Avengers of the Whirlpool Family.

Chapter 568: Choice from the Heart
Attitude is the most obvious.

The Sand Village has the most direct and sincere attitude of submission.

It was only a small step slower than those small ninja villages. Compared with the Hidden Mist Village, the Hidden Iwa Village, and the Hidden Cloud Village, the Hidden Sand Village surrendered the fastest. Not only did it express its willingness to unconditionally surrender to the Hidden Light Village through official channels at the first opportunity, the ninja village also sent out Ebizo as the representative of the delegation, and Hatotaka and other few senior ninjas all brought all the internal affairs, personnel and other information of the Hidden Light Village to the location of the Hidden Light Village.

Chiyo just said one sentence.

They must make the First-generation Ame-kage recognize the surrender of their Sand Village as soon as possible, and send corresponding Light Ninjas to their Sand Village to integrate their remaining Sand Ninjas.

should say.

The moment Chiyo announced this order, almost everyone in the Sand Village felt relieved.

Fight to the death! ?
For the so-called glory of Hikari Village! ?
Do not make jokes.

In such a chaotic era, saving your own life is the most important thing. Don't forget that the so-called five major ninja villages were established only more than 60 years ago. Even according to the average life span of a ninja, it can only be considered two generations at most, or even more accurately from the perspective of civilians.

It can only be considered a generation.

It’s not necessarily true to say how high the sense of identity and belonging is.

In this world, people's awareness of this aspect is very weak. Even staying alive has become a high luxury. How can we expect these ordinary humans to have high qualities? ?

That's simply asking too much.

If you want people to know etiquette, you must have sufficient food.

Unfortunately, even though Sand Village is one of the five major countries, it is the poorest one.

Now the Hikari Village led by Menma is at its peak, and has the power to completely sweep the ninja world.

How could the common people in Sand Village be willing to stand up to the enemy?
Once the war continues, the survival and safety of ordinary people like them will be a big problem. Even if we take a step back and say that the Hikari Village has a higher level of war literacy and it will not affect ordinary people, for many people, they have relatives and friends who have become ninjas.

They also don't want to see their relatives and friends die in battle.

Anyway, the glory of the ninja village has nothing to do with people like them at the bottom, so why bother struggling! ?
Surrender is their best and only way out.

In such a situation, the people's eyes were still very sharp. Therefore, as soon as Chiyo's order was conveyed, the entire Sand Village was in an uproar.

That's right!

It just boils over.

As if surrender would be a great victory.

Chiyo stood in front of the large French window, looking at the villagers' excitement and happiness after surviving the disaster. This old man, who had devoted himself to the Ninja Village for decades, sighed silently in his heart.

'That's it, that's it, as long as people are still alive, everything is fine.'

After Chiyo Youyou said this, her face seemed to become even older, and her body seemed to become even more hunched.

Willing to surrender.

We still have to fight to the end.

In fact, for Menma and the Hikari Village, it is a completely unimportant matter. When most of the most important hostile forces in the ninja world have been defeated, it is an inevitable trend for the Hikari Village to unify the ninja world. If the remaining people are willing to surrender and cooperate with the subsequent acceptance work, then everyone will be happy. But if they are unwilling.

It won't waste much energy and time of Menma and Hikari Village.

Those who have to pay the price in blood are those who do not know their destiny.

The Hidden Mist Village, the Hidden Sand Village, the Hidden Rock Village, and the Hidden Cloud Village.

There is simply not much strength left.

That day, after dealing with the tens of thousands of White Zetsu troops outside the village, Menma handed over the task of integrating the four major ninja villages, or in other words, annexing the four major ninja villages, entirely to Shibuki and Karin.

The only explanation is that for those who know what's good for them, some requirements can be relaxed and they can be given basic treatment and status, but for those who don't, they will be destroyed directly.

There is no need to show any mercy or tolerance.

Now all the control is in the hands of their Hikari Village.

Menma and his men are fully capable of implementing the tough military and political strategy of 'those who obey me will prosper, and those who defy me will perish'!
Only in this way can a new country with complete order be established in the future.

Might makes right.

This statement is not absolute, nor is it suitable for use at all times, but in the current stage where the ninja world is approaching unification, it is 100% correct.

Don't talk about other meaningless things.

What the people want is simple.

That is order, stability, and food and clothing!
A leader who can satisfy all of these is the best leader, and a country that can provide all of these is the best country, and it is the country that the general public will protect together.

Human beings are sometimes very complicated, and sometimes just so simple.

Menma also trusts the abilities of Shibuki and Karin.

After explaining all this.

The other thing is to deal with all the miscellaneous matters in the subsequent villages, such as instructing some important jonin from the four major ninja villages such as Dodai and Ganzetsu to take over the work.

Menma brought his whole family with him.

The brothers Sasuke and Itachi also went to the Hidden Leaf Village together.

This time, Sheren did not follow.

Because he also has a more important task, which is to wait for the ninja forces of the ninja villages of various countries to be integrated, and then take Suigetsu and a part of the light ninja forces to lock the location of the remaining tens of thousands of White Zetsu.

It is worth mentioning that.

The control of the Outer Path Golem is currently in Menma's hands.

Because he obtained Uchiha Madara's Rinnegan.

Menma had briefly transplanted this pair of eyes before. With his extraordinary vitality and current level of strength, he can use this pair of eyes relatively freely. He is at least several times stronger than Obito and Nagato.

There is no problem in controlling a mere Outer Golem.

Menma hasn't figured out how to deal with the Outer Path Statue yet, so he'll just conclude a spiritual contract for the time being and wait until the right time to do so.

It is naturally impossible for Menma to do what Otsutsuki did, ruthlessly planting trees to absorb the energy of an entire planet to satisfy his own selfish desires.

But if he could use his own enemies to cultivate the Ten-Tails, Menma might still consider it.

Anyway, we should be prepared for everything, you never know when it may come in handy in the future.

That's what Menma himself thought.

Fire Nation.

In the hinterland area.

Hidden Leaf Village.

Menma and his group traveled very fast, but because of their normal travel schedule, it took them two full days to reach the outskirts of the Hidden Leaf Village.

"Konoha..."

In the side position.

Itachi looked at the gate of Konohagakure Village which was so close at hand, and a very complicated look appeared in his pupils.

For this filial son of the Uchiha clan.

Konoha still holds a very high position in his heart.

Something that must be said.

Sasuke and Konoha. They seem to be equally important.

At most, Sasuke is one level higher.

Otherwise, Itachi would not have left those backup plans in the original work, especially entrusting Shisui's eye to Naruto, wanting to cast an illusion on his younger brother to prevent his younger brother from conflicting with Konoha, and even more so to let his younger brother protect the Hidden Village of Konoha.

The situation was unclear at the time.

A situation where even the Hidden Leaf Village led by Naruto is likely to fail.

Itachi's actions are enough to show how important Konoha is in his heart.

So, when the two brothers fought each other before.

As long as there is a slight possibility.

Itachi hoped that Sasuke could slightly lean towards Konoha, or at worst remain neutral.

This is for his younger brother, and more importantly, for Konoha.

of course.

There is no point in saying all this now.

Even the ninja god, Hashirama Senju, cannot stop Menma's progress, so it's better to just stand on Menma's side.

To console myself, all that mattered was that the name of the Hidden Leaf Village disappeared.

Everything else will remain unchanged.

Sasuke, who had already transplanted Itachi's eyes and obtained the Eternal Eyes, stared at the gate of the Hidden Leaf Village with an extremely hostile and indifferent look. If possible, he even wanted to drive the Uchiha clan's exclusive Gundam to ravage the Hidden Leaf Village!
You have to know about the blood feud that led to the annihilation of the Uchiha clan.

It is still firmly engraved in Sasuke's heart.

But the Sasuke now is not the stupid guy in the past. Although he is not very mature yet, at least in front of Menma, Sasuke can still control himself.

Of course, the most important point is that Menma has promised that anyone who had a direct connection with the extermination of the Uchiha clan will not be able to survive.

Just don't let it affect the general public.

Sasuke is the only one who can truly suppress the anger in his heart.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo were both killed, the latter even died at the hands of Menma.

Now all that is needed is for those two old fellows to pay the price with their blood, and that will be enough to commemorate the thousands of members of their own clan who died several years ago.

The brothers Sasuke and Itachi have completely different states of mind.

Menma and Naruto's moods were also completely different.

For Naruto, who had always taken his father as his role model and aspired to become Hokage since he was a child, and who had countless people who cared about and cherished him in the Hidden Leaf Village, he really could not accept the demise of the Hidden Leaf Village.

Three days ago, when he saw Menma returning and telling him in front of him that the Hidden Leaf Village had officially chosen to surrender.

Naruto clearly felt like his heart was being drained.

It was as if it suddenly became empty.

His eyes became extremely dim.

But Naruto also knew very well that all this was already a foregone conclusion and he was powerless to change it.

Now I don’t know with what identity I will return to the Hidden Leaf Village.

Naruto really had mixed feelings in his heart.

He was once the most steadfast defender and supporter of the Hidden Leaf Village.

He is also Menma’s younger brother who is also a conqueror.

Such an overlapping identity.

Naruto felt a faint sense of anxiety and disharmony in his heart, but his most respected and beloved parents chose to stand on Menma's side, which made Naruto feel speechless and full of frustration.

Menma glanced indifferently at Naruto, who had an extremely conflicted look on his face. When he turned his head to look at the gate of the Hidden Leaf Village in front of him, he had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

More than a decade ago, he decided to defect from Konoha.

He officially implemented this plan three years ago.

To be honest, he didn't really think that he would succeed. The future was uncertain. So what even if he was a time traveler?

If he is not careful, he may be defeated.

Not to mention the threats posed by Uchiha Madara, Black Zetsu, Obito and others at the end.

Take Menma, who just escaped from the Hidden Leaf Village three years ago. In fact, he only had the power of a Kage at most. If Tsunade and Jiraiya were really determined to capture or kill Menma no matter what the cost.

It is really hard to say whether one can resist facial numbness.

That time point.

Menma is extremely weak.

Menma himself had foreseen this, and he had once thought about staying in the Hidden Leaf Village and following the path of "Uzumaki Naruto" in the original novel, which would be the safest.

The worst that can happen is that after I grow up completely, I can settle accounts with those old guys like Shimura Danzo and Mito Kado En.

But in the end, Menma gave up. Deep down, he was very resistant to this kind of "compromising" lifestyle.

This may seem a little pretentious.

But Menma really chose to leave the Hidden Leaf Village with a strong desire or awareness of preferring to die in glory rather than live in disgrace.

This is the only way.

Only then can the numb thoughts at that time be understood.

The difficulties encountered along the way are truly known best to Menma himself.

I can only say that God really cares about me.

No matter whether it was every step of the power building plan he implemented, or the various step-by-step experiments he tried to make himself stronger, he succeeded step by step without any major setbacks.

if not.

three years.

There is no way Menma would have gotten to this point.

It is truly commendable that the time traveler's foresight advantage can be utilized so fully.

You have to know that in the original work, Naruto Uzumaki had the help of the Six Paths Sage to be able to fight against Uchiha Madara and the Goddess of the Rabbit.

Mian Ma is where he is today.

I really walked through it step by step.

"Let's go. From today on, the ninja world will usher in a new order!"

Menma let out a breath and said this lightly while taking a step forward towards the main entrance of the Hidden Leaf Village.

Sasuke and Itachi behind him immediately followed.

"Naruto, I hope you can remember what your brother said before. Today or tomorrow, as long as Konoha's affairs are settled, your father and I will leave. From now on, you two brothers will have to take charge of yourselves. Mom doesn't want to see you make mistakes again, even if that's what you once insisted on. Do you understand?"

Kushina touched Naruto's head with a serious expression and spoke word by word.

(End of this chapter)