"Kakashi-sensei, what are you doing?"
"I'm the Nine-Tails jinchūriki now! Let go of me, or don't blame me for getting serious!"
After Naruto reacted, he immediately started shouting and complaining.
He looked as if he might explode at any moment.
However, Naruto had always been the type to talk big and get beaten down just as quickly.
He was indeed much stronger now, but there was still one girl who countered him perfectly.
Sakura Haruno.
"Naruto, aren't you embarrassed enough already?"
Sakura looked at Naruto, who had been dragged back by Kakashi, with a terrifyingly cold expression.
She looked like an angry tigress about to devour someone.
Bang!
Her fist landed cleanly on Naruto's head.
"Ah!"
Naruto immediately clutched his head as tears of pain appeared in his eyes.
As for talking back or using Tailed Beast chakra?
That was impossible.
Naruto still knew where the line was.
"Hmph."
Sasuke, who had remained silent, let out a proud snort.
In short, even though Naruto had become stronger, Sasuke still had his own pride.
Naruto had grown stronger?
Then he, Uchiha Sasuke, would find a way to become even stronger.
After this small interlude, Konoha's atmosphere became much lighter.
Many civilians looked at the Allied Shinobi Army on the giant screen with faint contempt.
What a joke.
Lord Fifth, Uchiha Ren, was the strongest man in the shinobi world.
A group of small fry dared form an alliance and attack Konoha?
Wasn't that just seeking death?
Even if they revived Hashirama Senju and other powerful figures with Edo Tensei, what meaning did that have?
The Fifth Hokage was an existence beyond their reach.
He was an existence they could never defeat or even reach.
"Great Toad Sage… have you also chosen to stand against Konoha?"
In a corner of the square, Jiraiya stood beside Tsunade with a dim expression.
He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but no words came out.
Now he finally understood why Gamabunta had not contacted him recently.
So Mount Myōboku had unknowingly chosen to stand against Konoha.
The Great Toad Sage, Fukasaku, and Shima had actually gone to cooperate with Uchiha Madara.
It hurt.
It truly made him want to cry.
Other than helplessness, Jiraiya could do nothing.
They had chosen their own path.
What did that have to do with him?
The only pity was Mount Myōboku.
One wrong choice had led Mount Myōboku further and further down the wrong path.
Because of this choice, Mount Myōboku might be completely destroyed by Uchiha Ren and become nothing more than history.
"Shikkotsu Forest has already chosen Konoha."
Beside him, Tsunade seemed to think of something and took a deep breath.
"Mount Myōboku made a terrible move. Even staying neutral would have been better than openly taking sides."
"Yeah."
Jiraiya gave a bitter smile.
"Now they've completely fallen out with Konoha. Lord Fifth will never show mercy to enemies."
"I just hope that when the time comes, he leaves a few little toads alive."
"Hopefully."
Tsunade crossed her arms and spoke meaningfully.
"Mount Myōboku's higher-ups are just like Konoha's old leadership: Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzō Shimura, Homura Mitokado, and Koharu Utatane. They've rotted from the inside."
"Perhaps breaking everything down and rebuilding from the ruins would be a good thing for Mount Myōboku."
"Hopefully."
Jiraiya nodded without arguing.
After the White Snake Sage of Ryūchi Cave submitted to Konoha, many secrets from Kaguya's era had been revealed.
One of them was that the Great Toad Sage had betrayed the agreement between the three great sage regions, which stated that they should not interfere in the shinobi world's conflicts.
He had openly helped the Sage of Six Paths unify the shinobi world.
After Hagoromo took power, he fully supported Mount Myōboku while continuously suppressing Ryūchi Cave and Shikkotsu Forest.
Otherwise, those two sage regions would not have struggled so much to survive.
To continue existing, the White Snake Sage of Ryūchi Cave and the Slug Sage of Shikkotsu Forest had been forced to submit to the Sage of Six Paths.
Now, with a new choice before them, the White Snake Sage and the Slug Sage had almost immediately chosen to side with Uchiha Ren.
In their words, they had no choice before.
Now, they wanted to choose the right side.
"I really didn't expect this, Great Toad Sage."
At that moment, Uchiha Ren looked at the image on the giant screen and spoke calmly.
"You actually joined hands with Uchiha Madara. I assume you're acting under the Sage of Six Paths' orders?"
"So the Great Toad Sage is nothing more than Hagoromo's hound?"
Buzz!
Uchiha Ren did not speak often, but when he did, his words shook everyone.
With one sentence, he directly tied Mount Myōboku to the Sage of Six Paths.
Of course, aside from shock, Konoha's side did not show much fear.
The Sage of Six Paths and the Great Toad Sage were powerful.
Very powerful.
But whether it was Konoha's shinobi or civilians, they had developed almost blind confidence in Uchiha Ren.
Even the Sage of Six Paths could only become Lord Fifth's defeated opponent.
"What did you say?"
"Fifth Hokage, Uchiha Ren, don't go too far! The Great Toad Sage is not someone you can insult!"
On the other side, Fukasaku and Shima immediately lost their composure.
For so many years, from Kaguya's era until now, no one had ever dared speak of the Great Toad Sage like that.
Was he really treating Mount Myōboku as if it had no one left?
"And who do you think you are?"
Looking at Fukasaku and Shima on the screen, Uchiha Ren spoke with disdain.
"If you want to be dogs, then learn your place."
"Don't bark above your rank."
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