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Chapter 106 Hiruzen Sarutobi Gets Hard! (Please Subscribe and Vote)

Within the Tree Realm Forest, Xingxia Xiu opened his eyes: "As expected, I failed!"

Stealing someone's base is exciting, but it's incredibly difficult.

Even though Onoki is not here, and even though Iwagakure is at war, Iwagakure has not deployed many troops at the moment, and there are still a large number of ninjas in the village.

The Iwa ninja, especially those skilled in Earth Release, are very experienced in dealing with the Five-Tails.

Change the terrain, restrict movement, and then create a barrier.

The final seal!

However, losses are inevitable.

"Oonoki will probably be very upset after he hears the news!"

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Danzo's intention, besides taking the Five-Tails as a bargaining chip, was to force Onoki to back down even if he failed.

The purpose was to prevent Hiruzen Sarutobi from lingering on the battlefield.

Without a strong leader to oversee things, Konoha is never truly secure.

As Hoshino Hide stood up, preparing to report to Danzo, Aburame Ryoma leaped over: "Captain, the Third Hokage has arrived!"

Xingxia Xiu perked up immediately: "I understand, let's go!"

……

A moment later, inside a wooden house, Hoshino saw Hiruzen Sarutobi dressed in battle attire.

"The Third Hokage, Lord Danzo!"

After exchanging greetings, Hoshino immediately said, "My clone's memories just came back; the attempt to capture the Five-Tails failed."

Danzo had already told Hiruzen Sarutobi about the plan regarding the Five-Tails, so Hiruzen wasn't surprised when he heard it. He nodded slightly and said, "This won't affect the overall situation."

"However, A, are you sure you can completely control the Four-Tails?"

Hoshino nodded: "Third Hokage, no problem at all. I have already mastered Sage Mode and have mastered the First Hokage's sealing technique, Myojinmon, which is enough to suppress the Four-Tails."

Upon hearing about the Myojinmon, Hiruzen Sarutobi was completely relieved and made his final decision.

But he didn't say anything at the moment. Instead, he said to Danzo, "The Tsuchikage will soon find out about the Five-Tails being attacked. In that case, let's wait a bit before we go see him."

Xingxia Show felt a little disappointed.

Most likely, a fight won't break out.

He actually hoped that Hiruzen Sarutobi could have a showdown with Onoki.

However, judging solely from the relative abilities of the two sides, it's estimated that in a fight, neither side would be able to gain the upper hand.

Onoki can fly, but the wind-up for Dust Release is a bit slow.

Hiruzen Sarutobi is a well-rounded individual, possessing the Five Elements Great Combo and the Golden Cudgel.

……

As Hoshino came out of the wooden house, he saw Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru.

"show!"

"Xiujun!"

The four greeted each other, chatted for a few minutes, and then parted ways.

Back in his cabin, Hoshino continued his training.

He needs to develop the Spore Technique as soon as possible, then his space-time ninjutsu will be fully formed.

Before we knew it, it was evening.

Inside the Iwa ninja camp.

Onoki looked at the intelligence sent from the village, his face extremely gloomy.

The five tails almost disappeared.

Although it was saved, the losses were still severe.

More than fifty people were killed or injured.

Five Jonin have been confirmed dead in the battle.

"That wretched brat..."

Ohnoki now wishes he could tear Shoshino Shigehisa into eight pieces.

Or, we could go to Konoha and do it again.

Unfortunately, it is clear that this is impossible.

Taking a deep breath and calming down, Onoki realized the purpose behind Konoha's actions.

He certainly couldn't stay on the battlefield for too long.

However, the Wood Release user was too troublesome.

Ordinary Jonin would have no chance against him.

Even elite Jonin find it difficult.

Yamato, an experienced elite Jonin, died at the hands of Hoshino Hideaki.

After much thought, Onoki could only come up with one solution.

Reinforcements!

Without any hesitation, Onoki immediately sent word back to the village.

Reinforcements!

Afterwards, Onoki began to think about how to negotiate with Konoha next.

There's no hope of getting the Four-Tails back now, but we must ensure it for the future.

In addition to the Nine-Tails, Konoha also has the Four-Tails.

Especially since that kid so easily mastered the power of the Four-Tails, the threat is even greater.

"Since that's the case..."

Onoki made a decision.

They gave the intelligence to the other three major ninja villages for free.

Especially the Hidden Cloud Village!

"No one would want Konoha to become stronger, especially with the increased strength of the Wood Release users."

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"Perhaps we can join forces with Kumogakure and Sunagakure to force Konoha to hand over the Wood Release user."

Onoki came up with a plan that had a relatively low probability of success.

Even if Konoha cannot be persuaded to compromise and hand over the Wood Release user and the Four-Tails, there is a high probability that the three villages will join forces to deal with Konoha.

Immediately, Onoki issued another order, sending intelligence to Kumogakure and Sunagakure, and also to discuss cooperation.

As for Kirigakure, it is currently in seclusion.

Silent all night.

The following morning, after breakfast, Hoshino Hide followed Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others out of the Tree World.

As soon as Konoha moved, the Iwa ninja on the opposite side also moved.

Onoki appeared in the air with his guards.

"Lord Tsuchikage, that's...could it be the Third Hokage?"

The Tsuchikage guards were startled to see Hiruzen Sarutobi.

At this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi was wearing a Hokage robe and a Hokage hat over his armor, making him extremely obvious.

"It really is the Hokage. I didn't expect him to come."

Onoki gave a soft hum and then fell downwards.

Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi led Danzo and Homura Mitokado forward.

Finally, the two sides stopped ten meters apart.

"Naruto!"

"Tsuchikage!"

Onoki and Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke one after the other.

Ōnoki then pressed on aggressively: "Hokage, is Konoha going to wage all-out war?"

"After taking the Four-Tails, they even tried to steal the Five-Tails!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi said calmly, "This is just one tactic in war."

Onoki said with a grim face, "Back then, Lord Hashirama distributed the Tailed Beasts to balance the power of the ninja world. Now, Konoha is breaking the situation that Lord Hashirama established."

"Does Konoha intend to gather all the Tailed Beasts again?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned slightly upon hearing this, then said, "Konoha has no such intention."

"However, since the Four-Tails Jinchuriki has appeared on the battlefield, it is natural for anything to happen."

Just because someone is a Jinchūriki doesn't mean they can't die, right?

And surely the spoils of war obtained on the battlefield cannot be returned just because they are tailed beasts?

Of course, Onoki knew that his request was unreasonable, but in this world, there is no such thing as reasonable or unreasonable, only whether the fist is bigger or smaller.

His fists aren't big enough right now, but...

"Hokage, Konoha must hand over the Four-Tails, otherwise neither Sunagakure nor Kumogakure can accept it."

Onoki retorted firmly, "I remember, the Eight-Tails' rampage in Kumogakure that led to the death of its jinchūriki was also caused by a Wood Release user, wasn't it?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's eye twitched.

His worst fears came true.

The combined forces of Iwagakure and Kumogakure have greatly increased the pressure!

but.

Handing over the four tails means that Hoshino Shu must die.

"Tsuchikage, Konoha will not abandon any comrade!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly hardened his tone: "If Iwagakure wants to reclaim the Four-Tails, they either have to wait until the Four-Tails' Jinchuriki's life force is exhausted, or... they have to defeat Konoha!"

"However, Konoha will not surrender their comrades unless they fight to the last man."

(End of this chapter)