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Chapter 645 Konoha Collapse

Kakashi Hatake looked at everyone, and finally waved to Sasuke and Naruto.

"You can handle it."

After saying that, he disappeared again without a trace.

Sakura, who was healing Uncle Nara, couldn't help but sneer at his attitude, "He's always so indifferent. Sometimes I wonder if he's really the Hokage."

"Sakura, I think he has his own difficulties," Naruto said from the side.

At that moment, Sasuke had already vanished from his spot, because he was going to take control of everyone in the Yamanaka clan.

Soon after, the last elder of the Yamanaka clan roared like a madman at the last moment, trying to use a forbidden technique to drag more people down with him, but Sasuke's Amenotejikara directly switched him to a corner and shattered all the fingers that were forming hand seals with a single punch.

His voice abruptly stopped, blood gushed from his neck, and he fell down with his eyes wide open, a ferocious smile still on his lips.

Importantly, this so-called coup ended on the very first night.

By the time Naruto arrived, everything had already been settled.

He saw the remnants of the mountain tribe, the women and children who had not participated in the coup, huddled in a corner, staring blankly at everything.

For some unknown reason, his wife Ino followed closely behind.

Yamanaka Ino sat under a dead tree, hugging her knees, staring blankly at the commotion in the distance.

Naruto walked over, knelt down, and hugged her. "Don't look, it's all over now."

He didn't know how to express his gratitude, after all, they were his former family.

Yamanaka Ino didn't quite understand what her husband was saying. She had just come here inexplicably, following her feelings. But the people in front of her were strangers to her. She could sense their fear, but she didn't care about their lives.

She didn't even quite understand what life and death meant.

But at this moment, the celebrity suddenly wanted to ask himself:

What exactly are you protecting?

The people you're protecting are killing each other.

The village you are protecting is self-destructing.

The truth you're protecting is crumbling bit by bit.

Why did you do all this?

He didn't know the answer.

All he wants now is to live a good life with Ino.

After the coup, all the handling of the situation was left to Sasuke.

All adult males of the Yamanaka clan who participated in the coup were sent into the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Of course, no one knew that their Infinite Tsukuyomi was different from others.

What those people encounter in illusions will never be a beautiful dream.

The women were not involved in the plan; Sasuke let them choose for themselves.

Fearing accusations from the villagers of Konoha, they chose to collectively enter the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Only a small number of children remained, but when they looked at their clansmen who had been hung on the sacred tree, their eyes were completely numb.

Ultimately, this once glorious clan, which had stood in Konoha for decades, was reduced to only eight young children, who were scattered among families willing to adopt them.

After losing its head, the Nara clan experienced a large-scale exodus. For several days in a row, Nara clan ninjas and ordinary people submitted applications to enter the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Even the youngest child had already grasped the situation.

Kakashi Hatake had a hangover the night before. When he woke up the next morning, he looked at his stubble-covered face in the mirror, then silently packed his things and went to his office to deal with the few documents he had.

In just a few days, Konoha's population plummeted again to below 500.

On the deserted street, the wind blew and swirled up a few withered leaves.

The withered leaves swirled and landed in front of a half-open door.

Inside the door, there was a bed, a table, and a faded family photo hanging on the wall.

The people in the photo are smiling, and the sunlight shines on them, so bright it's almost blinding.

There's no one there anymore.

Even so, the number of people entering Infinite Tsukuyomi every day has not decreased.

The world of Konoha is about to become an empty tomb, as people are hung from the trees one by one.

The small underground space was no longer enough, and the divine tree, having absorbed enough nutrients, began to grow and gradually spread to the surface.

Those who are alive can see people hanging on the trees like cocoons.

The fear and dread in my heart are constantly pounding, and it's only a matter of time before I collapse.

Furthermore, with some people timing the events with stopwatches, the time when sunlight appears in the sky is becoming increasingly shorter. If this continues at this rate, the world of Konoha will be plunged into permanent darkness within ten years.

"Lord Sasuke, let me enter the Infinite Tsukuyomi." A powerful Jonin suddenly knelt on the ground. He was patrolling behind Sasuke when he suddenly suffered a mental breakdown and was forced to kneel.

"ah--"

His captain stepped forward, grabbed him by the collar, and yelled at him, "What are you doing? Don't you know you have children at home?"

"Then let's do it together." The captain, still angry, slapped him hard.

But after the fight, I was filled with despair.

"Okay, as you wish."

After Sasuke finished speaking, he left with his men. In fact, they didn't know what they were patrolling for. In Konoha these days, what was there to patrol?

"We can't go on like this."

In the Hokage's office, Naruto burst in and said to Kakashi Hatake, "If this continues, Konoha will eventually become a ghost town. Everyone will be trapped in the Infinite Tsukuyomi. The village will truly be finished."

Because humans are social animals, Naruto had always thought he wouldn't care and that he could get through it as long as he was with the person he loved.

But this morning he discovered that the old woman who distributed food in the village was gone, and his neighbor, the cheerful auntie, was also gone.

The little girl who used to play hide-and-seek on the street corner, her gentle and kind mother, and her ninja father who often made silly mistakes are all gone.

He couldn't imagine what this place would become if everyone were gone in the end.

Can he really persevere in the darkness?

At this moment, Sasuke leaned against the window, arms crossed, with a cold expression.

"Naruto, what do you want to do?"

"I want...I want to reconcile."

Reconciliation? With whom?

And the man outside who has locked the world away? And the demons who have imprisoned them in their tombs?

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Sasuke realized he understood Naruto less and less. Even if they wanted to reconcile, how could the outsiders agree?

"I know this is ridiculous, but it's the only way to survive right now, isn't it?" Naruto lowered his head, not daring to look Sasuke in the eye.

"Perhaps we were wrong, that we were too stubborn."

Why didn't you do this earlier? Isn't it a bit late now?