"Yeah, it's been a long time since I came to Konoha. The last time was more than a decade ago."
For some reason, Mizuki Ember suddenly looked at the Konoha crowd and teased them.
In that instant, everyone on Konoha's side, including the Third Hokage, visibly stiffened.
An unpleasant memory suddenly surfaced in the minds of the Konoha crowd.
Some of the younger generation did not know what Mizuki Ember meant, so they could not help asking older people who knew the story.
"Huh? What does the Fifth Mizukage mean? Has he been to Konoha before?"
"Idiot! It's that legendary incident!"
"That incident?"
"Back during the Third Ninja World War, Mizuki Ember had not yet become the Fifth Mizukage. He had not even gone through his defection from Kirigakure yet.
At the time, the Third Mizukage was confronting Minato Namikaze, who had yet to inherit the title of Fourth Hokage, on the front lines.
Meanwhile, Mizuki Ember rode his Summoning Beast, the Golden Eagle, alone and blocked Konoha's gates with his own strength, preventing anyone from Konoha from leaving the village to reinforce the front lines!
Unfortunately, the Third Mizukage was defeated by Minato Namikaze before he became the Fourth Hokage, causing Kirigakure's front line to collapse against Konoha.
Otherwise, many people had predicted that Kirigakure might have defeated Konoha.
If that had happened, the balance of power in the Ninja World would have changed!"
The man explaining wore a deeply wistful expression.
Looking at how lost he was in his memories, it was as though he had personally witnessed Mizuki Ember and the Golden Eagle blocking Konoha's gates.
The younger genin beside him, who had never learned this history, were all stunned.
Everyone in the Ninja World knew of Konoha's strength!
Yet even Konoha had been helpless against Mizuki