Naruto: The Strongest Sage.

Uchiha Madara never led a ninja village. When Konoha was first established, he lost to Senju Hashirama.

He was not actually depressed after losing to Hashirama, because at that time, Hashirama was superior to him in both strength and popularity.

There were two reasons why he was really angry. One was that in his eyes, that fool Hashirama had no idea how to govern the village and only knew how to mess around with his own peace ideas.

Another thing is that no one understands his great ideas, and the entire Uchiha clan betrayed him.

That's right, in Madara's mind, it wasn't him who betrayed the Uchiha clan. It was the Uchiha clan who betrayed him.

Now, he was reborn in a new era. Suddenly, something else came to his mind.

I was not chosen as Hokage back then, and could not realize my great ambition. Maybe this time I can.

I now have a village in my hands. Although the strength is a little weak, it still has some foundation. If I train it well, it will definitely grow.

The biggest reason why Kamikawa Aoba is famous in the ninja world is not only his personal strength. He promoted the reform of Konoha, which made Konoha's strength surge and became the boss of the current gap level in the ninja world, which is also an important reason.

If he could build the Hidden Mist Village into a ninja village that surpasses Konoha, wouldn't he have completely surpassed the other party in terms of leadership ability?

Once this thought came up, it could no longer be suppressed. This is also the reason why Madara did not turn against Ōnoki.

He was ready. As long as he got back the Samsara Eye, he would kill Ōnoki and swallow up Iwagakure to speed up the growth of Kirigakure.

By then, I will completely surpass Kamikawa Aoba in terms of personal strength and leadership. Then I will activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi in front of the opponent, making him admit defeat sincerely.

When he thought of that scene, Madara was a little excited, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but bend. Black Zetsu beside him was terrified. It seemed that Madara seemed to have noticed something.

Just when Madara made up his mind to farm, a major event also happened in the Land of Fire.

Konoha became independent.

Of course, this independence is the result. The complete process of the whole incident is that the daimyo of the Land of Fire was assassinated.

Afterwards, a large number of Fire Country nobles suspected that it was done by the Fire Country's ninja village, Konoha Ninja.

After that, Konohagakure and the Daimyo of the Land of Fire entered into a tense confrontation.

The new Daimyo of the Land of Fire signed an order announcing the abolition of Tsunade's position as Hokage. He also asked Konoha to re-elect a Hokage and send Tsunade to the capital of the Land of Fire to plead guilty. At the same time, the new Hokage needs to be appointed by them.

In response to this request, Muye directly retorted. The general meaning was, go and have fun. I'm making a fortune and don't have time to mess with you.

The Fire Nation nobles were so angry that they assembled an army consisting of guardian ninjas, mercenary wandering ninjas, and prepared to attack Konoha.

The result was that this army was defeated by a Konoha team less than a day after leaving the camp.

That's right, it was a small team. Of course, the leader was the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, plus a dozen Konoha War Ninjas wearing chakra coats.

The battle scene is hard to describe. Basically, Sarutobi Hiruzen led his team, standing on a hillside, and began to use skills against the ninja army not far away.

He used the five elements of ninjutsu in turn, and after using more than a dozen A-level ninjutsu in succession, the opponent collapsed directly.

In fact, there are powerful people in this army. Among them, the twelve guardian ninjas are all at the level of jonin.

But because he was a jonin, he understood more clearly how outrageous the ninja team on the other side was. Each of them performed more than ten large-scale A-level ninjutsu in succession.

This was beyond their comprehension. It gave them the feeling that there were more than a dozen Kage-level ninjas on the other side at once.

So they led the defection without hesitation, and this escape led to the complete collapse of the entire ninja army.

In fact, if they rushed forward, they would find that these war ninjas were not traditional ninjas.

They have strong ninjutsu and abundant chakra, but their physical skills, experience, and even adaptability are weak, or almost non-existent.

Because they were originally targeting humanoid artillery, and basically received no training in other areas.

Of course, in actual combat, they have special assistant ninjas around them to prevent them from being beheaded.

In short, the war ended quickly in a way that left the entire ninja world dumbfounded.

After this, Konoha quickly declared independence.

That's right, Konoha did not seize the opportunity to seize the power of the Daimyo, nor did it swear to rule the Land of Fire. Instead, it declared itself independent.

Most people couldn't understand Konoha's actions. Only a few experienced ninjas of the older generation understood Konoha's cleverness.

In Iwagakure, Ōnoki is telling his son about Konoha's plan.

"Konoha is developing too fast now, so fast that it is disconnected from other ninja villages and even the entire Land of Fire.

Once they turn around and rule the entire Fire Nation at this time, they will be responsible for the Fire Nation. Otherwise, everyone is a member of Konoha. Why do the people of Konoha live so well, while the people of other cities live so poorly?

This kind of unfairness cannot be completely eliminated in a short period of time, and it will become a huge hidden danger.

At that time, Konoha will have only two options. One is to ignore it and continue to develop Konoha. Let this injustice continue to spread. The other is to suspend development and first upgrade the entire Land of Fire to the current level of Konoha.

No matter which option they chose, Konoha could not accept it. So, they chose the third option, independence.

After Konoha becomes independent, everything in the Land of Fire will naturally have nothing to do with them, and conflicts will naturally cease to exist. Konoha will be able to continue to develop without restraint."

"But if that's the case, Konoha will just be a village. No matter how well they develop, their potential is ultimately limited."

"Yes, you are right." Ohnoki looked at Kurotsuchi with satisfaction. At the same time, he glared at the dull Huangtu. His son was quite capable, but his brain was not bright enough. He was far from being as smart as Kurotsuchi.

"You haven't been to Konoha for a long time. According to our intelligence, Konoha has attracted a large number of jonin and civilians to settle in due to its rapid development. In the past two years, the population has increased by more than 70%.

In fact, it may have doubled. Konoha Village has been expanding again and again, and now it is the size of a large city. Moreover, this is just the beginning, and Konoha is still expanding. Kurotsuchi, what can you perceive from this?"

Kurotsuchi hesitated, then spoke uncertainly.

"Does Konoha want to rebuild a Fire Country?"

"Hehehe." Ohnoki laughed with relief.

"Yes, I am sure this is the purpose of Tsunade and Kamikawa Aoba. They plan to rebuild a brand new Land of Fire with Konoha as the core."