Bang!!
The Stone Desk was smashed to pieces, and violent Chakra directly shook cracks into the office walls!
The Third Raikage clenched his fists tightly, his eyes fixed on A with bandages on his chest, filled with murderous intent.
"Bastard!!"
"You useless good-for-nothing! You actually abandoned your comrades! How do you still have the face to come back alive?!"
A lowered his head and said nothing as scalding tears rolled down his face.
Self-blame and guilt filled his heart.
If he had not been so reckless and charged alone against Crimson Eyes, only to be beaten unconscious—
Blue B would not have stayed behind to cover their retreat...
"Lord Raikage! Everything was my decision. I am willing to bear all the blame! I am the one who deserves to die!"
Dodai fell to his knees with a thud, weeping bitterly.
In the conference room, Killer B's figure looked very young. His small sunglasses made his expression impossible to read.
The grief in his heart was no less than anyone else's.
Blue B... had been his teacher...
"Mr. Dodai, you chose to retreat because of me."
A's voice was extremely hoarse.
He dropped to both knees and bowed deeply.
"Lord Raikage, I will not kill myself like a coward. Please allow me to die in battle!"
The Third Raikage stared deeply at his son.
This was no act. He had truly wanted to kill the bastard just now!
If A had been willing to die like Dodai, he would have killed A without hesitation.
The Raikage gripped his neck tightly and lifted him before his eyes.
"Live on in disgrace! Only the blood of our enemies can wash it away!"
"Konohagakure is too strong..."
The Third Raikage fell silent for a moment as he gazed out the window.
"Dodai, I'll leave the village's affairs to you. I'm going to have a proper talk with that old man Ōnoki."
Between nations, there was no eternal hatred—only eternal interests.
In the future, even the Fourth Raikage would be able to set aside the grudge over his father's death and join forces with Ōnoki against Uchiha Madara.
The Third Raikage's capacity was only greater.
According to Dodai's intelligence, Konohagakure's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was already ready for deployment.
There was also a youth who had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique...
The Sannin were in their prime, and Sarutobi Hiruzen's reputation remained undiminished.
The Uchiha...
Kagami...
Could that man really grow to the level of the God of Shinobi?
That absolutely could not happen!
In the eyes of the Third Raikage, Ōnoki, and the others, Uchiha Madara was a ninja on the same level as Hashirama Senju.
Their truce had forcibly ended the chaos of the Warring States that had continued for a thousand years and established the shinobi village system.
Someone like that could never appear again—especially not in Konohagakure!
--
Bang!
In the dark underground chamber, Shimura Danzō slammed his hand down on the table.
"Foolish! Arrogant! Bastards!"
"It took me great effort to stir up conflict between Cloud Village and Iwagakure. Konohagakure could have simply watched from the sidelines."
"Wouldn't defeating the Eight-Tails have been enough? Why did you kill him?!"
"Once Cloud Village and Iwagakure had fought until both sides were battered, there would have been plenty of chances to wipe them all out! Why act now?!"
"Jiraiya! Namikaze Minato! Uchiha—Kagami!"
"Utterly irredeemable!"
--
The situation on the battlefield changed rapidly. Cloud Village and Iwagakure, which had been locked in fierce combat, unexpectedly agreed to invade the border of the Land of Fire at the same time.
The fighting truly erupted—a battle on the level of a Shinobi World War!
Orochimaru, who had originally been stationed along the border of the Land of Wind, had no choice but to withdraw from the Land of Wind and help defend against Iwagakure.
The Land of Wind might not have had the nerve to fish in troubled waters, but it certainly had the nerve to take advantage of the chaos—and plenty of it.
Rasa, who had just become the Fourth Kazekage, also officially declared war on Konohagakure!
This war crossed the probing stage much earlier than it had in the original timeline.
Kagami Uchiha's existence had already gone far beyond the effect of a butterfly flapping its wings.
He had become the gale capable of driving the Ninja World's decrepit windmill.
Konohagakure, attacked from three directions, suffered heavy losses at the very beginning of the war. Many ninjas stationed along the borders were killed.
More and more ninjas rushed to the front lines.
The graduation age at the Ninja Academy was also changed to nine.
--
Minato Squad had only recently been formed, but it was already split apart.
Minato was not an eternal-motion machine. He could not drag Kushina and Kagami around in every direction. He would have dropped dead from exhaustion.
Based on their combat strength, Minato and Kushina joined the Western Front, working with Orochimaru to deal with Sunagakure and Iwagakure.
The Four-Tails and Five-Tails also got their long-awaited chance to face the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
It was a one-sided massacre.
If Iwagakure had not outnumbered the Konohagakure ninjas by so much, forcing Kushina to worry about covering her comrades' retreat—
The Four-Tails and Five-Tails would have ascended on the spot.
The Sunagakure battlefield.
Sunagakure's Puppet Masters had thought that with White Fang gone, they could finally break free.
But then...
Someone even faster and more terrifying arrived!
The war also transformed Minato rapidly. With a record of instantly killing seven Jonin-level Puppet Masters, he established Konohagakure's name for the Yellow Flash!
Seriously, Konohagakure's people were almost wiping out Sunagakure's Puppet Masters.
--
The Eastern Front.
Although Kirigakure showed no intention of joining the war yet, they could not afford to relax their vigilance.
The previous Second Mizukage had crossed thousands of miles to die together with the Second Tsuchikage.
People like that could do any absurd thing. Even Iwagakure and Cloud Village were guarding against Kirigakure.
Nara Shikaku, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front, fell into deep thought as he looked at the group of Uchiha before him.
He had been given this important position partly because the pressure here was somewhat lighter than on the other fronts.
More importantly, he had a good head on his shoulders.
But...
He had no experience commanding the Uchiha Clan!
And there was even a group of Byakugan-wielding ninjas beside them...
Why had they sent Konohagakure's two great eye-technique clans to him?!
The sudden change in the situation forced Sarutobi Hiruzen to send most of the Uchiha ninjas into battle.
Choosing the Eastern Front was not exactly targeting the Uchiha. It allowed them to use fire against water.
The main reason was that Kirigakure was most famous for the Hiding in Mist Technique. Only eye-technique ninjas were best suited to counter it.
Fugaku remained on the Western Front. The person leading the Uchiha Clan here was Elder Shenhuo.
It was obvious what kind of people these Uchiha were.
"Commander Shikaku, Kagami instructed us to follow your orders completely during wartime."
As he spoke, he glanced at the Hyuga Main Family beside him and sneered. "We Uchiha aren't a bunch of pampered young masters. Just give the order without worry."
Elder Shenhuo already looked extremely old. This was also a declaration to outsiders that the representative of their faction was Kagami Uchiha.
Mocking the Hyuga was merely incidental.
The Hyuga Main Family member leading the group was a young man. Hearing this, he snorted coldly.
He was about to retort, but then remembered his clan head's instructions...
Forget it. That Uchiha brat is as strong as a monster. I'll give him this one.
Hmph. I'll watch you build your grand tower, then watch it collapse!
"Elder Shenhuo, Elder Aoma, then I'll discuss the Eastern Front's defenses with you two."
The Northern Defense Line.
On a mountain cliff, a tall, white-haired man crouched halfway down, scanning the area back and forth through binoculars.
At last, his gaze stopped at a small waterfall, where he imagined several young women taking baths with their clothes removed.
"You'd be able to settle down if you cut off that thing between your legs."
Kagami Uchiha spoke indifferently.
Jiraiya glanced at him unhappily. "This is all because of the trouble you caused. I could've still gone sightseeing, but now the old man has ordered me to guard the front line all day!"
"Sigh... I wonder when that Raikage fellow will bring people over to attack. This waiting is really unbearable."
Small battles had already broken out between Cloud Village and Konohagakure's ninjas along the border.
Sarutobi Hiruzen had strictly ordered Jiraiya and Kagami Uchiha to remain in the center and not participate in ordinary battles, staying ready at all times to deal with a surprise attack by the Third Raikage.
The moment the Third Raikage was spotted, they were to immediately send word to Konohagakure and hold the Raikage back. Sarutobi Hiruzen would personally take the field.
With the momentum of victory from two Shinobi World Wars behind him, Sarutobi Hiruzen still possessed the boldness of the Shinobi Hero.
As for Kagami Uchiha killing the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, he had not reprimanded him.
That was because Cloud Village had killed Konohagakure's ninjas first and declared war first. Kagami Uchiha's actions had been classified as retaliation.
It had also been counted as three S-Rank Missions. Once he returned to the village, he could choose one technique from the Scroll of Seals to learn.
After stabilizing Konohagakure following the Second Hokage's death, bringing the First Shinobi World War to an end, and winning the Second Shinobi World War—
Sarutobi Hiruzen was not yet the indecisive old man he would become years later.
At the same time that Sunagakure declared war, Sarutobi Hiruzen also formally issued a declaration, announcing war against the Land of Wind, Land of Earth, and Land of Lightning!
When Hanzō declared war on the Three Great Nations, it had carried more than a little of a ridiculous quality.
But Sarutobi Hiruzen's declaration of war...
History would record it...
The Third Shinobi World War had begun!
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