Naruto: The Strongest Sage.

Many years ago, the Uzumaki clan was destroyed.

No one knows why, or rather, everyone knows but no one says it.

The Uzumaki clan's sealing technique, their political system, their geographical location, too many reasons led to their destruction.

Of course, the most important point is that they followed the wrong leader. They followed the then-fool boss of Konoha. They agreed to form a military alliance, but in the end, they watched them die.

However, Aoba knew long ago that there must be some hidden reasons for the demise of the Uzumaki clan.

Aoba saved Yumi and Karin, and because of Naruto, he has always been paying attention to the Uzumaki clan.

According to the data collected over the years, after the Uzumaki clan was destroyed, the various ninjutsu resources they left behind were destroyed in large quantities.

Yes, the multinational force that sent out troops that year was centered around the Land of Water, but in reality, they did not actually seize the Uzumaki clan's ninjutsu information.

Just look at their later developments and you will know. Most of the inheritance of Konoha's high-end sealing techniques came from the Uzumaki clan.

But the other ninja villages were not even close. In other words, they had gained very little in the most important legacy of the Uzumaki clan, the sealing technique.

This is very interesting.

You know, the Uzumaki clan is not a soft persimmon. Even if it is not one of the five major ninja villages, it is still a large ninja clan. It has the ability to resist.

If there is no benefit, who would fight the Uzumaki clan? The Water Country did not pay a price back then.

And what they get is totally disproportionate to what they put in.

But if you study it more deeply, you will find that, in fact, even Konoha has not obtained the most in-depth research data of the Uzumaki clan, that is, the research on the god of death.

If the Shiki Fuujin had not been passed down, if Orochimaru had not later found the mask of the Uzumaki clan, reversed the Shiki Fuujin, and rescued the souls of several Hokage inside, the ninja world would not have had a deeper understanding of the God of Death even after hundreds of years.

In fact, even Orochimaru did not study it more deeply. Only Aoba was obsessed with the two special beings, the God of Death and the God of Evil.

But just as he was about to start, he was interrupted by Senju Hashirama.

This made Qingye happy instead of angry, because this just proved that the Six Paths Sage was not omnipotent. He actually had many weaknesses in the ninja world.

Once he was touched, he had to respond. And this response must come at a price. Otherwise, he would have completely eliminated those weaknesses.

The Sage of Six Paths couldn't do anything to the God of Death, so he could only interrupt anyone who might be communicating with the God of Death.

It was very likely that the Uzumaki clan had already approached back then, so they were directly exterminated.

Now, Qingye did something similar. The other party threw out the trump card in his hand without hesitation.

Senju Hashirama attacked Konoha without hesitation, so one can imagine the extent of his influence on Ashura.

It's just that Konoha was well prepared. Aoba had made many preparations to deal with possible attacks.

The defensive barrier is just one of them.

"What are the casualties?" Aoba asked when he saw the Anbu coming to report.

"Two ninjas who were patrolling the perimeter failed to enter the barrier in time and have died. In addition, some buildings in the village have shaken, and the losses have not yet been counted."

"Not bad. Get ready to fight back."

Konoha quickly launched a counterattack, but they did not send out experts to fight Senju Hashirama to death.

Currently, in the entire Konoha, the only ones who can fight Hashirama Senju head-on are probably Yumi and Kakashi. Tsunade and the Fourth Hokage are both a little inferior.

The third generation and the second generation are even weaker. Of course, the second generation's status is different now. Qingye also doesn't allow him to easily participate in the battle, mainly letting him be responsible for research and development work.

The Third Hokage's fighting power was not weak, but his upper limit was not enough to deal with this level of battle. During the time when Aoba was unable to use chakra, the King vs. King battle between Konoha and Hashirama was actually very dangerous.

But as I said, Aoba never prepares a plan.

Now that Konoha has something like a large chakra core, it naturally cannot be used only for defense.