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Chapter 396 I can now stand shoulder to shoulder with the First Generation (Third Update)

"I disagree. Fifth Hokage, how can you risk your life and personally go to the battlefield? Besides, our battle against the Cloud Ninja and the Mist Ninja hasn't even begun yet!"

Inside the Hokage Building's operations conference room, the Third Hokage sat with a serious expression, holding a large pipe.

As the highest leader of the village, Shadow usually commands the battlefield from the rear unless absolutely necessary.

Because if something goes wrong with the shadow, it will have a huge impact on the morale of the entire village.

Currently, Konoha's combat forces have only just made contact with the invading forces of Kumogakure and Kirigakure, and the battle has not yet officially begun, nor have there been any casualties. Yet, the Hokage, Li Chuan, is saying that he wants to personally go to the battlefield.

How could the third generation possibly agree to this?

Even if Li Chuan is indeed powerful, the battlefield is ever-changing, and who knows what unpredictable situations might arise.

His master, the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, was no less powerful. He was the fastest ninja in the world back then and developed various powerful forbidden techniques. His Water Release technique was even used as a form of Sea Release.

Even so, he was still killed on the battlefield.

Even the Raikage of the Third Shinobi World War, known as the "Strongest Spear" and the "Strongest Shield," was worn down and killed by ten thousand shinobi.

Similarly, Koharu Utatane, Homura Mitokado, and Shikaku, these Jonin, clearly did not agree with Li Chuan taking this risk.

Only Danzo and the smaller families he had won over stood on Li Chuan's side:

"I agree with the Fifth Hokage's proposal. According to intelligence, just yesterday, the Rain Ninja forces suddenly and forcefully defeated all the Sand Ninja forces, and have now occupied the Sand Ninja village and taken control of the Land of Wind."

Perhaps their next target will be us.

If we can't decisively defeat the Mist Ninja now, we might face a three-way attack from the Rain Ninja, Cloud Ninja, and Mist Ninja, and the Cloud Ninja has two Jinchuriki on their side.

One of them is a powerful Jinchūriki who can perfectly control the Eight-Tails!

Danzo's goal was simple: ideally, Li Chuan could perish together with Kirigakure, thus relieving the pressure on Konoha and freeing up the Hokage position.

Otherwise, if Li Chuan were to remain in the Hokage position at his age, he would probably die before he could take over.

In reality, he still harbored deep resentment towards Li Chuan because after Li Chuan became Hokage, he did not pass the position to him as promised, and instead, Li Chuan went on to compete for the title of Daimyo.

They even warned him secretly several times.

"Shimura, now is not the time for scheming!"

Upon hearing Danzo's words, the Third Hokage couldn't help but slam his fist on the table. How could he not know what Danzo was thinking?

Meanwhile, Li Chuan, who was sitting on top wearing the robes of the Fifth Hokage, smiled and waved his hand:

"Teacher, I know you are worried about my safety, but there is something I forgot to tell you. Since Akatsuki attacked our village last time, my strength has improved a lot again."

"You've made great progress again!"

The Third Hokage and all the Konoha high-ranking officials were stunned.

The strength Li Chuan displayed when he defeated the Akatsuki members last time was already unbelievably strong, and now he's even stronger. Are you kidding me?

"In fact, you may not believe it, but my current strength may have reached the level of the First Hokage, even though I don't have Wood Release."

Li Chuan dropped another bombshell.

"That's impossible!"

The three Konoha advisors—the Third Hokage, Danzo, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu—all stood up.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, the First Generation seems to have been mythologized. Many people know that the First Generation was very strong, but they don't have a concrete concept of it.

As disciples of the Second Hokage, the four of them had truly witnessed the First Hokage's power, a power that could only be described as godlike, even compared to Nagato during the attack on Konoha and Li Chuan who repelled Nagato.

In their eyes, compared to the strength of the first generation, it was still far inferior.

Therefore, even Danzo couldn't honestly agree with Li Chuan's claim that his strength was comparable to that of the First Hokage.

"I knew you wouldn't believe me, so let me show you!"

Without wasting words, Li Chuan immediately stood up and then deliberately shouted:

"Second form activated!"

Sage Mode activated!

The Eight Gates Formation: Open Gate - Rest Gate - Life Gate - Injury Gate - Block Gate - View Gate - Shock Gate - Death Gate, Open!

The combined power of Sage Mode and the Eight Gates erupted, almost stopping the hearts of all the Konoha leaders.

"It's the Eight Gates technique from the Might Guys!"

Everyone gasped in surprise at the same time.

The Eight Gates Technique is a forbidden technique. It is said that opening all eight gates can instantly grant the user power dozens of times greater than that of a Kage-level shinobi, but it will inevitably lead to death after use.

Back then, the genin Might Guy relied on opening all eight gates to turn the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Water Country into three lucky ones. Four of them were instantly killed, and three escaped with serious injuries.

How could the higher-ups in Konoha not know this information?

Imagine if a genin like Might Guy could defeat the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist with all eight gates open, how terrifying would the power be if Li Chuan, a powerful ninja with Sage Mode who already surpasses Kage level, used it?

"Oh no, Godai, how come you've opened all eight gates?!"

Upon recalling the information about the Eight Gates, the Third Hokage's expression changed drastically.

The consequence of opening all eight gates is death. Li Chuan actually opened the Death Gate directly in order to demonstrate that he had learned the Eight Gates Formation.

If the Fifth Hokage of Konoha died from the backlash of his ninjutsu while showing off his strength, it would become the biggest joke in the entire ninja world.

"Teacher, don't worry. I've already tested it. With my body and the blessing of Sage Mode, even if I open all eight gates, I can withstand the backlash afterward and won't die."

Li Chuan lifted his leg and appeared next to the Third Hokage and Danzo in the next second.

What's terrifying is that, among all the experts present, including the Third Hokage and Danzo, not a single person could clearly see Li Chuan's speed, not even Kakashi, who possessed the Sharingan.

"By the way, in this state, I can only maintain it for a day at most. After a day, I need to rest for a while before I can use it again. But I think a day should be enough to resolve the matter."

"one day?"

Everyone present couldn't help but twitch their lips.

According to the description in the Eight Gates Formation, if one can maintain the opening of the Eight Gates for ten or twenty seconds, that is already quite terrifying.

Not only did Li Chuan not suffer any aftereffects or die after opening all eight gates, but he could also maintain this state for a whole day, which was simply abnormal to the extreme.

At this moment, everyone present felt that Li Chuan's strength might actually be comparable to that of the First Hokage, and that he could easily defeat the Mist Ninja single-handedly.

It should be noted that Li Chuan is not only a master of individual combat, but also proficient in many ninjutsu, especially space-time ninjutsu and medical ninjutsu.

(End of this chapter)