Orochimaru quickly grasped the current situation in the Leaf Village.
The Third Hokage was dead.
The one who had ascended to power was the young ninja, Kakashi.
After a brief moment of shock, Orochimaru believed this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
The Leaf was vulnerable!
He prepared to proceed with his original plan.
He would ally with the Hidden Sand and attack the Leaf!
This time, he believed the gains could be even more exaggerated.
He might even be able to seize the entire Leaf Village.
Then, he, Orochimaru, could do whatever he pleased!
The mere thought was exhilarating.
After all, in Orochimaru's view, the current Hokage, Kakashi, was merely an elite ninja with some reputation.
He was still far from the level of a true Hokage!
He was completely unaware.
The current Kakashi was now extraordinary.
With the power of the Thunder Fruit, Kakashi's attack power and speed had reached a level ordinary ninja simply couldn't handle.
One could even say that the strongest Lightning Release in the world right now was Kakashi.
Orochimaru's plan might bring him great trouble.
Sixth Hokage Kakashi's World
At this moment, the Leaf Village was facing a very troublesome situation.
Toneri Otsutsuki!
Toneri had successfully awakened the Tenseigan.
He wanted to control a meteor to destroy the entire Earth.
Kakashi was also making preparations, devising a way to resolve this crisis.
Fifth Hokage Sasuke's World
In this world, Sasuke hadn't received many enhancements.
Apart from the various abilities he already possessed, he only had the Ultra Divine Water.
His strength wasn't at the overwhelming, crushing level like some of the other Hokages.
Therefore, if he wanted to conquer other nations, it wasn't as easy for him as it was for others.
For now, he could only use other methods to figure out how to move against other major nations.
He gave the order to attack the surrounding minor nations.
This was currently the most stable method of expansion.
First, let the Land of Fire expand to a sufficiently large size.
Then, he could move against more major nations!
That was one aspect.
The other aspect was targeting the Land of Wind.
Of course, not through combat.
But by targeting Gaara.
Gaara's feelings towards the Leaf were quite positive.
He had deep bonds with many ninjas here, especially Naruto.
Not only did Gaara and Naruto have very similar childhood circumstances, but both were also Jinchuriki.
Naruto had once deeply moved him.
Sasuke had Naruto try to persuade Gaara.
Naruto personally brought a few people to the Land of Wind to negotiate with Gaara.
Initially, Gaara dismissed such a proposal as utter nonsense, completely impossible to realize.
After all, the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire had previously had quite a few conflicts.
Not to mention anything else, just three years ago, the two nations had engaged in a small-scale battle.
And there had been major wars in the past as well.
Many ninjas held a series of grudges against each other.
Suddenly talking about merging the two nations?
How was that possible?
However, Naruto was, after all, the master of Talk no Jutsu.
He earnestly guaranteed that after the two nations merged, the ninjas of the Land of Wind would definitely live better lives.
The environment of the Land of Wind was full of yellow sand everywhere.
The ninjas lived with great difficulty.
The Land of Fire was different.
The climate was pleasant, and resources were abundant.
Those lush forests and grasslands were what the ninjas of the Land of Wind envied most.
After merging, those places could also be opened for use by the ninjas of the Land of Wind!
They could even settle directly in those places without any problem.
This point alone made many people's hearts stir immediately.
Given a choice, no one wanted to live in a place full of yellow sand.
Changing their environment to a place like the Land of Fire was very tempting for many ninjas of the Land of Wind.
Naruto continued his Talk no Jutsu.
Moreover, they weren't doing this for any single nation.
They were doing it for the peace of the entire Ninja World!
Only by unifying the entire Ninja World would there be no more endless wars in the future.
Children could live in a peaceful nation, not killing each other at a young age.
These words successfully stirred up many memories for Gaara.
After Naruto's verbal barrage, Gaara was persuaded by Naruto.
Not just him.
Other high-ranking officials of the Land of Wind, such as Kankuro and Temari, also agreed with Naruto's reasoning.
Whether it was the conditions proposed by the Land of Fire or their vision for the future, it was all very tempting.
The high-ranking officials of both sides quickly reached an agreement.
The two nations immediately began very deep cooperation.
Leaf ninja and Hidden Sand ninja mobilized in force!
Forming a combined ninja alliance of the two nations!
Gaara and Sasuke joined forces and began launching attacks on other major nations!
Path of the Ninja Tsunade World
Menma began his attack on the Leaf to seize the Red Moon Technique.
His strength was extremely powerful.
He had incredibly fierce Ninjutsu like the Great Rasengan, which could rival the Super Divine Heavenly Repulsion.
He also had summoning techniques like the Nine-Faced Su Po He.
And he had the help of the Black Nine-Tails.
Even a single Black Nine-Tails could destroy a village.
Facing this situation, Tsunade, the Hokage, intercepted Menma outside the Leaf Village.
The two engaged in a great battle!
The Tsunade of the Path of the Ninja world was originally quite formidable.
Besides Tsunade's own powerful abilities, she also had many impressive rewards.
For example, the Marine Six Styles.
The Marine Six Styles enhancement greatly increased Tsunade's taijutsu.
Not only that, she could also use Moon Step to move easily in the sky, posing a threat to Menma!
Her own Monstrous Strength, combined with attack methods like Storm Leg, directly created incredibly exaggerated super shockwaves.
A single kick could flatten an entire forest.
Even a hill-sized giant boulder was no problem at all, directly sliced apart by Tsunade.
Menma never expected Tsunade to be so fierce.
In his regular state, he was no match for Tsunade at all!
Even the summoned Nine-Faced Su Po He was quickly dealt with by Tsunade in a few moves.
Menma used the Black Nine-Tails, attacking Tsunade together with it.
But Tsunade had other methods.
She directly used her Soul-Slaying Sword Shiroyuki, instantly creating a world of ice and snow.
The power was also incredibly exaggerated, nearly completely freezing the massive Black Nine-Tails!
Subsequently, Naruto and others arrived with their teams to provide support.
Faced with so many powerful individuals, Menma was no match at all.
He could only try to retreat.