The correct way for the Uchiha to rise

With his right hand raised high, chakra spun, forming a sharp disc. As the chakra was transformed into wind-style chakra by Maka, even without moving, the sharp aura of the disc cut through the surrounding air.

"go"

"What is this?! What's your relationship with Tu Shi?!"

The Third Raikage recognized Maga's Spirit Slash at a glance. After all, two years ago, his son and adopted son had encountered Tsuchishi and were defeated by his Spirit Slash. Afterwards, he heard the two men give the most detailed description of this technique.

Even though the colors were different, the Third Raikage recognized him immediately.

"Lightning Armor"

The Third Raikage dared not underestimate this technique, for it was this very technique that Tsuchiwa used to split the Eight-Tails in two.

Lightning gathered, forming a thick layer of lightning armor around the Third Raikage's body.

"Compared to my armor mode, it has stronger cohesion, but since it doesn't utilize natural energy, its defensive capabilities are probably inferior to my armor."

Maka was also assessing everything about the Third Raikage.

However, it seemed to disappoint him somewhat.

That's it? The strongest shield? Disappointing. It seems the Third Raikage's strongest shield wasn't just his lightning armor, but also himself. His physical attributes played a significant role.

With that kind of physical strength, he easily withstood the attacks of the Chikamatsu Ten Guards even without activating his Lightning Release Armor.

However, even with strong defense, can one withstand one's own Qi Yuan Slash?

This is a technique that even Madara Uchiha's Susanoo could easily cut through! Of course, the technique that Maka used was much less powerful than his original form, but it was still something the Third Raikage couldn't defend against.

As expected, when the Qi Yuan Slash collided with the Lightning Release Armor, the disc's extreme cutting power cleaved a crack in the Lightning Release Armor. The strongest shield was instantly sliced ​​apart by Maka's attack!

Besides being the strongest spear and the strongest shield, the Third Raikage was also incredibly fast, and his reaction time was naturally extremely quick.

Realizing that the Lightning Armor could not defend against the opponent's attack, he immediately turned around.

The disc swept across his chest.

The Third Raikage clutched his chest with his left hand. Although the disc had only grazed his chest, its sharp edge still caused serious damage to his internal organs.

"withdraw!"

With the Cloud Village troops withdrawing, Maga also took the opportunity to slip away.

Even though it was just a brief battle, Sunagakure was still greatly affected. The Sunagakure leadership was unable to chase after them immediately, especially since they were missing Maga, a powerful fighter.

Who would have thought that the village's elite fighting force was hiding its true strength, possessing an attack power that even the strongest shield couldn't withstand? But what should have been a cause for celebration turned out to be completely different from what they had imagined.

Earth and stone, Marca and earth and stone are related!

Chiyo and the others had no time to pursue the Cloud Ninja; Maga's identity was clearly something they were more wary of.

Who is Tsuchishi? A rogue ninja from Iwagakure, who attacked the village twice! I initially thought it was all an act, but now it seems it might not be fake!

Chapter 251 Chaos

Maka couldn't hold back any longer. Originally, he was an undercover agent in Sunagakure, infiltrating the village to learn the Reincarnation Technique. However, after his original body traveled to the future and learned the technique, he even witnessed the Samsara Rebirth Technique. So, staying in Sunagakure was no longer very meaningful for him.

Even because of this incident, the Third Kazekage went missing, Sunagakure was attacked, and he and Rasa unleashed their power to repel Kumogakure. The position of Kazekage is not far off.

The key issue is that Maga doesn't want to be the Kazekage.

Undercover agent? Pshaw, what undercover agent? I was just hanging around in Sunagakure, and somehow I ended up as Kazekage. Is that even possible?

Furthermore, "Kage" doesn't refer to a Kage-level rank; not everyone wants to be one. Especially the most problematic position, Kazekage, where the village not only fails to provide resources but also has to support the Kazekage. How unfair is that?

Becoming Kazekage is out of the question. I'm not even interested in becoming Hokage. You'd be a joke if I became Kazekage here!

Didn't you see how tired the village's Kage is? Compare the Third Hokage to Danzo, how much older he looks. And Onoki, if it weren't for his excessive work, would he have developed such a back ailment?

Hey, even a Kage-level powerhouse is so tired that his back hurts. You can imagine how much work he has to do. Of course, Onoki might have been working overtime on his own.

"I can't possibly be a shadow!"

In fact, Maga could have easily revealed his Sand Release technique and defeated the Third Raikage. Even if it aroused suspicion, it wouldn't have caused any problems. In fact, if Maga had mastered Sand Release, he might have had an advantage in competing with Rasa for the Kazekage title.

After all, Rasa had been defeated by Maga so many times that most of the ninjas in the village knew about it. How could it be acceptable for the village's Kage to be defeated multiple times after that?

Moreover, unless absolutely necessary, the higher-ups would not allow the Shadow position to remain in the hands of one faction indefinitely.

......

Therefore, defection is the best option.

Well, Maga never considered humbly giving up the position of Kazekage to Rasa and then staying in Sunagakure.

three days later.

Leaf.

"Three days ago, the Hidden Cloud Village, led by the Third Raikage, launched a surprise attack on the Hidden Sand Village. Although they were repelled, the Hidden Sand Village still suffered considerable losses. Today, the Hidden Sand Village has directly assembled a large army, declaring that it will go to war with the Hidden Cloud Village."

Teacher, here in Konoha...

Jiraiya frowned. The attack by Kumogakure was too sudden. Although many forces could guess that the other side would be the first to act, this was still too fast.

Moreover, the Hidden Cloud Village chose the Hidden Sand Village, which is separated from the Land of Lightning by half a ninja world.

The Third Hokage was also quite troubled. This incident was already very sudden, and the other news made it even more distressing.

Rasa is acceptable, after all, he is the disciple of the Third Kazekage and inherited the Sand Release ability. It is understandable that he can exert such strong strength in the desert environment. But who is this Maka?

Okay, Konoha has information about him, after all, he is an elite Jonin, but the information clearly states that he is only good at movement techniques and skills, so can someone tell me why he was able to break through the strongest shield's defense with one blow!

The intelligence report also stated that the technique used by the opponent was the same one that Tsuchishi used three years ago in his battle against the Eight-Tails. This intelligence contains a lot of information...

The Third Hokage took out a cigarette, took a drag, and slowly exhaled, filling the office with smoke.

Two days later, Konoha launched a war against Kumogakure, and the Konoha army set out towards the border of the Land of Fire.

"Senior Hui, are you coming with us too?"

At the assembly point, Obito looked at Hikaru and forced a smile.

"Of course. Minato and I have dealt with Kumogakure many times, so it makes sense to send us to the battlefield there."

Hui explained casually, then added with a smile, "By the way, Minato might be taking on some positions, but I'm different; I won't have much to do. So Minato asked me to take care of you guys."

"what?"

Obito let out a scream.

Rin tugged at Obito, signaling him to stop. "With Teacher Hui's help, we'll be safer. Obito, don't look so sad."

Hui nodded; Lin was the most sensible one.

"Alright, your teacher Minato has arrived. We should be leaving soon."

......

At this time, the situation in the ninja world was in complete chaos.

The Hidden Cloud Village launched a surprise attack on the Hidden Sand Village, and the armies of Konoha and the Hidden Sand Village gathered. At this moment, war was unstoppable, and there was a sense of impending doom.

Moreover, unlike the Second Shinobi World War, with the deaths of the First and Second Hokage, the Third Hokage's control over the villages declined. During the war, the power of the Kage within each village was constrained, and some of the war's energy was allocated to eliminating dissidents.

This is a real war, a full-scale war.

People from the five major countries are migrating to large cities. In smaller countries, especially those sandwiched between larger countries, there are many cases of citizens illegally crossing borders or emigrating, and the number of displaced people and disaster victims is increasing significantly.

The Land of Earth.

Looking at the large number of refugees, Tu Shi sighed deeply.

"In war, it is the ordinary people who suffer the most."

But what can he do?

"Perhaps, all we can do is try our best to achieve peace in the ninja world. Our goal will be achieved."

Having received a large quantity of medicinal herbs from Hui, Tu Shi refined them all into pills and distributed them to his various clones and his main body before arriving in the Land of Earth.

At this time, Tsuchishi was a low-ranking genin in Iwagakure, an identity he had prepared long ago.

"Tu, don't get distracted. There's nothing we can do about these disaster victims. War is inevitable. Aside from them, aren't we in the same boat?"

Seeing Tu Shi staring at the disaster victims with a distressed expression, his teammates comforted him.

Hearing his companion's words of comfort, Tu Shi chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Yes, in the face of war, human life is as worthless as grass. If only there were no war."

Hearing Tu Shi say this seemed to resonate with him, and his companion sighed, "Yes, if only there were no war, then I could grow up with my child and watch him grow up..."

......

After a long silence, seemingly to ease the awkwardness, his companion spoke up again, "By the way, do you know what we're going to do this time? I heard that the Land of Lightning has already sent troops to our Land of Earth. But we're not heading towards the Land of Lightning, but rather towards the Land of Wind. Are we going to start a war with the Land of Wind? Facing two major ninja villages at the same time is not a good thing."

This didn't stump Tsuchishi, after all, he wasn't entirely a Genin from Iwagakure; he knew a lot of things.

The direction of the Land of Wind doesn't necessarily mean war against it. You know, not long ago, a group of Cloud Village troops from the Land of Wind withdrew.

The Third Raikage's plan was to attack the Land of Wind and then, during the retreat, circle around to the rear of the Land of Earth, launching a pincer attack. He had a very clever scheme in mind, but he didn't seem to have considered the thoughts of the Sand Village.

Even if Sunagakure suffered heavy losses and desperately needed to recover, they shouldn't be unable to spare manpower to investigate the retreat of the Kumogakure forces. They might not know the exact location, but the general direction is certainly correct.

I need to recover from my injuries, but I can find someone to beat you up.

Although Maga has defected and no longer has such detailed information about the movements of the Sunagakure leadership, Tsuchishi can still conclude that Sunagakure and Iwagakure have formed an alliance, at least when facing Kumogakure.

But knowing this is one thing, it's another; these things can't be said.

"Why do you care about this? Decisions are for the higher-ups. We genin just need to follow orders. It doesn't matter who we fight. Besides, it would actually be better to fight Sunagakure. Lightning Release is too effective against Earth Release. We are at a great disadvantage in the battle against Kumogakure."

"Indeed, in that sense, we still came out ahead. At least we weren't facing those Lightning Release ninjas from Kumogakure, so we don't have to worry about being countered."

Hearing his companion say that, Tsuchishi was speechless. "Brother, if you knew we were facing the strongest Lightning Release user, you probably wouldn't have said that."

Without saying another word, the two followed the troops closely and began their journey.

The base of the leaves.

Danzo has been staying in Root for the past two days and has hardly gone out. He even made a brief appearance at the meeting before Konoha declared war on Kumogakure.

The changes in Sunagakure also greatly surprised Danzo. He hadn't expected Sunagakure to be so well-hidden. Rasa had quietly become a Kage-level ninja, and even possessed area-of-effect attack ninjutsu. That wasn't all; the appearance of Maga was equally astonishing—another Kage-level ninja, and one whose attacks could pierce even the strongest shields.

Fortunately, he didn't attack. Otherwise, if he had been caught off guard by these two, his chances of becoming Hokage would have been slim.

Of course, Danzo would not admit his mistake.