The Jonin Captain's words instantly received the approval of everyone else.
"Yes, Elders, why not hand them over? Besides, why are they two present at this high-level village meeting anyway!"
"The village raised them for so long, it's time for them to repay the village."
"Wait a moment, doesn't that girl have healing abilities? The war is about to begin, why isn't she on the front lines contributing her power to the village!"
The crowd buzzed with discussion. They were either talking about handing the two of them over to appease Konoha's wrath, or sending Karin to the front lines to be a mobile medical pack.
Wu Jie watched these people in front of him with a faint smile, picking out the disagreeable fools.
At this moment, the elder's eyes instantly turned cold. He stood up, his cold eyes sweeping around, causing everyone to involuntarily shut their mouths. "Oh, you really don't know many things. So if Konoha says it's your crime, do you think the village should hand you over? If Konoha says it's our crime! Do you still want to unite and hand us over too!!!"
The elder angrily slammed the table beside him, smashing it. At the same time, the other six elders also stood up and took a step forward.
The seven elders of the pragmatic and artistic factions held control over the Grass Hidden Village's political body for decades. Their long-standing prestige made everyone lower their heads, avoiding eye contact with them. After a moment, when everyone stopped talking, the six elders sat down again.
Wu Jie also didn't need to eliminate most of Grass Hidden Village's power before the war began.
After another pause, the pragmatic elder calmly said, "Since we've mentioned this, we have one more thing to announce. Everyone knows that the war is about to begin. We need to appoint a leader within the village, someone who cannot personally direct from the front lines. So, after our unanimous discussion, we have decided to choose two leaders to lead the village's troops."
As soon as the elder finished speaking, everyone immediately raised their spirits again.
The leader of the Grass Hidden Village's combat forces! This is a real power position, authority, authority! All the rights that everyone is pursuing are included here!
The elder lightly cleared his throat. Everyone perked up their ears, guessing whose head this position would ultimately fall upon. Then, they heard the elder say, "The candidates for these two leaders are... Uzumaki Wu Jie and Uzumaki Karin! I have finished speaking. Who agrees, who objects?"
The unexpected candidates instantly caused a stir among the crowd.
In their eyes, Wu Jie and Karin were just two little brats adopted by the village. Their strength was, at most, at the Chunin level. They had no strength and no prestige.
Even that girl named Karin was just an emergency medical pack!
For these two people to appear here was already very strange, but now, the elder's words were no longer just strange. How could such people become the leaders of the combat forces?
Are the elders all senile?
So, even though he feared the elders' status, the Jonin Captain, who had previously proposed handing the two over to Konoha, immediately stood up and shouted angrily, "I object! I have served the village for so long! I am the most suitable candidate! Why should those two brats lead us!!!"
As the Jonin Captain's voice fell, Wu Jie faintly nodded towards Karin.
Having received the signal, Karin immediately pulled out a scroll from her waist and lightly tossed it towards the Jonin Captain.
Then, as if entering slow motion, the scroll spun in the air, its strings slowly unraveling. The scroll was also gradually unfurling with inertia.
At the same time, Karin's heart stirred, and her Five Gates instantly opened. Green chakra instantly erupted from her body. Her speed was pushed to its limit at this moment! Everyone was still looking at the scroll flying in the air with confusion, then they merely blinked...
Smash!
Karin took a step and leaped onto the long table. She took a big stride forward, and the scroll fully unfurled at this moment. With a thump, a giant Decapitating Sword appeared in the air! Karin reached out and grabbed the Decapitating Sword. Then, chakra immediately poured into her arm!
And at this moment, everyone only just realized what had happened!
But before they could react, with a boom!!!
Karin instantly swung the Decapitating Sword. A streak of light suddenly flashed, and the Jonin and the five unlucky people beside him were instantly pierced through!
Next, the six pairs of eyes bulged out, and they flew high into the sky! Fresh blood spewed like a spring.
And at this moment, thump!!!
A violent surge of aura directly pierced through the wall of the elder's hall, creating a long trench extending for hundreds of meters behind it!
The ground was as if eaten by an unknown entity, and an entire layer simply vanished!
The jonin who had just been shouting to hand the two over were all utterly terrified!
"Impossible!!!"
"How dare they!!!"
"Move! Kill them!"
The jonin who had come to their senses successively pulled out their weapons. Some formed hand seals, or charged forward, preparing to attack Karin!
But at this moment, the black pupils in Wu Jie's forehead instantly opened. A tin staff appeared in his hand. He lightly tapped the ground with the tin staff, and countless black arms instantly appeared on the floor, walls, and ceiling!
These black arms shot out in an instant, accurately grabbing the attacking jonin, and then tore them into a pile of fragments!!!
The remaining black arms moved like tentacles, aiming at the crowd on the field. At the same time, they hissed and shot out again. Amidst painful screams, they tore apart several more jonin who had attacking intentions, and then grabbed the unfortunate ones who hadn't been chosen by Wu Jie before, tearing them into powder in front of everyone.
This hellish scene instantly made everyone huddle in the center, backs pressed together. Then, as if seeking help, they all looked at the elders above.
But they suddenly discovered that the elders' eyes were filled with an unnatural coldness, and they showed no reaction whatsoever to this.
The sensitive-minded people had already 'understood'. This was not a baseless massacre, but a 'cleansing' initiated by the elders!
The clever ones secretly transmitted their discoveries to others, and slowly, everyone's fighting spirit gradually disappeared.
By this time, the elder from before said calmly, "Why were they chosen? Just as you all have seen, it's because they are the village's secret... ultimate weapon!! They are the highest achievement of the village's research! Now, who still objects?"
Karin retreated to Wu Jie's side. At the opportune moment, both released the chakra from the Innate Eight Trigrams that belonged to Ichibi and Nine-Tails!
Crimson chakra, carrying extremely violent negative emotions.
How could ordinary people possibly face the power of Ichibi and Nine-Tails, or even the combined power of Ichibi and Nine-Tails!
The terrifying pressure caused all the ninja's bodies to uncontrollably tremble.
The chakra of the Tailed Beasts seemed to weigh a thousand tons on their bodies, no, it was solidifying! The solidified Tailed Beast chakra had even become substantial!
Cracking sounds began to appear on the wooden furniture. Everyone felt as if they were submerged in the deep sea, so heavily pressured that they could barely breathe, and couldn't even stand straight!
Slowly... the jonin, with cold sweat on their foreheads, gradually succumbed to the heavy pressure. Finally, with a cry, they all, unwillingly, knelt on one knee before Wu Jie and Karin.
They bowed their heads to them, swearing their loyalty to the new Great Leader of Grass Hidden Village...
...
Not until this moment did the two retrieve the Tailed Beast chakra into the sealing space. Everyone gasped for breath as if they had just been submerged in water, greedily sucking the air into their bodies.
The elder's lips curved. It seemed the plan could proceed smoothly. He then said, "You don't have to be afraid of them."
The jonin knelt, heads bowed, fresh blood trickling down beside them. Everyone swallowed...
Not afraid, not afraid, we're truly not afraid!!
The elder did not care about their attitude. He continued to speak loudly, "You should all know that our Grass Hidden Village almost conquered the world a thousand years ago. Although we ultimately failed, our ancestors left us a very precious legacy!"
The elder pointed to Wu Jie and Karin, his voice full of fervent excitement: "Raise your heads, open your eyes and look closely! Everyone! This is the result of Grass Hidden Village's research over a thousand years!! This is still just the tip of the iceberg of the village's research, but even so, it is enough to make these two ninja gain power equal to five Kage! And this is even non-replicable.
This miracle! As long as you are willing to contribute to the village, the village will likewise bestow this power upon you!!!"
The elder waved both arms, his voice clear and excitedly shouting, "And this is not the end! It's just a brand new beginning! When the village obtains more research results, when we completely master that 'great secret treasure of legend' that almost conquered the world a thousand years ago, our Grass Hidden Village will once again unleash the tide of conquest!!! We will sweep across the entire ninja world! Everyone, cheer to your heart's content! Bow down! The Grass Hidden Village's Phoenix is right before your eyes! We will become the sole ruler of this world!!!"
The elder's words made everyone gape in astonishment for a moment. Once they fully understood the meaning behind his words, they all immediately became fervent.
Their eyes no longer held fear towards Wu Jie and Karin, but were filled with greed!
This was not because the elder's words were so stirring. It was like how if someone online said so-and-so won a five-million-dollar lottery, most people would say, "Isn't this just marketing?"
But when a relative or friend beside you actually wins five million, you can't help but believe it. Because the reality is laid bare before your eyes!!
Wu Jie and Karin, two young ghosts who were only a little over ten years old, were just Chunin before, but now they had gained the power to instantly kill Jonin!! Is this reasonable?
No, it's not reasonable!
Besides that 'great secret treasure of legend' that had been circulating in the Grass Hidden Village for a thousand years, what else could suddenly make them so strong?
Moreover, what reason would the elders have to deceive them?
You can't possibly say that those seven elders were killed long ago and then replaced by others, right?!
So, there's only one truth!
That is, the Grass Hidden Village has truly mastered that 'great secret treasure of legend' that almost conquered the world a thousand years ago!
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