Starting from the roots of Konoha, they were the masterminds behind the scenes.

Hoshino Shuu became a hands-off manager, but Minato Namikaze, Kakashi Nara, Shikaku Nara, and others started working non-stop.

The integration of the four great ninja villages with Konoha will undoubtedly be a massive undertaking.

In particular, there are inherent conflicts, contradictions, and even hatred among the five great ninja villages.

Even though this great war that affected the entire ninja world suppressed these conflicts and hatreds to the greatest extent possible, and with the presence of Xingxia Xiu, it was still a very troublesome matter.

Therefore, Minato Namikaze directly assembled a Fusion Headquarters with Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Homura Mitokado, Koharu Utatane, Tsunade, Yahiko, along with the Kazekage Rasa, the Mizukage Yagura, the new Raikage Darui, and the new Tsuchikage Kyoto, to discuss and make decisions on numerous matters related to the fusion of the various ninja villages.

Konoha, in the main conference room.

All members of the Fusion Headquarters were gathered together, along with elites from various ninja villages such as Nara Shikaku, Kakashi, Uchiha Itachi, Nagato, Uchiha Obito, Tsuchida, Ao, and Pakura.

"Although fusion is already a set goal, for the sake of future stability, I personally suggest that the new fused entity should be given a different name."

Fengying Luosha spoke first.

Yagura then said, "I think Lord Kazekage's suggestion is feasible. Since it is a new world and a new order, we must break all the old ways."

"Moreover, it is no longer appropriate for many villages to be merged together and then named or managed as villages."

Huang Tu then added, "Furthermore, the new Fusion Headquarters is not suitable for a location in Konoha."

Darui frowned slightly and said, "If all the villages were merged into one place, I'm afraid there wouldn't be any suitable location."

Mitomon immediately retorted: "If the new order after the merger is still the same as before, with each village operating independently, then it's the same as not merging at all."

"Moreover, this also makes it easier to breed divisions, so that the new order is inherently vulnerable from the outset."

"Now that we are merging, it should be just like the establishment of the old ninja villages, with all the ninja clans coming together."

"As for the establishment of the headquarters after the merger... that's not the most difficult problem."

Koharu Utatane said calmly, "The combined population of the five great ninja villages is only about six or seven hundred thousand."

"In terms of area alone, a city like the Daimyo's Mansion in the Land of Fire could accommodate it."

"Even in Konoha, there is enough space to expand."

Huang Tu said, "If all the ninja villages were to relocate to Konoha, it would be difficult to effectively control the Land of Earth, the Land of Water, and the Land of Birds, which are far away."

Minato Namikaze did not speak immediately, but listened quietly to the opinions of the others.

Yahiko glanced at the four Kage and smiled, "In that case, I think the Land of Rain is very suitable as the Fusion Headquarters."

Kazekage Rasa immediately objected: "Although the Land of Rain is located in the center of the country, it rains all year round, and the environment is too harsh and unsuitable."

Yahiko secretly grumbled to himself after hearing this.

Is the environment in the Land of Rain harsh?

Can anything be worse than the Land of Wind?

Fortunately, he had already considered this point and immediately said, "The environment of the Land of Rain is not unchangeable."

"Teacher Xiu once said that by changing the terrain in the north of the Land of Rain, the year-round rain situation in the Land of Rain can be changed. Furthermore, this can also change the rainfall situation in the south of the Land of Earth, thus improving the environment of both countries to some extent."

Yahiko brought out Hoshinobu, causing Koto's expression to change slightly. He hesitated for a moment: "Change the terrain? What do you mean?"

Yahiko smiled and said, "If we cut off a section of the high mountain in the mountain range between the Land of Rain and the Land of Earth, the moisture that is blocked by the high mountain will enter the Land of Earth, so that the moisture from the southern sea will not all remain in the Land of Rain."

Huang Tu was slightly taken aback: "This... really can?"

"Moreover, changing the terrain is no easy task."

Yahiko glanced at Obito Uchiha and the others and smiled, "With Nagato and Obito Uchiha, I don't think it will be too difficult."

The loess soil fell silent.

He had also experienced the terrifying power of the complete Susanoo, and splitting a mountain in two with a single slash was no problem for him.

Minato Namikaze, who had remained silent until now, finally spoke up: "Regardless of whether or not the Land of Rain is designated as the future Fusion Headquarters, this plan is beneficial to both the Land of Rain and the Land of Earth, so I think it's worth a try."

"Obito, Shisui, you will cooperate with Nagato to carry out this mission."

Obito Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha immediately nodded: "Yes!"

The two exchanged a glance with Nagato behind Yahiko, and then the three of them simultaneously used the Body Flicker Technique to disappear from the conference room.

On the Hokage Rock.

The figures of Nagato and his two companions appeared one after another.

Obito Uchiha asked, "Shall we set off now?"

Nagato said, "Let's set off now. When we arrive at Amegakure, I'll treat you to a meal."

"Then rest for one night, and head to the border tomorrow."

Obito Uchiha looked at Shisui Uchiha.

Zhi Shui smiled and said, "I have no problem."

Obito Uchiha nodded: "Then let's do as Nagato says."

"I'll take you there; it'll be much faster."

Nagato nodded.

So Obito Uchiha, along with Nagato and Shisui Uchiha, used Kamui to travel.

Meanwhile, the meeting continued in the conference room.

Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced at everyone, then slowly said, "The issue of merging the headquarters' location can be discussed further later."

"The most crucial thing right now is integration."

"I believe it is inevitable to gather all the ninjas in one city."

"This is something that I, Minato, Tsunade, and Hidetoshi have discussed before."

Tsunade, who was just passing by, nodded: "We did have a similar idea back then."

"As for the difficulty in controlling countries that are too far away, that's not a difficult problem to solve."

"Watergate had previously made some feasible suggestions."

All eyes then turned to Minato Namikaze.

Minato Namikaze went along with it, saying, "The feasible suggestions that the Fourth Hokage mentioned are actually some of Hideaki-sensei's ideas."

"For example, we can set up branches at the former sites of various ninja villages and send ninjas to guard them on a rotating basis."

"In this respect, we can actually emulate the practice of daimyo dispatching officials to govern different villages and towns."

These words made Luo Sha and the others fall into deep thought.

They wouldn't find such a plan too difficult to accept.

It is no longer possible to maintain the original independence, power, and interests.

The previous controversy arose not only because these issues were indeed worth discussing, but also because it was a struggle for interests.

While the four great ninja villages did indeed face pressure from Konoha and Hoshino Hideaki and had to integrate into Konoha, that doesn't mean they couldn't fight for the interests of the future new order and the new world.

If you don't fight, you'll have nothing.

Under the premise of great integration, it is still possible to gain some benefits by competing.

If you don't fight for benefits, you won't get them.

If we don't have it now, then we can forget about it in the future.

"If that's the case, will the villagers from the various ninja villages migrate together, or will only a portion of them migrate?"

Luo Sha asked.

Minato Namikaze: "The principle is voluntary."

"If a new fusion headquarters is to be built outside of the five great ninja villages, then the first to relocate will inevitably be the ninjas and their families."

"Next is to develop a sound commercial sector, bringing in ordinary residents to fulfill the city's functions. These can be brought in from the original ninja villages to a limited extent."

Huang Tu nodded in agreement: "That is indeed a reasonable consideration."

"In this way, we can also have an income to use as operating funds."

Mizukage Yagura nodded: "This plan is reasonable, I agree."

Darui and Rosa nodded in agreement.

Minato Namikaze breathed a sigh of relief, then continued, "I have already discussed this with the Second, Third, and Fourth Hokage. During the fusion process, we will remove the exclusive titles such as Kazekage, Mizukage, Tsuchikage, Raikage, and Hokage."

The Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, who had been listening in, said, "Since we are going to establish a new order and integrate all the ninjas, then these titles that are prone to causing division should be buried in history. Otherwise, they will inevitably become the source of internal division in the future."

He was actually the one who first proposed it.

Yagura asked, "If we don't refer to them as 'Shadow,' then how should we address the future leader?"

"How should the village leaders and chiefs be arranged now?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi explained, "What the Second Hokage and Minato meant was not that Raikage, Hokage, Kazekage, and Mizukage would no longer be allowed to appear, but rather that such titles would no longer be exclusive to any particular leader."

"Ninjas are classified starting from Genin, and then advancing to Chunin, Jonin, and even Senior and Elite Jonin."

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"Then from now on, the Kage will also be part of the evaluation of all ninja ranks."

"That is, after becoming an elite Jonin, one can be promoted to Kage."

Luo Sha understood the intention behind it instantly.

By turning titles like Hokage into a category of ninja ranks, they became less special, and people would no longer use past titles like Kazekage, Hokage, or Raikage to cause internal divisions.

After becoming more mainstream, the political connotations of the film can be further reduced.

This is much better than simply disabling it.

After all, even if it's banned, it can still be taken out and used again.

However, how should the advancement of the Shadow be considered?

Before Rasa could even speak, Yahiko had already asked the question.

Minato Namikaze said, "Above the elite Jonin, there are not only Kage, but also Super Kage and Six Paths."

"As for how to measure and assess, it will not be fundamentally different from the original ninja assessment system."

"Strength, mission experience. In fact, the current Kage themselves are a benchmark."

"As for the Super Shadow level and the Six Paths level, these are actually strength levels that Teacher Xiu proposed a long time ago."

Tobirama Senju took over the conversation: "The terms 'Super Kage' and 'Six Paths' are actually a pure measure of strength."

"Super Kage is someone who surpasses the Kage of each village, compared to the Kage of the village."

"Back then, Madara Uchiha and his brother Hashirama Senju were both at this level."

"As for the Six Paths, the Six Paths Sages are used as the benchmark."

The Sage of Six Paths!

Yagura and the others all showed strange expressions.

Minato Namikaze said, "Currently, the only people in the ninja world who have reached the Six Paths level, besides the Sage of Six Paths himself, are Kaguya Otsutsuki, Hideaki-sensei, Madara Uchiha who became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, Asahi Hoshino, and Sasuke Uchiha."

"Of course, Might Guy, who opened the Eight Gates Formation, also counts."

Huang Tu asked, "Since the Kage has become part of the ninja hierarchy, what should be the title of the leader that all ninjas share in the future?"

Minato Namikaze asked, "How is Tennin?"

Tianren?

Yahiko thought for a moment and said, "How about tracing back to the origins of ninjas and calling it Ninja Cult?"

"Ninjas originated from the Ninja Cult established by the Sage of Six Paths."

Luo Sha said, "Why not call him Patience Ancestor?"

……

Inside the Divine Might Space.

Xingxia Xiu looked at her space and realized she had a lot of stuff.

A divine tree, which he just released, comes from a parallel world.

There was also a Gedo Statue, which was the husk of the Ten-Tails, extracted from Kaguya's body.

And many tailed beasts.

Then there are the two spheres formed by the planet Chibaku Tensei, one of which seals Kaguya Otsutsuki, and the other of which seals Black Zetsu from a parallel world.

In addition, there are Black Zetsu nailed to the ground by black rods.

Hoshinoshita arrived at the top of the Gedo Mazo and carefully sensed its condition.

At this moment, his senses were fully activated, including but not limited to natural senses, senses of good and evil, electromagnetic senses... He wanted to determine whether this Gedo Mazo extracted from Kaguya's body still contained Kaguya Otsutsuki's consciousness.

Even the faintest form of consciousness.

If so, it means there are potential risks.

Therefore, Xingxia Xiu was very careful, even though she had been very careful when she first drew the card.

"It's clean..."

After carefully checking it over, Xingxia Xiu felt relieved.

Well, actually, it was the state of being a "soulful singer" that gave him confidence.

Previously, Hoshino's plan was to take the clean Ten-Tails from Isshiki Otsutsuki, then sacrifice the Tailed Beasts, as well as Kaguya Otsutsuki and Black Zetsu, so that Isshiki Otsutsuki's Ten-Tails would become a divine tree and bear divine tree fruit.

Then, eat the fruit yourself to awaken your own Rinnegan, or even the Rinne Sharingan, or some other dojutsu.

The Ten-Tails Jinchuriki is still not a safe bet.

However, with ample preparation, this final battle easily separated Kaguya Otsutsuki, and now the Gedo Mazo is clean.

Then there's no need to waste time waiting.

If he hadn't felt his strength was insufficient before, Hoshino Shu would have even wanted to drag out the Sage of Six Paths as well.

For him, the Sage of Six Paths was also an unstable factor.

This person isn't exactly mentally sound either.

"However, since this Ten-Tails once belonged to Kaguya Otsutsuki, we cannot sacrifice Kaguya Otsutsuki and Black Zetsu again, lest they gain the opportunity to regain control of the Ten-Tails."

Xingxia Xiu thought to himself, "I still need to find a place to plant the divine tree."

He planted the divine tree not to absorb the earth's natural energy, but to make the divine tree, which Kaguya Otsutsuki had previously controlled, bear fruit again.

"That place should be the most suitable..."

Xingxia Xiu left the Kamui Space and then reappeared on the previous battlefield.

The next moment, his left eye switched to the Rinnegan with six tomoe.

Yes, Sasuke's Rinnegan also manifested in Hoshino Shu.

Although it was the Sage of Six Paths who gave him the advantage, it was he who facilitated it.

It was under his tutelage that Uchiha Sasuke and his son Menma received the gifts of the Sage of Six Paths, thus gaining the power of the Six Paths.

Thus, Xingxiaxiu received the same feedback in the state of "being fond of teaching".

A spacetime vortex appeared, eventually forming a spacetime gate.

Xingxia Xiu stepped inside. (End of Chapter)