Naruto: I, who didn't want to be hacked to pieces, saved the ninja world.

Bai Yunqingye, who was still standing in place, could only shrug helplessly. Did he look like the kind of person who couldn't wait?

He followed him out, and tonight's dinner was as warm and lively as ever.

-

In contrast to the warm and lively atmosphere at Shirokumo Aoba's home, the atmosphere inside the Raikage Building remained cold and imposing.

The Fourth Raikage sat with a gloomy expression at the newly replaced desk, while a cleaner quietly swept up the debris left when the desk was smashed.

Apart from faint breathing sounds, the only other sound at the scene was the rustling of cleaning.

In such a quiet environment, even the faintest sounds seemed somewhat noisy.

So much so that even the cleaning staff broke out in a cold sweat.

After cleaning up thoroughly, they quickly left the scene.

"There's no news from the Land of Snow, but what about the Grass Village? Has there been no news from the Grass Village either?"

As the cleaning was finished, the Fourth Raikage, who had been wearing a gloomy expression, finally spoke.

According to the original plan, regardless of the success or failure of today's operation, the secret service responsible for carrying out this operation would send back a message at the agreed time via secret methods. This was also to ensure...

hope shook his head with a bitter expression. "The ninjas from the Grass Village haven't sent back any messages either. It seems that this operation has run into problems."

"..."

Silence fell over the scene once again.

The Fourth Raikage clenched his fist again, but as he watched his newly replaced desk suffer again, he slowly lowered his raised fist.

The Fourth Raikage sighed deeply and slumped into his chair. "Call back everyone who's still out on missions. And bring Hiya back from Turtle Island. War... is just around the corner."

"……Yes."

-

However, just as the Hidden Cloud Village was racking its brains to prepare for war, news that suddenly came from the ninja world the next day caught them off guard.

Breaking News! The Land of Grass sends ninjas to assassinate the Queen of the Land of Snow under the guise of cooperation!

The Queen of the Snow Kingdom is on the verge of death after an assassination attempt, enraging the Snow Kingdom!

The Land of Snow has officially declared war on the Land of Grass!

It's worth noting that besides being the Queen of the Snow Kingdom, Kazeka Koyuki is also a well-known actress.

She naturally understood how to publicize this so that everyone would know.

Therefore, without any intention of negotiation or giving the Land of Grass any chance to speak, they directly chose to declare war.

And this news was shared with newspapers in the major ninja nations.

Upon receiving this news, the newspaper naturally changed its headline overnight and published it.

This was also the most unexpected thing for the Hidden Cloud Village.

Instead of taking action against them, they're causing trouble for the Land of Grass. Could it be that their plans haven't been exposed yet?

This news caused quite a stir in the ninja world.

Although they are just two small countries, once a local war breaks out, the major powers in the surrounding area are likely to be drawn into it.

The peace that has lasted for more than a decade will be completely shattered.

Under these circumstances, while Konoha's old and new commercial streets remained prosperous, the atmosphere was noticeably more tense than before.

Many villagers are talking about this, after all, the Land of Grass is right next to Konoha.

Inside the Hokage Building, another Jonin meeting was held to address the incident.

Chapter 645 Village Brawl

Inside the Hokage Building, it is still the large conference room where the Jonin meeting was held.

This is enough to show that all the current and future ninjas of Konoha have gathered here.

Shirokumo Aoba stood on the high platform, flanked by Tsunade, the former Hokage who had just stepped down, and Shizune, who had served as the Hokage's personal secretary for two terms.

Standing below were a group of Jonin, as well as Kakashi, Might Guy, Sarutobi Asuma, Yamato, Uzuki Yugao, and Kurenai Yuhi, who led their ninja squads.

The appearance of a group of teenagers aroused the curiosity of many Jonin.

Not only them, but Sasuke and his friends were also looking around, not understanding why they were there. They had just woken up to find the Anbu knocking on their door.

However, Bai Yunqingye's expression was quite serious at this moment, which made the atmosphere in the conference room somewhat solemn, and no one dared to speak.

Today is the first day of the Hokage's term, and such a grand meeting has been held again. Even a fool would know that something big is about to happen.

Those who know what's going to happen will naturally have a serious expression, while those who don't will simply follow suit, seeing everyone around them expressionless.

Even the usually boisterous Naruto, Rock Lee, and Might Guy remained quiet.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Baiyun Qingye on the stage also spoke.

"Did everyone read this morning's newspaper?"

"newspaper?"

Many people were slightly taken aback, their expressions blank.

Clearly, most ninjas did not have the habit of reading newspapers.

"Are you referring to the Snow Country declaring war on the Grass Country?"

Nara Shikaku spoke up; he had a habit of reading newspapers.

They also vaguely guessed Baiyun Qingye's purpose in gathering them here.

After all, although not many people in Konoha knew about Shirokumo Aoba's relationship with the Snow Country Queen, he did.

After hearing his response, Bai Yun Qingye nodded and then said in a deep voice.

"As you all probably know, the Land of Snow established an alliance with Konoha two years ago. In the past two years, the Land of Snow has been supporting Konoha's research departments in terms of technology and funding, while Konoha has been helping the Land of Snow establish its own ninja village."

"Now that the Grass Country, which has always been a fence-sitter, has dared to launch an assassination attempt on the Queen of the Snow Country, we, as allies, naturally cannot sit idly by."

Upon hearing this, many people froze for a moment, then simultaneously gasped, causing the air conditioning in the conference room to turn up its power.

Is this the start of another war?

However, there are few to fear. It's one thing if the opponent is a weakling like the Land of Grass, but now Konoha's strength is showing signs of returning to the level of the First Hokage.

Let alone attacking the Land of Grass, we wouldn't be afraid to attack the Hidden Cloud Village directly.

Therefore, many people looked on with anticipation, while only a few showed signs of worry.

Seeing this scene, Shirokumo Aoba nodded in satisfaction and said, "Last night, the ministers of the Land of Snow contacted me. Because of the long distance, they were unable to attack the Land of Grass in a short time, so they entrusted us, Konoha, with the task."

"Our Konoha will launch a special military operation against the Land of Grass. Also, because the Land of Snow is far away, the Land of Grass will be handed over to Konoha for administration after the special operation ends."

These words caused another uproar in the audience.

What was originally thought to be a large-scale commission for a fee could actually lead to the acquisition of ownership of a country?

The country of grass is in chaos, weak, and poor.

But that's still a country, can it really be handed over to ninjas to manage?

Many people are still somewhat confused.

"Now, I will announce the specific objectives of this special military operation and the list of personnel involved."

At this moment, Shizune, who was standing to the side, stepped forward and stood up with the documents in her hand.

"This operation will be led by the Hokage himself, with Tsunade as his deputy. They will lead Kakashi's team, Might Guy's team, Asuma's team, Yamato's team, Yugao's team, and Kurenai's team, along with the members of Yuhi's team. They will split into three groups to launch a blitzkrieg against the Daimyo's mansion, Kusagakure, and Hozuki Castle in the Land of Grass, taking over the Land of Grass in the shortest possible time."

Although they may not have many people with them, in terms of high-end combat power, they are already enough to crush the other villages of the Five Great Ninja Villages.

Even without the Hokage personally intervening, there's former Hokage Tsunade, plus top Jonin like Kakashi and Might Guy. If they covered up the Land of Grass and pretended the target was Kumogakure or Iwagakure, they would believe it.

However, Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi, who were acting as parents, showed complicated expressions after hearing the list. It was obvious that they were helping Shikamaru and the others to improve their resumes.

How could an operation personally led by two Hokage possibly fail?

By participating in such military operations, the group would likely be able to advance to the rank of Jonin at the fastest possible speed.

After all, a large part of the reason Kakashi was able to become a Jonin at the age of twelve was because he fought his way through war.

After Shizune finished announcing the entire list, Shirokumo Aoba gave the final order.

"In that case, all personnel involved in this operation shall assemble at the gates of Konoha in one hour. As for how to quickly take over the Land of Grass and stabilize the situation after we conquer it, I'll leave that to you and the others to consider, Uncle Shikaku."

"Yes, I understand."

Nara Shikaku agreed with an extremely solemn expression.

This is no easy task. Although he is very experienced in handling the affairs of ninja villages, expanding it to a country is a different story.

He still felt a lot of pressure.

Of course, not everyone agrees with this so-called special military operation.

After all, this was tantamount to actively provoking a war, and ninjas who were used to peace would not like war.

But that didn't work, because that's the Hokage's power.

Discussions are one thing, but voting is another when it comes to electing Hokage.

But when it comes to making decisions on such important matters, the Hokage's decision-making power is always supreme.

The Hokage wields unlimited power in Konoha, and as a violent institution, Konoha will carry out the Hokage's will from top to bottom.

Therefore, when the Hokage of Konoha announced that he would start a war.

There will only be one voice in Konoha.

Therefore, although some people still lean towards conservatism and want to resolve this issue peacefully.

But under such circumstances, we can only obey the Hokage's will.

Otherwise, we'll have to conduct a thorough investigation to see if your Will of Fire is deep enough.

However, no one chose to stand up for the neighboring village of Kusagakure, which was also an ally.

This has always been the way of the ninja world: weak villages have no chance of diplomacy.