The Otsutsuki Road from Kirigakure

"Fourth generation!" Bing, leaning on the recliner, greeted lazily, "What's the problem?"

Mei Terumi, Kana Uzumaki, and Kisame Hoshigaki, who were sparring with each other in a training ground not far away, immediately stopped what they were doing and came up to Kiyoshi to greet him one by one when they saw him appear.

Qingsi smiled gently at the three people as a greeting, and then his eyes fell on the Third Mizukage Bing, and asked, "Third-generation sir, Konoha Village invited us to participate in the joint Chunin exams held by them, but the Third-generation Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen also invited me to go to Konoha to watch the third exam."

"According to the Konoha messenger, Minato Namikaze, the Hokage should have invited several major ninja villages including our Kirigakure and all the Kages at the same time. So, I would like to ask the Third-generation Lord to analyze what exactly is the Hokage's purpose for doing so?"

After listening to Qingsi's words, Bing couldn't help but sit up. This was not like the style of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen!

Inviting the other four major ninja villages to participate in the joint Chunin Exam does seem like something that the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen would do. After all, he is a Hokage who is determined to lead Konoha to avoid war.

But the invitation of the remaining four Kage to gather in Konoha later was totally unlike Sarutobi Hiruzen's style. If he had only invited one or two Kage who were allies of Konoha, it would have been understandable, but how dare he invite all four Kage at the same time? Was he really not afraid of problems in Konoha?

(No exaggeration or understatement, Sarutobi Hiruzen was like this during the Third Ninja World War in the original work. Every time he was beaten to his doorstep, he would think of counterattacking, and then be forced to join the war. He knew that other ninja villages were going to start a war, but he just didn't take it seriously! The Sand Village, the Iwagakure Village, the Cloud Village, and the Mist Village, each village launched a wave of surprise attacks on Konoha, it was, it was totally out of control...!)

Bing felt an itchy scalp, as if a brain was about to grow out of it...!

After pondering for a while, Bing vaguely thought of a possibility, so he broke the silence and said slowly and uncertainly, "This idea should not have come from old guy Sarutobi Hiruzen. It's too unstable..."

"I think this was done by two old guys, Mitomonen and Utatane Koharu, who are overconfident and incompetent!" Bing became more and more confident and fluent as he spoke. He thought that what he said was very likely the truth. "Although these two advisors of Konoha are good at handling government affairs, their own strength and vision are far behind. Holding others back has always been their strong point! By the way, how come the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, has such two useless disciples?"

It has to be said that old opponents understand old opponents. The analysis of the Third Mizukage Bing was to the point and directly hit the nail on the head, revealing the truth.

Among the disciples of the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu are the only two whose strength has not reached the level of Kage. Even in other aspects, there is a very obvious gap compared to the others.

After Uchiha Kagami's death and Akimichi Tofu's semi-retirement, in order to stabilize Konoha's situation, Sarutobi Hiruzen appointed Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu as Hokage advisors to assist him in handling various affairs within the village.

(Although Shimura Danzo is always causing trouble, we have to admit that he did play a certain role in Konoha before. And, although his way of doing things is extremely cruel, the Root did get a lot of information. As for the two of them, Wolong and Fengchu, they are really not that good. After watching the whole Naruto, I just have one feeling that they are not good at anything and are the best at causing trouble...!)

After listening to Bing's analysis, Qingsi suddenly realized that he had never thought in this direction. However, if that was the case, it would completely explain it!

The one who was confused by the title of the "strongest" Hokage in history was not the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, but his two friends, the "Crouching Dragon of Konoha" Mitokado En, and the "Hidden Phoenix of Konoha" Utane Koharu!!!

However, the only problem is that no one knows how these two people convinced the usually steady and conservative Sarutobi Hiruzen...!

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After staying in the Hidden Mist Village for another day, Minato Namikaze set off back to Konoha.

During this day, Minato Namikaze secretly sensed the general strength and situation of the Hidden Mist Village under the pretext of sightseeing in the Village.

Although he didn't know what the Hidden Mist Village looked like in the past, he could clearly feel the vitality emanating from the entire village. All the villagers and ninjas he met along the way were filled with smiles and had expectations and visions for the future.

In fact, after a whole day, Namikaze Minato actually had the "illusion" that the Hidden Mist Village had surpassed the Konoha Village...!

However, according to his rough perception, the overall strength of the Kirigakure ninjas is still a certain distance away from the Konoha ninjas.

Of course, the Hidden Mist Village also knew that Namikaze Minato must be sensing secretly, but they did not stop him at Qingsi's request. After all, the key places in the Hidden Mist Village were all surrounded by barriers set up by the Uzumaki clan. Even if Namikaze Minato let go and sense with all his strength, it would be in vain!

Therefore, what Namikaze Minato sensed was actually just what the Hidden Mist Village wanted him to sense...!

Seriously speaking, at this point in time, the Hidden Mist Village has almost completely surpassed the Hidden Leaf Village!!!

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On the way back to Konoha Village, Minato Namikaze kept thinking. He certainly knew that what he sensed was not all of the Hidden Mist Village. There must be barriers in some key places in the Hidden Mist Village to block perception.

However, it is enough to compare and infer from the situation he perceived and the situation of Konoha Village itself!

Compared with Konoha Village, the overall strength of Kirigakure Village is still far inferior.

After all, in Minato Namikaze's current understanding, Konoha Village is the winner of two consecutive Ninja World Wars and is the strongest ninja village in the ninja world that can fight against two, three, or even four enemies at the same time.

Moreover, with the help of his girlfriend Uzumaki Kushina, his perception ability has become extremely secretive, and it is impossible for the Hidden Mist Village to discover his perception!

You know, his perception is derived from the perception method passed down by the Uzumaki clan!!!

However, Minato Namikaze had never considered one problem, that is, the Hidden Mist Village also has the Uzumaki clan! Moreover, his perception in secret had already been discovered by the Hidden Mist Village!