Chapter 185: The aftermath of the war! The Four Shadows Talks!
On the second day, Konoha was at the border of the Land of Hot Springs.
Inside the tent, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen was behind the dim light. His face looked extremely ugly and he slammed the table angrily.
"Koharu! How could you be so stupid! Tsunade and the others are guarding the front line, how could you only send such a small number of reinforcements!"
At this time, Utane Koharu's face turned pale, and hesitantly said:
"Hiruzen, I am doing this for the sake of the village. Tsunade used the border defense as an excuse. I am also worried about the border..."
However, looking at the expression of Utane Koharu, Sarutobi Hiruzen slammed the table angrily. He hated it so much that at this time, she was still thinking about eliminating dissidents.
It turned out that after they escaped last night, Utane Koharu intercepted several supporting ninja armies.
"Hiruzen, I really didn't expect that..."
Looking at Sarutobi Hiruzen's ugly expression, Utane Koharu also looked a little frightened.
"I thought they would suffer heavy losses this time, but I never thought..."
If Tsunade's ninja army, composed of elite members of major families, suffered heavy losses, they naturally did not need to give an answer.
After all, the major families were also weakened, but the problem was that none of these elites came back alive.
"Hiruzen!"
At this moment, Shimura Danzo entered the tent with a gloomy face. Facing Utane Koharu's eyes asking for help, he didn't even look at her. He looked directly at Sarutobi Hiruzen and said in a deep voice:
"Uchiha Ya has opened his Mangekyō! Don't say you don't know this news. And what about last night's declaration? What does he, Uchiha, want to do? A coup? Or is he dissatisfied with us?"
"Huruzen! This is no longer a small problem, Mangekyō! Add to that the evil ninja declaration that has deceived the major families..."
At this time, Shimura Danzo was filled with anger and greed.
"The Uchiha are uncontrollable, especially the pain caused to Konoha by the last Mangekyō. We must never allow such a dangerous and evil force to appear in Konoha again!"
When it comes to Uchiha, Danzo Shimura is definitely the one who dislikes them the most, especially the terrifying power of the Mangekyo.
"Danzo! We are at war now. Do you want to plunge Konoha into turmoil or force these big families to unite and launch a coup? "
Sarutobi Hiruzen slammed the table angrily and glared at Shimura Danzo. The plan to collapse the Cloud Ninja was already bad enough, but he never expected that bad things would happen one after another.
Mangekyō, Uchiha, and space-time ninjutsu, which one of them didn't give him a headache and cause him fear, but does he have any choice now?
"Hiruzen!"
Shimura Danzo's face also darkened, and he said hoarsely:
"I understand. This is the last intelligence sent back by the Root's spies in Kumogakure. The Third Raikage and the Eight-Tails suddenly appeared behind us because the Kumogakure Village mastered a space-time ninjutsu called the Heaven's Sent Jutsu...
More importantly, the Third Raikage has already urgently contacted other ninja villages and is preparing to hold a meeting of the Four Kages..."
As Danzo Shimura handed over the blood-stained intelligence, it proved that their senior spy in Kumogakure had been discovered.
When they thought of the space-time ninjutsu mastered by Kumogakure, they instantly thought of the Second Hokage who died in the Land of Lightning. It was probably at that time that Kumogakure obtained some information on space-time ninjutsu.
However! What is more important right now is the final information.
"The four major ninja villages join forces!"
At this moment, this scene was the only one in the minds of Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo and Utane Koharu, which made them recall the cruelty of the First World War once again.
It can be said that the Ninja World War is the greatest pain for all the major ninja villages so far. This war took the five major ninja villages twenty years to recover, which shows that they almost lost all their resources.
Otherwise, the various ninja villages in the ninja world would not have the opportunity to develop, especially the Rain Village would not have taken the opportunity to develop.
"Huruzen, Mangekyō, Space-Time Ninjutsu, all of these Uchiha are hidden too deeply. If it weren't for the situation, we wouldn't know about it at all, especially this time, this Uchiha's speech of change!"
After reading the intelligence from Kumogakure, and considering the serious consequences of this plan, Utane Koharu raised a key issue with a grim expression.
This time, these big clans may really stand with the Senju and Uchiha.
"change!"
Shimura Danzo, who was extremely prejudiced against the Uchiha clan, said gloomily: "This is clearly ambition."
Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Third Hokage, rubbed his brows, but there was a complicated look in his eyes.
"We can understand the passion of young people, we also went through this in the past, but now I am the Hokage of Konoha, and I carry the future of more than 30,000 ninjas in Konoha Village of the Land of Fire on my shoulders!
Facing the turmoil in the ninja world, impulse cannot solve it, and I believe that all Konoha ninjas..."
As Sarutobi Hiruzen's voice echoed, Utane Koharu seemed to have heard something and nodded and said in a deep voice:
"I understand Hiruzen. The overall situation is more important now."
We cannot conflict with these big families at this time.
Danzo Shimura snorted coldly, left after saying a few words.
"Huruzen, this time the ninja world will definitely be in turmoil, and the Root needs someone to command. I will go back first."
As Danzo turned and left, Utane Koharu looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen, hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Huruzen, things have come to this point. This time it was all the fault of the Intelligence Department..."
"I understand. Now that the Cloud Ninjas have temporarily withdrawn, the next war will be even more intense. We should also go back and prepare for this war that will sweep across the ninja world."
As Sarutobi Hiruzen's voice echoed, Utane Koharu also retreated with a serious expression.
The failure of the Kumogakure collapse plan not only pulled Sarutobi Hiruzen down from the altar, but also caused their prestige to plummet. Especially in the ninja world, the impact was so great that even more serious consequences would occur.
"Minato, what do you think about this?"
After a while, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had placed himself in the shadows, muttered hoarsely, and a golden figure appeared in front of him.
Namikaze Minato looked at the shocked Third Hokage with a complicated expression, and said in a deep voice:
"Sandaime-sama, Uchiha Ya used the space-time ninjutsu of the Second Hokage, not the legendary Mangekyo eye technique, and in battle..."
After Namikaze Minato finished his detailed report, the Third Hokage slowly raised his head, revealing his bloodshot eyes in the shadows.
"The Second Hokage's Space-Time Ninjutsu, the Senju clan handed over the village's forbidden jutsu to the Uchiha without permission, Minato, do you think this is particularly fair?"
"And this so-called passionate declaration of change. Change requires bloodshed! His current arrogance and ignorance is because he only has his family in his eyes, but what I see in my eyes is the entire Konoha, not the Senju and Uchiha family!"
When facing Minato Namikaze, Sarutobi Hiruzen's low voice seemed to prove something.
Minato Namikaze, who was deeply influenced by the will of fire, was born into a commoner family and believed that the existence of his family itself had an impact on the development of Konoha.
This is the fundamental problem. No matter how good Minato Namikaze's character is, he cannot understand the natural sense of honor that the Senju and Uchiha have for their family.
The education and ideas he received since childhood were different, especially he grew up under the will of the third generation of fire, and after graduation he was trained by the third generation.
What he saw was that there were more than 30,000 Konoha ninjas in the village, of which more than 20,000 were civilians. Konoha was supported by countless civilian ninjas, and the wealthy and powerful families only occupied a small half.
Is it wrong for the Hokage to weaken the big families and balance Konoha to make the village more stable?
Thinking of this, Namikaze Minato took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:
"The Hokage needs to be responsible for the entire Konoha, and although I agree with part of Uchiha Ye's remarks, that is protection! But I absolutely do not agree with his narrow-minded idea of protection!"
When he said this, Minato Namikaze showed a determined look. He was a qualified successor to the will of fire, and both family members and civilians were people he had to protect.
It can be said that Namikaze Minato inherited the will of fire from the third and first generations. What he wants to protect is the entire Konoha, not just one family or one person. And Uchiha Yami's thoughts and remarks have revealed that what he wants to protect is the people who are worth protecting, not the will of the first generation of Hokage.
Tsunade knew this clearly, but she also knew that her grandfather's first-generation philosophy was a failure.
"Minato, I'm glad you think this way!"
When seeing the determined look in Namikaze Minato's eyes, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen showed a relieved and complicated look. He wanted to prove that he was not wrong.
"Minato, from today on, the village will do its best to help you master and perfect the space-time ninjutsu of the Second Hokage. I hope you will not let me down."
After hearing the Third Hokage's importance, Namikaze Minato nodded more firmly.
"This is the top secret of the village's Sharingan Mangekyō. You will understand my concerns after you read it!"
At this point, Sarutobi Hiruzen rubbed his brows tiredly and said hoarsely:
"The instability of the Uchiha clan, coupled with the space-time ninjutsu, may only be able to rely on you, Minato, to keep them in check in the future..."
After the appearance of Mangekyō and space-time ninjutsu, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that the Uchiha were out of control, so he needed someone to check and balance them, and that person was Namikaze Minato, who was also proficient in space-time ninjutsu.
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Iwagakure Village.
"Lord Third Tsuchikage, this is a scroll from the Raikage of the Hidden Cloud Village, as well as urgent intelligence sent back by our spies..."
At this time in the Iwagakure office, the Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki went from being shocked at first to having a dark face at the end, and finally he placed two intelligence scrolls heavily on the table.
Under the nervous gazes of the Iwagakure jonin, it took a long while before the most senior Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki slowly uttered a word.
"Konoha really is the cradle of geniuses!"
No one could understand the mixed feelings of jealousy and envy in Oonoki's heart.
"Flying Thunder God, Mangekyō! The threat to Konoha is too great!"
The intelligence came back that the Konoha ninja Uchiha Ya had a fierce battle with the Third Raikage, and opened the Mangekyō Sharingan to protect his companions.
Oonoki took this information very seriously.
"But the Third Raikage fought to this point, and the Kumogakure Corps, with three times the force, was unable to defeat Konoha. It's not that the Kumogakure Corps is incompetent, but that Konoha's foundation is too strong."
At this time, Ohnoki handed the information to the people below to read, and said in a low voice:
"Konoha's threat is too great. It seems that we are only slightly behind Konoha in terms of military strength, but in fact, in terms of high-end combat power, especially the Kage-level combat power that can stand alone, Konoha overwhelms all of our major ninja villages!"
When he said this, Ohnoki showed an even more jealous look.
"Even if our four major ninja villages join forces, the number of Kage-level fighters is probably only equal to that of Konoha at best. What's more important is the space-time ninjutsu!"
"Two! Two ninjas who have mastered the Second Hokage's Space-Time Flying Thunder God technique suddenly appeared in Konoha!"
At this time, Ohnoki slammed the table angrily, "Immediately declare to the Ninja World that Konoha's behavior of provoking a war in the Ninja World without authorization is not only reckless, but also cruelly formulated a plan to collapse Kumogakure!
We in the Iwagakure Village strongly condemned Konoha’s behavior. At the same time, we discovered through spies in the village that Konoha is not only Sand Village and Kumogakure that have formulated a collapse plan, but all the major ninja villages in the ninja world have also formulated a collapse plan..."
Ohnoki is an old fox. Now that he has found Konoha's weak spot, how could he not throw dirty water? He was even secretly frightened and began to wonder whether Konoha had also made the same plan against Iwagakure?
He immediately made up his mind that he must thoroughly investigate the Iwagakure Village no matter what.
……
In the dim cave.
"Master Madara, Border Konoha's plan to collapse Kumogakure... finally..."
When listening to White Zetsu talking about the situation in the ninja world, especially the decapitation plan as part of the collapse of Kumogakure, Uchiha Madara showed a look of boredom.
"The Raikage of Kumogakure might be a little interesting, but unfortunately this is already the limit of ordinary ninjas. As for the so-called strongest third-generation Hokage..."
When he said this, Uchiha Madara sneered sarcastically.
"I really don't know how Konoha chose to choose someone like this to be the Hokage."
When Uchiha Madara thought about letting the white-haired man know the appearance of the Hokage he had chosen in the future, a playful smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Maybe this is more interesting!
White Zetsu on the side tilted his head. He was still unable to understand normal human emotions.
"Mr. Madara, later on, the Third Hokage of Konoha... the outstanding junior you selected... awakened the Mangekyō..."
When he heard that Uchiha Ye had opened the Mangekyō Sharingan, Uchiha Madara simply smiled indifferently. This was not beyond his expectations.
After all, she is someone he has chosen. If she still cannot open the kaleidoscope, then he will really doubt whether he has chosen the wrong person from the beginning.
However, after hearing Uchiha Ye's oath and the approval of Tsunade Senju and countless Konoha family ninjas, Uchiha Madara let out the unique Uchiha laugh.
"Haha, Hasi Lama, your granddaughter and the bloodline family ninjas of Konoha all recognize Uchiha..."
This news is far more exciting than hearing Uchiha Ye open the Mangekyō.
His ideals were not recognized at the beginning. Even when he was excluded and selected as Hokage, no one believed in him. When he left Konoha, no one followed him.
This has always been the deepest pain in his heart!
Today, Uchiha Yagami has gained recognition from all the major bloodline family ninjas, as well as recognition from Senju Tsunade. Isn't this a slap in the face to Hashirama and that annoying white-haired guy?
This made Uchiha Madara unable to help but let out the Uchiha's unique crazy laughter in the dim cave.
“Ahahaha…Hashira Mama, if I had been given a little more time, I would have been able to perfect my own path. Your childish ideal is wrong. You are just using your powerful strength to make the entire ninja world play house games with you…”
Uchiha Madara was so excited that his eyes were a little moist. Uchiha Ye inherited his thoughts when he was young, and even under his secret training, he took a more mature path than he did before.
All this seemed to make him see his former self. Hashirama had proved through practice that his ideals were wrong, and his original ideals had not yet been realized.
Now Uchiha Ye is him! To achieve his ideal in the ninja world is an unfinished game between him and Hashirama.
"Hashirama! I won't lose this time!"
Looking at Uchiha Madara who was laughing crazily, White Zetsu on the side tilted his head, and only spoke after the excitement of Madara, who was about to die, had subsided.
"Master Madara, given the current situation in the ninja world, the Third Raikage of Kumogakure is preparing to hold a meeting of the Four Kages..."
At this time, Uchiha Madara came back to his senses and showed a domineering smile.
"The Four Kage Talks?! That's perfect, let's have another war in the Ninja World. While weakening the Ninja World's strength, I also want to see how much impact this outstanding junior can bring to the Ninja World..."
This almost indicates that the Kirigakure controlled by Uchiha Madara will start a war.
The major ninja villages in the ninja world are too strong, which is not conducive to his plan. After all, Nagato with the Rinnegan is too weak. At the same time, it can also blow a breeze to the ninja world and speed up his pace of selecting outstanding juniors.
Kill two birds with one stone, why not!
In the dim cave, an old widow sat alone on a cold stone chair, muttering:
"Young man, I, Uchiha Madara, have recognized you. Please don't let me down... Before the Infinite Tsukuyomi, I hope you will be at the top of the ninja world..."
Thank you for your support.
(End of this chapter)
