Forging

Of course, given Konoha's current situation, the day they would urgently need to choose the next Hokage was still some distance away. No one knew what things would look like by then.

The shinobi world changed too quickly. More than three years ago, who could have imagined that Mizuki would rise to prominence so suddenly?

Even harder to accept was the emergence of all kinds of forbidden techniques, Kekkei Genkai, immortal bodies, and even the legendary Rinnegan. The dead had been brought back to life more than once.

Impure World Reincarnation had shattered the barrier between life and death three years ago. Before countless witnesses, Chiyo used One's Own Life Reincarnation to revive the already dead Gaara. Such an achievement completely exceeded the realm of what ordinary shinobi could imagine.

With so many incidents occurring one after another lately, the Konoha shinobi who knew the truth had long since become numb to it.

Although the Shinobi Allied Forces had been formed and everyone held great hopes for the future, no one dared say for certain that the enemy did not possess an even more formidable trump card.

The Rinnegan, which had appeared in the world once more after the Sage of Six Paths, truly could not be taken lightly.

Team 7's task now was not to worry about the war that would erupt soon, but to carry out the mission before them.

To protect Naruto Uzumaki, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Konoha had truly gone to great lengths.

After the Uzumaki Clan's sealing technique inheritance had been cut off, Mizuki, the strongest sealing technique expert in the shinobi world, had expended tremendous effort before planting a spacetime marker on Naruto.

It was not impossible to tamper with people blessed with such immense vitality and so much chakra that there was no end