Master, Please Become a Hokage

The higher-ups of Sunagakure were captured alive by him just like that.

Directly killing Ebizo would only make Sunagakure's ninja even more frantic.

—Just like how the disappearance of the Third Kazekage became the fuse for the Third Shinobi World War.

But if he was captured alive, the nature of the situation would be completely different.

As an old general of Sunagakure who had been famous for a long time, and a figure relied upon by the people, this would greatly strike a blow to the morale of Sunagakure.

And it would also continue to enhance Sakumo Hatake's prestige.

"Everyone, let's go."

Sakumo Hatake, carrying Ebizo in his hand, quickly left the scene.

Before long, a field of corpses of Sunagakure ninja and Anbu was left behind.

The Iwagakure intelligence department was greatly destroyed, and the head of the department was captured, which would greatly affect Sunagakure's strategic progress and direction...

...

Before long.

Sunagakure learned the news of Ebizo's capture.

Anxiety and shock were rampant.

The Third Kazekage, who was sitting in Sunagakure, was even more furious.

Konoha's White Fang had finally shown his skills again in this great war.

This couldn't help but make the Third Kazekage recall the past when Sakumo Hatake had greatly defeated Sunagakure during the last war.

The capture of Ebizo, who was in charge of the intelligence department, indicated that Sunagakure's intelligence transmission had been paralyzed.

Communication between the various battlefields and Sunagakure would be delayed.

If it was during peacetime, this would naturally be excusable.

But during wartime, this was a huge loophole that could cost lives.

In addition.

Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law were killed by Konoha's White Fang back then.

The transformation of her grandson, Sasori, was also inseparable from the death of his parents.

Now that her younger brother, Ebizo, had also been harmed, in order to prevent Chiyo from doing anything irrational, the Third Kazekage immediately ordered Chiyo, who was at the front line, to withdraw her troops.

Konoha's White Fang went deep behind enemy lines, destroyed the enemy's intelligence department, and captured Ebizo alive, forcing Sunagakure to retreat.

Upon hearing this, everyone's morale was greatly boosted.

Konoha, which was originally under attack from both sides, now... seemed to have ushered in a dawn.

Kirigakure retreated to quell internal strife.

Sunagakure retreated to recuperate.

Currently, the enemies that Konoha had to face suddenly only temporarily remained Iwagakure and Kumogakure.

This greatly reduced the pressure on Konoha's battle lines, allowing for more possibilities for a stalemate.

And this... was just the beginning.

Next, Sakumo Hatake continued to quickly reverse Konoha's unfavorable situation.

Ebizo was imprisoned, and Konoha's higher-ups personally contacted him to inquire about Sunagakure's strategic deployment.

Sakumo Hatake set off again.

Taking advantage of the opportunity that Kirigakure was busy with internal strife, Sakumo Hatake infiltrated the ruins of Uzushiogakure, on a dark and windy night.

He successively killed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen who remained at the ruins.

At dawn, the Kirigakure troops who discovered the seven corpses quickly retreated.

The ruins of Uzushiogakure... once again fell into Konoha's hands.

Another week passed.

Sakumo Hatake, who had been lurking on the Kumogakure battle line for several days, found an opportunity.

When Minato Namikaze and Killer B clashed for the Nth time, and still couldn't defeat each other.

Sakumo Hatake and the Fourth Raikage, A, had a showdown.

This decapitation operation went very smoothly.

The Third Raikage was sitting in the Kumogakure main camp.

And the Fourth Raikage, A, as the commander of Kumogakure, his importance was naturally self-evident.

After Sakumo Hatake severed one of his arms, he forced the Fourth Raikage, A, to sound the retreat.

Kumogakure's system relied on the personal heroism of the superiors to maintain the village's rule.

In other words, the fact that A lost an arm caused a major blow to the Kumogakure troops.

Visibly, Kumogakure's morale began to decline.

Just like that.

At a time when Konoha was in crisis, Sakumo Hatake turned the tide of the war in an incredible and astonishing display of strength, quickly reversing Konoha's unfavorable situation.

The name of Konoha's White Fang once again resounded throughout the ninja world.

...

Konoha.

On this day, the village was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

It was another New Year.

Compared to the past, this year's atmosphere was obviously much better.

People had hope in their eyes, and also believed that Konoha would win.

And all of this was because Konoha's White Fang turned the tide and saved the village from danger.

The story of Sakumo Hatake was circulating in the streets and alleys, in every household.

Some were happy and some were sad.

Minato Namikaze... didn't have a pleasant New Year this year.

Especially when he kept hearing about Sakumo Hatake's frequent victories.

This indicated that Sakumo Hatake's path to becoming the Fourth Hokage was very likely to become a reality.

"Well then, Minato-sensei, Kushina, I'll be leaving first..."

Rin Nohara had to leave immediately after finishing her New Year's greetings.

Kakashi, who was beside her, didn't seem to be leaving, and looked at Rin with a puzzled look: "Rin... are you going to Young Master Ryo's place again?"

Chapter 77. History Changes and Changes

Kakashi's question was quite like that of a straight steel man.

In this timeline, Kakashi's father was still alive, so he didn't single-mindedly agree with the thinking of a tool person.

Also, because he went to save Rin with Obito and jointly displayed the Will of Fire, Kakashi didn't feel guilty, and didn't feel sorry for the village or Rin.

The only regret was that because of insufficient ability, he didn't rescue Obito. Instead of being scolded by Obito for not having the Will of Fire.

The problem of insufficient ability would only make Kakashi more eager to become stronger, but his heart wouldn't be blackened, and he wouldn't give up and lie down.

Plus, he was still a bit arrogant.

So, the image of a slightly reckless young man was vividly displayed on paper.

"Kakashi..."

Rin Nohara turned her gaze away and glanced at Kakashi, her tone quite reproachful.

You're too bad at talking...

Many times, making things too clear doesn't conform to social etiquette.

"Rin..."

Minato Namikaze looked at Rin with a complicated expression.

At some point, Rin seemed to be getting very close to Young Master Ryo...

This made him feel some indescribable feelings in his heart.

"It's about Anbu Squad Six..."

Rin Nohara explained.

She was nominally a member of Anbu Squad Six, so she had to do her part to some extent.

During the war, there were many places in Anbu where she was needed to help.

Soon, Rin got up and left Kushina's house.

"Kakashi..."

Kushina sighed, her eyes following Rin's back as she moved.

"You're getting further and further away from Rin..."

If, when Obito was still alive, she treated Obito as a younger brother, and she was still on Obito's side, hoping that Obito could win Rin's heart...

Then, after Obito sacrificed himself, she hoped that Kakashi could be with Rin.

But now it seemed that Kakashi had great difficulties.

He didn't completely understand a girl's heart.

"Minato-sensei, I'm also going to Young Master Ryo's place."

Kakashi thought for a while and suddenly spoke.

At this time, Kakashi was covering one eye.

His eye had been injured, so he had been like this ever since.

Because of insufficient strength, he could only watch Obito sacrifice himself.

In order to prevent this tragedy from happening again, Kakashi decided to ask Young Master Ryo to guide his strength.

Watching Kakashi leave in a hurry, Kushina looked at Minato again.

"Minato, even if you can't become the Fourth Hokage, you can still become the Fifth Hokage..."

Kushina gently placed her hand on the back of Minato Namikaze's hand, and said with a gentle expression.

Anyone with eyes could see it.

The comparison of strength between Konoha's White Fang and the Yellow Flash.

Minato Namikaze had fought Killer B and A many times.

Sometimes it was with the AB brothers together.

Sometimes it was alone with Killer B, and sometimes it was alone with A.

But Minato Namikaze, who had fought many times, had failed to seriously injure any of them.