Naruto: Climbing the Ranks to Rule the Ninja World
Chapter 168

Unrivaled

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Put out the fire?

Shihōin Naraku looked curiously at Dodai, whose face was full of bitterness.

Ever since Flame Mountain had come into being, this miraculous scenic wonder had attracted countless people's attention. Even before the war ended, large numbers of tourists had come to see it.

Especially after Shihōin Naraku's fame spread throughout the Shinobi World, visitors had come to Flame Mountain in an endless stream.

Flame Mountain had become the hottest must-visit destination in the Shinobi World.

But Kumogakure and the Land of Lightning found it hard to be happy. Even though the visitors brought considerable revenue, they did not want that mountain to keep burning.

They had already learned that Flame Mountain erupted at regular intervals.

The Land of Lightning had relocated every village and town near Flame Mountain to keep them from being caught in the eruptions.

Most importantly, no one knew whether the current eruptions were the limit, or whether future eruptions would be even more powerful.

If they grew more powerful, the Land of Lightning's losses would be boundless.

Aside from the effort and resources needed to relocate towns and civilians, vast stretches of land would be left abandoned. By the worst-case estimate, even the losses from losing the war might not outweigh the consequences of Flame Mountain.

So Flame Mountain had to be extinguished!

The problem was that neither the Land of Lightning nor Kumogakure had any way to extinguish Flame Mountain.

Right now, the Cloud Ninja wished they could flatten Flame Mountain with a single Tailed Beast Bomb. Even if the entire mountain disappeared, that was preferable to letting the flames keep burning.

Unfortunately, the Two-Tails Jinchūriki had died in battle, and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Killer B was gravely wounded and unconscious. They could not do it.

That was precisely why Dodai

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