The Avengers of the Uzumaki Family

Even in a world with extraordinary powers, this principle applies 100% to all.

Unless Menma simply sees this planet as a breeding ground for making himself stronger, then that's a different story.

"I hope you can be more active so I can enjoy some more entertainment, Danzo-san."

A cold glint appeared in Mianma's eyes, and he murmured these words in a low voice.

Then.

After a gentle breeze blew by.

Then Mianma's figure disappeared.

All the arrangements and plans here are important and secondary, but whether they can be realized depends not only on Menma's own actions, but also on the 'cooperation' of others. What Menma can do is to make the most reasonable judgment at the right time as much as possible.

The rest.

That depends on whether the current situation allows it or not.

A grand and magnificent celebration.

It brought together the participation of almost every country and ninja village.

The successful conclusion of this grand event has brought a unique impact and sensory experience to ninja villages in various countries.

In particular, the small and medium-sized ninja villages were both relieved that the ninja world had returned to a temporary state of peace, and they did not have to worry about being affected by the battles of the great powers. However, they were also afraid of the rise of Hidden Light Village. In particular, the small ninja villages surrounding Hidden Light Village could clearly feel the blatant threat from Hidden Light Village.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 392 Different Choices

Although Hidden Light Village may seem to be still within the small territory formerly belonging to Hidden Takigakure and Hidden Grass Villages, the leaders of these small ninja villages have every reason to believe that once Hidden Light Village has completed its integration and fully adapted to all the issues arising from the merger of the two villages, Hidden Light Village will definitely embark on its own path of expansion.

This has been amply proven over the past few decades. Which of the five great nations in the ninja world today didn't start this way? This doesn't just refer to the five ninja villages of Konoha, Kirigakure, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure, but also to the Land of Fire, the Land of Wind, the Land of Water, the Land of Earth, and the Land of Lightning. Their territories weren't always there; they expanded step by step. Even setting aside events from hundreds of years ago, in the last hundred years alone, some smaller countries have been destroyed and subsequently incorporated into the territories of the larger nations.

The largest ninja village in the country was none other than the Uzumaki Village, once Konoha's largest and most steadfast ally. As a country and ninja village established by the Uzumaki clan, which had a history of nearly a thousand years, it was still directly destroyed in a great war.

It was directly swallowed up by the Land of Water and the Hidden Mist Village.

The remaining small ninja villages that were destroyed are countless.

The present-day Hidden Light Village is what was once one of the Five Great Nations.

How could the small ninja villages bordering Hidden Light Village not feel apprehensive? Are these countries special? Are the status of daimyo and nobles far higher than that of ninjas?

Do not make jokes.

That was just polite talk.

The number of nobles assassinated by ninjas is well over ten million.

The number of countries that were destroyed was far more than just dozens.

The current daimyo of the Land of Grass and the Land of Waterfall are both wary of their own so-called newly established sixth great nation.

But all they could do was worry, unable to take any meaningful action. After all, this was a world with extraordinary power, and those who could use chakra were the only ones who could guide the direction of this world.

The Hidden Village of Light has become an existence they must look up to.

This is a special celebration.

This also established the village of Hidden Light's status as a major power.

Tenkage has officially become a being comparable to the previous Five Kage.

from now on.

It is a situation where six major powers and six shadows stand side by side.

While the small ninja village could only be passively drawn into this massive vortex, the Kage of the great powers, after returning from their respective missions and carefully listening to and understanding the information relayed by their subordinates, made different decisions.

Sunagakure is the most bachelor-like village.

After clearly understanding the current strength of the Hidden Light Village and the fact that Shikaku, representing Konoha, was having deeper negotiations with the Hidden Light Village, Maki made the decision to remain completely in hiding.

The Sand Village is no longer the powerful nation that could influence the ninja world.

Not only is there a severe shortage of high-level talent, but the training of mid- and low-level ninjas is also far inferior to what it used to be. Not to mention the quality issues, even the most basic increase in quantity has hit a bottleneck.

The reason.

It's simply because we're too poor.

While training ninjas doesn't require exorbitant resources, the supply of basic necessities still needs to be guaranteed. The unique mechanisms established at the beginning of ninja villages meant that the acquisition of funds, equipment, and supplies depended on the countries behind them.

The Land of Wind is not only a poor country, but also a country that is most wary of its own ninja village. In addition, the Sand Village has repeatedly been defeated in the three Shinobi World Wars, which has given the Daimyo of the Land of Wind and those nobles an excuse to cut funds, equipment and supplies.

The reason why life in Sunagakure Village is getting worse year by year.

This is also one of the most important reasons.

Previously, Sunagakure could rely on the Magnet Release techniques of the Third and Fourth Kazekage to mine gold from the vast desert to supplement the village's finances. However, the current Fifth Kazekage, Baki, cannot do this, and his personal strength is not at the level of the previous two Kazekage. Although it is generally true that the Kage of the Five Great Shinobi Villages are showing a trend of each generation being weaker than the last (purely from the perspective of strength).

But Maki is definitely the one with the most severe gap in strength.

Because at best, he can only be considered an elite Jonin to a near-Kage level. The key reason why Gaara became the Fifth Kazekage in the original work is that, as the Jinchuriki of the One-Tailed Beast, he possessed Kage-level strength.

However, in this timeline, Gaara was captured by Konoha once, which left a slight 'stain' on his identity.

It's really not a good idea to directly push Gaara to Chiyo or Ebizo.

Even so, I still want to support Gaara.

We'll have to wait at least a few more years.

For example, Gaara had to grow up completely and make great contributions to the village before he could take the position. Maki took the position under such circumstances and was a true 'replacement Kage' in a transitional sense. Maki himself was well aware of this.

Based on this, Maki didn't even dare to hope that Sunagakure could be revived under his leadership, but at the very least, he wanted to ensure that no problems arose and that the village could steadily recover its strength over time, which would be enough.

Don’t seek merit, but seek no faults.

This is Machi's current mindset.

"Is this really alright, Lord Kazekage?"

In the Land of Wind, in Sunagakure, in that slightly old-fashioned office belonging to the Kazekage.

A young man looked at Maki, who was wearing a divine robe and sat on the main seat, with a questioning look on his face, and asked softly as if he could hardly accept it.

"That's settled then. What Sunagakure needs most right now is time. Also, remember to send a copy of all the information here to Lady Chiyo and Lady Ebizo."

Maki nodded calmly and said.

"Yes, Lord Kazekage."

The young Sand Ninja bowed in response.

He immediately vanished from his spot in a flash.

Let whoever wants to dominate, do so.

At least in their generation, Sunagakure is unlikely to rise again. The Fourth Kazekage's last desperate attempt was the biggest lesson learned.

Maki now only hopes that God can give Sunagakure more time. As long as the next generation grows up, perhaps Sunagakure will still have a chance to turn things around.

Maki's Choice

This represents Sunagakure's submission.

This kind of retreat is not just a small step or a short-term matter; it is calculated in terms of at least three to five years, or even longer.

This was a choice Sunagakure had no other option but to make.

On this point.

The Hidden Cloud Village was in a similar situation, but unlike the completely decadent Hidden Sand Village, the Hidden Cloud Village, under the leadership of the Fourth Raikage, still had the power to fight. This was not only because the Fourth Raikage, A, was stronger than the average Kage, but also because Killer Bee, an Eight-Tails Jinchuriki who could be considered to have reached the level of a Super Kage, was there to support them.

This is something that Sunagakure can only dream of.

Not to mention.

The Cloud Ninja's current core strength is far superior to that of the Sand Ninja.

Maki's Sand Village needs to take a big step back and buy as much time as possible to develop, while A's Cloud Village still has the qualifications and ability to compete on the chessboard, but only this once.

If it gets hit hard again.

The fate of Kumogakure might be even worse than that of Sunagakure.

Yes.

The Fourth Raikage, A, also highly valued Tsuchida's mission.

While the Konoha delegation represented by Shikaku was still in Hikaru Village, Tsuchida had already traveled day and night back to Kumogakure and reported everything he had seen and heard on this trip to his Fourth Raikage.

In particular, it was emphasized that Menma intended to release the Two-Tails Jinchuriki—Yugito—in the next few days.

"What did you say!? Tutai, is this a confirmed matter!? You're not joking, are you?!"

Upon hearing this, the Fourth Raikage, A, suddenly stood up from his seat, stared intently at the earthen platform opposite him, and asked loudly.

"That swirling face, does she really agree to return Yukito to us!?"

It wasn't that Ai thought Tutai would deceive him on such an important matter.

The development of this is simply too incredible. You have to understand that these are tailed beasts, which are terrifying beings that can fight against thousands of enemies at the very least. Even if they can only borrow the tailed beast's chakra to a basic level, the Jinchuriki's strength is among the top of the Jonin level, let alone the Jinchuriki who can perform the complete tailed beast transformation.

Generally, a Kage-level ninja can indeed rival the Jinchūriki of the One to Seven Tails.

However, if we're talking about strategic value...

That is something that cannot be compared to it at all.

The fall of the wooden figure.

This is the greatest loss for their Hidden Cloud Village.

The Fourth Raikage, A, was already prepared to never get Yugito back, but now Tsuchida is telling him this.

Will the hemp seed be released back to the wooden figure?

This isn't just shocking, it's incredibly shocking.

Even the Fourth Raikage felt his worldview was about to explode.

On either side, Mabui and Samui, who served as the Fourth Raikage's personal secretaries, also showed varying degrees of shock.