Advance on Amegakure

He had outstanding talent in Water Release. As long as he grew smoothly, he would definitely become an Elite Jonin, perhaps even gain the ability to contend for the position of Hokage.

But he was still far too weak.

"Are you sure you can compete with me?"

Yuu raised an eyebrow and pressed a hand onto Nawaki's shoulder. With only a slight exertion of force, he pushed Nawaki down, utterly crushing him in terms of strength.

"That's really excessive. Then where should we go when the war starts?"

Having recognized reality, Nawaki did not want to admit he was inferior to Uchiha Yuu. But he understood that staying on the battlefield might bring trouble to his sister, so the two simply formed a team. He wanted to experience the impact of a full-scale war.

"The outskirts."

He pointed to a nearby area. That place had the largest concentration of troops, while also being far from the core battlefield. Even if they encountered danger, they could call for help immediately.

At the same time, Hanzo of Amegakure watched the gathering shinobi outside for a long while. His fists clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

"Konoha has gone too far. From beginning to end, we only targeted Sunagakure, yet they chose to fight us. And that damned Kirigakure—they promised to hold them back!"

"The Five Great Shinobi Villages are all nothing but unreliable trash!"

His fury did not make him lose his reason. Hanzo knew this was the most critical battle. As long as he repelled Konoha's shinobi, Kirigakure would surely send more forces to invade the Land of Fire once they saw the situation.

Just as Hanzo was considering how to deal with the crisis before him, a shinobi entered with his head lowered.

"Sir, there's a monster-like man