I, Naruto Uzumaki, don't need your approval.

Such a battle is not worth his youth to protect, nor is it the Will of Fire in his heart.

At that moment, Kakashi suddenly turned around and patted Might Guy on the shoulder: "Guy, just do what you believe is right. Someone like you doesn't need to fall into darkness like me, but don't lose hope in the Will of Fire either."

Matt Kai paused for a moment, then gave a thumbs up: "Of course, my youth has just begun. Although I don't know what you've been through all these years, I will pull you back from the darkness, just like before."

Seeing Might Guy's fighting spirit rekindled, Kakashi smiled slightly, then looked around at the corners of the room.

Might Guy's words reminded him of his former comrade, that once passionate young man who had fallen even more completely into darkness than he had.

On such an important day, Obito would definitely be hiding in some corner nearby, secretly observing him.

If he can find Obito, he will teach Obito a lesson.

Chapter 241 Is this all the strength you have? Shukaku

Kakashi's intuition is very accurate.

On a cliff outside Konoha Village, Obito leaned against a tree trunk, gazing at the chaotic situation in Konoha. His tiger-striped mask revealed no expression, and the atmosphere was eerily quiet.

As the mastermind behind the Akatsuki organization, Obito was always keeping a close eye on the situation in Konoha.

Upon learning that Konoha was holding the Chunin Exams, he traveled all the way from Amegakure to come here, partly to cause trouble during the Chunin Exams and partly to monitor the Amegakure ninjas who arrived in Konoha, to see if he could create chaos.

Since Nagato and Konan annexed the Land of Grass and set it up as a window to the outside world.

Obito suspected that Nagato and Konan had lost their motivation to carry out the plan to collect the tailed beasts, and instead focused on leading Amegakure to dominate the ninja world and making Amegakure one of the five great ninja villages.

The actions of the Jonin leading the team from Amegakure also prove this point, as they are secretly communicating with the Jonin from Konoha.

If Nagato were to actually cooperate with Konoha, the plan to collect the Tailed Beasts would completely fail.

Upon arriving at Konoha, Konoha did not disappoint him. Despite his intervention, Konoha was thrown into chaos. All he needed to do was seize the opportunity to provoke a major war between the ninja villages.

Just then, Obito noticed two black dots in the distance, two massive chakra reactions rushing towards him.

He recognized the two chakras very well; they were those of his former best friend Kakashi and the savage loser Might Guy. When he saw the Jonin vest on Might Guy, Obito frowned.

It's only been a few years, and even Might Guy has become a Jonin. How did he manage to do that?

A dozen seconds later, Kakashi and Might Guy appeared in the open space in front of Obito, staring at Obito in the tree. Obito was also looking at them, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Might Guy felt the figure in front of him was somewhat familiar, but couldn't quite place the name. He turned to Kakashi and asked, "Is this masked man also an enemy of the village?"

Kakashi nodded slightly, then looked at Obito with a serious expression: "Obito, it's been more than ten years since we last met, hasn't it?"

Upon hearing this, Might Guy was completely dumbfounded and said incredulously, "Kakashi, you're saying this masked man is Obito? Didn't Obito die more than ten years ago? We even attended his funeral."

Kakashi said quite seriously, "Guy, you're right. Obito is dead. Only the village's enemy, the masked man Uchiha Madara, who attacked the village, remains."

After Kakashi exposed his identity, Obito frowned, then laughed loudly, "How did you guess my identity? But you're right, the old Obito is dead, and only Uchiha Madara lives in this world."

"Obito, why didn't you return to Konoha all these years? Why did you attack Konoha? Why did you kill Kushina? You're not that kind of person!"

"The world of ninjas killing each other is meaningless. What do you, a piece of trash, know?"

Obito laughed heartily, then activated Kamui and vanished from his spot, instantly appearing behind Kakashi with his scythe pointed at Kakashi's heart.

Might Guy noticed Obito's movement and quickly warned, "Kakashi, watch out behind you."

Just as he was about to be struck by the scythe, Kakashi's figure disappeared from the spot and reappeared on the treetop not far away. He said indifferently, "Obito, you have gone astray. I will pull you back from the abyss, just like before."

Seeing this, Obito looked at the kunai in Kakashi's hand with great interest: "You piece of trash, you haven't been completely stagnant over the years. You actually mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique without me noticing."

"However, is your Flying Thunder God Technique faster than Minato-sensei? Even he died at my hands."

Kakashi's expression shifted between light and dark. After forming hand seals, lightning crackled from his palms as he coldly declared, "Obito, I will personally defeat you and make you kneel before my teacher and his wife to apologize."

……

As time went on, most of the spectators in the arena had been evacuated.

The ninjas remaining in the arena, besides those from Uzushio Village and those who had been reanimated, consisted only of Konoha ninjas and a small number of Sand Village ninjas who were still putting up a fight.

In terms of both quantity and quality, the Sand Village ninjas are clearly no match for the Leaf Village ninjas.

However, the number of ninjas is meaningless in the face of tailed beasts. Without a strong enough leader, no matter how many ninjas there are, they will be defeated in the battle against the tailed beasts.

Among the Konoha ninjas who remained in the arena, the only one capable of fighting Shukaku was Tsunade, one of the Legendary Sannin.

However, Tsunade suffers from hemophobia and has completely lost her ability to fight after seeing the corpses in the arena.

With a loud shout, Shukaku's shockwave repelled all the Konoha ninjas who wanted to launch an attack. A pair of comical eyes locked onto Naruto in the audience, and Shukaku frowned as he said:

"Kid, I smell a stinky fox on you. Could you be Kurama's jinchūriki?"

After saying that, Shukaku formed hand seals, took a deep breath, and condensed a constantly rotating ball of chakra in front of him, which he then blasted towards Naruto in the audience with lightning speed.

"With a ninjutsu of that scale, the ninjas of Uzushio Village should be finished!"

Sensing the terrifying energy contained within the ninjutsu, the Konoha ninja present uttered this sentiment.

But Naruto simply waved his hand, and countless golden chains emerged behind him, forming an impenetrable golden net that blocked Shukaku's enormous wind blast.

This scene stunned all the Konoha ninja present, and even the Sand ninja were frozen in place.

That wind blast was almost as powerful as a Tailed Beast Ball, yet it was stopped so easily. Just who is this seemingly ordinary young man?

Naruto slowly stood up, looked at Shukaku in front of him, and said calmly, "Shukaku, if this is all the strength you have, I will doubt whether you are a member of the Tailed Beasts and whether you deserve the title of One-Tail."

Naruto's tiny body, less than two meters tall, is nothing compared to Shukaku's hundreds of meters long.

But to the other ninjas, this was undoubtedly a conversation between two monsters, and Naruto's aura was even stronger, making them wonder if they were under a genjutsu.

"Damn it, I am the strongest tailed beast!"

Shukaku said angrily, its huge body breaking through the Konoha barrier and rushing straight towards Naruto. It stretched out its arms, which were dozens of meters long, and swept across the buildings along the way, slashing them fiercely.

Just as Shukaku was about to strike Naruto, the green Susanoo warrior blocked Shukaku's path.

As he unleashed chakra arrows at Shukaku, he plunged his spiral sword into Shukaku's body and engaged in a fierce battle with him.

Chapter 242 Konoha is no longer the number one ninja village

The battle between Susanoo and Shukaku was as destructive as a small earthquake.

In just a few rounds of combat, the once magnificent arena was completely destroyed and lost its original appearance.

This reminded the Konoha ninjas, who had been immersed in peace for years, of the horrors of war.

Even during the war, when they didn't constantly face pressure from the tailed beasts, the aftershocks from the casual fight between the green samurai and Shukaku were enough to injure these Chunin.

After quickly creating distance, the Hidden Leaf Village focused its attention on Naruto and his group.

While Susanoo's strength is formidable, it's at most comparable to a tailed beast. This young man, however, is a hidden master. If he were to make a move, Shukaku would likely be no match for him.

Hundreds of meters away.

The Fire Country Daimyo, who had been waving a paper fan and acting nonchalantly, was now slumped on the ground. If it weren't for the Konoha Anbu noticing this Daimyo, he would have died in the arena long ago.

Watching Shukaku and Susanoo fighting in the distance, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire said with trembling hands and feet, "This is not what we agreed on before, this is not what we agreed on before."

Having recovered from her hemophobia, Tsunade looked at the disheveled daimyo of the Land of Fire and said with a disappointed expression:

"Lord Daimyo, please explain the whole story clearly. Didn't I tell you not to interfere in the internal affairs of the ninja village?"

"Tsunade, does Konoha also have this kind of monster...?"

The daimyo of the Land of Fire gave an irrelevant answer. After Tsunade nodded, he quietly recounted the deal he had made with Orochimaru and the Sarutobi clan six months prior.

Six months ago, a ninja from the Sarutobi clan approached the daimyo and proposed joining forces with him to help the Third Hokage reclaim his position.

Faced with Sarutobi's proposal, the Fire Country Daimyo readily agreed. After all, the recent reforms in Konoha had affected the interests of the Daimyo's household, leading him to consider replacing the Hokage.

"Lord Daimyo, you actually cooperated with Orochimaru and the people of Sunagakure..."

Tsunade rubbed her forehead, speechless at the daimyo's treason. However, at the beginning of the reform, she and Jiraiya had anticipated that the daimyo's household would resist, but they did not expect it to be in the form of an alliance with outsiders.

After a pause, Tsunade frowned and said, "I already made it very clear to you last time. Jiraiya doesn't necessarily want to reform, but without reform, Konoha and the Land of Fire simply cannot survive in the ninja world."

"Does the Daimyo prefer Konoha to be destroyed and the Land of Fire to perish rather than relinquish some of his interests?"

After a moment of silence, the Fire Country Daimyo said, "Tsunade, I understand. I will restrain my nobles and fully support Konoha's policies."

You'd better really do that.

Tsunade glanced at the disheveled daimyo of the Land of Fire, then put her hands on her hips and looked towards the arena in the distance.

The ninja who fought Shukaku was probably Uchiha Shisui. Legend has it that the power of Susanoo is comparable to that of the tailed beasts, and Shisui had already obtained power equivalent to that of the tailed beasts.

The mysterious boy standing near the arena should be Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, along with Karin and Haku.

As for the other two mysterious figures beside Naruto, Tsunade couldn't make a specific guess. They were probably Jonin recruited by Uzushio Village in recent years, who participated in the Chunin Exams together.

At that moment, several ANBU appeared beside Tsunade and reported on the current situation in the village.

Based on the intelligence, the situation facing Konoha in the other battlefields besides the arena is not optimistic. Even if they can achieve final victory, they will pay an unbearable price.

If they want to find a breakthrough, they may have no choice but to ask for help from outsiders in Wochao Village.

After a moment's thought, Tsunade left most of the Konoha ninja behind and, with a few Anbu members, headed toward the edge of the arena where Naruto was.

Not long after, Tsunade appeared near Naruto and stared at him and the others.

Sensing Tsunade's chakra, Naruto turned to the young old woman and said with a light laugh, "So it's Lady Tsunade. It's been more than two years since we last met, hasn't it?"

Tsunade didn't ask why Naruto was in Konoha, but simply said, "Naruto, Konoha needs your help, and Jiraiya and I will give you a reward that will satisfy you."

Naruto glanced at Tsunade and said sarcastically, "Does Konoha need the help of rogue ninjas? Why don't you go find Orochimaru? No, it seems he's having a heart-to-heart talk with the Third Hokage right now."

Suppressing her anger, Tsunade said as calmly as possible, "Naruto, you've helped us this time. Konoha will no longer pursue the Nine-Tails within you, or the other Uchiha residing in Uzushio Village."

"Even if I don't help, Konoha can't do anything to Uzushio Village."

Naruto frowned slightly, not very satisfied with Tsunade's suggestion. At times like this, it was necessary to take advantage of the situation and make a killing for Uzushio Village.

"How about this: in exchange for helping Konoha, I need the land of the River Country."

The Land of Rivers is one of the small countries surrounding Konoha, but it is extremely important strategically. If the other major ninja villages were to acquire the Land of Rivers, the entire heartland of the Land of Fire would be exposed.

Unable to suppress her anger, Tsunade clenched her fists and said, "Konoha is not incapable of dealing with Sunagakure and Orochimaru's forces. Naruto, don't go too far. You used to be a Konoha ninja."

"Without the market in the Land of Fire, the Land of Whirlpools wouldn't have developed so rapidly over the years."

"You should understand that maintaining a good relationship with Konoha is better than us completely breaking ties."