I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 373 Watergate! Operation!

bang——

The Spiral Shadow Binding Bullet disintegrated in mid-air, and Nara Rinka's Shadow Clone emerged from the tiny bullet, its dense shadow tentacles like a giant net, capturing Hiruzen Sarutobi.

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was already prepared for Nara Rinka's "Shadow Bullet Technique," clearly caught that extremely subtle explosion sound and immediately used the Body Flicker Technique to teleport to the side.

The control tactic of the [Shadow Clone] failed, but there was no rush to continue the pursuit. Instead, the Shadow Clone stood still and coldly watched Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Tsunade and Minato, who were standing to the side, were both astonished by the sudden and swift battle.

Neither Tsunade nor Minato Namikaze expected that the Third Hokage would choose to use violence to solve the problem.

They even used spirit communication techniques.

This looks like they're trying to snatch Shimura Danzo directly from Nara Rangkei's hands!

Is this how a Hokage should behave?

Nara Rinka's questioning voice rang out at that very moment.

Tsunade barely suppressed her anger and stared intently at Hiruzen Sarutobi, wanting to see how the old man planned to respond.

"I, too, would not wish for that..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi tightened his grip on the iron bar, lowered his eyes, and avoided meeting Nara Ranka's burning gaze head-on.

"But Danzo is, after all, an elder of the village. If he has made any mistakes, the village can only handle and resolve them."

Nara Rinka felt nauseous at the sound of those high-sounding words.

He also could not deny the political correctness of Hiruzen Sarutobi's words.

From a certain perspective, Nara Rinka and Tsunade's actions today were indeed somewhat taboo.

But to put it simply...

If Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, had done something worthwhile, Nara Rinka and Tsunade wouldn't have ended up like this.

So you only say nice things to my face, but do bad things in secret?

Have you said everything, good or bad, all by yourself?

"Good! What a 'what if'!"

Nara's sarcastic attitude toward the laurel tree was no longer concealed in the slightest.

"Hand it over to the village to handle? When has the village ever handled any issues related to Shimura Danzo?"

"He harmed his fellow villagers, leaked village information, and desecrated the Hokage's corpse... From what I have seen and heard, Danzo Shimura has done so many bad things, and the village has never dealt with them."

Furthermore...

Nara Rinka paused slightly, then changed the subject, turning his attention to the Third Hokage.

"Lord Third Generation, do you really not know what Shimura Danzo has been doing in secret?"

"Or are you deliberately ignoring it?"

Even Nara Rinkazu didn't know what reason or basis Sarutobi Hiruzen had for condoning Shimura Danzo's evil actions.

Or perhaps Hiruzen Sarutobi was simply incompetent.

Or perhaps Hiruzen Sarutobi is both stupid and wicked.

Nara Rinkazu thought long and hard, but couldn't find a third possible explanation.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was retorted several times and found himself speechless.

He felt that arguing with Nara Ranka was pointless, so he decided to... settle things with his hands!

All arguments can wait until Danzo Shimura is safely safe!

Hiruzen Sarutobi gripped his iron rod tightly and charged towards Nara Rinkaku without uttering a word.

At this moment, where is the Third Hokage who was always portrayed as kind, approachable, and discerning? Instead, he seems just like those muscle-bound idiots from the neighboring Hidden Cloud Village!

Tsunade could no longer contain her anger and was about to rush up and give the old man a good talking-to.

Teaming up with Nara to deal with the old man... it's not really bullying him!

No matter how fast Tsunade moves, she can't outrun Nara Rinka.

Since Hiruzen Sarutobi wants to start something new.

Then don't blame him for doing it again on the 15th!

Nara Rinka simply abandoned Shimura Danzo beside him, letting [Descendant of the Tree World] keep him in place, while he himself rapidly approached Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Seeing Nara Rinka approaching, Hiruzen Sarutobi was not surprised but pleased. He swung his iron rod heavily, the heavy rod making a sharp whooshing sound as it struck the ninja in front of him.

Nara Rinka was completely unfazed by this "wake-up call".

A continuous stream of Yin Release chakra surged from the Yin Seal, accumulating on Nara Ranka's body and instantly forming a skeletal, pure black shell—the initial stage of the Black Warrior.

clang!

The powerful iron bar struck the skeleton of the "Black Knight," instantly producing a thunderous sound.

Upon closer inspection, the Black Warrior of Nara stands firm like a rock, unmoving, with no trace of cracks on its skeleton.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's iron club strike failed to inflict any damage on the Black Warrior.

"How is that possible..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi widened his eyes slightly.

He didn't understand much about this giant spell.

However, from the perspective of the Hokage, this kind of giant technique should be a special ninjutsu created by changing the shape using Yin Release chakra.

Logically speaking, such a shell formed from chakra should not possess such high hardness.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had great confidence in the Vajra Iron Cudgel in his hand.

In his view, even if this heavy blow couldn't hurt Nara Rinka, it could at least remove the outer shell of his body, or at the very least knock him away.

How could it be that it couldn't even break through the defenses?!

This is a special chakra weapon transformed from a monkey demon, not some ordinary iron kunai!

Nara no longer gave Hiruzen Sarutobi any time to be shocked.

Through the opportunity of the iron rod making direct contact with the Black Knight, the weapon's reflection became closely linked with the Black Knight's shadow.

Nara Rinka's Yin Release chakra, through this special "shadow passage," connected in reverse to the location of Hiruzen Sarutobi, seemingly intending to control the Third Hokage.

The Nara clan's shadow magic works in this way.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was intimately familiar with the secret techniques of the village's ninja clans and knew he must not give the Nara clan a chance to take control.

Forcibly suppressing his shock, Hiruzen Sarutobi simply let go of his weapon, flung it forward, and flew backward while continuously forming hand seals in mid-air.

Through the mysterious connection of the summoning contract, Hiruzen Sarutobi's chakra was continuously injected into the iron rod, causing the number of iron rods flying towards Nara Rinka to continuously increase in mid-air.

One becomes two, two becomes four, four becomes eight...

The A-rank ninjutsu [Shadow Clone Technique], personally developed by Hiruzen Sarutobi, is not only applicable to shuriken, but can also be applied to other physical weapons!

Under Hiruzen Sarutobi's meticulous control, the Vajra Iron Rods, which had already transformed into dozens of individual rods, deformed and combined in mid-air to form a square Vajra Iron Cage, enveloping Nara Rinka and his "Black Warrior" within it.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly shouted towards Minato Namikaze.

"Minato! Help!"

However, what shocked and angered Hiruzen Sarutobi was...

Minato Namikaze remained motionless.

(End of this chapter)