Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

Unfortunately, Wood Release, a bloodline limit derived from the Divine Tree, is absolutely effective against chakra creatures like Tailed Beasts. Not to mention that Kirito was using the Wood Release sealing technique, Silent Killing Binding Technique, which rendered the Five-Tails' self-destruction pointless.

It could only suppress its gaze as Kirito clapped his hands, and a large number of sealing techniques shot out from Kirito's body, landed on it, then covered its entire body, and gradually disappeared into its body.

Then, its consciousness fell into a deep sleep.

"That solves the problem."

Kirito smiled with satisfaction as he saw that the miniature Five-Tails in front of him had been completely sealed away.

Meanwhile, on the other side, where the main body of King Mu was being repaid by Onoki, it immediately sensed the sealing of its clone and couldn't help but feel a sense of despair.

Its short-tail survival plan has now completely failed.

"You dare to get distracted while fighting me? You're asking for death."

Onoki instantly realized that the Five-Tails was distracted in the battle. He said coldly, then decisively seized the opportunity and used a downward Earth Release: Rock Fist Technique combined with Earth Release: Super Heavy Rock Technique to strike the Five-Tails' head hard.

The next moment, the Five-Tails let out a miserable scream and collapsed to the ground.

While Onoki had temporarily suppressed the Five-Tails, the elite Jonin, including Huang Tu, who were scattered around the battle, quickly controlled four rock giants and joined forces to suppress the Five-Tails.

Then, Onoki quickly took out five sealing talismans from his body and affixed them to the head and limbs of the Five-Tails.

As soon as the sealing talisman was affixed, the sealing technique inside was immediately released, quickly spreading across the Five-Tails' body and suppressing its massive chakra.

As the Five-Tails' chakra was suppressed, Han, the Five-Tails' jinchūriki, quickly regained consciousness, then regained control of his body, and with the help of the Rock Seal on his body, he rushed the Five-Tails' chakra into and sealed it within his body.

"These five sealing talismans are ones I sold before; the sealing incantations on them look very much like the ones I wrote..."

Kirito was stunned when he saw how easily the Five-Tails was resealed into Han's body by the people of Iwagakure using his Byakugan.

He could see clearly that while Onoki, the person capable of suppressing the Five-Tails, had arrived, the corresponding sealing ninja had not. Therefore, he had assumed that the Iwagakure people would have to pay a considerable price to reseal the Five-Tails.

As a result, Onoki released five highly effective sealing talismans, which immediately suppressed the Five-Tails.

These five sealing talismans were most likely ones he sold when he was short of money.

"It's all because of poverty when I was young."

Kirito sighed, then slowly flew towards Onoki.

"Lord Tsuchikage, I have disappointed you."

After Han regained consciousness, he said to Onoki, who was now lying in front of him, with shame.

"I have nothing to say. It's a miracle you're alright."

Onoki said, looking exhausted.

Iwagakure suffered a great loss this time. Not only did they fail to eliminate a single Amegakure ninja, but they also lost the lives of more than two thousand ninjas. Iwagakure's plan to take advantage of Amegakure's weakness has completely failed.

"Lord Tsuchikage, you've arrived. Our plan to destroy Amegakure can still proceed. I'm willing to be the vanguard."

Huang Tu then stepped forward and volunteered.

As the commander-in-chief, he was responsible for causing such heavy casualties to Iwagakure. The only way to redeem himself and make amends is to eliminate Amegakure.

"The opportunity has been lost. We have lost our chance to eliminate Amegakure. Let's retreat."

Ohnoki understood his son's thoughts, but shook his head and said...

He now roughly knew Hattori Masanari's strength. Although this despicable Amegakure was not as strong as him, it was impossible for him to kill him.

Therefore, he realized that once Iwagakure took action to eliminate Amegakure, Hattori Masanari, the ninja, would be unrestrained and would become Iwagakure's nightmare in the future.

A Kage-level expert who has mastered Earth Release: Super Light-Heavy Rock Technique and Earth Release: Super Heavy Rock Technique, if unrestrained and focused solely on killing people in Iwagakure, would be extremely dangerous.

What's even more terrifying is that this Amegakure is a madman, and who knows, he might attack Iwagakure one day just like he attacked Kumogakure.

"Father."

Huang Tu was surprised by Onoki's words and called out "Father, Son" with a grim expression.

But Onoki's response was a stern look, which forced him to swallow his resentment and walk aside in silence.

Seeing this, the other Iwa ninja wisely refrained from mentioning continuing the attack on Amegakure.

With Onoki officially ordering a retreat, the remaining Iwa ninja quickly withdrew, returning to the Land of Earth in a disheveled manner.

At the same time, Kirito watched silently from the sky as the people of Iwagakure retreated, seeing them far away from the border between the Land of Earth and the Land of Rain, until his Byakugan could barely see them anymore.

Soon after, news of Hattori Masanari's single-handedly defeating Iwagakure at the border began to spread throughout the ninja world, further adding to the legendary aura surrounding the name Hattori Masanari.

"I can't believe he actually did it, he's really amazing."

In Amegakure, Tsunade received a battle report from an ANBU intelligence officer regarding the border between the Land of Earth and the Land of Rain, and exclaimed in shock.

She had fought against the people of Iwagakure before and knew that these ninjas who were proficient in earth-style ninjutsu could exert amazing combat power in group battles. Defeating them would be no less difficult than defeating the people of Kumogakure, and might even be more difficult.

But regardless, the man named Hattori Masashige did indeed do it, once again accomplishing something that ordinary people could not achieve.

Jiraiya remained silent, his brow furrowed as he watched the people of Amegakure, whose faces were filled with pride and joy, looking on in the distance. He seemed lost in thought.

With the return of the six Amegakure Jonin who had accompanied Hattori Masanari to the border to fight Iwagakure, the people here were already aware of the great victory at the border.

The people of Amegakure were naturally very happy about this, as it swept away the gloom of their previous homes being destroyed and the resentment they felt towards Hattori Masanari for personally destroying Amegakure.

The Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Stone Village were both defeated by the Hidden Rain Village, and the Hidden Sand Village was rendered useless by the Hidden Leaf Village. The Hidden Leaf Village then formed an alliance with the Hidden Rain Village.

With this, the threats facing Rain Village were basically eliminated, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, they could finally live peaceful lives again and finally see the hope of peace.

Indeed, following Hattori Masanari-sama was the right thing to do.

This is the true thought in the hearts of the vast majority of Rain Hermits.

Meanwhile, at a fortress on the border of the Land of Rain, in the camp of the Cloud Village ninja who had retreated from Amegakure, the Third Raikage was looking at a newly acquired intelligence report with a gloomy expression. The report was about the defeat suffered by Iwagakure on the northwestern front of the Land of Rain.

"Damn it, damn it, that bastard Hattori Masashige."

The Third Raikage tore the intelligence report in his hand into pieces and said through gritted teeth.

"Lord Raikage, let's withdraw. Continuing to drag this out is not a solution. Now that Amegakure has the help of Konoha, even if we regroup, we will not be able to defeat Amegakure as easily as before."

Upon seeing this, Secretary Elui sighed.

Having suffered a great loss at the hands of the Rain Village, the Cloud Village was naturally unwilling to let the matter rest. They quickly dispatched the Cloud Village ninja forces that had been confronting the Iwagakure Village, bringing the Third Raikage's forces back to tens of thousands of ninjas.

However, nearly half of these tens of thousands of ninjas are in a state of low morale and serious injury. Even with the help of medical ninjas and a large amount of medical resources, it would take at least half a month to regain their fighting strength.

In other words, it would take at least half a month for Kumogakure to launch another full-scale attack on Amegakure.

By then, the reinforcements Konoha had sent to Amegakure had already arrived.

"Withdraw the troops..."

The Third Raikage's expression grew increasingly grim upon hearing Elui's suggestion.

As a true Cloud Ninja, his personality is naturally vengeful, but as Raikage, he has to restrain his temper and think about problems in a more rational way for the sake of the village.

However, the defeat at Amegakure was the greatest defeat and humiliation he had ever suffered in his life.

If he doesn't fight back fiercely and get his revenge, how can he face going back to Kumogakure?

Moreover, many Yun ninja in the military camp are now privately complaining about him and no longer admire or respect him as they used to.

This is understandable, as Kumogakure is a ninja village that prioritizes strength and is a wolf-like society.

If the alpha wolf cannot bring victory to the pack and instead causes heavy losses, it can only mean one thing: the alpha wolf is old, no longer fit, and no longer qualified to be the alpha.

It is evident that this defeat caused immense damage to the prestige of the Third Raikage.

There was no other way; the loss of over six thousand ninjas was too great a responsibility, and only the Third Raikage could bear it.

"Lord Raikage, I know that withdrawing the troops is a very difficult matter for you, but given the current situation of Kumogakure, withdrawal is the best option. Amegakure has been completely destroyed. Even if we destroy Amegakure, we will not be able to get anything from them. On the contrary, we will only face the crazy revenge of the remnants of Amegakure."

Elui knew what the Third Raikage was struggling with, but she still persuaded him to withdraw his troops.

"Stop talking. Withdrawal is impossible. The blood of Yunyin cannot be shed in vain. If Yunyin retreats this time, it will only be the beginning of our nightmare."

The Third Raikage slammed his fist on the table and roared.

He is the Raikage of Kumogakure. He cannot and will not retreat voluntarily. He would rather die in battle than retreat from the battlefield.

Seeing that the Third Raikage wouldn't listen to her advice, Elui had no choice but to remain silent.

Ultimately, she was just a secretary who offered advice from behind the scenes; she couldn't possibly influence the Third Raikage's will.

……

In the former Root headquarters in the Land of Waterfalls, in the leader's office.

Madara Uchiha had also heard about the new developments in the Land of Rain from Black Zetsu. He simply nodded indifferently and then looked at the black-haired ninja in red armor before him again.

Judging from the abnormal cracks all over the face of this black-haired ninja, he is an impure puppet summoned by the Impure World Reincarnation technique, and his true identity is none other than the famous God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju.

Madara Uchiha ultimately could not resist the temptation to use the Impure World Reincarnation technique to summon Hashirama Senju from the Pure Land.

After subduing Hiruko with overwhelming force, he obtained a very good synthetic beast from Hiruko as a sacrifice and used the Impure World Reincarnation technique to summon Hashirama Senju.

"I never expected that the Land of Rain would produce such outstanding ninjas, but this ninja world is still filled with war as always."

Hashirama Senju suddenly spoke, his voice filled with emotion.

"Of course, humanity can never end wars. Your naive idea is doomed to fail. You probably never imagined that the tailed beasts you sent away would become a tool for the five great ninja villages to oppress the others. If it weren't for a decent successor in Amegakure this generation, Amegakure would have been destroyed by Iwagakure."

Upon hearing this, Madara Uchiha sneered.

He did not achieve absolute control over Hashirama Senju by erasing Hashirama's self-awareness; he merely restricted Hashirama's actions, preventing Hashirama from disobeying his orders.

To him, a Senju Hashirama without self-awareness was utterly useless and meaningless, so it would have been better not to summon him at all.

When Hashirama Senju heard Madara Uchiha's sarcasm, he frowned slightly but did not refute it. He knew that Madara was right; he had long understood that the war could not end and was merely begging for a temporary peace.

In fact, he did it, using his own power to bring a brief period of peace to the ninja world.

Unfortunately, after his death, the ninja world seemed to return to its original state.

This truly saddened and disappointed him.

However, he is already dead. As a dead man, he should not point fingers at future generations, nor should he cause trouble for them. Resting peacefully in the Pure Land is his best destiny.

"That idiot Tobirama! I warned him long ago not to develop this kind of ninjutsu that uses dead people, and now look what happened, he used it on me! When we get back to the Pure Land, I'll definitely teach him a lesson again!" Hashirama Senju cursed inwardly, extremely dissatisfied with his current situation.

"Ban, what is your purpose in summoning me from the Pure Land?"

After a moment of silence, Hashirama Senju spoke with a frosty expression.

At the same time, a powerful burst of chakra erupted from his body, causing large cracks to appear in the floor beneath him, and the restraints that Madara Uchiha had placed on him were rapidly weakening.