Konoha, Hokage's office.
A masked Anbu Ninja appeared from the smoke, knelt on one knee Hiruzen Sarutobi, and reported in a deep voice.
"Frontline intelligence: Iwagakure, with its rampaging Five-Tails, defeated our Fourth Defense Force. After the Fourth Defense Force withdrew, Iwagakure, at great cost, re-suppressed the rampaging Five-Tails and, with the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, continued its advance into the Land of Fire."
Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but curse.
Damn it!
The current battles between the major ninja villages and Konoha involve using a small number of ninjas carrying Jinchūriki, then simply throwing the Jinchūriki at them to unleash the Tailed Beast' rampage.
After the Tailed Beast launch their indiscriminate attack, their losses will certainly be much smaller than those of Konoha. Then, they will expend some resources to suppress the Tailed Beast again, and continue to Jinchūriki to advance into Konoha.
They're attacking like this, bit by bit, and Konoha simply can't stop them!
Moreover, the war was so brutal that killing a thousand enemies would result in losing eight hundred of one's own, a method that gave Hiruzen Sarutobi a major headache. It could be described as an extremely cruel war!
The Second Shinobi World War was far less brutal than the Third Shinobi World War. Almost the entire Shinobi World was engulfed in bloodshed, especially after the power of the Tailed Beast was used, leaving almost all battlefields completely destroyed.
If this continued, Hiruzen Sarutobi was absolutely certain that Konoha would eventually be completely wiped out by the major ninja villages using the power of the Tailed Beast!
If the Nine-Tails were present, even if Kushina couldn't control Nine-Tails power, Hiruzen Sarutobi could still choose to fight the major ninja villages in the same way, regardless of anything else, just to wreak havoc.
But Kushina left Konoha, Konoha lost the Nine-Tails.
This is precisely why the four great ninja villages dared to fight Konoha in this way, because they were certain that Konoha did not have Tailed Beast.
"If this continues... Konoha is doomed. Danzo's plan has completely failed; he hasn't been able to instigate a war Land of Rain and them at all."
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked worried; he had considered everything, but he hadn't taken the Tailed Beast into account.
From World War I to Second Shinobi World War, the Tailed Beast were almost never used, because the Tailed Beast were a deterrent force, killing a thousand enemies while losing eight hundred of their own. Now, the four great ninja villages, seeing that they could not defeat Konoha, have brought out the Tailed Beast, and Konoha is finding it difficult to resist.
At that moment, only one image remained in Uya Hiruzen Sarutobi's mind: Hayao shattering the Tailed Beast Bomb with a wave of his hand and suppressing the Nine-Tails with a flick of his finger.
If Uya were here, he could easily resolve Konoha's current predicament.
but...
Hiruzen Sarutobi a bitter expression.
Uya is actually very outstanding, a genius as dazzling as a monster, but he wasn't born in Konoha.
Throughout the original Konoha history, the Second Hokage was the First's younger brother, the Third Hokage was the Second Hokage's disciple, the Fourth Hokage was the Third Hokage's grand-disciple, the Fifth Hokage was the Third Hokage's disciple, the Sixth Hokage was the Fourth Hokage's disciple, and the Seventh Hokage was the Sixth Hokage's disciple. It can be said that the power was passed down in one line, and it never fell into other hands.
Just as Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed, the door to the Hokage's office was pushed open.
The visitor arrived without knocking; it was Danzo.
He walked into the Hokage's office with a grim expression, looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi, and said in a deep voice, " The Iwagakure and the Kumogakure have already begun fighting, but the Tailed Beast are still on our front lines and have not attacked each other."
Thanks to Danzo's Danzo and stirring up trouble, various misunderstandings and conflicts arose between Iwagakure and Kumogakure. Eventually, old and new grudges combined, and they fought each other.
However, this still did not change Konoha's predicament. As long as the Jinchūriki and the Tailed Beast continued to advance within the Land of Fire, the course of the war could not be altered.
" The Tailed Beast are still attacking us, but even if they fight, it's meaningless to us."
Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head, then sighed and said, "In that case, there's only one way."
"No!"
Danzo knew what Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to say, and couldn't help but grit his teeth and shout.
This time, however, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at him even more sternly and said, "Then do you have a better idea?!"
Danzo silent for a moment, then said, "Find a way to make them fight with Amegakure."
"Is it too late?! And even if we do this, we'll still be relying on Uya's power!"
Danzo remained silent for a long while, then gritted his teeth and said, "It doesn't matter how he leaves Konoha, but he took the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki with him. This is something that should not be tolerated!"
" Sarutobi, you should have handed the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki over to me long ago. If I had controlled the Jinchūriki, it would have been equivalent to controlling Uya. He clearly cared a lot about the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, but now it's all too late!"
Danzo's voice grew louder as he spoke, and he Hiruzen Sarutobi Danzo.
The argument between Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo shook the Hokage Building. The Jonin and Anbu all took a deep breath and continued with their work.
A while later, two figures entered the Hokage's office. The only ones who would dare to go looking for Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi at this time were Utatane Koharu, an elder advisor of Konoha, and Mitokado Homura.
"What's the point of arguing now! The most important thing is how to deal with the current situation!" Mitokado Homura looked at Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi with a gloomy expression and said in a deep voice.
Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi both realized they had lost their composure and took a deep breath to regain their composure.
Utatane Koharu looked at the two of them and said in a deep voice, "It's now clear that letting Uya leave the village was a mistake. It would be better to hand Konoha over Konoha him than to let it be destroyed."
Danzo hearing this, Danzo gritted his teeth, wanting to say something, but unable to utter a word.
Utatane Koharu glanced at Danzo and said in a deep voice, "Right now, the only way is to get Uya's help. It's not a question of whether or not to let him come back, but whether he's willing to come back."
"We don't need him to come back. He took the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki with him, so he should take care of those Tailed Beast for Konoha!" Danzo still insisted on not letting Uya return to Konoha.
Once Uya returns, almost all of his plans will have been in vain.
" Danzo is right. If Uya could take action to deal with those Tailed Beast, it would be a very good situation. But the problem is... how can we get him to help us?"
Mitokado Homura pondered for a moment, a thoughtful expression on his face.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had been silent all along, finally spoke up, saying, "There's a way. Tsunade go and ask him. Given his personality, he'll definitely help if Tsunade does. But the problem is..."
"Then there's no problem at all!" Mitokado Homura interrupted Hiruzen Sarutobi, saying, "Just send Tsunade there!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi gave a bitter smile. In reality, Tsunade was quite disappointed in Konoha and in him. Hiruzen Sarutobi clearly sense that Tsunade no longer respected him as much as before.
It wasn't just Uya's treatment in Konoha and his eventual departure from the Konoha; there was also the issue of the Senju Clan.
In such a Shinobi World war, both Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo would do their best to weaken the strength of the various clans.
For clans like the Uchiha Clan and Hyuga Clan, the key during the Shinobi World War was to preserve their strength. This way, even if Konoha was destroyed, they could simply seek refuge in other ninja villages and still maintain their lineage.
The only difference is the Senju Clan.
The Senju Clan, who founded Konoha, had the ideal of absolutely protecting Konoha. Moreover, their personalities were completely different from those of the Uchiha Clan, almost entirely opposite. Both were very passionate and even willing to go to the battlefield.
During Second Shinobi World War, the Senju Clan's strength had already shrunk considerably, and by Third Shinobi World War, with the tacit approval of figures like Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo, the Senju Clan was now reduced to almost nothing.
Tsunade, who possesses the bloodline of the Senju Clan, is so dissatisfied with this matter that her dissatisfaction has even escalated to the level of hatred.
Instead of uniting during wartime, they wanted to deplete the power of those clans. This dark political behavior made Tsunade extremely disappointed in the Konoha High Command.
After a sigh, Hiruzen Sarutobi had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask Tsunade.
Danzo's expression was now extremely unpleasant; his face was practically dripping with tears. (To be continued.)