Before long, Qingyun arrived at the Hokage Building. Hatake Sakumo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura were gathered around Hiruzen Sarutobi, their expressions grave as they pointed at the map on his desk.
"Lord Hokage, what did you call me here for?"
The moment Qingyun saw this, he knew Kirigakure had dispatched its forces.
Unlike in the original story, however, Hiruzen Sarutobi still had both him and Hatake Sakumo available. He was probably planning to choose one of them to lead the troops!
But Qingyun had vastly underestimated what Hiruzen Sarutobi had in mind.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes lit up when he saw Qingyun arrive, and he immediately asked, "Kirigakure has dispatched its forces. Qingyun, do you think you and Sakumo could repel them? Of course, you would be our main fighting force!"
Qingyun was startled by Hiruzen Sarutobi's words. One man against an entire village? With his Perfect Susanoo and his various martial arts and ninjutsu, not to mention the astonishing recovery provided by nine yin and nine yang and three-point origin returning energy, he was indeed confident he could repel Kirigakure.
But Madara Uchiha was backing Kirigakure. If Qingyun intervened, what if Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu grew desperate and set him up? Besides, why would he take on the thankless, exhausting task of fighting an entire village alone? If they only wanted him to hold off a few elite fighters, he might be willing to play along.
At that thought, Qingyun shook his head helplessly. "Lord Hokage, you give me far too much credit. I won't deny that my strength has grown fairly quickly over the years, but Kirigakure has numerous Bloodline Clans. Once those ninja enter the battlefield, I won't be a match for all of them. Even an elephant can be brought down by enough ants! Having