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"But... will Ayase agree to return to Konoha?"
Thinking of Ayase's insistence on having the baby, Biwako smiled inwardly. She didn't believe Ayase would agree to her husband's suggestion and obediently return to Konoha to give birth.
As long as Ayase refused, she could have Katō Dan, that kid, join her in taking action.
"Let's go, back to Konoha."
Sarutobi Ayase put away the secret message in her hand, summoned an ink bird, jumped onto its back, and said to the two below.
Sarutobi Biwako's face was filled with question marks: "???"
"Yes, senpai." Katō Dan thought Ayase had changed her mind and jumped onto the back of the ink bird. He said happily, "Don't worry, senpai. I will do my best to protect you and the child safely back to Konoha."
Sarutobi Ayase glanced at Katō Dan, her expressionless face turning away. The sunshine he exuded was a bit too dazzling.
"Come on up, Biwako-sama." Katō Dan waved to Biwako below, who was still in a daze and couldn't figure it out.
"Shut up, brat." Biwako glared at Katō Dan, jumped onto the ink bird, and looked at her daughter-in-law, her face filled with uncertainty. "You... what exactly did Hiruzen tell you?"
She didn't believe that her daughter-in-law didn't understand that once she returned to Konoha, she would be at their mercy.
And her daughter-in-law, who had always wanted to find Kenshi as soon as possible to seek revenge, would actually agree to return to Konoha and stop looking for Kenshi!
What exactly did her husband say in the reply to her daughter-in-law? Biwako was very curious.
Facing Biwako's question, Sarutobi Ayase remained silent. Her goal had never changed: to seek revenge on Kenshi.
She would agree to return to Konoha for no other reason than that her father-in-law, the Third Hokage, had proposed a plan for revenge that would make Kenshi suffer a hundred times more than directly eating the baby in her belly. That's all.
Of course, this revenge plan couldn't be shared with outsiders.
It took them seven days to return to Konoha.
After arriving in Konoha, the Third Hokage and his daughter-in-law secretly communicated for an hour. From that day on, Sarutobi Ayase disappeared from everyone's sight.
"What exactly are you trying to do?" Biwako asked her husband.
"Heh heh..." The Third Hokage chuckled coldly and laid out his plan. Biwako shivered when she heard it. Looking at her husband, who suddenly seemed a bit strange, she suddenly felt worried. Would her husband follow in his daughter-in-law's footsteps and become a vessel of hatred?
"Don't worry, I'm fine. That's only if Kenshi can survive. I'm not going to let him live that long." The Third Hokage comforted his wife. Leaving Kenshi's child behind was just a preparation for the future. For now, they should try to find Kenshi and kill him.
"Suit yourself." Biwako saw that her husband's mental state didn't seem to be affected by hatred. She shook her head and then said, "Then I'll continue searching for Kenshi with Katō Dan, that little brat."
"Yes." The Third Hokage nodded and said, "This time, I'll let Akamaru go with you."
Biwako frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "You mean that eccentric little brat from the Inuzuka clan."
"Yes." The Third Hokage smiled. "His sense of smell is a hundred times more sensitive than the Inuzuka clan's generations of trained ninken. With his help, plus Dan's soul perception, once we find Kenshi's whereabouts, there's no way he can escape your pursuit."
"Good." Biwako nodded in satisfaction.
Inuzuka Akamaru, the eccentric genius of the current generation of the Inuzuka clan, was also a bit of a freak.
He had developed a forbidden jutsu, "Dog-Human Fusion."
He could completely fuse the ninken he had trained with into his body, becoming a half-beast.
Not only did he have superhuman physical abilities, with his strength, body, and speed greatly enhanced, but his Chakra amount also increased significantly. He even had a sense of smell that was a hundred times more sensitive than his ninken.
It could be said that the forbidden jutsu developed by Inuzuka Akamaru could perfectly enhance the Inuzuka clan's strength by at least one level.
Unfortunately, the reason why it was a forbidden jutsu was because of its terrible side effects.
Dog-Human Fusion not only required sacrificing the ninken he had grown up with, fusing it into himself, but it also retained some of the dog's instinctive animal nature after becoming a half-beast.
For example, sexual interests.
For example, a love of eating poop.
Neither sacrificing a companion-like ninken nor eating poop was something the Inuzuka clan could accept.
Therefore, Dog-Human Fusion was classified as a forbidden jutsu, and Inuzuka Akamaru was ostracized by his clan. In the end, the Third Hokage extended a hand to him, allowing him to join the ANBU.
Biwako had heard of this eccentric member of the Inuzuka clan. His strength and sense of smell were sufficient. She believed that finding Kenshi wouldn't be far off.
Since they had already searched the Sea of War and confirmed that Kenshi wasn't there, Biwako and her team set out again, starting their search from the small countries along the coast of the Sea of War.
Now that it was wartime, the surveillance density within the five great nations was very high, and they each had their own methods. If Kenshi wasn't in the Sea of War, it was unlikely that he would go to the territories of the five great nations. Even if he did, he would be found eventually.
On the contrary, the small countries without the strength to monitor everything were the most likely places for Kenshi to hide.
However, they never imagined that Kenshi had directly passed through the Sea of War and then through the Arctic, arriving at a large island near the Arctic Circle on the other side of the planet, where he was hiding.
Their search was destined to be fruitless.
Soon, a year passed.
Over the past year, the Ninja World War had become increasingly brutal.
But, the more brutal the battlefield, the faster a large number of strong individuals would emerge.
The Land of Rain.
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Dark clouds gathered, thunder roared, heavy rain poured, and the battlefield was full of craters. Konoha and Hidden Rain ninjas fell in large numbers.
Only four people and a beast remained on the entire battlefield.
Hanzo of the Salamander stood on top of his giant summoned Salamander, looking down at the three young Konoha ninjas below. A hint of sadness flashed in his eyes.
"This war is probably going to be a Konoha victory. I'll spare your lives." Hanzo of the Salamander's deep voice rang out.
Jiraiya immediately frowned and replied, "You don't need to pity us. We can still fight!"
Jiraiya, who was being supported by Tsunade, wouldn't accept pity from the enemy.
"Stop it, Jiraiya." Tsunade pulled Jiraiya closer. She knew their situation. They were at their limit. If they continued to fight, they would be the ones who died.
Hanzo didn't say anything to Jiraiya's stubbornness. In fact, they really did have the right to be stubborn.
Although he didn't want to admit it, he had indeed been stopped by these three young Konoha ninjas.
If he was stopped, if he was restrained, the other Hidden Rain villagers would definitely not be able to withstand Konoha's attack.
This war was lost the moment his strength was no longer overwhelming.
If he could, he really wanted to kill these three talented Konoha ninjas right here, the ones who could stop him.
Unfortunately, he couldn't. Their summoning beasts had all been driven back by him, and they knew the current situation.
If they really fought to the end, the three of them only needed to activate the Summoning Jutsu seal in their bodies. They would be summoned back by their respective summoning beasts.
This was a unique Reverse Summoning Jutsu of the Three Great Sanctuaries. He couldn't kill these three young people.
"You three are very strong!"
Hanzo didn't want to be a demigod of the ninja world, fighting with all his might, only to be stopped by three nameless young Konoha ninjas and unable to kill them. This would damage his reputation.
Even if the Hidden Rain Village lost this war, as long as his reputation remained, the Hidden Rain Village would still be there.
So, for the sake of the Hidden Rain Village and his reputation, Hanzo personally bestowed the title of "Sannin of Konoha" on Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru in this battle.
From then on, the Sannin of Konoha became famous throughout the ninja world, using the reputation of the demigod of the ninja world. The Sannin lived up to Hanzo of the Salamander's expectations, becoming increasingly powerful in the subsequent wars, each time able to directly confront Hanzo of the Salamander.
In this way, the ones stopping him, Hanzo, weren't just some random people. They were the legendary Sannin of Konoha.
Meanwhile, on the battlefield in the Land of Rivers.
One person, one sword, white hair, white light. The name of Konoha's White Fang was also made famous throughout the ninja world, stepping on the lives of countless Sand Village jōnin, becoming a powerful ninja in this era, no less famous than the Sannin of Konoha.
Other village ninjas also emerged as young powerhouses on various battlefields, making their names known throughout the ninja world.
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