Pirate: I'm cracked, but my mutation talent is incredibly strong.

At this moment, on the battlefield outside Konoha Village.

Shanks searched for a long time but could not find the mysteriously disappeared white-haired ninja.

He could only end the search amidst his curses and swears.

He glanced at the other battlefields.

The eldest brother was watching the show, while the second brother dealt with the most ninjas...

The third brother is battling the Third Hokage, the fourth brother is suppressing the orange fox, and the sixth brother is fiercely exchanging blows with that mushroom-headed guy...

Orochimaru, that seemingly sinister guy, actually made a move too.

He was leading the ninjas of Otogakure (Hidden Sound Village) in an attack on several old male ninjas.

Chiyo and the ninjas from Sunagakure have not yet made a move; they seem to be observing the situation.

Gaara and Shukaku, behind their fourth brother Shamrock, seemed to be making threats to the orange fox.

Seeing the increasing number of ninjas, Shanks unleashed his Conqueror's Haki once more without hesitation.

If this continues, this village could gather tens of thousands of ninjas.

He didn't want to kill so many people; it would be better to stun them.

Due to the severity of the battle, the Hyuga, Akimichi, Yamanaka, Nara, Inuzuka, and Aburame clans all mobilized large numbers of ninjas.

The Sarutobi clan, in particular, mobilized hundreds or even thousands of ninjas.

Konoha Village is facing annihilation. If they don't come out now, are they just going to watch Konoha be destroyed?

"Well, Hiruzen Sarutobi, you bastard, you've been hiding so many of your clansmen."

Danzo Shimura looked at the massive Sarutobi clan army with a look of mockery and displeasure.

He worked tirelessly and devoted himself to Konoha, taking the blame for many things, before finally managing to pull the roots back up.

His Shimura family consisted of only a few dozen people.

Hiruzen Sarutobi served as Hokage for decades, yet the Sarutobi clan expanded many times over, now numbering in the thousands.

A significant portion of the legacies of the Senju clan, the Uchiha clan, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina Uzumaki fell into the hands of the Third Hokage.

Danzo obtained a portion of the Sharingan and forbidden Uchiha techniques, and he and two other Konoha advisors received only a small amount of valuables.

Most of the money was confiscated by the Third Hokage and incorporated into the Konoha Village's finances.

As for how much Hiruzen Sarutobi swallowed, Danzo couldn't find out.

The Sarutobi clan plundered the Fourth Hokage's family relentlessly, leaving them with not a single item.

Even the scarf that Kushina Uzumaki knitted for Naruto was found by Konohamaru Sarutobi in the Sarutobi clan's warehouse.

"Has the Sarutobi clan become the next Senju and Uchiha?!"

Danzo narrowed his eyes. With such a large ninja clan, Hiruzen Sarutobi had yet another reason to die.

Konoha doesn't need such powerful clans!

Both Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo experienced the rise and fall of the Senju and Uchiha clans, and some even participated in it personally.

"Having witnessed the destruction of the Senju and Uchiha clans, is that why the Sarutobi clan keeps such a low profile?"

Are you also afraid of becoming a target of public criticism, and being suppressed and wiped out by other families?

Danzo gritted his teeth; he truly hadn't expected the Sarutobi clan to have hidden so many ninjas.

Many Sarutobi ninjas who wore Konoha headbands never participated in the Chunin Exams or Jonin Rankings.

How unassuming and patient the Sarutobi clan is!

Fortunately, his roots were not prepared to make a move.

If Root had made the first move, these Sarutobi ninjas might have been able to endure and remain hidden.

It's estimated that they won't be forced to do so until the Fourth Shinobi World War, which is on par with the Fourth Shinobi World War.

"Hiruzen Sarutobi, you deserve to die!"

No wonder they've been so reluctant to leave this position!

Danzo's resentment towards his friend reached its peak: "You've been the Third Hokage for decades, can't you let me be the Fifth Hokage for a few years?!"

Disgusting! Greedy for power! Greedy for money! Hypocritical!

After these Sarutobi ninjas appeared in large numbers, Danzo wished that Hiruzen Sarutobi would die at Katakuri's hands immediately.

Once he becomes the Fifth Hokage, he must give the Sarutobi clan a good beating.

Make the Sarutobi clan return all the money they embezzled.

He said that Konoha was always so short of money, and Danzo even had to earn part of the Root's money himself.

So all the money went to the Sarutobi clan!

Hiruzen Sarutobi even frequently sent him to the daimyo of the Land of Fire to ask for funds, making him take the blame and offend people.

The thought that some of the funds he had worked so hard to obtain would be taken by Hiruzen Sarutobi and used to support the hundreds or thousands of Sarutobi ninjas made him even more resentful!

I treated you like a brother, and I did all the dirty and hard work for you, and this is how you treat me!

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"Haha, the quality of this batch of ninjas is much better. There are even so many that withstood my Conqueror's Haki."

Shanks looked at the Konoha ninjas who hadn't fallen, his eyes filled with excitement.

He was very unhappy about the fight with the white-haired guy.

Hopefully, these ninjas will give him a good fight.

"Damn it! So strong! What kind of monster is this?!"

The few Jonin of the Inuzuka clan who were still standing watched their ninja dog companions being knocked unconscious, and they were all sweating profusely.

Without the ninja dogs, their secret techniques cannot be activated, reducing their combat power by at least 60%.

The Jonin of the Aburame clan were also in a difficult position, since most of their clan's secret techniques were contained within insects.

That exaggerated, imposing aura is the most effective way to subdue insects.

"There's no trace of chakra flow in their meridians!!"

The Hyuga clan's Jonin stared in shock at Shanks's unleashed power; this was not the power of chakra.

This is pure, overwhelming power!

More than 90% of the ninjas in a village are genin or chunin.

The ninjas of the largest village in the ninja world were stunned and wiped out by these few teenagers with just a few bursts of their aura.

This instantly cost them their home-field advantage in numbers!

How could a ninja possibly possess such a terrifying technique!

If the Third Raikage had possessed such a clearing technique, he wouldn't have been surrounded and killed by ten thousand Iwagakure ninja.

"Hahaha, the grunts are out!"

"This is a battlefield for the strong!"

"Divine Evasion: Griffin's Fang!"

Shanks wielded his famous sword Griffin and instantly slashed at what appeared to be the strongest, Hyuga Hiashi.

"Baguazhang - Reversal of Fortune!!"

Hiashi Hyuga was terrified by Shanks' swift attack and broke out in a cold sweat. Without hesitation, he used the Hyuga clan's strongest secret technique, unleashing a blue chakra vortex shield with "absolute defense".

"boom!!"

The seemingly flawless secret technique of Rejuvenation in Konoha was shattered by the blood-red griffin's sword aura in a single blow.

"Woo-ha~"

Hiashi Hyuga coughed up a mouthful of blood and was blasted away.

Even the absolute defense and counter-attack techniques of Baguazhang's "Return to Heaven" couldn't withstand the boy's single strike.

Shanks did indeed suffer a terrifying physical rebound force, but he withstood it by using his full Armament Haki.

"Ouch~, so my own moves hurt that much!"

Shanks took the hit of his own counterattack head-on, and blood seeped from his arm, which was wrapped in Armament Haki.

However, thanks to the Mythical Zoan Griffin Fruit ability, this injury can be healed quickly!

"Chieftain!!"

The Hyuga branch family Jonin were terrified and rushed towards Hyuga Hiashi to protect the head of the main family.

If Hiashi Hyuga dies in battle, they will all be buried with him!

Fang Huo reappeared above the battlefield, looked at Danzo, the cunning old fox, and stretched out his large hand...

It seems the Sage of Six Paths and the Toad Sage are about to intervene; Jiraiya has already returned via reverse summoning...

Let's grab what we want first, and deal with the rest when the real thing arrives.

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