That was a completely dangerous ninja shrouded in mist.
Beside him were the Sharingan and Byakugan. As for Uchiha Ruri's strength, it's hard to say, because it's based on research from five or six years ago, which has now become unreliable.
But Hyuga Ayane's strength is undeniably evident.
A truly powerful ninja, capable of taking on a thousand enemies alone, who in close combat solidly suppresses the Fourth Raikage of Hidden Cloud.
Moreover, with the Byakugan, she has a defense and attack capability with no blind spots, which is very unfriendly towards Minato's Flying Thunder God Jutsu.
Not to mention, there's also that last dangerous man whose strength and abilities are completely shrouded in mystery.
"I will be careful, Tsunade-sama."
Minato nodded seriously.
He knew Tsunade wasn't speaking in vain; she must have learned something to remind him this way.
Not just for himself, but he also needs to protect Kushina over there and prevent any incidents like last time.
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In outsiders' eyes, Konoha may seem to have settled down and started developing steadily.
But far away in the Land of Demons, Hakushi knows that Konoha's Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, is busy consolidating power, while the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, is busy cleaning up Danzo's mess.
Continually sending trusted aides out to erase all traces of Danzo's human trafficking, and deploying elite ninjas to monitor Danzo and Orochimaru to prevent them from making any moves.
In the short term, Konoha cannot spare the resources to hunt renegade ninjas.
However, this matter will pass sooner or later, so Hakushi won't place his hopes on it, at most he can gain a few months of time.
He still needs to add pressure to Konoha, the first move is to apply internal pressure, the second move is to apply external pressure.
According to intelligence, Hidden Cloud has recently started acting restless again.
A great war might be imminent.
But in Hakushi's view, this is not enough; he needs to increase the pressure further and keep Konoha busy, not giving Konoha much leisure time.
The target chosen by Hakushi is the Land of the Waterfall and Hidden Waterfall.
Although a small village, it will certainly be enough to disgust Konoha for a while.
Leaving the matters to his subordinates, he only needs to wait for news.
Now the relationship between Hidden Waterfall and Konoha is tense, which can be described as adverse, and with slight provocation over the Tailed Beast matter, Hidden Waterfall can publicly condemn Konoha.
Other ninja villages seeing this situation won't make life easy for Konoha; while they might not want a direct confrontation, keeping Konoha occupied with these trivial matters will fulfill Hakushi's goal.
The Land of Demons is currently at a crucial stage in the layout, and no accidents can occur.
Focusing the Ninja Realm's attention on Konoha is the optimal choice.
Other ninja villages would likely be quite happy to watch Konoha's every move closely.
Konoha, the strongest ninja village in the Ninja Realm, whenever something happens it can draw people's attention.
Then, he picked up a bill.
It was sent over by the Shion Flower Merchants Association.
The borrower column had the name Chiyo from Hidden Sand Village.
Recently, aiming for a swift recovery of the village's strength, Hidden Sand has initiated its second loan from the Shion Flower Merchants Association in the Land of Demons, with an amount even larger than last time.
Regarding this, Hakushi only hopes that Hidden Sand borrows as much as possible, ideally to a degree they cannot repay.
While he was thinking this, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in."
Hakushi put away the bill, stored it in the drawer.
The person outside came in, holding a letter.
"Lord Hakushi, this is a letter sent from Konoha."
Hakushi nodded, opened the envelope, and took out the paper inside to read, his brows furrowing.
The contents were simple, saying that one of the Konoha Sannin, Tsunade, was going to visit Witch Mire in the Land of Demons and hoped for accommodation.