It's normal to get a kaleidoscope as a first deposit of six yuan, right?

"Yes, Lord Hokage!"

Just as Hiruzen Sarutobi was leading a large number of Anbu and Konoha ninjas in a spirited attack, a bright white light illuminated half of Konoha's sky, followed by a violent tremor of the ground.

At this moment, another member of the secret service rushed over, his eyes filled with fear beneath his mask.

"Lord Hokage... Lord Danzo's newly rebuilt Root base suffered heavy losses from the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball!"

"What?"

……

Danzo had just come out of the base, intending to check on the current situation of the Uchiha clan and Konoha, and figure out how he could possibly become Hokage, when a flash of light in the distance, like a shooting star, blasted him, along with the Root forces nearby and behind him, leaving a long trench, without even leaving behind blood or bones.

However, just a second later, Danzo was resurrected on the spot using Izanagi, and the three-tomoe Sharingan under the bandage gradually lost its color.

Seeing the Nine-Tails still gathering its power in the distance, Danzo's face instantly turned deathly pale.

"Why is this evil fox spirit targeting me the moment it appears? Damn it, this must be a conspiracy by the Uchiha clan."

Just as Zhixue was about to let the Nine-Tails deliver another blow to Danzo, a huge club fell from above, smashing the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball and extinguishing it.

Just as Zhixue jumped onto the Nine-Tailed Fox's shoulder, she looked up and saw a huge fire dragon head falling from the sky.

"Nine Lama!"

"Roar!" The Nine-Tailed Fox slapped the fire dragon away and looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was standing on the tower in the distance wearing a black combat suit.

"Nine-Tails! This is not the place for you to cause trouble. Get back to your seal!" Hiruzen Sarutobi said, gathering chakra in his hands and coordinating perfectly with the Anbu.

"Earth Escape—Yellow Spring Marsh!"

"Earth Release - Clay Falls from the Sky!"

The sticky, wide-range earth-escape technique aimed to trap the Nine-Tails firmly in place, but the Nine-Tails was different from the Manda of the past.

"Roar!" Kurama roared, the sonic waves generated by the surging chakra shattering the clay and the chakra in the swamp. A Tailed Beast Ball shot out from Kurama's mouth like a flash of light.

Seeing this, many Konoha ninjas also poured a large amount of chakra into the ground.

"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!" Layer upon layer of earth flow walls, each higher than the last, formed in front of everyone. Using the advantage of inertia, they redirected the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball towards the sky, eventually crashing into a forest more than ten kilometers away from Konoha, where it shone with a dazzling light.

As the Tailed Beast Ball was transferred, numerous ninjas used various Five Elements Ninjutsu to bombard the surface of the Nine-Tails, but this was as insignificant as an attack by an ordinary ant on the Nine-Tails' massive body.

While the Konoha ninjas were still locked in battle with the Nine-Tails, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, had already gathered chakra along the Nine-Tails' legs and quickly leaped up, where he saw the mysterious person wearing a tiger-striped mask.

"Heh, you're so slow. You're nowhere near as good as you were a few years ago, aren't you?" Zhi Xue said with Obito's voice, turning around and crossing her arms in disdain.

"Eternal sister?" Hiruzen Sarutobi had just come up and was stunned when he heard this.

Is this guy nowhere near as good as Minato from a few years ago? Could it be that the person who attacked Konoha this time is the same mastermind behind the Nine-Tails' attack last time?

Chapter 81, Shifting the Battlefield

"Damn you! Konoha Village is not a place you can destroy at will!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi, perched atop the restless Nine-Tails, rapidly formed hand seals. A ferocious fire dragon erupted from its mouth, its blinding flames sweeping across the area and striking the masked man's body. This greatly inspired the numerous Konoha ninja below who were still restraining the Nine-Tails.

"The Third Hokage truly lives up to his reputation as the strongest Hokage in history! He can actually use such a powerful Fire Release ninjutsu!"

"As it turns out, the Nine-Tails isn't so scary after all! Let's go!"

Kurama heard the conversation between the Konoha ninjas at its feet and sneered inwardly.

If it weren't for Zhixue telling him to restrain himself, half of the Konoha ninja in the vicinity would have already perished.

Although being praised by his subordinates was something to be happy about, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was still maintaining his Fire Release attacks, did not feel very relaxed.

His ninjutsu didn't feel like it hit anything; it was as if it had been distorted by something.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sensed the strange feeling and increased his chakra output. The flames in his mouth gradually deepened from red to crimson-white, but it seemed that the enemy's chakra reaction not only did not weaken, but became even more active.

A twisted, dark purple light extended from the flames, and the extremely dangerous chakra swallowed the surrounding flames. The white light was gradually swallowed by the dark purple sphere. Hiruzen Sarutobi wisely stopped his chakra output and looked incredulously at the masked man holding an unknown sphere.

"This is a gift to welcome you, so accept it with anticipation~" Zhi Xue chuckled, then walked over and gently stepped on the still-burning fox fur nearby.

Triggering a counter-attack!

Zhi Xue, relying on the power of the Flying Thunder God Kunai, arrived behind Hiruzen Sarutobi in an instant like a flash of light in the night, and pressed the Spiral Wheel Yu down on him.

boom!

A bright flash appeared above the Nine-Tailed Fox's head, and a figure carrying wisps of black smoke fell from above, crashing into a wooden house. However, when Zhixue saw the mud-man clone in the ruins of the house, she nodded in approval.

If this old man could really be defeated so easily, he would start to doubt whether he was under an illusion.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was still behind Kurama with a tuft of hair in his hand, was also surprised when he received the memories of the Earth Clone.

What a strange ability! How did he teleport to his back like that? And that strange ninjutsu similar to the Rasengan... everything about it is eerie.

Roar!

After fighting Hiruzen Sarutobi's clone for a while, Shiki let Kurama loosen some of its grip. Its ferocious claws slammed into the ground, causing the earth to tremble. The cracks created by the terrifying force even extended several kilometers away.

However, just as Kurama was preparing to demolish Konoha, a sharp pain in its back made it grimace.

Holy crap, that guy with no martial ethics actually likes to use such underhanded tricks as plucking feathers!?

Enraged, Nine-Tails turned and unleashed a Tailed Beast Ball that could be cast instantly.

"Earth Escape—Earth Flow Wall!"

Even though Hiruzen Sarutobi was a master of the Five Elements ninjutsu, he was still somewhat outmatched when facing the Tailed Beast Ball.

The dazzling red light pierced through the earth wall, leaving a long trench in the ground of Konoha. The buildings that held many years of memories were destroyed in an instant.

Hiruzen Sarutobi hid behind the broken earthen wall, quickly forming hand seals. He then took out several shuriken from his ninja tool pouch and used the Body Flicker Technique to disappear from the spot.

After failing to find the villainous attacker, the Nine-Tails turned and continued its attack on the Konoha ninja. Each swing of its claws kicked up dust and debris, and even the reinforced concrete houses crumbled like sand. The Konoha ninja who were putting up a fierce resistance were suffering terribly.

Zhi Xue sat on the Nine-Tails' head, watching as the Konoha ninja were gradually pushed into a desperate situation by the Nine-Tails. Without using real force, it wouldn't have any effect. Only by pressing hard enough could the power of Konoha and Uchiha be combined to achieve the desired effect.

However, given the current situation, once the Third Hokage is dealt with, the Uchiha clan members will likely join the battle soon. In the final desperate moment, it will be a moment that belongs solely to her and Shisui.

While Zhixue was still thinking about random things, two huge shuriken flew over from a distance.

state!

Two enormous shuriken were deflected by a powerful force. Zhi Xue put away the Thunder God Sword that was on her back and placed it into the ninja tool bag hidden in her robe.

She really didn't know how to use this sword, and it would waste a lot of chakra. It would be better to give it to Sasuke as a graduation gift. If the plan succeeds, she would unintentionally give Sasuke a perfect childhood.

Zhi Xue looked in the direction from which the giant shuriken had been thrown. It was Hiruzen Sarutobi, but it probably wasn't his true form. Even though he was nearing old age, he was still a true Kage-level fighter.

Just as Zhixue had expected, while the Nine-Tails was being held back by the Konoha ninjas and Zhixue's attention was being drawn away by the shadow clones, he had already arrived beneath the Nine-Tails, and his golden cudgel slammed into the Nine-Tails' stomach.

"Rise!" Under the full chakra activation of Enma and Hiruzen Sarutobi, the enormous golden cudgel became incredibly thick, like a giant pillar supporting the sky, carrying the Nine-Tails' head to the mountains and forests more than ten kilometers away from Konoha.

After sending the Nine-Tails flying, Hiruzen Sarutobi also knelt down on the ground, trembling, and coughed violently twice.

"I'm getting old... I don't have the same strength I had when I was young."

After resting for a few seconds, Hiruzen Sarutobi led a large number of Anbu and Konoha ninjas and sped off towards the direction where the Nine-Tails had been sent flying.

Shifting the battlefield is a good thing, but if the problem isn't resolved thoroughly, destroying Konoha will probably only delay things a little.

As a large number of Konoha ninja gathered and rushed towards the direction of Nine-Tails and Shizuru, a vortex slowly formed on the street that was already close to the ruins.

Wearing a tiger-striped mask and sporting long black hair, Obito looked around at the dilapidated scenery with a surprised expression.

"I never expected you could do something like this, it's truly astonishing." Obito greatly admired Shiseido's actions.

Letting the Nine-Tails out is indeed a solution, but the risks are too great and there are many troubles. Just breaking the seal on the Nine-Tails is a major problem. Obito couldn't understand how Shisue broke that troublesome Bagua seal.

Logically, only a master of sealing techniques or someone with the matching key could unlock this, but Zhixue clearly has neither of those qualifications.

Chapter 82, Lord Jiraiya Arrives

Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!

The blazing fire dragon struck the Nine-Tails' head heavily, and the blinding flames in the darkness guided many ninjas to launch a counterattack against the Nine-Tails.

"What a nuisance. There's not a single human in the world who can fight me." Nine-Tails shook its head, a disdainful, smug smile creeping onto its face in its inner space.

Upon hearing Nine-Lama's complaints, Zhixue slowly typed out a question mark.

Perhaps if time in Konoha could be turned back 50 years, Madara Uchiha would greatly admire you.

On the battlefield, the rocks and craters were filled with the figures of Konoha ninjas. Seeing that the Nine-Tails was still unharmed despite the power of the Fire Dragon Flame Bullet, many ninjas felt a chill in their hearts.

Even the Akimichi clan's Expansion Technique proved ineffective against the Nine-Tails, failing to last more than 10 rounds before being overwhelmed by its immense power. As for the Hyuga clan, who were skilled in taijutsu and chakra manipulation, they were even less effective against the Nine-Tails.

"Is this really half of the Nine-Tails?" Hiruzen Sarutobi gasped for breath, almost unable to believe that so many Konoha ninjas and clans had mobilized, yet they still couldn't defeat half of the Nine-Tails. It was simply outrageous.

Seeing a red light condense again from the Nine-Tails' mouth, Hiruzen Sarutobi gripped his golden cudgel tightly and straightened his back.

If all else fails, we'll have to use that move, but Jiraiya and Tsunade aren't here. Doing so would undoubtedly hand Konoha over to the Uchiha, and Danzo probably won't behave himself; he can't put his mind at ease.

"Damn it, if only one of my three disciples was up to par..." Hiruzen Sarutobi muttered worriedly, looking at the small Tailed Beast Ball that Kurama was gathering power from its mouth.

As the Nine-Tails charged up its Tailed Beast Ball, Zhixue glanced at a group of Uchiha clansmen with Sharingan eyes approaching from afar, a slight smile playing on her lips beneath her mask.

"We're finally out! I've been waiting for so long."

……

"Those are members of the Uchiha clan. Are they trying to attack from both sides?"

"We've fallen for their trap, damn it..."

The remaining Konoha ninjas felt a pang of sorrow as they watched the Uchiha clan members approaching from afar. Was Konoha truly destined to fall into the hands of these jealous bastards? Even the Hokage had failed; what use was the resistance of these insignificant foes?

Sensing the terrifying chakra aura emanating from the Tailed Beast Ball, many ninjas peacefully closed their eyes.

"Everyone, prepare to engage the Nine-Tails!"

Many thick iron chains were thrown into the air and wrapped around the Nine-Tails' limbs and tail. Explosive tags were wrapped around the chains, and a burst of flames quickly ignited the explosive tags along the red-hot chains, causing a fierce burst of fire to cover the Nine-Tails' body.

"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"

Kurama felt the binding and burning sensation on its body, so it converted the Tailed Beast Ball into an instantaneous attack and launched it.

Seeing the small blackish-purple ball flying from a distance, Hiruzen Sarutobi formed hand seals, and four shadow clones appeared on his sides, with five different types of chakra brewing from their bodies.

"Five Elements: Great Continuous Bullet Technique!"