The Ninja World War has entered its final stages. Large-scale wars have completely ceased, but small-scale local conflicts are still ongoing.
Compared with these small-scale local conflicts, Uchiha Madara's resurrection bore greater impact on the major ninja villages.
The Land of Thunder, kumogakure.
In the conference room, the Third Raikage convened a meeting of the top leaders of kumogakure for discussion.
"Okay everyone, I'm sure you've all received the news that Uchiha Madara has reappeared in the ninja world.
The purpose of calling everyone to this meeting is to brainstorm opinions and directions on Kumogakure's future.
If you have anything to say, just say it.
You know I don't like beating around the bush."
The still young A spoke after some thought.
"Master Raikage, is it possible that this incident was a smokescreen released by Konoha?"
"Stop speaking in riddles! Get to the point."
"Sir Raikage, here's what transpired. The intelligence says that the guy who claims to be Uchiha Madara wears a mask, and his appearance remains unknown. Who can confirm if he really is the Shura.
I think this might be some conspiracy planned by Konoha. It is possible that they found a member of the Uchiha clan to disguise himself as Uchiha Madara, in order to achieve their goal of intimidating other ninja villages. "
As soon as these words came out, other senior executives immediately expressed different opinions.
"Although it's a possibility, it is not very likely. Don't forget, ever since the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama, that old fox, became Hokage, the relationship between the Uchiha clan and Konoha has been very delicate.
Unless it is something like the Ninja World War that concerns the entire Ninja World, Konoha high-level officials cannot command the Uchiha.
As everyone in the ninja world has ample time to observe, since the very beginning, the Uchiha clan acted independantly and were active on the battlefield outside of Konoha's main force. "
"But if this person is not someone else in disguise, is he really Uchiha Madara? Isn't he dead? How can someone who has been dead for a long time be resurrected?"
During this period, Impure Earth Reincarnation had not yet been fully developed.
Although Second Hokage Senju Tobirama developed this technique, it does not reach a standard of a completed technique.
Sarutobi Hiruzen and others also felt that the living should not disturb the dead, so no one continued advancing the technique .
This technique is so niche that the ninjas in the ninja world assume that the resurrection of the dead is simply a fantasy.
In the Raikage's office, everyone started arguing.
The people in kumogakure were generally direct and even a little irritable. They spoke restrainedly at first, then slowly started to debate and quarrel.
It's inevitable, this is the first time someone rose from the dead, and it had to be the Shura of all people.
Uchiha Madara, the Shura of the Ninja World who had died many years ago, now alive. You say he is real, which is illogical, but if he is fake, a lot of things simply don't add up.
"That's enough."
Suddenly the Raikage shouted, and the conference room instantly fell silent. Everyone who was about to start elbowing each other sat back in their seats with confusion and bewilderment written all over their faces. What on earth was going on? Why are we fighting?
"I called you here to ask you about the future of kumogakure, not for you to argue about whether that Uchiha Madara is the real Uchiha Madara."
The Raikage did not blame them. After all, the existence of Uchiha Madara held great significance in the entire ninja world.
Finally, after careful consideration, the think tank C said.
"Master Raikage, I think that no matter whether that person is Uchiha Madara or not, no matter whether that guy is a conspiracy arranged by Konoha or some foreign power, the most important thing we should do now is to improve the strength of Kumogakure."
After hearing C's words, the senior executives of kumogakure nodded in approval.
There is nothing wrong with what he said. As long as your fist is strong enough, all conspiracy or tricks will be meaningless in front of overwhelming strength.
"You are right. We, kumogakure, have just escaped from the quagmires of war. We should recover as soon as possible."
"No, Raikage-sama, it is not enough to simply recover."
C added.
"No matter who that person is, it is an indisputable fact that he crushed Hanzo. Facing such an enemy, it will be useless no matter how many mid- and low-level forces we send out.
What we need to do is to improve our cutting-edge combat effectiveness.
I propose that we research ways to harness the power of tailed beasts for military purposes.
Imagine if we can send tailed beasts to participate in the war when the Ninja World War errupts once again.
What a scene that would be. "
The power of the tailed beast is recognized by the ninja world as being the apex. It implies that as long as the tailed beast goes berserk, a city can be destroyed effortlessly.
If the power of the tailed beasts can be used in war, kumogakure will gain a very powerful helper.
"Using tailed beasts for military purposes..."
The Third Raikage fell into deep thought, and finally made a decision to raise his head and look at his partner, and his nephew, the contemporary B.
"B, the village needs you to make some contributions, can you do it?"
B nodded.
"I will do my best for the village, Raikage-sama."
"Thank you for your hard work."
Talks regarding military strength happened not only in Kumogakure Village, but everywhere in the ninja world.
Striving for self-protection or other purposes, all ninja villages and organizations began to look for ways to improve their strength, whether it was tailed beasts, secret techniques, or other ways .
They aim to obtain sufficient capital to cope with the increasingly violent trend that may occur in the future.
Compared to those busy ninja villages, the culprit who caused all this has returned to the capital of the Land of Fire with the souvenirs of their trip - three children.
On the luxurious carriage, the curtain of the window opened, and three little heads squeezed out.
"Wow, is this the capital of the Kingdom of Fire?"
"So beautiful!"
"Wide streets, neat houses."
"And it's not like Amegakure where everything is wet."
"What are they selling in those shops?"
"I don't know, I've never seen it, but it looks delicious!"
"Look over there, over there..."
When the three little ghosts arrived at the capital of the Land of Fire for the first time, their eyes shone when they saw the city, countless times more prosperous than Amegakure.
They turned into curious babies and looked around, taking in all the strange and novel things around them.
Walking through the bustling streets and smelling the fragrance wafting from the shops, Yahiko's stomach made a growling sound.
"This is truly the capital of the Kingdom of Fire. Just smelling the fragrance wafting from those shops makes me hungry."
"Haha, don't worry, we'll be there soon. When we get home, we'll have all the good food we want."
Tetsuya also laughed twice.
Since these three brats are willing to call me teacher, I should be nicer to them. They just like to eat, i can provide them all till they burst. Food costs are insignificant compared to Tetsuya's war fortune.
"Oh! Can you really eat whatever you want?"
Yahiko's eyes were so bright that they seemed to be shining.
Kakuzu on the side smiled.
"Kid, don't you know this? All the shops selling food on this street are owned by the boss."
"What——!"*3