Konoha's Hextech Ninja

"Yoruichi..." Sakumo Hatake tried to interrupt Yoruichi Yagami, advising her not to be willful at this time.

"Uncle Shuo Mao, don't rush, let me finish."

Yagami Yoruichi waved his hand and continued, "I have two demands. Remove the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and punish Danzo Shimura, the Hokage's assistant."

“I don’t need your support. I will achieve my goals in my own way.”

"Everyone should think carefully about whether the current actions of Konoha's leadership are truly suitable for leading Konoha."

Yagami Yoruichi waved his hand and said, "The Cloud Ninja are preparing to launch an attack. This is the last battle. After it's over, we should return to Konoha. You should think carefully about what to do then."

"Oh, right."

As Yagami Yoruichi was about to leave, she suddenly paused, turned around, and looked at everyone in the command room. She said, "Some of you just mentioned that I'm only eight years old. The youngest of my graduating class who went to the battlefield early from the Ninja Academy is not even seven. The First Hokage didn't establish Konoha so that people our age would be sent to the battlefield."

After saying that, Yagami Yoruichi left without looking back.

Even after Yagami Yoruichi left, the atmosphere in the command room remained oppressive.

Sarutobi Yuusho glared angrily at Yagami Yoruichi, as if he wanted to reprimand her.

But beneath his feet, a dark shadow connected to the shadow beneath Nara Shikaku's feet, clearly controlled by Nara Shikaku using shadow magic, rendering him speechless.

Nara Shikaku was afraid that Sarutobi Yuusho might cause trouble and say something he shouldn't, which could anger Yagami Yoruichi so much that she might kill the Sarutobi clan ninja, and then things would really get out of control.

"Yoruichi-kun, he..." A Jonin had a strange expression, seemingly feeling that Yagami Yoruichi shouldn't have said these things before the great battle, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was wrong with what Yagami Yoruichi said.

“My nephew is of the same rank as Yoruichi, and he has also been sent to the battlefield.” A ninja couldn’t help but speak up. “Yoruichi is right. If the First Hokage and the Second Hokage were still alive, they would never have sent a child of this age to the battlefield.”

“Perhaps…” a Jonin of commoner origin glanced at Sakumo Hatake and said, “Perhaps changing the Hokage would be better for the village. If it were Lord Sakumo, we commoner ninjas would have a fairer opportunity…”

There was much discussion in the command room.

Although most people remained silent, the small group that did speak out overwhelmingly felt that the current environment in Konoha did not align with their ideal of 'protecting the village, protecting their families, and protecting their children'.

Even Sakumo Hatake couldn't help but think of Kakashi Hatake, who was on the northern front and under Minato Namikaze's command.

Although he was confident in Kakashi Hatake's abilities and talents, this was, after all, a battlefield.

Even he himself wasn't sure he could survive this war, let alone eight-year-old Kakashi Hatake?

However, Sakumo Hatake quickly composed himself and said to Shinso, "Tell everyone to stop discussing these things and focus on the battle at hand. The Cloud Ninja won't give us time to overthink! Yoruichi-kun has already gone to fight the Cloud Ninja; are we going to let him fight alone?!"

"That brat..."

Kurenai Yuhi's expression remained calm, but a strange glint flashed in her eyes. She immediately spoke up, "We also have to play our part! We are Jonin, even if our strength is a little lacking, our fighting spirit cannot be outdone by a child!"

"Yes, we can't let Yoruichi-kun face the Cloud Ninja alone!"

One by one, the Jonin echoed each other, preparing for battle.

Sakumo Hatake quickly gave the order: "Shikaku, you take command. I'll go and hold off the Raikage for Yoruichi!"

In previous battles, Sakumo Hatake was responsible for holding off the Third Raikage.

It's simply unrealistic to expect him to be able to focus on command during such a high-intensity battle.

Command could only be given to Nara Shikaku, who was known as the 'strategist family'.

With his intelligence and analytical abilities, he could also maximize the coordination among all the ninjas, inflicting maximum damage on the Cloud Ninja with minimal cost.

……

Not far from the town.

The Cloud Ninja Corps completed its final rest.

However, upon arriving here, only a little over three hundred Cloud Ninja remained.

Thousands of Cloud Ninja set off from Cloud Village, crossed the vast ocean, and arrived here.

But more than half of them died on this last stretch of the journey.

There were also hundreds of ninjas who were too badly injured to continue fighting and were forced to return to Turtle Island at sea to recuperate.

Considering that these thousand ninjas were all elites carefully selected from Kumogakure, such a loss can only be described as devastating.

This filled all the remaining Cloud Ninja, including the Third Raikage, with rage, wishing they could destroy Konoha and avenge their fallen comrades.

However, reason told them that after such a long delay, even if Konoha's reaction was slow, they must have already set up defenses.

Continuing to fight will definitely not end well; in fact, it could lead to the complete annihilation of our entire army.

A direct assault on Konoha is no longer possible.

Their only thought was to kill the 'brat' who had caused them so much damage.

Even if I can't do that, I should still kill a few more Konoha ninjas to vent my anger.

"This is the final battle. Regardless of the outcome, retreat immediately."

The Third Raikage stood atop the treetop, struggling to suppress his rage and trying his best to remain calm: "The only goal is to kill! Bye, this time I won't restrict your use of the Eight-Tails' power; you can unleash it to your heart's content!"

"Understood, Big Brother." Brubi stood beside the Third Raikage, a faint red mist already appearing on his body.

That's a sign of the tailed beast's chakra overflowing.

"It seems Konoha's reinforcements have arrived. Perfect, let them try my Tailed Beast Ball."

Brubi's voice was somewhat sinister, filled with murderous intent: "I refuse to believe that damned brat can withstand the Tailed Beast Ball!"

The Tailed Beast Ball is said to be the strongest power of the Tailed Beasts.

The name 'natural disaster' comes from this.

Most of the Kage-level powerhouses could not withstand it head-on and could only dodge it.

If a Tailed Beast Ball were to fall into the midst of a ninja army, the destructive power it could cause would be far more terrifying than any ninjutsu.

"By..." The Third Raikage said with some concern, "To use the Tailed Beast Ball and fully unleash the power of the Tailed Beast, your body..."

“I couldn’t hold on much longer anyway. After being corrupted by the Tailed Beast for so many years, my chakra has long since become one with it, and it won’t be long before I’m assimilated by it.”

Brubi was quite easygoing, and with a slight smile, he said, "The village has already chosen the next generation B, right? Don't worry, big brother, I will bring the Eight-Tails back to the village."

Although he was smiling, the smile looked very forced.

The Third Raikage also knew about Brupi's situation.

When Brubi became a Jinchūriki, the Land of Swirl had not yet been destroyed. The Hidden Cloud Village did not inherit the sealing techniques it had stolen from the Uzumaki clan, so it could only use relatively crude seals, which caused great harm to the Jinchūriki.

Having been constantly eroded by the tailed beast's chakra over the years, Brubi's life has come to an end.

Even if they stop fighting, they can only survive for another year or two at most.

If the power of the tailed beasts were fully released, perhaps after this battle...

"Compare!"

The Third Raikage struggled to suppress his anger and sorrow, raising his fist: "Let's have one more big battle!"

Brubi extended his fist and clashed with the Third Raikage: "Let Konoha witness the power of our AB combination!"

Chapter 174 The prophecy has changed! The Cloud Ninja are attacking!

Mt. Miaomu.

The enormous toad immortal suddenly opened his eyes, a look of terror still lingering in them.

"Someone come here!"

The Great Toad Sage summoned a toad and ordered, "Go and call Fukasaku and Shima over here."

After a while, the two toad sages, Fukasaku and Shima, hurriedly arrived.

Shima, still holding the spatula, angrily shouted, "Old man, what's the rush? I still have to cook!"

"Shima, don't be like this," Fukasaku advised. "The master must have summoned us for important business."

"Huh? Who are you two?" The giant toad immortal looked at the two 'little ones' at his feet, and his old age senility started acting up again.

"Didn't you call us here?! Your brain is getting worse and worse!" Shima angrily swung the spatula, wanting to smash it on the giant toad sage's head.

After causing a ruckus for a while, the Great Toad Sage finally regained some of his senses and recognized Fukasaku and Shima.

"The prophecy has been changed."

The Great Toad Sage spoke up: "Quickly inform Jiraiya to come to Mount Myōboku as soon as possible! If the enemy cannot be stopped quickly, the ninja world will be in danger!"

"The prophecy has changed?" Fukasaku and Shima were both taken aback.

Shima wanted to ask more questions, but before she could ask, the Great Toad Sage let out a deafening wheezing sound, clearly having fallen asleep again.

"Let's do as the master says and call Little Jiraiya over here first."

Fukasaku said, "Jiraiya should be in Konoha. I'll go find the messenger toad."

……

'Yangkaku-cho'.

In the jungle outside the town.

Konoha-gata first adjusted his state in the dark, and led the Chunin and Genin who came to support him, ready for battle.

Hai—Xu—You—Shen—Wei.

Yagami Yoruichi stood at the front of the line, cut his finger, quickly formed five hand seals, and slammed one hand on the ground: "Summoning Jutsu!"

A wisp of white smoke dissipated, and a gigantic slug, hundreds of meters long, appeared in front of Yagami Yoruichi.

"Lord Yoruichi?"

The slug's voice sounded somewhat naive, as if it hadn't quite caught up yet.

Yagami Yoruichi spoke up, "Slug-sama, please split into small slugs and follow every Konoha ninja. If anyone is injured, use my chakra to heal them."

After the slug splits, each offspring can transfer chakra to the others and can also use the chakra and medical ninjutsu of their contracted partner to heal injured companions remotely.

During the Second Shinobi World War, Tsunade repeatedly used the slug's ability to heal all her comrades on the battlefield, greatly reducing Konoha's casualties.

The downside is that it consumes a lot of chakra.

With Tsunade's chakra reserves, if she were to use the slug's split bodies to heal hundreds of allies simultaneously, she wouldn't have enough chakra left for battle.

However, while this expenditure was not insignificant enough to be ignored, it did not significantly impact Yoruichi's combat abilities.

Summoning slugs and healing her comrades, a battle consumes a total of 20,000 to 30,000 chakra points. With Yagami Yoruichi's current chakra reserves, that's only a little over one-tenth, so the impact isn't too significant.

According to the reports from the sensory ninjas.

This time, the Cloud Ninja did not gather all together, but instead dispersed into the jungle surrounding the town in small teams, attempting to surround it.

In order to ensure the safety of their own base, Konoha decided to fight the Cloud Ninja by splitting up into small teams.

In this chaotic battle, it would be difficult for Yagami Yoruichi to ensure the defenses were foolproof on her own. She could only summon slugs and use medical ninjutsu to enhance the combat power of all the Konoha ninjas.

"Slug?"

"Is it Lady Tsunade's summoning beast, inherited by her disciple?"

"This size seems to be much larger than Tsunade-sama's slug..."

Many ninjas recognized the slug and began to discuss it.

Yoruichi Yagami had finished negotiating with the slug, and the giant slug quickly split into hundreds of smaller slugs, which then crawled onto each of the Konoha ninja.

"Lord Slug will assist you in battle, and if you are injured, Lord Slug will also use my medical ninjutsu to heal you."

Yoruichi Yagami's voice rang out: "Don't worry about getting injured. As long as it's not a fatal injury, I can heal you. Now, follow the command's orders and go meet your opponents!"

Yagami Yoruichi's words greatly boosted the morale of all the Konoha ninja.

Having a slug clone is like having a medical ninja with you, which is a huge help in battle.

Those lower-ranking genin and chunin had no idea about the argument that had taken place in the command room. After learning that the slugs could help them fight and heal, they were all prepared to fight the Cloud Ninja to the death.

"I am Nara Shikaku. By order of Commander-in-Chief Hatake Sakumo, I have assumed command of this battle."

Nara Shikaku's voice, aided by Yamanaka Inoichi's mental manipulation, resounded in everyone's minds: "Next, I will explain the enemy's location distribution, and the allocation of squads responsible for intercepting the enemy in each area..."

"Uncle Sakumo, I've sensed the location of the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, I'm leaving now."

Yoruichi Yagami left behind a shadow clone while her main body used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave.

"Lord Yoruichi.",