Master, Please Become a Hokage

After creating five clones.

These five clones leaped into the battlefield.

"Wind Release!"

"Fire Release!"

"Earth Release!"

"Water Release!"

"Lightning Release!"

The five shadow clones each used chakra of five different natures.

The title of 'Professor of Ninjutsu' was on full display here.

Five shocking bolts of chakra erupted from the five shadow clones.

Like five lightning strikes, they pierced through the entire battlefield.

After the Five Release Great Combination Technique, at least several hundred Iwa ninja died!

In the original story, the elderly Hiruzen in his Reanimation form, with just this technique, stopped the Wooden Golem summoned by Tobi's White Zetsu army.

And Tobi's White Zetsu army, relying on the Wooden Golem, was able to hold off 20,000 Allied Shinobi Forces and the exhausted Five Kage.

Hiruzen Sarutobi at this time was in his prime, and his strength was naturally even greater.

His main body summoned Enma and leaped into the battlefield. The extended Adamantine Staff swept across, accompanied by a series of rumbling explosions.

One strike directly annihilated at least 200 Iwa ninja!

Chapter 91. Jonin Squad Leader

With Hiruzen Sarutobi's personal presence on the battlefield, the morale of the Leaf side was boosted again.

Both sides of the ninja issued angry roars, everywhere was a scene of chaos.

The battle lasted from day to night.

In the dead of night, the retreating Iwagakure ninja left behind a large number of corpses.

But the Leaf side also suffered heavy losses.

Sakumo Hatake, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Orochimaru, Minato Namikaze and others stood together.

Everyone was more or less carrying injuries.

A day of continuous fighting left many people so exhausted that they collapsed on the ground, unable to even stand.

The corpses everywhere meant that the subsequent cleanup work was also a top priority.

Because if these remains were not collected, it would probably lead to a large-scale plague.

However, the remaining forces on the Leaf side were unable to transport all the remains back to the village.

So everyone had to decide to bury them on the spot.

It had suddenly gone from being the strongest ninja village to the weakest village among the five great nations.

For a long time, the Leaf would have to focus on logistics and recuperation as its main strategy.

And Sunagakure had also suffered equally惨烈 losses.

But for Sunagakure, this was actually a good thing.

Because the barren desert environment could not support so many ninja at all.

The death of a large number of ninja would instead reduce the village's burden, which... was completely different from the Leaf's situation.

After the war.

Sunagakure would flourish.

After integrating its internal strife, Kirigakure would also usher in a new future.

Although Kumogakure had lost the Third Raikage, and A had also lost an arm, the main force's organization was intact and had not suffered too much damage.

Iwagakure... with the collaboration of Amegakure, Sunagakure, and the Leaf, it lost nearly half of its ninja in one day.

5,000 Iwa ninja limped back to Iwagakure.

Ōnoki would probably have to spend a long time readjusting his strategy.

So overall, the most severely damaged... was the Leaf.

"Lord Hanzō, thank you for your help..."

In the camp, Hiruzen Sarutobi received the Demigod, Hanzō of the Salamander.

Following Hanzō was also a young man named Yahiko. It was said that he had established an organization called Akatsuki.

"Lord Hokage, I heard that Sunagakure has also allied with your village, it seems to be true..."

Yahiko smiled slightly, very satisfied with the development of the situation in the ninja world.

Sunagakure, the Leaf, and Amegakure had reached an alliance.

Everyone had become allies.

It was said that there was internal strife in Kirigakure, and if the new Mizukage could change the Blood Mist policy, perhaps another member could be added to the alliance.

"Former enemies... joining hands to jointly deal with a more powerful enemy... Although this is very much in line with the development in traditional stories, I feel... that after the ninja world calms down, new friction will re-emerge..."

Hanzō shook his head, not agreeing with this young man Yahiko's view.

Having experienced more things, Hanzō vaguely began to become somewhat pessimistic.

He was not optimistic about the future of the ninja world.

"Lord Hanzō, at least we are still allies now, aren't we?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled.

Danzo, who was beside him, was the hero of the alliance with Amegakure. It was he who found Hanzō, and through a series of negotiations, persuaded the other party.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was very happy about this.

"Each generation has things that it can do. We are already old... but excellent young people are growing rapidly, and will eventually take our place, won't they?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes flickered, his implied meaning.

Sarutobi Ryō, Minato Namikaze, and others, as well as Yahiko and others, were all juniors who could be entrusted and looked forward to.

With such excellent juniors, the future of the ninja world would definitely be bright.

......

After a night of rest, the sky was faintly bright.

Early in the morning, the reconnaissance team reported the latest situation.

Iwagakure's withdrawal was very thorough, and they had no intention of making a comeback in the short term.

Thinking carefully, it was easy to understand.

Many Iwa jonin in charge of commanding were killed, and they were no longer able to launch an organized offensive.

Faced with the joint resistance of the Leaf, Sunagakure, and Amegakure, Iwagakure had ultimately suffered a defeat.

After the midnight meeting, Hanzō had already left.

Hiruzen Sarutobi walked out of the tent, gazing at the superiors in front of him.

Sakumo Hatake, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Sarutobi Ryō, Minato Namikaze... these reliable juniors formed a solid lineup.

And after yesterday's battle, some things had begun to become clear.

Obviously, in a one-on-one fight, Sarutobi Ryō, who defeated the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, with absolute advantage, surpassed Nara Shikaku and other jonin.

Becoming the strongest expert of the younger generation in the Leaf.

The feat of capturing the Five-Tails Jinchuriki made Minato Namikaze pale in comparison to him.

Thus...

The vacant position of Jonin Squad Leader was no longer questioned.

"Sarutobi Ryō, from today onwards, you are the Jonin Squad Leader."

Shimura Danzo announced Sarutobi Ryō's responsibilities in front of everyone.

This was the result of unanimous discussion among the higher-ups.

Hearing this decision, Nara Shikaku's expression changed slightly.

He had been working hard to compete for this position, but in the end, Sarutobi Ryō had won the lead.

"Nara Shikaku."

However, the next moment, Danzo looked at him again.

"You are the Vice-Captain, responsible for assisting Sarutobi Ryō."

"......"

This time it was Nara Shikaku's turn to be stunned, then a look of joy flashed in his eyes.

Obviously, Ryō-sama's appointment was because his war exploits and abilities were too dazzling.

So there must be a suitable appointment.

But in fact, Ryō-sama probably didn't like those paperwork jobs very much.

So...

Nara Shikaku immediately understood.

Ryō-sama was in the position, but did not plan its duties.

He was not in the position, but planned its duties.

"Lord Danzo, Lord Hokage, please rest assured, I will assist Ryō-sama well..."

Nara Shikaku understood very well.

The Ino-Shika-Chō trio had always been vassals of the Sarutobi clan.

So it was only natural for him to assist Ryō-sama.

Plus, Inoichi was a cousin of Yamanaka Inoichi, they were all family... our own people...

Nara Shikaku thought of this and felt much happier in his heart.

But speaking of which.

Through the performance in yesterday's battle, Minato's strength was still inferior to Mr. Sakumo.

This was a difference in experience caused by age.

There was no way, Minato was still too young.

Nara Shikaku thought, yesterday Hatake Sakumo alone killed more than three digits of Iwa jonin.

This was equivalent to directly severing the limbs of Iwagakure's upper echelons.

Trash ninja were easy to cultivate, but jonin were a village's valuable combat power.

Based on this merit alone, Hatake Sakumo was the undisputed number one.

So, the position of Fourth Hokage will probably... be Hatake Sakumo's.

Many thoughts flashed through Nara Shikaku's mind.