The Third Hokage Was the Best Candidate

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Was Madara Uchiha fucking insane?

At a time like this, he still had the mood to do warm-up exercises!

Who the hell treated launching a Shinobi World war against the Five Great Shinobi Villages as a warm-up exercise? This was beyond absurd.

What was even more absurd was that this absurd thing had actually happened.

It was like absurdity's grandpa opening the door for absurdity's grandson—absurdity had made it onto the family tree.

And yet, this absurd thing had happened.

Fortunately, Shimura Danzō was already dead, and fortunately, Utatane Koharu had fully returned to retirement mode. Otherwise, if those two were still around, they would definitely be slamming the table and cursing, "I told you the Uchiha are all evil! See?! From top to bottom, they're a typical bunch of lunatics."

"A bunch of madmen."

And this madman was terrifyingly powerful.

Even if someone else was a lunatic, a madman, they at least had the strength to back up their madness.

"Are the Five Great Shinobi Villages still in any condition to start a war?" The Third Hokage's aged face was filled with worry.

Among the Five Great Shinobi Villages today, only Konoha was doing slightly better. Every one of the other four villages was poor.

"The Five Great Shinobi Villages can mobilize plenty of people for war. They're just short on military supplies. But that's fine. This concerns the entire Shinobi World, not just the Five Great Shinobi Villages. Every country and every small village needs to participate. With them joining in, the pressure on the Five Great Shinobi Villages will be reduced."

Those small nations and villages might not have much strength, but they could still scrape together supplies. They could pool resources and serve as porters, and wouldn't that solve the problem?

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