"I'll join too..."
Minato Namikaze Kushina, but still chose to stay.
Even if he chooses to leave, his strength isn't enough to guarantee Kushina's absolute safety.
After all, the allure of the Nine-Tails is too great.
"Very good."
Didaze clapped his hands.
In the 49th year of the Shinobi World, Konoha was completely destroyed, Iwagakure completely annexed Konoha, becoming the strongest country in the world.
From that moment on, Konoha, the ninja village, ceased to exist in the Shinobi World.
All that exists is Konoha, a vassal state of Iwagakure.
Iwagakure
Tsuchikage Office
Why do you still keep the name Konoha?
Ōnoki couldn't understand Didaze's idea.
"This is to make the lower-ranking ninjas accept the fact that they have lost. Once they have fully accepted that they have lost, the name Konoha can be abolished."
"But we can't cancel it right now. If we cancel it now, it will cause a group of people in Konoha to rebel against us."
"Although they won't pose any real threat to us, the large number of deaths will still be a drain on our strength."
"I could already foresee that the other three kingdoms would inevitably form an alliance."
Didaze stated his thoughts directly.
"You're right."
Ōnoki nodded.
"By the way, this is the speech for succeeding the Tsuchikage. Please take a look."
Ōnoki handed the speech to Didaze.
"This kind of thing is unnecessary."
Didaze gently pushed Ōnoki's hand away.
"I don't need anyone to help me think about what to say; I decide what to say myself."
Didaze chuckled, his face radiating confidence.
"What a spirited young man..."
Ōnoki stared blankly at Didaze, as if recalling his own youth.
"Then go back and prepare. We'll hold the enthronement ceremony this afternoon."
When Ōnoki saw that Didaze was unwilling to read from the prepared speech, he didn't force him and simply went along with Didaze.
"Good!"
Didaze nodded, then disappeared from the Tsuchikage's office.
" Nanako, I'm back!"
Didaze went up and gave Nanako a bear hug.
"Eh..."
Nanako was amused by Didaze's bear hug, and then used her Adamantine Sealing Chains to lift Didaze up.
"Hey, are you trying to do bondage?"
Didaze looked rather comical as he hung suspended in mid-air.
"I can feel a different movement inside my body; this must be what they call pregnancy, right?"
Nanako gently put Didaze down and said.
"Pregnant?"
Didaze suddenly became excited and moved closer to Nanako, wanting to hear what she was saying.
"Little one, it's your father!"
Didaze put his ear to his stomach, then spoke with a smile.
"Fool, the fetus I sensed wasn't even human-shaped!"
Nanako gently kicked Didaze.
In other words, the Uzumaki Clan has a very strong sense of their own bodies; otherwise, a fetus in this state would absolutely be impossible to detect.
"Ah... is that so?"
Didaze sat down on the sofa, looking somewhat dejected.
Why did you rush home?
Nanako poured a cup of tea and handed it to Didaze, then asked.
"I'm going to become the Tsuchikage this afternoon."
Didaze finished his tea in one gulp, then said to Nanako.
"This is a good thing. Lord Tsuchikage has long been of retirement age. Now that you've taken over, he finally has time to do his own things."
Nanako was actually happy for Ōnoki.
After all, Ōnoki had been quite good to him, and he had complained to her more than once about Didaze's refusal to take over his position as Tsuchikage.
Now that Ōnoki can finally retire, Nanako is genuinely happy for him. After all Iwagakure Ōnoki such an advanced age can finally rest.
"Once I ascend to the throne, the Five Great Nations will surely be unified!"
Didaze made his bold statement to Nanako.
I'll help you...
Nanako covered her mouth and chuckled, then sat down next to Didaze and massaged his shoulders.
afternoon
Rooftop of the Tsuchikage Building
The area below was packed with people; the small space already held nearly 40,000 to 50,000 people, and that number was still rising.
Many more people continued to walk this way, making the already crowded area below even more difficult to stand on.
"Ze, you seem to have a lot of prestige!"
Kōdo smiled and said to Didaze.
"Hey, it's just that everyone likes me!"
Didaze smiled and said.
Let's go!
Ōnoki, wearing a Tsuchikage hat resembling a tsuchikage, urged Didaze on.
"Walk!"
Didaze and Ōnoki slowly walked towards the front.
" Lord Tsuchikage! Lord Didaze!"
The Iwagakure ninja below erupted in cheers the moment they saw Didaze and Ōnoki appear, chanting their names incessantly.
"Cough cough..."
Ōnoki picked up the loudspeaker and adjusted it.
"The ceremony for the succession of the Tsuchikage shall begin!"
After Ōnoki finished speaking, he put the Tsuchikage's hat on Didaze's head.
Then Ōnoki slowly retreated to the back.
He didn't say a single unnecessary word this time, mainly because he wasn't the main character this time.
The main character is now Didaze, so there's no need for this old man to steal the spotlight.
I believe everyone knows me, right?
Didaze, wearing Tsuchikage hat, addressed the crowd below.
" Lord Didaze!"
" Lord Didaze!"
" The Fourth Lord Tsuchikage!"
The crowd below erupted in cheers, chanting Didaze's name repeatedly.
"Quiet, quiet."
Didaze addressed the bustling crowd below.
The crowd below quieted down in no time.
"We have now destroyed Konoha and become the number one ninja village."
"What we need to do now is to completely take Konoha under our control, and then we will annex Sunagakure, Kumogakure, Kirigakure!"
"Our Iwagakure is the strongest ninja village in the world!"
"Once we completely annex Konoha and make it part of Konoha, Iwagakure next target will be Kumogakure!"
After Didaze finished speaking, the crowd below cheered once again.
"I've disliked those black devils for a long time!"
" Lord Didaze is mighty!"
"Our Iwagakure is the strongest in the Shinobi World!"
Didaze looked at the cheering crowd below and smiled slightly.
The Tsuchikage succession ceremony has concluded, and news of Didaze becoming the Fourth Tsuchikage has spread throughout the entire Shinobi World.
Didaze's desire to unify all the ninja villages became known to all of them.
If someone else had said that, they probably wouldn't have taken it seriously.
But now, Didaze, who has already destroyed Konoha, says this.
The remaining villages felt only a sense of fear.
They feared that their village would be taken away by Didaze, and they didn't want it to disappear like Konoha!