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The news of Yoru's breakthrough was secretly sent back to Konoha Village by Orochimaru.
After Hiruzen Sarutobi learned of this news, he let out a heavy sigh of relief. If Yoru had broken through, then even if Sunagakure deployed the One-Tail Shukaku onto the battlefield, Konoha would not be completely unable to resist.
As for the Third Kazekage—
A cold light flashed through Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes.
If that man took action, then perhaps he would also have to head to the battlefield and exchange a few moves with him.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was currently in the prime of his life. The name of the Ninja Hero resounded like thunder throughout the entire shinobi world!
The five types of chakra nature transformation were wielded by Hiruzen Sarutobi with perfect mastery.
Countless combination ninjutsu had been born in Hiruzen Sarutobi's hands. With a chakra reserve that could be considered enormous even among Kage-level experts, Hiruzen Sarutobi absolutely stood at the very peak of the current shinobi world.
Of course, if Tsunade and Orochimaru successfully broke through to Kage level, then even if Sunagakure deployed the Third Kazekage and the One-Tail Shukaku onto the battlefield, Hiruzen Sarutobi would not immediately set out for the front lines.
After all, Konoha was facing two great hidden villages at once—Sunagakure and Iwagakure!
And Iwagakure's Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, was the truly troublesome one.
That terrifying kekkei tota, Dust Release! Even Hiruzen Sarutobi would have to deal with it carefully.
Therefore, Hiruzen Sarutobi had to guard against Onoki appearing on the battlefield. On the Iwagakure front, at present, only Senju Senra had truly stepped into the Kage level!
And what was even more troublesome was that Iwagakure possessed two Tailed Beasts!
The Four-Tails!
The Five-Tails!
Both were in Iwagakure Village!
In particular, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi, was a troublesome figure. He could fully control the power of the Four-Tails.
As for Konoha, because Uzumaki Mito was nearing the end of her life, the Nine-Tails could not be deployed onto the battlefield.
If the Nine-Tails could be used, why would Konoha fear the Four-Tails and the Five-Tails?
Deep unwillingness filled Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes.
As for immediately transferring the Jinchuriki right now, that was absolutely impossible.
First of all, Uzumaki Mito was the wife of the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, and she possessed extremely high prestige in both Konoha and the Senju clan.
Only when Uzumaki Mito's life was truly approaching its end could a new Nine-Tails Jinchuriki be born.
Moreover, becoming the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki did not mean one could easily control the Nine-Tails' power.
As the strongest among the Tailed Beasts, and also the most violent one, the Nine-Tails was extremely difficult to control!
If it were forced into use, not only would the Jinchuriki die an unnatural death, even the Nine-Tails might turn against Konoha.
Of course, there was one very good method that could barely control the Nine-Tails.
Uchiha!
Hiruzen Sarutobi's gaze flickered. The Sharingan of the Uchiha clan could affect Tailed Beasts. This was something only a very small number of Konoha's upper ranks knew.
But the performance of this clan during the war truly made it difficult for Hiruzen Sarutobi to feel at ease!
Furthermore, the Uchiha clan was not as simple as it appeared on the surface.
Hiruzen Sarutobi silently thought to himself.
As a clan that had been passed down since the chaotic Warring States era, the Uchiha clan also possessed its own foundation. That foundation was something only the clan heads of each generation of the Uchiha clan knew.
When Konoha Village was first established, because the leader of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Madara, had a very good relationship with the leader of the Senju clan, Senju Hashirama, Senju Hashirama learned of this secret during a drinking session.
And Senju Hashirama had never been good at keeping things to himself, so he revealed it to his younger brother, the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama.
This was also why Senju Tobirama had been so wary of the Uchiha clan.
Because the Uchiha clan's foundation was far too terrifying! After Senju Hashirama's death, if the Uchiha clan used that foundation, it could very likely deal a severe blow to Konoha Village!
Of course, even within the Uchiha clan itself, there probably was not much of that terrifying thing left.
Therefore, as the successor chosen by the Second Hokage, before the Second Hokage died, he had told Hiruzen Sarutobi exactly what the Uchiha clan's foundation was.
Hiruzen Sarutobi quietly pondered for a moment, but in the end, he still gave up on the idea of using the Uchiha clan.
That clan was too dangerous!
Sunagakure frontline camp.
Command tent.
Bang!
Chiyo looked at the intelligence in her hand, slammed the table, and roared, "Such important intelligence! Why was it only delivered now?"
Below her, a Sand ninja dressed in Jonin attire knelt on the ground without answering.
Ebizo walked forward and placed his hand near the man's nose. A moment later, he shook his head at Chiyo.
"He's dead."
Chiyo remained silent.
After a moment, she said, "Have him buried with full honors and add his name to Sunagakure's list of martyrs."
The Sand ninjas inside the tent quickly responded. Two Sand ninjas stepped forward and carried the intelligence ninja out.
"Where did this white-haired Konoha ninja come from?!"
At this moment, Chiyo roared at everyone.
The intelligence described in detail how a white-haired Konoha ninja had completely wiped out Sunagakure's supply transport unit.
One had to know that this batch of supplies was extremely important. It contained a large number of explosive tags! The village had also attached great importance to it, dispatching one quasi-Kage expert and two peak Jonin-level experts to protect it.
But according to the scheduled time, this transport unit should have already arrived at Sunagakure's main camp. Realizing something was wrong, Chiyo quickly sent sensory ninjas and intelligence ninjas to search for traces of the transport unit.
What they found, however, was only a devastated mess that had long since been destroyed.
All of the explosive tags had been destroyed!
And all the escorting ninjas had died in battle!
Across the battlefield, terrifying cracks covered the earth, as if they had been carved open by someone's blade.
As for the Sand ninjas who had escorted the supplies, all of them had been torn apart along with the explosive tags!
During the continued search, they found this severely wounded Sunagakure Jonin. In his hand, he had been clutching this intelligence tightly.
He was the only surviving Sand ninja, and the intelligence in his hand described just how terrifying that Konoha ninja named Sakumo Hatake was!
That day, while this team of Sand ninjas had been transporting that batch of supplies, a white-haired Konoha ninja appeared before their eyes.
That ninja said not a single unnecessary word. He simply took out a white short blade and began slaughtering them!
Terrifying white saber light appeared between heaven and earth. Every time it flashed, it took away the lives of countless Sand ninjas!
Even the terrifying Wind Release of the quasi-Kage expert worshiped by the Sand ninjas had been split apart by that ninja with a single slash!
Knowing he was no match, that quasi-Kage ordered someone to seal the intelligence about this Konoha ninja inside an intelligence scroll and had a Sunagakure Jonin carry it while fleeing into the distance.
That terrifying Konoha ninja had been about to pursue him, but the fearless Sand ninjas desperately held him back. Seeing that he could not break free in a short period of time, that terrifying Konoha ninja slashed once toward the fleeing Sand ninja!
A terrifying white blade aura was unleashed from the white short blade, heavily injuring that Sunagakure ninja!
But in the end, he did not die immediately.
That Sand ninja escaped.
Chiyo's expression was gloomy. This terrifying ninja had left that quasi-Kage expert of Sunagakure completely unable to resist. Clearly, he was a Kage-level powerhouse from Konoha!
Konoha's foundation truly is terrifying!
A trace of bitterness filled Chiyo's mouth.
She had originally thought that the only troublesome one was Yoru Now, another Kage-level swordsman had suddenly appeared.
Moreover, although Konoha's Orochimaru and Princess Tsunade had not yet truly stepped into the Kage level, their combat strength was no weaker than that of an ordinary Kage-level expert.
Chiyo's gaze flickered.
Right now, Konoha's high-end combat power was already close to forming a crushing advantage over Sunagakure!
Chiyo silently said, "The operation must begin as soon as possible."
"Yes, Lady Chiyo!"
The Sand ninjas inside the tent all responded loudly.
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