Chapter 168 Daimyo's Order
"Lord Hokage, you?"
Souji was somewhat surprised, but Sarutobi laughed heartily:
"It's been so many years since I've had a chance to fight. I have to have one last battle. I can't let people forget about me, the Third Hokage!"
Mitokado Homura rubbed his forehead, looking somewhat helpless, and said:
"You... you don't need to be Hokage anymore, and you're back to being as reckless as before..."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Hokage-sama," Souji replied.
The four ninja villages came from different places, and even though they were forced to form an alliance at the request of the daimyo, they could not easily come together.
Therefore, they were actually dealing with enemies from all four directions at the same time.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, whose condition has not yet declined, is at the highest level, second only to Hashirama and Madara.
He is confident of victory against any Kage, and can be entrusted with any side with peace of mind.
"I am truly happy to see everyone working together like this, striving for the future of Konoha!"
Hashirama looked deeply moved.
Tobirama also said:
"Unfortunately, we lack the combat power to help you, but you should be alright!"
"Yes, please rest assured, our combat strength is more than sufficient."
The Souji replied, while mentally calculating the comparison of combat strength.
Although none of the four advisors will participate in the battle, there was no need for them in the first place.
He himself, Minato Namikaze, Jiraiya, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shinnosuke Sarutobi, Sasori, and Kakuzu, a total of seven Kage-level fighters.
Facing the four major ninja villages that have suffered heavy losses one after another, they are obviously not under much pressure.
Especially since Kirigakure only has one old and declining master left, it's hard to say whether he will actually obey the daimyo's orders and become an enemy of Konoha again.
Because the Hidden Mist Village is practically useless, it can be largely ignored regardless of whether it participates in the battle or not.
If we only consider the three major ninja villages of Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure...
Sunagakure lost nearly half of its forces in the previous battle.
Among the Kage-level figures were Rasa, who has now officially become the Fourth Kazekage, and Chiyo, the chief advisor.
The Jinchūriki was Bunpuku, who was exhausted and could no longer use the power of the Tailed Beast.
Sunagakure was naturally trying its best to find someone suitable to become a Jinchūriki, but according to the original timeline, they had not found one until Gaara was born.
Iwagakure still has a large military force, including the Tsuchikage Onoki, his eldest son Kotsuchi, and the Jinchūriki of the Four-Tails and the Five-Tails.
Although the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Rōshi, was severely injured in the last battle when Souji used a kunai to sever his arm, Ōnoki had Kakuzu sew his arm back up.
After some time, his injury should have healed by now.
The Hidden Cloud Village also stored up a large number of troops.
After the funeral of the Third Raikage was completed, his eldest son Raikage inherited the title of A and became the Fourth Raikage.
In terms of Jinchuriki, there were Jinchuriki of the Two-Tails and the Eight-Tails.
It is clear that among the four great ninja villages, the strongest is Iwagakure, with two Kage-level ninjas. In addition, the Jinchuriki, Roshi and Han, are both adults and can reliably unleash the power of the Tailed Beasts.
The Cloud Village is next, and the current Fourth Raikage is still immature, far from being the domineering uncle who beat up Sasuke in the original work.
Both Jinchuriki are still young and have only recently sealed their Tailed Beasts.
They can use their power, but their performance is not consistent.
Finally, there's Sunagakure, which only has two Kage-level members but whose Jinchūriki cannot use, and Kirigakure, which has almost nothing.
If we want to deal with these four major ninja villages simultaneously, then the distribution of manpower should be...
...
In contrast to the friendly and harmonious atmosphere of the Hokage Building.
Alone at the Root headquarters, Danzo leaned weakly against the back of his chair, his eyes unfocused and barely able to concentrate.
In the vote, he lost to Mochizuki Souji by a large margin...
Danzo still hasn't accepted this fact!
Danzo sat there blankly for quite some time before he began to come to his senses.
"I actually lost... What am I going to do now?"
Danzo usually presents himself as serious and cold, but at this moment he appears fearful and uneasy.
The fact that he was so unpopular in Konoha was an extremely heavy blow to Danzo, who had always believed that he was the one who should become Hokage.
"A bunch of idiots... Yes! Those guys didn't choose me, they're all blind fools! Ungrateful bastards!"
Danzo cursed everyone in Konoha fiercely for a while before gradually calming down.
"Okay, so what should I do now..."
"To remain in Konoha as if nothing happened and wait for an opportunity to arise... seems like the safest course of action, but that would be too humiliating!"
"They planned to leave Konoha with the Root members, seek refuge with the Daimyo, and then secretly operate while Konoha dealt with the Four Great Ninja Villages... but with so few people, they couldn't accomplish much..."
"No, I shouldn't leave… That's right! I remember Mochizuki Souji's woman is from the Hyuga clan.
I'll secretly contact the daimyo first, and once Mochizuki Souji leaves Konoha, I'll kidnap his woman as a hostage…"
Danzo's eyes lit up.
"That's right, exactly! Using his woman as a hostage to threaten him, causing him to make mistakes in the war!"
"It would be best if he just died! If he can't die, then let Kumogakure or someone else kill his woman, making Mochizuki Souji a mortal enemy of the other ninja villages! Causing more conflict!"
"The more conflicts there are, the more opportunities will naturally arise later..."
Danzo muttered to himself, constantly pondering how to incite chaos.
In his view, Mochizuki Souji's idea was both laughable and absurd.
Ninjas no longer fight? Using ninjutsu in everyday life?
What kind of ninja would that be?
"Oh, right, there's also..."
Danzo activated a mechanism, summoning a Root ninja.
"grown ups!"
"Go and contact that mysterious person.
Tell him I need his help and that he needs to come to me so we can discuss how to work together to get rid of Mochizuki Souji!"
...
At this moment, the focus of the entire ninja world is on Konoha.
After a vote of confidence among the Jonin, Mochizuki Souji won by a large margin and was confirmed to succeed as the Fourth Hokage.
That madman who boasted about abolishing all the daimyo, Konoha actually chose him as the new Hokage!
Unforgivable!
Outrageous!
The daimyo, who were originally observing the outcome to determine whether they should really order the ninja villages to form an alliance, received this news and no longer hesitated.
They immediately gave the order to their own country's ninja villages.
Led by the daimyo of the four countries, the four great ninja villages formed an alliance to jointly attack Konoha, which had completely spiraled out of control and was now an enemy of the entire ninja world!
However, upon receiving the daimyo's order, the attitudes of each ninja village varied.
First, Kirigakure, after receiving the daimyo's letter, sent a reply within half a day, rejecting the order.
The reason is that Kirigakure has already surrendered to Konoha, and having lost the Mizukage and several elite Jonin, it is no longer capable of carrying out any military operations.
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