In Konoha, I collected corpses on the battlefield for ten years

The Kazekage, the highest leader of a village, the symbol of the village, and the backbone of all the village's ninjas, the Third Kazekage, at the peak of his power, just died like that?

Immediately following this, what caused even more of an uproar in the ninja world was the news released by Sunagakure that the mastermind behind the assassination of their Third Kazekage was Konoha!

Bluntly pointing the finger at Konoha, the meaning was self-evident.

Sunagakure already had irreconcilable conflicts with Konoha. During the Second Shinobi World War, countless Sunagakure ninjas died at the hands of Konoha ninjas, including Elder Chiyo's daughter-in-law, two Shadow-level powerhouses with extraordinary talent!

And the one who killed them and rose to fame in one battle was Sakumo Hatake, known as "Konoha White Fang."

Now that White Fang was dead, Chiyo's hatred for Konoha had not diminished at all.

Chiyo's feud with Konoha, for Chiyo, who had great influence in Sunagakure, was naturally Sunagakure's feud with Konoha.

So, the early bird that the entire ninja world had been waiting for finally appeared.

It wasn't Iwagakure, which was the most active, nor Kirigakure, which had the most obvious intentions, but Sunagakure, which had been silent all along.

But no matter who it was, their appearance was a good thing for these hidden villages.

Within Sunagakure, this statement was unanimously approved.

Although many people saw that the death of the Third Kazekage was suspicious, no one dared to speak out in this situation. At the same time, the spearhead was directed outwards, and internal conflicts were resolved.

So, the next day, led by the two elders, Chiyo and Ebizo, Sunagakure entered the Land of Rain, heading straight for the border of the Land of Fire.

At the same time, the leader of Iwagakure, the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, announced to the entire ninja world that Iwagakure was also declaring war on Konoha, criticizing Konoha's unjust act of assassinating the leaders of other hidden villages.

Anyone with eyes could see that Iwagakure was just using this as an excuse; they had long been unable to restrain themselves.

The Third Tsuchikage was an old schemer. The one who first plunged the ninja world into turmoil was his restlessness, creating a trend that Iwagakure was about to attack Konoha, and secretly inciting other hidden villages, forming the illusion that Konoha was about to be besieged, thus leading to the irreversibility of the war.

The simultaneous declarations of war by Sunagakure and Iwagakure put Konoha in a very passive situation.

However, misfortunes never come singly. What truly plunged Konoha into the quagmire of war was that Konoha's ally, Kumogakure, unilaterally tore up the alliance, and at the same time, led by the Third Raikage, launched a large-scale attack on Konoha!

In an instant, of the four major hidden villages outside of Konoha, three of them had actually launched wars against Konoha.

On the contrary, Kirigakure, which had been very active before, became silent at this moment, and no one knew what Kirigakure was considering.

The originally peaceful ninja world had become like this in just three or four days.

Small hidden villages and ordinary residents were all alarmed.

The entire ninja world was plunged into the panic of war.

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Konoha.

Hokage Building, Supreme Conference Room.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo Shimura, Koharu Utatane, Homura Mitokado, Konoha's four top leaders presided over this meeting.

All Jonin in Konoha attended this meeting.

Danzo, sitting next to Hiruzen Sarutobi, looked at him with suppressed resentment in his eyes.

It's like this again.

It's become like this again.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's indecision had led Konoha into the embarrassing situation of facing three major hidden villages at the same time.

If Hiruzen Sarutobi had listened to his advice earlier and launched an attack first, defeating any one village, Konoha would not have become so passive.

Even with the powerful Iwagakure, Danzo was confident that in a one-on-one situation, Iwagakure was definitely not Konoha's opponent.

Destroy one to deter the other three major hidden villages, and when Konoha recovered, it would have the strength to swallow the entire ninja world.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Hiruzen Sarutobi also knew his friend's resentment, but he did not regret it. He had his own persistence and his own philosophy.

These things were above everything else.

After simply explaining the situation to all the Jonin present, the entire conference room fell silent, and the faint atmosphere of肅殺 intensified.

Konoha doesn't like war, doesn't provoke war, but it doesn't mean it's afraid of war!

Hiruzen Sarutobi was very satisfied with this momentum.

This was what he insisted on.

"Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Tsunade."

Hiruzen Sarutobi called out the names of his three most trusted disciples.

They were one of Konoha's greatest assets.

Orochimaru had a faint smile on his lips, licked his lips, and didn't speak.

Jiraiya stood up heroically, and put away his usual playful attitude. When Jiraiya got serious, you could completely trust him.

Tsunade's aura wasn't as strong as theirs, but she also had a great weapon that they couldn't compare to. Once this weapon came out, the gods would retreat.

"Orochimaru, Land of Taki. Jiraiya, Land of Hot Water. Tsunade, Land of Rain!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi concisely assigned the three to complex battlefields.

He waved his hand, "Prepare yourselves and set off as soon as possible!"

The three nodded, turned around, and left directly.

As they left, many Jonin in the conference room also left with them.

Without too much pre-war mobilization, and with the war having been building up for so long, the preparations had been almost completed during the Chunin Exams.

Although he didn't expect Sunagakure to take the lead instead of Iwagakure, the result was the same.

After a large number of Jonin left, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Danzo.

As an old partner who had worked together for decades, Danzo understood his meaning with just a look from Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Although Danzo couldn't stand Hiruzen Sarutobi's indecisiveness, now was obviously not the time to argue.

He slowly stood up with a cane, "If Kirigakure dares to land, they won't be going back."

An aura of肅殺 surged from the elderly Danzo.

Looking at the conference room, which was already half empty, Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed heavily.

Whether Konoha can survive this time depends on whether the efforts of these years have paid off.