In the central area of Konoha, where the Hokage Building and Hokage Rock were now completely engulfed by the mushroom cloud, a figure suddenly burst out of the smoke.
The white robe that had originally covered his body had vanished without a trace.
In its place was a black armored battle suit resembling those worn during the Warring States Period.
Sarutobi Hiruzen!
“Tsk, you didn’t die…”
Seeing Sarutobi Hiruzen emerge from the smoke and dust, Yusuke curled his lips.
Although it was somewhat disappointing, it wasn’t particularly surprising.
After all, the Nine-Tails had caused such a tremendous disturbance the moment it appeared.
How could a Kage-level expert like Sarutobi Hiruzen possibly have failed to notice?
Before long, Shimura Danzo, also dressed in a battle suit, led numerous ANBU members to Sarutobi Hiruzen’s side and said solemnly, “The Nine-Tails jinchuriki transfer ceremony failed!”
“There’s no time to worry about that now.”
Sarutobi Hiruzen’s expression was extremely grim.
Looking at the Nine-Tails rampaging in the distance and wildly destroying the village, he gritted his teeth and said, “Do everything we can to subdue the Nine-Tails! First, drive it out of the village!”
This was absolutely the greatest crisis Sarutobi Hiruzen had faced since becoming Hokage.
The Second Shinobi World War had yet to completely end, the war against Sunagakure was still ongoing, and the Nine-Tails jinchuriki transfer had ended in failure.
And White Fang had just died!
“Damn it. If I’d known this would happen, I should have waited a little longer before dealing with White Fang.”
Danzo whispered in a voice only he and Sarutobi Hiruzen could hear.
Just as Kumogakure had the Third Raikage A, known as the “Strongest Raikage,” who could suppress the Eight-Tails every time it went berserk, Konoha did not have someone as powerful as the Third Raikage who could single-handedly resist a Tailed Beast.
But Konoha had numbers on its side.
Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo, the two old foxes, along with the Three Ninja and White Fang, made a total of six Kage-level combatants!
Which shinobi village would dare provoke Konoha now?
If White Fang had not died at this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo would definitely have had a much easier time.
The only thing they could do was quickly drive the Nine-Tails out of Konoha and minimize the village’s losses.
As for whether they could still seal it afterward, that was impossible to say.
“Summoning Technique! Come forth, Enma!”
Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly bit his finger, summoned Enma, and immediately transformed him into the Adamantine Staff.
Standing before all the Konoha shinobi, he shouted, “Follow me!”
“Yeahhh!!!”
More than a thousand Konoha shinobi behind him raised their arms and responded.
In an instant, ninjutsu of every color bombarded the Nine-Tails.
The Nine-Tails merely sneered in disdain.
Its tails swept out like a tornado, and with that simple motion alone, more than a hundred Konoha shinobi were sent flying into the air and killed on the spot!
This was far more serious than Pain’s invasion of Konoha in the future.
A fully manifested Nine-Tails was an existence that no one could face without feeling immense pressure, except for beings at the level of Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, who were above the Kage level.
“Go ahead, rampage. Rampage as much as you want. The more violent, the better. Ideally, rampage until Konoha is on the verge of destruction.”
Sitting on a rooftop, Yusuke couldn’t help laughing.
To be honest, in his previous life, Yusuke had been nothing more than an ordinary civilian.
He wasn’t an old schemer like Sarutobi Hiruzen or Shimura Danzo.
He wasn’t good at political struggles or all those schemes and tricks.
But as a transmigrator, he understood very well why Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, and people like them dared to act so recklessly and destroy Konoha’s geniuses without any bottom line.
The main reason was that Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara had left Konoha with such an overwhelmingly strong foundation, and Konoha simply had too many talented individuals.
From the moment Sarutobi Hiruzen became Hokage, the Three Ninja and White Fang were already Kage-level geniuses.
During the Third Shinobi World War, the Land of Earth, the Land of Lightning, and the Land of Water would join forces to attack Konoha.
At that time, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others finally felt the pressure, because in the original story, Tsunade had already developed hemophobia and could no longer participate in battles on the front lines.
White Fang was dead as well, while the two old foxes had already begun entering the period of declining strength.
This should have sounded the alarm for those old schemers.
Then came the Nine-Tails’ rampage, and Minato Namikaze died.
Afterward, two more geniuses appeared: Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi.
Not to mention the cheat-like Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke.
It could truly be said that Konoha’s geniuses emerged one after another without end!
But precisely because of this, those old bastards became increasingly reckless, even becoming addicted to eliminating people.
Any genius who showed even the slightest threat to their rule could be eliminated without the slightest hesitation.
After all, Konoha had plenty of geniuses.
Ultimately, the reason they could act so recklessly was simply that Konoha itself possessed such a powerful foundation.
Since that was the case, Yusuke would directly strike at the foundation itself.
Didn’t they think Konoha was too powerful, allowing them to act recklessly whenever things were going smoothly?
Then he would cripple Konoha and see whether they still dared to act so recklessly.
Yes, that was Yusuke’s plan.
This time, he intended to cripple Konoha, not destroy it.
After all, Yusuke himself had no clan to serve as his shield.
If he wanted those four old foxes to fear touching him, the best method was to place Konoha in a desperate situation.
He would make them afraid of losing any more combat power and force them to understand the value of “geniuses.”
Besides, Konoha was the most fertile and resource-rich land in the entire shinobi world.
Yusuke himself had no intention of losing such a wonderful place by becoming a rogue ninja like some chuunibyou idiot.
“Hm?”
Just then, Yusuke noticed that, in the direction to his right, Tsunade had handed Uzumaki Mito and Kushina over to members of her Senju clan.
She then charged toward the center of Konoha, where the Nine-Tails was rampaging.
Clearly, she intended to join the battle.
“I can’t let you go cause trouble…”
Yusuke smiled calmly, put on the same spiral-patterned mask that Obito used once again, and instantly appeared in front of Tsunade.