Konoha suffered severe damage during the Nine-Tails Incident, and the news was swiftly picked up by the intelligence networks of the major ninja villages.
Konoha's destroyed buildings and the Nine-Tails' rampage in particular led the outside world to believe that Konoha had been gravely weakened. Some ninja from other villages even began to see it as the perfect opportunity to attack Konoha.
But as more detailed intelligence emerged, the terrifying strength displayed by Konoha's Fourth Hokage, Uchiha Ying Yue, stunned the entire ninja world.
Whether it was the sight of the Nine-Tails being sealed or the Thousand-Hand Buddha statue Ying Yue had summoned, taller than a mountain, both left the major ninja villages dumbfounded.
Ying Yue displayed his invincible power, effortlessly suppressing the Nine-Tails and becoming the acknowledged strongest person in the ninja world.
In Kumogakure, the Fourth Raikage A sat in his office, holding intelligence that had just been sent back by the intelligence department regarding Konoha's Nine-Tails Incident.
What shocked him most was that Konoha had not been left weakened as the intelligence agents had initially predicted. Instead, relying on Ying Yue's absolute strength, it had easily suppressed the Nine-Tails.
The Raikage recalled his clash with Ying Yue during the Third Shinobi World War. Ying Yue had been strong then, but nowhere near this absurdly powerful.
Now, the Thousand-Hand Buddha statue Ying Yue had summoned was as enormous as a mountain, while the Nine-Tails had been as helpless as a little fox before him.
The Fourth Raikage understood that Ying Yue was now completely beyond challenge.
Just then, the Raikage heard some young Kumogakure ninja clamoring to launch an attack while Konoha was weak.
The Fourth Raikage A immediately flew into a rage and flung the intelligence report away. "Me, fight Ying Yue? Are you kidding me?! Ying