Orochimaru's Confidence

Konoha of the Land of Fire, Kumogakure of the Land of Lightning.

The war between the two great powers of the Shinobi World began swiftly and ended just as swiftly.

The entire process could roughly be summed up as follows: Kumogakure thought they were capable, Kumogakure attacked Konoha, and Kumogakure got instantly crushed.

Although the five-thousand-strong ninja army surrendered quickly, nearly half of them still died.

Still, it could be considered an optimization of Kumogakure's ninja ranks. Those who survived the attacks of two Super-Kage-level combatants were undoubtedly elites, whether through luck or strength.

On the walls of Kikyo Castle, countless Konoha ninja stood dumbfounded.

Although they had already witnessed the Uchiha clan's strength during the previous internal strife, the power displayed by Uchiha Gen and Fugaku had risen to another level in such a short time.

This made the many Ninja Clans, who had already begun to acknowledge the Uchiha, completely convinced. No one still entertained the thought of opposing an Uchiha becoming Hokage.

At the edge of the battlefield, Tsunade and Jiraiya, who had been watching, were both stunned.

Tsunade stared at the Konoha ninja in the battlefield, who were beginning to receive Kumogakure's prisoners under the Barrier Team's lead, and could not help viciously pinching Jiraiya beside her.

"What are you doing?"

Jiraiya cried out in pain.

"It hurts. So this isn't a dream. Clan Head Fugaku and this Uchiha brat are already this powerful just after awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan. Just how powerful was Uchiha Madara, who could contend with Great-Grandfather back then?"

Tsunade murmured in shock.

"I don't think it's that unsolvable."

At that moment, a chilly voice sounded beside them.

"Orochimaru? When did you get here? What are you here for?"

Jiraiya asked in surprise.

Over the past few years, he had been tracking