News of the Total Annihilation

Minato looked at the blood-covered boy, his expression complicated.

Perhaps he should not have brought Obito Uchiha here. After killing so many people, could he really bear the psychological burden?

Obito Uchiha panted, unable to stand steadily. After moving so many times, barely any chakra remained in his body.

Just as Obito was about to collapse, Minato Namikaze instantly moved to his side and supported him.

"Thank you, Teacher Minato."

Obito Uchiha wiped the corner of his mouth.

"Obito, perhaps I shouldn't have brought you here..."

Minato Namikaze said guiltily.

"It's fine, Teacher. I'll have to face these things sooner or later. Didn't you walk this same path back then?"

Obito Uchiha slowly stood up on his own and adjusted his breathing.

Minato Namikaze looked at the sea of people around them.

"This battle will probably have a tremendous impact!"

Land of Earth, Hidden Rock Village.

Iwagakure Tsuchikage's Office.

Iwagakure's senior officials had all gathered here!

"Hahaha, Konoha surely never expected that our Iwagakure forces weren't prepared for the Land of Wind, but for Konoha!"

Onoki said with a loud laugh.

The sly little old man was delighted by the strategic victory he had achieved!

The Tsuchikage's senior officials looked at the map. Dong Shiren's troops had already driven straight in, while Konoha was steadily retreating before Iwagakure's lightning offensive!

"The situation is excellent! Have my son Kitsuchi lead another force as reinforcements! Do not stop! Keep attacking!"

Onoki gestured grandly at the map!

"Third Lord! Should we transfer the two jinchuriki from the eastern border to attack Konoha as well? Konoha also has a jinchuriki."

One of Iwagakure's senior officials suggested.

Onoki frowned slightly, then shook his head. "No. The two jinchuriki are needed to guard against the Land of Lightning!"

Onoki had a keen eye and naturally saw that the Land of Lightning would certainly not stand idly by.

He still needed to keep something in reserve against the Land of Lightning!

Just as Onoki was rejoicing, an Iwagakure ninja stumbled inside!

"Third Tsuchikage! Terrible news! Urgent intelligence from the front lines!"

All the senior officials changed expressions upon hearing this!

"What happened?"

The old man Onoki accepted the report with a bewildered look.

The instant he saw it, Onoki's expression changed drastically!

"How is this possible? Fifty Jonin and three hundred Chunin—Dong Shiren's vanguard has been completely wiped out!"

Onoki held the report in shock, his face full of disbelief.

"Looks like Konoha's reinforcements have arrived. Who did Konoha send this time? Someone capable of this must be one of the Three Sannin, right?"

"Or perhaps Hiruzen Sarutobi or Danzo Shimura personally took command!"

"It must be Konoha's main force. Dong Shiren's vanguard may not have been large, but fifty Jonin aren't so easily dealt with!"

Iwagakure's senior officials all spoke at once, speculating over whom Konoha had dispatched.

Some guessed one of the Three Sannin, some guessed Konoha's main force, and some even thought Hiruzen Sarutobi or Danzo Shimura might have personally led the campaign.

Only Onoki stared grimly at the report in his hand.

The report told him that it was not one of the Three Sannin, not Hiruzen Sarutobi or Danzo Shimura, and certainly not Konoha's main force!

It was two people named Minato Namikaze and Obito Uchiha!

Minato Namikaze—he had occasionally heard that name before.

The last time he had heard it was during the Second Shinobi World War.

His two jinchuriki, Roshi and Han, had encountered a team led by Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze, and the two sides had fought an encounter battle!

(As for Roshi and Han, I know their ages might be a little off, but in Minato's one-shot, they really already looked like that at the time, so I set it according to that timeline.)

"Shut up, all of you!"

Onoki barked angrily!

With Dong Shiren's troops annihilated, his fantasy of sweeping all the way through naturally crumbled!

Iwagakure's senior officials immediately fell silent!

It had to be said that compared to Hiruzen Sarutobi, Onoki lived far more comfortably.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had to consider every major clan in Konoha—the Hyuga Clan and the Uchiha Clan—as well as Danzo Shimura. Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado also kept her in check.

But over here, whatever Onoki said went.

"Find me the intelligence on Minato Namikaze and Obito Uchiha!"

Onoki said flatly.

When Onoki spoke those two names, Iwagakure's senior officials were slightly stunned. It seemed they had all guessed wrong...

Before long, Iwagakure's ANBU placed the intelligence reports on the table.

Minato Namikaze, lover of Konoha's Nine-Tails jinchuriki, inheritor of the Second Hokage's teleportation technique, and direct disciple of Jiraiya, one of the Three Sannin.

"No wonder he's so powerful..."

Onoki continued flipping through Obito Uchiha's file.

The moment he read the first line, Onoki lost it!

Because he had learned that this so-called Obito Uchiha!

Was only ten years old!

"Fuck, he's ten?!"

Onoki simply could not understand how his forces had been crushed by a ten-year-old brat!

Onoki continued reading with a grim face. The rest was brief.

All they knew was that Obito Uchiha was a rising genius and Minato's disciple. That was it.

The rest was merely public information.

For example, Obito Uchiha had graduated at age five, become a Chunin at six, and a Jonin at ten. He was not only Konoha's youngest Jonin, but also the youngest Jonin in the Shinobi World!

After reading it, Onoki let out a long sigh after a long while!

"Konoha truly has geniuses as numerous as fish crossing a river!"

Iwagakure's senior officials could all see that Onoki had been shaken.

"A ten-year-old brat can do something like this. Konoha still has the Three Sannin, the heads of the major bloodline clans, and a large number of main forces that haven't even moved yet..."

For a moment, Onoki was somewhat dispirited.

But then, from the corner of his eye, he saw that stone!

In a daze, his teacher appeared before him once more!

That Teacher Mu, dressed in top-tier mummy wraps and top-tier single-character clothing!

Konoha may indeed have many geniuses and powerful experts right now!

But! So what?!?!

Back then, his teacher and grandfather had faced Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju head-on!

Hadn't they endured it all the same?

No matter how much pressure he was under, could it compare to what his teacher and grandfather had faced back then?!

Onoki took out the stone in his pocket and pondered for a long time!

He had brought this stone back from Konoha when he visited it years ago!

When he had faced Uchiha Madara's pressure back then, he had picked up a stone and refused to retreat. Though he had been beaten, the spirit it gave him remained immense!

The Will of Stone! Unshakable as a mountain!

So what if it was the Yellow Flash?

So what if it was the Blood-Red Flash?!

Onoki suddenly raised his head, startling Iwagakure's senior officials!

"Yellow Flash? Blood-Red Flash? Are they really that strong?"

"Back then, my teacher, the Second Tsuchikage Lord Mu, led several hundred ninja to attack the Hidden Mist Village. They suffered grievous losses and returned in crushing defeat!"

"The following year! Teacher sent five times the troops! Even one as formidable as the Second Mizukage, Gengetsu Hozuki, still met his death!"

"If three hundred and fifty ninja aren't enough!"

"Then use three thousand! Thirty thousand! Three hundred thousand!"