Black Naruto: Shadow Moon

Although the all-out attack of the Hidden Cloud Village was fierce, it suffered a major setback in the face of the defense of the Konoha Village.

In this conflict, the Hidden Cloud Village thought that they could quickly break through Konoha's defenses with their numbers and the high-end combat power of the Aibi combination, especially Killer Bee's eight-tailed beast transformation. In the eyes of the Third Raikage Ai, it was enough to destroy Konoha's position.

However, the reality is quite different.

First of all, Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Technique showed great advantages on the battlefield.

With his ability of instant teleportation, he shuttled across the battlefield and quickly defeated the ninja troops of the Hidden Cloud Village.

This speed-type ninja was a deadly threat to the regular ninjas of the Hidden Cloud Village, and many enemies were defeated before they could even react.

Minato Namikaze not only has amazing speed, but also has a very high combat awareness, and every attack he makes is precise and effective.

The most shocking thing was the ultimate showdown between Uchiha Kagezuki and the Eight-Tails.

Even if Killer Bee fully transforms into a tailed beast, the enormous strength and destructive power of the Eight-Tails still cannot suppress Shadow Moon.

Relying on the power of Sage Mode and Susanoo, Shadow Moon confronted the Eight-Tails head-on and even performed large-scale ninjutsu such as Wood Release: Flower Tree World Advent and Wood Release: Wood Dragon Jutsu to firmly confine the Eight-Tails on the battlefield.

The aftermath of this battle spread across the battlefield, changing even the terrain, demonstrating Shadow Moon's immense power.

Although the Third Raikage Ai did not fight in person, he witnessed the entire battle from behind.

Faced with this failure, he realized that there was a huge gap between the Hidden Cloud Village and Konoha in high-end combat power.

The performance of Uchiha Kagezuki and Namikaze Minato made him feel that the existing strength alone was not enough to defeat Konoha.

Despite this, the Third Raikage Ai did not give up his plan to attack Konoha.

He believed that the powerful strength displayed by Konoha now would arouse the vigilance of other large ninja villages, and it was almost inevitable that Konoha would become the public enemy of all the major ninja villages.

In order to achieve this goal, the Third Raikage Ai decided to spread the situation of the war with Konoha widely in the ninja world, so as to make other ninja villages such as the Hidden Rock Village and the Hidden Mist Village aware of the threat of Konoha, and hope that they would also join the war against Konoha.

If the Hidden Cloud Village could take this opportunity to unite with other ninja villages to attack Konoha, its chances of winning would be greatly increased.

Although the Hidden Cloud Village suffered a setback in the first round of battles, the Raikage's ambitions remain high. He is ready to move forward with his war plans, and the situation of this confrontation also indicates that the full outbreak of the Third Ninja World War is inevitable.

Under the impetus of the Third Raikage Ai, the first conflict between the Hidden Cloud Village and Konoha quickly spread to the top leaders of the major ninja villages.

The news first reached the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki. This detailed battle report included troop comparisons, battle details, and the performance of key figures.

The battle report showed that although the Hidden Cloud Village had superior military strength, they still had not broken through Konoha's defense line, especially the Flying Thunder God Technique of Konoha's new strong man Namikaze Minato and the suppressive power of the long-renowned Uchiha Kagezuki, which attracted Ōnoki's great attention.

Especially regarding Uchiha Kagezuki's performance, Ohnoki's sense of threat was further intensified.

When he was young, Ohnoki had witnessed top-notch warriors like Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, whose power once dominated the entire ninja world.

At this moment, he felt that Yingyue seemed to have become another rising genius and powerful man, and his power seemed to have increased a lot after the Second Ninja World War.

Ōnoki did not want the Ninja World to have another ruler like Hashirama Senju, so he decided that he must act quickly.

At a high-level meeting held in Iwagakure Village, Ōnoki presented the details of the battle to all the senior ninjas of Iwagakure Village.

He strongly advocated that Konoha was not only an enemy of the Hidden Cloud Village, but also a threat to the peace of the entire ninja world, and might become a hegemonic force in the ninja world in the future.

The ninjas of the Iwagakure Village expressed their support and agreed that they must take the opportunity to launch an offensive against Konoha.

So, at the meeting, the Iwagakure Village decided to adopt a two-pronged strategy, diplomatically condemning the Konoha Village, accusing Konoha of having an unshirkable responsibility for the disappearance of the Kumogakure Village ninjas, and accusing it of "hegemonic" behavior.

Ōnoki stated that the Iwagakure Village's move was to protect the ninja world from Konoha's "powerful control", and used this as an excuse to declare war on Konoha.

The Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki believed that joining forces with the Hidden Cloud Village to fight against Konoha was an excellent opportunity, which could both consume Konoha's strength and prevent Konoha from becoming the only dominant force.

In addition, Ōnoki also secretly planned to use the attack of the Hidden Cloud Village to consume Konoha's combat power, and then launch a strategic strike at the right time.

The top leaders of the Iwagakure Village fully supported Ōnoki's plan to declare war, and the shadow of war quickly spread in the ninja world.

At the same time, in the Hidden Mist Village in the Land of Water, the ninja Ao reported to the Third Mizukage about the battle between Konoha Village and Cloud Village.

The Third Mizukage had been paying close attention to this matter, so he had previously dispatched Ao to conduct reconnaissance on the battlefield at the border of the Land of Fire.

Qing not only successfully obtained detailed intelligence on the battlefield, but also witnessed with his own eyes the battle between Uchiha Kagezuki and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Killer Bee in which the Ushio Demon transformed into a tailed beast. The battle was so large in scale that the aftermath of the battle even changed the surrounding terrain.

The Third Mizukage carefully read the detailed battle report brought back by Ao, and immediately decided to convene a meeting of high-level ninjas from the Hidden Mist Village.

At the meeting, he sought the opinions of the senior ninjas on the current situation.

Many people believed that Konoha was already too powerful and that there wasn't much benefit in continuing to wait and see.

In contrast, supporting the Hidden Cloud Village's aggressive expansion could bring huge benefits, especially if the Hidden Cloud Village eventually weakened Konoha, the Hidden Mist Village would be able to take advantage of the situation to rise.

However, the Third Mizukage still felt a little hesitant.

At this critical moment, the news that the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki of the Iwagakure Village issued a statement condemning Konoha and formally declared war on Konoha reached the Kirigakure Village.

This news became the last straw that broke the camel's back for the Third Mizukage, who finally made up his mind and decided to stand with the pro-war faction in the village and declare war on Konoha Village.

Of course, the Hidden Mist Village did not forget to find a suitable excuse for war.

Similar to what the Iwagakure Village did, the Kirigakure Village claimed that Konoha's actions threatened the peace of the entire ninja world, and used this as an excuse to formally declare war.

The situation in the ninja world further deteriorated, and the war clouds of many countries gradually enveloped the entire ninja world. The Third Ninja World War was about to break out.

Faced with the drastic changes in the situation in the ninja world, different voices also emerged within the Sand Village.

Many pro-war ninjas took advantage of the opportunity that the Hidden Cloud Village, the Hidden Iwa Village, and the Hidden Mist Village successively declared war on the Hidden Leaf Village, and strongly advocated that the Hidden Sand Village should also take this opportunity to declare war on the Hidden Leaf Village, trying to gain benefits from it.

However, as the Third Kazekage of the Sand Village, he did not act rashly, but showed a more cautious attitude.