Rebuild the Land of Whirlpools, start with a massive army of the Thirteen Guardian Soldiers.

Hiruzen Sarutobi paused for a moment. As his teammate for many years, he knew his old friend all too well.

He shook his head and sighed, "Never mind him."

Once Konoha faces a crisis, where can you, the Darkness of Konoha, hide?

Putting the matter of Shimura Danzo out of his mind, Hiruzen Sarutobi stared intently at the ever-growing crack in the sky and immediately gave the order: "Barrier team, activate the Flying Thunder God Barrier!"

"Yes!"

Under the command of Hiruzen Sarutobi, a group of ninjas rushed out, each wielding a kunai engraved with special runes and shooting it towards the area around the rift!

clank clank——

A ring of kunai surrounded the location of the crack.

It affects spatial fluctuations.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, golden lines strung together with kunai, resembling chains, began to entangle the gradually widening crack.

Finally, with a whoosh, the golden chain was quickly straightened, tightened, and locked tightly around the crack!

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others stared intently at the changes in the crack until its expansion was stopped by the golden chains, at which point they breathed a sigh of relief.

Hiruzen Sarutobi said casually, "It seems that the so-called space-time ninjutsu of the Land of Whirlpools is nothing special."

Koharu Utatane laughed and said, "When it comes to space-time ninjutsu, the Second Hokage is the progenitor of all ninjas in the ninja world. We have the legacy of the Second Hokage, so how dare the Land of Uzushiogakure use space-time ninjutsu in Konoha?"

"Hmph, that's just showing off your limited skills before an expert!"

Mitokado Homura stroked his beard and said calmly, "Even if they want to bring back the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, the Land of Whirlpools will have to come over obediently!"

Several heavy hearts relaxed.

As long as the Land of Whirlpools walks step by step across the ground.

Even if they were to deploy their army of death gods, they would have a great deal of room to maneuver!

After all, ninja warfare is not simply a game of sheer numbers.

Various traps, resources, and provisions on land are all factors that absolutely determine victory in war!

War is about the economy!

They are confident that the economy of the mere Land of Whirlpools is not even one-tenth as good as that of Konoha!

Orochimaru, however, frowned slightly, the seriousness in his golden vertical pupils lingering for a long time.

Having witnessed the strength of the Land of Whirlpools firsthand, I am amazed by the incredible inventions of the Technology Development Bureau and others.

Orochimaru absolutely did not believe that a mere spatial blockade could stop the Land of Whirlpools' advance!

Tsunade was slightly disappointed. She had been planning to ask Nawaki about his existence once the people from the Land of Whirlpools arrived.

The other ninjas laughed easily, some even jokingly saying, "The Hokage was so serious, and this is all it is?"

"They only used a bit of Konoha's resources, and the Land of Whirlpools has already run out of tricks?"

"Haha, the Land of Whirlpools that defeated the Land of Water is nothing special."

"If it weren't for the fact that Konoha is currently at war with Sunagakure, we'd love to see if the Land of Whirlpools would still dare to be so arrogant!"

The ninjas in the barrier team breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads.

At the same time, I felt elated to have completed the task.

Just as they were preparing to celebrate, an unexpected incident occurred!

Suddenly, the spatial rift sealed by the Flying Thunder God Barrier expanded with a loud hum!

A burst of golden light suddenly appeared, and an ancient and imposing gate materialized!

The sudden turn of events startled the relaxed crowd for a moment, but they quickly tensed up again.

Hiruzen Sarutobi shouted, "Barrier team! Increase chakra output!"

The barrier team snapped back to reality at the sound of the Hokage's voice, and blue chakra instantly gathered on the kunai with the Flying Thunder God rune!

Strands of blue fireworks dyed the chains black, binding them tightly to the closed, ancient, golden gate!

Crunchy——

A series of teeth-grinding sounds rang out, but the barrier class gritted their teeth and persevered.

Suddenly, the golden gate was slowly pushed open. The Flying Thunder God Chains were like a child straining with all its might, yet they still couldn't budge the golden gate an inch!

Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes widened, his breath caught in his throat, and he realized that it was probably impossible to stop this gate now!

how could be!

They, from Konoha, traveled day and night, meticulously studying the Flying Thunder God Technique left behind by the Second Hokage.

The conclusion was that as long as the Flying Thunder God Technique, which can also fluctuate the spaceline, could be used, it would be effective.

By forming a united front and disrupting the flow of space, it will be very difficult for anyone to break through Konoha's spatial barrier using space-time ninjutsu!

As a ninja expert, he nodded repeatedly when he first heard this imaginative idea.

They believe this is the optimal solution to counter space-time ninjutsu!

Moreover, in today's application, it has achieved even better results than he expected!

But this effect lasted only a few seconds before it was shattered by the ancient, golden gate!

What exactly are the results of their research all along?!

Koharu and Mitokado looked embarrassed and started scratching their toes.

One person was just praising the Second Hokage's space-time ninjutsu as amazing, while another was clamoring that even if it were the Land of Whirlpools, they would have to honestly take it one step at a time to reach Konoha.

They were immediately proven wrong.

Not to mention them, even the other ninjas were a little embarrassed.

They all looked down on the Land of Whirlpools, and now they've been slapped in the face!

Orochimaru and Tsunade, however, had expressions that contrasted with the others.

Seeing the effect he had imagined, Orochimaru nodded slightly, thinking to himself, "Just as I expected."

This is the Land of Whirlpools he knew...

Hmm, why do I feel like I'm being a bit too blindly confident about the Land of Whirlpools?

Orochimaru glanced at Hiruzen Sarutobi and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his teacher was staring intently at the giant golden gate.

I'm so glad that Sarutobi-sensei didn't see what I just did, otherwise I would have been in for a good scolding.

But you can't blame him for this...

Who could blame him when the Land of Whirlpools held a more important place in his heart at this moment?

Even now that he is going to become an enemy of the Land of Whirlpools, he is still thinking about the experiments conducted there.

Tsunade became even more unabashedly happy.

I endured it for a few days, waiting for the people from the Land of Whirlpools to arrive, but I almost didn't get to see them.

Fortunately, the people of the Land of Whirlpools were capable enough to reverse the situation in an instant.

Go for it, Land of Whirlpools!

Tsunade silently cheered for the Land of Whirlpools.

In her view, while Konoha was also important, her younger brother was clearly more important.

Moreover, Konoha is no longer the Konoha of the Thousand Hands.

The fact that she can still contribute to Konoha is already a testament to her dedication, given that Konoha was founded by her grandfather.

Besides, it's perfectly fine for the Land of Whirlpools to come and take their people back home!

On the contrary, Konoha refused to release him no matter what.

She also understood the importance of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki to Konoha.

But she also wondered why Konoha couldn't try to improve itself and research a sealing technique that could seal tailed beasts without requiring the Uzumaki clan's physique.

That monk Bunpuku from Sunagakure wasn't even a member of the Uzumaki clan, so how was he able to seal Shukaku, the One-Tailed Beast, so well?

This Konoha, without her grandfather and second grandfather, is truly getting worse and worse.

Her teacher, having mastered a few ninjutsu techniques, dared to call himself a ninja doctor.

Even her second grandfather didn't dare to refer to himself like that.

He even shamelessly fabricated the story of himself as the strongest Hokage and included it in the Ninja Academy's textbooks!

If you are the strongest Hokage, then what is her grandfather?

They've really lost all sense of shame; there are some things even Tsunade wouldn't allow to say about them.

Therefore, she doesn't care what Konoha is like now.

Does this mean Konoha will perish without the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?

Tsunade's undisguised joy made Hiruzen Sarutobi's face twitch.

Others couldn't help but glance at it as well.