Naruto: Thousand Hands of Glory

"You mean? Are you sure you want to send Liuxia to the front line?"

Mizuto Menen looked at the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen in disbelief, his eyes full of doubt and worry.

"Monkey, even if you are the Hokage, you can't do whatever you want like this! As elders, we will never agree to this."

Utatane Koharu was also shocked. She felt that the recent changes in the ninja world made her feel increasingly unfamiliar.

"Xiaochun, Menyan, this is a well-considered decision, because..."

The Third Hokage wanted to say something but stopped himself. He just felt that he still couldn't believe it was true. After all, how could the Nine-Tailed Fox, the strongest tailed beast in the legend, who could destroy the world with a single Tailed Beast Ball, be possible?

"Forget it, let Liuxia tell you himself."

Sarutobi Hiruzen finally decided to let Yanagishita explain it in person. After all, some things would not work no matter how much you said. They would only believe it if they saw it with their own eyes.

The three of them fell silent, and no one spoke first. Utane Koharu and Mito Kado En looked at each other and said, "Could it be that the monkey has finally gone crazy?"

Dong dong dong

"Liu Xia? Come in."

The voice of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen broke the silence in the office. There was a slightly different tone in his voice, as if he was expecting something.

The door slowly opened, and Liu Xia walked into the office and greeted the elders present: "Long time no see, elders."

Mitomon En and Utatane Koharu looked at the boy they hadn't seen for a while and found that he had changed a lot. Liuxia was wearing a neat suit, with a sword hanging from his waist. He had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and looked very heroic. But what surprised them even more was that there was a person sitting on Liuxia's shoulder -

Fox? This red fox looks familiar. Wait! How many tails does this fox have? One, two, three... nine?

"What are you looking at? Have you ever seen a handsome tailed beast?"

The nine-tailed beast on Liuxia's shoulder suddenly bared its teeth and spoke, although it didn't look fierce at all due to its size.

It was very upset that Mitomonen and Utane Koharu kept looking at it with their mouths wide open, big enough to fit a watermelon. It was the first tailed beast in the ninja world, but today it felt like an animal on display.

"This? How is it possible!"

Mitomonen and Utatane Koharu exclaimed in their hearts. They felt the breath coming from the Nine-Tails on the other side, which was simply unbelievable. In their cognition, even the perfect Jinchūriki in other villages and the existence of Mito-sama had never demonstrated such an ability.

“Hahaha, that’s the expression! I feel mentally balanced.”

The Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at his two old friends with such shocked expressions and felt that his previous gaffe instantly became insignificant.

"Kyuubi, how can you be so rude to the elders? Be careful or I'll put you in solitary confinement."

Although Liu Xia's tone was reproachful, it was not actually harsh. He then turned to look at the two elders.

"Two elders, I'm really sorry, but if you think Nine-Tailed Fox has a bad attitude, I will punish him by sending him to your house to guard the door for you. How about that?"

"Humph!"

Kyuubi snorted coldly and thought to himself: Humans are hypocritical, this was obviously your arrangement.

"No! No need!"

Utatane Koharu and Mito Kado En said in unison. Asking Kyuubi to guard the door of your house? This is not guarding the door, this is clearly an attempt to blow up the whole house.

"Elders, please don't be polite."

Liu Xia said with a smile.

"Okay, Liuxia, now is not the time to joke around."

The Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen interrupted in time and saved his two friends, causing Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu to breathe a sigh of relief. They looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen with gratitude.

But the next second, they regretted it.

Sarutobi Hiruzen continued, "Several elders have expressed doubts about your ability to go to the front line, so I asked you to come and personally prove your relationship with the Nine-Tails to the two elders. After all, seeing is believing, right? Koharu, Kadoen!"

The Third Hokage looked at his two friends with a smug look on his face, and even the pipe in his mouth couldn't suppress his smile.

He thought to himself: With the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki who is even more perfect than the perfect Jinchuriki, plus the power of the Wood Release of the First Generation, Konoha is like a flying dragon riding on its face. How can we lose? He already imagined the scene where the Third Kazekage personally handed over the letter of surrender to him!

"Well, we're just concerned about the future of the village." Utane Koharu smiled awkwardly, trying to ease the atmosphere.

"Yes, I just want to show my concern!" Mizuto Menyan also echoed.

Yanagishita smiled slightly, as if he knew the concerns of the two elders, so he suggested very considerately: "Two elders, it's okay. If you have doubts about the ability of my Jinchūriki, I can let the Nine-Tails come and have a small competition with you."

Jiuwei was on Liuxia's shoulder. When he heard this proposal, a gleam of excitement flashed in his eyes, but at the same time, there was also a hint of mockery. He had been beaten twice by Liuxia, so he could vent his anger on the two in front of him.

Feeling the breath coming from the Nine-Tailed Fox again, the two elders decisively chose to give up: "No, we have no objection. Liu Xia, you are so outstanding, what else can we have to object to!"

"Yes, we have no objection. We agree. Let's let the Sunagakure see the power of our Konoha this time!"

Mitokado En and Utane Koharu said in unison, their attitudes taking a 180-degree turn.

"In that case, this time the reinforcements will be led by Yanagi himself to support the front line." The Third Hokage struck while the iron was hot. Now that he had made up his mind, he had to start paving the way for the next generation.

Although Mitokado En and Utane Koharu were extremely unwilling to see Sarutobi Hiruzen continue to improve Yanagishita's status, they could only swallow their words and accept the result when faced with the malicious Nine-Tails in front of them.

"Yes, Lord Sandaime." Yanagishita was very satisfied with the appointment. After all, to be the Hokage, brute force alone was not enough. Procedural justice was the best option.

...

As soon as Utane Koharu and Mitokado En left the area of ​​the Hokage building, Koharu couldn't help but start complaining: "Why didn't you dare to object when you were in there just now!"

Mitomon En was not to be outdone and retorted: "Xiaochun, we have to speak honestly. It was obviously you who was scared first. Why don't you dare to fight the Nine-Tails!"

The argument between the two revealed their concerns about the current situation and uncertainty about the future.

Xiaochun sighed, her tone becoming heavy: "You are right, it seems that what Danzo said is right, Konoha is no longer the same as before our era. We need strength, it seems that we need to ask Hiruzen to urge the experiment again, and it must start as soon as possible."

Mitomon En nodded and agreed: "Yes, if nothing unexpected happens, the Ninja World War will soon begin. We can't just sit there and wait for death, we must take action. God knows how we will be treated after the war is over."