- More? - I looked questioningly at the men.
- To go out," my uncle waved his hand, making me smile, "one jonin wouldn't need all the tars on the table to be really full, let alone six people, not counting one, since Shikaku's concubine was drinking juice because of her position.
Having filled my kin's glasses, and not forgetting myself, I raised my cup with the desire to make a toast, when a loud sound came from the distance, causing me to interrupt.
Donn!
- What's that? - Setsura was the first to jump up when everyone fell silent.
The sound of an explosion, muffled by the distance but clearly occurring somewhere in the clan part of Konoha, caused everyone to jump to their feet, forgetting to relax.
- An attack? - Shikaku voiced the general thought, then dashed off in the direction of the exit from the station.
- The women are guarding the children! - The head of Nara shouted at the twitching kunoichi and followed.
I kept up with them, jumping out onto the road and one shunshin away from the gates of the clan quarter. I waved to the alarmed guards standing at the post, and in one leap I passed them and found myself outside the activated protective barrier, which interfered with the sensor's perception.
I oriented myself where the fight had started, and then, ignoring the frightened cries of passersby, I raced at full speed in that direction. Shunshin was afraid to use it - it was possible to fly into the used technique.
As I jumped across the rooftops, I noticed that the other shinobi had reacted quickly to the sounds of battle, rushing at full speed in the same direction, even though they were lagging behind me. As I began to realize from the smoke and fire that had begun to rise into the sky, it was not far from the Hatake clan's territory.
It had only been about twenty seconds since the first explosion, but the number of techniques I could feel flashing through the air was more than a dozen, and I couldn't tell how many people were fighting - there was too much chakra scattered in space, and the clan defenses, which were running at full power, were making things worse by clogging up other sources nearby.
As I accelerated with chakra, I flew over several houses nearby, not worrying about the safety of the roofs, and I could already see the figures in the distance, clashing and sending streams of fire and water at each other as they approached, but suddenly, from somewhere below, a thick fog fell in waves, hiding the fighters and the damaged houses around them.
By the time I was far enough away to attack the unknown shinobi fighting Anbu and the jonin who were just nearby, the fog had already covered the area and I had to slow down and quickly fold a few seals.
- Futon: Daitoppa (Air Release: Great Breakthrough)!
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