Chapter 659

But in reality, compared to Natsu, Hitsugaya Toushirou's emotional intelligence was countless times higher—at least when it came to dealing with the shinobi of Konoha, even without Natsu's reminder, Hitsugaya Toushirou understood the situation perfectly well.

Looking at Hitsugaya Toushirou's expression, Natsu could only slink away from his side and return to the Ishgar group.

After all, he didn't want to be frozen by Hitsugaya Toushirou again—that feeling was still extremely unpleasant for Natsu, because no matter how strong his physique was, he was still just one person.

Watching Natsu's state, everyone in Ishgar covered their mouths; for them, seeing Natsu put in his place also seemed to be a rather delightful thing.

Although Hitsugaya Toushirou had only frozen all the shinobi at Konoha's village gate, the commotion was still far too great in Konoha's eyes.

Before long, quite a few Leaf Anbu shinobi arrived at the village gate, and upon seeing the shinobi frozen into ice sculptures there, their expressions turned extremely ugly.

"If I were you, I wouldn't touch their bodies—after all, if the ice cracks, it won't be me who killed them."

Watching the Leaf Anbu's movements, Hitsugaya Toushirou frowned; if their reckless actions continued, they really might end up killing those shinobi who had only been frozen by him.

Looking at the Ishgar group and the Shinigami, the Leaf Anbu shinobi's eyes were filled with wariness.

"Who exactly are you? Why have you come to our Konoha to attack our people? Could it be that you're from the Akatsuki?"

Although they didn't know why the Ishgar group and the Shinigami's clothing was so bizarre, for the Leaf Anbu, these were not the biggest problems.

The biggest problem now was figuring out whether the Ishgar group and the Shinigami before them were enemies or friends—after all, for Konoha's Leaf Anbu, this might be the hardest time.

On one hand, they had to deal with the pressure from the Akatsuki organization; on the other hand, because Root had been mostly destroyed by Uchiha Sasuke at the end, for Konoha this could also be considered a crippling blow.

So no matter what, the people of Konoha had to intercept everything outside the village, otherwise for them it would all be a disaster.

Looking at the wary Konoha shinobi, the Ishgar group and the Shinigami repeated what they had said last time.

"We have something we need to discuss with your… that Kage. We have something very important to tell her, because it concerns the survival of this world."

"Although we don't know what your purpose is, right now it seems you cannot enter Konoha—after all, you are too dangerous. If you wish to see the Hokage, my lord, you will need to wait here while we go report."

Looking at the gate-guarding shinobi frozen into ice sculptures, Konoha's Leaf Anbu were at a loss as to how to deal with the Ishgar group and the Shinigami.

After all, for these shinobi, the current Shinigami and Ishgar group were simply too dangerous; if they were allowed to enter Konoha so casually, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Makarov read the shinobi's psychological shifts in his heart, sighed, and still stepped forward himself to conduct diplomacy with them.

"Don't worry. If we had any killing intent toward you, we would have acted long ago. Although we don't know how you managed to deploy a barrier, a barrier of this level means nothing to us."

"So we won't do anything either. Once you bring us inside, we'll also thaw these few little brothers out—won't that make everyone happy?"

"Why waste all your time on unimportant matters? It's unnecessary."

Looking at Makarov, the Leaf Anbu all hesitated—after all, for them, even Makarov was an extremely dangerous figure now, but that didn't mean they didn't find his words reasonable.

But now the situation had already exceeded the Leaf Anbu's management Fan Chou; even these Leaf Anbu didn't know how to handle things anymore.

Just as both sides were at an impasse and didn't know what to do, Nara Shikaku's figure suddenly appeared at Konoha's village gate.

"What's going on? Are these people enemies? Why aren't you attacking?"

Looking at the Leaf Anbu who hadn't moved, Nara Shikaku found it a little strange; as Konoha's sole strategist at present, for the Leaf Anbu he might also be the only person who could decide how this matter would go.

So, the moment they saw Nara Shikaku, quite a few Leaf Anbu turned hopeful gazes toward him.

Some Leaf Anbu even came directly to Nara Shikaku's side and quietly told him what had happened, hoping he could resolve the matter with ease.