Naruto: Long Live Hokage's
Chapter 93: The Beginning of the War
Masahiko plans to return to Konoha and fight as a group. Unexpectedly, right after he crossed the Fire Nation border, he felt a lot of familiar chakra.
“True... The two brothers had already declared war on Konoha, and they had already sent people to guard the border. But I did not expect Tobirama to come alone, which would save me from the trouble of finding it.”.
“Change!” Masahiko returned to his old form, then he flew to the Konoha army camp. With this, the Namikaze Minato arc has officially ended.
“Hai! Declare yourself! Get down and approach slowly!” The way the guards talked to Masahiko made him feel annoyed.
He muttered, “Is my presence in Konoha this low? These people have already forgotten their great ancestors.”.
Just before Masahiko started his words, a familiar voice came shouting, “What are you doing? The Elder Uzumaki Masahiko!”
“Older Masahiko? Isn't he dead?”
“Ya, I heard it too?”
“Who would dare to pretend to be him?”
“No... It must be him, the man is flying, he is indeed Masahiko-Sama!”
………
The more Masahiko heard, the more upset he was, he then took a deep breath, and shouted, “Open the gate!”
Ten minutes later.
Masahiko stood helplessly in front of the guards, who kept apologizing repeatedly.
“So, because I said that I will see the world using a new identity, You think that it would be easier to say that I am dead than to explain how this old man was able to do such a thing, just ... How did everything become like this?”
Tobirama feels bad, “I think since you changed your name and went to see the world when you came back, you'll keep that identity, you know.
Masahiko glanced at him, “I'm only 81 years old, and even if I live to 100 years old, no one will really know how old I am. Everyone from my generation is dead. Maybe few people know my age?”
Suddenly Masahiko remembered something else, “Omong-by the way, no one thought of giving me a gift on my 80th birthday! Neither you nor Mito know how old I am?”
Tobirama froze for a moment, then he shook his head bitterly, and wanted to apologize to Masahiko.
“Is that so?” Masahiko interrupted, looking a little sad, “Well, the journey is not too good, I lost a disciple of mine, and I came back here to ask for your help to destroy the enemy!”
“You lost a student?” Tobirama looked confused, and soon he reacted to the other half of the sentence.
“Wait, help you? Your strength is not enough to avenge himself?”
Masahiko sighed, “At first, there was only The Gold and Silver Horn Brothers. Then the Second Raikage merged, plus a dozen Elite Jonin, and hundreds of Chunin and Genin, all gathered on the river's land.”.
“Riverland? And the Second Raikage is also coming?” Tobirama muttered, “I'm glad you're back. Otherwise, it will be very difficult for our side.”
Masahiko frowned, “Ya, I also want to ask about that, where is that big cat, why do you bring these little kittens?”
Masahiko could sense that there were no decent Shinobi here; even their numbers were few.
Tobirama sighed, “Konoha has been stable for thirteen years, and the clan is used to it. They refused to participate in this war and did not send their good shinobi. Some of them are fine, and some others decide to come themselves like Uchiha Izumi.” Tobirama paused for a moment, and looked at Masahiko, “As for Uzumaki, only your students join us. Fortunately, with Kenichiro and some Anbu, we managed to form this small army.”.
Masahiko's face darkened, only Kenichiro came from Uzumaki…
“To be honest, we are not ready for such a war. Konoha will need some big changes after this!” Tobirama said firmly.
Masahiko was silent for a while, “Is Kenichiro here?”
“I asked him to go out and gather intelligence .. he should be back soon.”
“She's back.” Masahiko felt the familiar chakra approaching quickly.
“Second Master,” Kenichiro enter, then he freezes for a moment, “Sensei?”
“Sensei! I thought you..” Kenichiro cried and rushed to hug Masahiko.
Masahiko was also stunned by what Kenichiro said, why did these people kill him indifferently? He clearly told Kenichiro that he would return before leaving Konoha.
Kenichiro took a while to calm down and remember the purpose of his task.
“Dancing?” Masahiko's mouth twitched, thinking, “What happened?”
They stayed there for a while and declared war on Konoha, but now they are retreating? What's their plan? They want Konoha to attack them first?
“Are you sure?” After a while, Tobirama asked.
As soon as he said this sentence, a ninja came up with a report letter from the Hot Water Country.
It said: “Kumogakure has nothing to do with this declaration of war against Konoha. The Golden and Silver Horn brothers acted alone. After being persuaded by the Second Raikage, Kumogakure decided to step down, hoping to continue to maintain good relations with Konoha.
“Gold and Silver Horned Boy persuaded by the Second Raikage? What really happened?” Masahiko whispered, feeling confused.
“Tobirama, let's go after them! As long as we both..no... with Kenichiro as well, we can destroy them all!” Masahiko still insisted on killing the Golden and Silver Horn Brother.
Tobirama was silent for a moment, and just as he was about to nod, suddenly an Anbu appeared.
“Second Master! I got a report that Sunagakure is gathering their strength, and they intend to cross the border and enter the Land of Fire to attack the village!”
“What? We have to go back!” Tobirama answered almost instantly, then the Anbu disappeared.
Tobirama looked at Masahiko, then the latter frowned, “Let's go back to the village, we'll deal with Sunagakure first, then the three of us will go to Kumogakure and kill the two brothers… Maybe I should call Yoriko too.”
Not as smooth as the first approach, Masahiko looked inpatient…
If it was Hashirama, he would definitely oppose the idea of launching a preemptive attack on Kumogakure. However, after hesitating for a moment, Tobirama still agreed. Clearly, he was unhappy with the fact that the two dared to declare war on Konoha.
Leaving some elite Jonin here, Masahiko and Tobirama lead the shinobi forces back to the village.
Busy to improve the situation of Konoha as Tobirama said, Masahiko waited for news from the Land of Wind anxiously.
As a result, two days passed, but there was no information about Sunagakure. But they got other news.
Kumogakure suddenly declares war against Iwagakure, and the two fight now in the land of Amegakure. Not only that, the old rivalry between Iwagakure and Kirigakure also heated up again, and Kirigakure declared war against Iwagakure. So Kirigakure and Kumogakure are now preparing to attack Iwagakure.
Masahiko looked dumbfounded upon hearing the news.
“No... What the fuck is this? Is Kumogakure that stupid? I obviously used Muu's gaze and attacked them with the Dust Element... Still, they were easily convinced by that? No buddy! There's a big gap between my charming personality and that, Mummy! I had no idea that the Second Raikage was so stupid that it nonchalantly declared war against Iwagakure without checking or asking the situation first?” Masahiko assured himself that he had nothing to do with it.
Meanwhile, the envoys of Sunagakure arrive in Konoha.
“So you want us to give up 50% of the Land of Fire, and give it the Land of Wind, for Sunagakure to form an alliance with us. Otherwise, you will surround us with Kumogakure?” tobirama.
The envoy replied in a loud and quite loud tone, “Yes, right!”
Tobirama turned to look at the three elders behind him, and nodded, then looked again at the Shinobi.
“That mouth must have been tired; she had worked hard to get this message across to us. He must have run long enough.”
The shinobi froze for a moment, “Yes, it took me three days.”
“Then you can go to the hotel for a break, we need to talk about this issue further.”
The envoy smiled haughtily, then he was sent by an Anbu to escort him.
“Second Master, are you willing to give up our land? Hasn't Kumogakure's army retreated?” The moment the envoy came out, Uchiha Izumi began to tear apart his mouth.
Tobirama glanced at him for a while but said nothing. Knowing him well, Masahiko thought that he might say secretly: “You Uchiha, poor one, do you think I am that stupid?”
Hyuga Tenjin sneered, and Izumi looked at him with disdain; the two looked like they would start throwing punches at any moment.
Seeing the situation, Nara Shikaryu interjected quickly, “ Elder Izumi, Second Master, did not think of giving up on our land, he just wants to drag the situation long enough for us to prepare the village and respond after we observe the situation in the shinobi world carefully.”
“Oh, is that so, Second Master?” Izumi looked at Tobirama.
Tobirama sighed, “Yes, I have sent some people to investigate the actual situation in Kumogakure. Also recently a small village near our land became unstable.”
The three elders glanced at each other without saying a word.
Tobirama's face suddenly became worse, “Now, the war is on the verge of collapse! Please focus on our situation, and let's discuss our strategy!”
