acted with more vigor.
The audience cheered along.
"Go ahead! Smash them!"
"That's right! Let them know the power of ninja!"
They no longer cared about what events or competitions they were participating in.
When emotions run high, people just speak out according to their own wishes.
As for who that fortress is, is it good or bad?
Who cares.
On the battlefield, the ninjas became more and more courageous.
The combination of Uchiha Shisui and several other team captains is becoming more and more tacit.
Just a few short words are enough for the other party to understand what you mean.
The ninjas were more cautious in their advances and retreats.
The more Camilla commanded the fortress, the more sad it became.
Just as Uchiha Shisui said.
The fortress's huge size is both its advantage and its disadvantage.
Being huge means being strong and having the power to crush everything. But at the same time, its flexibility is far inferior, and it requires a lot of work and experience to maintain the balance.
In contrast, although it is difficult for individual ninjas to cause damage to the fortress, they are flexible enough and can take good care of each other.
It is enough to cover the escape with firepower over a large area of ​​the fortress, and through the next concerted efforts, it can cause an attack that is enough to threaten the fortress.
This continuous process of breaking the whole into parts and then putting the parts back together made Camilla in the fortress extremely anxious.
"Why haven't you adjusted your balance yet?"
"Fire! I said fire, don't you understand?"
She kept shouting orders.
But some things cannot be solved immediately by voice control just because of the loudest voice.
Beneath the fortress's huge body are quagmire traps constantly created by earth escape, which makes it difficult for it to maintain its efficient moving speed as before.
Not to mention ramming and crushing, even the cannons couldn't be accurately fired.
Due to the interference of the ninjas, he almost hurt himself several times.
Even though there was no direct damage to themselves, several artillery pieces were almost out of service.
The people who were spurred by Camilla also had their own grievances.
Don't they want to open fire or take action?
Of course not, it’s just that they simply can’t act in the expected direction.
It looked like those nasty ninjas were about to cause further damage to the fortress.
Camilla had no choice but to grit her teeth and give the order:
"Those of you who don't have work on your hands, put on your armor and follow me."
If we don't deal with those damn ninjas and continue like this, the situation will probably only get worse.
Camilla's scarlet eyes flashed with murderous intent.
What she gained through the Gray Stone was the ability to fly.
She just didn't believe that those ninjas could cause any harm to her who could fly in the air!
Then the ninjas outside discovered that the fortress had strangely stopped.
Even the artillery had a brief pause.
“Someone!”
The ninja in charge of the investigation keenly discovered the people emerging from the fortress.
Dozens of people were wearing uniform armor.
As soon as they came out, they attacked the nearby ninjas without saying a word.
"Enemy attack!"
Faced with this
Despite the unexpected change, Uchiha Shisui did not panic.
He said calmly, "The ninjas who are good at close combat and physical skills will deal with those people. The other ninjas will continue to attack the fortress. Are the medical ninjas ready? Be ready to rescue the wounded at any time!"
His orders were passed down, and the young ninjas once again quickly adjusted the areas they were responsible for.
A ninja from the Hyuga clan went up and faced the two armored men.
Not only was he not afraid, but he rolled his eyes and rushed forward with a burst of Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms punches, knocking both men out on the spot.
What kind of helmet or no armor?
In front of the Hyuga ninja with the 'Bai Yan' and 'Gentle Fist', it's just paper!
When the other ninjas saw Hyuga ninja's actions, they immediately understood.
The fact that they can be knocked flying proves that even if these people are strong, their strength is limited.
It's not a big problem.
So they completely let go of the uneasiness in their hearts and rushed up to beat him up.
Although they are 'good at progress', not all ninjas are just unarmed.
For example, the petite girl who had always been very popular with the audience took out a mace that was half a person's height on and hit the person out like hitting a baseball.
The man who was attacked flew several meters in the direction of the fortress before he knocked over his companion and fell down, never to get up again.
"Okay! Next one!"
"Come on! We are not afraid of you!"
"Charge! Kill them!"
——Instead, it was the ninjas who launched the attack.
On the other side, Camilla, who was very high in the air, also flew into the air under the cover of her companions.
While the ninjas' attention was focused on the people and fortresses on the ground, she quickly rushed towards the desert monitor lizard that was equally conspicuous on the battlefield.
To be precise, it was Uchiha Shisui on the desert giant lizard.
She had already noticed the young ninja in command and was convinced.
As long as they can kill him, the ninjas without a commander will become a group of scattered sand without a leader.
Nothing to be afraid of!
Getting closer.
She flew across most of the battlefield and finally arrived above the desert monitor lizard.
The handsome young man and his companions below didn't notice anything at all and continued to focus their attention on the battlefield ahead.
Camilla smiled victoriously.
Blame it on your inability to fly.
In the air, no one can defeat himself!!