Ninja World: I'm really a support-type ninja

This image of Minato Namikaze perfectly matched the idealized image in the minds of many Konoha ninjas.

he,

Minato Namikaze

He is the one who can lead Konoha back to its former glory!

"The decapitated Third Raikage, Lord Minato Namikaze!"

"The decapitated Third Raikage, Lord Minato Namikaze!"

"The decapitated Third Raikage, Lord Minato Namikaze!"

Immediately afterwards, the Konoha ninjas came to their senses, raising their arms and shouting with extreme excitement, because they had witnessed the birth of a great ninja!

This great ninja may have been an enemy of the Hidden Cloud Village, but to the Hidden Leaf Village, he was an undisputed hero!

Their enemy is my hero; the world has always been this way.

"Chase!"

"Leave them on this battlefield forever!"

"Beat them until they're scared, beat them until they hurt, beat them to a pulp!"

"Let the Hidden Cloud Village and the Land of Lightning never have the courage to face the Hidden Leaf Village and the Land of Fire again for the next 30 years!"

Minato Namikaze, holding the head of the Third Raikage, spoke in a deep, powerful voice, waving his hand forward as he issued a new round of orders to the Konoha ninja.

"Teacher, please take this."

Seeing the group of Konoha ninja giving chase, Minato Namikaze sealed the Third Raikage's head into a sealing scroll and then handed it to Jiraiya.

Jiraiya reached out and took it, gave Minato Namikaze a deep look, and then patted him on the shoulder.

"You've grown up completely, while I... have grown old..."

With mixed feelings of relief and loneliness, Jiraiya's emotions were quite complex. After saying a few words, he turned and left without joining the encirclement and suppression of the retreating Cloud Village ninja force.

Minato Namikaze was also stunned for a moment, but then he composed himself, patted the Flying Thunder God seal on his waist, and turned to follow the Konoha ninja forces.

Even though the retreating Cloud Ninja forces outnumbered the Leaf Ninja forces several times over, the encirclement and suppression battle still required Minato Namikaze to be the final boss.

Meanwhile, Akira Hatake, far away in Konoha, also received a message from Minato Namikaze.

Chapter 164 A Sudden Change Occurs!

Outside Konoha Village,

In the sparsely populated jungle.

"Master's wife, that's enough!"

"Oh……"

Kushina Uzumaki, still somewhat unsatisfied after landing, asked, "It's done so quickly?"

"My master informed me that things are almost settled."

"Akira, you mean... the war on the front lines... has been won?" Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly asked, his words filled with disbelief.

"Yes, Third Hokage."

Akira Hatake nodded, then offered a compliment.

"This is all thanks to your support; otherwise, the progress at the front lines wouldn't have been so rapid." He also didn't forget Kushina Uzumaki, "And my master's wife too. Without the Tailed Beast Ball and Tailed Beast Chakra, Minato-sensei wouldn't have been able to unleash such power."

"Of course!"

Kushina Uzumaki spoke lightly, her face immediately lighting up with excitement, "Don't you know who I am? I'm Kushina Uzumaki!"

After exchanging pleasantries, Akira Hatake had no intention of continuing the conversation; he was eager to return to the battlefield.

It is foreseeable that once this Tailed Beast Ball long-range attack tactic takes effect, the defeat of the Cloud Village side is inevitable.

Everyone is happy to get involved in kicking a dog when it's down, and Akira Hatake is no exception.

Moreover, we should take advantage of this opportunity to deal more damage so that we can use the Book of Devouring Gods to convert a large amount of life energy. We won't have such a good opportunity again.

Akira Hatake must take advantage of the Third Shinobi World War to accumulate enough resources to cope with the many changes that will occur in the future.

Just as Akira Hatake was saying goodbye and preparing to leave, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, suddenly called out to him.

"Akira, with Jiraiya and Minato holding the line at the front, the routed Kumogakure ninja forces can't cause much trouble." Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Akira Hatake with a smile. "Why don't you come with me to escort Kushina back to the village? What do you think?"

Seeing Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression, Akira Hatake knew that Hiruzen had other plans in mind.

Since he had already said that, Akira Hatake couldn't very well refuse outright.

Moreover, just as Hiruzen Sarutobi said, the Kumogakure ninja forces on the northeastern front of Konoha are indeed not capable of causing any trouble.

In that case, we might as well see what Hiruzen Sarutobi is really up to.

"The Third Hokage is right, and I just used up a lot of chakra, so I can take this opportunity to recover."

Akira Hatake smiled and nodded, and even came up with a pretty perfect reason.

"Haha, let's go back to the village together first. I also need to talk to you about something."

Old fox...

Akira Hatake thought to himself, then followed Hiruzen Sarutobi and walked side by side with Kushina Uzumaki. The three of them slowly headed towards Konoha.

……

"That was just now..."

"The Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Kushina Uzumaki, and another brat... if I'm not mistaken, should be Akira Hatake, one of the Konoha Twins."

"Akira Hatake? Shouldn't he be on the battlefield fighting between the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning?"

"I don't know, but it doesn't affect our mission."

"Okay, let's stop discussing this and hurry up and infiltrate the vicinity of Konoha Village. There are spies in the village to meet us!"

Not long after Hatake Akira and his two companions left, several Iwagakure villagers emerged from the ground not far from where they had just been.

Earth Release: Rock Concealment Technique.

This is an Earth Release ninjutsu similar to the White Zetsu Mayfly Technique. It allows the user to move underground, concealing their presence while silently approaching their target.

The Earthquake Core Squad of Iwagakure was able to safely avoid the many visible and hidden sentries outside Konoha by using this ninjutsu.

Of course, this is also related to the spies from Iwagakure in Konoha.

The intelligence provided to the Cloud Ninja by the spies detailed the deployment of sentry posts outside Konoha Village and even guaranteed that they could coordinate with the Earthquake Nuclear Team from the inside.

Using Earth Release: Rock Concealment Technique again, the Earthquake Core Team disappeared back into the earth, heading towards Konoha Village in an extremely covert manner.

Unaware of this, Akira and his two companions continued walking into the village on their own.

Actually, this can't be blamed on Akira Hatake and the others. After all, sensory-type ninjas are rare, and none of the three of them are sensory-type ninjas.

Thus, when the three returned to the village, they did not discover the Rock Ninja Earthquake Core Team that was about to head to Konoha Village.

After sending Kushina Uzumaki home, Akira Hatake followed the Third Hokage into the Hokage Building.

Hokage's office,

After returning, Hiruzen Sarutobi sat down in a chair and casually took off his Hokage hat, placing it on the table.

"Akira, actually, the reason I kept you here is to ask you some questions." After sitting down, Hiruzen Sarutobi got straight to the point.

"Third Hokage, please speak."

"I'd like to know, what are your thoughts on the Will of Fire?"

This is the first time I've ever seen Hiruzen Sarutobi so direct, which may explain why Akira Hatake rarely interacts with Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Regardless of the circumstances, Hiruzen Sarutobi's question was clearly a test of Akira Hatake's abilities.

"As for the Will of Fire... I think it's an ideology, an ideology that unites everyone in Konoha," Akira Hatake replied without hesitation.

"Specifically?" Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes lit up slightly. "Tell me in detail."

"I think the Will of Fire manifests in three ways."

"The first is dedication."

"I will dedicate everything I have to make the village's future better."

"The second is inheritance."

"After the dedication of our predecessors, we, their successors, should inherit their spirit of dedication and carry it out persistently."

"The third is perfection."

"With the persistent dedication of our predecessors and our generation, many crises and shortcomings will be exposed. We should make up for them and make the village better and better under the illumination of the Will of Fire!"

Akira Hatake was very composed, and his words were reasonable, logically consistent, and interconnected, clearly indicating that he had carefully studied Hiruzen Sarutobi's "The Will of Fire".

Hiruzen Sarutobi was quite satisfied with Hatake Akira's explanation and couldn't help but nod with a smile.

"If everyone could be like you, Konoha would be completely bathed in sunlight."

"Third Hokage, is there darkness encroaching on the village in a place I'm unaware of?" Akira Hatake asked, seizing the opportunity to pose a question he already knew the answer to, which made Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was about to speak eloquently, choke on his words.

Is this a question that can be answered?

Is it true that Danzo Shimura was the one who fostered darkness?

how can that be!

"Ahem, no." Hiruzen Sarutobi said without changing his expression. "What I'm trying to say is that as long as you hold firm to your beliefs, the future of the village will surely be illuminated by light."

"I will, Third Hokage."

"Then what is your view on the ninja clans and common ninjas in the village?" Hiruzen Sarutobi then threw out another fatal question.

The ninja clan and the common people, to put it simply, are groups with different interests.

On a larger scale, this is a conflict of interests between two classes.

Konoha's elite education is mostly dominated by ninja clans. Although commoners also have a chance to rise to prominence, only three people have emerged since the village's founding: Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Minato Namikaze.

Moreover, the reason these three were able to rise to prominence was also due to their close connection with some ninjas in the ninja clan, one of whom was none other than the current Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.