Chapter 480: The Ninja World Alliance is Established
The Fourth Raikage bellowed in his booming voice, "Yugito, are you alright? Hold on, I'm here to save you!"
The Fourth Raikage's entrance had an even greater impact than Ino's.
It meant that a continuous stream of Cloud ninja would soon follow.
No matter how powerful Kakuzu and Hidan were, they couldn't possibly hold off that many people.
Kakuzu glanced at Pain. If you say we should fight to the death, I'm out of here. I'm just here to earn some extra cash; I'm definitely not throwing my life away for this.
The one who could fight against ten thousand and hold off an army for three days and three nights was the Third Raikage, not him.
If I had that kind of tenacity, I wouldn't have lived this long.
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Pain had no choice.
"That's enough. Retreat!" The group formed hand seals and dispelled the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path Sealing Jutsu. The Gedo Statue let out a silent roar, as if dissatisfied that it hadn't eaten its fill, and reluctantly withdrew.
Losing the pull of the Gedo Statue, Yugito fell from the air and landed hard on her bottom. It took her a long time to get back up.
In the midst of the chaos, Ino still managed to glance over. She really is a well-developed big sister. Her butt has some padding. If Sakura had taken a fall like that, her pelvis would have shattered.
The middle-aged man controlled by Pain recklessly used the chakra in his body. The Rinnegan's repulsive force pushed the Raikage back three times. Ino, wanting to make the threat of Akatsuki seem greater, naturally didn't go all out. She exchanged a few blows with Kakuzu and Hidan and, seeing them flee, gave a token chase before giving up.
On the other side, the Fourth Raikage was pummeling the middle-aged man. He charged through the repulsive force and used his Liger Bomb to cut the man in half at the waist. Then, he hurriedly tried to gouge out the eyes.
He looked down. Whoa, what the hell? This person looks completely different. Where did those bright Rinnegan go?
"Was this your doing?!" he roared, turning to question Ino.
In the Cloud ninja's value system, "Konoha ninja" and "cunning" were synonymous.
Ino sneered. "What's with that look? Can't you tell? This was just a copy, a replica with a portion of the original's ocular power. When the original's will withdrew, it naturally returned to its original state."
The concept of ocular power was indeed a blind spot for the Fourth Raikage. He felt like he understood, yet he didn't. He looked down at the dead man's face and then, with a resentful grunt, threw aside the corpse, whose bones were mostly shattered.
The main forces, including Tsunade and Darui, arrived half an hour later. Yugito's face was pale and she was weak, but she was only physically exhausted and didn't require medical ninjutsu.
The two sides held a meeting in a nearby village. Faced with the threat of Akatsuki collecting the Tailed Beasts, the Cloud agreed to a temporary truce with Konoha and joined the alliance to fight Akatsuki together.
The Rock Village remained stubborn, sneering at Konoha's proposal. However, after a few Rock ANBU went to the Four-Tails jinchuriki Rōshi's secluded home to look for him and only found a torn, blood-stained sleeve, the "small organization" in the Third Tsuchikage's eyes finally earned its proper name: "the Akatsuki."
Forced by reality, the Rock had no choice but to join the alliance.
The Five-Village Alliance was formally established.
Both the Sand and the Mist recommended Jiraiya to be the alliance leader.
The Fourth Raikage, considering he was a generation younger than Jiraiya, and that Jiraiya had taught Minato Namikaze, a disciple at whose hands he had suffered defeat, and that he had failed to win against Konoha in the last Great Ninja War despite using all his tricks, did not compete for the position.
The Third Tsuchikage's seniority was high enough, but his occasional back problems made people wonder how many days he had left.
They were choosing an alliance leader, not a longevity champion.
Thus, the strong and vigorous Jiraiya defeated his two competitors and claimed the title of Alliance Leader.
Over the next few days, Konoha did a lot of work, pulling the number one village after the five great villages, the Waterfall Village, into the alliance as well. The Sand Village appointed Baki as the temporary acting Kazekage.
During a video conference of the Five Kage, Jiraiya emphasized the danger of Akatsuki. The One-Tail, half of the Two-Tails, the Four-Tails, and the Five-Tails were now in their hands.
The Three-Tails was roaming free, the Six-Tails jinchuriki's whereabouts were unknown, and the Seven-Tails jinchuriki was in the Waterfall Village. Konoha could protect the Seven-Tails jinchuriki in advance. Also under protection would be the Cloud Village's Eight-Tails jinchuriki, Killer B, and Konoha's Nine-Tails jinchuriki, Naruto.
The protective measures were easy to arrange. The Seven-Tails jinchuriki, Fū, was very keen on visiting Konoha, constantly talking about "making another hundred friends" there. The Fourth Raikage could manage Killer B, and Iruka and Shion could keep a close eye on Naruto.
However, finding the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails jinchuriki would take time.
Ino's job as the head of the Sensory Division made her the main person for the search.
Considering that Akatsuki had already begun collecting the Tailed Beasts, it was highly likely that the Infinite Tsukuyomi would be cast in the future.
From the bottom of her heart, she wanted to prevent this from happening, but she also couldn't weaken Akatsuki too much. Otherwise, the five great villages would look and say, "Hey, Akatsuki is just a handful of guys. What's so scary? Let's go back to fighting each other!" And if the five great villages started fighting again, Akatsuki would find another opportunity.
The most crucial factor was Teacher Six Paths' attitude. In the original timeline, the old man had countless opportunities to stop the Infinite Tsukuyomi, but he chose to ignore them all.
Perhaps, in the old man's heart, the reconciliation, or rather, the mutual understanding of his two sons, was more important than his mother breaking her seal.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki might seem to be the Progenitor of Chakra, with a long lifespan and having eaten the Chakra Fruit, making her seem unfathomably powerful. But in the Sage of Six Paths' mind, his mother was really not that big of a threat.
Left hand Yin, right hand Yang. They just had to place their palms on Kaguya, cast the Six Paths: Planetary Devastation, and the sealing would be complete! There was no need to understand the changes of Yin-Yang and the five elements; it was a completely idiot-proof operation. You could find any two people, give them the Six Paths power, and they could complete the mission.
For the Sage of Six Paths, sealing his own mother was within the scope of what his knowledge could solve, so it wasn't a difficult task. The matter of his two sons couldn't be solved by Yin-Yang Release; that was the real trouble.
Considering all these factors, Ino believed that the Sage of Six Paths would not intervene to stop Akatsuki from collecting the Tailed Beasts. If she could stop it, she would. If she couldn't, then a final battle at the Super-Kage and Six Paths levels was inevitable.
She wasn't worried about herself. Even if she did nothing from now on, she could still trade a few blows with an enemy like Six Paths Madara in the final battle. If she lost, she would just run off to the underworld. It wasn't like he could chase her there.
She was worried about Hinata. Hinata had no Yin Release at all, so she couldn't escape to the underworld for refuge.
Seizing every opportunity, Ino began special training for Hinata.
It had to be said, Hinata's personality was far too laid-back. In the original timeline, she was practically all alone. After her teacher, Kurenai, got pregnant and had a child, she was left in a state of neglect. Severely lacking a sense of security, she could only train foolishly by herself.
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