Five Villages Cultivate at Full Force, the Five Great Shinobi Villages' Contestants!

Konoha, Eighth Training Ground.

After recording Kakashi and Might Guy's peak combat capabilities, Minato Namikaze nodded to the medical ninja beside him.

"Mystical Palm Technique."

Under the Mystical Palm Technique, Might Guy's injuries recovered at a visible rate.

"Kakashi, Guy, continue your training."

Minato Namikaze nodded to Kakashi and Might Guy, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return directly to the Hokage Building.

With the Five Kage officially forming an alliance.

The massive ninja machine that was the Five Great Shinobi Villages began operating at high speed.

All ninjutsu was shared.

All Kekkei Genkai was shared.

To prepare for the approaching Martial Arts Tournament, the Five Great Shinobi Villages began devoting all their efforts to training their respective contestants.

The Five Kage gave the order: no matter the cost, every contestant's demands were to be met.

That was why Kakashi could use Kumogakure's secret Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

As the Five Great Shinobi Villages poured in their resources, the strength of contestants from every village began to rise rapidly.

Among them, Konoha had the most contestants.

Konoha's combatants were not limited to Kakashi and Might Guy.

There was also Fugaku Uchiha of the Uchiha Clan.

Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Kushina Uzumaki.

Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze.

The eternal genin, Might Duy.

Jiraiya, one of the Three Ninja.

The Ino–Shika–Cho Trio.

And Konoha's darkness, Shimura Danzō.

A total of eleven people.

Meanwhile, most contestants from the other ninja villages were their villages' Jinchuriki.

Kumogakure's contestants were the AB Combo, Two-Tails Yugito, and Darui.

Iwagakure's contestants were Tsuchikage Ōnoki, Four-Tails Jinchuriki Rōshi, and Five-Tails Jinchuriki Han.

Sunagakure had the fewest contestants, with only two: Kazekage Rasa and Scorch Release Pakura.

Their One-Tail Shukaku had long since become Ato's trophy.

"Fourth Hokage, the Uchiha Clan has contributed another pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan."

Just as Minato Namikaze was deep in thought, an Anbu instantly appeared before him.

Minato Namikaze showed no surprise.

After the Five Kage Summit at the Shinobi Allied Forces Department, Minato Namikaze had gone to the Uchiha Clan and conveyed his orders as the Fourth Hokage to the entire clan.

Share the Sharingan.

As one of Konoha's great clans, the Uchiha Clan was proud and unruly. They regarded the Sharingan as everything, so naturally they would not agree.

Yet Minato Namikaze had intimidated the entire Uchiha Clan with just one casual sentence: Do you want to try my Flying Thunder God?

As Konoha's strongest Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Technique was enough to make even the entire Uchiha Clan avoid confronting him head-on.

No matter how powerful their Sharingan's dynamic vision was, could they see the trajectory of spatial movement?

Before Minato Namikaze, the Uchiha Clan compromised.

Minato Namikaze subsequently reached an agreement with the Uchiha Clan: the clan would provide Sharingan to the contestants, and only after the Martial Arts Tournament ended could the Uchiha retrieve their eyes.

After careful consideration, Fugaku Uchiha agreed to Minato Namikaze's request.

In any case, for the Uchiha, Sharingan could be plugged in and used immediately.

As long as the Sharingan were not damaged, it would have little impact on the Uchiha.

"Hmm, 'Do you also want to dance?' Wouldn't that have sounded more domineering?" Minato Namikaze stroked his chin, feeling that what he had said to the Uchiha Clan earlier had not been imposing enough.

"Ahem, Fourth Hokage?!" The Anbu gave a slight cough, interrupting Minato Namikaze's thoughts.

"Ka, give me the Three-Tomoe Sharingan."

Minato Namikaze came back to himself and instructed Anbu Ka.

"Fourth Hokage, this is the Sharingan provided by the Uchiha." Anbu Ka handed a Three-Tomoe Sharingan to Minato Namikaze.

Minato Namikaze frowned slightly. "Why is there only one?"

"Fourth Hokage, the other one was taken by contestant Shimura Danzō." Anbu Ka responded respectfully.

"Danzo? What does he need so many Sharingan for?" Minato Namikaze's expression darkened somewhat.

Originally, he had not agreed to let Shimura Danzō participate in the Martial Arts Tournament.

But Hiruzen Sarutobi and the two former Hokage advisors had strongly supported him, leaving Minato Namikaze no choice but to reluctantly agree.

And after becoming a contestant, Shimura Danzō had begun aggressively collecting the Sharingan provided by the Uchiha Clan.

By now, Shimura Danzō had collected fourteen Sharingan.

"Of course, this old man is doing it to save the Ninja World!!"

The door to the Hokage's Office was violently shoved open, and Shimura Danzō, his right eye and right arm wrapped in bandages, strode inside.

"Minato, I need Sunagakure's Forbidden Jutsu, the Life Transfer Technique." Shimura Danzō walked up to the Hokage's desk and bluntly demanded the ninjutsu from Minato Namikaze.

"The Life Transfer Technique?" Minato Namikaze looked at Shimura Danzō in confusion. He did not believe Danzo was capable of sacrificing himself for others.

"That's right! The Ninja World is already on the brink of disaster. Those weak ninjas who cannot participate should contribute their life force to me."

Looking at Danzo's brazen words, Minato Namikaze was so angered that he laughed.

"Danzo, are you serious?"

Facing Minato Namikaze's cold gaze, Shimura Danzō snorted. "Hmph, the mercy of a woman. Don't worry. After these ninjas contribute their life force to me, I will revive them with the Impure World Reincarnation.

"Besides, Minato, if you also wish to use the Life Transfer Technique to revive someone, there is no need to hesitate. Just come to me."

Minato Namikaze: ???

Setting aside the matter of the Life Transfer Technique and the Impure World Reincarnation.

Shimura Danzō taking the blame upon himself was enough for Minato Namikaze to understand why the former Third Hokage could not do without Danzo.

Should he say that Danzo truly lived up to his title as Konoha's King of Scapegoats and the Ninja World's darkness?

"Here is the Life Transfer Technique you wanted." Minato Namikaze tossed a scroll to Danzo.

No matter what Danzo's purpose was.

He was now a contestant in the Martial Arts Tournament.

The Five Kage had long established the principle of supporting contestants at any cost.

Therefore, no matter how outrageous Danzo's demands were, Minato Namikaze would not refuse them.

"Excellent. With this, I can stand undefeated." After obtaining the forbidden jutsu scroll containing the Life Transfer Technique, Danzo turned and left.

"Danzo, can you use the Uchiha's Forbidden Jutsu, Izanagi?"

Just as Danzo was about to leave the Hokage's Office, Minato Namikaze suddenly asked.

"That's right. This old man has already mastered the Uchiha's ultimate power." Danzo paused, then a smug look appeared on his sinister face.

"I heard Clan Head Fugaku say that Izanagi can turn unfavorable circumstances into a dream?" Minato Namikaze looked at Danzo strangely as he continued asking.

"That's right. Izanagi is an ultimate power that can even reverse death!" A fanatical smile appeared on Danzo's sinister face.

He believed that he had already mastered ultimate power.

"What if it is someone else's death? Can Izanagi reverse that?" Minato Namikaze lightly tapped the desk with his right hand as he continued asking.

Danzo froze.

He had never considered reversing someone else's death.

"This old man has never attempted to reverse another person's death, but it should be possible."

Danzo's words made Minato Namikaze smile brightly.

"Danzo, perhaps you really can save the Ninja World." Minato Namikaze spoke meaningfully.

Bang.

Just as Danzo was blankly pondering Minato Namikaze's words, an Anbu instantly appeared before Minato Namikaze.

"Fourth Hokage, your disciple Rin Nohara..."

"Was personally killed by your disciple Obito Uchiha!"

The smile on Minato Namikaze's face instantly vanished.

"Rin was killed by Obito? How is that possible?" Minato Namikaze's eyes widened as he spoke in disbelief.

After a brief moment of shock, Minato Namikaze instantly formed the Seal of Reconciliation and activated the Uzumaki Clan's sensory ninjutsu.

"The direction of the Valley of the End?!"

Minato Namikaze abruptly opened his eyes, then vanished from the Hokage's Office with the Flying Thunder God Technique.