Naruto: The Strongest Sage.

Mei Terumi did not leave Konoha in the end. And she knew in her heart that if she did not leave this time, she would not be able to leave in the future.

Konoha was like an abyss, swallowing up the refugees from Kirigakure bit by bit. The most terrifying thing was that she couldn't feel any resistance deep down in her heart.

She even knew that many of her subordinates had already thought about settling down in Konoha.

Because as Konoha's various reform measures were upgraded, their ninja configuration became more and more outrageous.

The current Konoha ninjas, when going out on field missions, are covered with all kinds of blades.

From kunai shuriken, to detonating tags, to special blades for enhancing perception, resisting illusions, and so on.

It is no exaggeration to say that with the support of these matching blades, the overall strength of a Konoha Genin has definitely reached the level of a Chunin from other ninja villages.

The key is that these are only accessible to Mei Terumi and others. It is said that those high-level ninjas also have various specially customized high-level blades. However, those are strictly confidential and outsiders like them cannot see them.

However, as a leader, Mei Terumi knew what was going on. If the treatment of lower-level ninjas was this bad, the treatment of higher-level ninjas would be even more exaggerated.

It is no exaggeration to say that the overall treatment of Konoha's ninjas is completely different from that of other ninja villages.

As for hard power, look at their advanced ninja school. With just a small amount of points, you can learn a large number of high-level ninjutsu. Terumi Mei herself even learned an A-level water-style ninjutsu from there.

When she finally learned it, she couldn't believe it. She was a Kirigakure ninja, and Konoha actually let her take advantage of this.

You have to know that in the ninja world, A-level ninjutsu seems common among the protagonists. But in the entire ninja group, even the senior ninjas use it as a killer. Ordinary ninjas, without special opportunities, can't learn it.

In fact, except for those S-level ninjutsu and forbidden techniques, Qingye opened most of the five elements ninjutsu to the advanced ninja academy.

The level of ninjutsu in Konoha as a whole has made a leap forward, and Mei Terumi and the others can clearly sense this.

Mei Terumi herself is a top master, even if she has not yet reached the level of Kage, she is still a top elite jonin.

But she had encountered countless Konoha ninjas in the village who posed a fatal threat to her.

The key point is that those people are not the famous talented ninjas of Konoha, but just a group of unknown ninjas who are not included in the intelligence.

In fact, Mei Terumi herself also wanted to know how Kamikawa Aoba managed to turn Konoha into what it is today in just a few years.

In Kirigakure, Ohnoki looked at the young Uchiha Madara in front of him and forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart.

"Madara-sama, we have come to seek cooperation to fight the threat to Konoha together."

"Ohnoki, you should know my character very well. Do you think you are qualified to discuss cooperation with me?"

Madara's tone was very impolite. But Ohnoki was not angry. As the oldest of the Five Kage, in front of Uchiha Madara, he was just a junior who could barely be considered.

"Excuse me, Madara-sama. This is not the same era as it used to be. As far as I know, you did not defeat Kamikawa Aoba in the previous battle in Rain Country."

"Yes, strictly speaking, I am actually at a disadvantage. But do you think I can win with you?"

Ohnoki was stunned by the question. He also wondered what Kamikawa Aoba's current strength was.

According to Iwagakure's intelligence, Kamikawa Aoba has mastered the changes of the five chakra attributes almost perfectly, and can quickly perform ninjutsu of any attribute.

At the same time, his taijutsu and swordsmanship were both top-notch, the kind that could fight the Raikage head-on.

At the same time, the opponent also has a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan. The ability is unknown, suspected to be illusion. However, in the last fight with Uchiha Madara, it showed strong physical destructiveness.

To this day, no one in the outside world has truly mastered Kamikawa Aoba's Kaleidoscope Eye Technique.

The most important thing is that Kamikawa Aoba also mastered Flying Thunder God. From this point of view, the opponent can be regarded as the perfect template of a ninja.

The Ninja Body Genie is completely invincible. At the same time, the chakra volume is off the charts. In addition to Flying Thunder God and Mangekyō, Ohnoki can't imagine who in the current Ninja world can beat Kamikawa Aoba.

"It seems that you have figured it out. Even I have to admit that the young man is indeed a brilliant man. If he was born in my era, he might be ranked as the top figure alongside me, Hashirama.

But that doesn't mean I'm not his match. In fact, due to some accident, I lost my eyes. They were stolen by another little devil.

Ohnoki, if you want to cooperate, help me find that guy. I get what I want, and you get what you want."

The last defeat was not a big blow to a person like Madara, but after that battle, Obito hid somewhere unknown.

He mobilized the Kirigakure to look for him. But there were only a few of them in Kirigakure, and they didn't have the resources of the five great powers. They couldn't find any trace of Obito.

That's why Madara didn't reject Ohnoki directly when he came. He always believed that as long as he got back the Samsara Eye, Kamikawa Aoba would definitely not be his opponent.

Since he was resurrected, the plan would naturally go forward. Finding the Samsara Eye was the first problem. The second was the problem of the tailed beasts.

According to Black Zetsu's information, Sand Village submitted to Konoha, so strictly speaking, Konoha already controlled the two tailed beasts, the One-Tail and the Nine-Tail.

Later, they captured the two-tailed beast of the Kumo Ninja in the Land of Rain. Thus, Konoha had mastered three tailed beasts.

Iwagakure has two. The Eight-Tails has been absorbed by the Ten-Tails. A small ninja village called Takinin has one. In Kirigakure, Black Zetsu has already mastered the Three-Tails.

This is the current distribution of the tailed beasts in the ninja world.

There is no doubt that Konoha is temporarily ahead of the whole game. This forced Uchiha Madara to consider this issue in advance.

Although he was confident that he could sweep across the ninja world after regaining the Samsara Eye, he rarely felt a hint of uncertainty when facing Kamikawa Aoba who had suppressed him twice.

Uchiha Madara is a very realistic person. He is an Uchiha. But he is not like the later Uchiha who always talk about the glory of Uchiha. He always says that everything about you has been seen through by my eyes. Sharingan is invincible in the world.

After studying and analyzing various information about Kamikawa Aoba, he realized a problem.

That is, Kamikawa Aoba's strength does not only come from himself, but also from the entire Konoha behind him.

Previously in the Rain Country War, the other two ninjas who knew Flying Thunder God and the ninja who knew the Five Elements Ninjutsu were enough to make Madara take notice.

Looking at their side, Black Zetsu awakened several high-level White Zetsu, and they were barely able to hold the scene. However, the overall strength of Kirigakure was not at the same level as Konoha.

"It seems that we need to find a way to improve Kirigakure." This thought came to Uchiha Madara.