Konoha's reinforcement (village-destroying) force

How high was the reputation of the Fifth Hokage Shazo?

In fact, he could have removed Inoichi Yamanaka's position, or even himself, without presenting any evidence.

Shazo intentionally upheld the system he had established by presenting sufficient evidence before allowing Inoichi Yamanaka to resign on his own.

He expressed his determination to uphold the system and punished the first Bad Luck who caused the explosion, so he could successfully tighten the reins Jonin the 14 most core Jonin of Konoha.

However, there was one exception among the 15 Department Head.

Shikaku Nara, who complains all day about how boring things are, wants to retire, and is the laziest, is actually the most diligent among the Department Head, completing the tedious tasks of the Staff Department almost perfectly.

Shazo was naturally overjoyed by this result, which is why he specially arranged for him to receive Baki today.

Only when Shikaku Nara not present can Shazo avoid deliberately avoiding him as the sole exception when scolding others, and also prevent others from turning around and resenting Shikaku because they are scolded.

After berating everyone, Shazo backed down and gave up on setting off with the Support Force.

So the Support Force remained the Team 3 and Team 7, but the auxiliary troops received an epic buff.

In addition to the two Jonin Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy, a team of Ino-Shika-Cho was mobilized for support, Torune Aburame Torune enhance reconnaissance capabilities, and Jiraiya provided as off-field support.

This made Jiraiya happy. He had been confined to Konoha by the Fifth Hokage for four whole years without ever leaving the village.

Jiraiya's happiness stemmed not only from being able to leave Konoha and have fun, but also from the fact that his Konoha meant his confinement was completely lifted.

Jiraiya was able to Avengers with Mount Myōboku.

This is, of course, because Shazo's confidence has soared to unprecedented heights, and he no longer takes the Great Toad Sage seriously.

He absorbed the energy of 100,000 combat power and also obtained the Five Elements spiritual power of the Five-Needle Pine Seeds.

Supported by such immense power, Shazo's Byakugan and his entire skeletal structure underwent fundamental changes, and the Rinnegan he had forcibly cultivated between his eyebrows was rapidly maturing.

Shazo's situation is somewhat similar to that of Kaguya Otsutsuki, as a powerful external force merged with him, forcibly elevating his level of existence.

The difference lies in the fact that Kaguya Otsutsuki obtained a stronger Chakra Fruit, which was perfectly compatible with the Ōtsutsuki Clan itself, allowing her to advance to the Kekkei Mōra without any risk.

However, the combined power of the 100,000 combat strength and the Five Elements spiritual energy that Shazo obtained was not that strong, and both of these forces conflicted with the Chakra system, requiring him to spend a lot of time slowly digesting them.

However, the two consecutive enhancements pushed Shazo to the very limit of the Ninja World, forcing him to control his power with his will in order to avoid being devoured by it.

This is a huge problem, but it also means that Shazo has reached a certain level of invincibility in the Ninja World.

Even if he's not absolutely invincible, that doesn't stop Shazo from being carefree.

From now on, he will instead try his best to attract the power of the Ninja World and drag them all into the Fourth Shinobi World War, turning the entire Ninja World into chaos.

After the war ends, the Ninja World will be clean and peaceful, and we can rest assured that we can rely on the Ninja World, look up at the stars, and hunt among the Sea of Stars with the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

A few hours later, Baki and Temari met the Konoha Support Force and were taken aback by their powerful presence.

Among them are six Chunin Konoha, all of whom are well-known members of the Konoha 12.

Six Jonin Konoha, led by Kakashi Hatake, including the Ino-Shika-Cho trio.

Finally, there's Konoha Sannin of Jiraiya.

Baki couldn't help but swallow hard, asking, "This is too strong—"

He almost blurted out. "Is your goal, Konoha, to conquer our Sunagakure?"

Kakashi Hatake sighed and said, "Well, you should be grateful. If we hadn't mobilized so many people, our Fifth Hokage would have been gone too."

Baki immediately shut his mouth.

He requested reinforcements and brought back seven Konoha Jonin. Sunagakure Ninja might think he was exaggerating, while others thought his diplomatic skills were top-notch.

If the reinforcements he summoned were the Fifth Hokage Shazo, the Ninja of Sunagakure would surely kill him and trample him underfoot, ensuring he would never rise again.

There's no reason to treat the biggest and most terrifying enemy as reinforcements.

Those two Kage-level Ninja who breached Sunagakure were, in essence, simply using their ability to fly to catch Sunagakure off guard.

Furthermore, they possessed absolutely accurate intelligence, allowing them to suppress the Fifth Kazekage from the very beginning and perfectly crack the [Magnet Style] Secret Technique.

Furthermore, they were able to accurately grasp the Kazekage's mindset, exploiting Kazekage protective instincts towards the villagers to launch a psychological Sneak Attack, which allowed them to defeat the Kazekage in a short period of time.

If they do not have absolute air superiority, and if their battle drags on, the Sunagakure Ninja will completely overwhelm them.

But what could the Sunagakure ninja do besides submit when the Fifth Hokage Shazo, Sunagakure Ninja, arrived?

This man calmly and decisively defeated Sunagakure in front of the Fourth Kazekage, Chiyo, and Ebizo, facing an attack by thousands of Sunagakure Ninja.

The Fifth Hokage not only demolished the Main Gate of Sunagakure, but also tore down all the buildings in the Sunagakure, ultimately turning this desert city into Primeval Forest forever.

To this day, the Sunagakure live in all sorts of treehouses.

As long as these withered, towering trees stand, no Sunagakure Ninja would dare to lay a hand on the Fifth Hokage; they wouldn't even dare to think about it.

But the Ninja spirit of Sunagakure needs to be vented.

In the end, Baki, who had invited the Fifth Hokage, became the target of everyone's venting and needlessly lost his life.

Fortunately, this terrible situation did not occur.

Baki thanked Kakashi Hatake repeatedly before preparing to return to Sunagakure with reinforcements.

But Jiraiya stopped Baki, saying, "There's no need to run. We're already half a company in size. We can't speed up at all. It'll take us at least two days to get to Sunagakure."

"Konoha has not only built roads in recent years, but has also produced many good things. We can take a propeller-driven Airship to Sunagakure."

Baki, Temari, the Konoha Chunin, and most of the Konoha looked at each other in Jonin. They didn't know what the propeller-driven Airship Jiraiya was talking about was, but they could guess that it was a vehicle that could carry people in flight.

It can fly!

No one objected to Jiraiya's suggestion, so the 15 Ninja followed Jiraiya to Konoha New Village, located above the Hokage Rock, which was also the area with the highest density of skyscrapers.

On the top floor of a building, they saw a winged Airship with a huge propeller at Airship tail, which was actually a super-high bypass ratio ducted propeller.

With the help of amazing Ninjutsu and Sealing Technique, the weight of the aircraft can be greatly reduced, its sturdiness can be broken through the sky, and the thrust of the propeller can be even more incredible.

Based on these fundamental conditions, which were completely different from those of his previous life, Shazo conducted practical tests and was astonished to discover that at speeds below 400 kilometers per hour, the ship-shaped structure was actually the optimal flight structure.

With its large hull and enormous thrust, once it can overcome drag and take flight, everything else is an advantage.

First, the ship's design is exceptionally spacious, carrying more cargo than any aerodynamically designed, slender aircraft.

Secondly, the ship's shape itself has a huge horizontal projection area, which can provide huge lift and greatly reduce the area of the wings.

Finally, the ship-shaped structure offers greater defensive capabilities and has enormous potential for improvement.

Since this is the reality of the Ninja World, Shazo has no choice but to accept it.

Riding aboard a giant Flying Ship, they roared into the sky, all the Ninja standing excitedly at the bow, fully experiencing the thrill of flight.

Moreover, Ninja, who were used to flying high, adapted very well to Flying Ship, and none of Ninja experienced seasickness.

The Support Force successfully crossed the desert and arrived at Sunagakure in just 10 hours.

Upon seeing the appearance of Sunagakure, Baki was amazed by the smooth return journey, but suddenly an indescribable fear welled up from the bottom of his heart.

Yes, the return trip went very smoothly this time.

If it were a ship full of Konoha Ninja, it would probably go just as smoothly.

So, there's no reason why it should be so difficult for 100 Flying Ship filled with Konoha Ninja to reach Sunagakure.

Baki looked at the spacious deck of the Airship, and then thought about the three-story structure inside the cabin. If this ship were fully packed, it could hold at least 300 Ninja.

Baki now knew where his fears came from.

Airship that isn't fully loaded sends Support Force, but if it's fully loaded with Konoha Ninja, it sends an army to wipe out the village.

The vast desert that was originally able to isolate the Konoha Ninja and protect the Sunagakure was completely unable to stop the Flying Ship.

The advantageous location that Sunagakure relied on for its survival was gone forever.

Not only Sunagakure, but also the Ten Thousand Mountains and continuous fortresses of Iwagakure, the towering peaks and deep valleys and thunderstorms of Kumogakure, and the vast seas of Kirigakure —all became meaningless under the wings of the Airship.

Realizing Bad Luck he wasn't the only one suffering, Baki suddenly felt less upset. He sighed softly and left from the bow of the ship.

The Flying Ship from Konoha weren't there to attack Sunagakure, at least not this time.

Therefore, Baki needs to jump down first and communicate with the Sand Sunagakure Ninja Sunagakure Ninja to avoid being attacked by them during the descent and suffering unnecessary losses.

Chiyo's face turned extremely pale the moment Chiyo saw the Flying Ship.

Unlike Kazuma, she was standing on the ground and had to look up to observe the Airship, which was an unfriendly angle.

Moreover, looking up at the spaceship itself creates a sense of self-deprecation, and coupled with the Airship's enormous size, Chiyo felt a tremendous threat.

The Sunagakure Ninja standing next to Chiyo looked even worse.

Many of the Sunagakure Ninja participated in the battle a few days ago and witnessed Deidara using his flying advantage to bully them, defeat the Fifth Kazekage, and kidnap him.

Now that they saw an even larger aircraft, they were naturally filled with hostility.

Even after Baki jumped down and told the Sunagakure Ninja that this was Konoha's reinforcements, the Sunagakure Ninja ' expressions did not improve.

No, their faces were so black they could drip ink.

Naruto Uzumaki looked at the faces of these Sunagakure Ninja and revealed a bright smile without any restraint.

Naruto's smile, like Minato Namikaze's, possessed the warmth of sunlight, warming the hearts of the Sunagakure Ninja and making them feel less bad.

Jiraiya saw this scene, he immediately thought of Minato Namikaze. His nose suddenly stung, and tears almost welled up in his eyes.

"Minato, did you see that?"

"Your child has grown up. He looks exactly like you, like a little sun, bringing warmth to those around him."

"What a pity. If only I had known about Naruto's ordeal sooner, returned to Konoha earlier, and taken him as my student."

Jiraiya muttered to himself, feeling regret for the first time for not taking Naruto apprentice.

For some reason, he suddenly had a feeling that he had missed something very important, which made him very anxious.

On the withered tree trunk unnoticed by anyone, a golden figure quietly appeared. He used his lip-reading ability to see Jiraiya's words.

He shook his head slightly and said, "Jiraiya- sensei, I see Naruto."

Shazo has prejudices against Jiraiya and Kakashi Hatake.

He firmly believed that these two people were destined for misfortune, and that no matter who he tried to protect, he would make a huge mistake, resulting in the death or maiming of those close to him.

So he found Naruto Uzumaki a powerful bodyguard, and his biological father, Minato Namikaze, wasn't so unlucky.

As long as he wasn't sabotaged by his own people and deliberately transferred away, Minato Namikaze's protection team never had any problems.

Upon receiving Shazo's notification, Minato arrived at Konoha immediately.

Minato Namikaze listened to the information shared by Shazo and fully understood the potential dangers. Only then did he take Shazo's Thor's Mark card and sneak onto the Airship ahead of time.

Just as the Fifth Hokage Shazo, had predicted, Minato Namikaze's teacher, Jiraiya, excitedly led the Sunagakure Ninja and Konoha Support Force onto the Airship.

Minato Namikaze is a resurrected Impure World Reincarnation body. He has no life characteristics and, after controlling his Chakra fluctuations, even Jiraiya cannot detect his presence.

So he followed the support team all the way to Sunagakure.

Minato Namikaze faster than Baki. Before the Sword of Ninja Love he had dropped even hit the ground, he appeared beside it using the Sword of Ninja Love Flying Thunder God Technique, without making a sound.

Then, he took out a Metal Card from his Ninja Tools bag and carefully inserted it into the dry tree trunk, marking the Fifth Hokage Shazo.

After finishing, Minato said rather apologetically, "I'm really sorry, this was the Fifth Hokage's request. Don't blame me if you're ever startled by his sudden arrival in the future."

After saying that, Minato Namikaze grinned.

Minato deeply admired the Fifth Hokage's meticulous thinking and tireless planning, and felt ashamed of his own inferiority.

If I had such abilities and habits, I would never have let myself fall into such a predicament back then, and I certainly wouldn't have let Kushina die innocently.

Minato Namikaze sighed regretfully and quietly disappeared into the shadows.