I am the strongest Hokage of all time

Mao looked in the direction of the sound.

I saw six or seven ninjas wearing Konoha forehead protectors running from a distance.

That was a ninja from the Konoha stronghold near Kitami Castle.

"You are Konoha's ninja team? What happened?"

The leader, a ninja with special Jonin strength, asked Shigeru.

These Konoha ninjas were attracted by the previous self-destruction attack of the Evil God Cult.

So he advanced at full speed and rushed to Hiruzen and the others.

Shigeru responded: "We were attacked by suspected Kumogakure ninjas."

"Yunyin?!"

The special Jounin of Konoha became serious.

This could be a major conflict that would spark a war between the two shinobi villages.

"We are here to support you!"

Konoha Ninja said.

Then seven people joined the battlefield.

These Kumogakure ninjas were quickly defeated.

Originally, these Kumogakure ninjas were gradually falling into a disadvantage.

As a result, seven more Konoha ninja reinforcements came.

The three Kumogakure ninjas faced by Hiruzen and the others were quickly defeated by the crowd.

The ninja who fought Hiruzen was first surrounded by two chunin.

Blocking the back road.

The special jounin took out a kunai and attacked Hiruzen together.

Hiruzen struck down with a stick.

The Kumogakure ninja raised his hand to block.

His arm was hit with a stick and he lost consciousness.

However, that special jounin stumbled, and his kunai instantly plunged into Kumogakure's abdomen.

The armor was pierced and blood seeped out.

The Kumogakure ninja retreated continuously.

As a result, the two chunin behind him hugged his hands respectively.

Twist hard outward.

As the Kumogakure ninja ninja howled in pain.

His hand was violently severed.

On the other side, Dango and Kagami received help from two Konoha elite chunin.

Quickly suppress the opponent.

Hiruzen and others deal with the enemies in front of them.

A chuunin was left to control the Kumogakure ninja whose hands had been severed.

The other three people immediately came to Mirror and Tuanzi.

Hiruzen came to Dango to help Dango.

The special jounin brought the remaining chuunin to Kagami's side.

Soon, the remaining two Kumogakure were captured by everyone in Konoha.

Only the tall Kumogakure ninja was left fighting Kiyoshi.

The battle between the two was extremely fierce.

It's not good for everyone to intervene rashly.

This is when the format changes.

Hatake style sword technique? Instant slash!

Qingzhi quickly swung his sword.

clang!

The two knives collided, and dazzling sparks burst out.

Click!

Kiyoshi's sword cut off the Kumogakure ninja's sword.

Then he changed the direction of his sword swing and slashed downwards.

The tall Kumogakure ninja fled backwards.

Mao slinked behind Yun Yin and kicked out sideways.

The tall Kumogakure ninja received a heavy blow on his waist.

Xiang Qingzhi flew over.

Kiyoshi swung his sword several times in succession.

In an instant, blood splattered everywhere.

The tall ninja's hands and feet were immediately bloody.

Falling to the ground unable to move.

Everyone from the Konoha stronghold stepped forward to subdue him.

and put a piece of wood in his mouth.

Hold it against the man's upper and lower jaws and tie them together with his mouth.

Prevent suicide.

"We will send these ninjas back to Konoha for interrogation."

The special jounin said.

Qingzhi shook off the blood on the knife and put the knife back behind his back.

Said: "Okay, thank you for your support."

The special jounin said: "We are all Konoha ninjas, this is our responsibility."

Shigeru and Hiruzen also came over.

Mao held the fierce Kumogakure ninja in his hand and said, "This one seems to have been killed by me accidentally."

That special jounin said: "It doesn't matter, take them back together as evidence."

The special jounin bound the hands and feet of the still alive Kumogakure ninja.

Several ninjas grabbed the collars of these Kumogakure ninjas.

Drag them onto the road.

That particular jounin noticed the corpses of several bounty hunters.

Asked: "Are these people also Kumogakure ninjas?"

Qingzhi replied: "They should not be in the same group."

"These men's associates fled after their deaths," Hiruzen added.

"Those Kumogakure ninjas came from behind."

The special jounin stepped forward to take a closer look.

After a long time, he said: "These people should be bounty hunters."

Hiruzen said again: "There is another one in the earth flow wall."

So Hiruzen took the special jounin and climbed into the earth flow wall.

Saw the body of Kawajiro.

The special jounin came to the corpse and took a look.

Said: "That's right."

"This person's name is Kawajiro. He is a very active bounty hunter near Kitami Castle."

"He has done many evil things, and our stronghold does not have enough strength to catch him."

"I didn't expect that he would die in your hands today."

"You can be considered as helping Kitami Castle get rid of a scourge."

Hiruzen said: "Very good, let me help you lighten the burden."

"You have a hard enough time defending our borders."

The special jounin patted Hiruzen on the shoulder and said, "It is you good young people we are protecting."

"You will definitely become the pillars of Konoha in the future."

Hiruzen nodded solemnly.

The special jounin and Hiruzen took Kawajiro's body out.

"By the way, what happened to that explosion before? You probably didn't use large-scale detonating talismans in your battle, right?"

The special jounin asked.

Hiruzen replied: "Those were suicide attacks by the Evil God Cult before."

"The Cult of Evil God? Where is it?"

The jounin in particular was a little confused.

Hiruzen silently pointed to the ground.

He told the special jonin about the entire attack.

Then Hiruzen and his party separated from the ninjas in the Konoha stronghold.

Hiruzen and his team returned to the princess's motorcade.

Lake Biwa asked, "Is the battle over?"

Kiyoshi nodded and said, "It's over."

Hiruzen asked, "Isn't everyone injured?"

Biwako said: "We are all fine, how about you?"

Hiruzen said: "Fortunately, with Konoha's support, we are fine."

Biwahu looked at a few people and felt relieved after seeing that they were indeed not injured.

So everyone decided to continue on their way.

Hiruzen and others knocked down the earth flow walls around the convoy.

Throw it to the curb.

So as not to block the road.

At the same time, several bounty hunters were hastily buried.

Then set off again.

On the way, Kiyoshi and Hiruzen were talking.

Hiruzen said: "Kumogakure, Evil God Cult, bounty hunter."

"Why do everyone come to trouble us?"

Qingzhi shook his head: "How did I know?"

"Who on earth has such great ability to mobilize these people to kill us?"

Hiruzen couldn't say the name in his mind.

But the doubt in Hiruzen's heart had reached its peak.

Because maybe only Black Zetsu can do this.

Hiruzen never dared to let down his guard in his heart.

After all, these are not the only methods Black Zetsu can use.

The group was on their way.

The sun slowly slid overhead to the west.

The sky gradually dimmed until it was completely dark.

Fortunately, the moonlight is bright.

A group of people lit torches so they could see the road ahead clearly.

After Hiruzen and his party were attacked during their lunch break.

There was no stopping all the way.

Finally arrived at the destination shortly after nightfall.

Lubie City.

Compared with Kitami Castle, Rikubetsu Castle is just a small town.

But it was enough for the group to rest.

Hiruzen and the others found a store big enough.

Arranged everyone to stay.

Hiruzen after taking a short rest.

We arrived at the door of the room where Lake Biwa stayed.

Entered the room after being informed by the guard.