Chapter 125: Ōnoki Heads to the Front, Naraku Gains High-Grade Haki from Third Raikage, Danzō Seizes Command, and Night Raid Collision
Ōnoki—as the inheritor and promoter of the Will of Stone—quickly made up his mind: he too would personally go to the battlefield.
The war mobilization continued, while Naraku also learned the approximate timing.
Because the reward from the Third Raikage A had arrived—this man truly deserved to be called one of the hardest men in Naruto.
He was a genius when it came to training Haki. Not long after receiving the Haki Seed, he had already reached advanced mastery.
Naraku rubbed his hands together and chose to accept.
Ding...
[Third Raikage A has reached Beginner mastery of Haki Seed. Talent Replication: Beginner Armament Haki] Ding...
[Third Raikage A has reached Intermediate mastery of Haki Seed. Talent Replication: Intermediate Observation Haki] Ding...
[Third Raikage A has reached Advanced mastery of Haki Seed. Talent Replication: Advanced Armament Haki]
Powerful Armament Haki and Observation Haki instantly arrived on Naraku's body. Naraku tried wrapping his entire body in Haki.
At this moment a hard, reflective Naraku appeared. Looking at himself in the mirror,
he was surprised to discover that his Haki color was no longer the ordinary black from the beginning—it was now black tinged with red.
Naraku looked at this familiar Haki color, touched his head, and thought: he didn't have Conqueror's Haki addiction! Why did it look similar to Luffy's Haki color?
Then he recalled the teachings of his previous life's "Brother Kunkun": a true man, a real man, knows exactly what he wants to do.
So he decided to find a place to test it.
Then Naraku went to the forging room and began using his fists to forge parts of the Guardian Divine Machine [Supreme Throne] in front of him.
To his surprise, he found his fists were now more effective than a hammer, and his heat resistance was also excellent.
Naraku hadn't checked his panel in a while—he felt his current strength was terrifying!
[System Member Level: Intermediate] [Name: Uchiha Naraku] [Age: 11] [Chakra Natures: Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Yin, Yang] [Sharingan: Three-Tomoe] [Body: A- → A+] [Spirit: A-] [Chakra: 20 cards → 30 cards (card: Kakashi Hatake's chakra amount as Konoha jōnin in Naruto Part 1)] [Chakra Control: Intermediate → Top-Tier] [Ninjutsu: Clone Technique, Transformation Technique, Substitution Technique, Konoha Five Release Ninjutsu, Summoning Technique: Triple Rashomon, Summoning Technique: Impure World Reincarnation (Incomplete) Mastery, Yamata no Orochi Technique (Incomplete), Wood Release: Cutting Technique, Wood Release: Wood Substitution, Wood Release: Wood Clone, Wood Release: Great Forest Technique, Wood Release: Wood Wall, Izanagi and Izanami, Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, Eight Gates Released Formation, Uzumaki Sealing Technique] [Taijutsu: Uchiha-Style Taijutsu Beginner → Advanced, Konoha Steel Fist Style Advanced] [Haki: Observation Haki Intermediate (New), Armament Haki Advanced (New)] [Swordsmanship: Hatake Blade Style Advanced Mastery, Mifune Swordsmanship] [Genjutsu: Demonic Illusion: Naraku Vision Technique, Hypnotic Eye (Sharingan inherent)] [Transformation: Can transform into Sarutobi Hiruzen version Titan Kong form (New)] [Evaluation: Your strength has fully reached Kage level. Paired with special weapons, your combat power is at the peak of Kage or even surpasses Kage—but your understanding and application of combat still have room for improvement.]
After reviewing his panel, Naraku pondered his future direction.
Combat experience—he rarely fought, so there was no helping that.
However, many talent replications—especially from that group of Uchiha vassal weapon users—had already made his combat experience quite decent.
He was only slightly lacking against top-tier powerhouses.
As for other high cost-performance improvements—Wood Release. Although he had obtained Advanced Wood Release mastery talent, he still hadn't learned top-tier techniques like Wood Human Technique, Wood Dragon Technique, etc.
Finally and most importantly—forge the Guardian Divine Machine [Supreme Throne]. This was his table-flipping trump card.
Naraku looked at the biological mecha that had already taken rough shape before him, his heart burning with anticipation.
Just one more year and he could forge this S-grade weapon!
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On the other side, in the Hokage's office, Konoha's F4 began an intense discussion. The main forces of Kumogakure and Iwagakure were advancing toward Konoha's border—such large-scale troop movements couldn't be hidden.
As the main warmonger, Danzō once again pressured Sarutobi Hiruzen to request permission to fight.
He felt this was his chance to display his grand ambitions, seize fame, and earn political capital.
More importantly, Sarutobi Hiruzen's strength had frightened him—making him不敢 act too boldly in the village. This prevented further strengthening of his Hachifusa puppets.
Meanwhile, Naraku had recently been avoiding him, and Sarutobi Hiruzen had also increased "protection" over Naraku.
This left Danzō unable to force Naraku to forge stronger weapons for him, and the Guardian Throne matter was even more important.
So he thought of joining the great war to collect strong ninjas from the ninja world and make his Hachifusa even stronger.
Sarutobi Hiruzen—face dark—held back for a long time before saying one word: "Fine!"
The "Hiruzen, you'll regret this" that had been on Danzō's lips was immediately swallowed back.
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Upon arriving at the front lines, Shimura Danzō immediately began seizing power. Relying on his seniority, he directly took command authority from the three Sannin.
Orochimaru—who should have been the supreme commander—didn't resist at all and handed over authority. Even though Tsunade and Jiraiya felt it was unfair for Orochimaru, they had no grounds to object.
Later, to make it easier to continue sidelining the three Sannin and fearing someone would steal his battle merits, Danzō directly threw the three Sannin along with the Uchiha clan (whom he disliked) onto the partial battlefield against Iwagakure.
Although Iwagakure and Kumogakure had simultaneously declared war on Konoha, Iwagakure's forces had always lagged behind.
However, what Danzō didn't know was that on the very same day he arrived at the battlefield, the Third Raikage A also reached the battlefield.
Must say—Danzō still had some skill. In two days he arranged his Root members into key positions, analyzed the map, and issued battle orders.
He commanded the troops led by the three Sannin to launch a night raid on Iwagakure ninjas—aiming to strike hard while Ōnoki hadn't yet arrived.
Meanwhile he himself led troops for a night raid to swallow Kumogakure!
Orochimaru and the others ignored Danzō's orders and could only report the situation to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was still holding down the main camp.
Hoping Sarutobi Hiruzen could stop this Shimura Danzō who loved going all-in the moment he arrived.
However, the glory-hungry Danzō gave Sarutobi Hiruzen no chance to issue orders. That very night he ordered the troops to begin the night raid.
Coincidentally—the Third Raikage A had exactly the same idea!
Thus, that night, Kumo ninjas and Konoha ninjas collided head-on!
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