At this moment, Obito felt a kind of emotion in his heart. Minato-sensei was a good teacher. Being able to meet Minato-sensei was his fortune.
He said, "Minato-sensei, wanting to become the Fourth Hokage requires military achievements, and military achievements are plentiful only during wartime."
Minato understood Obito's words. He was silent for a while before speaking, "If possible, I really don't want to accumulate fame in this way, even if becoming Hokage is my dream."
"But the situation has already developed to this point, so I also know what must be done."
Obito nodded. After this battle, Minato-sensei's brilliance would shine across the world.
At the side, Kakashi quietly watched this scene. He suddenly felt that he couldn't get involved in anything.
However, he was rather open about it.
Compared with an old monster and Minato, he was still young.
The future would be his stage...
———
[Kikyō Mountain Battlefield, Konoha Camp]
Orochimaru received secret intelligence sent from Minato's Flying Thunder God kunai.
In fact, even if Minato didn't send a message, such a large movement from Sunagakure couldn't be hidden from him.
He thought in his heart, 'Sunagakure wants to launch a full-scale decisive battle? Although I had anticipated it, it's faster than I imagined.'
'Is it because of Minato's harassment that this process accelerated? This I did not expect.'
'Heh heh, Minato not only has various excellent qualities, but even his unpredictability is maxed out.'
After sighing in his heart for a moment, his expression returned to seriousness.
Now that Sunagakure was eager to attack, he could respond with calm preparation, taking advantage of favorable timing and terrain.
This battle, Konoha had no reason not to accept.
Even if the price was tragic, victory was still the most important thing.
He immediately instructed his subordinates to organize a combat mobilization as well.
Very quickly, Konoha ninjas gathered together to form a large army. Orochimaru stood at the front of the army.
He looked at some of the ninjas in the ranks who were only about ten years old, still just children, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
'Still fresh tender shoots, already facing the risk of withering, this is the fragility of life.'
He slowly opened his mouth and said, "Everyone, Sunagakure is about to launch a general offensive."
"This battle, we have no ground left to retreat. Konoha Village is right behind Kikyō Mountain. If Kikyō Mountain falls, the peace and tranquility the village has enjoyed until now will be broken."
"Are you willing to accept such a result? If not, are you ready? Ready to burn your lives for Konoha!"
"I hope everyone has not forgotten the words of the Third Hokage, 'When the tree leaves dance, One shall find flames..'"
Orochimaru's tone was not exactly impassioned, but for some reason, it struck a chord in everyone's hearts.
They were willing to die.
In this regard, the Third Hokage indeed had outstanding contributions, having long prepared everyone ideologically.
———
Not long after, Sunagakure and Konoha's armies had fully assembled.
Konoha adopted a defensive posture, standing ready.
While the more numerous Sunagakure forces were advancing continuously toward Konoha, getting closer and closer...
Black clouds pressing down on the city, threatening to crush it.
The two armies finally met in front of Konoha's military fortress.
A heavy, indescribable pressure weighed down on everyone's hearts.
Only Obito in the distance, having experienced even grander scenes, could remain calm.
Compared to the Allied Shinobi Forces formed by the entire world, this current scene still felt small in his eyes.
However, even if the scale was small, he was still slightly troubled by one matter.
With the start of the decisive battle, there would be countless wounded. As a medical ninja, Rin would become extremely busy...
'Sigh, I won't be able to stay by Rin's side immediately after the war. Damn it!'
Just as Obito was sighing, the ground began to shake. Amid the rumbling tremors, from the direction of the Sunagakure army, a massive desert torrent suddenly surged forth, carrying a momentum like a raging storm, surging toward the Konoha military formation.
Rasa's attack had arrived.
It had to be said, although Rasa was not outstanding in individual strength among the Kage-level figures,
His ninjutsu was grand and imposing. If not stopped, it would unleash enormous power.
Just like now, facing this sandstorm burial that seemed like a heavenly wrath, many Konoha ninjas began to tremble.
Even with firm conviction to protect, fear came from instinct and was unavoidable.
If no one stopped this kind of ninjutsu, it could even engulf the entire Konoha army.
Fortunately, Orochimaru had already prepared.
At the very first moment of the sandstorm's arrival, he had already come to the front of the army, bit his finger, and formed seals with his hand.
Then he slammed one hand to the ground, chanting:
"Summoning Jutsu, Triple Rashōmon!"
At once, in three positions at the front and sides of the army, three massive Rashōmon gates bearing demon face patterns rose from the ground, completely shielding the direction of the army.
In the next moment, the violent desert torrent of the sandstorm crashed into the Rashōmon gates.
BOOM!
With a loud earth-shaking sound, many weaker ninjas couldn't even stand steady, but the sandstorm ultimately couldn't break through the Rashōmon's defense, dispersing in all directions, vanishing into nothingness.
Lower and mid-ranking ninjas witnessing a Kage-level battle for the first time stared in stunned silence at this scene.
At the Kage-level, especially for ninjutsu-type shinobi, the destructive power they generated could, in a way, rival natural disasters.
On the level of individual strength, they had already become incredibly small.
Before many had time to recover from the shock, the Sunagakure army had already launched a charge.
Various kinds of ninjas came storming from all directions at high speed.
The Konoha army commander immediately gave the order: "USE NINJUTSU FREELY TO ATTACK!"
At once, from Konoha's formation, various kinds of ninjas released powerful offensive jutsu toward the Sunagakure side.
These ninjutsu took the lives of the charging Sand Shinobi one after another.
But the Sand Shinobi still advanced fearlessly, endlessly charging. After a while, the blood dyed the earth red, but they forcefully carved out a path.
Ninja surprise attacks were unlike normal soldiers, distances that seemed far could be closed quickly.
The remaining Sand Shinobi who were still alive had already come very close.
From Konoha's side, someone shouted loudly.
"KILL!"
With this shout, a group of Konoha ninjas also charged forward, meeting the attack.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
Immediately, a chaotic melee between the two sides began.
All over the battlefield, explosions, sounds of fighting, and weapons clashing rang out.
While the lower ranks were in disarray, the high-levels were not idle either.
At the moment the battle began, Chiyo and Ebizō instantly released a large number of puppets, attacking in the direction of Konoha's supreme commander, Orochimaru.
Orochimaru let out a sinister smile, took the initiative to meet them, formed seals with his hands again, summoned Manda, and his hands turned into streaks of snake shadows, entangling with the puppets...
Though he was facing two Kage-level opponents alone, Orochimaru could not guarantee victory, but with his endless variety of ninjutsu, simply restraining them for a while was still possible.
In the distance, Minato, who had been waiting all along, finally found a very good opportunity.
With Chiyo and Ebizō entangled by Orochimaru, they couldn't spare a hand for now. Rasa was currently alone.
Immediately, without hesitation, he revealed his figure and rushed toward Rasa's direction...
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