More Pangolins kept drilling out from the floor.
"Report!"
"The Land of Earth is borrowing a route through the Land of Grass. Their grand army has already reached the border!"
"Report!!"
"The Land of Lightning came by sea through the Land of Hot Water and has already reached the coastline."
"Report!"
"The Land of Water has invaded the Land of Whirlpools and pushed the battle line forward by 300 li."
Bad news came one after another, stirring up heated discussion among everyone.
Everyone knew that this battle was extremely dangerous.
If the enemy's fierce assault could not be effectively contained in a short time, the newborn Konoha would be swallowed by the flood.
On the eaves, Hashirama and Tobirama stood with their arms folded, quietly listening to the discussion below.
Hashirama was a bit worried: "Can Konoha endure this?"
Tobirama's expression was full of calm: "Let's watch first. This is their choice. If they can endure it, they can change the fate of this ninja world."
Hashirama let out a sigh similar to Jiraiya's: "Once weapons are raised, the conflicts of the human world begin again."
Tobirama snorted: "Womanly benevolence. Those who achieve great things have never not trampled through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. If you want to accomplish a great cause, you must abandon pity for the weak in your heart."
"Big brother, the era where human life was worth less than a coin during the Warring States period already taught you and me to be cold-blooded."
Hashirama fell silent, gazing at his own bright smile carved on the Hokage Rock.
Humans truly are strange creatures, actually taking mutual slaughter by arms as an ambition.
Kairen calmly directed matters inside the Hokage Building: "Don't panic. I have eight million troops hidden within the Land of Fire, waiting precisely for this day."
Tsunade glanced at Kairen: "Where did you get eight million troops from?"
Where from? One spray produces over a hundred million elite soldiers—what's eight million then?
Kairen answered inwardly.
"Don't worry about it. It's a small matter. I'll muster the troops!"
Tsunade said nothing. After finishing with the command baton, she returned it to Kairen and let him take over.
Kairen stared at the map of the ninja world. At some point, a feather fan had appeared in his hand.
At this moment, Wolon possessed him, discussing ninja world heroes over boiled wine.
"We are being attacked from all four sides. This battle will be hard to fight, but don't be afraid—I'm here."
"Let's talk about the top lane first. The Fourth Raikage only knows how to brandish weapons. He's nothing but a brute."
"My Steel Legion has 100,000 troops, 1,000 tanks, and 500 fighter jets. Clear a wave of troops and taking Kumogakure will be no problem."
"Mid lane—Ōnoki of Iwagakure is nothing but a dwarf, small bird with big ambitions, a petty nobody."
"The Skeleton Legion's 300,000 troops can sweep across the entire Land of Earth, steal their crystal, and snatch their blue."
"Bottom lane—the Fourth Mizukage Yagura is just a yellow-mouthed brat. He hasn't even weaned yet. Let the Nine-Tails go jungle!"
"Sunagakure, hmm… Pakura, I've been a long ti—"
Kairen quickly stopped himself, not exposing his feelings toward Pakura, and said seriously:
"They've pushed to Kikyo Pass. They're the foremost hostile force, so I'll handle them alone!"
After Kairen finished assigning everything by himself, Tsunade instead looked at him in confusion:
"Then what are we supposed to do?"
Kairen waved his hand: "You? Warm a cup of milk for me and watch me."
Tsunade immediately slapped Kairen: "Stop fooling around. This is a moment of shared life and death. All the ninja in the village must unite."
Hyuga Hiashi hurriedly stepped forward to request battle:
"Lord Kairen, my Hyuga main family knows our sins are grave. We specifically request to go to battle."
The scandal of the Hyuga main family had just spread throughout the entire village.
All the villagers rolled their eyes at these white-eyed people, expressing disdain.
He had no choice but to step forward. Even if the main family was useless, they still had to request battle to improve the villagers' impression of the main family.
Since Hyuga Hiashi had stepped out, Hyuga Hizashi had to follow closely behind.
The two brothers were no longer the superficial brothers they once were. They had completely fallen out, neither willing to yield to the other.
Especially Hyuga Hizashi, who always wanted to press Hyuga Hiashi down.
"Lord Kairen, the main family's strength is insufficient. Many haven't even passed the ninja exams, so don't send them to their deaths."
"On the contrary… my branch family has many jōnin. This time, let us deal with Kumogakure's Nin-Tai techniques!"
The Hyuga clan was no longer hiding its head, clinging to self-preservation. It was time to strive.
Hearing Hyuga Hizashi mock the main family, Hyuga Hiashi glared at him, but there was nothing he could do.
The Hyuga main family truly couldn't produce any experts.
With both Hyuga brothers requesting battle, the other clans couldn't just stand by and watch.
"My Uchiha clan is willing to go to the Land of Grass battlefield to resist Iwagakure!"
"Our Ino–Shika–Chō three clans are willing to go to the Land of Whirlpools battlefield to resist Kirigakure!"
"My Kurama—"
"My Aburame—"
Among the voices requesting battle, some chaotic and bizarre voices were mixed in. Kairen knew they were his Shadow Clones messing around.
Seeing everyone eager to fight, Kairen nodded in satisfaction.
"Very good, everyone. If we work together with one heart, we will surely win this war that decides the entire ninja world."
"Since that's the case, let the Hyuga main and branch families separately deal with Kumogakure, the Uchiha deal with Iwagakure, the Kurama clan alone deal with Sunagakure…"
After Kairen finished assigning tasks, a group of people stared at him blankly.
Kairen barked out: "What are you waiting for? Grab your weapons and go chop people!"
Tsunade grabbed Kairen's ear again from behind and scolded him:
"Don't expect me to let you assign everything in the future. Listen to yourself—are you even speaking human words?"
The Hyuga and Uchiha people were dumbfounded. Having them each block Kumogakure and Iwagakure was no different from telling them to commit suicide.
Tsunade stepped forward, flicked her Hokage robe, her face full of heroic resolve.
"The two Hyuga families will cooperate with Kairen's Steel Group to deal with Kumogakure. The Uchiha clan will cooperate with the Aburame clan and the Skeleton Legion to deal with Iwagakure…"
With just a few sentences, Tsunade finished assigning the troops, and finally looked at everyone sincerely.
"Everyone, this is my second day as Hokage. I am the first female Kage in the ninja world. I don't know how outsiders will view me, or how they will view the Konoha I lead."
"But I don't care about that. This is my grandfather's village, and it is everyone's village. To resist outsiders, we must unite. I ask for your assistance!"
Tsunade lowered her head and bowed. In an instant, the Hokage Building was filled with voices responding in unison.
"We are willing to assist Princess Tsunade!!"
On the eaves, Hashirama smiled: "Little Tsunade really does have what it takes to become Hokage."
Tobirama carefully observed Kairen's Shadow Clones. All the voices of agreement were coming from those clones.
"Perhaps."
Hashirama put his hands on his hips and glanced at Konoha's peaceful calm.
"The younger generation has grown up. It's time for us to hand the future over to them. Let's go, Tobirama. Go find Madara."
Hashirama used the Body Flicker Technique and quickly disappeared.
Tobirama looked at a scene inside the Hokage Building.
One of Kairen's Shadow Clones was holding a gun and pointing it at an Inuzuka clan dog to seek good fortune.
"Will this battle prosper or not?"
"Woof! Woof! Woof! ┗( T﹏T )┛"
Tobirama shook his head helplessly. He hadn't touched a single thing that had anything to do with being human. Could Konoha really be entrusted to them?
But Tobirama couldn't manage it anymore. He still had to chase after his brother.
He couldn't let that little bitch Uchiha Madara lure him away.
...
Outside Konoha Village.
Several axe-wielders surrounded Kairen, wanting to chop off his head.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"
Kairen squandered all the chakra in his body, and an endless Steel Legion was created.
Deprived of chakra, he began to pant heavily.
The axe-wielders stepped forward and chopped off his head, causing Kairen to revive again and continue creating Shadow Clones.
Before long, 100,000 of the Steel Legion and 300,000 of the Skeleton Legion were fully assembled.
Kushina stared in shock at the sea of people stretching as far as the eye could see—endless Kairen.
"So this is Kairen's Shadow Clones at his peak? Th-this… this is way too exaggerated!"
Even the Nine-Tails looked horrified: "Th-this kind of chakra… impossible. How could anyone have this much chakra? Even the Ten-Tails—"
Even the Ten-Tails at its peak wouldn't be this exaggerated.
In terms of chakra alone, Kairen had already walked ahead of everyone else.
Amid the shock in his heart, the Nine-Tails cursed inwardly: "If humans have this kind of chakra, why the hell do they even seal us tailed beasts? Eating their fill with nothing better to do."
Kairen looked at the sea of people before him and smiled faintly.
If it weren't for the opponents being too weak, he could have created even more Shadow Clones and directly flattened the entire ninja world.
"Gentlemen, set out… Northern Expedition!"
"Northern Expedition!"
"Northern Expedition!!"
There was an overwhelming aura of war.
All monsters, freaks, and demons would have to be drowned in the ocean of the people.
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