News of the Mist Ninja's defeat spread throughout the shinobi world.
For a time, the fierce wars raging across the shinobi world suddenly grew much quieter. Everyone had been watching the Mist Ninja's invasion of the Land of Fire. If they succeeded, Konoha would suffer a complete defeat.
The Four Great Shinobi Villages would then carve up Konoha like a fat sheep ready for slaughter. Yet no one had expected Chihane Hatake to have grown strong enough to take on half a village alone.
Once again, every major shinobi village firmly committed the name Chihane Hatake to memory. He was no longer a rising star. He was already a true top-tier ninja.
And after the battle at Xiaohuang Village, another name entered the major shinobi villages' sights alongside Chihane Hatake's: Might Duy.
In the battle at Xiaohuang Village, Chihane defeated the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, and captured Takei Sōchin and Minazuki Izumi alive. Meanwhile, Might Duy killed Raiga Kurosuki of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and drove back Juzo Biwa and Suikazan Fuguki, earning great renown himself.
His powerful taijutsu, ferocious attacks, and the blue chakra cloak that enveloped him after he opened the Eight Gates of Death earned him the title of Konoha's Blue Beast. The major shinobi villages also added him to their lists of S-Rank Ninjas.
Yet even as they won this war, some people in Konoha had grown displeased with Chihane.
Konoha
Hokage's Office
Crash!
Hiruzen Sarutobi angrily hurled the teacup in his hand to the floor. It shattered with a crash, scattering fragments everywhere.
"Bastard! How dare he! Doesn't he know Danzo is my man?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi was furious that Chihane had dared attack Danzo. His willingness to lay hands on the Hokage Advisor showed that he no longer had any respect