The Uchiha clan, which was wiped out entirely, lacked vision.

Chapter 49 Let Konoha Feel Pain!

Konoha Village, Hokage Building.

Inside the Hokage's office, a large number of people were coming and going.

After Nara Shikaku's death in battle, although the Nara family arranged for a replacement named Nara Shikazumi, he was unable to get up to speed with many tasks in the short term and the third generation had to handle them personally.

Especially now that we are preparing for a new war, the workload has increased many times over, and we are extremely busy.

The three generations were signing different documents when a secret agent suddenly appeared in the office, bowing and apologizing.

"I'm so sorry, Third Hokage, I haven't completed my mission."

The third generation paused for a moment, sighed, and raised his head.

"Neither Jiraiya nor Tsunade are willing to come back?"

"Yes." The ANBU ninja lowered his head deeply, not daring to look at his Hokage's expression.

"Lord Jiraiya inquired about the rumors of the Uchiha clan's massacre from the messenger. After learning that the news was true, he remained silent for a while before saying that he was going to do some research and would not have time to come back."

"Lady Tsunade said that she's been on a winning streak lately, winning big, and needs to hurry up and win back all the gambling debts she owes. She'll come back after she's paid off all the debts."

"Gambling debts paid off..." The third generation smiled bitterly, then took out his pipe and put it in his mouth.

After puffing on his cigarette for a moment, he sighed and asked again, "Is Naruto still the same?"

"Yes, ever since that day, Naruto has been sitting blankly all day, and the smile on his face has disappeared. He can only cheer up a little when Sakura Haruno talks to him. However, because of Sasuke's death, Sakura Haruno has also become much more silent."

"Sigh!" The third generation sighed deeply, his face full of worry as he sipped his pipe. "He was such a young child, yet he went through so much. No wonder he turned out like this."

"I can't find the time to visit him, so you should arrange for that girl to interact with him more often, making sure he forms a strong bond with the village."

"The matter of the Jinchūriki must not be allowed to fail!"

"Yes." The officer responded, and was about to continue reporting when a cold, sharp voice suddenly rang out from outside the door.

"Hiruzen, you're letting danger happen again!"

Danzo strode in, his face grim, and said:

"Now that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki knows his true identity, he will definitely be dissatisfied with the village's previous attitude."

"Under these circumstances, the Jinchūriki must be strictly controlled to prevent him from developing any thoughts of betraying the village!"

"You just need to hand him over to me..."

"Shut up!" The Third Hokage angrily interrupted Danzo, slamming his pipe on the table.

"Danzo, Naruto is Minato's child. Like Minato, he possesses the Will of Fire and would never betray the village!"

"By the time he betrays us, it will be too late!" Danzo retorted loudly, not to be outdone. "We absolutely cannot place our hopes on something as important as a Jinchuriki based on a mere illusion of trust!"

"And the war is about to start again, we need the power of Jinchūriki!"

"Give me some time, and I promise I can get him onto the battlefield safely!"

"No, he's still a child!" The Third Hokage shook his head repeatedly in opposition. "Konoha isn't weak enough to need a child as young as Naruto going into battle!"

"Moreover, this is just a small-scale conflict that will end quickly and will not escalate into a large-scale war!"

The two were arguing fiercely when suddenly a loud "boom" came from outside, making the windowpanes vibrate.

The two quickly stopped talking and turned to look. They saw a plume of black smoke rising into the sky like a tornado in the distance outside the window, with flames shooting out below and the faint sounds of battle cries echoing in the air.

"Oh no! Enemy forces are attacking!"

The Third Hokage flung off his Hokage robes, revealing his fitted attire underneath, leaped off the building, and stood on the rooftop, gazing into the distance.

Three ninjas with orange hair, dressed in black robes with red cloud patterns, were seen charging towards the Hokage Building.

One of them pulled out his wrist, from which multiple missiles flew wildly, their exhaust trails leaving spiderweb-like patterns in the sunlight, bombarding the area like a floor being washed.

Each landing warhead would collapse a building, burning signs would fall like firebirds in the thick smoke, the blast wave would overturn passersby, and flying limbs would be burned to charcoal in mid-air by the high temperature.

The huge explosion just now was caused by this ninja all by himself.

Besides this person, another person summoned many summoned beasts: a multi-headed giant dog, a rhinoceros several stories high, a centipede as long as it stretched across the street, and a giant bird flying in the sky... which wreaked havoc there.

Another person, suspended high in the air, flew directly towards the Hokage Building.

These people all had completely unfamiliar faces. The only thing they had in common was that they and their summoned beasts all had purple eyes with concentric circles of pupils, like mosquito coils—clearly the legendary Rinnegan.

This situation greatly unsettled the third generation.

The intelligence report stated there were only two Rinnegan ninjas, but now there are three appearing before us.

Almost simultaneously, the alarm bell at the gate rang urgently, clearly indicating that there were definitely more than just these few enemies.

"How dare they! We haven't even settled accounts with them yet, and they dare to cause trouble in Konoha Village!"

Danzo was furious and rebuked him:

"Hiruzen, it's all because of your weakness that even a small country like this can treat Konoha like an easy target!"

"You must bear the greatest responsibility for the losses suffered by the village this time!"

The third generation was also furious. He slammed his hand on the ground and summoned his old companion, the Monkey Demon.

After the ape demon appeared, it looked around and was immediately surprised.

"Third generation, has the Fourth World War broken out?"

"How come the enemy has already reached Konoha Village?"

"I've never seen anything like this before!"

The third generation, his face grim, shouted:

"Now is not the time to talk about these things. We need to let the enemy know that Konoha Village is not a pushover!"

Sensing the Third Generation's anger, the Enma stopped speaking, transformed into the form of a Vajra Staff, and fell into the Third Generation's hands.

The third generation raised his Vajra Cudgel high, about to step forward to meet the enemy, when alarms blared all around, signaling the arrival of secret agents.

"Lord Hokage, enemies have appeared all around the village. Judging from their clothes, they are all wearing black robes with red cloud patterns. They should be the Akatsuki organization mentioned in the intelligence."

"What? There's more?" The Third Hokage was startled and quickly sheathed his weapon, then began assigning tasks.

If there are few enemies, he wouldn't mind personally going into battle, displaying his prowess, and salvaging some of the image he has lost among the villagers.

But now that the enemy is launching a large-scale attack, he can no longer risk his life.

Whether he wants to resort to force depends on whether the enemy agrees.

Pain flew directly to the top of the Hokage Building, hovering high in the air, looking down at the ants below with indifference and arrogance, like a god.

"The many ninjas of Konoha!"

"Are you feeling pain?"