Homura Mitokado also nodded repeatedly. "This really is somewhat hard to believe! Akira is only seven or eight years old, right? At that age, even our teacher back then, or even the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha, were nowhere near this level of strength, were they?"
Could that brat be the reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths?
Otherwise, how could he be this exaggerated?
He was practically inhuman.
The Third Hokage puffed on his pipe, his feelings extremely complicated.
"Exactly. Every time, he brings me a huge 'surprise,' but not long afterward, he refreshes my understanding of him again. Even I'm starting to feel like I can't see through him anymore."
He truly did not know whether such a Akira was ultimately a good thing or a bad thing for Konoha—and for himself.
After all, Akira was Sakumo's disciple!
"Fortunately, I drew him in early and even made Tsunade his teacher. In a sense, he can be considered one of my people. Hopefully, he won't completely escape control."
The Third Hokage thought with some worry.
But he could not allow Akira to continue staying on the frontlines.
Otherwise, the Third Hokage worried Akira would accumulate too many achievements, and by extension, Sakumo's achievements and prestige among the ninja would also rise too high.
At that point, something troublesome could happen.
At this moment, Koharu Utatane spoke.
"However, regarding the peace talks with Kumogakure, how could they begin negotiations without first informing us and obtaining our permission?"
She was very dissatisfied with this point.
"Indeed!"
Homura Mitokado nodded as well.
"This time, they went too far."
"Negotiations aren't something that needed to happen immediately. I think we should immediately send a letter to the Kumogakure frontline to express our position."
"In addition, we should dispatch someone from the village to preside over the peace talks."
"The people over there are all young. What do they understand about negotiations?"
Homura Mitokado was worried they would damage Konoha's interests.
The Third Hokage nodded.
"Although Shikaku and the others said in the letter that Kumogakure was eager for peace talks and that they could only begin negotiations hastily while also notifying the village, what you two said also makes sense."
"In that case, I'll trouble you to make a trip to the Kumogakure battlefield, Homura."
"Assist from the side and prevent us from suffering losses."
"Of course, remember not to push Kumogakure too hard either. When appropriate, the compensation conditions can be lowered somewhat to avoid provoking Kumogakure's dissatisfaction and causing the battlefield situation to change again."
"At present, we cannot withstand more pressure."
"Ending the war with Kumogakure is extremely important for us."
"After that, we can transfer the forces supporting the Kumogakure battlefield to the Iwagakure battlefield."
Iwagakure and Ōnoki were not easy to deal with.
Iwagakure's strength was also extremely formidable, and the situation there was not good.
Mainly because Iwagakure specialized in various Earth Release techniques, so relying only on defensive lines was not very meaningful.
The enemy had far too many powerful Earth Release jutsu capable of overturning entire defensive lines.
Thus, the Iwagakure battlefield was truly troublesome.
"I understand. Since time is urgent, I'll prepare and depart immediately to avoid further complications."
With that, Homura Mitokado stood up and left the Hokage's office.
He brought along a small squad of ninja guards and hurried toward the Kumogakure battlefield.
Meanwhile, on the Iwagakure battlefield—
After Danzo received the news of the great victory on the Kumogakure battlefield, he did not feel happy at all. Instead, his face became gloomy.
"Damn that Akira! Why did things turn out like this?"
"That brat has actually become this powerful already. He repelled Kumogakure's army of seven to eight thousand ninja by himself and even heavily injured the Third Raikage in one strike, forcing him to surrender."
"What exactly is going on with that brat's combat power?"
"Could he really be another Hashirama Senju?"
No.
Even Hashirama Senju at that age had been far inferior to Akira.
This was simply a monster.
"How could a Senju descendant separated by two or three generations awaken such monstrous talent?"
Even Danzo could not figure it out.
"Perhaps… I should find a way to obtain some of his blood samples or flesh tissue and have Orochimaru study him properly."
Danzo narrowed his eyes.
"That brat's secret is definitely worth uncovering."
Such terrifying growth speed.
Such a secret to becoming stronger.
He wanted it for himself.
"In addition, we can't allow that brat to keep staying with White Fang, nor can he remain on the frontlines."
Thinking this, Danzo immediately wrote a letter and sent it back to the Third Hokage through ninja hawk.
Meanwhile, on the Sunagakure battlefield—
"This really is surprising! Akira-kun, you truly keep bringing people surprise after surprise. I'm growing more and more interested in you."
After reading the intelligence sent from the Kumogakure battlefield, Orochimaru narrowed his eyes with great interest.
"Orochimaru! What did you call me here for?"
At this moment, Tsunade walked in with a tired expression and complained, "Don't you know how busy I've been recently? Can't you give me fewer things to deal with?"
"I regret it now. Before the war started, I should've run off to travel the world."
Otherwise, she would not have ended up exhausted like a dog now.
That old hag Chiyo was truly detestable.
Almost every day, she came up with some new poison, forcing Tsunade to constantly find ways to break them.
The two of them seemed to have returned to the poison-versus-antidote struggle from the Second Ninja War.
"This time, I'm not asking you to help with anything. Take a look at this. It's good news."
Orochimaru helplessly shook his head and handed the intelligence to Tsunade.
"Oh?"
Tsunade accepted the intelligence with slight surprise.
After reading it, she immediately raised her head in astonishment and looked at Orochimaru.
"This is all true? That little guy Akira once again repelled Kumogakure's attack by himself and even heavily injured the Third Raikage with one strike, forcing him to surrender?"
Was this some kind of joke?
No matter how she looked at it, this information felt far too fantastical.
Kumogakure was not the same as Kirigakure.
Moreover, the Third Raikage was one of the few top-tier powerhouses in the ninja world. He was not comparable to some Three-Tails Jinchūriki.
That man was capable of fighting the Eight-Tails head-on and suppressing it.
He was an existence that even the Eight-Tails could not injure in the slightest.
Yet Akira had actually heavily injured him in one blow and forced him to surrender?
This was completely unbelievable.
Orochimaru smiled faintly.
"It is indeed true. At present, the war on the Kumogakure battlefield has already ended, and both sides have begun peace talks."
"I have to say, Akira-kun has once again exceeded everyone's expectations."
"I really want to have a proper chat with him."
After hearing this, Tsunade immediately looked at Orochimaru with vigilance and warned:
"I'm warning you. Don't get any ideas about him, or I won't let you off."
She already vaguely knew that Orochimaru had been conducting certain forbidden human experiments over the years.
She simply understood Orochimaru's personality and knew there was no use trying to persuade him.
Even if she tried, he would not listen.
"Hehe…"
Hearing this, Orochimaru smiled awkwardly.
"Of course not. I know he's your disciple and also your clansman. How could I possibly do anything harmful to him?"
"I truly only want to talk to him."
"I heard that he used several terrifying Lightning Release techniques on both the Kirigakure and Kumogakure battlefields."
"I'm increasingly interested in his talent for developing ninjutsu."
"I believe we would share quite a lot of common language in that area."
That was indeed what Orochimaru was thinking.
He wanted to rely on Akira's ninjutsu development talent and medical ninjutsu talent to help him complete certain research.
Conducting research alone was simply too slow.
Humans had limits.
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