Naruto: By lying low and hiding, he eventually became the leader of the Legendary Sannin.

He had only one guard behind him, but judging from his appearance, that person should be his son.

That is, the future fourth Raikage.

Given Raikage's arrogant personality, he probably wouldn't have brought a single guard up if it weren't for his son.

Standing behind Hiruzen Sarutobi were Sakumo Hatake and Kagura.

Clearly, as the strongest representatives among the current Konoha Jonin, they are undoubtedly the best candidates for protection.

Kagura kept glancing at the five figures in front of her, her eyes darting around as she silently discussed among herself:

"Isn't this a bit ominous...?"

This seems perfect for a scene where the villain betrays the enemy!

Hopefully nothing unexpected will happen today...

Chapter 69 The Reappearance of "Akatsuki"

Unfortunately, the scene Kagura imagined did not happen.

In fact, Madara Uchiha was just arrogant; he wasn't stupid.

Even if he now possesses the "Six Paths," he probably wouldn't have much of an advantage against these five "Kage."

Moreover, all the ninjas of Konoha Village are gathered in the village today, which is not a force that Akatsuki and its ilk can easily defeat.

Of course, this refers to Uchiha Madara, who is now nearly 70 years old and physically frail.

If it were Uchiha Madara who had obtained a new, perfect body and regained all his youthful strength, then that would be a different story.

After all, in the original storyline, during the Fourth Shinobi World War, Madara fought against five Kage, one against five.

Even with all five Kage gathered together, they still fell at Madara's feet.

Keep in mind that this was only due to Uchiha Madara being resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

In the original storyline, those resurrected through Edo Tensei are weakened in strength.

It's fair to say that, aside from Hashirama Senju, there's really no one who could stand up to someone like Madara Uchiha.

However, even villains have to follow logic in their actions, especially when facing Konoha Village where all five Kage are now gathered.

Without significant benefits, Madara Uchiha clearly had no reason to attack this place.

While Kagura was making some unrealistic guesses, in the Land of Water, which was very far away from Konoha Village...

Those figures who had disappeared for several years, clad in black robes with cloud patterns, finally reappeared on the continent.

At this moment, they were in a dense forest on the largest island in the very center of the Water Kingdom.

This dense forest is far from Kirigakure Village, and from the outside, it is just an ordinary, remote place.

However, the ninjas from Kirigakure scattered throughout the dense forest undoubtedly indicate that this forest is no ordinary place.

Snapped!

A ninja wearing a headband from Kirigakure rolled his eyes and collapsed to the ground, utterly powerless.

At this moment, large amounts of scarlet blood slowly flowed out from under him.

Three figures stood beside the ninja.

As the field of vision slowly moved upwards, the appearances of the three people gradually became clearer.

If the higher-ups of Kirigakure were here right now, they would probably be shocked by the appearance of those three people.

Because at that time, the two of them were both very famous figures in the entire ninja world.

One of them was none other than Shimura Danzo, a rogue ninja from Konoha.

The other was Danzo, the former leader of Amegakure who gained the title of "demigod" after the Second Shinobi World War.

Standing beside them was the pale-faced Afei.

Looking at the corpse at his feet, Hanzo frowned and turned to Danzo beside him, asking:

"Are you sure the sealed Six-Tails was hidden here?"

From this statement, we also learned the purpose of these three people.

Their purpose in coming here is for the last tailed beast of the Land of Water—the Six-Tails.

In the original storyline, the Six-Tails actually had a Jinchūriki.

Its jinchūriki was named Homo, a rogue ninja from Kirigakure.

It has to be said that Kirigakure is also in a tragic situation.

The only two Jinchūriki, one became a rogue ninja, and the other, as the Mizukage, was controlled by the Sharingan and became a puppet.

Unlike the original storyline, we are now in Konoha Year 41, and the future Six-Tails Jinchuriki, Uta, is just a child who has only been born for a few years.

Meanwhile, the Six-Tails, whose jinchūriki has yet to be found, is still quietly sealed away by the higher-ups of Kirigakure and hidden in some secret place.

But today, it seems that this secret place has been found.

Upon hearing Hanzo's question, Danzo scoffed and said:

"You don't think I lost all my manpower after leaving Konoha, do you?"

The 'roots' I've nurtured for over a decade won't be so easily uprooted.

"If it weren't for the secret instigation of my spies, how could this joint entrance exam involving five countries have even happened?"

Upon hearing this, Hanzo did not refute it, but stood silently in place without saying a word.

Over the years of working together, he had already witnessed the strength of this former "Dark King" of Konoha.

Danzo may not have been particularly strong, but he was unmatched in intelligence gathering and spies training.

Although their "Akatsuki" organization seems to have disappeared from the mainland for several years, they have not been idle during these years.

To facilitate their operation, Danzo had already begun his preparations two years prior.

Thanks to the efforts of the spies he planted in various countries, he finally succeeded in making this joint examination by five countries a grand event.

Unfortunately, even Kagura was unaware of the specific developments in the Naruto world during this period.

If he knew that the so-called Five Nations Joint Examination never existed in the original timeline, he might have been more vigilant this time.

"Xiao" paid the price of two years for this operation.

When the Mizukage travels for the Five Nations Joint Exams, he will inevitably have to take a group of elite Jonin with him as his bodyguards.

Taking advantage of the Land of Water's weakened state, this is the perfect opportunity for them to infiltrate and steal the Six-Tails.

With the infiltration of Danzo's spies, they already knew the secret location where the Six-Tails was sealed.

In fact, Danzo knew that he and his companions had found the right place when he saw the guards in the dense forest.

After all, if there wasn't something to protect, who would arrange guards in this remote place?

For experienced experts, such infiltration is as easy as drinking water.

After silently eliminating two more guards, they finally spotted their target in the dense forest.

Deep in the dense forest, there was a stone tablet hidden by the shade of the trees.

Below the stone tablet was a huge circular stone slab engraved with strange patterns.

The three exchanged a glance and immediately realized that this must be the formation used to seal the Six-Tailed Fox.

Seeing this, Hanzo, who was prepared, walked towards the stone tablet.

He moved closer and began to caress his body.

When he arrived in front of the stone tablet, he had already taken out a scroll.

Without the slightest hesitation, he stood in front of the stone tablet and tore the scroll in his hand to pieces.

As the scroll shattered into fragments, a massive magic circle composed of numerous runes appeared in mid-air.

The magic array slowly descended from the sky onto the stone tablet, and then, as if it had found its target, it suddenly surged into it.

Just seconds after countless runes surged into the stone tablet.

Click!

With a slight sound, a crack suddenly appeared on the stone tablet.

A few seconds later, the crack rapidly widened and suddenly covered the entire stone tablet.

The next moment, the stone tablet shattered into countless fragments along the dense cracks and fell to the ground.

Having anticipated this, Hanzo slowly stepped forward, gently brushed aside the fragments, and finally saw his target—a clean white bottle.

This is the container that seals the six tails.

Hanzo finally breathed a sigh of relief after carefully taking out the white bottle.

After carefully putting the bottle back on his person, he returned to his two companions.

The three men, having successfully completed their mission, couldn't help but smile.

At that moment, Danzo suddenly looked up into the distance and murmured:

"Well, I hope things go just as smoothly over there..."

Chapter 70 The Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Rōshi

The Land of Grass, a small country sandwiched between the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth.

In some ways, this country is lucky.

Because of the isolation provided by the Land of Rain, it was spared the fate of being a battleground.

But as a small country, it is also unfortunate.

Like the Land of Rain, this small country also has its own ninja village.

However, in this era, the strength of Kusagakure within the country can only be described as negligible.

The ninjas of Kusagakure are skilled at studying the ninjutsu of other countries, adept at using diplomacy to navigate between powerful nations, and able to grasp the trends of the times in order to protect themselves.