A blinding white light enveloped Jinchūriki Rōshi.
With precise, surgical-level control, Ōnoki moved like a master surgeon, swiftly extracting the Amaterasu-infused chakra and seared flesh from Rōshi’s body.
Although Ōnoki and Rōshi never had a great relationship—often standing in opposition to one another—
Right now, with the Five-Tails Jinchūriki already missing, if something were to happen to the Four-Tails Jinchūriki as well,
Iwagakure wo...
As the mountains and seas of Konoha’s cheers echoed across the battlefield, Kumogakure retreated.
The Third Raikage’s signal was not only received by A (the Fourth Raikage) and Killer B, but also fell into the eyes of Yugito Nii, the Two-Tails’ Jinchuriki.
At that moment, her body was engulfed in ghostly blue flames, facing off against the massive blue giant before her.
There was no denying it—after awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan, Uchiha Fugaku had inde...
Danzo’s upper garments had been completely shredded, revealing a body covered in scars, as if it were forged from stone.
His words were as sharp as a winter gale, sending a chill through the hearts of those who heard them.
He stood there, like a majestic wolf king.
Even though his gaze was level, it carried a subtle but undeniable sense of dominance, as if he were looking down on his enemies.
"Surrender to Konoha and withdraw from the Land of Fire. This w...
Scarlet blood burst from the right chest of the Third Raikage.
His right shoulder blade, along with a quarter of his sternum, had been neatly sliced apart.
Even someone known as a humanoid monster like the Third Raikage could not endure such an injury.
It wasn’t that he hadn’t considered the possibility of Danzo’s attack landing on him.
He just never imagined that his opponent’s strike would be so sharp and so fierce.
So much so that the “s...
Ōnoki stared down at the battlefield, utterly dumbfounded.
Was the Raikage really going this all out?
At this moment, the Third Raikage, A, had pushed his Lightning Release Chakra Mode to its absolute limit.
His once-thick armor was now covered in sharp, protruding spikes, dramatically boosting both his offense and defense.
With his wild, golden hair flying through the air, he looked less like a man and more like a golden lion wreathed in lightning!
Blinding arcs of electricity surged across the battlefield, instantly charring any tree they touched into blackened husks.
Howling wind blades ripped through the earth and shattered stone with reckless abandon.
This was the power of the Kage.
Their movements were so fast that only afterimages remained. The ground, once solid and unyielding, crumbled as if it were nothing more than fragile tofu.
A punch.
A slash.
Two forces clashed, intertwined, an...
Electric arcs crackled through the lingering dust and smoke.
As Danzō had expected, the man known as the Strongest Shield had barely taken any damage from the previous attack.
Even Susanoo’s heavy strike had failed to break through his defense.
In contrast, his own attacks posed a significant threat to Susanoo.
Step by step, the towering figure of the Third Raikage emerged from the debris.
Lightning danced wildly across his well-built frame, and h...
As battles erupted across various fronts, Ōnoki finally arrived at the location mentioned in the intelligence reports.
Suspended in mid-air, he gazed down at the land below, covered in gray rock, his eyes seemingly burning with fury.
"Shimura Danzō, I’ve finally found you!"
His voice was filled with a terrifying killing intent.
Since he wasn’t certain whether Danzō was actually here, he decided to test the waters.
Bringing his hands together, ...
"Damn Sannin! I’ll be your opponent!"
The massive Eight-Tails spoke in Killer Bee’s voice, its huge form radiating power.
At this moment, the Third Raikage had only one goal—
To reach Danzō as quickly as possible and give this so-called "Darkness of the Shinobi" a big surprise.
Stopping here was not an option.
"A, take Killer Bee and handle this guy. Then regroup at the designated location."
The Third Raikage turned to a man standing be...
Konoha's Rear Command Center
One by one, Konoha shinobi swiftly planted their small flags on the battlefield map under Shikaku’s command.
Among them, one ninja silently observed the shifting battle formations as he placed his flag.
More precisely, he was studying the movement patterns of all Konoha squads.
Just as I thought…
His eyes gleamed with excitement.
He had finally deciphered Danzō’s command pattern!
All the squads operat...
Looking at the devastated battlefield around him and the lingering chakra in the air, Ōnoki’s face had gone beyond pale with rage.
Suspended in midair, his small frame heaved like a bellows.
His fury was nearly bursting from his eyes.
A Tailed Beast, as a strategic weapon of a ninja village, was of paramount importance.
Not only did it serve as a powerful deterrent against enemies, but if its power could be fully controlled, Iwagakure could ensure at lea...
“Sister, you should already know.”
Qian Renjue helplessly held Snow Empress’s hand and introduced her:
“This is the 700,000-year-old Snow Empress I mentioned to you before.”
“The ruler of the Extreme North?”
Hu Liena stared at Snow Empress, not expecting that such a powerful beast would seem so approachable.
Snow Empress glanced at the women around her.
Qian Renjue had told her about them earlier, and Ah Yin and the others had ju...
Watching the three women approach, Qian Renjue slowly stood up, stretching his limbs slightly. As they drew near, sensing the pressure emanating from Qian Renjue, the Ice Emperor couldn't help but exclaim, "Qian Renjue, your cultivation has advanced so quickly!"
As she spoke, the Ice Emperor tugged at her twin ponytails, circling Qian Renjue and examining him closely. Her eyes were filled with pride, as if it were her own cultivation that had broken through.
Qian Renjue ...
In an instant, an overwhelming surge of Tailed Beast Chakra erupted with unimaginable force.
The violent shockwave sent the surrounding trees swaying wildly, with some even being ripped from the ground and hurled into the sky.
The temperature in the air soared, as the Five-Tails' scarlet chakra engulfed Han's body, forming a pillar of red light that shot straight into the clouds.
Inside this towering light, the massive white form of the Five-Tails finally emerged....
Countless allied shinobi were completely obliterated in the blinding white light, reduced to mere ashes.
A violent shockwave, like a tsunami, swept across the entire battlefield.
The allied forces suffered devastating casualties.
Observing everything through his Byakugan, the mastermind behind this devastation—Danzo—witnessed the scene unfold.
To maximize enemy casualties and create an opportunity for the final battle, he had carefully laid his trap.
A more brutal war had begun.
All Konoha squads gathered their supplies and, under Danzo's orders, threw themselves into the battlefield.
On the other side, Iwagakure and Kumogakure did the same.
They launched a reckless and all-out assault, disregarding losses, with only one goal in mind—to destroy Konoha's command center on the battlefield!
Once again, both sides erupted into fierce conflict.
After issuing the order for the troops to disperse, Dan...
"Is everyone okay?"
Minato stood in his green standard-issue flak jacket, his golden hair swaying slightly under the dim light of the cave. In his hand, he held his signature three-pronged kunai.
Around him lay the corpses of enemies, their bodies scattered across the ground, along with numerous fallen cards.
These cards had been distributed by Danzo to each squad, engraved with Minato’s Flying Thunder God markings. This meant that if Danzo detected any squad in...
The war had entered its third day.
As the battlefield’s terrain and environment became clearer, all three factions increased their troop deployment.
This, in turn, made the fighting even more brutal.
—––
In a remote corner of the battlefield, Yamashiro Aoba’s squad had just finished another battle.
While Aoba remained on high alert, his two teammates collapsed onto the ground, gasping for breath.
The slug summon was using its chakra ...
"Everyone, behind us lies Konoha!"
"We fight to protect our loved ones!"
"We fight to protect our parents, our wives, and our children!"
"For Konoha!"
"Victory is ours!!!"
Standing atop a temporary altar, Danzo, the commander, declared the start of the war in a solemn voice.
His speech ignited the spirits of every Konoha shinobi present.
As Danzo had said, Konoha was right behind them.
If they were defeated, everything they held ...
While Konoha was fervently preparing for war, the Iwagakure forces finally arrived, albeit belatedly. They maintained a distance of thirty kilometers from the Kumogakure forces, watching each other from afar.
A joint command post was established in the middle ground between the two armies. However, calling it a "joint command" was a stretch—it was merely a precautionary measure to avoid accidental friendly fire before the war officially began.
At this moment, the Third...
"Hmm?"
As Danzo was experimenting with his newly enhanced Byakugan, he suddenly noticed a white snake infused with chakra slithering toward his residence.
"This chakra..."
"Is it Orochimaru?"
Danzo narrowed his eyes.
With his upgraded Byakugan, he could now not only see other people's chakra but also identify individuals based on their unique chakra signatures.
To his Heaven’s Eye, everyone’s chakra flow had distinct variations.
Eve...
"It's so delicious!"
Tsunade couldn't help but praise.
"I'm glad you like it, sensei."
Hanekawa sat across from her, smiling as he watched her.
"How did you make this?"
Tsunade asked, puzzled. "How does a simple bowl of ramen taste like a gourmet feast?"
"Made with heart."
Hanekawa thought for a moment and replied.
"Fine, keep your secrets."
Tsunade rolled her eyes at him and continued slurping her ramen.
She ate wi...
Morning.
Hanekawa pushed open the door and found that it was snowing outside.
The snow wasn’t heavy, falling like grains of sugar from the sky.
Hanekawa didn’t pay it much mind and walked through the snow, heading to Tsunade’s house to make breakfast for her.
“Hey, pervert!”
After taking a few steps, he heard a familiar voice.
Hanekawa looked up.
Terumi Mei stood not far away, arms crossed, looking at him with disdain.
...
"Sorry."
Hanekawa walked up to Might Guy and spoke.
Leaf Dragon God was a combination of taijutsu and Wind Release, and it was an area-of-effect attack, so it was impossible to fully control its power.
Mystical Palm Technique!
After speaking, Hanekawa formed hand seals.
A pale green chakra covered his hands.
He aimed at Might Guy's fists and began healing.
"I'll help too."
Rin handed Hanekawa's jacket to Kakashi and then came ove...
"Minato-senpai."
Hanekawa stepped forward to greet him.
"Hanekawa, long time no see."
Namikaze Minato flashed his signature smile and said, "I've heard a lot about your exploits in the Land of Grass."
"It wasn't just my doing."
Hanekawa shook his head and replied.
"You're still as humble as ever."
Minato paused for a moment, then said, "You guys catch up. I'll go meet the Hokage with the others from Iwagakure."
"Alright."
...
Danzo couldn't help but feel a bit regretful.
In the original timeline, during the Fourth Great Ninja War, Inoichi was able to use that massive water sphere to directly command the entire Allied Shinobi Forces across vast distances.
Both the range and the number of people connected were utterly astonishing.
After all, the Allied Shinobi Forces had a total of 100,000 ninjas!
Such an incredible communication ability made Danzo envious.
But at this poin...
As Danzo arrived, a commotion immediately broke out in the camp.
Danzo, the mastermind behind this war, was the backbone of the entire Konoha forces.
His safe return to the camp quickly reassured the Konoha troops, who had been unsettled by Orochimaru’s defeat.
“Orochimaru, I’m really glad you’re okay.”
Danzo spoke sincerely to his partner, who radiated an eerie and chilling aura.
Though he disliked Orochimaru’s numerous experiments that ...
“What did you just say? Danzo led the Konoha forces in a retreat?”
Ōnoki’s face was filled with disbelief as he listened to his subordinate’s report.
That old fox traveled all this way to reinforce the battlefield, and his only purpose was to cover Jiraiya’s retreat?
“Lord Tsuchikage, the sensory ninja has confirmed it—the entire Konoha camp is completely empty.”
This statement immediately sent Ōnoki into deep thought.
That damned D...
Ōnoki: "Taste my Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!"
Danzo: "Watch my ‘Imagine Breaker’!"
As it turned out, even Ōnoki’s Dust Release was useless in the face of the Sealing Technique: Absorption Seal, which had reached the level of the Six Paths.
With a simple squeeze, it shattered.
Watching the white light pillar dissipate instantly—not just Ōnoki and the Iwagakure shinobi, but even Jiraiya and his fellow Konoha allies were completely ...
Iwagakure had temporarily retreated.
Minato had also withdrawn.
The main reason for his retreat was that, without Danzo restraining Ōnoki, the latter’s relentless assault had pushed Minato’s chakra reserves dangerously low.
At the very last moment, just before he was about to be hit by Ōnoki’s Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique, he used his final bit of chakra to teleport back to a marked location within the Konoha camp.
Even ...