I have a bunch of relatives who want to become Hokage.

It is so white that it is clear and transparent.

It began to dissipate.

The Cloud Ninja finally spotted the enemy.

On the blood-stained land, the enemy stood there, holding wooden figures in their hands.

The Two-Tails Jinchuriki of Kumogakure seemed to have lost all life, his eyes closed, his fate unknown.

Chapter Thirty-Four: The Cloud Ninja Withdraws

The decisive battle between the Konoha Ninja Army and the Kumo Ninja Army ended with the retreat of the Kumo Ninja Army.

After losing the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, they lost the Two-Tails Jinchuriki once again.

Uchiha Shingen cleanly and decisively defeated the Two-Tails Jinchuriki while simultaneously crushing the Cloud Ninja's support forces. The entire process was accomplished single-handedly, fully demonstrating why there's a reason why a group of Jonin are specifically chosen as "Kage-level" in this profession.

If Jinchuriki are strategic weapons, then Kage-level ninjas are the foundation of a village. The number of Kage-level ninjas a village gains or loses directly affects its diplomatic and military strategies.

However, the ninja village does not put this level in black and white in public. In fact, the ninja village insists on a rough and vague approach to classifying ninjas.

Everyone has a competitive spirit, unless the gap is really too big.

Therefore, a genin is a genin, and a jonin is a jonin. If it weren't for the needs of war, there would never be a jonin-level ninja.

But once you reach the Jonin level, you're a person with status. It's not like the Chunin level. It's understandable to create a special Jonin from among the Chunin, as it's a form of encouragement. But if you were to attack Jonin-level individuals and create distinctions like ordinary, elite, and Kage, your Jonin team would be ready to fall apart.

Some things can be said aloud, but not written down.

Just like every film, people are generous with their praise, always adding the word "best" to everything.

It's hard to say about other things, but when it comes to strength, the Kage knows better than anyone else. One of the basic qualities of a Jonin is being able to clearly know where one's level stands.

Regardless, according to the intelligence gathered by other villages regarding Konoha, Uchiha Shingen is now Konoha's Kage-level ninja, without any doubt. His status is completely different, both in Konoha and in other ninja villages.

From now on, whenever he makes a move, the opposing team will only send a Kage-level opponent to counter him.

At the very least, they must be elite Jonin; there must be at least three of them to match him.

If he visits the other four great ninja villages, he will be personally received by the Kage of each village; this is an unspoken rule that everyone acknowledges.

Otherwise, why would it be called a "King-level"?

In short, no one will be foolish enough to run up to him and get killed anymore; he won't even have a chance to survive if he wants to.

The Fourth Raikage, known for his volatile temper, immediately ordered a retreat after witnessing Uchiha Shingen's behavior.

We have no choice but to retreat; our own Jinchūriki is gone, while the enemy has gained a Kage-level fighter.

During this process, the Fourth Raikage's suspicions grew exponentially.

In his mind, suspicion of Iwa ninja began to diminish.

The reason for the previous suspicion of the Iwa ninja was that, in the eyes of the Kumo ninja, Konoha's only Kage-level ninja in the Land of Hot Springs was Jiraiya.

Now, there are two!

Could a single Shadow-level character conquer Nanguan City on his own?

of course can!

One person can form an army and break through a city alone. This is the basic operation of a Kage-level character, unless the Kage-level character's skill set is particularly unconventional.

The Cloud Ninja army withdrew decisively, abandoning the task of collecting the corpses.

There was nothing they could do; the Konoha ninja army was riding high on morale, while the Kumo ninja army had completely lost its will to fight.

When Uchiha Shingen threw the Tailed Beast Ball directly at the heads of the Cloud Ninja in front of a group of people, it was able to protect his own ninja forces. The Cloud Ninja Army's morale was suppressed. After he sealed the Two-Tails with overwhelming force and used shadow clones to crush the Cloud Ninja support forces, no one on the Cloud Ninja Army side thought that this battle could continue.

He's proficient in sealing techniques, space-time ninjutsu, and the five elemental ninjutsu. Oh, and he can also use multi-elemental fusion techniques. Those ice giants he has are as tall as tailed beasts when they stand up. The key is that he can release them quickly, just by clapping his hands. In terms of chakra, he can single-handedly crush the support troops without even breaking a sweat. How can he possibly fight a ghost?

This type of ninja is considered to be the most difficult to deal with, as they are so clever that even without using their brains, others might not be able to defeat them.

The characteristics are that they know a lot of ninjutsu, have a wide range of skills, have long endurance, and have no weaknesses. Fighting this kind of person requires intelligence. In a battle, if you are stronger than him, you may not be able to kill him. But if you are weaker than him and do not have any powerful hidden trump cards, then you are doomed.

Counting all the Cloud Ninja in the Land of Hot Water, apart from the Fourth Raikage, anyone who went to fight them would die.

But Konoha also has Jiraiya.

Therefore, the Cloud Ninja Army was unwilling to continue fighting, regardless of the ninja's rank.

It was clear that this war was going to be a complete disaster, and the Cloud Ninja, realizing this, only wanted to return home safely.

The Cloud Ninja Army retreated slowly, withdrawing from the battlefield and the city, and finally set off with full speed towards the Land of Frost.

The Konoha ninja army followed closely. However, under the supervision of the Jonin, they did not suffer the embarrassment of being overly aggressive and getting attacked. Instead, they would chase after them and take a bite whenever they had the chance.

Finally, the Konoha ninja army "escorted" the Kumo ninja army into the Land of Frost, watching the Kumo ninjas cross the now-ruined South Gate and retreat into the coastal passage.

The Konoha ninja army also stopped here.

Because Konoha's military supplies have been stretched to a relatively dangerous level, and there is no need to further expand the battlefield.

Konoha's goal from the beginning was to drive the Cloud Ninja Army out of the Land of Hot Water. Once the Konoha Ninja Army entered the Land of Frost, it would mean that the two sides were about to enter a full-scale war.

Such a war could not be ended without several years of continuous fighting.

Neither Konoha nor Kumogakure had any such idea, and that would only benefit a third party.

The third one is most likely Iwagakure, but it could also be Sunagakure, or even Kirigakure.

After ending their pursuit, the Konoha ninja army entered Nanguan City. Jiraiya and other high-ranking officials walked into this military fortress, which the Land of Lightning had built in a short period of time at great expense, and were filled with emotion.

Even in ruins, one can still see its majestic grandeur when it was intact.

It had dominated this place for decades, but was eventually destroyed by Uchiha Shingen.

Everyone genuinely felt that Uchiha Shingen's record in this war was truly outrageous.

Of course, this was also because the Cloud Ninja had no idea that they had a second Kage-level ninja at the beginning, and they were focused on Jiraiya.

Even if we take a step back, if he hadn't obtained the legacy of the Thousand-Armed Legged, Uchiha Shingen wouldn't have been able to destroy such a magnificent city overnight and kill the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki of Kumogakure.

Finally, no one would think that Uchiha Shingen was lying.

If the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki escaped, that would be truly outrageous.

The ninja clans didn't know exactly who Senju Muzoku had impurely conjured back then, but they had a general idea.

Even if those people were severely weakened after being resurrected, their numbers were still there; they were stockpiled by the Senju Muzoku for the Fourth Shinobi World War.

Here's a joke: all eight major ninja clans actually had members, but back then no one went to ask Senju Muzu for help. Firstly, the historical reasons made it difficult for everyone to bring it up, and secondly, the matter itself was difficult to handle.

For example, the Uchiha clan never went to retrieve Uchiha Itachi, who was known as "Bare-handed".

After all, when Madara Uchiha was alive, Hashirama Senju was also alive and well. Even after Madara Uchiha passed away, Hashirama Senju remained active for many years. The Uchiha clan truly respected the First Hokage from the bottom of their hearts.

Once Tobirama Senju becomes Hokage, this matter will be even more unmanageable.

Later, everyone simply comforted themselves by saying, "At least it's for the sake of protecting the village," and out of sight, out of mind.

Although Nanguan City was destroyed, considering that the main battle area was concentrated in the south, the northern area was actually well preserved, and even the northern city wall was intact.

So the Konoha ninja army simply moved into the latter half of the fortress.

Jiraiya wandered around for a while and finally found a relatively nice house to use as his office.

The first thing he did after starting his work was to summon Uchiha Shingen.

Chapter Thirty-Five: Jiraiya, Who Only Wants to Leave

The room that Jiraiya used as a temporary office was a fairly spacious one. Since it was already dark, he turned on a lamp. The light was dim, and a cold wind suddenly blew in from the cracks in the wall, making the papers on the table rustle.

Jiraiya glanced at the wall with dissatisfaction, pressed down on the corner of the paper with his hand, and continued writing.

Perhaps the environment wasn't right; Jiraiya struggled for a long time, but what he wrote felt utterly tasteless.

"Sigh..." Jiraiya gave up. In this world where war breaks out at the drop of a hat, when will it ever end!

When Uchiha Shingen arrived, he saw Jiraiya sitting at the table with a very melancholy expression.

"Lord Jiraiya, you were looking for me?"

Don't ask him where his body is again.

Even though we're from the same village, he'll really get angry if you ask too many questions! What's he up to, always thinking about that old man from the first game?

"Oh! Shingen, come and sit down." Jiraiya was quite enthusiastic.

Uchiha Shingen walked over and casually glanced at the manuscript...

He was shocked!

I thought Jiraiya was writing something important.

It's all dirty jokes!?

"Lord Jiraiya, what are you doing?"

Uchiha Shingen thought he was blind; was Jiraiya really that greasy now?

"Oh? You mean this?" Jiraiya waved the manuscript in his hand without any shame. "Sigh, Shingen, you know, as a writer, I have to take advantage of every opportunity to gather material."

You're not using this as a resource; you're wasting your talents. You shouldn't be a ninja.

The title of ninja is not worthy of you!

"I thought you were writing a war report..."

“I don’t need to write that kind of thing.” Jiraiya said matter-of-factly. “But you can start preparing to write it now. After all, you’re at this level, so you still need to do the necessary preparations.”

"I want to write too?" Uchiha Shingen was stunned.

I haven't done anything like preparing materials since I became a Jonin.

What kind of documents is a combat-oriented Jonin writing? Shouldn't this be the job of an administrative ninja?

"Of course, such important events need to be recounted by the ninja in charge. You were supposed to write about the Nine-Tails' rampage, but since everyone was present, we'll skip that part."

Jiraiya had a "I'm an experienced uncle" look on his face.

"It's okay, just write whatever you want. Write down the specific process, and write down any ninjutsu or anything. This is mainly to make it easier for the village to assign you tasks in the future."

Why don't you just say that the village needs to collect information on its ninjas on a daily basis?