Naruto: Starting as Tsunade's Desk Mate

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The Daimyo of the Land of Wind extended a warm invitation, which An Yan readily accepted. He immediately appointed Minato as the Kazekage stationed in the Land of Wind for Konoha, making him the first Kazekage of Konoha.

The two thousand ninjas were temporarily under Minato's command, helping the Daimyo of the Land of Wind to expel the other ninja families from the country.

Minato was stunned when he received An Yan's order. The First Kazekage of Konoha? Is this reasonable?

However, since it was An Yan who gave the order, it's not surprising. As everyone knows, An Yan has always had some strange and quirky ideas.

After becoming the First Kazekage, Minato immediately did one thing: he captured Shukaku, the One-Tailed Beast, which had fled deep into the desert. This was the property left behind by the Sand Village, and since he had become the Kazekage, he had to protect his property.

Tailed beasts are both power and curse. Minato summoned his three students and asked them one by one who wanted to become a Jinchūriki and obtain the power of the Tailed Beasts.

Kakashi immediately expressed that he was not interested in the Tailed Beasts and had no intention of becoming a Jinchuriki. Obito and Kakashi had always been at odds, so he naturally did not want what Kakashi did not want either. Thus, the choice fell to Rin Nohara.

If Rin Nohara was also unwilling, Minato would have no choice but to hand over the Tailed Beast to the village for disposal. However, unexpectedly, Rin Nohara actually agreed to become the Jinchūriki of the One-Tailed Beast. This surprised not only Minato, but also Kakashi and Obito.

In response to the surprised looks from the crowd, Nohara Rin simply smiled gently and said, "I just don't want to fall too far behind you guys."

Since entering the battlefield, both Kakashi and Obito have grown stronger at an incomprehensible speed under the catalysis of war. Nohara Rin has been trying very hard to catch up, but she still can't quite keep up with their pace. Now that there is a shortcut, she naturally has to seize the opportunity.

After the Daimyo of the Land of Wind returned to the Land of Wind, he immediately sent a telegram to various countries, demanding that they withdraw their ninja forces. After the message went around in circles, the order was sent back to the front line.

The Iwa, Kumo, and Kirigakure ninja immediately expressed their dissatisfaction. They had originally intended to dawdle and leave after taking some benefits, but they did not expect that Konoha would directly take the entire Land of Wind into their own hands.

The ninjas from the three kingdoms immediately confronted Minato and his group. When the news reached Konoha, An Yan didn't tolerate them and directly ordered Orochimaru to lead the artificial demon army to support Minato and focus on taking care of the Cloud Ninjas.

Previously, the Cloud Ninja were not behaving themselves, and while attacking the Sand Ninja, they even attempted to attack the Land of Fire, causing the Konoha border defense forces to drive them back. This time, they dared to take the lead again, so they were immediately given special attention.

Chapter 135 Deportation

The Mist Ninja, Iwa Ninja, and Kumo Ninja tacitly agreed to work together to wipe out Konoha's two thousand elite troops in the Land of Wind before Konoha's reinforcements arrived.

However, when the three groups came together, some minor frictions and sabotages were inevitable, and the three forces could not fully cooperate, which gave Konoha and others an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

Taking advantage of the fact that the three opposing forces had not yet fully integrated, Minato immediately made his move. With a single Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique, he achieved the effect of Ten Thousand Swords Returning to One, instantly killing a large number of weaklings. Then, Minato used Flying Thunder God Technique to traverse the battlefield, instantly killing a large number of experts.

The Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, immediately panicked. Since Minato had mostly killed Kirigakure ninja, he jumped out to exchange a few blows with him. However, in just a moment, Yagura was instantly killed by Minato. Minato's strength had now been enhanced to an epic level, making him a super-Kage level fighter. Yagura, a weakling who was barely even considered a Kage level fighter, was simply no match for him.

Yagura didn't even have time to unleash his full power, and before he could even enter Tailed Beast Mode, his throat was slit by the Flying Thunder God Technique.

With Yagura's death, the Three-Tails immediately appeared, but before Minato could seal it, the tailed beast turned into a beam of light and vanished into the world.

Minato Namikaze realized that this was the death of a Jinchuriki, so could Tailed Beasts also die?

Tailed beasts can't die, and they'll probably be reborn somewhere in the ninja world. I just don't know if the resurrected tailed beast will still be itself.

Various thoughts flashed through Minato's mind, but his hands did not stop moving at all. In the blink of an eye, dozens more ninjas were killed by Minato. However, even so, Minato still felt that his killing speed was a bit slow. He formed a hand seal and instantly created hundreds of shadow clones. These clones scattered into various corners of the battlefield and, in conjunction with Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique, slaughtered everyone.

If possible, Minato really wanted his hundreds of shadow clones to use the Flying Thunder God Technique simultaneously, but shadow clones have tactile feedback, and he was afraid that if he experienced a large amount of spatial teleportation at once, his brain wouldn't be able to process it and he would die suddenly.

With the Fourth Mizukage Yagura dead, Minato's next opponent was the Cloud Ninja's A and B duo: the Fourth Raikage and the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, Killer Bee.

Facing a master like Minato, the Fourth Raikage dared not be careless and immediately activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode, while Killer Bee went even further and entered Tailed Beast Transformation Mode.

Seeing the two men who looked like they were facing a formidable enemy, Minato Namikaze did not use the Flying Thunder God Technique to deal with them as usual. Instead, he formed hand seals, pressed one hand to the ground, and activated the Gundam. A wooden figure a hundred meters tall instantly rose from the ground.

The wooden figures in the water gate are traditional samurai figures, without any fancy tricks like those in An Yan's.

As one of the many Konoha ninja who mastered Wood Release, Minato Namikaze was one of the few who could pilot a Gundam. This was because, as the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, he possessed a massive amount of chakra.

The Fourth Raikage's expression changed. As a master of ninjutsu, he had an advantage against assassin-type ninjas, but he really didn't have a good way to deal with something like a Gundam. He couldn't exactly rush over and fix its feet, could he?

However, Killer Bee still had a way. He directly entered a state of complete tailed beast transformation and released the complete form of the Seven-Tails.

However, as a Jinchūriki of a Tailed Beast, Minato's Wood Release: Wood Release technique was comparable to the First Hokage's Wood Release: Wood Release, a technique capable of taking on the Nine-Tails one-on-one, far beyond what the Seven-Tails could possibly compete with.

After the two behemoths exchanged blows for a few rounds, Minato directly controlled the wooden golem to slap the Seven-Tails on the head, and the word "seat" forcibly put it into a state of unconsciousness.

The Seven-Tails is one of the few tailed beasts that can fly. Unfortunately, Killer Bee dared not fly too far in order to restrain Minato, which gave Minato the opportunity to defeat him.

While Minato was displaying his might, Sakumo Hatake was not idle either. With his Hatake swordsmanship combined with the Wind Release: Vacuum Sword technique, he could easily draw out a sword light forty or fifty meters long. Often, the ninjas in battle would only see the white light before they were already dead.

In the Iwagakure region, the Fourth Tsuchikage, Kyoto, attempted to restrain Sakumo Hatake. However, the White Fang of Konoha lived up to his reputation. He bypassed Kyoto, a tough nut to crack, and instead targeted Chunin and Jonin. His movements were lightning fast, and ordinary Jonin were completely helpless against him.

Not only were Minato and Sakumo Hatake indiscriminately killing, but the thirty Jonin who had originally come with Sakumo Hatake to do landscaping were also slaughtering indiscriminately. To say that Wood Release is not powerful and that one can only do landscaping because of insufficient chakra is a matter of comparison.

Compared to someone like Madara Uchiha, Yamato's Wood Release is nothing special, but compared to ordinary Jonin from various ninja villages, Wood Release is incredibly powerful, okay?

These thirty Wood Release ninjas might not be that strong in a one-on-one fight, but over the years they've worked together on landscaping and gradually developed some combination techniques. As a group of five, they can actually unleash powerful ninjutsu like Advent of a World of Trees.

The remaining two thousand Konoha elites had all undergone body enhancement surgery, either by implanting demon bloodlines or White Zetsu cells. Their recovery abilities and chakra far surpassed those of ordinary people. Moreover, they had two hundred Vanguard-level Titans as cover, making it incredibly easy for them to fight against ninjas of the same level.

The three major ninja villages combined had a force of nearly 10,000. They lost about 4,000 troops attacking the Sand Village, but still had 6,000 elite soldiers left. However, Konoha, with only 2,000 troops, was not afraid at all, and the two groups fought back and forth.

The fighting lasted a day and a night, with countless dead and wounded, before Orochimaru arrived at the battlefield.

With just one hand, a gigantic stone tablet was conjured, and a monstrous demon flew out of the Spirit Pool, blotting out the entire battlefield. Upon seeing this, the Raikage and Tsuchikage immediately ordered everyone to evacuate.

With the Kage of Kirigakure dead, the group was leaderless and morale was low. Before Orochimaru arrived, a large number of ninja had already evacuated, and those who remained were the Fourth Mizukage's loyal followers, who had no intention of surviving.

Those who seek death will be rewarded; the Konoha ninjas will naturally kill these ninjas who seek death one by one.

Once all the hostile ninjas had withdrawn, Orochimaru directly commanded the demon army back to the black stone monument.

This stone tablet is the latest product of the research institute. Through mysterious magical runes, a spatial passage is constructed inside the stone tablet. As long as the stone tablet is erected in accordance with the rules, artificial demons in Limbo Hell within the Fire Kingdom can be launched from a distance.

From then on, all the ninjas from hostile countries were expelled from the country. What remained were only minor threats from ordinary people like bandits and outlaws. Konoha only needed to maintain its composure and deal with them gradually.

Chapter 136 The war officially begins

After expelling the ninjas from the three countries of Water, Earth, and Lightning, Orochimaru returned to Konoha, and Minato Namikaze built a branch of Konoha on the spot. Minato had seen how An'an planned and built Konoha, and he could just copy the answer.

The three great ninja villages already knew that Konoha was extraordinary and powerful, but they didn't really realize their own strength until they had a chance to fight it. Now, after the battle in the Land of Wind, the three great ninja villages have come to their senses. They realize that Konoha's current strength is such that it could probably take on all three of them at once.

If Konoha continues to develop by taking advantage of the Land of Wind, the future of the ninja world will be predictable. Will our ninja villages still have a chance to survive?

So the three great ninja villages amassed a large force and launched an attack on the Land of Wind. Given Konoha's current strength, it was unrealistic for them to attack the Land of Fire, since Konoha was too powerful.

Therefore, after communication, the three major ninja villages unanimously agreed that they should first destroy the Konoha branch in the Land of Wind to prevent Konoha from growing stronger and causing an imbalance of power.

The strategic goals were fine, but they forgot to ask Konoha for their consent.

While the three major ninja villages were launching an attack on the Land of Wind, the Titan satellite, which had already been launched into space, had completely exposed their actions.

An Yan immediately decided that instead of passively defending, it would be better to take the initiative to attack. So, at the Jonin meeting, he gave the order directly as the Fourth Hokage.

"As for the mission, Uchiha Kagami will be the overall commander of the battlefield in the Land of Water, leading 5,000 ninja to intercept and eliminate the main force of the Mist Ninja. Orochimaru will be the overall commander of the battlefield in the Land of Lightning, leading the artificial demon army to eliminate the main force of the Cloud Ninja. If there is an opportunity, we can annihilate the Cloud Village in one fell swoop, and then send 3,000 people to the Land of Wind to assist Namikaze Minato in eliminating the Iwa Ninja invasion."

Uchiha Kagami has had Hashirama cells transplanted over the years, but for some reason, he hasn't evolved into the Rinnegan. Perhaps he's missing a crucial step—advancing into the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan first? Or perhaps he's lacking Indra's chakra.

But no matter what, his eye power is sufficient to activate Susanoo. Even if he encounters Uchiha Madara, he won't be afraid. If he can't beat him, he can still run away. Besides, after so many years, even if Uchiha Madara isn't dead, he's probably just barely clinging to life.

After the meeting, An Yan specifically asked Uchiha Kagami to stay behind and give him a detailed account of Uchiha Madara's information, proving that Uchiha Madara was in the Land of Water, and asked Kagami to pay close attention.

An Yan's mission for Uchiha Kagami was to intercept and eliminate the main force of the Mist Ninja, but his order for Orochimaru was to destroy the Hidden Cloud Village if the opportunity arose.

The problem is simple: Konoha has too many artificial demons. A rough estimate puts them at around 100,000. To prevent any unforeseen circumstances, An Yan entrusted his savior to Orochimaru. Over the years, Orochimaru had already placed a new energy circulation system—the pseudo-holy ark—in the savior's core power reactor, making it completely unnecessary to use the Spartan demon bloodline as an energy source.

At An Yan's command, the entire Konoha village sprang into action. Konoha was now a large village, and even with such a large troop deployment, the number of ninjas in Konoha remained astonishing.

Uchiha Kagami led five thousand ninjas on a rapid march out of the village. With the assistance of satellite navigation, it was as if they had a cheat code for seeing through walls, allowing them to intercept the main force of the Mist Ninja from a distance with precision.

After the death of the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, a bloodline clan in Kirigakure quickly rose to power, and Mei Terumi, a ninja with two bloodline limits, became the Fifth Mizukage.

At this time, due to the long-term implementation of the Blood Mist Village policy, various conflicts within the village were extremely sharp. Mei Terumi had no choice but to use external conflicts to alleviate internal conflicts, and Minato Namikaze, who killed the Fourth Mizukage Yagura, was a good entry point.

Under the guise of avenging the Fourth Mizukage, Mei Terumi assembled a force of 10,000 ninja from Kirigakure, preparing to take over the Land of Wind in one fell swoop and use Minato Namikaze's blood to pay tribute to the Fourth Mizukage.

Ten thousand ninjas nearly emptied the entire Hidden Mist Village, but there was no other way. Mei Terumi was worried that while she was fighting on the front lines with her confidants, someone in the rear would be eliminating dissidents, so she simply brought along many clans. Rather than letting them fight amongst themselves in the village, it was better for them to die at the hands of the enemy.

As soon as the Kirigakure army left the Land of Water, they saw Uchiha Kagami and the others who had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing that Konoha had such a precise grasp of the Mist Ninja's movements truly surprised Mei Terumi. Her first reaction was that Konoha had spies in the Mist Ninja who had leaked the information.

However, when she saw the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan among the Konoha ninja, everything became clear. It seemed that Konoha had been prepared and had been using the Hyuga clan to keep an eye on the Kirigakure. As soon as the Kirigakure made any move, the Konoha ninja would immediately move out.

It can only be said that although Mei Terumi's judgment process had some problems, the result was correct.

Since we've encountered this situation, there's nothing more to say; let's just do it.

King against king, general against general, the group immediately began to fight each other.

Mei Terumi directly confronted Kagami Uchiha.

As a veteran who survived World War I, Uchiha Kagami's strength is far beyond that of a young girl like Terumi Mei. After exchanging a few blows, Terumi Mei was immediately in grave danger.

Left with no other choice, Mei Terumi had to use her bloodline limit, alternating between Lava Release and Melt Release, spraying acid and magma everywhere. She finally gained a slight advantage, forcing Kagami Uchiha to dodge repeatedly.

However, before she could even begin to feel smug, Uchiha Kagami activated his Susanoo and grabbed Mei Terumi. Despite his advanced age, Uchiha Kagami showed no mercy and crushed her in one blow.

Mei Terumi transformed into a stream of water and slipped from Susanoo's palm.

"Water clone?"

Uchiha Kagami spoke calmly, without the slightest surprise. It was normal for ninjas to use shadow clones to test each other; it was just another round, and the result would be the same.

Mei Terumi had a few beads of sweat on her forehead. Although Kagami Uchiha's Susanoo was only half open, its defensive power was terrifying. Even lava spray was ineffective against it, let alone acidic solution.

For a moment, Mei Terumi seemed somewhat helpless, while Kagami Uchiha didn't care about anything else and just swept through the enemy in his Gundam. After all, with his current physical abilities, activating this level of Susanoo didn't take much effort at all.

At the critical moment, Utakata, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki of Kirigakure, made his move. As a perfect Jinchuriki, Utakata was one of the few Pain Six Paths to personally intervene in the original timeline.

Even without knowing any information about Pain, Utakata was able to instantly kill the Human Path and Demon Path of Pain's Six Paths, making him second only to Jiraiya in Sage Mode in terms of battle record.

Chapter 137 Mist Ninja's Great Defeat

For Uchiha Kagami, Utakata in his Tailed Beast form was only slightly troublesome. In Konoha, he had fought against Minato in his Tailed Beast form. In fact, not only Uchiha Kagami, but every high-level fighter in Konoha had fought against Minato in his Tailed Beast form, all in the hope that one day when the time was right, they could fight against Jinchuriki from other countries single-handedly.

Therefore, when the Tailed Beast Cannon failed to break through the defense of the Complete Susanoo, the fate of the Six-Tails Jinchuriki was almost sealed. Despite struggling several times, Utakata was directly pinned down by the Susanoo before he could release the true form of the Six-Tails. Then, the Mangekyou Sharingan was activated, and Uchiha Kagami first controlled the Tailed Beast and then the Jinchuriki. Judging from his proficiency, it was unknown how many times he had practiced.

The Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi, was caught off guard and could only watch helplessly as Kagami Uchiha controlled the Six-Tails Jinchuriki. It was that same feeling again; on this land of ninja, the same thing always seemed to repeat itself.

The Mist Ninja lost their own Six-Tails Jinchuriki, and what's more, they learned that the Three-Tails Jinchuriki had also been taken by Konoha. With old and new grudges combined, their anger exploded, their morale soared, and for a time they actually overwhelmed the Konoha ninjas by virtue of their numerical advantage.

However, when Uchiha Kagami's complete Susanoo drew his katana and unleashed a sword strike with a range covering several kilometers, the morale of the Kirigakure ninja began to crumble. The pressure exerted by the complete Susanoo was simply too immense.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Mei Terumi immediately announced a retreat. Kisame Hoshigaki was the first to respond to the Mizukage's call, and he plunged into the nearby river and swam a long way in one go.

The Mist Ninja used their Hidden Mist Technique to escape. The Konoha ninja tried to give chase but were ambushed. Fortunately, the Hyuga clan was watching nearby, so no major casualties were reported.

This battle lasted half a day. The Mist Ninja suffered over 4,000 casualties, while the Konoha only lost about 1,000. With a professional medical team on standby, almost everyone who survived was saved.

At the edge of the battlefield, little Itachi Uchiha watched as Konoha ninjas cleaned up the battlefield and saw the corpses. The scene of the ninjas' life-and-death struggle kept replaying in his little mind. For the first time, he had a little understanding of war.