The battle is over.
Natsuo watched the corpse of the Third Hokage in silence.
He was once a heroic shinobi who was willing to sacrifice his life for the village, but later became a mediocre person who monopolized the village's interests and suppressed those who did not obey him.
Perhaps this is the most fitting way for him to die.
After killing the Third Hokage, Natsuo did not relentlessly pursue Orochimaru, but instead stopped his attack, burned the trees created by Wood Release, and let him go.
Honestly speaking, this time he was a bit unscrupulous. Orochimaru has been planning for so long, just to give his teacher a perfect ending. But in the end, Natsuo took away his chance to kill his master.
It may be that due to his transmigration he does not feel much for the genocide of the Uchiha clan, and the Third Hokage's manipulations may not have caused him any harm. But if he had not been strong enough, he could have been killed by Danzō or the Third Hokage at the slightest carelessness.
The death of the Third Hokage is necessary for both Natsuo and Konoha, that is why he never thought of interfering with the Orochimaru plan, but that does not mean that he will let the Third Hokage become a hero like in the Naruto Series.
"So, it's time to wrap things up..."
He smiled slightly and left the place.
Because both the Konoha shinobi and the Sunagakure and Otogakure shinobi did not want to harm the fainted nobles in the audience, they were somewhat restrained, and the intensity of the battle was low as they moved away from the audience.
Just as Natsuo expected, with the deliberate indulgence of Kakashi and others, as well as the intentional cooperation of Gaara, the battlefield moved away from the place where Orochimaru and the Third Hokage clashed.
At this moment, Gaara, who used the Full Shukaku Form, and those who left the exam site, are wreaking havoc within Konohagakure.
At the same time the evacuation of the Konohagakure villagers is almost complete. This allowed the Jōnin of Konoha to begin using their full forces without fear of collateral damage.
Kakashi wielded the Chidori and slashed a long scar across Shukaku's arm.
Might Guy opened the Fifth Gate and began attacking Shukaku, causing him to retreat repeatedly.
Neji also skillfully took advantage of the situation and used the Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven to protect his fellow ninjas multiple times.
However, although these annoying attacks couldn't completely harm Shukaku, they greatly angered Gaara. He ignored the original plan and directly used the Feigning Sleep Technique.
"It's finally happened, finally! Freedom is mine!"
A sharp cry sounded, sounding a bit neurotic. The Shukaku form's pupils began to spin, finally revealing a look full of ferocity and cruelty.
The ominous aura of violence accompanying it quickly spread, causing the faces of the surrounding shinobis to change.
'It's Shukaku... The real Shukaku!'
After venting, Shukaku began to launch attacks while laughing maniacally.
"Wind Release: Sand Buckshot!"
"Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet!"
A frenzy of explosions turned the surrounding buildings into ruins in an instant.
The shinobis scattered and fled, hastily dodging - in the face of a true tailed beast, they could only temporarily avoid its sharpness.
However, Shukaku became more and more excited as it continued to attack.
Finally, it began to gather its ultimate move. The Tailed Beast Ball.
The positive black chakra and negative white chakra are compressed into a spherical shape in a ratio of 8:2, possessing tremendous power capable of vaporizing entire mountains easily.
Whether intentional or not, the target direction of Shukaku's Tailed Beast Ball is the Uchiha clan's residential area.
"Haha, Gaara, you specifically warned me not to attack in that direction? Now I insist on attacking there!"
"Even if I attack, what can you do to stop me?"
Shukaku's voice is high-pitched, revealing a sense of satisfaction.
"Not good!" Neji's expression changed and he intended to intervene forcefully.
But he is stopped by Hyūga Hiashi.
"What are you thinking, Neji!" Hiashi grabs his nephew and angrily says: "What are you, even if you risk your life, can you really stop a Tailed Beast Ball?"
"Also, in that direction is the residence of the Uchiha clan, not the residence of our Hyūga clan. So what if Shukaku attacks?"
Uchiha and Hyūga have always been rivals.
Although Hyūga now believes that Uchiha is no longer worthy of being their opponent, there is obviously no need to sacrifice their own genius to save them.
However, Neji doesn't care about any of that. What a joke!
If Shukaku really destroys the Uchiha clan residence, it is possible that Natsuo in a fit of rage will eliminate everyone present!
It might even involve Konohagakure and Sunagakure! After all, his entire family is now in the Uchiha clan's residential area.
But just when Neji was about to use his Chakra to free himself from his uncle Hiashi, he suddenly calmed down.
Because his Byakugan has detected a unique Chakra standing in front of Shukaku.
"Gaara must have his reasons for not allowing you to attack that side."
Natsuo appeared in front of Shukaku, and an arm of the Susanoo appeared at his side.
Shukaku widened his eyes and was about to say something when...
The next second, Susanoo's arm forcefully grabbed the Tailed Beast Ball and stuffed it into Shukaku's mouth!
[Boom!]
Shukaku's body begins to swell like a colossal balloon.
Cracks appear on the surface of his skin, almost as if it is fracturing from the inside out. The energy blast distorts her corporeal form, causing Shukaku's mass to stretch beyond its usual limit. His skin now appears deteriorated, as if it were marked by the aftereffects of countless blows and attacks.
But all this chaos and agony are just the outward reflection of the anguish that Shukaku endures within himself. As his body swells and heaves, the pain within is incomparably more intense, an amalgam of torment that echoes through his core.
Before he could howl in pain, Natsuo decisively grabbed him and threw him in the direction of Rasa, who had just been freed by Natsuo.
His originally fierce and crazy look now seemed completely lifeless.
"Rasa, you better control him otherwise I'll kill him." Natuso said calmly.
"I understand." Rasa forced a smile.
Waves of sand and gold surged up, trapping Shukaku to contain him. As someone who often deliberately provokes Gaara, he is quite experienced in controlling Shukaku.
After seeing this, Natsuo's figure disappeared using the Body Flicker Technique.
Everything happened so suddenly that the Konoha shinobi barely reacted.
"Who was that person?"
"Was it a Konoha shinobi?"
"I don't know, I was too busy dodging the attacks and didn't have time to see the person clearly."
"Now is not the time to think about that!" Kakashi took a deep breath, his face serious. "Look at the person over there, that's the Fourth Kazekage!"
Fourth Kazekage? Shouldn't he be fighting with the Hokage? Why would he appear here?
Could it be...
The Hokage was killed by the Kazekage?
The faces of the crowd changed, showing a solemn expression, and even some individuals had a sense of panic in their eyes.
They did not know that the Fourth Kazekage who attacked the Third Hokage was actually Orochimaru in disguise. They only knew that the Fourth Kazekage and the Third Hokage had started fighting.
Did the Hokage lose so quickly?
Isn't the Fourth Kazekage on the opposite side known as the weakest Kage?
However, the opponent's clothes were clean as if he had not received any injuries. Judging by his expression and his abundant chakra...
Damn!
Our Hokage can't even inflict a little damage on the 'weakest Kage'? Is the Hokage really that weak?
The current problem is who will stop the Fourth Kazekage!
Although he is known as the weakest Kage, his Gold Dust is the most suitable for use on the battlefield. Each move has a large coverage area and has a great killing effect on non-Kage-level ninjas.
"It seems that it's time for me to contribute to the village!" Might Guy's face showed determination. "If I open the Eight Gates, I should be able to kill him."
Kakashi hesitated to speak, but his strength was not enough, he was only an elite Jōnin.
What else could he say? Now there are only two choices left. Use the lives of everyone around to pile up against the Fourth Kazekage? Or use only Might Guy's life?
Kakashi hated this kind of multiple-choice question.
However, while the Konoha shinobis were tense for a long time, Rasa did not continue to attack Konoha.
On the contrary, while suppressing the Konoha Shinobis with Gold Dust, he shouted loudly: "The Third Hokage is dead! Sunagakure shinobis, we have achieved our strategic objective!"
"In the name of the Fourth Kazekage, I order everyone to retreat!"
"Konoha shinobis, the next time we meet will be on the battlefield!"
"Prepare to have your heads chopped off!"
He proclaimed loudly, full of spirit, as if he himself had just killed the Third Hokage.
Furthermore, while retreating with the Shinobis from Sunagakure, he launched a fierce attack on several Root bases according to the map provided by Natsuo.
He stood out with confidence and a heroic posture.
Seeing this, the Sunagakure shinobis became extremely excited.
"Indeed, Rasa-sama is amazing! He easily defeated the Hokage!"
"Rasa-sama is the true strongest Kazekage, even stronger than the Third Kazekage!"
The Sunagakure shinobis were full of spirit, and the morale of the Otogakure shinobis also rose.
But it was a bit strange that even though they had such a big advantage, why did they retreat from Konoha? Wouldn't it have been better to keep fighting?
"Perhaps Rasa-sama was worried that if they cornered Konoha, they would in a desperate act use some means of mutual destruction."
The crowd whispered to each other.
What they didn't know was that Rasa didn't want to stop fighting, on the contrary he was the one who wanted to continue the battle the most.
Since the powerful Konohagakure was founded, when has it suffered such a disastrous defeat like this?
This is truly the happiest moment of his life!
But he really doesn't dare to continue fighting...
Leaving aside the issue of whether they manage to defeat all the Konoha shinobi.
It is impossible for the Suna and Oto shinobi to occupy the Uchiha clan area.
Trying to do that is practically a death sentence!
As Rasa retreated, because on his escape route he began destroying Root's bases, Danzō became completely enraged and actually took the initiative to fight Rasa.
And then Rasa defeated him easily...
Although Rasa is considered the shame of the Kage level. But he is actually a standard Kage-level combat power, with considerable strength.
And Danzō himself is already old, older than the Third Hokage.
Furthermore, they are still close to Konoha, making it impossible for him to use Izanagi and Wood Release. He can only rely on his own Wind Release, which is really no match for Rasa's Kekkei Genkai Magnet Release.
As a result, the Suna and Oto Shinobi managed to escape from Konohagakure without further obstacles.
When has Konohagakure ever been so badly beaten? And not only were they beaten, but in the end, they let the enemy leave so arrogantly...
The shinobis remained silent for a long time. In the face of defeat and loss, the pre-existing conflicts converged here, combined with resentment, and finally erupted completely.
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The recent attack exploded all the contradictions that had accumulated in Konoha.
The weakness and incompetence of the Third Hokage had caused many shinobis to lose faith in him.
During the Third Shinobi World War, after Minato single-handedly stopped an invasion consisting of a thousand Iwa shinobi, the Third Hokage actually established a policy of reconciliation to end the fighting with an unprecedented offer not to seek reparations for part of Iwa.
This caused the war advocates to oppose Hiruzen's seemingly weak decision and, to keep the discontent in the village under control, he decided to resign as Hokage. Otherwise he could have been the first Kage to be removed from office.
However, with the death of the Fourth Hokage, the Third Hokage returned to power.
The incident between the Kumogakure delegation and the Hyūga clan, the massacre of the Uchiha clan, Root's theft of the corpses of the Konoha shinobi...
One event after another deepened the resentment of the village towards the Third Hokage.
During the last incident where Root's laboratory was exposed, if it weren't for the Third Hokage guiding everyone's opinions, making them believe that the Fourth Shinobi World War was about to break out, the ninja clans would have already started causing trouble.
The ninja clans ultimately chose to compromise because it was undeniable that there was no successor to the Konoha Village. The only ones remaining in the village with Kage-level combat power were the Third Hokage and Shimura Danzō.
And the Third Hokage was at least a bit more reliable than Shimura Danzō.
Furthermore, although the Third Hokage was confused about many things, his reputation as a great ninja from the past was still significant. He was always considered a powerful shinobi second only to the First Hokage and the Second Hokage in terms of power.
Faced with the impending war, the ninjas ultimately chose to suppress their anger.
However, now they can't bear it anymore.
"A mere Rasa actually killed the Third Hokage?" The ninjas were furious. "When did we have such a weak Hokage in Konoha?"
The First Hokage suppressed the ninja world.
The Second Hokage created countless secret techniques and his strength was only surpassed by the First Generation.
The Fourth Hokage also held the record of stopping an invasion of nearly a thousand Iwagakure shinobi by himself.
Only the Third Hokage... Did he really die at the hands of Rasa?
That's not all, Rasa didn't even receive a scratch? What did you, as Hokage, even do?
Of course, everyone believed that the Fourth Kazekage killed the Third Hokage because the barrier blocked the outsiders' view. It was difficult to see the situation inside without getting closer, and the Shadow Guard who approached was killed by Natsuo.
At the same time, Natsuo deliberately erased the traces of Wood Release and instead used his Magnet Release to cover it.
Due to the Third Hokage's intentional guidance, most shinobi now considered him to be the strongest Hokage in history, which is why they tolerated his various policies.
However, as a result, he was defeated by the enemy without much effort, plus his policies ended up greatly damaging Konoha's strength. And currently, there is no suitable successor for Hokage because all the shinobi who could have been the next Hokage were suppressed.
White Fang, Fourth Hokage, Nawaki, Katō Dan... There were so many excellent successors, and their deaths were more or less the responsibility of the Third Hokage and Danzō.
The fact that Konoha, once the strongest village in the Shinobi World, has fallen to the point of being humiliated by Sunagakure, is mainly the responsibility of the Third Hokage.
The people were full of righteous indignation and exhaustion, but their eyes were full of resentment.
The ninja clans began to contact each other, showing signs of unrest.
The members of Konoha Council were in a panic. Hiruzen died, and Danzō was injured.
There was only Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura who immediately went to find Jiraiya. But as soon as they saw him, they were stunned.
"Jiraiya, what happened to you... Did you encounter an enemy?" They asked.
"Well, it was a man who called himself Uchiha Itachi... But from what I saw, he might not be Uchiha Itachi." Jiraiya said with bandages on his body, forcing a bitter smile. "But his Mangekyō Sharingan is real, and I was defeated by him."
"Konoha still has enemies?!" The two old men exclaimed.
'And Uchiha Itachi? Mangekyō Sharingan?'
"Jiraiya, there's something you might not know..." Utatane Koharu hesitated for a moment, then revealed the whole truth and added: "Itachi actually remains a Konoha shinobi, probably someone else with the Mangekyō Sharingan impersonated him."
Jiraiya wanted to curse at that moment.
'I mean, how could the Uchiha clan be easily wiped out by a young man? So it was the village's doing?'
'Why is it that after hearing what you said, I feel like the possibility of that person being Uchiha Itachi is even higher?'
"You technically forced him to wipe out his entire clan. Due to pressure and other mental factors he may have allowed himself to be manipulated at that time. But with time he will definitely understand the reason for everything, and when that happens, he will definitely cause trouble for Konoha again." Jiraiya finally forced himself to say those words without exploding with anger.
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura looked embarrassed.
They knew that the shinobi of the village were dissatisfied with Konoha's upper management, and now that Hiruzen was dead it was normal for them to take action against them.
That is why it was necessary to resolve the matter of the new Hokage as quickly as possible.
They exchanged glances and immediately made a decision.
Without hesitation, Utatane Koharu said: "Jiraiya, now that Hiruzen is gone, the village cannot be without a strong man, you should become the Hokage..."
"Yes, now only you are the most suitable!" Mitokado Homura also agreed.
Jiraiya sat awkwardly in front of the two old men and then interrupted them. "Wait, do you really think I'm fit to be Hokage?"
Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu looked at each other, both revealing helplessness.
The point is not whether Jiraiya is the best fit for the position, but they know that if someone who has a connection to the Hokage line does not come forward as a candidate soon, the resentment built up by the shinobi clans will definitely explode.
This resentment is not only directed at Danzō and Hiruzen. It is also directed at the two of them.
If there is no new generation Hokage to suppress the anger of the village's shinobi, who knows what the enraged shinobi might do!
"I am not suitable for the position." Jiraiya sincerely said that he didn't want to be Hokage.
A hero like him should belong to the entire ninja world, so how could he be trapped in a small office?
"I will go and find Tsunade." Jiraiya sighed lightly. "Now she is the most suitable to step forward."
Jiraiya also understands the current situation of the village.
It can be said that after the misdeeds of the Third Hokage and Danzō, the level of trust between the village and the shinobi clans has dropped to an all-time low. And Tsunade, the granddaughter of the First Hokage, is the only candidate who can convince both sides.
"Okay, as long as you can bring Tsunade back and persuade her to become Hokage, we will support her. But if you can't do it, you will obediently become Hokage." Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura said in unison.
Jiraiya looked at the two of them, his eyes filled with disgust.
These two people, even now, still haven't taken responsibility to salvage the situation. Instead, they are trying to rely on the new Hokage to help them...
Honestly, although Danzō is ruthless, the Third Generation is weak. But they are both much stronger than these two idiots!
However, Jiraiya didn't say much, he just closed his eyes and said: "Okay."
"Then you should leave quickly!" Utatane Koharu said. "Konoha Village cannot be without a Hokage. The Jōnin are already restless, the village has just shed blood, we cannot have internal strife."
"I'm still injured!" Jiraiya's mouth twitched, not wanting to waste time with them.
"Fine."
In fact, the hidden currents in Konoha are clear to everyone.
Even Natsuo, the Uchiha clan leader who is completely 'obsessed with having children', has received numerous contacts.
Many shinobi have sent invitations, ostensibly as guests, but in reality, they are discussing the matter of the Hokage.
"Konoha needs a strong Hokage, the Third Hokage and Danzō are simply not worthy!"
This is the common understanding of the shinobi clans. But the specific situation still needs to be studied.
Many shinobi who have dreams of becoming Hokage have started to take action. For example, the reason why Hyūga Hiashi generously sent an invitation to the Uchiha, their former enemies, is because he wants to see if he can compete for the position of Hokage and prove his own strength.
Other shinobi also have their own thoughts and are making moves. But Natsuo didn't care at all.
During this attack the Uchiha clan has also revealed some of its strength as the Uchiha residential area was one of the few areas that was not affected by the unrest.
Although the members of Akatsuki were hired, the fact that no one in the village, including merchants and residents, was injured already demonstrated their abilities!
If Natsuo's reputation wasn't so bad and most men disliked him, perhaps someone would have asked him to run for the position of Hokage.
After all, Hokage is everyone's dream.
At the same time, Natsuo also exposed some of his strength during this attack, as after the situation calmed down some recognized that the shinobi who stopped Shukaku from destroying the Uchiha clan's residential area was him. This information attracted the attention of many people.
Not only him, but many previously unknown ninjas also emerged during the destruction of Konoha.
For example, Neji gained a lot of fame this time. At only twelve years old, he had combat power at the Jōnin level and was able to participate in the battle against Shukaku, rescuing a large number of shinobi and civilians.
This extraordinary talent made him the brightest star of the new generation of shinobi.
Even Naruto and Sasuke couldn't help but envy and admire Neji.
"Neji, you're really strong!" Naruto exclaimed excitedly. "I can even hear people talking about you when I go to the supermarket!"
"That's great! If I had that kind of strength, I would quickly gain people's recognition, right?"
"No wonder you're Natsuo's disciple, Neji. You must have known Natsuo's strength early on and sought his guidance." Sasuke smiled. "You two really hid it well!"
"One has Jōnin-level strength right after graduating, and the other is an expert who can stop Shukaku's Tailed Beast Ball..."
"But we're not inferior either!" Sasuke proudly said. "After I graduate, I'm definitely not going to lose to Neji in terms of strength!"
"No! I will definitely defeat you!"
"That's right!" Naruto nodded vigorously.
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