Naruto: Evil is easy to commit, making Amegakure great again.

"Danzo—!?"

At the same time, in the Hokage's office in Konoha Village, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt a sudden sense of unease.

I have a feeling that my old friend has encountered some misfortune somewhere, without my knowledge...

"Is it just my imagination...?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi, in the prime of his life, frowned slightly and instinctively turned his gaze to the window outside his office.

In a daze, he seemed to see his old friend Danzo Shimura secretly plotting within the Land of Rain.

They diligently created trouble for the ninjas of the Rain and Earth kingdoms.

This will facilitate expanding advantages in terms of wood and leaf.

To achieve final victory in this war.

"You've really worked hard, Danzo..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi picked up the pipe he had placed on his desk beforehand, put it in his mouth, and took a deep drag.

He started puffing on cigarettes as usual, trying to drown his sorrows.

"The course of this war is becoming increasingly unpredictable and difficult to understand..."

Originally, the only participants in this war were the two great nations of Fire and Earth, and the small ninja nation of Rain, which was forced into the conflict.

Now, the Land of Wind, which had been observing from the sidelines, has somehow begun to join the war.

They want to get a share of the profits.

This sudden change in the situation really gave Hiruzen Sarutobi a headache.

I feel like the burden on my shoulders has become even heavier.

"Teacher, this Hokage position is really tough to hold..."

Now that things have come to this, Hiruzen Sarutobi, sitting in the same spot, finally understands the hardships and helplessness of his teacher, Tobirama Senju.

I realized that his usual indifference and melancholy were not something he was deliberately putting on.

Instead, they genuinely worry and fret about the development and future of Konoha Village.

"Konoha is threatened by war in the front and plagued by infighting among ninja factions in the rear..."

This really threw the entire Hidden Leaf Village into chaos.

It caused countless ordinary people to suffer as a result.

He lived in constant fear, terrified that Konoha would lose the war.

It brought them unimaginable pain and destruction.

"Only by sitting in this position can one truly understand how difficult things were for you, Tobirama-sensei..."

Frankly speaking, Konoha currently has the strength and potential to maintain its status as the "Ninja World Overlord".

Whether it's outstanding new-generation ninjas like Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade, or veteran powerhouses like Hatake Sakumo, Akimichi Torifu, and Uchiha Kagami.

Essentially, they are all symbols of Konoha's strength.

It was enough to intimidate many petty villains in the ninja world.

This will deter them from daring to provoke the local people from Konoha.

"May your spirit in heaven bless Konoha, allowing us to win this war with minimal losses, Tobirama-sensei..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi was in a heavy mood, taking puffs of his cigarette.

Before long, the entire Hokage's office was filled with smoke.

It was filled with the pungent smell of old-fashioned tobacco.

"Bang--!"

Suddenly, the door to the Hokage's office, which had been tightly closed, was kicked open from the outside.

Following them into the office were Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, two high-ranking Konoha officials and advisors to the Hokage.

"Hiruzen, something terrible has happened—!" x2

The two shouted the same sentence in unison.

Hiruzen Sarutobi felt a strange sense of déjà vu.

"You two calm down and talk it out."

As Hiruzen Sarutobi placed his pipe on the desk, he reassured Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane, who had rushed into the Hokage's office.

Trying to get them to relax a little in front of me.

They are able to have normal conversations with themselves.

"This...this is no longer a question of whether the two of us can calm down..."

Mitokado Yan and Utatane Koharu exchanged a glance.

They could see solemnity, tension, and fear in each other's eyes.

"well......"

Seeing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi sat back in his office chair as if it were nothing out of the ordinary.

He calmly picked up the teacup beside him and gently blew away the foam on the surface of the tea.

Like a calm and collected politician accustomed to handling all kinds of unexpected situations, he leisurely sipped his tea.

"Sunagakure... Sunagakure was completely overrun by Jiang Ming, the second leader of the Land of Rain... and the Third Kazekage, who was hailed as the 'strongest Kazekage in the history of Sunagakure,' was also killed by him with ease!"

"puff--!!!!!!"

The next second, Mitokado Homura shared the information he had just received with Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had been completely unfazed, was so shocked that he spat out the tea he had just drunk.

He couldn't stop coughing uncontrollably.

He was clearly shocked by the news.

"What...what did you say?!"

The Sand Village was completely overrun by Jiang Ming, the newly appointed second-generation leader of the Land of Rain.

It should be noted that such an earth-shattering and awe-inspiring feat was something that even his teacher Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju, the founder of Konoha Village and the First Hokage who held the title of "God of Shinobi," could not accomplish.

How did Jiang Ming, a ninja from the small Land of Rain, manage to kill the Third Kazekage and sweep through the Sand Village?

This completely shattered Hiruzen Sarutobi's previous understanding of ninjas from small countries.

My instinct was that Mitokado was probably joking with me.

Just to witness this somewhat surprising and ugly state of my own.

"Calm down a bit, Hiruzen..."

"Calm down? How am I supposed to calm down?!"

He was still worried about Konoha, feeling that they were already at a disadvantage in this war.

The next second, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu brought him even more explosive and outrageous news—the Land of Rain was no longer the ninja battlefield where everyone could be slaughtered!

Instead, it transformed into a terrifying nation with the power to sweep across an entire ninja world power!

This sudden change caught Hiruzen Sarutobi completely off guard.

For a moment, I didn't know how to treat the Rain Country, which was now so different from what it used to be.

"You've really brought me terrible news, Menyan..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi closed his eyes with a slight headache and pressed his temples with the hand that had been holding the pipe.

A hint of bitterness inadvertently appeared on his face.

"If this is considered bad news, then the next piece of news might shock you so much you'll faint..."

"Is there more bad news?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly felt a darkness before his eyes.

I felt inexplicably powerless.

At this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was still young and had not yet been completely corrupted by power, genuinely wanted to step down and relinquish his position as Hokage.

"You...you tell me, Xiaochun, I can hold on..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath and tried to look at Koharu Utatane with a relatively calm gaze.

My blood pressure hasn't dropped since the moment Mitokado Enoki and Utatane Koharu entered.

The pressure was truly immense.

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