Late at night, a group of six people were still moving quickly in the dense jungle.

"Koharu, how far are we to the border of the Land of Lightning?" asked the young Sarutobi Hiruzen in a deep voice.

Utatane Koharu took out the map, observed it for a while and gave the answer:

"We should be almost there, probably about ten kilometers to go."

"There should be Cloud Ninjas responsible for lookout and alert at the border. How can we break through?" Mito Menyan suggested.

"The Cloud Ninjas on the border probably don't know about the sudden change in the alliance meeting yet? Maybe we can just go straight through?" Akimichi Toukaze suggested.

Xiaochun: "But what if the Hidden Cloud Village has already informed those Cloud Ninjas in advance in some way?"

Yan: "Then just kill them!"

Sarutobi frowned, thinking while looking at Danzo beside him.

"Danzo, what do you think?"

"what?"

The latter woke up with a look of confusion on his face.

"Danzo, why are you so listless? Are you too tired?"

"It's nothing, don't worry."

"So what do you think? Should we force our way in?"

"You are already the Hokage! You can decide these matters on your own!"

Danzo's tone was obviously filled with resentment and jealousy. In his mind, he was just a moment of cowardice.

Because he lagged behind Sarutobi by a small step, he missed the coveted position of Hokage.

Naturally, he was extremely unwilling to accept this, and it even became a lifelong nightmare of regret.

Sarutobi stopped questioning Danzo.

He was not stupid, he had always known that Danzo also wanted to be Hokage, that was why he was competing with him so desperately.

Now that he has missed out on the position of Hokage, it is inevitable that he feels a little emotional.

After he gets through this difficult time and returns to the village, I will slowly guide him.

"Mirror, what do you think?"

Sarutobi turned and asked Uchiha Kagami.

Jing frowned in distress: "Should we really give up on Hokage-sama? If he were still here..."

When they talked about Tobirama who died alone, everyone fell silent.

Sarutobi Hiruzen clenched his fingers, but said with a cheerful look on his face: "Don't worry, believe in the Second Generation, he won't die so easily! Maybe he has escaped the encirclement and is chasing us..."

The others remained silent.

Everyone knew that Sarutobi's words were just to comfort people.

If the second generation Tobirama wants to buy them enough time to escape, he will inevitably fight to the death with the Kinkaku troops. With Tobirama's serious injuries, the chances of him surviving are extremely low...

After a moment, Uchiha Jing took the initiative to say:

"Let me go to the border to test it first."

"If I can pass safely, it proves that the border cloud ninjas are not aware of this, and you can pass through then."

"If a fight breaks out between me and the Border Cloud Ninja, you will take the opportunity to pass through the defense line and break out directly!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen: "No, this is too dangerous."

Jing: "There is no time to hesitate. Hiruzen, you have already taken over the position of Hokage, and you must make a choice. If you can't return alive, all the efforts of Hokage-sama will be in vain."

Sarutobi: "I know, but..."

"Don't worry, my Sharingan is not just for show. Even if we fight, the border cloud ninjas may not be my opponents."

Jing showed his white teeth and smiled easily, obviously having made up his mind.

He was promoted by Tobirama and was the ninja who went beyond family concepts and was the most loyal to the village.

In order to protect his teammates and for the inheritance of the village, he is not afraid of sacrifice.

"Jing, you..."

Xiaochun was slightly moved, but did not try to dissuade him.

At this point, everyone is rational and understands that some cruel decisions are necessary.

"I will go with you!"

Danzo suddenly volunteered.

"Danzo, you..."

"Sarutobi, I will stop the enemy with Kagami. You just have to stay alive. Don't let down the Hokage!"

"Jing, let's go!"

After saying that, Danzo turned and left.

I don't know if it was to get away from Sarutobi or to prove that he was not a coward.

……

Jing felt relieved when he saw Danzo galloping with him.

"Danzo."

"?"

"I didn't expect you to be willing to join me."

"Humph! I just don't want that Monkey guy to be the only one in the spotlight."

Danzo pursed his lips and muttered, still upset about Sarutobi succeeding the throne of Hokage.

"Danzo, you want to be Hokage too, right?"

"Who doesn't want to be Hokage? It's a pity that Monkey got the chance!"

"Yes! I also wanted to stay behind to cover the rest, but unfortunately the burden of my family was too heavy, so I hesitated..."

Jing also sighed.

Like Danzo, everyone longs to become Hokage.

Unfortunately, the family constraints from the Uchiha clan made Kagami hesitate, and he was not as decisive as Sarutobi.

At this moment, I am willing to act as a pioneer and test it out, also with a trace of guilt and compensation.

Danzo looked towards Jing, with a little more recognition and sigh in his eyes.

...

At the same time, the Cloud Ninja guards at the border of the Land of Lightning received the notice in advance and set up traps in an attempt to stop the Konoha Ninjas.

Jing and Danzo were just approaching the border.

They found that many Cloud Ninjas were surrounding them.

"The enemy is coming!"

Jing yelled and prompted.

"There is indeed an ambush!"

"There shouldn't be many of them. We can hold on. As long as we hold off these enemies, Sarutobi and his men will be able to break through the border easily."

"I don't have much chakra left."

"me too……"

"Humph, maybe I'll die with you."

"Danzo, if I die in battle, please help me bring the Sharingan back!"

"Jing, you..."

"You know, this pair of pupil techniques cannot fall into the hands of the Cloud Hidden Clan. This is my last request, please agree to it."

Danzo stared at the mirror, anger welling up in his heart again.

"Okay, I promise you!"

...

There are not many Cloud Ninjas stationed in this border area, only about twenty or so, and their strength is not very strong, most of them are Chunins.

As per normal conditions.

If Danzo and Kagami are in full strength, the two of them can definitely kill everyone.

Unfortunately, they are not in good condition now.

In other words, the six of them who escaped from the Hidden Cloud Village had consumed a large amount of chakra and their condition had seriously deteriorated.

Not every ninja can fight for three days and three nights like Hashirama and Madara.

For an ordinary ninja, even a jonin, it would be great if he could fight intensely for dozens of minutes.

If ninjutsu is performed frequently, this endurance time will be greatly shortened.

Ever since.

In the first few minutes of the battle, Danzo and Kagami almost killed indiscriminately and quickly eliminated about half of the Cloud Ninjas.

But as their chakra became depleted, the two of them were undoubtedly finding it increasingly difficult.

The scars accumulated on his body were increasing.

Jing was almost draining the power of his Sharingan, and two bright red bloodstains flowed down from the corners of his eyes.

At this rate, it would be hard for the two of them to hold on to the end.

There is a high probability that both of them will die in the battle, but there is a small probability that one of them will escape.

But there is good news.

The two of them attracted and delayed so many Cloud Ninjas, so Sarutobi must have successfully made a breakthrough.

As long as we leave the range of the [Land of Thunder], the subsequent threats will be greatly reduced.

At least there is a high probability that we can return to Konoha safely.

After all, there are Konoha ninjas to support us on the other side of the border of the [Land of Fire].

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