On the very day Yagami Yue drew the Mikoto Misaka Character Card, the situation in the shinobi world suddenly became much more serious.
In the Land of Earth, Iwagakure opened a new front through Kusagakure, intensifying its offensive against the Land of Fire.
In the Land of Lightning, more than ten thousand shinobi suddenly joined the battlefield without warning, launching an attack on the Land of Fire.
Kirigakure likewise increased the intensity of its attacks against the Land of Fire.
It was as though these countries had coordinated their actions in advance.
For a time, the pressure on the Land of Fire and Konoha increased dramatically.
Konoha hurriedly mobilized large numbers of shinobi.
Even the Hyūga clan and Uchiha clan dispatched substantial forces to the front lines.
The Shinobi World War had now erupted in full force.
Yet on the battlefield between the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire, Sunagakure remained completely silent.
The silence was so unnerving that it was almost frightening.
A few days earlier, Orochimaru had secretly transferred Tsunade and a contingent of Uchiha forces to this battlefield, intending to set an ambush for the Sand shinobi.
But now Tsunade had been urgently dispatched to reinforce the battlefield against Kumogakure, while the Uchiha forces had been recalled to the border with the Land of Earth.
Orochimaru had no choice but to abandon his carefully prepared ambush.
However, he immediately ordered all shinobi to increase their vigilance.
Even a fool could tell that Sunagakure would never let such an opportunity pass.
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Night
Yagami Yue was currently familiarizing himself with Mikoto Misaka’s abilities.
A shuriken floated above his hand, slowly spinning and circling through the air.
Electromagnetism!
It was one of the four fundamental forces of nature and one of the foundations of physical science.
With electromagnetic force, metallic objects could be made to float.
And controlling electromagnetic force was one of Misaka’s fundamental abilities.
In that respect, it had a remarkable similarity to the Fourth Kazekage Rasa’s Magnet Release.
But that wasn’t all.
Yagami Yue was also constantly emitting extremely weak electromagnetic waves around himself.
By sensing the subtle changes in the waves reflected back from his surroundings, he could use them much like a radar.
This function was somewhat similar to Observation Haki, although the two abilities focused on different aspects.
Yue trained until after three in the morning before finally going to sleep.
Around him lay a pile of tiny metal fragments.
They had all been gathered together through electromagnetic force.
Time slowly passed…
Around five in the morning, the sky was only beginning to brighten.
This was precisely when everyone was sleeping most deeply.
It was also the moment when shinobi were at their most exhausted and least vigilant.
Suddenly—
A shrill scream exploded across the First Division’s Konoha camp.
The entire camp immediately erupted into chaos.
Countless shinobi jolted awake.
“Attack!”
“Explosive tags!
Throw them!”
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
A series of earth-shaking explosions erupted.
The entire First Division camp was instantly engulfed in flames, illuminating the night like broad daylight.
When the explosions finally subsided, the entire camp looked as though it had been plowed over.
Yagami Yue had been blasted into a daze.
Fortunately, he had reacted in time.
Using Misaka’s electromagnetic abilities, he gathered the metal fragments he had collected the previous night and compressed them into a sphere around himself, forming a protective shell.
When Yagami Yue finally recovered from the explosion, he saw that the surrounding camp had already been reduced to ruins.
And the main Sand forces had already swept past the Konoha First Division’s camp.
They had charged directly into the camp of the Second Division.
“It was genjutsu!”
Yagami Yue immediately thought of the only plausible explanation.
The Sand forces must have used a large-scale genjutsu operation to deceive the sentries and the shinobi stationed at the forward camps, allowing them to infiltrate the area before suddenly launching their attack.
But there was no time for him to think about it any further.
A Sand genin had spotted Yagami Yue standing conspicuously amid the ruins.
The Sand shinobi grinned viciously and charged toward him with a kunai.
Because chakra was limited and the battlefield could remain active for extended periods, shinobi had to conserve their chakra whenever possible.
The battlefield was full of danger.
As a result, taijutsu was crucial for sustained combat.
Looking at the charging Sand shinobi, Yagami Yue gave a cold laugh.
Click!
Kiku Ichimonji was drawn from its sheath.
Shing!
A flash of sword light swept across the battlefield.
The Sand genin’s head was cleanly severed.
An insignificant genin could be dealt with effortlessly.
Before long, Yagami Yue began appearing throughout the ruins of the First Division camp.
Everywhere his blade flashed, another Konoha shinobi was rescued from the Sand forces.
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After all, saving someone’s life was hardly something he disliked.
And he deliberately targeted the struggling civilian-born shinobi.
Especially the younger genin.
“Lord Yue is mighty!”
“Thank you for saving my life, Lord Yue!”
One after another, the genin he rescued became deeply grateful to him.
Their favorability toward Yue was probably already maxed out.
Yagami Yue moved through the battlefield like a god of slaughter.
One Sand shinobi after another fell beneath his blade.
“Drunken Fist — Draw and Slash!”
“Rising Tower!”
“Thirty-Six Pound Phoenix!”
“Flying Dragon — Flame!”
Within the First Division camp, Yagami Yue was practically unstoppable.
Even Sand jōnin who encountered him found themselves unable to withstand his terrifying, elusive, and domineering swordsmanship.
At the same time, a group of Konoha shinobi from the First Division had gathered behind Yagami Yue.
Although every one of them was injured, they followed behind him with overwhelming momentum and soaring morale.
Yagami Yue was like the head of a dragon.
The Konoha shinobi behind him formed the body.
Together, they swept across every corner of the battlefield.
Whenever they encountered Sand forces, they simply charged straight through them.
For a time, Konoha’s morale soared.
And Yagami Yue stole the entire battlefield’s spotlight.
Before long, the situation at the First Division camp attracted the attention of the main Sand forces.
“It’s him?!”
The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, who had personally come to the front lines, immediately recognized Yagami Yue.
The moment he remembered the hundreds of Sand shinobi who had died at Yue’s hands, Rasa’s killing intent surged.
It became almost tangible.
Rasa’s resolve was absolute.
Even if he had to personally enter the battlefield—
He would kill this genius!
“Die!”
Rasa’s chakra suddenly erupted.
Countless particles of gold dust floated around him like a demonic god.
They transformed into a pair of enormous golden wings.
BOOM!
Rasa suddenly shot toward Yagami Yue.
His momentum was overwhelming.