Master, please become the Hokage

A string of tears fell in the forest air...

Chapter 44. Swift Release: The fifth bloodline limit is completed!

A few days later, Ye Cang returned to Sunagakure.

This trip ended with Ye Cang's complete return.

From the perspective of the Sunagakure clan, Hakura wreaked havoc within the Land of Fire, even managing to escape unscathed under Hatake Sakumo. This was clearly a morale-boosting operation. While ultimately failing to kill the Hokage's son, it was enough. After all, the saying "When a man passes through a field of flowers, not a single leaf remains" speaks volumes.

From Konoha's perspective, it was Sarutobi Ryo's return that repelled Yekura, forcing Yekura to quickly abandon his actions within the Land of Fire. He subsequently remained absent from the Land of Fire for a period of time. This was undoubtedly a victory for Konoha, marking the resurgence of the Black Death's reputation.

Win, both sides feel they have won.

Only Ryo Sarutobi and Hagura, the parties involved, understand who...is the one who has the last laugh.

Minato Namikaze was sent out, but ultimately returned empty-handed, which is another topic.

However, Konoha's top brass were not shy about taking the opportunity to publicize it.

Utane Koharu and Mitokado En announced to everyone that they had fled in a hurry because Ye Cang heard the news of Namikaze Minato's actions.

As for how many people will believe it, that is another matter.

A week after Ye Cang left...

Sarutobi Ryo's training also came to a temporary end.

With the acquisition of the fifth bloodline limit, Sarutobi Ryo's quality has been improved again.

First of all, the number of shadow clones can be maintained at more than 15 when practicing at full strength.

This is equivalent to having a 15-fold increase in the cultivation speed.

It also indicates an increase in Sarutobi Ryo's total chakra amount, physical strength, and chakra control.

The duration of the shadow clone also becomes longer.

The most important thing is to obtain "Swift Escape".

In the manor that had been mostly repaired, Sarutobi Ryo took a step outside and could already feel a clear difference.

This kick was as light as a swallow, as if the body had become lighter out of thin air.

With one more leap, he felt as if he were floating in the air.

With his feet touching the ground, Sarutobi Ryo quietly savored the feeling.

"Swift escape!"

The next moment, his figure flashed and he appeared on the wall.

"No need for hand seals, but rather a direct change of physique, a bloodline limit that generates power from within..."

After the initial attempt, Sarutobi Ryo began to continue his training.

When Shan Zhonghui walked over from the yard at the side, what he saw was... a black shadow that was constantly moving.

In broad daylight, the black shadow was seen moving at such a fast speed that it almost formed a series of afterimages.

And there was no sound at all, just like a ghost.

As Sarutobi Ryo's movement speed increased again, these black afterimages turned into a series of black lines.

Shan Zhonghui kept turning his eyes, overwhelmed by the sight.

Soon, the human figure in front of me could no longer be seen clearly.

"It seems that the young master has mastered the art of swift escape. This speed is just too astonishing!"

This movement speed is already able to catch up with those top-notch people who use the teleportation technique.

For example, Minato Namikaze and Sakumo Hatake.

Swish.

Sarutobi Ryo took a silent step and appeared.

"sharp......"

Sarutobi Ryo couldn't help but sigh at the effect of the Swift Release Kekkei Genkai.

After only some initial training, he had already surpassed Minato Namikaze and the others.

After practicing for a while, it would be no problem for him to surpass Minato Namikaze's instant body movement technique.

By then, the only ninjas who could compete with him in terms of mobility would be Hatake Sakumo and the Fourth Generation Ai, among others.

Of course, Minato Namikaze is still young.

But even if he developed to the later stage in the original work, his teleportation technique would definitely not be as good as his own swift escape technique.

——Unless he becomes the perfect Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Therefore, the only one Minato Namikaze could rely on was Flying Thunder God.

In Sarutobi Ryo's mind, Hatake Sakumo is the most suitable candidate for the Fourth Hokage.

And the fifth generation...

Naturally, there will be competition between himself and Minato Namikaze.

So, it’s okay to consider it in advance.

"Master, congratulations..."

Shan Zhonghui came over and first congratulated his young master on his successful swift escape.

"The higher-ups just gave the order, saying that Iwagakure has launched a massive attack..."

There are at least 15000 ninjas in Iwagakure Village.

Of course, Ohnoki wouldn't throw everyone in right away.

At the beginning of the Ninja World War, the symbol of the war becoming increasingly intense was the increase in the number of people involved.

From small-scale trials to legion operations.

As a result, the pressure on the Konoha front increased.

Because Yunyin is also constantly harassing.

Kirigakure also recently reoccupied the Land of Whirlpools and began harassing the interior of the Land of Fire.

Sand Village is also constantly causing trouble.

Konoha faces multiple enemies at once.

In this situation, it is impossible for masters like Hatake Sakumo to have countless clones.

Therefore, the strategy of the Konoha top leaders is to mobilize every Konoha ninja and make the best use of them.

The assignment Sarutobi Ryo received was to go to the Iwagakure front line.

The front battlefield will be held by a large force.

Sarutobi Ryo's mission is to go deep into the enemy camp and assassinate the enemy commander.

"Assassination?"

Sarutobi raised his eyebrow.

The work of the dark side is always closely related to darkness.

Assassinations are indeed commonplace.

But it is indeed difficult to take the enemy's head from among thousands of troops.

Fortunately, he has now mastered the "Swift Escape" skill, which allows him to appear and disappear without a trace and he is not afraid of being surrounded.

"I'll tell you more on the way..."

Sarutobi Ryo immediately set off, leading his Anbu Team 6 to Iwagakure.

In this mission, Sarutobi Ryo could smell a conspiracy.

Are the Konoha high-level officials anxious because they saw that they defeated Ye Cang?

Yes, it is possible.

......

Two days later.

Ryo Sarutobi brought his team to the northern part of the Land of Fire, facing the Iwagakure front.

Konoha is currently fighting Iwagakure in two locations.

One borders the Rain Country.

One borders on the Grass Country.

The current location of Sarutobi Ryo is where the Land of Fire and the Land of Grass meet.

Iwagakure crossed the Grass Country and launched an invasion of the Fire Country.

According to intelligence, they have a team of more than 1000 people gathered in the Land of Grass.

As soon as the logistics are in place, a large-scale attack will be launched.

There is also a ninja village in the Land of Grass, called Kusagakure Village.

Because he was weak, he just lay down and pretended to be dead right from the start.

Iwagakure was too lazy to pay attention to Kusagakure, after all, Kusagakure also had the fate of being a loser.

The five major countries asked Kusagakure Village to build "Hidden Castle" to detain important criminals from each country.

Therefore, because of this reason, Kusagakure Village was extremely poor due to its large-scale construction, and it was impossible for it to turn things around.

Naturally, other countries ignored them and at most used them as experience packs for novices to practice, but they had no intention of destroying them.

Chapter 45. Explosive Escape + Steel Escape Hunt

Within the Land of Grass, natural vegetation is lush and dense.

Giant mushrooms 4 or 5 meters high and trees over 50 meters high can be seen everywhere.

Even the grass is often nearly as tall as a person.

In such a dense natural environment, concealment and reconnaissance become important means of attack and defense.

A small group of Iwagakure ninjas were currently walking along a path in the woods.

The leader had an exaggerated hairstyle, skinny cheeks, and black eyeballs that took up most of his eye sockets, making him look like a skeleton devil.

"It's the Explosive Hunting..."

Yamanaka Hui recognized the other person's identity at the first moment.

As a standard Iwagakure ninja, Kari developed step by step, experiencing birth, growth, entering the ninja school, graduation... and was eventually promoted to the elite Jonin of Iwagakure.

Because of his powerful explosive ability, Bakuton Kekkei Genkai, he was transferred to the blasting department by Ohnoki and eventually became the leader of this department. He would also be considered Deidara's predecessor.

Explosive Release is a bloodline limit with extremely powerful attack power.

Can blow others to ashes in an instant.

The strength of the three senior ninjas following behind him should not be underestimated either.

They belong to various departments...the reconnaissance team, logistics department, and the dark department, and they are all well-known characters.

usually.

For some important tasks, Iwagakure will directly dispatch elite troops and have strong people complete the reconnaissance mission.

For example, before this large-scale operation of Iwagakure, they sent four people including Shou... to clear the passage.

Investigate Konoha's movements and be vigilant against traps set by Konoha.

Because of their extremely strong strength and high full power, the four of them have the freedom of action during wartime and can decide their own actions based on the real-time situation.

"Um?!"