I am the new Hokage of Konoha.

"Earth Release: Earth Rising Spear!"

Instantly, a large number of sharp rocks pierced the ground, accompanied by screams of agony from the Sand Ninja puppeteers.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

On the other side, a combined ninjutsu from two other Konoha Jonin was unleashed, and dazzling flames quickly covered a large area around them, with even more horrific screams echoing from within.

Based on the five great ninja villages, there is a strict division between genin, chunin, and jonin.

The gap between the first two may be small; besides strength, the team's leadership ability should also be considered.

However, the difference in strength between Jonin and Chunin is like a chasm.

(Note: Konoha genin are not considered.)

Even in Konoha, where individual strength is the strongest, the number of Jonin is very limited.

It's easy to imagine how strong Konoha was, having gathered nine Jonin within Kazama Castle.

Facing a group of Sand Ninja, mainly composed of Genin and Chunin, it was naturally a piece of cake.

But that's all the arrogance can last for a moment.

As time went on, more and more Sand Ninja, having heard the sounds of battle, were rushing to the scene.

The Konoha ninjas, whose strength was far from being able to ignore numbers, dared not delay and ran out of the city at top speed.

At this moment, the Sand Ninja, who had arrived but lacked the strength to capture the enemy, learned their lesson and simply threw kunai, shuriken, poison mist, and even ninjutsu from afar.

Even more extreme, some of them operated enormous ballistae and fired bolts at the Konoha ninjas.

With each successive blow, the Konoha group sustained more and more injuries.

"Stay here!"

Soon, a full five hundred Sand Ninja reinforcements arrived, and several elite Sand Jonin, empowered by Wind Release ninjutsu, rushed out, determined to stop the Konoha group.

Seeing this, Itachi stopped and calmly said to the Konoha people with his back to them, "Leave this to me, you guys retreat first."

The eight Konoha ninjas were slightly taken aback, but in this critical moment, they didn't idiots and say things like "Captain, let's go together." Instead, they silently buried their heads and rushed out, not wasting the time Itachi, the captain of this operation, had bought for them.

At this moment, Itachi, with his three-tomoe Sharingan activated, single-handedly blocked the advance of the Sand Ninja army.

The first few elite Sand Ninja Jonin who rushed over sneered upon seeing this:

"You think you can stop us all by yourself? Do you think you're the Hokage?"

"Uchiha ninja? So Konoha was behind what just happened! Now you'll pay for this in blood!"

"Kill him!"

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!

A sharp sonic boom erupted.

The next second, the Sand Village Jonin, who had unanimously used the Body Flicker Technique, immediately formed a pincer movement, determined to kill this arrogant Uchiha ninja in one move.

"Just a mere three-tomoe Sharingan..."

Just as his incredibly sharp ninja sword, enhanced by Wind Release chakra, was about to pierce the Uchiha ninja in front of him, a Sand Village Jonin was about to reveal a bloodthirsty and excited expression.

suddenly!

He noticed that the Sharingan eyes of the Uchiha ninja, reflected on the smooth surface of his blade, instantly solidified into a black pattern of three intersecting blades.

"This is......"

Just as the Sand Village Jonin was about to show a look of fear on his face, a sharp blade that didn't belong to him suddenly slashed across his neck, which he couldn't move.

The next second, before the other Sand Village Jonin could show any shock, Itachi, having activated his Mangekyou Sharingan, took the initiative to attack them.

The one-sided battle thus began.

"careful!"

"Don't look him in the eyes!"

'I didn't even make eye contact with him, so why am I under an illusion?'

"Ah~~~"

"These are another pair of kaleidoscopes... Run!"

"..."

Tear!

As the final spray of blood flew, and Itachi sheathed his ninja sword, all the Sand Village Jonin who had charged forward quickly fell into pools of blood.

Upon seeing this scene, the other Sand Ninja who were rushing over stopped in their tracks, gasping in shock: "Lord Harahisa... Lord Yeki... Lord Kazan... Lord Kagura... they're all dead!"

Hard to imagine.

Keep in mind that those who just rushed out were all renowned Jonin from the Sand Village!

He was actually killed by a young Uchiha in such a short time.

Who exactly is the other party?

Uchiha Shisui?

No! The faces are different!

This moment.

Just as the Sand Ninja reinforcements were deeply shocked by the fact that their own Jonin were being slaughtered like chickens,

Not one to be idle, the weasel also jumped onto a telephone pole.

Looking back, he saw that although there were still Sand Ninjas entangled with him, his eight Jonin were enough to escape from Kazama Castle. Reassured, he turned back, his Mangekyou Sharingan reflecting the images of numerous Sand Ninjas.

As someone who awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan at the age of thirteen in the original work, Itachi's aptitude for awakening the Sharingan was undoubtedly very high.

Prior to this, there were no longer any instances of the Kaleidoscope being activated due to the death of a close friend, Shisui.

However, after being educated by Yun Ting and having many like-minded friends, Itachi also experienced the deaths of many close comrades in the various life-and-death missions he undertook for Konoha and peace.

Driven by his deep resentment at his own inadequacy to protect everyone, he finally awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, thus becoming one of Konoha's top combatants, second only to the Cloud Court.

This is why Tsunade assigned Itachi to lead this surprise attack mission.

"Although I dislike the price of opening my eyes, since it exists, I will use this ability to realize the ideal that everyone has been waiting for."

"Next, I will test my capacity through you insignificant beings who are obsessed with one country or one village, who ignore what is truly important, and who do not understand that real change will not be limited by the existing framework!"

"What level of magnanimity are you willing to go for peace!"

Beneath the yellow dust, atop the telephone pole, Itachi, with these thoughts in mind, slowly bent his knees and drew his sword once more.

Time seemed to overlap at this moment.

Also on a telephone pole, the young Itachi, his back to the camera in the darkness, drew his sword. Although it was also for Konoha, this time it was aimed at his own clan.

At this moment, his blade will only be stained with the blood of his enemies.

Whoosh!

The weasel's figure vanished abruptly from the telephone pole.

The next instant, he appeared among the Sand Ninja, his strength even greater than during the night of the massacre. After a massive red skeleton materialized around him, a magnificent and spectacular battle officially began.

From then on, explosions, tearing sounds, screams, and other sounds echoed incessantly.

......

A strong wind howled.

Inside Kazama Castle, the yellow dust that still swirled was now accompanied by an even stronger, more intense stench of blood.

Boom!

With a final, earth-shattering explosion, amidst the screams of countless Sand Ninja, the red Susanoo that caused all of this vanished in the next second.

With a few leaps, Itachi, having already completed his rearguard mission, appeared on the walls of Kazama Castle with his blood-stained ninja sword.

After a swift battle with the nearby Sand Ninja, just as he pulled his sword from the chest of the last Sand Ninja, a Sand Ninja who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead suddenly pounced on him.

With his expression still calm, Itachi suddenly stretched out his empty left hand, his fingers twitching in the other's field of vision.

In an instant, the Sand Ninja was caught in a genjutsu, allowing him to easily defeat her.

The next second, the section of the city wall where Itachi was located was no longer inhabited by Sand Ninja.

But below, having assembled and treading on the blood pools piled high with the corpses of numerous Sand Ninja, a true Sand Ninja force of over two thousand was rapidly advancing.

Seeing this, Itachi shook his head with a hint of weariness on his face.

In terms of pure strength, he is no longer inferior to Shisui, whom he has always admired.

But compared to the Hokage who could fight against thousands single-handedly, I am still far behind.

Without the support of Hashirama cells, Tongli's limited strength makes him unsuitable for prolonged battles.

He has killed hundreds of Sand Ninja in Kazama Castle, but that is still far from enough compared to the more than four thousand ninja troops stationed there.

To avoid being entangled with the Sand Ninja and unable to extricate himself, and also wanting to use his precious childlike energy on someone like the Kazekage, Itachi, having already tested his own capacity, prepared to leave.

And so, in the next second, under the watchful eyes of all the Sand Ninja, Itachi sheathed his ninja sword.

Then a large number of crows suddenly emerged from his body, blocking everyone's view like a dark cloud.

After the Sand Ninja scrambled to scare away the crows, they found that Itachi's original spot was now empty.

At this moment, the Kazama Castle lord, finally daring to step out from among the many Sand Ninja behind his old lord, roared at his subordinates with a livid face and barely perceptible lingering fear in his eyes:

"Go after them! We must keep those damned Konoha ninja in the Land of Wind."

"Yes!"

The Sand Ninja forces immediately sprang into action.

At the same time, messenger eagles flew from Kazama Castle to the Sand Village garrison on the border between the Land of Wind and the Land of River, determined to lay a trap and capture these audacious Konoha ninjas.

However, the Sand Village's plan ultimately failed.

Although they were able to track down the first eight Konoha ninja who escaped.