Chapter 54: Tsunade's Request, Orochimaru's Rush, and Hanzo's Declaration of War
Tsunade was extremely worried in her heart, but on the surface she acted carefree and said to Sarutobi Hiruzen: "Old man, what's this about Nawaki? Did he accomplish something great?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Tsunade seriously and replied: "Tsunade, Nawaki did indeed accomplish a great feat this time, but he himself is in a coma from severe injuries and hasn't woken up!"
At this moment, Tsunade could no longer maintain her outer smile. She said to Sarutobi Hiruzen: "Nawaki has Incursio, right? Why would this happen? Did you assign him a mission that a chūnin couldn't handle?!"
At this point, Jiraiya patted Tsunade's shoulder to comfort her.
Afterward, Sarutobi Hiruzen explained the specific situation on the front lines to Tsunade. After thinking for a while, Tsunade thought of one person—someone who might be able to save Nawaki.
"Naraku! Naraku! Perhaps Naraku can resolve this situation! Third Hokage, as long as you arrange for Naraku to go to the front lines, he might be able to save Nawaki!" Tsunade said to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Sarutobi Hiruzen sensed his disciple's gaze, but Naraku was far too important to Konoha. He could only say: "Naraku is Konoha's vital forger—Konoha cannot be without Naraku! I can allow you to go request Naraku. If he is willing to go, you may take him—but Jiraiya, you must go along too! You must ensure Naraku's safety!"
Jiraiya asked from the side: "In that case, can we bring Nawaki back from the front lines?"
"Nawaki's injuries are very severe right now. If we bring him back from the front lines, he might not survive the journey. The previous war already attracted too much attention. Without powerful ninjas and an army to protect him, I'm afraid..." Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head.
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"Naraku, right now Nawaki is in a coma from overusing Incursio. I know this is presumptuous, but I would like to ask you to come with me to the front lines to help treat Nawaki! Jiraiya and I will guarantee your safety! Whatever you want, I can fulfill it!" After speaking, Tsunade bowed deeply to Naraku!
Naraku, who had been training ninjutsu alone, looked at the woman in front of him—damn, those tits are huge! Wait—those tits are really big! Wait—
Naraku shook his head, trying to shake some unclean images out of his just-turned-9-year-old brain.
As soon as he shook those thoughts away, he heard the words "I can fulfill anything."
Naraku thought to himself: what if he asked Tsunade to have a child with him?
Suddenly a white-haired man appeared in Naraku's mind: Evil Uchiha brat! You actually want to marry little Tsunade and have a bunch of kids? Watch me kill you right now…
"Nawaki is my regular customer, and Incursio was forged by me. Of course I can go. As for a request… then please, Lady Tsunade, take me as your disciple!" Naraku said with a smile to Tsunade, as if those lewd thoughts had belonged to someone else!
Although Tsunade was surprised by Naraku's request, she still said: "If you're interested in medical ninjutsu and my taijutsu, then of course—no problem!"
Thus, Tsunade and Naraku agreed to depart in the afternoon.
Actually, Naraku leaving the village this time was also for Dimension Square [Shangri-La] considerations—he wanted to leave some marks outside Konoha. If one day Pain dropped a Chibaku Tensei on Konoha, he'd have an easy way to escape.
And he was also very curious about how far "Incursio" had evolved now.
Following his usual habit of marking spots while pretending to jog in Konoha, Naraku suddenly thought of Dimension Square's ultimate move—banishment to the edge of the world.
Perhaps he could test it with a shadow clone.
So Naraku found an empty small grove.
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
Three clones appeared in front of Naraku. Naraku patted Clone No. 1 on the shoulder.
Clone No. 1 flipped him the middle finger in return, then nodded in agreement.
With a massive Taiji symbol appearing beneath Clone No. 1's feet, Clone No. 1 departed for the edge of the world in a heroic middle-finger pose.
Naraku deliberately waited 5 minutes before dispelling the shadow clone. At this moment, Naraku sensed the information brought back by Clone No. 1's sacrifice.
The so-called edge of the world had no gravity, no ground, but it had light and even air.
This left Naraku completely confused, but he recalled that the original version of Dimension Square [Shangri-La] seemed to behave similarly—arriving in the ninja world like this was understandable.
After all, the Moon in the ninja world seemed to have similar gravity to the ninja world and even had air. In short, this couldn't be considered with the science of his previous world.
After understanding what the so-called edge of the world was, Naraku thought about whether he could use it as a relatively private storage space.
But for now he had the system space, and it was still sufficient, so Naraku decided that even if the edge of the world could be used, he'd only store some miscellaneous items there.
As for turning it into a shelter? Naraku decided to test again later to see if there were additional risks over time.
Naraku saluted the two remaining clones. The two clones returned the salute with middle fingers!
So Clone No. 2 and No. 3 were sent to the edge of the world together—they'd have company!
Since he didn't know how long the clones could last, Naraku planned to continue pretending to jog and install some marks in every corner of Konoha.
Naraku simply dragged the two little beauties Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Hiiro along for a run around Konoha. Naraku looked at the two girls in front of him—perhaps it was his imagination?
But maybe because of the recent abundant nutrition—especially Sea King meat and improved food processing methods—the two girls' heights were starting to change rapidly.
Reaching the edge of the village, Naraku casually placed a mark on a patch of grass. What Naraku didn't know was that the last unlucky person who appeared here had already been killed by Danzō as a spy.
Soon it was afternoon, so Naraku set off for the front lines together with Jiraiya and Tsunade.
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In the Land of Rain, Amegakure, in Hanzo the Salamander's office.
Hanzo the Salamander looked at the list of destruction and casualties sent by his subordinate and angrily slammed the table.
The three great nations—Konoha, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure—were fighting, but instead of battling on their own lands, they all came to the Land of Rain. Their war had brought devastating destruction to the Land of Rain.
Many residential areas had turned into battle zones, forcing residents to flee, and countless civilians and Amegakure ninjas had died in the war.
Previously, Hanzo had also issued condemnations to these great nations, but now it seemed these ninja villages had no intention of restraining themselves.
Especially after the recent "Wood Dragon Battle" (because Nawaki transformed into a wood dragon and unleashed his power to kill all invading Iwa ninjas, this battle was called the "Wood Dragon Battle" by Konoha).
The wood dragon had directly turned large residential areas into forests, and this forest seemed strange—within just a few days, many ferocious beasts and poisonous insects had appeared.
Now that place had a rainforest climate, completely unsuitable for human survival. If they wanted to cut down all the trees, it would require massive manpower and financial resources.
But Hanzo couldn't figure out the specific situation of Konoha's wood dragon now. He also considered that Iwa had suffered repeated defeats recently, and the neighboring Land of Iron was in internal chaos with a bunch of ninjas.
Sunagakure was one of the weakest among the great ninja villages.
So he made a bold decision—to simultaneously declare war on the three great nations: Land of Iron, Konoha, and Sunagakure! This was also because he was very confident in his own strength.
After finishing his thoughts, Hanzo slowly said to his subordinate: "Because of the devastating destruction the great nations' war has caused to our Land of Rain! Make an official declaration: the Land of Rain has decided to simultaneously declare war on the three great nations—Land of Iron, Konoha, and Sunagakure!"
His subordinate was shocked by Hanzo's idea, but still looked at him with admiration and said: "As expected of Lord Hanzo! If it's Lord Hanzo, he will definitely defeat those great nations!"
Hanzo thought to himself: Let this war show the ninja world my strength—Hanzo the Salamander! Let it show the strength of our Land of Rain! Even a small nation is not something you great nations can insult at will!
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