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Third Person POV
Lands of Iron, 43.
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"Who are you?!", the Raikage immediately exclaimed.
'This person is extremely dangerous...', the Hachibi did not fail to warn in Killer B's mental world, who frowned beside his brother, who was irritated.
"Who dares to invade this meeting?!", the Raikage continued, shouting angrily.
Ōnoki narrowed his eyes at the figures and looked at the Mizukage. He had spoken of this person before, which meant they had been together from the beginning.
His eyes moved to the back, where Takeshi Manaka was, wondering if the samurai were also with this man, allowing him into such an important meeting without prior notice, after all, that was extremely disrespectful to the kages.
Takeshi Manaka was watching with a glint of alertness, while his apprentice, Mifune, had his sword drawn and was coating it with chakra. That old man was certainly not one of the samurai, but the Mizukage seemed to know who that person was.
Rasa narrowed his eyes, exchanging glances with Chiyo and his other bodyguard and advisor.
The calmest among them was, obviously, the Mizukage.
"Lord Mizukage, who is it that you brought into the middle of our meeting?", Ōnoki said, with a tone full of threat.
"There is no need to feel so offended, Tsuchikage", he began in a softer tone. "I have been keeping in contact with him for some time. Let me introduce him... He is..."
The Mizukage turned his attention back to the elderly man, before seeing him face everyone with those red eyes. Ōnoki felt something — a chill ran through his entire body.
That made his soul tremble, because he certainly knew those eyes. That old man could not be...
"Impossible... you should be dead!", Ōnoki spoke immediately, interrupting the Mizukage in the middle of introducing who that person was. He was tense.
Kitsuchi did not fail to look worriedly at his father, who was staring at that figure with frightened eyes. She had never seen her father behave so scared before, which was a strange sight. There was fear — no, more than that — there was terror in his eyes. Kitsuchi could not help but swallow dryly. Even Han, beside her, looked in disbelief at his kage before turning his attention back to that person.
"Sharingan...? Why does he have a Sharingan!?", Rasa murmured, somewhat concerned, while looking at Ōnoki and then at the old man with red eyes.
"Who is he, Tsuchikage?", the Raikage asked, frowning. Ōnoki's reaction like that was certainly concerning.
"Let me finish introducing him", the Mizukage spoke again, insisting on presenting him, his voice full of respect. "This is—"
However, he was interrupted again before finishing, as it was not him who answered. The old man himself looked at each of them, showing his three-tomoe Sharingan, with a red tone so intense and dangerous that even the most powerful there felt a chill just by staring into those eyes.
"I am... Uchiha... Madara..." His voice came out slow and old, but firm enough to make an impact on everyone there.
"Is... is that true, father?", Kitsuchi asked Ōnoki, who was still affected, his eyes wide open.
Even before the man spoke his name, Ōnoki already knew. "Yes... he is as old as he should be... but the intent in those eyes... there is only one Uchiha who can give that feeling when I look at the Sharingan", he replied, remembering a humiliation long forgotten.
"You shouldn't be dead...", the Raikage said, his face dark.
Rasa seemed worried. He couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.
"No, I did not die at the Valley of the End, if you want to know. I lived hidden until now."
"Why now, after all these years?", Rasa asked, still with a somber look.
"As you know, I lost the battle against Hashirama, but my goal has always been to destroy Konoha. In the end, I ended up succumbing, but I still survived. I was trying to recover, but, over time, age caught up with me. And do not blame the Mizukage, we are not really together. I only sought him out in search of an opportunity", he said, making the three Kage raise their eyebrows, with silent questions.
"My goal is to destroy Konoha. I want revenge for what Konoha did to me. I want to finish what I had started decades ago, when I decided to destroy the village and had my fight against Hashirama", he continued.
"Why should we trust you?", Rasa asked.
But it was the Mizukage himself who answered. "Because we cannot win a fight against Konoha without him. Even all united, the current Konoha is very powerful. Even if we try to attack from all sides, remember that Minato Namikaze, with his teleportation jutsu, can simply move across the battlefield however he wants and take allies wherever needed. Not to mention that there is information that he can draw chakra to replenish his reserves. You know how dangerous that is in the middle of a war."
They do not have complete information, such as the fact that he could even draw chakra from Kurama. But, due to what he did in Suna during the Second War, stealing chakra from Shukaku, that is already practically a confirmation.
Everyone there fell silent. Even if they tried to open a gap for some position or attempt to create a strategy, Konoha could easily change the battlefield with Minato's teleportation abilities. He could not move entire troops, but he could move key individuals. If he were aware of what was happening, placing multiple sensors everywhere — and underestimating his capability as a sensor — he would be extremely dangerous.
Everyone there imagined that this kind of war would be terrifying.
"That...", Rasa, Ōnoki, and the Raikage seemed frustrated.
"Even so, we cannot trust you", the Tsuchikage said, with sharp eyes toward Madara, who did not seem offended.
"I understand your hesitation, Ōnoki", Madara spoke in his calm and deep tone. "But whether you like it or not, I need you, and you need me. Konoha is extremely powerful, and I will never achieve my desire alone."
"But tell me: do you still have the capability you had on the battlefield? I've heard many stories about the legendary Madara Uchiha, but you are certainly not in your prime. The question is: how can you contribute to the point of making us confident enough to enter a war against Konoha, when there are so many monsters in the Land of Fire?", Rasa raised this question.
It was a valid question.
Madara simply looked at him. He seemed to maintain a somewhat tired gaze, but his eyes were still extremely vibrant and dangerous.
"I am certainly not in my prime. I am old", he simply replied, bluntly. "But I still retain remnants of my abilities. I have my knowledge and also, as you can see, these creations are called Zetsus. They have the ability to camouflage themselves and may not be stronger than a low-level chuunin, but they are extremely good at camouflage, not even jonin will be able to deal with surprise attacks coming from them. In large numbers, they would be relentless on the battlefield, and I have an immense quantity of them, created over the years precisely to use against the Leaf Village that once abandoned me." He declared, leaving the room in tension.
In the sky, unconsciously, Minato removed one of his hands from his wife's waist and raised a finger pointed at the castle, making it glow as it charged a lightning strike.
Hanabi saw it and turned to him, somewhat surprised. Minato seemed to think for a moment and, suddenly, made the glow disappear. He lowered his finger.
"It's not worth it... it won't be destroyed like that." For a moment, Minato thought about destroying the entire castle, but he knew that Madara would not be easily stopped. He could certainly use Susanoo and cover the entire place. That would give a perfect excuse to start the war.
To be honest, Minato truly wanted the war to happen, but not for a reason like that. He wanted fear to make everyone act, because that would be a justification for what would come after the war, without seeming like a greedy dictator. He would, at least, have a just cause.
So attacking them would be bad for his plans.
"Should we try to stop them?", Hanabi still asked, not exactly knowing what her husband's plans were.
He wrapped his arm around her waist again, while she watched the entire conversation.
"For now, let's just observe. You can see that, on their own, the four of them don't have the confidence to face us. It's hard to imagine how they could defeat Konoha."
Minato listened to the comments about his abilities and how they could simply destroy any strategy. It would be interesting, he imagined, moving Kushina, Hanabi, Mikoto, and Tsuna across the battlefield wherever necessary. If he could truly place them at the right points, the losses on their side would be minimal, while the enemy would be devastated.
He would have sensors in his favor. He would have his haki ability, but it would still be limited to a battlefield. However, he could have his clones spread throughout the Land of Fire. He already had powerful enough chakra for that.
But what truly surprised him was Madara's appearance.
And also... Orochimaru.
The fact that that ancient relic simply revealed himself to the world before fully solidifying his plans indicated that he was already preparing to capture the bijuus ahead of time. He would probably use this war for that. He was already using his Zetsu card.
And wasn't it obvious that he also wanted to weaken Konoha? He must have felt somewhat desperate upon seeing that the village was even more powerful than when he himself had acted within it.
The village had Minato and his four wives, as well as its old guard—Sakumo, Hiruzen, Jiraya, Tsunade, Duy, and many elite jonin. All those Uzumakis. And the village would become even more powerful with the rise of ninjas like Shisui, Kakashi, Guy. Naturally so, but Rin and Obito could also become powerful shinobi if his plans were correct. Most likely, those two would already be much stronger in the coming months and years.
Not to mention his children, the future generation of Konoha. Thinking that, if he had more powerful children beyond Naruto and Sasuke, it would be even better to strengthen this world.
It was obvious that Madara was projecting the future. Konoha had not weakened as he had planned during the second war. The Uzumaki clan had not been extinguished, with Minato Namikaze even preventing the Zetsus from trying to enter Konoha now with barriers that could detect them. The uncertainty and fear from the failure of his plan would be burning in his mind.
He had to act.
Minato wanted to laugh at Madara's desperation.
"If he wants to appear... then we will finish him in this war." He would use this war to take a step toward changing the world. "Finally, the moment to act will come..."
Hanabi heard Minato, making his wife look at him. "Change the world?"
"Yes," he smiled at her. "They fear that we have enough power to conquer all nations and are desperate... well, maybe they're not entirely wrong.
Minato spoke while looking at the stars. His goal was not to have power over the world. He was not Danzō, who wanted to control everything. Minato wanted to preserve the world, but for that, he would need to conquer it and change the current system of the world.
He would have to go against four nations and also against the feudal lords, who control the world's money and hold power over all the lands of the elemental nations.
He needed to create something new. Something that would prevent a world of wars and, at the same time, allow freedom for powerful shinobi to emerge. He did not want something like the Bloody Mist of Kiri, nor even something like Konoha's Root. He wanted a system that would make the ninja world evolve.
After all, they would have a war in the future... a war directly against that clan. If this world was not prepared and did not have enough powerful ninjas to stop them, everyone would fall, and chakra would be stolen from the world.
Minato kept his eyes on the stars, while ignoring his wife looking at him, hearing his ambitions for the first time.
In any case, he turned his attention back to the meeting inside the castle.
They continued discussing for the next few hours. The day went by and, when they realized it, the sun was already setting, but the discussion had still not ended. A decision had not yet been made.
Shouts from the Raikage, caution from the Tsuchikage, questions from Rasa, long explanations from the Mizukage stating that their plan would work...
Madara answering their questions and talking about how this war would unfold, and how they could deal with Konoha under a pressure they had never faced in the Second War.
Meanwhile, Orochimaru also said that he had some plans.
Minato narrowed his eyes upon hearing Orochimaru, wondering if he would have Edo Tensei in this war. That was a dangerous tool.
The question was: what kind of ninjas could they summon at this moment, considering that most of those used in the Fourth War were still alive?
"In any case, they reached a decision in the middle of the night, after nearly 24 hours of discussion."
"We will begin the Third Great Ninja War. We will put all the nations against an isolated Konoha." The answer came from Madara Uchiha himself, while everyone nodded in silence.
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