Konoha Village at present.
Although it had successively lost the Second Hokage and Hatake Sakumo, who had committed suicide not long ago, its overall strength remained relatively intact.
The current Third Hokage was nearing fifty. While he could not be considered in his prime, he was still far better off than he would be in his sixties or seventies.
On top of that, all manner of geniuses continued to emerge.
Especially the "Legendary Sannin," who had made their names during the Second Shinobi World War.
There were also Hiashi Hyuga, the Hyuga clan head in the prime of his life, and Fugaku Uchiha, the Uchiha clan head.
As for Minato Namikaze,
he had yet to encounter Cloud-Hidden Village's "AB Combo," much less experience the Battle of Kannabi Bridge.
Thus, the name "Yellow Flash" had yet to emerge.
He was merely a somewhat well-known Konoha Jonin.
However, among the "Legendary Sannin," Tsunade had developed hemophobia and left Konoha alone. Orochimaru spent every day underground researching his little projects and had no interest in the Third Shinobi World War. Jiraiya claimed he had set off on a training journey, but he had actually gone to search for the disciple mentioned in the prophecy.
It could be said that aside from their reputations still being able to intimidate people, they were basically half-crippled.
Of course.
The other Ninja Villages were unaware of these matters.
Given this, the Third Raikage was somewhat wary when he heard Tengen Uzui claim to be a Konoha ninja.
But wary as he was, he would not back down just because of the words "Konoha ninja."
"Humph!"
The Third Raikage narrowed his eyes and sneered. "You may indeed be Konoha ninjas, but whether you were sent by the Hokage is another matter entirely, isn't it?"
"Oh?"
Tengen Uzui raised