boom---!

The huge red ball fell to the ground with a terrifying noise, and the entire Konoha Village could feel the vibration.

puff---
The huge ball of fire exploded the moment it touched the earth's crust.

A large amount of magma red tide flowed out of the fireball, spreading in all directions, continuously spreading its destructive power. At the same time, there were also thousands of flaming arrows splashing out in the air.

"Huff, huff, huff!!!" Sarutobi Hiruzen was breathing heavily, his hand holding the big black stick was shaking constantly, and there was obvious fatigue on his face.

Just now, he suddenly had an idea and subconsciously used the ninjutsu that combined the attributes of fire and earth. He originally wanted to borrow the power of this gravity field to make the power of the ninjutsu reach a higher level.

I never expected that things would go wrong.

"Hurizen! Don't use any quality jutsu."

An eye appeared on the surface of the black stick in Sarutobi Hiruzen's hand, and a human voice was heard to remind Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"I see."

Sarutobi Hiruzen responded to Enma's words, but his eyes were looking at the figure in the distance. If he hadn't stretched out the stick that Enma had transformed into and deflected the fireball at the moment it fell, he would have been burned to death by his own ninjutsu.

"The strongest Hokage! Is that all?"

Hearing the indifferent tone with a hint of teasing, Sarutobi Hiruzen's face suddenly turned red, and then he was filled with anger.

Sarutobi Hiruzen: You can taunt if you want, but what's the point of turning on 3D surround?

The strongest Hokage!
There is nothing wrong with saying this title in front of young and ignorant children.

But if it were to be brought up in front of Uchiha Setsuna, a living fossil from the Warring States Period, it would be too damn embarrassing. Even someone as shameless as Sarutobi Hiruzen would find it unbearable.

and,

He had used all his strength the moment before, but just a glance from Setsuna almost made him fall under his own ninjutsu.

All the major ninja clans in Konoha saw this scene, which was basically a public execution for him.

"moment!"

"Your pupil skills are indeed powerful, but you are not invincible."

"Your pupil power is your greatest weakness."

After the fight, Sarutobi Hiruzen realized his limits, so he was unwilling to continue fighting with this Uchiha who had opened his Mangekyo.

He first forcibly suppressed Uchiha Yashiro and others, and then used several large-scale fusion ninjutsu in succession to deal with Wang Ming. Such consumption was a bit too much for him.

The key is that he really feels that he is no match for his opponent.

Just when Sarutobi Hiruzen was preparing to evacuate, Danzo, who had been hiding somewhere since the war broke out, arrived.

"Hiruzen!"

"The opportunity to completely eliminate this cancer of the Uchiha is right before our eyes. We can't miss it!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced at Danzo with an unfriendly look: "Are you really looking forward to my death?"

I thought to myself: This guy is impossible to get along with, and he is really too aggressive.

Danzo: "..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced at his old friend Danzo, then amplified his voice in a special way and said:
"Teacher Tobirama said it! The more the Uchiha's Mangekyō is used, the blinder it gets. If Setsun uses the Sharingan like this, it won't last long before it goes blind. There's no need for us to risk killing him."

Danzo was stunned for a moment, then he realized that Sarutobi Hiruzen amplified his voice in order to suppress the major ninja clans. Hiruzen was afraid that the ninja clans would see his weakness and then force him to abdicate.

During the three Ninja World Wars, Sarutobi Hiruzen retired bravely. If he retires now, he may never be able to recover.

When he first came to power, he eliminated dissidents, but he was still dedicated to the public. We can only say that he was a little mediocre and incompetent, but there is really nothing else to criticize. After all, the death of White Fang and others was just a normal political struggle.

But things were different after he came to power the second time. He was no longer devoted to the public, but instead used public power to enrich himself. He brought a large amount of Konoha's resources back to the Sarutobi family.

The legacy of the Fourth Hokage, even the used scarf, was taken back to his own warehouse and stored.

If the next Hokage to take the stage is not from Sarutobi's family, there will be big trouble.

If they are not even Tsunade and Jiraiya, the Sarutobi family will be completely liquidated, and they may even be inferior to the Uchiha at this time. After all, the more Uchiha people die, the more terrifying the bloodline limit of the remaining people will be, which his Sarutobi family does not have.

"Huruzen! It turns out that you think things through more carefully." After Danzo understood Sarutobi Hiruzen's purpose, he immediately cooperated with him in acting.

Danzo originally hoped that Sarutobi Hiruzen and Uchiha Setsuna would die together, so that he could stand up and save Konoha in a critical moment, and then ascend to the position of Hokage with the support of everyone. But now, Sarutobi Hiruzen obviously has no intention of fighting to the death, and from his attitude, he is very dissatisfied with him, so how could he continue to sabotage him?

"Hmph! Old ghost Setsuna!"

"You're great with the kaleidoscope, so just keep it open!"

“Don’t close it!”

"If you dare to close your Mangekyō, my roots will slaughter the remaining members of your Uchiha clan."

Danzo Shimura spoke shameless and bloody words with a cold face.

When many ninjas heard these words, they felt that Danzo's actions were too extreme and uncivilized, but in the end they dared not speak out.

The person that the clan leaders were cursing in their hearts was not Danzo, but the Third Hokage.

The ninja clan leader was no political novice, so he understood that although it was Danzo who said that, he was just supplementing Sarutobi Hiruzen's words.

There are some things that are not suitable for Sarutobi Hiruzen to say.

Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced around at the direction of the major ninja clans, and was about to leave with Danzo. But at this moment, a voice that he hated very much rang in his ears.

"Did the old man let you go?"

"monkey!"

"Don't you like playing fire and earth fusion ninjutsu?"

"Then take a look at this old man's trick."

"Oh!"

Wang Ming picked up the wooden crutch and immediately stuck it on the ground.

Sarutobi Hiruzen: "..."

Shimura Danzo: “…”

Just as their puzzled gaze lasted for a second, they felt the ground shaking beneath their feet.

The tremor was extremely strong, even stronger than the explosion of Sarutobi Hiruzen's previous fusion ninjutsu, but the difference was that this time the tremor was most obvious only in the Uchiha clan's territory.

"Something is wrong, let's retreat!" After all, Sarutobi Hiruzen was more powerful, and he immediately realized that something was wrong, and immediately fled quickly to the back.

It is said that among the thirty-six strategies, running away is the best one. As long as you run fast, no attacker can find you.

But just after he ran a hundred meters, his face changed and he quickly pounded the ground with the stick in his hand to force his body to stop. Under the ground in front of him, a thick pillar of fire shot up into the sky. If he was a step slower, he would have been skinned alive if not dead.

Danzo Shimura looked around, horrified, as hundreds of pillars of fire appeared on the ground in front of him.

"Look up at the sky!" Sarutobi Hiruzen reminded.

When Danzo Shimura looked up, his color suddenly changed and he ran away quickly. Those pillars of fire were not flames.

Instead, it is the red magma that spurts out from the ground. After the magma sprays into the sky, it will naturally fall down again.

Danzo and Hiruzen are indeed Kage-level ninjas, but as long as they are not at the Six Paths level, their physical bodies will not be much stronger than ordinary people. If they are hit by the falling red tide of fire, the consequences will be unimaginable. They wish their parents had given them two more legs.

"You have given me a multiple-choice question."

"Now I will give you a multiple-choice question."

"Run away, you will survive, the meteor shower will fall on the residential areas of Konoha."

"Stay and stop him with all your strength. My jutsu can break it before you run out of chakra."

Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo looked back at the sky and realized that Wang Ming was not lying. The direction of the attack was aimed at the residential area of ​​Konoha from the very beginning.

"【Earth Escape: Earth Flowing River】"

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't hesitate at all, he turned around and launched the earth escape ninjutsu. He wanted to use the [Earth Flow River] to block the hole in the ground from which flames were spewing out. A ninjutsu with such a wide range consumed an extremely large amount of chakra.

Excessive chakra consumption can be life-threatening in serious cases.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's feelings for Konoha are absolutely sincere. Apart from the fact that he also hopes that Konoha can be named Sarutobi, he has no other selfish motives. Therefore, even if he sacrifices his life, he will not let Konoha be destroyed. (End of this chapter)