Ninja World: I'm not a man anymore!

Konoha Village, Information Hall.

A mountain tribesman wearing a helmet suddenly opened his eyes with a look of shock.

"What's wrong?" Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned and asked.

"Sir Hokage, report from the front line. The leading troops of the Hyuga clan were ambushed and then the entire army was annihilated. The clan leader Hyuga Hichizu was captured." The man reported hurriedly.

After hearing the bad news, everyone in the hall changed their expressions.

However, another intelligence ninja immediately added: "Currently, all our troops have arrived at Kirigakure Village and are engaging in a head-on battle with the enemy."

"How many troops does Kirigakure have?" Danzo Shimura asked from the side.

"Well...according to the intelligence, it seems that only one person from the other side came out of the village to fight."

The intelligence ninja hesitated and said with a frown.Obviously, even he himself doubted whether the intelligence coming back from the front line was wrong.

"A person? Who is it?" Hiruzen Sarutobi heard this, frowned and put down the pipe in his hand, and asked.

"The other party claimed to be the Fifth Mizukage of Kirigakure Village, Inigaki Kisame."

The intelligence ninja said as he handed over the prepared information on Kisame Kisaki.

Dried persimmon and ghost shark?

Sarutobi Hiruzen seemed to have some impression of this name.

While looking through the information, he finally recalled that it was the Chuunin Exam held in Konoha a year ago, and it was this Inigaki Kisame who got No. 1.

According to intelligence, after that, Kisame committed a felony murder and was sent to Oniden City Prison to serve his sentence.As a result, for some reason, he suddenly returned to Kirigakure Village and became the new Mizukage.

As the Fifth Mizukage, the biggest highlight of Inikaki Kisame's resume is his age, which is only 14 years old.

Other than that, I can't say it's mediocre, but it's not outstanding either.

I can't tell why I became the Mizukage.

"It seems that Kirigakure Village is indeed at the end of its rope. There are no masters left. Even a 14-year-old brat like this is pushed out to be the Mizukage. This dried persimmon Kisame doesn't look like there is anything powerful about it."

Danzo scanned Kisame's information and said disapprovingly.Koharu and Mito Menyan, who were transferred to the dormitory, also agreed with this.

But the Konoha Sannin looked at each other and felt something was wrong.

Sarutobi Hiruzen noticed the expressions of the three disciples and asked them curiously: "Do you know anything about this dried persimmon Kisame?"

When the three heard this, Orochimaru stood up first and answered:

"Teacher, as far as I know, although Kisame Kisaki is young, he is not a simple-minded, hot-blooded kid, but has a deep scheming mind and extremely despicable methods. It is impossible for him to commit suicide by fighting against an army of five thousand people. There must be other reasons behind this behavior.”

Oh?

Sarutobi Hiruzen was slightly surprised when he heard this.Being able to get such a comment from Orochimaru is enough to show that Kisame is not simple.

At this time, Jiraiya added:

"I have met this Kisame Kisaki a few times, but I have not had in-depth contact with him and am not familiar with him. However, Tsunade has made a movie with him and knows this person best. And this time we are going to rescue Kakashi, We also met Kisame. That guy seems to be the only surviving ANBU ninja in Kirigakure Village."

After speaking, he looked at Tsunade.

Under everyone's gaze, Tsunade took a deep breath and slowly said to Sarutobi Hiruzen:

"That bastard sneaked into the village some time ago and kidnapped Shizune. Hokage-sama, please let me go to the front line. I must defeat that guy with my own hands and rescue Shizune from him."

After hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen pondered for a moment, and then made a calm gesture to Tsunade, telling her not to be impulsive.

"Now that the Kirigakure situation is over, a single dried persimmon Kisame is destined not to cause much trouble, let alone change the outcome of this war. We have to believe in the Konoha ninjas on the front lines. They will definitely return in triumph with good news."

Sarutobi Hiruzen took a puff from his pipe and said with confidence.

However, just in case, he still asked Namikaze Minato on the side: "Minato, how long will it take for you to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to get to the frontline battlefield from here?"

Namikaze Minato did not participate in this battle against Kirigakure due to other tasks.

However, Minato's Flying Thunder God Kunai was brought to the front line by the Konoha ANBU arranged by Sarutobi Hiruzen, and several teleportation points were arranged along the way.

"Tell me, Hokage-sama, I need about 10 minutes."

Minato made an estimate and gave a relatively conservative time.

10 minutes? !

Everyone couldn't help but be surprised when they heard Minato's answer.

There are thousands of miles between Konohagakure and Kirigakure, but for Namikaze Minato, it only takes 10 minutes to get there. What an exaggeration.

Namikaze Minato was not only the only person to inherit the Flying Thunder God Technique from the Second Hokage, but he also improved it.With the improved Flying Thunder God, Minato can even treat the entire ninja world as his own back garden.

This is Konoha's "Yellow Flash", an unprecedented genius.

"Ah, very good."

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded, feeling relieved, and cast an approving look at Minato.He also told the latter, "When the next intelligence comes in, it would be best if the frontline troops successfully capture Kirigakure. If something unexpected happens, you should rush over to support as soon as possible."

"Yes." Namikaze Minato responded respectfully.

Orochimaru looked a little unhappy when he saw this scene.

Judging from the current situation, after the Third Ninja War, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who has been the Hokage for 30 years, will definitely retire.

At that time, Konoha will hold an election for the Fourth Hokage.

Orochimaru originally had a great advantage, but Namikaze Minato's performance has become more and more outstanding in recent times, giving him a serious sense of crisis.

In the past few years, Orochimaru has been violating regulations and secretly conducting human experiments in the village. This has attracted the attention of the Third Generation, who has repeatedly warned him.

For him, the only way to resolve the current crisis is to become the Fourth Hokage.

And once he fails, his end will probably be miserable.

Since the beginning of the Ninja World War, Orochimaru has also worked very hard, but his limelight has been completely overshadowed by the rising star of Minato Namikaze.

Thinking of this, Orochimaru glanced at Danzo and made cryptic eye contact with the latter.

Danzo didn't like Namikaze Minato either.

He and Orochimaru were grasshoppers on a rope, and the latter's research on Hashirama cells was directly instructed and funded by him.

As for Namikaze Minato, in Danzo's view, he was just a puppet of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Even if Hiruzen apparently abdicates, he can still use Minato, an obedient pawn, to continue to control major affairs in the village.

To deal with Hiruzen, one must find a way to target Namikaze Minato so that he cannot become the Fourth Hokage.

Everyone in the hall had their own thoughts for a while.

Whether it is Sarutobi's family or the alliance between Danzo and Orochimaru, they are all planning in advance, consciously or unconsciously, the election of the Fourth Hokage after the war.

But both parties have invariably ignored, or never thought about:

What if Konoha loses this war in the end?