He's in the Marvel universe, and his first step is marrying Scarlet Witch.

"Please be careful!"

The next day, at the gates of Konoha, the Third Hokage led the entire village in standing at the entrance, giving instructions to Li Chuan, who was dressed in the robes of the Fifth Hokage.

Since Hokage Li Chuan has decided to personally go to the eastern front to deal with the invading Kirigakure ninja, how could such a morale-boosting event be carried out in secret?

We must make it a grand spectacle for all Konoha ninja to know that the newly appointed Fifth Hokage is working for them and protecting the entire village.

This farewell scene was specially proposed and arranged by the three generations in order to consolidate the Li Chuan regime.

Although Li Chuan was not his first choice for Hokage, Li Chuan was, after all, his nominal disciple who had saved the entire Hidden Leaf Village and had always been dedicated to the village.

Therefore, deep down, he still highly respected Li Chuan as the Fifth Hokage.

The key point is that after Li Chuan took over as Hokage, he continued to implement his previous policies and did not collude with Danzo. He was truly handling all kinds of official duties diligently.

They also highly value the opinions of their advisors.

"Don't worry, Third Hokage, I, Naruto Uzumaki, will protect Brother Kawa!"

Before Li Chuan could reply, Naruto patted his chest and boasted.

When Akatsuki attacked Konoha, Naruto went with Jiraiya to find Tsunade. At that time, Tsunade had her gambling debts paid off by Li Chuan, and since the Third Hokage had not been killed by Orochimaru, she decisively refused the request to return and succeed the Fifth Hokage.

The two then returned to Konoha, by which time Li Chuan had become the Fifth Hokage.

This time, Jiraiya led a large number of Jonin to the northeastern front to intercept the powerful Cloud Ninja invasion, and Naruto returned to Team 7 led by Kakashi.

Most of Konoha's top ninjas have gone to the northeastern front, and the northwestern front has also sent many ninjas to guard against the Amegakure ninjas who have already taken over the Sand Village. So the village is currently in a relatively vulnerable state.

To prevent anyone from taking advantage of Li Chuan's absence to launch a sneak attack on Naruto, who is the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, the Third Hokage and other high-ranking officials...

Using the pretext of protecting the Fifth Hokage, they dispatched Team 7 to accompany Li Chuan to the east to deal with the invading Kirigakure ninja.

In reality, Li Chuan was going to deal with the Mist Ninja while also protecting Naruto.

"Naruto, you should call him Fifth Hokage!"

At that moment, Sakura, who was standing next to Naruto, slapped him on the back of the head.

Now that Li Chuan is the Fifth Hokage, he naturally cannot be without manners in such a public setting.

"Teacher, the village is temporarily in your care!"

Li Chuan smiled and didn't mind. After handing over the temporary management of Konoha to the Third Hokage, he said to Kakashi and the other three:

"Grab my clothes, we're going to teleport there instantly."

With a flash, the four figures disappeared from the village entrance.

In the forested area along the easternmost coast of the Land of Fire, at the temporary base of the Third Force of Konoha.

Using an item inscribed with the Flying Thunder God Technique that had been delivered in advance, Li Chuan and the four members of Class 7 instantly appeared inside the camp.

Konoha currently has three units.

The First Division, the largest and strongest force, was led by Jiraiya, one of the Three Legendary Sannin, and was tasked with dealing with the most powerful Cloud Ninja.

The second unit, with the next largest number of personnel, was led by Hyuga Hiashi, the head of the Hyuga clan, who was most skilled in reconnaissance. Its main purpose was to prevent Amegakure from launching a surprise attack on Konoha.

The Third Division has the smallest number of members and is led by Might Guy, the Jonin who is most effective against Kirigakure ninjas. Most of its members are taijutsu-type ninjas, including Guy's three disciples, Neji, Rock Lee, and Tenten.

"Lord Godaime!"

Kai, who had been waiting in the tent, immediately flashed a bright, sunny smile when he saw Li Chuan appear.

"And there's my eternal rival, Kakashi. It seems we can fight side-by-side again today. Let's see who defeats more enemies then, Kakashi!"

"We might not have a chance to make a move this time."

Kakashi replied, his dead fish eyes fixed on him.

As one of the Jonin who witnessed Li Chuan opening all eight gates, he felt that his main purpose in coming here was to go through the motions and clean up the mess.

"Kai, have we suffered any casualties?"

Li Chuan asked the question.

Kai immediately stood up straight:

"Reporting to the Fifth Hokage, there were no casualties. We have been following the battle strategy passed down by Shikaku, fighting and retreating, just to buy time."

Most of their troops were taijutsu ninjas with excellent stamina. Even if they couldn't win a fight, they could run away quickly. They also had some medical ninjas assigned to them. So even though their numbers were far fewer than those of the Hidden Mist troops, they suffered virtually no casualties.

When the enemy advances, they harass them; when the enemy surrounds them, they flee—it's a guerrilla war.

Li Chuan nodded:

"Very good, then let's launch a full-scale counterattack. This time, our goal is not only to repel them, but also to march on Kirigakure."

"Attack Kirigakure!"

Not only Kai, but even Kakashi, who came along, was stunned for a moment.

The original battle strategy was to repel the Hidden Mist troops and prevent them from taking advantage of the chaos to launch a sneak attack on Konoha, but it did not say that they would attack the Hidden Mist Village.

You should know that the Land of Water is an island nation, separated from here by a sea.

In previous ninja wars, it was always the Hidden Mist ninjas who landed and raided the major ninja villages; it was almost never the major ninja villages that sent large forces directly to fight on the islands of the Land of Water.

In Li Chuan's view, this was similar to the relationship between ancient China and Japan. Japan had been sending troops to harass China's coastal cities and villages, but China usually repelled them and hurt them badly.

However, they would not lead a large army to directly attack the island nation where Japan is located.

"That's right. To prevent the Mist Ninja from causing trouble again when we fight the Cloud Ninja and Rain Ninja later, this time we not only need to repel them, but also go to the Hidden Mist Village and bring their Mizukage back to the village!"

Li Chuan smiled with a relaxed expression.

Kakashi and Guy exchanged glances, unsure how to respond.

The way Li Chuan spoke just now made it seem like going to Kirigakure to kidnap the Mizukage was easier than buying a chicken at the market.

"Teacher, the Hidden Mist's forces have surrounded us again. We need to find another location!"

Just then, Neji, who had used his Byakugan to detect the Hidden Mist Corps, rushed into the tent.

"These guys are really fast!"

Kai sighed, then explained:

"The commander of the Hidden Mist Ninja Force this time is Ao, a ninja on our village's wanted list, known as the 'Byakugan Killer.' He participated in the Third Shinobi World War and transplanted a Byakugan from the corpse of a Hyuga clan ninja."

So they can also use their white eyes to detect our location, which is troublesome.

"Perfect timing! We don't need to go looking for them anymore. Let's also take back that white eye that doesn't belong to him!"

Upon hearing this, Li Chuan gave a cold laugh and strode out of the tent.

"Lord Godaime!"

When the ninjas from the Third Division outside saw Li Chuan appear, their faces immediately showed expressions of admiration and respect.

Many of them had participated in the defense of Konoha, had been saved by Li Chuan, and had witnessed Li Chuan's power.

(End of this chapter)