Yes, the Hokage

"Hmm." Kushina was slightly relieved upon hearing this. "Thank you, Fenglan."

When the other party made a big show of preparations, she didn't say anything, but in her heart she couldn't help but feel that it was making a mountain out of a molehill. Now that there was really an enemy attacking, and she, Naruto, and even Minato were all heavily protected under his arrangements, Kushina realized Fenglan's good intentions.

"No need for thanks, it's what I should do."

Feng Lan's previous sentence echoed in his mind through his perception ability, and his next sentence appeared directly in the room: "Now that Naruto has been born safely, let's move him immediately."

"Relocate?" Biwako was somewhat taken aback.

“That’s right, Lady Biwako, please leave from other places as well. This place will soon become a battlefield.” Fenglan nodded. “Kushina, hold Naruto tight, and Miss Shizune, please come here as well.”

He placed one hand on Kushina's shoulder and the other on Shizune's shoulder, then immediately activated the Flying Thunder God Technique, bringing the two women and Naruto to a secret room that had been prepared beforehand.

"Lady Kushina!" Rin immediately greeted her with concern, while Kakashi, Kabuto, and Itachi were also there, and Yamanaka Fu and Aburame Torune were outside the door using their sensory abilities and insects to monitor and keep watch.

Besides them, there was also a new elite barrier team in the room, ready to reinforce the Nine-Tails seal at any time.

"Today is the Hokage Guard's first mission: to protect the Fourth Hokage's wife and son." Feng Lan patted everyone on the shoulders. "I'm counting on you!"

"Yes!"

Although it was called a guard team, Inuzuka Tetsu was not included by Feng Lan. Instead, Kakashi and Rin, two disciples who were familiar with Kushina, were added, which should put her at ease.

After settling Kushina in, Fenglan returned to the delivery room once more using the Thunder God Technique: "Lord Jiraiya, Lady Tsunade, I have a plan that requires your cooperation."

……

"There aren't any inside this building either."

After searching all the rooms at great cost, the White Zetsu tilted its head and said, "There aren't many White Zetsu left, and the Sky Ninjas are almost wiped out. Let's take this opportunity to retreat."

Black Zetsu knew perfectly well that the other party's suggestion was correct, but how could he be willing to give up like this?

"Wait, who is that guy?!" Suddenly, Black Zetsu saw a voice running wildly down the street, seemingly oblivious to the shouts and fighting around him, clutching several scrolls tightly in his arms. It was Inuzuka Tetsu.

"That guy seems to be the captain of the Hokage's guard... Could it be that the seal on the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki has loosened and urgently needs a scroll to reinforce it?!"

He immediately thought of a possibility and instructed Bai Jue, "Keep an eye on this guy!"

"Okay, okay." The White Zetsu are generally not very intelligent. Their main bodies may be a little more intelligent, but it is still limited. They are used to obeying the Black Zetsu.

"Did you go into that building...?"

Black Zetsu muttered to himself. The White Zetsu had all entered that place before, but they were quickly killed by ninjas who arrived after hearing the news. Could it be…

"One last try, go all out for a breakthrough!"

Okay~~

The White Zetsu body did as instructed, sending all the remaining White Zetsu over to search the upper floors with all its might.

Soon, the main body's eyes lit up: "The guys who went up to the second floor were defeated by Tsunade."

"Tsunade?!" Black Zetsu's spirits lifted. "Continue sending the remaining men over there to search with all our might!"

A few minutes later, White Zetsu said, "Jiraiya has also appeared, and with Inuzuka Tetsu, there are now three people in the building who are related to Namikaze Minato."

“That’s right, it’s definitely here!” Black Zetsu gave a sinister smile. “If I’m not mistaken, there were originally four guards, but Minato Namikaze and Obito Uchiha were forced to fight, leaving only those two…”

"Have all the remaining White Zetsu combine to delay those two. I'll take action myself!"

"Good~"

The combination of White Zetsu sounds impressive, but in reality, it's just stuffing them together into one big lump. To be honest, the increase in combat power is very limited. However, Jiraiya and Tsunade were worried that it would collapse the entire building, and since Fenglan had already instructed them to hold back, they were indeed a bit constrained.

[Heh heh heh, it worked...]

Therefore, Black Zetsu successfully bypassed the two people who were entangled and sneaked into the top floor. He immediately showed a happy expression. Everything here indicated that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki gave birth here!

There were two henchmen guarding the door, but he didn't even bother to look at them. He simply ordered Bai Jue to hold them off while he burst into the delivery room.

Sure enough, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was lying weakly on the hospital bed, holding his child. When he saw me enter, his expression changed drastically. He struggled to sit up, but could only fall back down, clutching his stomach.

Seeing Kushina sit up, Black Zetsu hesitated for a moment, after all, the sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan were not to be trifled with. But seeing how weak she was, clutching her stomach with her hands and looking pained, it was clear that the Nine-Tails seal had loosened. If he didn't act now, when would he?

But he was also a cautious fellow. Instead of rushing forward, he spread his arms and unleashed countless branches that wrapped around the enemy.

Seeing the other struggle twice more, but only managing to protect the child's body as it became completely entangled in the branches, Black Zetsu couldn't help but reveal a look of wild joy: "Nine-Tails Jinchuriki captured successfully! Feng Lan, I've won after all! Hahahaha..."

Before his hoarse laughter could finish, he was shocked to see Kushina disappear into white smoke with a "bang," revealing herself to be a transformed shadow clone.

However, the baby immediately returned to its original state, and then disappeared from sight with a Flying Thunder God technique.

"not good!"

Black Zetsu was instantly terrified, but it was too late. A terrifying force surged violently from behind him, and at the same time, Feng Lan's mocking voice rang out: "Surprise, damn it!"

Rasengan——!

Chapter 155 Why is Black Zetsu laughing again?

This Rasengan smashed Black Zetsu into a pulp. The White Zetsu around him roared in despair and rushed over to save their master. Several White Zetsu even transformed into shells to envelop Black Zetsu, preventing him from suffering further damage while immediately sinking into the floor.

At this moment, the minions who were fighting the White Zetsu also turned into white smoke and disappeared. They were all bait created by Feng Lanying after he created a clone and then used a transformation technique.

Seeing this, Feng Lan knew it was impossible to kill this guy. Anyway, he had already achieved his goal, so he simply used Flying Thunder God Technique to run away. Destroying Kaguya's will was nothing to him; his own life always came first.

"Go, let's go!"

Black Zetsu was shocked and furious, knowing that he must have also been marked with the Flying Thunder God Seal, making it impossible for him to sneak up on Feng Lan in the future.

He really lost everything at this "Nine-Tailed Night".

At the White Zetsu's command, all the remaining White Zetsu who were still able to move immediately retreated, while the Sky Ninjas had already been mostly killed.

"Lord Shikaku..." On the top of the Hokage Building, Hizashi frowned and said, "Why did you let those few remaining Sky Ninja go? We could have wiped them out completely."

"This is Lord Fenglan's intention," Shikaku said calmly. "You only need to observe the remaining chakra levels of these guys."

"I understand." Although he didn't understand the thoughts of these clever people, Hizashi immediately accepted the order and left.

At the same time, a golden light flashed, and Minato, carrying Hiruko who had been sealed by a sealing technique and looked like a real mummy, returned to the village entrance.

"Gentlemen!" Lu Jiu smiled slightly and immediately relayed the order to everyone through Hai Yi, "No need to pursue. Immediately take care of the wounded and clean up the mess. We... have won!"

"Oh oh oh oh oh—!"

The fighting ninjas all excitedly raised their hands: "Long live the Hokage!"

……

As the sun rose, Konoha Village had returned to its former peace. Compared to the heavy casualties suffered by the enemy, Konoha only had some buildings destroyed, and the casualties were so small as to be negligible.

All of this is thanks to Feng Lan, who set up defenses in advance. His triple three-dimensional defenses almost completely surrounded Konoha like an iron barrel. Black Zetsu's various carefully designed killing moves crashed into him, only to end up with broken heads and bleeding profusely.

However, our greatest contributor is not in the village at this time.

Last night, after resting for half an hour, Fenglan immediately set off with Fugaku, Hizashi, Shiwei, and Inuzuka Hana. After a night of searching and tracking, they successfully discovered a huge fortress in the lake outside the Forest of Fire, which could almost be described as an aircraft carrier.

Honestly, this doesn't look like the art style of the Naruto world at all. After all, it's from a movie. It feels like the technology is at least a hundred years ahead of the main series, making it hard to imagine how the Sky Village was destroyed in the Second World War.

Even this behemoth is merely a branch fortress of the Sky Ninja. The true main base, Anker Bandian, has been buried deep beneath the jungle ruins. If enough Zero-Tails chakra can be collected, it can rise directly into a massive aerial fortress and extract Zero-Tails chakra through its main cannon to launch terrifying attacks similar to Tailed Beast Balls.

"They actually found it."

Inuzuka Hana patted the heads of her three ninja dog brothers, her face still showing lingering astonishment.

"At that time, I dared to issue the order to kill without mercy because, firstly, I did not know the specific situation of the attackers, so of course I had to cut off the enemy's wings first; secondly, I naturally had another way to locate their stronghold."

Feng Lan smiled. He had already canceled the clone he had prepared to absorb natural chakra, so he was in pretty good condition: "By calculating the chakra consumed in the battle plus the remaining amount, we can estimate the return distance. Then, just like searching for a beehive, we can quickly locate the enemy by using the parasitic insects, ninja dogs, and the Byakugan's wide-range search."

"Lord Fenglan is indeed incredibly insightful and shrewd..."

His words drew admiring glances from his subordinates, but in reality, this was just a tracking method used by Shikamaru in the movie. If Fenglan hadn't known the plot beforehand, he wouldn't have been able to deduce that such a behemoth would be parked nearby.

"How is the observation going, Mr. Hizashi?"

“As you expected.” Hizashi continued scanning the enemy with his white eyes. “The garrison in the entire fortress is very small, and most of them are personnel who assist in taking off, with almost zero combat capability.”

“Then, let’s get started.” Feng Lan smiled. “Mr. Hizashi, head straight for the command room and cut off their communications. Mr. Fugaku and Mr. Shiwei, go and mop up the remaining soldiers. As for Hana, stay by my side and use your ninja dogs and sense of smell to make sure no one can escape.”

"I've been eyeing the Sky Ninja's equipment for a long time. The days ahead are long and prosperous for Konoha to form a bombing squad."

Upon hearing this, the subordinates were immediately invigorated and responded in unison, "Yes!"

……

On the other side, Black Zetsu was surrounded by White Zetsu and fled for a whole night before barely escaping the threat range of Konoha.

"Shall we go back to base for now?" White Zetsu suggested. "That Feng Lan is too powerful; we can't beat him."

"No!" However, after a moment's thought, Black Zetsu said, "Although we have suffered heavy losses, Konoha is also exhausted. If we can seize the opportunity to launch a counterattack on the Sky Ninja's fortress, we might be able to catch the already complacent Konoha off guard and take the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!"

"Hmm, that seems to make sense." Bai Jue scratched his head. "But what if we get ambushed by Feng Lan on the way?"

Black Zetsu wasn't entirely sure himself, but hearing White Zetsu's words only fueled his anger: "How is that possible? He can even predict our route? Does he think he's the Sage of Six Paths?!"

Because of his previous escape, Black Zetsu was now in the opposite direction from the fortress, forcing him to take a long detour before reaching his destination.

Seeing the fortress still standing in the lake, Black Zetsu couldn't help but laugh again in his hoarse voice: "Hahahaha!"

"Hmm?" Bai Jue looked over curiously. "Why are you laughing again?"

Black Zetsu sneered, "I think Fenglan Lujiu is ultimately lacking in strategy. He didn't expect that the Sky Ninja had a fortress lying in ambush nearby. If he can anticipate our moves again and launch a surprise attack from here, even if we are not completely wiped out, we will inevitably suffer heavy casualties..."

Before he could finish speaking, a large group of ANBU members surged out of the fortress. By this time, the remnants of the Sky Ninja had already been captured by Feng Lan and the others and taken back to Konoha. His men were indeed injured and exhausted, but there were still people from the Third Hokage's side.

Therefore, before leading the team to track down, Feng Lan also told the Third Hokage about the fortress and the air ninja equipment. So when Black Zetsu arrived at the fortress, it was already full of Anbu.

Chapter 156 Kushina's Apology

"Everyone, thank you for your hard work..."

A flash of golden light, and the blond-haired man appeared in the Hokage's office, carrying a drink and muttering Feng Lan's catchphrase.

Meanwhile, everyone in the office was busy with their own tasks. Feng Lan sat directly in the Hokage's chair and worked on documents at lightning speed with Shikaku across the table. Inuzuka Tetsu and Uchiha Izumi were carrying around a mountain of scrolls, making Minato seem like an outsider.

Three days had passed since the night of Naruto's birth. Black Zetsu had fled in disarray, and his White Zetsu forces were almost completely depleted. With no tailed beasts captured yet, the Gedo Mazo could not obtain a supply of chakra and it would be difficult to produce more White Zetsu.

The air ninja forces were completely wiped out, and Konoha acquired many complete sets of flying ninja tools. As for the fortress floating on the lake, although it could not be moved back to Konoha, the Third Hokage still sent many experts and ANBU to study it and see if there could be any new discoveries.

When Hiruko was brought back by Minato, he was covered in... no, he was covered in Flying Thunder God marks. This was because the essence of the Oni-Garara technique is to merge everything. In the end, the old boy, who was driven to desperation, merged himself with the summoning beast, making him look like a chimera (Oni-Garara is a similar pronunciation to the Japanese word for chimera).

As a result, the larger the body, the easier it was for Minato to cut in and print marks from all directions, eventually leading to him ending up like the female protagonist in the doujinshi.

Hiruko is currently imprisoned in a prison under the Uchiha Police Force, enjoying the same treatment as Orochimaru. Because his eyes are Sharingan, he is often raped by hot-blooded Uchiha lads. Considering that he has now been reduced to his original form as a young boy, the scene is too beautiful to imagine.

The news of Konoha's great victory was obviously spread by the merchants as the village reopened, which explains the bustling scene.

Not only were the smaller countries terrified, but the five great nations, apart from Kirigakure which was embroiled in civil war, also showed considerable concern. After all, if Konoha were to gain air superiority, they would have to rely on Kirigakure for future Shinobi World Wars. Even Sunagakure, as a subordinate, timidly asked if they needed any help, clearly wanting a share of the spoils.

In this situation, it would be strange if the Hokage's office wasn't busy. Considering that Kushina had just given birth and was in a very weak state, Feng Lan simply kicked Minato home to be with his wife. However, the golden-haired man felt that it was a bit unreasonable for the Hokage to stay out of it at this time, so he often came to visit the set.

"Put down the coffee and you can leave."

Feng Lan, buried behind a pile of documents, didn't even look up: "Keep an eye on Kushina and Naruto. Although White Zetsu is unlikely to cause any trouble, we can't completely put an end to the alarm for now."

“Kushina’s seal is intact, and she has Kakashi, Rin, and Obito protecting her for the time being.” Minato scratched his head. “I just came to see if I could be of any help.”

"You're only making things worse here," Feng Lan said sarcastically as she rapidly reviewed documents. "Even Lian Quan is more useful than you."

"Hmm!" Minato's cheeks puffed out subtly. "You've been showing me way too much disdain lately!"

"It's not that I'm complaining, it's just that if you don't spend time with your wife and kids now, you won't have time later." Feng Lan said, tossing this over with her hand, "Take a look at this."

Minato looked down and saw a secret report from Pakura to Fenglan. It showed that thanks to Kisame and Mei Terumi's extensive efforts in the Land of Water and the symbolic power of the ninja sword, they had attracted many people who were dissatisfied with the Blood Mist Village to join them. Although the rest remained neutral, most of them were observing. If the resistance army successfully took power, they would most likely support them.

One elder even publicly expressed his support for the resistance and provided a large amount of intelligence and supplies. According to Feng Lan's analysis, he was most likely the old man who personally handed the Shadow Hat to Mei Terumi in Shippuden.

In this situation, Yagura and the conservative faction of the Blood Mist Village could only rely on the village's protective barrier to defend Kirigakure to the death. Although they could take it down by direct attack, that would inevitably result in heavy losses. Pakura, standing on the side of the commander and Fenglan, directly dispatched the Ninja Hawk to inquire whether they could borrow Uchiha Obito.

There's no need for Obito to intervene directly. As long as they can secretly bring a large number of experts across the barrier and leave immediately, just like they did during the surprise attack on Cloud Thunder Gorge, no one can find evidence that Konoha directly interfered.

"If we calculate it this way, before Kushina even finishes her confinement period, the new Kirigakure will be born. When that happens, the complete blockade that Kirigakure used to have will be lifted, and Konoha will be able to enjoy free trade. As the Hokage, you'll have to go and visit."

Feng Lan picked up his coffee and took a sip: "So hurry back to your wife and kids, and call Obito over while you're at it."

"Are you planning to ask Obito for help?" Minato asked.

“That’s right, Pakura is growing very fast, and I really appreciate the tactics she came up with.” Feng Lan smiled. “Besides, even if she hadn’t said anything, I would have sent Obito over anyway. First, the Akatsuki organization is being a bit unruly, and I need him to keep an eye on Yahiko. Second, the civil war has been going on for a while now, and the other major powers should already know the general situation of Kirigakure.”

"Iwagakure and Kumogakure might try to take advantage of the chaos, but Sunagakure's top priority is definitely to assassinate Pakura. Once Chiyo learns that Pakura is leading Akatsuki to attack Kirigakure, she will surely realize that Pakura is completely one of my people, so she must be eliminated as soon as possible."

"Obito's second mission was naturally to protect Pakula."