Minato Namikaze glanced at the mother and son, his hands clenching silently, before pulling open the wardrobe beside him.

He draped a white divine robe over his body, the five characters "Fourth Hokage" standing out prominently under the lights.

"Watergate..."

Kushina called out softly, without turning around.

Are you leaving?

"Yes. It was my responsibility as a husband to save you and Naruto. Now that you are safe, I must go and take on the responsibilities of Hokage."

Minato Namikaze nodded.

"By the way, hasn't the Third Hokage arrived yet?"

"No...maybe something else is holding me back!"

Kushina Uzumaki's voice grew weaker and weaker.

Upon hearing these words, a glint of doubt flashed in Minato Namikaze's eyes.

"I understand. Get some rest, I'll be back soon."

"be careful!"

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon. I'm the Hokage of Konoha!"

……

In Konoha Village, the moonlight tonight is exceptionally cold and clear. For most of the villagers, this should have been an ordinary and leisurely day.

Amidst the bright lights, countless pedestrians moved about, laughter echoed from the taverns, couples argued in their homes, and people chatted idly...

Countless sounds mingled together, noisy yet peaceful.

But a sudden earthquake interrupted everything.

Under the command of the Konoha Police Department, the villagers were evacuated quickly and steadily.

But there are always those with keen perception who feel a vague unease.

In the Uchiha clan's courtyard, Itachi Uchiha was holding his two-month-old brother.

Suddenly, he looked up, and a terrifying, chilling feeling washed over him.

The ancestral lands are unusually quiet tonight, as if preparing for some great event.

After the "earthquake," Itachi Uchiha's father and a group of elders went out early.

After a while, even the members of the clan's security force left one after another; they all seemed to be busy with something.

Brother Zhishui has also disappeared.

Itachi Uchiha looked around. The extremely oppressive feeling he had just experienced gave him a very ominous premonition.

But he found that there didn't seem to be anything wrong with his surroundings.

There was only the sound of his younger brother crying.

Suddenly, Itachi Uchiha realized what was happening.

His younger brother in his arms seemed to sense the ominous atmosphere in the air as well, and that's why he started crying uncontrollably.

"What kind of feeling is this? What's going to happen?"

Uchiha Itachi thought to himself, then quickly shook his younger brother in his arms.

"Don't worry...don't worry, no matter what happens, your brother will protect you."

Perhaps it was Itachi's words that had an effect, because Sasuke, who was only two months old, gradually calmed down and stopped crying.

Itachi Uchiha's worries hadn't subsided; he couldn't shake off that extremely oppressive feeling from just now.

"What should we do? To make matters worse, Father and Mother are both out, Brother Zhishui is not here either, and the rest of the clan members are nowhere to be found..."

……

"Can you move now?"

Kakashi touched his back and slowly got up.

Looking at the Third Hokage clutching his chest, he felt a mix of emotions.

According to the message, the Third Hokage should have arrived much earlier.

However, just recently, the Nine-Tails suddenly appeared.

Those terrifying claws seemed poised to smash Kakashi into a pulp.

The Third Hokage suddenly appeared beside him and carried him on a desperate escape from the battlefield.

It could be said that the Third Hokage saved his life, but it was precisely because of this that he felt extremely complicated inside.

The appearance of the Nine-Tails foreshadows a major problem for the Jinchūriki himself.

And the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki was none other than his teacher's wife, Uzumaki Kushina!

Adding to the fact that he had just fought someone with the Sharingan, Kakashi was genuinely worried that there might be some misunderstanding, or perhaps...

What terrible conspiracy is behind this?

He was actually aware of the conflict between his teacher and the Third Hokage, as well as some things that could not be made public.

This is an invisible confrontation concerning the dominance of power in Konoha.

Kakashi is a teacher who supports me unconditionally.

Moreover, Kakashi hadn't forgotten why his father committed suicide back then.

He was young and naive back then, and there were many things he couldn't understand.

But as he grew up and came into contact with Uchiha Sō, he learned a lot from this special "friend".

Public opinion is a terrifying, invisible beast, and a knife that kills without a trace.

Her own father died from this invisible blade.

And weren't the Third Hokage and his group the ones who controlled public opinion at that time?

"Yes, it can still move."

Kakashi lowered his head slightly, his voice sounding cold and unfamiliar.

"Then hurry back and inform the village, Kakashi, the Jonin."

Hiruzen Sarutobi clutched his chest, seemingly having some difficulty speaking.

"The attackers are from the Uchiha clan. They have taken control of the Nine-Tails, and judging from their current route, they intend to attack the village."

"It can't be confirmed that they are members of the Uchiha clan from the village!"

Kakashi stood up, his voice sounding somewhat uncertain, yet unusually firm.

"Although the attackers possess the Sharingan, the people who attacked Chief Elephant of the Security Department last time also possessed the Sharingan and Wood Release. They might be the same group of people."

"I will inform the village of everything I have seen, and I will also inform the medical department and the security department. Third Hokage, please wait here."

"you……"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes were slightly unfocused, but after a long while, he still sighed.

“I know you have received kindness from the Uchiha clan, and I know you have a good relationship with Uchiha Sho and the others.”

But given the current situation, I want you to understand one thing, and that is…

"You are a Konoha ninja!"

Upon hearing this, Kakashi paused involuntarily for a moment, then resolutely continued walking forward.

"Yes, I know, I've always been a Konoha ninja!"

Having just arrived at the battlefield, Uchiha Sho, who was hiding in the void, listened to the conversation between the two and his eyes turned cold.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, you have met a righteous end!

Chapter 137, Danzo, you're dead today, God said.

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

Fire Release: Great Flame Bullet!

The wind-style technique, infused with a large amount of chakra, formed a massive tornado that suppressed Pain within it.

Then, a huge fireball, ejected from another direction, slammed directly into the tornado.

The wind fanned the flames, and in an instant, it transformed into a massive fire tornado that stretched across the sky, its power and destructive force multiplying many times over.

Earth Release: Rock-Turning Hat!

Another Root ninja arrived and joined the attack on Pain, unleashing a powerful Earth Release ninjutsu that sent a massive hollow earthen mound crashing down from the sky.

They precisely pressed the fire tornado under the earthen mound, intending to create higher temperatures and explosions by restricting the burning space, thereby further damaging Pain, who was trapped inside.

"poor and weak."

In his brief speech, the earthen mound was cut in half, and Pain, completely unharmed, leaped out from the fractured "volcano".

He threw a punch at the Root ninja who was using Earth Release.

"Earth Release: Hardening..."

boom……

The Root ninja, who had hoped to withstand the attack using the hardening technique he had prepared beforehand, was blasted into countless fragments.

Even with the light from the "volcano" eruption, the Root ninjas present couldn't see clearly how their teammate died.

"Shinra Tensei!"

Before the Root ninjas who had gathered could figure out how to deal with Pain, they saw Pain extend his right hand and grab hard.

In an instant, ninjas within a radius of tens of meters felt a huge, irresistible shockwave emanating from the opponent.

In just a few seconds, the area within a radius of several dozen meters of Pain's territory was cleared into a white expanse.

All the Root ninjas within it were instantly reduced to a cloud of blood mist.

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