Chapter 122: Truly The Strongest Hokage

"What in the world is going on?!" Inside an Anbu base outside Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen glared at Jiraiya, who had an embarrassed expression. The Fourth Raikage naturally couldn't be brought into Konoha at will, so it was better to find a suitable place to temporarily house him. After Jiraiya chose a place, Sarutobi Hiruzen rushed over immediately, but he didn't go to meet the Raikage, he needed to understand some things first. His face was a bit pale now, and there was still a smell of medicine on him, indicating that he had just rushed over from the hospital. After receiving Jiraiya's notification, he couldn't hold himself together. He felt not only a tightness in his chest but also dizziness and blurred vision. Fortunately, the Anbu discovered it in time and immediately sent him to the hospital, otherwise who knows what might have happened? "Uh, there might be some misunderstanding here." Jiraiya immediately looked at Tsunade, his eyes full of pleading. "Hmph." Tsunade was initially too lazy to bother, but after thinking about it, she said, "Old man, I don't know what's going on. That Fourth Raikage insisted on coming over. No matter how much we tried to persuade him, he wouldn't listen, as if letting him go meant killing him." "Let him go? That means killing him?" Sarutobi Hiruzen was a bit confused. How could letting someone go be related to killing them? "Yes, that's how he acted." Tsunade didn't hide anything. She glared at Jiraiya, who breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Kakashi, who was beside her, and casually said, "However, it might have something to do with him secretly eavesdropping on our conversation." "...What did you say?" Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the nonchalant Tsunade, he could only keep taking deep breaths. He had already noticed a clue. Could there be a big problem here, or rather, did they say something treasonous? "Don't ask me, I'm too embarrassed to say." Unfortunately, Tsunade didn't seem to want to talk. She snorted as she looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen. "Old man, I didn't expect Konoha to have become like this now." "..." Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that things were even more amiss. He glanced at Jiraiya, and finally his gaze fell on Kakashi. "Kakashi, you explain." "Huh? Me?" Kakashi's scalp tingled, but he eventually nodded. "Actually, there is indeed a big misunderstanding here." "Get to the point!" "Takemi and us suggested that we release the Fourth Raikage in a crowded place, then use the Flying Thunder God Mark he left on the Raikage to..." "Alright, stop talking." Upon hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately understood why the Fourth Raikage insisted on coming over. As the Hokage, he had dealt with the Raikage many times and naturally knew the thoughts of these 'war fanatics'. They were not afraid of death. Otherwise, the Third Raikage wouldn't have covered his subordinates and fought tens of thousands of Iwa ninjas bare-handed for three days and three nights. However, being inexplicably ambushed and killed was not what they wanted. It was for this reason that the Fourth Raikage decided to come to Konoha. After all, Konoha wouldn't dare do anything to him. "You guys are really going to cause me trouble!" Sarutobi Hiruzen rubbed his temples, constantly trying to calm himself down. After a while, he seemed to have adjusted his emotions. "Never mind, I'll go meet him and see what he plans to do. You confirmed he has a Flying Thunder God Mark on him, right?" "Yes, Takemi said it himself, and I believe him." Jiraiya nodded quickly, and Sarutobi Hiruzen also straightened his clothes. "That's good. Konoha had no choice last time, but Konoha is not what it used to be now." Since things had come to this, he had no other choice. He hoped for peace, but when necessary, he would also retaliate. Moreover, he had no good feelings for Kumogakure. The incident where they forced Konoha to act against the Hyuga clan was still vivid in his memory. At that time, the war had just ended not long ago, and Konoha had not yet recovered its vitality. Then came the Nine-Tails incident, and the Fourth Hokage and his wife died. In such an unfavorable situation, with Konoha lacking new talent, facing the aggressive Kumogakure, there was naturally no way... If Hizashi hadn't made his choice, it would be hard to say if Konoha would have truly fallen into war. But now, the situation was different, he had some confidence. "However..." Sarutobi Hiruzen remembered something and suddenly turned around. "Next time you conspire, can you hide a little better?" "..." "That plan, in extreme circumstances, isn't entirely unusable." "..." Jiraiya was silenced by Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Tsunade snorted, realizing where Konoha's problem lay. Only Kakashi kept his head down, not daring to speak, there was nothing good to say now. After a while, Jiraiya muttered, "He truly is the strongest Hokage..." "??!" "Don't, old man, don't make a move. You just got out of the hospital, it's not good for you to fight!" "I was sent to the hospital by you guys!" "Stop fighting! We also got intelligence on Kakuzu this time and learned about the Akatsuki, and besides, no one went to the hospital!" "You bastards, am I not a person?!" — — — Whoosh— With a slight tremor of Chakra, Takemi instantly appeared in his room. Looking at his small room, he nodded with satisfaction. "Although it's a bit small, it's not bad." Opening the window, he looked at the vibrant flowers on his windowsill and nodded with satisfaction. It was clear that Naruto had remembered to come and water his flowers every day. "This kid isn't bad after all." Takemi nodded, and after some thought, he made a decision. "When the Chunin Exams come later, I won't sit next to him. I'll stand behind him and watch." Although the difference wouldn't be significant, the sense of pressure should be greatly reduced. "Still, let's take care of business first." Takemi scanned his surroundings, then immediately created a Shadow Clone. The next instant, his figure vanished from the room again. Although it had been confirmed that the Tailed Beast Chakra provided by the system might not cause too many problems, he still had to be extremely careful. After several transfers, his figure appeared in a valley in the Land of Fire. Looking up, he could even see the towering statues in the Valley of the End in the distance. "This is the place." Takemi didn't care who had left the Flying Thunder God Mark here, as it truly made no difference to him. His sensory range for Flying Thunder God Marks had reached an extraordinary level, which made him exceptionally calm when facing many enemies. "But the range isn't enough yet. When can I sense the marks in Roran from home?" He hadn't forgotten that a 'gift from nature' was still buried in Roran. He wasn't sure what those Chakra were exactly, but he knew that the Chakra reserves there were extremely abundant. "Activating those Chakra can even allow one to travel through time. It would be too unreasonable not to find an opportunity to investigate such a power." As someone progressing step by step along the Ōtsutsuki bloodline, his malleability and extensibility were extremely great. He couldn't possibly have no thoughts about such a 'gift from nature'. At the very least, it could enhance his own Chakra reserves, right? "But I still need to investigate. If these Chakra are problematic, I need to be careful. For now, I'll deal with the current matter." Thinking to himself, he sat cross-legged, and at the same time, he activated his system. "System, use the Seven-Tails' Chakra." As his words fell, a strange power instantly began to surge into his body. (End of Chapter) New Book: Naruto: Transmigrating With Yuta's Template Haruki arrives in the Naruto world and before he could take a breather, a ninja, holding a sharp blade, rushes towards him. "..." He closed his eyes and prepared for a second transmigration. Unexpectedly, a pair of huge claws stretched out from behind him and twisted the ninja in front of him. "Yuta..." "Don't hurt Yuta..." Haruki opened his eyes and saw a face that was extremely terrifying. Isn't this the Queen of Curses Rika from Jujutsu Kaisen? ... [Congratulations to the host for successfully calming down the companion cursed spirit who was in a rage—Rika Orimoto!] [The Cursed Spirit Mother Auxiliary System has been successfully activated!] [The King of Curses Ryomen Sukuna... Waiting to be activated! ] [Host Identity Template——Yuta Okkotsu] [Please activate Yuta Okkotsu's main ability!]