I am the new Hokage of Konoha.

"never mind."

Knowing Konan's personality well, Jiraiya shook his head and refocused his attention on the present.

With him, the three toad brothers, and four thousand Rain Ninja on the scene, they are almost enough to stop the fleeing Iwa Ninja.

With the cooperation of the Konoha army.

The Iwa ninja on the battlefield of the Land of Grass have nowhere to escape.

Konoha is destined to win this battle!

......

On the ground, the Iwa ninja are in a high probability of facing total annihilation, and Onoki is not unaware of this.

However, he is now preoccupied with his own problems.

He already had injuries, and with the constant battles with Minato these past few days, the 70-year-old man was no longer in good condition as before.

With Minato constantly attacking, especially when he activates Sage Mode, Onoki's situation is extremely precarious, not to mention having to take care of those below.

"Old man! Let me help you!"

Deidara, who was filling gaps in the Iwa ninja front elsewhere, saw his teacher in danger and immediately summoned his clay dragon to help.

boom! boom! boom!

A series of explosions forced the water gate open.

Amidst the smoke and fire, Deidara swiftly arrived before Onoki and, without a word, pulled his teacher aboard the flying dragon. Then, he abruptly turned around and flew at full speed towards the Land of Earth.

"Deidara, what are you doing???" Onoki exclaimed in shock and anger.

"Save my life, old man!" Deidara said irritably. "Haven't you realized that we've been completely defeated? What I'm doing now is called cutting our losses. We've already lost so many people; we can't let the Tsuchikage die here too. The Hidden Stone Village will need you to take charge from now on."

"There has never been a Tsuchikage who abandoned the Iwa ninja and fled first. I must go back!"

Onoki angrily turned to leave, only to find his feet tightly bound by clay. His eyes blazed with fury as he roared again...

"Dilada, let me go!"

"Come on! Iwagakure has only had three generations of its history. There's no such thing as a 'never-before' tradition. Old man, you should just stay put and run away with me. You can't end up like the Second Tsuchikage, who died fighting the Second Mizukage for some loot after the battle was over. That kind of ridiculous death is ridiculous, isn't it?" Deidara shrugged.

"Deidara!"

Upon hearing his apprentice make fun of his teacher, the Second Tsuchikage, Onoki was so enraged that he almost forgot the situation and was about to give this treacherous fellow a good beating.

Seeing this, Dilarda still maintained an indifferent expression.

As an artist, he is naturally free-spirited and unwilling to be bound by constraints.

Over the years, if it weren't for the kindness of his teacher, Onoki, he would have left the village long ago and gone off to do his own thing, given his personality.

He naturally didn't have any deep feelings for Iwagakure.

Now that he risked his life to rescue Onoki from Minato's clutches, he has certainly lived up to his status.

However, Dilarda was clearly too optimistic.

Soon, he heard the sound of kunai piercing the air coming from behind him, from both sides of the clay dragon.

"Left? Or right?"

Noticing the Flying Thunder God kunai hurtling towards him, Deidara's expression changed, and he became extremely wary, quickly chewing on it with a "smacking" sound in his palm and mouth.

next second.

The instant all the Flying Thunder God Kunai arrived beside the Clay Dragon, Minato's figure appeared next to a Flying Thunder God Kunai on the left.

"Just waiting for you!"

Deidara, who was prepared, immediately threw out the clay bomb in his hand.

Just as he formed a hand seal with one hand, preparing to shout as usual...

Ohnoki's angry and startled voice suddenly rang out.

"Watch out on your right!"

Watch out on your right?

Deidara was immediately puzzled.

However, trusting his teacher, he quickly glanced at him out of the corner of his eye.

Then, he saw a man wearing a black tight-fitting combat suit with blue layered armor, a white down collar hanging on his shoulders and back, and a Konoha headband suddenly appear next to a Flying Thunder God kunai on his right.

"Who is this guy? How does he know the Flying Thunder God Technique? Could he be Minato Namikaze in disguise?"

In an instant, just as this thought suddenly occurred to Deirada, Onoki's face turned very ugly.

Deidara couldn't recognize the person's identity, but how could he not know?

"The Second Hokage!"

"!" Onoki gritted his teeth, his expression once again showing disbelief.

"Long time no see, Onoki-kun."

As soon as he appeared, Tobirama Senju, who went straight for the vital point, smiled faintly.

next second.

Blood splattered across the sky.

At the same time.

As Madara Uchiha, positioned at the edge of the battlefield, looked up, his Rinnegan eyes fixed on a figure high in the sky whose outline was only black.

In that instant, finally recognizing the chakra aura he had sensed earlier, his expression immediately darkened, and he said:

"Senju... Tobirama!"

Chapter 309 Madara: Hashirama!!!

"Why is Tobirama Senju here? Has he been resurrected like me?"

Although his first thought was to pierce through this guy he didn't like with his black rod, Madara Uchiha calmed down after glancing at Tobirama Senju beside him and carefully re-examining him.

Soon, with a flicker of his Rinnegan, he realized, "This state... isn't that of a living person. So it's Impure World Reincarnation!"

Madara, who was able to form a reverse hand seal for the Impure World Reincarnation technique, was naturally very familiar with it.

After observing Tobirama Senju for a while, he noticed that Tobirama's aura was distinctly different from that of a living person and that his skin was covered in cracks. He then fully understood Tobirama's current state.

"Just a dead man."

Ban shook his head in disinterest, and the idea of ​​taking action vanished from his mind.

If Tobirama Senju were to truly be resurrected, he might not be able to resist taking action.

But now, even if we stab the other party, what difference will it make?

Taking his anger out on a dead person was something he, with his arrogant personality, would never be interested in doing.

Madara withdrew his gaze from Tobirama Senju and turned to Yun Ting, sneering, "I never expected Konoha to use the Impure World Reincarnation technique on Tobirama Senju. Is this how you treat the previous Hokage?"

"The Second Hokage being resurrected using the Impure World Reincarnation technique wasn't done by Konoha," Yun Ting said calmly. "It was an incredibly audacious act of a Konoha traitor. However, he underestimated the risks of forbidden techniques, and not only did he suffer a backlash, but he also provided us with a powerful ally like the Second Hokage. It can only be said that fate is on Konoha's side."

"Destiny? Heh!" Madara sneered.

He didn't believe in such mystical things at all, as he was a believer in the supremacy of power.

However, he had another curiosity about what Yun Ting had just said.

'Since Tobirama Senju was able to be resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation, what about Hashirama? Did he also return to the world of the living?'

Madara looked at Yun Ting with anticipation, hoping to get news about Hashirama from him. However, after saying the above, Yun Ting stopped talking.

It was not appropriate for Ban to ask any further questions.

It was because during their previous conversations, whenever he mentioned Hashirama, Senju Unting would display a teasing, ambiguous expression.

This made him very unhappy, as he felt that the other party had some very offensive thoughts.

Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, Madara no longer wishes to refer to "Hashirama" in front of Yun Ting.

Afterwards, Madara turned his attention back to Tobirama Senju, who was fighting against Onoki and Deidara, hoping to find something out from him.

Not long after, instead of receiving any message from Hashirama, he witnessed the reality that Onoki and Deidara, surrounded by Tobirama Senju and Minato, were completely defeated after struggling for a short while.

"waste!"

Madara withdrew his gaze from Onoki and Deidara, whose fates were unknown, and then glanced at the Iwa ninja army on the ground, which had completely collapsed.

Given the current situation, the fate of Iwagakure is sealed.

At this moment, he could only put aside his thoughts about Hashirama and prepare to leave.

"Although Konoha has won this battle, it is not over yet. Senju Kumo-tei, I look forward to our next meeting." Madara turned his head and said a final farewell to Kumo-tei.

With his proud personality, he wanted to leave clearly, rather than fleeing in a disheveled and humiliating manner without a word.

Of course, this also explains why he was confident that Yunting wouldn't let him stay.

The two had fought before, though neither could gain the upper hand for the time being.

But if one person is determined to leave, the other cannot stay.

Ban thought Yunting understood this principle.

To his surprise, Yun Ting shook his head and said, "No need to wait until next time. Madara, you should stay here with the Iwa ninja today."

For a moment, a look of surprise crossed Madara's face, but he quickly smiled coldly and said, "If I want to leave, no one can stop me. If you want to fight, wait until next time."

Although he is arrogant, it doesn't mean he's stupid.

Currently, Senju Yunting, whose strength is not inferior to his own, has tens of thousands of Konoha ninjas by his side, many of whom are strong enough to catch his eye.

No matter how strong he is, he is not invincible in the entire ninja world, capable of fighting against the thousand-handed Cloud Court and numerous helpers.

Knowing that Yun Ting was truly determined to kill him, he did not choose to fight head-on. Without further hesitation, he unleashed a powerful sonic boom and fled from the battlefield in the blink of an eye.

Immediately afterwards, an equally ear-piercing sonic boom rang out.

Yun Ting gave chase.