Jōgan

In the Land of Lightning, the Cloud ninja's army of tens of thousands was suddenly defeated after a short battle with the Iwa ninja.

Countless Cloud ninja fled rapidly towards the Kumogakure.

Meanwhile, the Iwa ninja sent tens of thousands of men to relentlessly pursue and kill them.

Every now and then, Cloud ninja who were not good at speed would be caught up by the Iwa Ninja Army behind them and quickly killed.

Therefore, in the early stages of the Cloud ninja's rout, a large number of Genin and lower were killed in battle, and the number of Cloud ninja decreased very rapidly.

Before long, the number of Cloud ninja, which had been over ten thousand, dropped to five or six thousand.

The few thousand Cloud ninja who were missing either got lost or were caught, killed, or captured by the Iwa ninja.

Moreover, the number of these five or six thousand Cloud ninja is constantly decreasing, with ninjas continuously falling behind.

In such a life-or-death situation, few Cloud ninja would care about their fallen comrades.

At this point, secret forces and special ninja tools are of little use.

The morale of the Cloud ninja has collapsed!

Everyone wanted to get back to the village as soon as possible. Some had lost the courage to fight again, while others thought they could rely on the village's defenses to fight the Iwa ninja to the death once they returned.

However, as these five or six thousand chaotic Cloud ninja drew closer to the Kumogakure, countless attacks suddenly came from directly in front of them.

It features various single-attribute attacks such as Fire Release and Water Release, as well as Combination Ninjutsu attacks that combine multiple attributes, and physical attacks such as Kunai, Senbon, Shuriken, and Exploding Tag.

But regardless of the type of attack, they are all large-scale group attacks.

This attack came so unexpectedly; the Iwa ninja were still behind them, so why were there enemies in front of them?

Moreover, this round of attacks was so dense and so large in scale.

Five or six thousand Cloud ninja were almost completely overwhelmed by this attack.

This attack was clearly organized and planned, with reasonable attribute combinations and appropriate timing, all demonstrating meticulous planning.

After one round of attacks, more than half of the five or six thousand Cloud ninja were lost, and about three thousand Cloud ninja collapsed and couldn't get up on the spot.

What drove the remaining Cloud ninja to despair was that, just as the attack ended, a gigantic demon god suddenly appeared before them.

The demon strode forward and rushed to them in a few steps, then mercilessly brandished its weapon.

The demon's defense was astonishing; neither the Kunai nor Ninjutsu thrown by the Cloud ninja had any effect.

With a series of booming sounds, Izumi Uchiha wielded her Susanoo's long sword, relentlessly reaping the lives of Cloud ninja amidst the Cloud Ninja Army.

After leaving the new ancestral home of the Ninja Cat Clan, Izumi Uchiha, along with Karin and Kugure, went to the Iwa ninja's coastal army via the nearest Teleportation Array.

Then, Izumi Uchiha led his Five Thousand Army across the sea into the Land of Lightning.

When Izumi Uchiha the Land of Lightning, the Cloud ninja had just met up with Mei Terumi and the others and were preparing to return to the Land of Lightning.

Afterwards, with the help of Karin Mind's Eye of the Kagura and Byakugan, Izumi Uchiha ambushed the Cloud Ninja Army on their way back to the Kumogakure.

Of course, during this Izumi Uchiha also encountered many guard ninjas left behind by the Cloud ninja.

However, with the combined power of Mind's Eye of the Kagura and Byakugan, Izumi Uchiha easily controlled all of these Cloud ninja using Genjutsu.

That's why we have this scene of the Cloud ninja's divine soldiers descending from the sky in the eyes of the Iwa ninja.

The ambush Izumi Uchiha, leading Iwa Ninja Army, completely extinguished the last fighting spirit of all the Cloud ninja.

The Cloud ninja who were lucky enough to survive immediately scattered and fled without saying a word.

This time, the Cloud ninja were all scattered and running around in different places, and they never got together again.

Many Cloud ninja have decided that after running away, they will never return to the Kumogakure; they would rather be wandering ninjas.

Even a fool would know that after losing these five or six thousand troops, the Kumogakure had absolutely no chance of holding on.

More importantly, with these 5,000 well-organized Iwa ninja guarding the road back to the village, most of them would not be able to return.

By the time the Cloud ninja Iwa Ninja Army, and Ōnoki and his men arrived, the ambush on Izumi Uchiha's side had already ended.

After roughly estimating the number of Cloud ninja corpses from the air, Ōnoki concluded that at least three thousand more Cloud ninja had died.

Moreover, these three thousand-plus people were different from the several thousand Cloud ninja that the Iwa Ninja Army caught up with along the way; these three thousand-plus people could all be considered elites.

Only a little over two thousand Cloud ninja escaped. These two thousand demoralized and disorganized Cloud ninja were scattered throughout the Land of Lightning and could no longer cause any significant trouble.

The Cloud Ninja Army was routed and completely scattered, leaving the Kumogakure virtually undefended.

Without hesitation, Ōnoki ordered half of the tens of thousands of Iwa ninja who had just pursued him to stay behind and clean up the battlefield.

The remaining ninjas with sufficient stamina and Chakra, along with the five thousand Iwa ninja led by Izumi Uchiha, headed straight for Kumogakure.

The ensuing battle proceeded as expected.

Killer B disappeared without a trace. He neither attacked the heavily wounded Kawakita, nor came to support the defeated Cloud ninja, nor did he return to Kumogakure.

Therefore, the Iwa ninja easily conquered the entire Kumogakure.

However, the few Cloud ninja who remained in the village displayed surprisingly resolute fighting spirit.

Taking advantage of the brief moment when the Iwa ninja were blocked by the village's Defense Barrier, they destroyed almost all of the village's research facilities and data.

Even a large number of non-combat civilian personnel resolutely chose to die alongside the other Cloud ninja.

Aside from many things that couldn't be destroyed and a large number of civilians, Ōnoki and his men got almost nothing of value.

After tallying up the supplies seized from Kumogakure, Ōnoki's face turned extremely grim.

The Iwa ninja mobilized 20,000 troops for this expedition to the Land of Lightning, which was extremely costly.

The biggest source of income for Iwa ninja to make up for their losses was the decades of savings accumulated by Kumogakure.

Unlike Konoha, Kumogakure has not experienced many large-scale upheavals, nor has it been ruled by outsiders like Mist ninja.

The wealth of the Kumogakure is the best preserved.

Unfortunately, most of this enormous wealth was destroyed by the Cloud ninja remained behind.

Ikura walked over to Ōnoki and said with a smile, "Third Hokage, don't be angry. At least all the goals set before the war have been achieved."

"Kumogakure, killed the Fifth Raikage, and wiped out a large number of Cloud Ninja main force. One side of the Three-Party Alliance Cloud ninja, Mist ninja, and Konoha has been completely eliminated by us."

"Furthermore, although Hozuki Mangetsu didn't die, Yuki Koru died in battle."

"In addition to the large number of Mist ninja killed previously, the strategic goal of weakening the Mist ninja has also been achieved."

"In the ensuing standoff, we will hold an absolute advantage."

"If Yichen gets another unexpected windfall, we will face no obstacles in Unifying the Ninja World."

Upon hearing this, Ōnoki nodded, his expression softening slightly. He asked, "How is Kawakita?"

Ikura said, "I just contacted him, and he's fine now, but he still needs to rest and recover."

"It's already a miracle that Kawakita survived Raikage's attack; he'll probably need a long time to recover."

Ōnoki nodded and said, "The battle is over. Quickly arrange the defenses and have the ninjas who need to be withdrawn to their respective branches withdraw as soon as possible."

"Stabilizing the situation is crucial; completely digesting such a vast Land of Lightning will likely be difficult."

Ikura nodded and said, "I've already made the arrangements. Most of the army will travel to the various branches via the Land of the Moon's Teleportation Array."

"Kumogakure. Kumogakure's too big, and its location isn't suitable for us to establish a branch."

"I plan to establish another branch of the Land of Lightning, some distance to the south."

"Yes." Ōnoki nodded; he had a lot of trust in Ikura's ability to handle this kind of situation.

The two were chatting when a ninja suddenly came to report the situation.

"Third Lord, Lord Ikura, Lord Tsuchikage have sent people over."

Ōnoki and Ikura's eyes lit up. Yichen's side was finished too? The two quickly invited someone in.

The person sent by Yichen was Atsumi Akino. Since leaving Konoha, Yichen and his group had quickly returned to Iwagakure with the help of Atsumi Akino's Flying Thunder God.

Upon returning to Iwagakure, Atsumi Akino was immediately dispatched by Yichen to Ōnoki's side.

Upon seeing Ōnoki and the other two, Atsumi Akino didn't wait for them to ask before hurriedly asking, "Third Lord, Lord Ikura, Chiga?"

"The teacher has an important task for Chiga."

Ōnoki and Ikura exchanged a glance, suppressing their urge to quickly learn about the situation in Konoha.

Both of them knew Chiga's abilities, Yichen's eagerness to find Chiga must mean something important.

I wonder if they're tracking down another enemy.

Led by Ōnoki and Ikura, Atsumi Akino soon met Chiga at the Iwa ninja temporary Command Center.

Upon seeing Chiga, Atsumi Akino took out Hyuga Hiashi's leg and quickly said to Chiga, "Chiga, quickly locate this person's position."

Chiga nodded and swallowed some blood from Hyuga Hiashi's leg.

A few seconds later, Chiga Awakening Eyes and said, "We have successfully locked onto the target."

Atsumi Akino breathed a sigh of relief before saying to Ōnoki, Ikura and, and Chiga, "This is the leg of Konoha Hyuga Hiashi, the head of the Hyuga Clan."

"Hyuga Hiashi was taken to Ryuchi Cave by Orochimaru, and Chiga's current location should be Ryuchi Cave."

"Chiga, the teacher told you to memorize this location."

Ōnoki and Ikura exclaimed in unison, "Ryūchi Cave?"

They didn't expect that Yichen had Chiga locate Ryūchi Cave.

Ikura hurriedly asked, "Akino, Yichen going to attack Ryūchi Cave?"

Ikura was very wary of the Three Great Sage Locations, as no one knew the true extent of their Three Great Sage Locations.

Even Ikura couldn't imagine how many unknown methods this power, which had been passed down for thousands of years, might have.

Atsumi Akino shook her head and said, "No, the teacher said it's just to make some preparations and figure out the location of Ryūchi Cave as soon as possible, it might come in handy later."

Upon hearing this, Ikura breathed a sigh of relief; he had been afraid that Yichen would really attack Ryūchi Cave.

Only then did Ōnoki and Ikura have a chance to ask Atsumi Akino what had happened in Konoha.

Atsumi Akino told Ōnoki and Ikura everything she had seen.

Meanwhile, Yichen was in the laboratory of Katsuya and Natsuki in Iwagakure.

Yichen now has an important task to complete: to collect the soul of Fugaku Uchiha.

Orochimaru didn't use Impure World Reincarnation Second Hokage Senju Tobirama, this time because Yichen imprisoned Senju Tobirama's Soul Imprisonment within the Shinigami Mask.

Now Yichen wants to do it again.

Yichen had already set up the barrier to Soul Seal, and was just waiting for Orochimaru to release the Impure World Reincarnation.

Orochimaru did not disappoint Yichen. After returning to Ryūchi Cave, he may have dealt with Hyuga Hiashi immediately, but not long after, he released the Impure World Reincarnation.

As expected, just like last time, Yichen successfully sealed Fugaku Uchiha's soul into a Shinigami Mask.

The third day after the Konoha Collapse Plan.

A funeral was held in Konoha, which had returned to peace.

Konoha suffered heavy losses in this First Shinobi War, although Konoha did not participate in the large-scale battles of the ninja army like Mist ninja and Cloud ninja.

However, the number of ninja lost by Konoha was no less than that Mist ninja.

Konoha was ambushed by Kanako twice, and these two explosions were the two times that caused the greatest losses to Konoha.

In addition, Konoha suffered considerable casualties during the attacks of Danzo's Impure World Reincarnation ninjas, the attacks of the Sky Ninja, and the attacks of the False Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Sky.

On the contrary, Orochimaru, Danzo himself, Yichen, the three major villains, did not cause any large-scale losses to Konoha.

Therefore, many fresh lives were buried at the Memorial Stone in Konoha.

It's worth mentioning that, for reasons unknown, Kakashi included Hyuga Hiashi, whose fate is unknown, in the list of those Memorial Stones.

Aside from the large number of ninjas who died in battle, Konoha's greatest losses were naturally Hiruzen Sarutobi and Might Guy.

Especially Might Guy; in Kakashi's heart, ten Hiruzen Sarutobi are not as important as one Might Guy.

This is not only because Might Guy is his best friend, but also because in Kakashi's heart, Might Guy's potential can be described as limitless.

Although constantly using Might Guy's strength after opening the Eight Gates to measure his value would make Kakashi uncomfortable.

Even after becoming Hokage, Kakashi couldn't help but wonder if, once Might Guy reached his peak and opened the Gate of Death, he could defeat Yichen, the source of chaos in the Ninja World.

Kakashi never imagined that he would lose Might Guy in this seemingly casual Konoha Collapse Plan.

Kakashi found it even more unacceptable that Might Guy's full-power burst was only for a few Jinchuriki.

Ten years ago, Jinchuriki were strategic weapons for any Great Ninja Village in the Ninja World.

However, for some unknown reason, the Ninja World is now filled with Kage Level- level ninjas, greatly reducing the role of Jinchuriki.

This is why Yuki Koru was willing to die to save Hozuki Mangetsu.

Kakashi felt heartbroken that Might Guy was going to die for just a few Jinchuriki.

After the others from Konoha left, Kakashi, still wearing the Hokage robes, stood in front of Might Guy's tombstone for a long time, unwilling to leave.

"Kai, you won this match. We competed a total of ninety-one times, and you won forty-six times. So, in the end, you still won!"

Kakashi's mood worsened as he recalled his past matches with Might Guy.

I really shouldn't have tried to fob him off with rock-paper-scissors when Kai asked for a match!

"A False Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, a Jinchuriki from the village itself, a Sunagakure Jinchuriki, a Sky Ninja Remnants, and Orochimaru."

Kakashi muttered the names of those Might Guy had attacked in his final moments.

Every time I think of Kakashi, I feel it's not worth it.

Kakashi felt that including these people in Might Guy's list of achievements would be an insult to Might Guy.

Of these five, the only one who could be considered truly capable was Orochimaru, but Orochimaru was not dead.

Kakashi believed that Might Guy should at least unleash the Gate of Death during the final battle against the Iwa ninja, ultimately either taking Yichen with him or taking away five Kage Level Iwagakure.

That kind of record is worthy of Might Guy.

"The Konoha Collapse Plan! Danzo!" Kakashi had already learned the name of Danzo's operation from the Sky Ninja who had miraculously survived the war.

Kakashi also learned that this plan was actually orchestrated by Yichen.

However, since Yichen was originally an enemy, Kakashi was not surprised by any means Yichen might use.

However, he was furious with Danzo, a former member of Konoha's own people and even the Hokage.

How could someone like that become Hokage?!

That's why Kakashi wasn't saddened at all by Hiruzen Sarutobi's death; in fact, he felt a slight sense of satisfaction.

Danzo's current state is a result of Hiruzen Sarutobi's indulgence, and Hiruzen Sarutobi should be held responsible for the mistakes he made!

Kakashi even felt that it was extremely unfair for so many Konoha ninja to sacrifice themselves because of Hiruzen Sarutobi's mistakes!

After a long while, Kakashi turned around and prepared to return to the Hokage Building.

Konoha has suffered a major upheaval. Although the war has temporarily ended, there are still many administrative matters that need to be handled by Kakashi, the Hokage.

But as soon as Kakashi turned around, he spotted a similarly lonely figure in the distance.

Kakashi knew this person very well; she was one of his students.

Moreover, he was one of the three students he personally led.

That's right, the person who stood in front of the tombstone for a long time, just like Kakashi, was Hinata Hyuga.

Kakashi was stunned for a moment when he saw Hinata Hyuga, before he remembered that he had publicly announced Hyuga Hiashi's death.

Hinata Hyuga definitely didn't know that Hyuga Hiashi had been captured by Orochimaru; she probably thought Hyuga Hiashi was really dead.

Thinking about Hinata Hyuga's life story, Kakashi suddenly felt sorry for this disciple.

She was originally the young lady of the most prestigious family in Konoha, but she watched as her family was dragged down from its peak by her teacher, Kakashi.

Now that her father is dead, even though he seemed to have always been dissatisfied with her, Hinata Hyuga still deeply respects and loves Hyuga Hiashi.

Moreover, and most importantly, Hinata Hyuga the Main Family.

The Hyuga Clan's absurd system of the Main Family and branch families meant that the small Main Family had never had any friends within the clan.

Now, only Hinata Hyuga and her younger sister Hanabi Hyuga, who has just started school, remain in the main branch of the Hyuga Clan Main Family.

Hinata Hyuga clearly did not inherit the Caged Bird Cursed Seal.

How will Hinata Hyuga get along with the branch family members in the days to come?

Kakashi couldn't even imagine what he would do if he were in that position.

Not to mention Hinata Hyuga timid.

Kakashi wanted to go over and say a few words of comfort to Hinata Hyuga, but when he looked up at the sky, he realized that he had been at the Memorial Stone for quite some time.

So Kakashi told himself that he would Hinata Hyuga in a few days, and tell her the truth that her father might not be dead.

With that thought in mind, Kakashi turned and headed towards the Hokage Building.

What Kakashi didn't know was that, since Hyuga Hiashi Orochimaru, the Hyuga Clan had already witnessed several alarming conflicts in just two days.

Not everyone in the Hyuga Branch Family hates the Main Family, but it's certain that none of them have any goodwill towards the Main Family.

Among them, there were quite a few ninjas with personality flaws.

So on the Hyuga Hiashi disappeared, some branch family ninjas came to test Hinata Hyuga and her sister, wanting to know if they would be Caged Bird.

Hinata Hyuga and Hanabi Hyuga were no match for those elite ninjas.

The results of the test were encouraging; the Caged Bird allowed the Main Family to maintain its rule did not fall into the hands of the Hinata Hyuga sisters.

Then, a large number of the Hyuga Branch Family ninjas stormed into Hinata Hyuga's house and burned everything belonging to the Hyuga Main Family, including Hinata Hyuga's house.

Even after going this far, they were still not entirely at ease, so they sent out some female ninjas.

He took Hinata Hyuga and her sister to a room, then took off all their clothes and burned them.

The Hyuga Branch Family did this not to retaliate against the Main Family; they were simply afraid that Hyuga Hiashi had left information about the Caged Bird in their home.

They feared that Hinata Hyuga would grow up and regain control of the Caged Bird, thus regaining control over their lives and deaths.

Fortunately, the Hyuga Branch Family ninjas still had some sense. Perhaps they didn't want to attack the village's ninjas, or perhaps they were wary of Hinata Hokage's status as a disciple of the Hinata Hyuga.

In the end, they gave Hinata Hyuga and her sister a set of clothes and left them to fend for themselves.

Older ninjas might be able to rationally believe that Hinata Hyuga are innocent, but children of similar age do not have such mature minds.

They used to have to bow respectfully to Hinata Hyuga, but now the two no longer had their superior status.

They felt they had to repay the two of them for the grievances they had suffered in the past.

In the past two days, Hinata Hyuga has faced dozens of challenges from her clan peers.

Hinata Hyuga initially didn't want to fight, but she couldn't stand these people bullying her younger sister, Hanabi Hyuga.

Therefore, Hinata Hyuga two days.

Her clothes were covered in wounds.

Long after Kakashi left, Hinata Hyuga also left the Memorial Stone area and returned to her temporary residence.

Her dwelling was still next to her old home, but the home was gone; she and her sister lived in a tent.

Many buildings in Konoha were destroyed, and so many could not be restored in a short time. Therefore, the village distributed relief supplies to the civilians and ninjas who lost their homes.

This tent was distributed by the village.

When Hinata Hyuga returned home, she saw more than a dozen children from the Hyuga Branch Family bullying her younger sister.

Hanabi Hyuga has a strong personality, unlike Hinata Hyuga who is timid, so she will fight back when the branch family children insult her.

Two Hinata Hyuga mustered up the courage to stand in front of her, and everyone's attacks were Hinata Hyuga.

But Hinata Hyuga, they all took their anger out on Hanabi Hyuga.

"Hanabi!" Hinata Hyuga sister being bullied and quickly ran towards her.

A child from the Hinata Hyuga, perhaps saw Hinata Hyuga arrive and, in a moment of panic, exerted force.

With a slap to the ground, young Hanabi Hyuga was sent flying several meters away.

Seeing that the little Hanabi had been sent flying several meters away, its fate unknown, Hinata Hyuga, who was running over, was completely stunned.

She shouted, "Hanabi!"

The children, perhaps realizing they had caused trouble, turned and fled the scene.

So none of them saw that Hinata Hyuga ran to Hanabi Hyuga's side, her eyes had already turned light blue.