Konoha: Unable to learn ninjutsu, they had to develop their own.

Could Chiba be the child prophesied in the Great Toad Sage's prophecy?

but.

I just didn't meet him!

Jiraiya pondered this in secret.

I should have asked Fukasaku and Shima earlier.

He walked up, preoccupied with his own thoughts.

Chiba and Bunta chatted casually.

Finally, Bunta revealed his intention: "Chiba-kun, are you selling these insects?"

"Buzz!"

The Insect King flew angrily into the air, parallel to him.

Chiba coughed lightly and said, "They are all my partner's subordinates, my comrades in battle. How could I possibly sell them? You must be joking."

"Who is this little guy?"

Wen Tai narrowed his eyes.

It could sense the difference in the parasite before it—

This insect is very strong, especially its exoskeleton, which makes it feel very dangerous.

The other party may have already approached the level of the creatures of Mount Myoboku.

Bunta looked at it, then at Chiba, and realized that the "partner" Chiba was referring to must be this tiny insect.

The two spirit beasts faced off for a long time.

A minute later, Bunta, with his pipe in his mouth, exhaled a puff of smoke.

"Little guy, how about we make a deal?"

"Buzz?"

“My toad provides chakra, and you provide some weaker insects, nothing too strong. It’s a win-win situation.”

"Buzz!"

The Insect King vibrated its wings, its aura growing increasingly frenzied.

Jiraiya looked at the two summoning beasts, which were vastly different in size, and quietly walked over to Chiba, asking in a low voice, "What are they talking about?"

"As for the transaction, you can definitely understand what Wen Tai is saying. What Ao means is that they are its subordinates and brothers that it has painstakingly cultivated."

Chiba helped with the translation.

Jiraiya nodded thoughtfully.

This parasitic insect king was well-trained and even understood human concepts of benevolence and morality, whereas ordinary insects don't care about brotherhood or kinship.

"Buzz!"

"Alright, I won't send any experts over, but you'd better not spoil my boy."

"It's so funny," Wen Tai said with a smile.

Jiraiya, standing below, couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.

What happened to our brotherhood?

He didn't know what to say for a moment.

Chiba did not stop it.

The Insect King was overjoyed that a deal had been made with Mount Myōboku.

To enable a large number of parasitic insects to evolve within the clan, an enormous amount of Sage Chakra is required, which Chiba cannot possibly supply on his own.

The only solution is to raise some "leaders" and teach them to cultivate like the insect king.

If this accumulation continues for decades or centuries, perhaps the parasitic insects could become something like the three holy lands, but that would be too slow.

If there is an alliance with Mount Myōboku...

That will take much longer.

Afterwards, the Insect King returned to Chiba's side and communicated his deal with Gamabunta using his hissing sounds.

The content is not difficult.

Probably -

Bunta's men captured a bunch of live insects and took them to the Forest of Death, whereupon Bunta helped them cultivate them into weaker parasitic insects, a mutually beneficial arrangement.

Gaara was fast asleep nearby. Soon, on Chiba's orders, ANBU ninjas arrived and carried him away.

Moonta returned to Mount Myoboku in high spirits.

It has already foreseen the rise of a Zerg holy land, which, while posing a certain threat to the three holy lands, ...

Even without cooperation, the Zerg, backed by a powerful being who has mastered Immortal Mode, can still continue to grow stronger.

The only difference is when.

in contrast.

If they cooperate now, their toad clan will have even more delicious insect meals in the future.

Isn't this more comfortable than now?

Jiraiya, with mixed feelings, went to a high place with Chiba to observe the battle situation around them.

It's basically over.

The snakes had been relentlessly pursued and blocked by the parasitic insects. After Orochimaru escaped and the Manda was suppressed by the Myojinmon, they completely gave up and returned to Ryuchi Cave.

And Luo Sha.

"You're the Kazekage? To be honest, even if Tobirama and I didn't intervene, you still wouldn't be able to win. Konoha's strength far surpasses yours, and the result would only be a lose-lose situation for both Sunagakure and Konoha."

Hashirama Senju jumped into the ruins.

He didn't plan to act directly, but...

As the god of ninjas, Hashirama Senju could exert immense pressure on his enemies simply by standing here.

The emergence of "tree binding killing" is not unrelated to this.

Luo Sha had no will to fight.

"Our village of Sunagakure is willing to surrender. We beg the First Hokage and the Third Hokage to show mercy."

Luo Sha was filled with grief and indignation.

He only regretted that he had been fooled again.

Orochimaru's techniques are completely unreliable. He promised to summon the First and Second Hokage, and even their Second Kazekage, but...

In the end, the First Hokage, the Second Hokage, and the Second Kazekage were indeed summoned, but Shamon was immediately sent back.

The First and Second Hokage turned around and became each other's men.

At that moment, the battle turned around. Rasa glanced at Orochimaru and was immediately stunned by his mysterious actions. He almost got hit by the Third Hokage's golden cudgel.

Hashirama Senju opened his mouth, then looked at the Third Hokage.

"Hiruzen, you are the Hokage, so you should decide."

The third generation glanced down.

The losses suffered by Konoha were neither huge nor small, but a war might not be such a bad thing for the children.

However, we can't just let Sunagakure get away with this.

The Third Hokage narrowed his eyes and said, "Since you have surrendered, you should first have your people stop fighting and lay down their weapons. Otherwise, if the First Hokage intervenes, Sunagakure will suffer even greater losses."

"Yes!"

……

"Sunagakure has surrendered."

Jiraiya saw the exploding gold dust and signal flares in the distance and understood the outcome: "Sunagakure is getting worse every year, and the future conflicts will inevitably erupt sooner or later."

"What can we do? We can't just cut off our own flesh to feed them."

Chiba disagreed with Jiraiya's view, saying, "Peace isn't something that can be given away out of generosity. When the First Hokage gave away the Tailed Beasts, did the other villages appreciate it?"

"There were still some years of peace."

Jiraiya answered with difficulty.

"No, that's because the first generation was powerful. After the first generation passed away, the other villages had been recuperating for decades, and one by one they couldn't hold back anymore."

Chiba was very impolite and didn't treat Jiraiya as a senior at all.

Jiraiya remained silent.

That was certainly true in the past, but he still firmly believed...

"Peace will come one day."

Jiraiya thought for a moment, but still stubbornly insisted, "I firmly believe that everyone will understand each other and achieve world peace."

"No, that's impossible. To truly achieve world peace, we need not only mutual understanding, but also the strength to make the other side understand us."

Chiba said, "Perhaps that was the idea of ​​the First Hokage, that everyone should have a Tailed Beast so that they would be wary of each other and dare not easily start a war."

"Haha, so that's what I was thinking? But it doesn't seem to be a problem, it's just that the situation is not quite what I thought."

Hashirama Senju smiled.

The Third Hokage and the Kazekage are communicating over there; there's no need for him, the deceased Hokage, to interfere.

result.

Upon arriving here, he overheard a conversation that he found quite interesting.

He pondered for a moment and then said, "It sounds like you have a different idea?"

"Of course, there's nothing wrong with sharing the tailed beasts, but the tailed beasts also vary in strength. Iwagakure and Kumogakure were already relatively strong, yet they ended up obtaining very strong tailed beasts..."